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Lesbians and gay men, like Americans in general, disagree
heatedly about the issues involved in the enormous US militarycommitment in the Persian Gulf. But one thing about Operation
Desert Storm cannot be denied: Despite a recession and a trillion- .
dollar budget deficit, the government' never flinched from making
a financial commitment in the Gulf that was sure to ultimately
cost the nation tens of billions of dollars. They found the money
somewhere.
Similarly, the mega-billion dollar bailout of the nation's insolvent savings-and-loan industry was undertaken without anyone ingovernment seriously questioning the ability of Americans, ortheir children and grandchildren, to shoulder the massive costs
involved. They found the money somewhere.
Such generosity to military contractors, conupt bankers andWall Street finaglers throws America's AIDS effort into sharp relief.
The parsimonius stinting that's been characteristic of the government's response to AIDS has been getting worse, not better, witheach passing year. And the inevitable excuse from city, state andfederalofficials so routinethat it's become a bureaucratic.
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mantra~is that they'd like to do more, they really, really would,
but the money just isn't there.
The money just isn't there.
Thus, it's with mixed feelings of regret, di1igust and undistilled outrage that ACf uP/NY and ACf UP/SF respectively titledtheir next major actions o.nJan. 23 the Day of Desperation andthe Day of Disaster. Such desperation about the disaster of AIDS
surely warrants dramatic action.in New York, San Francisco andthe other citieS where regional ACf UPs plan to take the streetsthat day ..
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We urge 01!r readers to join these often audacious actions
designed to confront the complacent "general population" withthe raw exhaustion of our daily struggle with the health crisis of
the century.
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. In New York, activists will rally downtown at Federal Hall at
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Woody Myers' AIDS-phobic Department of Health, and the Hous. ing arid Development Corporation. Throughout tlle day, othersu·rprise actions are being planned citywide, culminating in a
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THE MEANING OF
1990 issue and was entitled
SUCCESS
Sarah Pettit's cover story "Celebrity, Darling:' Ms. BernQn Sandra Bernhard [no. 81, hard wrote:"Back to the HYPE
Jan. 16] was a thorough and .
thought-provoking evaluation update, okay? Forgive me; Iof the' continued, suppression too have become a victim ofthe dread hype machineof lesbian culture in Hollywood. It might, be of interest from the cover of the Mirror into readers of OutWeek to England to smack-dab in the
middle of People, you may
know that in 1989, while
have seen my mug, along withworking for a controlled-circulation entertainment magazine the unmentionable Holy One,after performing a steamy and(Whittle Communications'shocking version of the Sonny
Special Reports: On Personalities), I assigned Ms. Bern- . and Cher standard I Got You,
ha'rd a first-person article on Babe at a rain-forest benefit in
New York. Madonna and I got
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giving the kids w,hat they
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came for and doing a very
gories are meaningless. Per- and narrow-minded revi-eWer,
nice turn for a very important
haps then she will return Ms. takes Timmons to task forcause, we got roasted with
Pettit's black underwear ...and debatable interpretations ofspeculations that, gee, maybe allow Ms. Pettit to kiss her fat footnotes, then dismisses thethe two of us are having a lesi butt. That's called Pride, dar- entire subject. OutWeek readers deserve better reviewers.
affair. Oh, no, how shocking,ling. That's called success.
Bill Capobianco
how bizarre, gross-out, sickJames A. Baggett
Los Angeles
Manhattan
ening! No, the press can't justbe happy that two cool girls
The trouble with conlike us are tight buddies-like,
HAY FRAY
tributing writer Joe E. Jeffreys'
I think your negative
no competition, no bitchiness,review of the biography The
except that mock stuff we put review of Stuart Timmons'
The Trouble With Harry Hay Trouble With Harry Hayon, kind of like Martin and"Founder of the Moderh Gay
Lewis. (By the way: Did any- [no; 78, Dec. 26] was mostone ever accuse Dean and unfair. Given the handicap of Movement:' is that journalistic
and academic"no-no". Jerry of getting it on?) No, having a live (and difficult)...
they have to turn it into some subject looking over his shoul- assumption.
One wonders if Jeffreys
freaky, sordid scandal, when der, Timmons has produced athey should be highlighting
fai r and balanced portrait, in read the book, skimmed it or
the fact that maybe for once the process recovering for all just read the fo.otnotes: Timtwo strong women are setting of us large chunks of gay his- mons' biography is filled withquotes from numeroUs pera positive example for the rest tory. I hope your iII-considof the gals-like it's fine to be ered, ill-tempered review will sons who were directly,
supportive of your girlfriends,
involved with Hay at various
not prevent Timmons fromlike not all women are back- getting the large numbers of periods of his life. Not~U had
completely complimentary
readers he deserves.
stabbing, vicious nightmares.
No, we've been tossed into theMartin Ouberman comments about Hay, but all
cesspool of degradation, as if
Bronx did substantiate either what
we were supposed to hang
Hay remembered or wh~tTim,.
our heads in shame andHaving just finished read- mons' research revealed.
humiliation and never talk to ing The Trouble With Harry
The book's chapter notes
Hay by Stuart Timmons, I was contain-in
each other again. Forget it!
addition to firstWe're friends, and that's it, dismayed to then read Joe E. hand written research materiand if people would listen and Jeffreys' superficial and dis- al-thenames. of persons
get something out of the work missive book review, morernterViewed and· the dates ofother than just the fun of than half of which is spent
those interviews. I was one of
it-like, how about being con- sniping at the book's subtitle
those interviewed by Ti,I1),~~ns
scious of the survival of this and two of its footnotes.
and was quoted accurately
planet?-then
we're more
I urge anyone interested in about the Mud Ritual at thethan accomplishing our jobs, gay history, politics or spiritual- first Spiritual Gathedng ofand our seedy friendship is ity to pick it up, because the Radical Faeries.
one to be admired and held in bottom line is, it's a good read.
Dismissing a book based
high-esteem. So everyone in
Bru Dye on two footnotes is nothing
the press can kiss my fat butt.
Brooklyn - less than a:hatchet job arid an
That's called Celebrity, darling.
excuse for not discussing andThat's called success.".
As a transplanted
New intelligently analyzing a- .most
Perhaps Ms. BernhardYorker, I was appalled by the extraordinary life.
now that she has become a short shrift your reviewer gave
Oh, OutWeek.
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"victim" and disavowed her to The Trouble With Harry Hay.
Pseudo-academic rot. .
queer roots because of how
Yes, Virginia,
we allNeal Twyford"freaky," "sordid" and "seedy" know the importance of theLos Angeles.'l 'the homophobic press has Stonewall riots in gay history.
,
depicted her somehow- "ironic"
I prefer not to quibble with
But to dismiss such a subadmitted lesbianism-will real- stantial story as Hay's foundreviewers, but I must "bashize that she cannot "play with ing of the Mattachine SOCiety, back" at Joe E. Jeffreys" outrathe boundaries of our existence apparently
geous savaging of my "bookbecause thesefor her work and for her own events took place in Los
The Trouble With Harry Flay.
. Your revi.ewef faults" myprivate gain." Perhaps then she Angeles 20 years earlier, reeks
will also realize just how insipid of New York provincialism!
very choice of subject, pre.

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founder of the modern gay
movement. H~rry Hay's primacy and pivotal historicalrole, however, has been singled put by gay historians
Jonathan Katz and John
D'Emilio. In a recent Los
Angeles Times interview,
Martin:Ouberman
said ofHay, "Without him, the movement would probably havegotten started later and differpntly." UC professor David
Thomas' called Hay "the mostoriginal and interesting figure. that th~ American politicalgay movement has created."
I agree and gave Hay full biographical treatment.
. Mr. Jeffreys disparages
my research but misleads OutWeek readers by skipping
mention of the more thanseven pages of detailed notes
at the end of the book. Dated
personal interviews are listed
there, along with a full bibliography and the locations of thehundreds of original documents I consulted.
Next, Jeffreys questions"the integrity of the enti rebook"-basedon two footnotes. (And through vague
writing or malice, he implies
that these were my only two
footnotes when there were infact dozens). ~ven here hedraws false conclusions: Anyone who looks at the coverand interior fold-out of theDivine Androgyne-which
depicts 13 men, all with fists
obviously inserted, floating inthe stars against a gold-leaf
background-wjll understandwhy ·1 called this Crisco~amp
classic a "coffee-table book on
fist-fucking."
Jeffreys' second "correction" regards whether Ray
Bourbon went under the knife
to adjust his gender, or
whether Bourbon lied about
and publicized that informatio~. Either way, it is a flimsy
basis for Jeffreys to trash a317":pagebook.
. Finally, Joe E. Jeffreys.

The conviction grows that
editors, even of prestigious
publications, simply do notknow how to spell. Now OutWeek joins the crowd.
'
Please check Out Week
[no. 78, Dec. 26], and note in
the article about the Timmonsbook about Harry Hayes (pp.
53-54), seven lines up fromthe end, the following: "gaymovement, one is lead [sic] to
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are asking from you no more
and, no less than you ask ofthe so-called straight press.
We find it ironic, but not
surprising, that women andpeople of color are the people
most absent from your publication. Our strength and experience could have been andcould still be-the rock onwhich this new activism
stands and builqs. Learn yourherstory. Learn your history.
Draw on it. You have "discovered" activism as Columbus"discovered" America, without
regard for those indigenous to
the struggle. .
Out Week has the resources to be incredibly revolutionary. As it is, you arj! setting new standards. We are
not satisfied with this. Previous standards were too low
for your present status to beconsidered high or acceptable.

ROCK 'OF ACTIVISM
We found it interestingthat the title given ou r letterwas "On Bulldaggers' Hatred"
and not "I Hate OutWeek," as
its outline was obviously
based on the "I Hate Straights"
essay. Because hatred, as
opposed to anger, tends to be
irrationallyfounded,wethought your choice in titles
was perhaps an attempt to dis'credit and/or invalidate ourissues. We found it offensive.
In "Mail Call," you stated,"We will only reply to letterswhich specifically attack something that has been printed in.OutWeek .." How much more
specific should we have got.ten? The issue we brought up
purposely addressed reasonsthat some of us no longer buy
OutWeek. Perflaps you under'estimate the number of people
who feel this way.
We are challenging Out-

It is time to stand anddeliver.
'Nut said.
Renegade Bul/daggers
Nedra Johnson
Sarah Chinn
Elizabeth Melendez
Amanda Lopez
Alicia Blackwel/
Ron Fahey
Dione Freenly
Gladys Luna
Deborah Africa Gamba
Susan A. Hennesy
Sandra HOrlon
Dianne Haidy
and others ...
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
So much of the news
you report at Out Week isdepressing-the violence, thediscrimination and oppression we face as lesbians· andgay mencan. really get one,
down. That IS why I am sothankful for the sly humor

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you so subtly 'interject.
Although I am sure many may
miss your coyly hidden snickers, I want you to know you
have at least one fan in me!
Take, for example, yourreply to a letter in issue no. 73[Nov. 21]. which sought tochide you for being somewhat
too leftist-even,at times,"silly and shrill." Although I
thought that the writer had~ome valid 'points, I must
admit that halfway through theletter I began to giggle in anticipation of Mr. Rotello's reply.
Like so many great humorists,
Garrulous Gabe can spin hilarity from even the most unlikely
situations. I knew his response
would be a laugh riot.
. And I was not disappointed! Mr. Rotello wastes little
time, going straight for theboffo laugh with his claim that
OutWeek has not promoted
the "Q" word. In fact, heinforms us that the word has
been used by activists "longbefore" OutWeek began publishing. Ha-ha! In fact, heasserts, OutWeek has merely·
let the word out of the closet,
after a long history of being"suppressed"by the gay
press! Could you die?!
He then addresses theissue of being too radical. Like
Marty Feldman's brilliant turninin Young Frankenstein,which he repeatedly asks
"What hump?," Mr. Rotelloknows that blanket denial of ablatant truth is often occasion
for high hilarity.
It is a delight to think of
Mr. Rotello convulsed withlaughter as he writes that OutWeek reports on moderate gaygroups "frequently," citing
FAIR/PAC as an example.
(Remembering this joke, justseeing the word FAIR/PAC in
OutWeeKs pages will similarly
tickle me and I am sure that it
will appearthere any day now.)
Of course, his claim that
ACT UP and Queer Nation are
not completely over-represented in the pages of OutWeek is,funny masterpiece, Mr. R's
addition of one note of ~eality
almost ruined the overall sidesplitting effect. It caused me .
to wonder if he really was thebrilliant clown I so happily
imagined him to be.
What a fool I was todOUbt you, Gabe! Little did I
know that like so many great
comedians, you were saving
the biggest laugh for last!
With a comic timing almost
eerie in its ability to delight,
you were planting a timebomb of a punch line-theultimate detonation of which
only your most ardent of fanswould enjoy! For, no sooner
do you cite "GLAAD Tidings"
as an example of your publication's "giving voice to ourcommunity's diversity" (and I
should have known that a setup line like that demanded a. particularly amusing pay offl),then you CUT IT OUT OF
YOUR MAGAZINE ENTIRELY!
For bringing the' world 'i~the brink(Did you like that all-capsof destruction
in. a roundabout
trick? I stole it fromailOther ofeffort ·to answer that, age-old,your marvelous humorists.) I
question,'~Whose ;,missile· isimagine the OutWeek staff
bigger?~"weriominate ,presidents··1 :m us!' have scream'ed with
George Bush and Sadda,rn;Hu,s~in , laughter! Ikpow I did.
So, again,· thank you forthis week's scary dudes. At, I~ast
not allowing the grimness of thegay men are generally more direct
news to numb your sense ofin their attempts to assess theirhumor. Although I suspect that
manhood.
Let's hope we ai_
you,mily be entirely too modest
to prinUhis liUlenote, I apprecisurvive the somewhat clumsy,~te your time in reading it. Keepmeasurement s,trategies of thethosewhoopie cushions andAmerican and Iraqi presidents.
. .•explodingcigars coming I,
Steven Hennebery..'" Yonkers, NY.
almost the ultimate knee-slap- lets just say that Mr. R is..
per. Mr. Rotello informs us in achieving something close to
WHERE'S GLAAD?
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OutWeek no. 79-80 [Jan.
However, I must admit
only rea~onthese group might
9] 'carries a letter from Victor
get a t~ensy-eensy,
itsy-bitsy that I was somewhat pu~off .. Hanston of Manhattan asking,,
bit more coverage than others by Mr. R's argument that'by
about t~~Qjsappearance ofis that they generate '''hard . ,publishing "GLAAD Tidings" . "GLAAD Tidings." His request
for an explanation seems
simnew~ stories.." Now, we all on a weeklyjJasis""OutWeek,",. ,.
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know that these groups do was including moremdde'rate pie enough,.yetthere was no
many good things, but to sug- voices in its c;horus. "GLAAD respOl1se fro;m'·t/le,edi.tor.
gest that they are the only two Tidings" always'had bee.nJme}.Wh'iltgi~es? 'Five issues,h~veof my favoritf,c~Hi:(nps; ~nd': Ji,pw J)~ss~dwithoutthe bene-·factions making newsworthy
strides of interest to a wide Mr. R did have a pOint~'Whi:ch:f' fit-pl9,n~:d()f~thebestoppo~~cross-section of the lesbian is precisely why it bofhe'F"ed"...l1iti~s':re,~.~.e~,haveto:partlclme-insuch ,aiia'bsllrdly,'p'a'te" In a well"coordmatedand gay community ... well,

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effort to fight homophobia!
i will continue my activities with the GLAAD phonetree, and I encourage others
to join, but, surely, there is aplace for "GLAAD Tidings"
between the covers of every
issue of OutWeek.
Bill Kavanah
Beginning this issue, "GLAAD
Tidings" will again be a weekly feature in OutWeek.-Ed.
SAY IT LOUD
I love this magazine.
It's only the hippest,
coolest, angriest fag mag
anywhere. I can't wait for
Mondays to roll around so I
can get my sweaty little
hands on it and read hungrily from cover to cover. Oh,
and Michelangelo-don't
ever stop screaming. God, I
love an angry queen.
By the way, I find it ratherinteresting that OutWeek is,usually stashed at the racks
with the porn magazines at
the newsstands, and When
you ask for it, they usually
look-you over like you're buyIng Hustler., Well, anyway, i'm
educating my local newsstandby demanding OutWeek loudly. and confidently, and now theyknow exactly what I wantwhen they see me coming andare full of polite information
when this mag hasn't hit the
newsstand for some reason.
Yes, we can conquer thosehets one by one, if necessary. So keep on screaming,
queers. We love you.
Jacqueline Marshall
Manhattan•

SERVICE FOR .
SERVICE
Judge JoAnn Ferdi-'
nand's-sentence (70 hours ofcommunity service) of the

St. Patrick's' "Sider~Sex Six"
. [rio. 82, ~ail. 23] has set a
judicial precedent for community service.
Richard M. Morse
Manhattan
TOUCHE
If one were to judge
your published responses ofDec. 26 to my "I Hate
Babies" letter ["Strange
Cargo," Nov. 28] as representative of the queer community's attitude at large,
then one must conclude that
we are a pathetically humorless lot. Such superficial
interpretations are an insult
to my intelligence, and tothat of many others, whose
greatest asset is to proudly
carry the banner of outrageous comedy in order toboost the morale of ourbrave and long-suffering
troops. If such an obvious

and ludicrous parody of "I,
Hate Straights" did not make, .
you fall off your chai r in'
hilarious laughter, then you'dbetter lighten up posthaste'
before you croak from achronic case of somber-itis.
Ms. Tapellini's angered
response ("No Plea for
Honor") ended with the curious remark: "When talking
gay rights, there is no place
for humor." Well, Donna,
there certainly is a place forhumor (as you already know),for OutWeek is confeHied {Yithdelightfully funny comics,
articles and clippings someof which are every bit as outrageous as "I Hate Babies."(Well, almost, but it's not myfault if no one else is quite as
talented with the plumed
scimitar as moi, Signorile
notwithstanding). Not to mention our great tradition of outrageous "camp":-just part of,

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orrectlons• An article on the federal cO\Jrt system in issue no. 81

incorrectly reported that all of President George Bush's
appointments to the District of Columbia Circuit Court
are white men. While that is true of fonner president
Ronald Reagan's five appointees, Bush has named A.
Raymond Randolph, Karen Lecraft Henderson anddarence Thomas, who is African American.
• In the same issue, the address for telegrams to theLeningrad, USSR City Council was incorrect due to a
typesetting error. The correct address is: the Commission
for Social and Political Organizations, dom 6, Isakovaskaya Plshad, Lensovet, Leningrad, USSR.
• In the ad on page 37 of issue no. 82, we incorrectly
identified the-Brooklyn Lesbians in Sisterhood and Solithe Bonx Lesbians United in Sisterhood as Sis. Clarityand,
ters!: Sisters! is a separate group.' BUSS and BLUES are
not identified with Sisters! or the dance on Jan. 20.
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a .veritable cornucopia of comedy in a multitude of creative
media that is the shining starof our brave and proud community. Truly, dear lady, thebrilliant wit of my letter flew
over your head like Haley's
Comet behind a forest canopy
When you said, "I won't evendiscuss the possibility that
Catalono was writing tonguein-cheek."
To Michael Taglieri ("Fantasy-Phobia"): Is your address
withheld because you fear apersonal vendetta from my"L&vender Mafia"? Rest well,
Mr. T, secure in the knowledge
that the Lavender Mafia is a
fictitious organization whosesole membership is yours
truly, and whose only weaponis the pen, which is, indeed,
mightier than the sword-for
it cuts far deeper than flesh.
And, if you fear my letter is apebble that will ripple our little
pond-well, it's not the firstpebble I've tossed. In April
1989, San Francisco's gay rag,the Bay Area Reporter, published my letter that proposed
displaying the pink triangle
point-upward, to symbolize"the Ascension of the gay

community and a reversal of
the world's attitude from negative to positive." Since then, I
have noticed more and more
people with pink triangles
aimed heavenward~onTshirts, pins, stickers, etc. Overthe last five years, I have written numerous letters to editors, all regarding queer rights(some of which were outrageously funny), with the sole
purpose of lightening ourhearts during this awful holocaust of AIDS and the consequential spiritual awakening of
our long-suffering (~nd alltoo-self-hating) conftnunity.
(Another humorous example is
my lead1etter,"Pyramid Pink,"
published in OutWeek's July
11, 1990; issue.)As far as references toirresponsible journalism on
OutWeek's part by choosing to
publish my letter without an
editor's explanatory handwashing: OutWeek is to be commended, not reprimanded. I
believe the editors wereenlightened enough to appreciate this outrageous parodyand were most eager for thethoughtful' responses it would
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IH... on Wed., "an~23, 7 am.
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nte bus will leave fn:Jrn the comer of Seventh
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Gay CcHNnunity Services Center) at 5:30 am,. ..
Iand retum before midnight. TICkets cost $25
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ACT UP meeting, or fn:Jrn the. Against I
Ithe War office. Call them at (212) 227-0225'1 . 'ltfDEADLINE for listing of activities is ' I
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felt it was a "crackpot" ,Iet- shall come to love you liketer...whose contents were nev- nobody's business and makeertheless important enough you extremely proud, well into
for the queer community to your golden years and beyond.
Don't hesitate a moment
reflect upon. As responsible
journalists, they did not color longer to sweep some needful
the readers' opinions with an child into your arms and say,editor's addendum-instead,"I love you."they left the floor completely
As for WHEN's comment("WHEN Seeks Paste") that
open to audience participation. Risking, in addition, their women everywhere are grateown reputation as a quality
ful that I am spilling my seed:publication-at
least in the Touche, touche; you really hit
below the belt! In answer toeyes of numerous subscribers. G!ltsy journalism is your question, "If women are
all vessels, and genetiCS
responsible journalism.
'make' a baby, what hellhole
Parody can be mosteffective in conveying deep- did you come from?" Well, I
seated emotions that must be think we still call it Earth. Part
aired, as a healing/strengthen- of the message in my letter,ing process for the intended though parodied, is that it's
time to seriously act upon theaudience. Neil DiBernerdo("Baby Talk") wrote the only unintelligent, wasteful breed'published) letter with that ing in our society, which causes unwanted births and very,
sort of perception-andthanked OutWeek for printing very sad children. Today's
my letter, as it helped him con- abused child is often tomorfront his own demons. Neil, I row's basket case or criminal.
congratulate you not only for The only way for a queer paracknowledging the value of my ent to have a child is throughwords but even more for a careful consideration before
most responsible attitude in adoption or inseminationconsidering adoption of a which is a lot more humanechild. I am confident that than the "wham-barn-thankshould you adopt, your child you-ma'm" strategy so prolific.J.nuary 30.1991

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appeared in the U Mass Daily
occiJr outside of the tri-statein our hetero society. Is that
. Collegian informing the camarea often do not receive thea standard we should continpus of the birth and goals of
attention which ,they deserve.
ue to accept without q1Jes. IHS' beCauseoUhis that! amQueer Nation/U Mass. At
tion? Such a cheap value on
noon that day, the office ofhuman souls is part of awritin~ t?, I,~!,your readers
the U Mass Young Repuhliknow what has ·been happengreater social ill that sees sex
cans and Young Americans
ing at the 'University· of Masas basically evil, and homofor Freedom was taken oversachusetts/Amherst since thesexuality as the ultimate
for 20 minutes, and a kiss-in
middle of December.
symbol of that evil. You bet•
was held, much to the shock
All semester, the conrm heterophobic and damn
and disgust of those organiservative faction of the Uproud of it! (So I ask you: Ifzations' members, one of, Mass Board of GovernorS, or
not now, when?)whom was heard afterward
BOG,a student-elected board
The question of "birth"[to say], "I can't believe they
which controls the' mainteplays a far more profound role
kissed in front of me," withnance, use and· allocation offor queers than straights:
something less than• delightspace within the campus
Therein lies our spiritualand amusement.
center and student union,
meaning. We do give birth not
Since then, members ofattempted to remove the Lesto human babies but to humanbian, Gay and Bisexual As.so-" Queer Nation have received
dreams, ideals, concepts anddeath threats and threats of
ciation's appointed seats off
beauty. We are the creative
violence
through phone calls,of theBOG,
withlittlesucwell from. whi<;h springs the., .,.,,*
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physical harassment and~~ss; 'How!lver, at the lastwater of life in that "living" ischalked sidewalks. But things
meeting of the semester, theya matter not just of physicalsuspendedJhe rules and, in, . are not going to return to thesurvival but of nurturing thedays. when we sat back andclear violationof the Rules'
heart and mind. For this rea,
took their abuse silently.
of' Order"fotrod uced andson, it comes with mucA grief
Other actions have occurred,passed. a rU.Qtionto remol(eto me that so many of Ourownand more will, but the days
the seats,. effective ,Jailbrothers and sisterS' still per, semesfer 19'91,.
when all you had to do to bepetuate cruel acts upon their
gay at U Mass is wear a pink
This action,
Whiclfown kind-a microcosm of ,triangle and go to LBGA
the straight comm~nity as it' , occumid after a good perdances are over.
centage of the board had left
were. Too many of us still haveThank you for presentthe me~~ir)g,is a clear examour heads (and anuses) in theing queers across the counple of the homop~9bia pregutter. Yet, I see now an awaksent on the U Mass campus.
try a Chance to know thatening of consciousness is a
In the past, the'gay commuthey are no longer alone. I
more profound ahd kinder
nity has'allowed such actio.ns
highly doubt that without thisunderstanding of what it reallyto go unchallenged.
No
forum, I would have becomemeans to be queer-throughlonger! As a direct result ofas political and empowered
the acts of sisterly/brotherly
the BOG's decision, Queeras I have; it is because I havelove. Yet how painful this road
Nation{U, Mas~ .was formed
discovered, through Outis, for AIDS is the catalyst. It'the next"day. Since then, we
Week, the extent of the queer
needn't have been this way,
have vowed ·to no longer benation in this country that I
but it is now. In giving birth tohave been inspired to look tosilent, no 19nger.be meek; nothe best in us all, not only willa brighter future due to thelonger let t~e conservativea newfound comradery form
the student body
activities of the present.
factionbetween lesbians and gays,
deny us our rights.
...
Queers bash back!
but the world shall acknowlThe removal of our rep- .
Jay Carteredge us as a vanguard to a
resentation· occurred on a
Amherst, Mass.
better world.
Thursday night. On Monday
Gene Catalano
PANTHER PRIDE
morning, the evidence of
San FranciscoThis issue of HollyWoodQueer Nation's actions was
vS.-the-Pink-Panthers [no. 82,
evident. Not only were more
MASS ACTION
Jan. 23] transcends thethan 600 fliers distributed on
Since I first picked up aabsurd. Any group of voluncar windshields and buildcopy of OutWeek a few
teers who protect the innocent
ings and along pathways
months Qack·, I have been
represent the acme of ouracross campus announcing,consistently impressed with'species.
This protection of"We'rehere,
we'requeer,
your coverage on all aspects
humans/human rights is inherwe're fabulous, get used toof our community. However,
ently more altruistic and posiit," but a letter to the editor
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tive than any form of animation. If Hollywood would listen
to its heart,this fact exists. The
Pink Panthers and their work
are realand won't go away.
I truly wish we lived in
an environment that didn't
need to protect humanrights, the innocent, etc., butsince we do, I'm politically,
intellectually and emotionallystirred by the work of the
Pink Panthers. Hollywood
should be proud to share thecategory of same species
with the Pink Panthers.
Jackie Beckett
Brooklyn,

POSTER CALL {The letters from read1ers
in issue no. 78 [Dec. 21]
show that OutWeek's readers'have a lot more sense thanyou have when it comes tounderstanding the significance of mainstream museums collecting aspects ofgay and lesbian history.
While we'll always need ourown community-controlled
institutions like the Lesbian
Herstory Archives and theCanadian Gay Archives, it isimportant that we also
ensure that places like theSmithsonian provide space,curators and scientific conservation techniques for preserving the artifacts of ourdiverse experiences and ourcommunities' history.
As a gay historian of
medicine, I would like yourreaders to know about another important national collection needing our assistance.
The National Library ofMedicine has initiated a majorcollection of AIDS posters.
While we should, of course,
try to preserve more than justposters, and more aspects ofour communities' experience
than just AIDS, this is still avery important effort. AIDS
activism has incorporated
many of our finest talents,
and AIDS posters capture andrecord our energy, our aes-••

thetics, our political demands
and our educational efforts at
any moment in time.
Given the diversity of
posters, often by small groups,
a comprehensive collection will
require help from activists all
over. When you are putting up
posters or taking them down,
cleaning out your closet or disposing of a deceased friend's
effects, remember the importance of archives and museums. Posters and placards
from the AIDS struggle (carefully packed in mailing tubes
to protect them) can be sent
to: William H. Hlfand, NLM
Poster Collection, History ofMedicine Division, National
Library of Medicine, Bethesda,
MD 20894.
Bert Hansen, PhD•
Manhattan

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Congratulations
andthanks to Andrea Natalie forputting, the discussion of gay
men and lesbians in the milita~y in proper perspective["Stonewall Riots," no. 78,
Dec. 21]. Behind the rhetoricof "opportunity" and "serving
my country'~ i~ the sfark reality of. soldiers as killers! As
gay men and lesbians, weneed to reject patriarchy in allits forms (marriage, military,corporate hierarchy, homophobia, etc.) and not just try
to change it a little so we canget our piece of the pie (atsomeone else's expense).
Tom Rayburn
Burlington, Vt.

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WASHINGTON-A lesbian reservist
came out to her commanders last week
just days before her unit was to be
shipped to Saudi Arabia, providing a new
bold challenge to the Pentagon's policyof barring gay men and lesbians frommilitaly service.
The action of reserve Spc. 4 Donna
Lynn Jackson, who wrote a letter to her
post commander stating, "1 am an open
lesbian, and I wish to be deployed assuch with my unit," initially did notappear to be an' obstacle to deployment, according to a source familiar
with the case.
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sep-arated from the service in accordancewith the prevailing policy only after she
had risked her life for her country, thereservist contacted the media with newsof the Pentagon's apparent hypocrisy.
While initial reports indicated that
the Pentagon may have temporarily sus- .
pended the ban on queers serving in .
the military, since Jackson's coming out
riveted national attention on the policy,
the Department of Defense has at least
formally retracted its apparent softening
on the issue.
"There was certainly some confusion in regard to the Stop Loss policy,"admitted Army spokesperson
Capt.
Barbara Goodno, referring to a recently adopted wartime procedure thatallows the armed services to defer
administrative separations of military
personnel who are not involved in
actual misconduct.
The possibility that Stop Loss might
include lesbians and gay men enlisted
in the armed services, effectively suspending the Pentagon's anti-gay policy
of automatically discharging queers, wasfirst suggested in a Jan. 11 San Francisco Chronicle article written by gay
reporter Randy Shilts.
As soon as Shilts' piece hit the
newsstands, however, the Pentagon
immediately denied that the policy bar-ring gay people from the anned services
would be affected by the implementationof the Stop Loss policy. "There was anindividual who was misquoted,' Goodno
explained last week, reiterating the
Department of Defense's stance thathomosexuality is "not compatible' withmilitary service.
In Shilts' article, U. Cmdr. Ken satterfield, a spokesperson for the Pentagon,
was quoted as saying, just because aperson says they're gay, that doesn'tmean they can stop packing their bags.'"This doesn't abdicate the rules,'Satterfield added. "You just have to establish priorities."
Those familiar with the ways of thePentagon, however, have disputed ·theDepartment of Defense's insistence thatthe armed services rigidly adhere to· theanti-gay regulation, 1332.14.
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policies. "And it isa civilian spokesperson at Fort Ord.
utterly inconceiv"She's not going with [her unitl so thatable to me that theseshe can work on this issue."
same
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reenlist three times previously, evenformer Naval Academy star Joe Steffan,
gay policy continues in the media,,
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reservist Jackson has beeh reassigned toclaims that she knows of a number ofgay men and lesbians who came out totheir-superiors but were shipped off to
the Gulf anyway.
WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER,"They are asking people to prove
WE'RE FATUOUS?
that they are homosexual by violating
their Fifth Amendment rights, and if they
NEW YORK-Lesbians, gay men and even heterosexuals who don't fancy the·donIE;. then the military doesn't, believeidea of killing people for petroleum can follow the military's exhortation to be all that
thenJ;,"Lowe said.
they can be by coming out to recruiters and the Selective Service.
, Former Anny Reserve drill sergeant
So urged Randy Shilts, the mainstream media's favorite openly gay journalist, in
Mirilµn Ben-Shalom, who now ax:hairs
an op-ed piece published two weeks ago in The New York Times.
National Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual VetShilts' call provides a national-arena echo to an idea that "pro-choice"erans of America, reports that Stop Lossactivists-those who believe strongly in freedom of employment opportunity-havehas.:1f.ken on a decidedly more crude
tossed around for a while. And it bluntly challenges the military to recognize how vulfOlTIlforgays
in the service.
nerable its anti-gay stance makes the various services to WOUld-beCOs.
, .,."Pardon the language," she began,
Miriam Ben-Shalom, who lost her appeal to rejoin the Army Reserves when the"but this is what they've been told, inSupreme Court refused to hear her case last February, is another proponent of thesome cases, exactly what they've been
direct-action-like protest proposed by Shilts.
told: 'We're going to ship your ass to
However, Ben-Shalom also would like to see the military establish segregatedSaudi Arabia; use your butt as cannon
units for lesbians and gay men, in which queers could prove their commitment tofodder;and if you comeback, we'll~.
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their country, their integrity and their ability to be heroes despite their homosexuality.
throw you out. '"While she doesn't like the idea of segregated units, she points out that groups banned. Lesbian and gay activists who havefrom the military in the past, such as African Americans, served in segregated units
closely monitored the military's attibefore they were fully integrated into the armed forces.
tudes toward queers reacted angrily to"Why are they thinking about a draft when they have a whole pool of individuals
the apparently temporary shift in Penwilling to serve right now?" Ben-Shalom asked in frustration. She disclosed that she
tagon policy.
personally knows 250 gay and lesbian veterans, many of whom have already endured. "If gays and lesbians are fit for milithe rigors of combat, who would be willing to volunteer for service even front-line
tary service durin& a war, including serservice in the Persian Gulf tomorrow, if the Department of Defense would lift its
vice that may result in injury or evenanti-gay exclusion.
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death, they are equally as fit during
But the suggestion, offered by Shilts and others, that draftees "bring turmoil topeacetime," commented Paul Di Donato,
any new military draft" by saying that they are gay when they are called to service
legal director of National Gay Rights
has irritated some gay and lesbian activists who are fighting to rid the military of its
Advocates, an advocacy law firm based
anti-gay pOlicies.
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iri California.
:'We don't think that's the appropriate step for everybody now." remarked Steven .
"It is, in my view, the lowest form
Petrow, a spokesperson for National Gay Rights Advocates, pointing out that ~eopleof hypocrisy for the Pentagon to mainwho are currently members of an armed service could face dire consequences If theytain that gays and lesbians are unfit for
were to come out without legally and emotionally preparing for the trials such a reve~itary service while it sends them off tolation can create.
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here, seeking
their feelings
on US involvement in the
Middle East.
Not surprisingly, their opinions
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timents to unabashed sabre rattling.
Gay men and lesbians are willing
patriots who want to keep the oil
flowingfrom the Middle East;ardent dissenters
who want the
US out of the region, and everything in between.
Curiously, despite their outlaw
status in America and especially in
the US military, some gay men andlesbians
appear to embracean
American identity in this time of crisis. And all feel strongly that they
have a personal stake in the events
unfolding in the Persian Gulf .
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One thing is Clear: Despite
being a political deadline and not a
military one, Jan, 15 instilled a senseof dread in many. The array of•deadly weapons deployed by bothsides and routinely reported -in themainstream press led some to conclude that the Middle East warcbuld
be distinctly ugly.
"I don't agree with how we got
to this position," said Marc Reiss,
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at theLesbian and Gay Community Center,
Nick, who declined to give his last
name, labeled ·Hussein "a maniac
just looking for war" and said that
the US engagement in Saudi Arabia
would "help a little country gain its
freedom."
He added: "I think we're the only
ones who can do it..I'm very proud of
the US." While Nick hopes for a quick
US win, he had little praise for US
allies, other than Israel, whom hesees as complacent.
.
And Dr. G. Milo, a patron at a
Different Light Bookstore, agreed .

inevitable. It's heading that way,"
she said.
Mary MacNamara, 32, a Crazy
Nanny's patron, confirmed Bredwin's
observations.
"I'm very afraid foreverybody.
It looks like another
Vietnam. I don't want it to happen,
but it looks inevitable." MacNamara,
however, has turned a corner in her
reasoning. With nearly a half-million
US troops stationed in Saudi Arabia,
MacNamara responds to the question"Should the United States be there?"with this answer: "We've alreadymade that decision, so I back them
100 percent."
Crazy Nanny's owner, Elaine

done on Aug. 2 to prevent us fromgetting this far in. But we're in thisposition, so how are we going to
get out of it quickly?"
Bringing the issue home, he .
added, "The gay and lesbian community is best served by economic stability in the United States, and.thatwould be best achieved by a quick
war and a minimum loss of p.ersonnel or materials. And if that means
using the best of our arsenal, induding strategic nuclear weapons, I'm
for it.". "I've been through three wars:
World War II, Korea and Vietnam,".said Jeannie Bredwin, 60, a bartender,.,. :,:=,,,:. ,.,.,.:'.,,<,-.-,.:.-.:.

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one. I've never felt this kind of feel'ing before.'.' And she said that her'customers are having similar feelings.
:~'Everybody's upset," said Jeannie.
"Mostly because of the chemical
weapons and the terrorism.'!
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frequently employed by Presid~nt
George Bush. Equating Iraqi soldierswith Japanesekamikazepilots,Jeannie thinks that the Middle East
stand-off holds great danger due tothe irrational character of the protagonists. And she sees only war for
the United States on the Middle
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Romagnoli, did not equivocate, either .
"I'm totally opposed t6 our being
there. It's about oil and big profits.
We're going to experience a lot of
death." Nevertheless, Romagnoli sees
representationsof Iraqi president
Saddam Hussein as a modern-day
Hider as containing a grain of truth: "Ithink [Hussein) is crazy. But I still
truly believe we have no businessbeing there."Among some gay men, the US
military build up in the Middle Eastis necessary, and the reasons for it
dear. They register no doubt or hesitation as they present a mainstream
view of the Gulf conflict as theirown, defending US military action.
Nick, 65, a World War II combat vet
who served in the US Air Force, was. t~~!!'•

Milo'sees Bush's Hider-Hussein analogy as apt: "We learned in World War
II we cannot placate these kinds ofdictators. Stop [Hussein) now, or we'll
have 1:0 do it later. The longer wewait the stronger he becomes." Milo,
who lost a lover in the Vietnam War,
looks to the United States to win in aquick
engagementthat will "nip•[Hussein) in the bud."
But other gay men and lesbians•
are as adamant in their opposition as
Nick and Milo are in their support.
They see a United States operating on
the basest motivations,
ignoring
domestic issues and seek a complete
US withdrawal from the Middle East.
"This is about money, greed,politics
andpenises,"said
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penis, penis, penis.'"For Gavito it is machismo thatmoves the Middle East players and,Gavito communicates the sense thatthose same players are welcome to
the results of macho posturing withdeadly weapons.
But she also sees guarding oil
production as central to the conflict,and a US presence in the Middle East
facilitated by the media. "We're there
because the media doesn't cover what
is really going on," she added. For
Gavito, too, war is a certainty. "Bushapproached it as a bully. Bush made

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about
Hussein: "That's problematic. I don't
know enough to say if he is a threat
or not."Outside, the Community Center,
Robert Berkowitz, 30, termed the US
actions "a power play, over oil, production of oil, more so than anythingelse." Berkowitz sees the US action in
the Middle East as overblown. "There
are larger causes we should fight for.
This is not a make-or-break issue forthe, United States," said Berkowitz.
For Berkowitz
the UnitedStates focus ,is misplacedwith

Nanny's, and Ben Currie, 29, outside A Different Light, separately
came to the same conclusion.
Currie suggested that Iraq might bejustified in seizing Kuwa it, andLofton echoed the suggestion. "We
are dismissing
Middle Easternethics," she said.
Calling for a US withdrawal
deeper into Saudi Arabia and a
stepped up naval blockade instead,
Currie thinks that US maneuvering
ma,y be a bluff to force Iraq's retreat.
"If it works" , said Currie , "andSaddam Hussein withdraws, it will
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conflict inevitable."
Jose Fidelino, a Different Light
employee and, at 24, a potential
military draftee, was pithy in his
comments.
"I think ;,it sucks.
Bush's hypocrisy about defending
democracy and democratic ideals
appalls me."Fidelino thinks that the UnitedStates should withdraw entirely frompressing dO!llestic problems, suchas homelessness and AIDS, being
ignored. "We shouldn't
be over
there. Fight the war at home first,"
said Berkowitz.Lea,
who also
declined to give her last name,concurred with that view. "I don't
like it," said Lea of the US Middle
East• involvement.
Lea looks for
the United States to address
domestic problems, negotiate for.
peace in the Middle East and help
settle the decades
long ArabIsraeli conflict. At 60, Lea lived
through World War II, but has nointerest in the Hitler-Huss,ein analogy. "I'm most interested in stopping war. I think war is a no winsituation for everybody."
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the danger," he concluded.
And for Lofton, much of the US
motivation is politics, pure and simple. "Bush is trying to establish a newworld order in light of the end of theCold War," she opined. "And we haveno business being over there."
Perhaps the most ironic comments came from Dew U. Care, thepseudonymous
publisher of Slutmagazine. She stated her view that
this was a fight over oil, and herbelief that the United States should
adopt neutrality "like Switzerland
and Disneyland."
Then, in comments recalling those made after thedevastationof World War I, she
added in all sincerity, "Maybe thislast great flight of idiocy will usher
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SAN FRANCISCO-The ability ofweeks. Those demos have shut down
gay activists to measure the pulse of
the Golden Gate Bridge three , times
their conununity as well as their ability
to marshal the resources to launch
and the Oakland Bay Bridge oncehigh-profile of the demohstrations has
and prompted the cops to use Mace
becomethefoundationforthecurrent
on protestors.
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wave of .anti-war protests ·convulsing"It seems to me we are the cutSan Francisco.
ting-edge radical movement of the
In the 15 days following the con'90s," said Jonathan Katz, a member ofgressional decision sanctioning
treated, we canthe use of force inunderstandthe Persian Gulf
when there is aviolation of huon Jan. 12, activists in San Franman decency."
cisco had planned
Within minmore than 25
utes eX the vote indemonstrations,
Congressonthe majority with"
Saturday,Jan. 12,
the active support
a ten-foot banner
if not the actiye
appeared .on theparticipation, ofcomer of Castro
members of theand 18th ~eets,. lesbian and gay
the heart of theconununity.
gay and lesbian
And the nowcommunity here.
well-known
TThebanner.so shirts of ACT UP
called for a proif
and Queer Nation
test against the .
PEACEOFMIND-Gay protesters at the Federal Building Jan. 15"could be found atpolicy of the .
Virtually all of theUnited States that
Queer nation. "We spent the '80s in·numerous anti-war protests taking
evening at 9:~
at Castro and Market streets.
intensive training through the AIDSAs the time approached, hundreds
movement th,at other communities did.of people emerged. Some carried small
not. We are taking those lessons andtom-toms; other carried signs. The
broadening them and teaching them."
mood was one of purposeful anger.
Because of our understanding ofMoments later, a mobile TV truck.>·0
how badly the system has treated us, wearrived extending its antenna into the
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its way into the crowded Market Street
intersection. The heavily traveled thoroughfare was closed to traffic.
As the crowd swelled to thousands, they slowly began to move
down Market Street. "Money for AIDS,
not for war," went one chant. "FuckGeorge Bush," went another. Picking
up speed, the young marchers quickly
walked about five blocks through a•maze of ongoing traffic, turned andmoved toward Haight Street. As theywalked, their numbers increased.
Finally, at the Times Square of the'60s movement, the corner of Haightand Ashbury, they stopped. Discarded
Christmas trees and the newspapers
froIjl nearby racks became. the fuel fora bfi)nfire that filled the cnsp Saturdaynight air. As flames billowed morethan 25 feet in the air, more people,
both gay and straight, emerged fromthe many bars and clubs on the street.
As some danced around the fire,others, now nearly 5,000 strong, continued down Haight Street, circling
back to the Castro.
One of the most telling statementsof the crowd's politics came as themarch fell silent as it passed Davies
Medical Center, a hospital with one of
the largest numbers of AIDS patientsin the city.
Later, the crowd filed into theintersectionof Castro and Market
streets, laying down in the street by
the thousands.
And as the deadline day for war
approached, members of ACT UP andQueer Nation joined nearly 10,000
other activists in an action that completely shut down the city's federalbuilding. By 6 am on Jan. 14, both federal and municipal police made arrests
and at one point Maced hundreds ofdemonstrators in an attempt to regain .
order. In two days of protests, morethan 600 people were arrested.
.
Many were the same activists who
had so carefully planned a week of demonstrations and protests lastJune during
the VIth International AIDSO:>nference.As
they had done last summer, their planning
to protest the government action in the
Persian Gulf was remarkably complete.
Every major media outlet had been
kept completely aware of every move.
While the government told its
workers to arriv~ 30 minutes before
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urban constituency
in the UnitedStates," he said. "The test of ourpower is our ability to use that power
to humanize the whole environment
in which people live in this city, andthat includes an understanding of theurgency of peace." .
Britt also noted that the community has learned to understand thepolitical as well as the human dynamics of war. "When the peace movement tells us that America's posture in
the world is that of a bully, gay people
can understandthat because weunderstand about bullies," he said. "Itis not gay people who are making
decisions to go to war. We are not
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NEW YORK-A
week of anti-war demos
peaked as word of war
swept across the city.
Protesters
jammedTimes Square, blocked
the Brooklyn Bridge andsurrounded the United
Nations in the days leading up to, and following,
US air strikes in Iraq.
Similar protests
cropped up in Los
Angeles, Minneapolis,
San Francisco, Washington, DC, and other cities
across the nation. In
Olympia, Wash., demonstrators reportedly took
over the state capitol.
Planned protests
were scheduled in thenation's capital for two
consecutive weekends .
-Andrew Miller

wouldn't be happening."
In fact, the only two openly gay
voices in Congress, Massachusetts
Democratic Reps. Barney Frank andGerry Studds, both voted against theresolution allowing the use of force.
"Since we are not there," Britt
continued, "we are here, and we areprotesting very loudly that we have to .
find a new kind of social order inwhich the interests of the privileged. and the oil companies do not takeprecedence over the lives of people."
Newly installed lesbian Supervisor
Carole Migden agreed: "We are themoderrl-day advocates and the street
activists of the '90s. I am proud we areplaying a pivotal role in helping theAmerican public organize in the oppo_·
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have exposed us to a broad spectrum ofthought on the war in the. Middle East,and gay Americans have all slowly
formed their own opinions on whatshould or should not happen next.
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cle of American legislators coming to "thetoughest
decision"of
theircareers whether or not to OK the useof force. And newspapers, television andradio have brought us reports on how
the Gulf war will affect virtually every
aspect of American life. But neglectedfrom those reports is the- profound
impact the crisis is likely to have on
America's gay and lesbian community.
The effects are already being felt.
On the surface, the first influence of
the Gulf war on the lesbian and gay
community has been its nearly complete
overshadowing of all public debate on
the ever-expanding AIDS epidemiC, notto mention the myriad issues on the gay
and lesbian agenda.
Close behind the problem of
increased invisibility of gay and AIDS
issues, however, lurk other, murkier
problems soon to be faced by gay men
and lesbians nationwide as a result of thenation's and the Congress' preoccupation
with the unfolding Middle East drama.
The most apparent of these, clearly,
is how the aisis will effect gay men andlesbians in the military and thePentagon's continuing policy of expellingthem on the grounds that homosexuality
is "incompatible with military service"[see ~icle, page 14). But threatening tohave an equally far-reaching effect is theprospect that a costly Gulf war could
endanger funding for a host of federal
AIDS programs and could easily push
gay and AIDS issues off a crowded legislative table.
"It's dear that the attention ofCongress is on the Persian Gulf rightnow,"
suggested
GregoryKing,
spokesperson
for the Human Rights
Campaign Fund. "But that simply is true
for all Americans." .

The first session of the 102nd
Congress has only just begun, so there
are presently few pieces of substantive
legislation being held up by the Gulf crisis debate. But if the crisis turns into ashooting war that lingers for months,
crucial bills reauthorizing a series of
AIDS research and education programs,
as well as prospective bills on hatecrimes, could fall victim to the congressional time constraints.
Lobbyists are quick to point out that
war or no war, Congress still has to, deal
withthe appropriations process aj1d,as.
part of that, expected anti-gay amendments from Republican Sen. Jesse Helmsof North Carolina and Republican Rep.
WIlliam Dannemeyer of California.
And as the budget and appropria- .
tions processes move forward, theimpact the war in the Middle East could
have on AIDS funding is striking fear
into the hearts of AIDS activists and lobbyists. Although Operation
DesertShield is being financed outside of thestanding budget agreement,a protracted confrontation
could force areassessment of it and result in drastic
domestic spending cuts.
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programs-muchless securing new
funds for recently approved AIDS careand housing programs--will get harderand harder.
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"I think: new funding under the best
scenario was going to be difficult," commented Dan Bross, executive director
for the AIDS Action Council. "The economic conditions in the country and the
problems in the Middle East don't makethat any easier.""We will be looking to fully fundsome of these authorized programs in
the next cycle," added AIDS policy
analyst Jeff Levi, "but if Desert Shield iseatl~g up billions and billions of dollarsJwe may have a hard time gettingthat money.", _ To help head off that problem,
AIDS groups are already working .on
forming a coalition with representatives
from groups supporting other domestic
spending, such as advocates for cancer
research and education, to urge Congress
to hold the line on domestic spending
despite the worsening economic predictions and the Gulf crisis.
"While I'm afraid that domestic programs are going to suffer as a result of
this, I think: we have an opportunity here
to show that all domestic programs ...areunderfunded," added Bross. "There arewars going on here within this country,
like the drug war and the war against
AIDS, So maybe we have an opportunity
to [bring together al coalition and ...getthat message across."
And there is also the undergroundproblem created when military resetvists
and) commissioned government scientistSJ.!-boththose already stationed in the
Gulf and those that could be called up
now that fighting has erupted-are
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technicians nationwide have alreadybeen called up to serve, leaving behinda vacuum in the AIDS care andresearch fields. One top National
Institutes of Health pediatric AIDS
staffer has already been shipped to theMiddle East. And now, AIDS lobbyists
are worried that, should they beneeded,flood of federal commissioned scientists could be called on toserve in the Gulf, creating large gaps ina

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for a,moment, toforget.
Forgetting
shouldn't be so difficult. Judging by
the war-mongeringmood
acrossAmerica, 55 percent of the popula.tion must either be amnesiac or in a coma.
1bat's the percentage of the US public that believes our president had done
everything he could have to avoid war,according to a CBS/New Yom Times polltaken before they ·started bombing.
. Forty-seven percent also thoughtthat it was time to start bombing Baghdac:i. Six percent weren't sure. There are
27 lawmakers in Congress who werearound for the ne:.rrlyunanimous Gulf ofTonkin Resolution that sanctioned theVietnam War. Twelve of those legislatorslast week voted to authorize the use offorce in the Persian Gulf.
So forget •about whether the US is
winning the war or not. Forget about
whether the sanctions were working
or not.
Forget what political party you'reregistered with, Forget about blood foroil. Forget about money for AIDS and not
for war. Forget about Texaco and Amoco
and&Xon.
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ity among the Arab nations, and nearly
50 years of Arab-Israeli conflict. Forgetthat a nation created for Holocaust survivors has created an apartheid-like social
system. Forget that years of oppression at
the hands of both Israelis and otherArabs have mired even the eloquent
Palestinian ·intelligentsia in the most
opaque, dogma.
Forget about Saddam Hussein's
disingenuous attempts to draw together
those problems and Iraq's invasion of
Kuwait. And forget about the almighty
sovereignty of the Kuwaiti people George
Bush is so quick to talk about. Thatshould be easy, too. After all, George,
has, during his political career, forgotten
about the sovereignty of the people ofGrenada, Panama, Lithuania, Palestine,
Nicaragua, El Salvador and Chile.
Forgetabout 1V reporters' incessant, .
use of the word "we" when referring to
the United States in ostensibly disinterested news reports from around the world.
Forget about the fonnidable press. restrictions ordered by our own FIfS1: Amendment government'for repOrters convering
the war. . .
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Historically speaking, it was guns
and bombs and the enforcement of arbitrarily drawn borders and the propping
up of sagging dictatorial regimes and thedeath-for-dollars foreign policy of thiscOuntry and others that made the Middle
East what it is toclay.
So why did it take another war toget some of the dtizens of this country toquestion the role that the military has
played in all of this?
The invasion of Kuwait was wrong.
War is bad. War is wrong. And the only
right two wrongs make is the rightwing, which has been itching to find away to bolster the US defense industries
Forget all of the rhetoric that the left
ever since someone coined theitterm
traditionally uses to denounce war. For<.
"peace dividend."
get all of the reasons the right traditionalJudging from the protests currently
ly uses to justify traditional warfare.
convulsing San Frandsco and cropping
And for Goddess' sake,. forget theup in other dties across the United States,
wholesale nightmare that is war. Just forthe anti-war effort is off to a healthy start.
get it. George Bush did. So did 52 senaIt's good that people are out in the .
tors and 250 members of the House.
streets. It makes George Bush look likeWhy are our lawmakers stilleven more of a hypocrite than he didgrasping for a justification
for .. when he pronounced congressional conkilling? Why are dropping bombs
sensus on a resolution that passed by aand shooting
peoplestill anhandful of votes in the Senate and justacceptable form of foreign policy
over 60 in the House.
for so many? Why is being
The gay and lesbian community
bombed and shot at an acceptable
maintains a unique critical position inrisk? And how can anyone believe
America. While many of its members are
an integral part of the social fabric, thefor a minute that going in, guns
blazing, will result in long-term . conununity as a whole is, by definition,on the outside looking in.
,workable solutions to the probAnd because of the wholesale dislems in the Middle East?

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But, in the era of the "peacetime' .... 'Suddenly, 'every passing tar's r-idio
army," many military personnel and civilWas tuned to the 'news. In the IRT stationpoised to help America understand the
hypocrisy of asking Americans to risk
ians alike didn't think through the US
in Times Square, a token clerk scrawled
their lives ostensibly defending what
military's potential. Even a peacetime''TIIEY'RE FIGHTING IN TIlE GULF" onarmy trains for war. The bottom line?
the message board intended to infonn
many of those same citizens can't claimin their own country: basic civil rights.
Within any, military exists the potential
oolIUlluters of train delays. At the Break,for killing people.
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a gay bar on Eighth Avenue in Chelsea,
Of course, it is the right of gay men
When I took this job, the possibility
someone painted a peace-sign on theand lesbians to choose to partake in thethat I would one day be furiously poundfront door.
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institutions, like the military, that theiring out an essay about war while listenFour hours later, CNN reporters
society offers up to others. And theing to the radio to fmd out if the bombs
money and time and energy spent
seemed unbelievably to be pronouncingthat a US victory was already within
defendingorreach. And Saddam Hussein, via CNN,
winning
thatright, as all of
was prq<;:laimingthe same for Iraq. The
next d!orning, Dick Cheney and Connou~ gay rights'A ,law flnns do, is
Powell were: warning Americans not tomoney and time
be overly optimistic. And the Iraqi
and, energy wellambaSsador to Britain· was vowing to
speikfight "to.the last children.".
But it is"', ..N,'oUtWee}z, the news department
also our right, as
sperit 'the· foll()wihg day salvaging news..St6t1es for' a weekly magazine that had
gay men andlesbians,
tobeen so thoroughly overtaken by current
work
towardev.ents. As we went to press, Iraq was
exposing whatbombing Tel Aviv. And the reality that
,
many
of us
the govemmeht had begun another war
know is wrong
sank in.
with institutions,
So forget all the right-wing justificalike marriage
t.ions for war. Forget all the left-wing
and the military,rhetoric about how current events have
and war. Maybe
led us to the brink of World War III. Forit's evefl our
get Whether we're winning or losing. And.patriotic duty,
remember the potential realities of war,.,
The Sight
Remember the body bags, the airof enlisted men
raid drills, the steady processi0n of funer·
scrambling forals, the daily death toll graphically reportCO .status days
ed on 1V. Remember the concentration
before they arecamps, the relocation camps, the refugee ~to be deployed. camps. Remember the social upheavals, ~in Saudi Arabia,. the lives lost, the lives ruined, the long- lot!
.~or of mothers oflasting global destabilization. Remember coenlistedmen
the missing limbs, the prisoners of war, .~,WHEt{
andwomen
the chemical weapons, the terrorist ]•beggingtheattacks, the threat of terrorist attacks, the =president not to start a war, daring him to . had dropped yet seemed remote. Now
wholesale killing in some foreign country
deal with their grief and their wrath if
war is a reality. .
you couldn't find on a map last year.
their children should be killed, is not a
It's odd how quickly the unthinkEven if this war, like those iri Panapretty one. Neither is the spectacle ofable becomes yesterday's news.' On Jan.
ma and Grenada, is over quickly, as
exemplary gay and lesbian military per16 at 6:30 pm, I was having dinner witheVeryone now hopes, remember that war
another reporter at a Chinese restaurant
sonnel being tossed out of the jobs
is the use of deadly foke between two
in the West Village, heatedly discussing
or more sides th;l.tcan't seem come to an
they've devoted their lives to because thepossible reolutions to the Persian Gulf
government can't deal with whom theyagreement any other way.
.., If you can't remember, ask som~ne.
, crisis. At 7:15, we were standing in front
might love.
. And then ask yourself how oµr politici.;µls
of a- newsstand· across the street,looking
But while their spirit of dissent is
at late editions of the papers; when acan ever look us in the eye and tell us
healthy, it is coming astoundingly late.
that they .risked all that because they· had
young Arab-American man hung up a
Many of the men and women in the serpay phone on the comer, turned to us,
vice signed up because the military, andexhausted all the other options."
two complete strangers, and said: "We
Andrew Miller is tbe news editor atits goals, appealed to them. Others turned•
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got a lot of junk
. mail whenI
lived in Miami.
I was goingto throw this letterout with the others. But something about· thisparticularflierstruck me as comical. "Join the Army. Get a free pair ofshorts," it read.
They probably got my name off alist of people who graduated from college in the past dozen years and were
known to be wandering about in limbo. I
was going to throw it out.
But I figured I could use a free pairof shorts.
It didn't take much effort to send off
their little card. And I figured the shorts
would be appropriate for working out.
A Few weeks later, in June 1988, I
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They told me that a person with mybackground could start out as a non-<:ommissioned officer. How could 'I· refuse?
Sure, I would come in to talk to a
recruiter. They scheduled an appointment
A phone call woke me up in themorning. (I had purposely forgotten to
set my alarm.)
My first words into the phone: "I
can't do it!"..',
My caller was reassuring. He told
me that I didn't have to join if I didn't
want to. Somehow, it didn't sink in. My
car found the recruiting station address
all by itself.
I bit the bullet, left my les/gay-politico-button-<:overed backpack in the•swung open the recruiting station door
and marched right in.
I found myself in the middle of an

car,open office, surrounded by 20 to 30 oafs
who looked like they'd just wandered infrom a gay-bashers' convention. Being
the only one not wearing a Megadeath.
'or R~n DMC T-shirt, I stuck out like asore thumb.
i asked for my assigned sergeant.
He waS standing right behind me.
He was certainly not what I had
expected. I had envisioned being interviewed by a hard-bitten drill sergeant,looking like a cross between Beetle Bailey's Sgt. Snorkel and Gomer Pyle's Sgt.
. Carter. What I got more resembled myuncle, the reserved reverendlVietnam vet.
He explained that "those guys" were
soldier wanna-bes. My case was different.
He took me into his office.
"fell me about yourself," he said ..
I thought back to my theater days
and remembered what a director once
told me. In order to get into a character, I

You've responded to tbe cballenge!
'Our cballenge to you is to "be all tbat you
can be." We can belp you do just tbat intoday's Anny of Excellence.
It all looked too good to be true.
Money! Prestige! Status! And, best of
all snappy uniforms! Who could resist?
I soon found myself walking.around, humming.
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Two days later, my snazzy shorts
came in the mail, and I quickly put themto good use. They perfectly offset anoversized T-shirt as part of my overnightwardrobe. Not exactly a fasbion statement, but comfortable.
I figured that things would stop there.
I quickly learned othetwise.
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myself. I had two seconds to search. I hit
a gusher.
I remembered a time when, as a
confused queer boy right out of highschool, I seriously contemplated the
Army. I needed something drastic, traumatic and irrevelSible to change my life;
the Army seemed like the perfect answer.
One ,problem: The idea of having to lie
about myself or about anything else
struck me as abhorrent.
I rememberedthat as a budding gay activist right out of college, I
again
contemplated
the armed ser,vices. The idea of discipline, order, alife-altering experience, stability andtravel all piqued my interest. But bythe~, the concept was bordering on
the absurd.
Hiding my gayness
wouldn't be possible, much less sensible. I considered the Peace Corps andeventually chose the path of least
resistence secretarial work.
I expounded on my life (albeit leaving out certain important parts) and
explained why the Army was right forme. The fact that I honestly meant what I
was saying was all too frightening. I
thought that I had buried those feelings
for all time.
My recruiter seemed pleased.
All the while, various and sundry
officers were waltzing in. and out of theroom, collecting documents and pricking
up weirears. I was tense.
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Just coming off a week when myface was on two TV stations and on
the front cover of a local newspaper, I
was deathly afraid of some khakiedcrew-cut marching into the room andsaYiPg, "Hey, aren't you that faggot
thaflwas on television last night?" My
fears proved unfounded.
He moved on to phase two.
Sitting me in front of a large .com- .
puter terminal/video monitor, he weht•
on and on about how much the Army
could give me.
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He showed me video-disc aftervideo-disco of "propaganda" film: See thehappy soldier jumping out of the airplane. See the happy private wave as helooks up from his engine work, monkey
wrench in hand. Hear the swelling chorus sing: "Be all that you can be... "I started to drift.
I remembered how a lesbian coworker volunteered for the Army when
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available and was hastily turned awaywhen she admitted to being gay.
I thought about Leonard Matlovich,a highly decorated war hero in the Air.
Force during the Vietnam War, who wasgiven a discharge when he· voluntarily
admitted to being gay and asked that
he be allowed to stay, regardless.
I flashed on Perry Watkins and Miriam Ben-Shalom, who pledged their lives
and their honor to the Army. I recalled
how the Army turned around and told.
thenl, "Out!"I recalled how years ago I had
advised a heterosexual male friend withno other career options to take theopportunity the Army o/fefed him.
J thought about the millions of gay
men and lesbians in the same circumstance who aren't offered the same
opportunity.
It all struck me as terribly unfair,and I found myself getting more andmore emotionally wrapped up in thegame. It couldn't be true. They couldn't
really turn you away if you're otherwise qualified.
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I Came back to earth. My sergeant
had been singing my praises for ten
minutes solid. He crooned about how
well I scored on the preliminary test.
He went on about how educated I was.
He drooled when I told him'l spoke
Spanish and could read French. He told
me that I'd be perfect for military intelligence, security clearances, the wholeball of wax!
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I beamed. They could see that I
was qualified. 1bey couldn't turn away
someone with my capabilities.
Of
course they'd let me in!
I looked at my appointment cardand contemplated cancelling my next
recruitment session. I was to be given my
choice of duty, a battery of tests and aphysical. I was nervous. I was crazy.
I went back.
Armed only with my pride, I again
went to the station. My sergeant, now. decked out· in the fmest of zippy Armydrag, saluted,- smiled and told the otherArmy hopefuls how he expected that I
would do well and qualify for intelligencework.
Flashes of Supreme Court battles
over whether gay people pose security
risks simply because. they are gay ran
through my head. I sat down to my exam.
Only a 31 percent rating is needed
to qualify; I got an 85. My sergeant was
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clicking his heels and saying how soon
I would be jumping out of airplanes.
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I initialled "yes" and moved on.
"Do you plan to continue to havehomosexual sexual relations in the future?"
Again, "yes."
I kept writing.
Then my stray marks caught mysergeant's eye.
"What is thatl" he asked in a quiet
tone.
I turned the form around on his
desk and slowly pushed it at him, pointing to the deadly questions.
He didn't flinch. Quickly he readthe questions to see if I had misinterpreted them. When his eyes hit the "H"word, be stopped. Slowly he read eachof the questions again.
. Again it didn't sink in. He then took
his right index finger and pointed toeach word, one by one, as he mouthed
them to himself.
Again he stopped on the "H" word.
"Yeah, that's what it says", he muttered under his breath.
Surprisingly, he turned the paper

can be..."I smiled sheepishly. I was getting
airsick.

He told me how he'd only need me
to fill out some papers before I could beon my way. I started to sweat profusely.
Divided into two sections, the way
the first form worked was obvious: Any"yes" answers above the line werenegotiable; anything below the line
was not. The "H" question was below
the line.
As I quietly initialled the "no" column, my sergeant calmly prepared morereams of fonns for me to fill out.
Then I hit a "yes.""Are you homosexual or bisexual?
(Homosexual is det1ned as a person who
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Within seconds of my finishing it, hehanded me the other forms and acted as
if nothing had happened. He told methat I was scheduled for my physical at
oh-6oo hours the next morning. He
asked me for directions so he could pickme up.
Twenty minutes later, he hesitantly
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"Now, I'll be honest with you, Cliff,"
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don't know if the Army will acc~pt people with those behaviors. Now, I know
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knew they wouldn't, so I'll have to findout. I mean, who knows? Now, I knowthat in the past, they-i.t was no. But I
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don't know. Somewhere in one of myregulation books there could be something that says you can't have people.with those behaviors, but my supervisor
will have to tell me."He bid me farewell and let me gohome to ready myself for the next day's
physical. When I got home, stupidly, I
took out my contacts as my reauiter had
suggested. They had handed me a battery of stipulations for my physicalincluding such requirements as: "Youmust wear underwear when you go infor your physical."Then next morning, the phonerang. He was short and curt: "I'm sony,
Cliff, but my supervisor told me theArmy does not let people in who
have ...those behaviors."
He told me he would drop off mybirth certificate later in the afternoon.
After years of pontificating andposturing about discrimination, I had
felt it for myself. Someone had finally
told me straight-out, "We can't let youyou're gay."
A few hours later, I got anotherphone call. Leonard Matlovich had justdied of AIDS.
On his gravestone would be the epitaph he had written himself: "When I
was in the military, they gave me a
medal for killing two men, and a discharge for loving one." A sentiment thatdeserves to be etched in stone. T

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trials. According to EPO's package
insert, 297 participants had AZTinduced anemia with a hematocrit
level less than 30 percent.
Results were reported frol)1
subgroups of subjects. Those withendogenous serum EPO level at or
below 500 mUlmL (normal levels
are 4 to 26 mU/mL) were given
either the drug (89 subjects) or'placebo (88 subjects). The needfor blood transfusions was 40 percent fewer in the EPO group thanwith placebo. In the adjustment
and maintenance phases of treatment (eight and 16 weeks), 43
percent in the EPO group required
no transfusions, compared with 18
percent on placebo.
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percent fewer transfusions thanthose on placebo, a difference
deemed statistically significant.
Hematocrit levels increased to 38
percent in 17 percent of those whostarted the study with endogenous
EPO levels 500 mU/mL or below.
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do with the effects of transfusion or
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Side effects, which the product information sheet notes may
be exacerbated by progression of
HIV infection, include fever (38percent), fatigue (25 percent),
headache (19 percent), cough (18percent), diarrhea (16 percent) aridrash (16 percent).
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release: "The FDA has been giving
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reviewing AZT, for example, in lessthan four months. Today's approval
is just another example of theagency's commitment to streamlining the drug development for all
AIDS-related therapies." ,-P.R.C.#Jew York,lthe standard dose was about 1,500 mg
daily. Toxic reactions, including anemia,
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Daily,On Monday, Jan, 7, a group of anti,Roman. gay zealots held a press conference on
Catholic bishop of
the steps of City Hall to oppose the.. cirys plan to distribute condoms in high
Brooklynandschools. Among those present was
Queens, is refusing
to lease two buildCongress member and Queens County
Democratic , leader Thomas Manton, Statings to the Board of
en Island Borough President Guy MoliEducation because
nari',
Conservative blowhard Queens
of a . dispute over ...'I"
sex education
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Senator Serp4inMaitese
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Queens Democratic AsSembly member
the pubJic scbools. This is the sa!?e"BishopD,aily who organized a pray;er"_" Denis Butler and Frederick Schmidt.
vigil· outside ,a recent. Board of Educa:-,~. These two, , Crawled. . out from under theirtion hearing on condom distribution inrocks just for this festive occasion. Howhigh schools.
I think that this is fUle. The Board
should take Daily.up on his threats and, While Bishop D,aily
let himforfeit his receipt of our tax dollars. Let's see who suffers then. The
exerts the,political
clout
Board should discontinue leasing any,
space fromthechutchandend
allgov! •, .
of thechurch, .the Board
ernment
contracts with the archdiocese.
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Let there. be true sepa~ation of <:hµrd~of Education's selfand state. Stop, the church' from living
off public dollars. ,The ch~rch' lea&rs
proclaimed expert on..
would hav~ to curb their extravagant
lifestyle, and their structure would, begin
anal intercourse, Board
to collaps~. At the same time,governVice President Irene
ment would achieve a new freedom. I
also think that our elected officials
ImpelliZzeri, leads theshould stop paying homage to religious
leaders 'who try to deny women's reproholy crusade against sex
ductive freedom· and who campaign
against the civil rights of lesbians andeducation from within.
gay men. There should be an arm's
lengthbetween progressive politicians•
and church leaders. True progressives
should save the hugging for the lesbian
they found their way to City Hall to
and gay leadership. After all, we are theattend the presS conference is beyond
ones in struggle.
me. I mean, have you ever heard of,
While Bishop Daily exerts the politDenis Butler or Frederick Schmidt?
ical clout of the church, the Board of
Also there-andthis was a surEducation's self-proclaimed expert on
prise
was
our
friendCynthia
Jenkins, aanal· intercourse,
Board
Vice
President•
staunch gay rights supporter
who
Irene linpellizzeri, leads the holy crujumped into bed with. the right-wingsade against sex education from within.
crazies in order to oppose the school
Don't forget that this Church lady wassystem's condom distribution plan. This
hand-pickedby Borough President
is quite, disturbing because Jenkins is an
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outspoken gay rights advocate who first
won her seat in 1982, the year after she
was a stalwart in organizing the Black
community for Frank Barbaro's bid formayor against Ed Koch.
Jenkins' iast two elections havebeen close ones, and there's speculationthat she may be trying to broaden herbase among conselVative Black voters.
The other possibility is that she's just terribly misguided on the condom issue,
Her son, Joe Jenkins, is an assistant to
Comptroller Liz Holtzman and a possible City Council candidate from Queens.
He tells me that he disagrees with his
mom. I hope that Joe is able to convince her to change her mind-lives
hang in the balance. At their January
meeting, the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats passed a motion to
invite Assembly woman Jenkins to theirFebruary meeting to discuss her positionon the issue. It should prove interesting
ifJenkins agrees to come. Stay tuned.
• On Jan. 9, Queens Council member Arthur Katzman announced his resignation. He is 86 years old and ~ill
retire,effective Feb. 28, for health reasons,•Katzman entered the council in
1962 as a reform candidate backed by
Eleanor Roosevelt. He was always asupporter of our rights, but in his later
years he took up with the Queens
Democratic machine and the conselVative elements within the gay community.
He supported the racially polarizing
Koch administration, including Koch's .
1989 re-election bid.
As chair of the Education Commit.tee, Katzman was the target of protests
last year (organizedby Assembly
woman Jenkins) when he asserted in a
newspaper interview that "there appears
to be no liking of learning among Blackand Hispanic children." 'This set off
demonstrations· by parent groups anddemands for his resignation. Katzman
apologized, but the damage was done.
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retirement. Ed Koch and the conservative crew will no doubt miss him andhis racially divisive ways.
Katzman has thrown his support
behind Forest Hills Democratic District
Leader Karen Koslowitz, an aid to prodeath penalty advocate, City Council
President Andrew Stein.
• Jack Chartier, who is ·executive
assistant to Assembly member Alan
Hevesi, has also thrown his hat into the'ring. Hevesi is a strong friend to ourcommunity and even attended Deborah
Glick's swearing in-the only non-Manhattan Assembly member to do so. Also
on board for Chartier are pro-gay state
Senators Emmauel Gold and Jeremy
Weinstein, and the John F. Kennedy
Democratic Club. In a brief discussion,
Chariter assured me that his position on
gay and lesbian issues matches Hevesi's.
• It seems that Council member
Priscilla Wooten of Brooklyn will
become the new chair of the Education
Committee. 'Wooten opposed us on our
civil rights bill and on all issues surrounding AIDS. She is a bigot par excellence, and the city's children will be thelosers. '!Pough an African American, she
is not aligned with Brooklyn's progressive Blacks, such as Congress member
Major Owens or Assembly members Al
Vann, Roger Green or Clarence Nonnan.
She is allied with her county leader,
Howard Golden, who is responsible forappqinting Board of Education Church
Lady;Irene Impellizzeri.
• After the Council lines are
redrawn, will Margaret Chin face off
against Council member Miriam Friedlander? If so, who else will enter the
frey?,What has the insipid Councilwoman Carol Greitzer been up to? Think
about that 'til next week. ...

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Pat Bond
Pat Bond, one of the most prominent
openly lesbian actresses in the UnitedStates, died in Larkspur, Calif., of lung cancer, on Dec. 24, 1990. She was 65 years old.
Born in Chicago, Pat grew up in Davenport, Iowa. During her high school years,
she developed a keen interest in literatureand the theater. In 1945, she enlisted in the
Women's Army Corps and served as a
medical technician caring for wounded soldiers returning from the South Pacific.
When the war ended, her company wassent to serve in occupied Japan.
After her honorable discharge, Pat
moved to San Francisco, where she
became involved in th,e gay and bohemianlife in North Beach, acted in various theatergroups and received a BA degree from San
Francisco State College under the GI Bill.
She spent the last four decades of her life
in Saulsalito, San Rafael and Mill Valley.
Pat was best known for her appearance in the 1978 pioneering gay documentary film, Word Is Out, where she
described her life in WAC and in North
Beach gay nightspots. In the late '70s andearly '80s, she wrote and performed infour one-woman shows which were major
contributions to the development of lesbian theater: Conversations With Pat Bond,about growing up queer in the Midwest;
Gerty Gerty Stein Is Back Back Back, basedon Gertrude Stein's life in Paris (which wasmade into a PBS TV special); Murder in the
WAC about a terrifying witch-hunt against
lesbian WACs that Pat witnessed while stationed in Tokyo; and Lorena Hickcock andEleanor Roosevelt: A Love Story.
Pat performed her sh'ows (many ofthem benefits for lesbian and gay organizations) at universities and theater~ acrossthe United States and in Canada. She also
directed a production of Carson McCuller'sMember of the Wedding at Theatre
Rhinoceros in San Francisco.
Pat is warmly remembered by many
people as the first openly lesbian performer they had ever seen. She has moved
audiences with her feistiness, her humor
and her sometimes-raucous lesbianism.
In the '80s, Pat was an emcee andgrand marshall for Lesbian and Gay Prideparades in San Francisco, New York andDallas. For a time, she wrote a column forCity News, a gay newspaper in New York
City. In 1990, she was among a group of
lesbian and gay veterans honored by the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors fortheir service during World War II.
Pat died in the hospital surrounded byher friends, singing carols on Christmas Eve,a time when she had traditionally gatheredpeople together in her home. Her friends are
now collecting her papers and photographs
to preserve in an archives and are' raisingfunds for an annual "Pat Bond Memorial Old
Dyke Award" to be presented to a lesbianover 60 whose service to the community has
not been sufficiently acknowledged. Donations may be sent to the Pat Bond Fund, 545
Douglass St., San Francisco, CA 94114.

-Allan Berube

Robert Cecchi
Robert Cecchi, a volunteer, board
member and former ombudsman of Gay
Men's Health Crisis, died of AI DS-relatedcauses in Manhattan on Wednesday, Jan.
9, 1991. He was 49 years old.
Mr. Cecchi started at the agency as a
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The network says that it cost them $1.5 million in lost revenues when two nice gay men spent the night together on TV.
So what's the tab if these two guys just chat with one another ata party?
You may remember last year's ground-breaking episode ofthirtysomething--the one that allowed us to peek into a bedroom
where two gay men were having a C07)f post-coital ~iscussion. ABC
announced that they lost $1.5 million on this episode-which they
never rebroadcast-because some sponsors pulled their advertising from the show. ABC wouldn't name the defecting sponsors
who bowed to pressure from right-wing bigots.
The two gay characters were not seen together again on theshow until recently, but apparently that's because actor David
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now, and the men were together at a New Year's Eve party on theshow. Even though theirs was just one of several stories playedout during the episode, showing nothing more passionate than amidnight kiss on the cheek, ABC says that this time, the network
lost more than $500,000 because of the gay content. But again,
they won't reveal the names of the defecting sponsors. Because
these sponsors caved in to pressure from right-wing groups, you
can bet that ABC is hearing from the bigots as well. That's why
they need to hear from you. Tell them that you appreciate thirtysomething's'sensitive portrayal of these gay characters, and thatyou look forward to seeing the episodes rebroadcast, and somelesbian characters too.
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Write to: Robert Iger, President, ABC Entertainment, 2040
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volunteer in October 1982 and served as aboard member for two years from October
1983. As a full-time'unpaid volunteer, hesimultaneously held several positions,
including assistant director of Clinical Services and memberships on the Quality
Assurance and Speakers Bureau committees. His early efforts were directed to ahealth care system that was unpreparedand unwilling to respond to people withAIDS and their needs. He realized that fearof AIDS and homophobia presented problems that demanded a new kind of healthcare advocacy. He argued for the creationof an independent department at GMHC,
and in August 1984, he himself became
the first GMHC ombudsman. He served inthat capacity until April 1988.
'Catherine Daly, the current ombudsman at GMHC, stated: "Bob fought for,and achieved, radical changes in healthcare delivery. The concept of AIDS designated units and centers, the reaching out
to forgotten PWAs in the correctional system, his addressing and changing theunacceptable discriminatory practices ofthe funeral home industry are a few of his
accomplishments.
The driving force
underlying all of his work was his unyeilding belief that people with AIDS must havethe fullest access to health care and its
related services~"
In the nearly four years that Mr. Cecchi served as ombudsman, he personallyhandled more than 1,000 complaints
brought against the health care system.
He.also devoted time to educating healthcare providers about the special needs of
the AI DS community. His analysis andreports of unsatisfactory service delivery
publicized the problems facing people
with AIDS. His 1987 report, "Prison
Inmates With AIDS," had a considerable
impact within the correctional system andbrought together high-level city and state
representatives to re-evaluate their poli"cies in caring for patients with AIDS.
As a result of his work at GMHC andbecause he was a person with AIDSrelated complex, Mr. Cecchi served on
numerous panels and AIDS advisory
councils. In 1983, he was appointed by
Gov. Cuomo to the AIDS Advisory Councilof the New York state AIDS Institute. He
was a former member of the Health Care
Surveillance Working Group, which met
regularly with the New York state commissioner of health, Dr. David Axelrod,
and applied coordinated pressure on state
government. He served on the AIDS Advi-

sory Council of the Greater New York
Hospital Association through which hebrought AI OS issues to the attention of
hospital administrators.
Mr. Cecchi was the recipient of many
awards for his AIDS health advocacy work,
and in May 1989, he received a Community
Service Award from the Samuel and May
Rudin Foundation, Inc.
Timothy J. Sweeney, executive director of GMHC, called Mr. Cecchia a rolemodel for current and future advocatesworking to improve the state of care forpeople with HIV-related illness. He proved
to us that solutions can be found if we fight .
long enough and hard enough.
Gay Men's Health Crisis, founded in
1981, is the world's first AIDS education,
advocacy and service organization. GMHC
provides support services to people with
AIDS, people with AIDS-Related Complex
and their loved ones; educates the public;
and advocates for fair and effective AIDS
policies on city, state and federal levels....

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the nation's AIDS research effort.
But what is being felt hardest rightnow is .the lack of attention for AIDS in
the media. Since the flurry of attention
given to AIDS in 1985 and 1986, thenews media have beat a steady retreat
from actively covering the epidemic.
And now with less time and space
devoted to all domestic issues, AIDS is
likely to suffer further if war develops.
"We're already losing ground," said
Levi. "HN didn't even make the [1990)
top ten health stories in theWasbington
Post, without a war."
But whether the media take note ornot, gay and AIDS issues are sure tocontinue to develop both in the halls of.Congress and in the American populace,whether the country is at peace or atwar.
"I think [the Gulf Crisis) will havesome impact on all our legislative issues.
There will be less focus on them," concluded the American Civil Liberties
Union's Capitol Hill lobbyist Chai
Feldblum. "But. ..neither Congress nor
the country is going to stop and justdeal with Persian Gulf issues. For betteror for worse, both the positive and negative...will probably come forward." ...

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page"'.5It·. though the Army knew that he was gay.
Watkins began his challenge after
he was forced out of the Army in 1984,
purportedly because he is gay. Even
though Watkins ultimately prevailed in
his effort to rejoin the Army, the decision:that came down from the court was so.narrowly drawn that Watkins's case cannot be used as a precedent for other'challenges
to the Department
ofDefense's anti-gay policy.
In two cases that came up last
.February, however, the Supreme Court
refused to hear the appeals of James
Woodward, a gay man and a former
naval officer, and former Arrny Reserve
drill serg~t Miriam Ben-Shalom, a les, bian, effectively upholding the Pentagon,policy.
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by Liz Tracey
photographs by Michael Wakefield

On a trip to Montreal with a now-very-ex
girlfriend, "I went to an art exhibit, held in thebasement of an apartment building, and argued

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we would all
go dancingthat night. We
decidedthat
asking the twoboys working at
the entrance ofthe makeshift
gallery would be
our best bet, sincein 1987, men withponytails were, if
not a gay tip-off, atleast a hip tip. In
broken English (herefusedto speakFrench to us after I
mangled "Where's agood place to go?"), he
tried to indicate a clubon a wall map. Finally, he asked, "Do you
know Le Pyramide in New York?" I nodded
vigorously. He assured us that Poodles wasjust like it. We went early and stayed late.
While it wasn't exactly Pyramid, it was a close
as ~ou would get a la Quebecois. We felt
comfortable: A wacky home away from awacky home.
n Dec. 10, 1981, the Pyramid dub opened its doors on
Avenue A in New York's East Village. It featured, among
other things, live bands, drag queens, perfonnance art,
poetry readings, dancing (on the dance floor and on
the bar) and above all, atmosphere. It was almost
always mixed-gay/straight,
neighborhood/above
14th Street,banji boys/East Village clones and never apologized for its
queer sensibility. The club, and those who were the creative
forces behind it, fostered a unity among those attending, even
if it was unifying behind a performance you couldn't makesense of. You always got more than what you paid for (which
was never really a lot), and you left with what bas now been
analyzed, anthologized and eulogized as "the East Village
experience. "Pyramid came together at a time when the East Village
was becoming a center for artists, writers, dancers and perfonners. It was a place where rents were low, so working a.

day job wasn't always a necessity. As the galleries sprang up, and the attention of the world
began to focus on the area, the feeling was thatthe cutting edge of creativity was surroundingyou. And much of it was gay.
By the late '80s, rents went through theroof, artists had either "made it" to SoHo or
were being taken by the AIDS epidemic,
and the faces of queer politics was changing. The sensibility of arts was taken to thestreets, and activism became a social outlet. Pyramid felt this, too. Night-life promoters seized upon the mood and put
together parties that were supposed tobe the activists' place to be a purely
male, blatantly sexual aura that, while
preaching to the converted, picked up
on the militancy of sexual desire in
the queer nation.
But in rrlld~l990, in an attack ofhomophobic paranoia, Pyramid's staff
and management were frred becauseof the "newly" discovered jerk-off
action in the basement during Dean
Johnson's Rock and Roll Fag Bar
nights. Management was changed anumber of times in a short pericxi, alltrying to bring about either a revival of the good oldclub or a rebirth of an animal of another type. Through it all,gay and lesbian nights continued and would be looked uponas their most successful during that time. The gay sensibility.
remained, even if the people who made it so did not.
Then in December, a completely pink triangle waspu t over Pyramid.
The dub's
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101 Avenue
A. A newlineupofnightswasannounced,
all of themgay or lesbian,some of themboth-andeachwith its own
attention-grabbing name like
"Fuck" (Sundays)or "Oleap" (Thursdays). The feelingon the street wasthat this might bewhat queer nightlife has needed fora long time; it just
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The three queer night-life impresarios, now managers
recalls. They came back to the city and began working
and creative directors at 101 Avenue 'A, come from backtogether . in the dubs.
They frrst worked at Lucky Strike andgrounds that have produced some of the most entertaining.
Danceteria and then went-on to become creative directors at
and interesting nights in New York. Brian Butterick was
Lim~~d;nother neigi;Iborhood legend was born.
manager of Pyramid from 1982 to 1990 and has now
After
a
few
mishaps with the club, Limbo closed inreturned. Joining him are Victor and Jeanette Anonymous?
'1985. They, too, went on "hiatus" until last, summer, when(the names come from their production company, Anonythey began "Disco Interuptus" at Roxy with Butterick.
mous?), who worked at Lucky Strike, Danceteria and Limbo
When "Interruptus" began there, it brought a whole
Lounge. They have managed so far to incorporate the new
new crowd to the cluD-artists, homeboys, yuppies andqueer political scene, the sexual energy bubbling forth fromexposed them to performers like Penny Arcade-a conit and the "vaudeville" nature of club life to produce
frontation, if you will, with art.
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evenings that are not just dancing, not 'just boys· in their
It
was
not
far
along
into
this
that
underwear, but the "experience," '90s style.
"Interruptus" won its notoriety for its
Butterick took over management of Pyramid six months"Holy Chaos" night, during which aafter it opened in 1981, leaving the Mudd Clubpregnant woman was mock-crucified,
and taking from it the sensibil-...",...
surrounded by nuns and priests.
ity that it wasn't a cardinal
Roxy owner Gene DiNino, forced
sin for a deejay to play
Butterick and the. Anonymouses? todance music and then Ethel
submit all future videos for review,Merman. At the time, cluband limited their performers todeejay and drag performer
non-controversial material. It was
Sister Dimension was also atsoon after this that the trio left to
Pyramid, sometimes clearing atake over 101 Avenue A.
dance floor and earningthe.
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It is important to understandclaim to the first "bar dancer."thatthe "new" Pyramid has
The club housed live bands,
struckupon something that has
along wit!). performances (thelong been present in the gay
first time •I saw the late, great•..
community,
yet not fully
Ethyl Eichelberger was on a Sunexpressed
until
now: the feelday night there, doing her intering that queers of both genpretation of Gone With The Wind),ders can mix and not pressureand "shows, shows, shows." One,each other out of the scene.
described by Butterick, perhaps"Fuck" on Sunday nights hfLS
captures the feeling best: Calledsucceeded beyopd expecta. ':Holiday in El Cuspidor," it featured
tions with a racially mixeda nasty dictator, his,lovely wife, a milcrowd of fags, dykes anditary junta, the audience being roundsome very cool straights.
ed up and arrested and radical nuns
The Pyramid team encourtaking over the. deejay booth to playages the hetero interest
their own kind of music. The shows,
and works to foster· awhile not Obie-winning performances,feeling of community
contributed to this aura of anything-caninside its doors. But
happen kitschiness that still seems tosmall problems a.rise:haunt the stage and drive even nice
One night an announceyoung men from Connecticut in for theL.".N1tAOUS1
ment was made from the deejay
weekend to take off their clothes andW\ctOR"NObooth that, "while we love our sensitive straight
gyrate with two drag queens (who will.'
friends, they are not allowed to deep-kiss on the dance floor."
subsequently fight over who gets to take
The next thing'up for the triumvirate: the Bank, Jasper
him home).
Johns'
former studio at the southwest corner of Houston
Butterick's says that the Pyramid aesthetic "has beenandAvenueA. With a splashy opening party on New Year's
recycled with form but no content in any number ofEve, that sucked in upward of 3,000 people, all bodes wellclubs." The ideas of installations and themes had been carfor their opening the door in February. The trio will simply
ried with great success to clubs like Area, which, with amanage both clubs.
higher budget and wealthier patrons, started a "rich kitsch"
Weekends will be the queer nights at the Bank (atrend in clubs last summer' that still has its hangers-on.
reverse on the usual tradition of shafting queers with SunDuring his "hiatus" from Pyramid last summer, Butterickdays). But, as in anything Butterick and the Anonymouses?
teamed up with Victor and Jeanette to throw a weekly
do, the remainder of the week will always be mixed. As
romp at the ROXY.
The Anonymous? couple-hea gay man, she a les- . someone once said, you can take the club out of the queer,
but you can't take the queer out of the club;Tbian-met eight years ago on Fire Island in a gay bar. ''We
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OK. Perhaps
youwould say that I'm notcloset-case celebrities
wrong to ask them theseand the assimilationist
things, but it is wrong ofqueers in HollyWood to
me to demand. And you
do. The individuals asking the questions claim that I rant andmay say that my treatment of these individuals is temble--that
I harangue them, criticize them, taunt them, intimidate them,rave without any coherent direction, and that I either don't
terrorize them and attempt to rum their lives into Holy Hell.
dearly ask for anything specific or ask for far too much, shrilly
demanding that the doseted types make totally unreasonable
Well...maybe you have a point.
concessions. I'v~ even been charged with infringing on these
But look: We don't have time to waste. People are being
celebrities'/rlghts"
and "freedoms" by.
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beaten on the streets and/or losing the battle
viciously attacking them and' ordering
against AIDS every day. We've talked to thethem to be responsible when they, accordpower-mongering queers until we're blue ining to the conservative rationale, don't
the face. IF WE HAVETO TREAT lHEM IN
really owe us anything. The thinking is
A VILE MANNER TO GET THEM MOV1\111L L 1
1'1- ING TO GET lHEM TO STOP OPPRESSthat they are free individuals building theirown careers and that anything they grant
ING US 1HEN SO BE IT. I didn't make up
ObLLAR,
us is icing on the cake which we should
the rules. To the contrary-they did. It's theirbe thankful for.
game we're playing here. And, unfortunateWell, I say that all people have aly, since they've learned quite well how to
responsiQility to help the rest of humanity,
get what they want in this society, it's theand certainly that couldn't· be more true
only game they know to play. And if they
when one is in a position to move mouncan't take what they dish out, well, thentains for the oppressed group to which one
they'll be sucked up soon enough by theiralso belongs.
own kind anyway.
,
Let's look at the MGM/Pink Panthers
Meanwhile, on the topic of sucking,situation. It was announced two weeks
let's talk about George Michael. In Us magaago that the big, ferocious movie company
zine, prodded by the questions of writer Ian
which owns the Pink Panther films was suing the neighborParker, he ftnally says: "No, I haven't [denied being gay]. You'llhood patrol of the same name which fights gay-bashers in thehave to fmd the place where I've denied it. No, I think thatstreets. MGM claimed Panther leader Gem Wells and her crew
people presumed that because my relationship with Kathy
hurt the films' wholesome "family" image by using the name,
Geungl, which was pretty public with the video ...that was theirthough the company says that it vigorously supports lesbianversion of a denial. But everybody
knows it means
and gay civil rightS. What garbage! MGM's act was so blatantly
nothing-there are plenty of gay men in the world with two
anti-gay that even the usually rabid and gay-hating New York . children. No, I've never denied it. I very frrmly believe that sexPost ran the hea.dline "MGMBashes Gays Over Pink Panther."uality...is such a personal thing ...And I'd be mad to say yes. I
Now, am I wrong to ask that lesbians and gays in thewould be absolutely mad. Especially now."entertainment industry rise up and denouce MGM for such
Make what you want of Michael's lunacy (personally, I
actions, much the way Black or Jewish public figures would
think it's all now quite obv:ious)--the point is: Ian Parker foundrise up if similar public actions were taken against theirit necessary to ask the big question. After all, the rumor ofrespective communities by a ·corporate giant? AM I WRONG
Michael's homosexuality has been rampant for years. And ever
TO ASK THAT THE CLOSET-CASE· "ENTERTAINMENT
since the outing debate began last year, many journalists subCOLUMNIST" LIZ SMITH STOP THINKING ABOUT HER
scribe to a new order which mandates them to ask that quesSOCIETY FRIENDS FOR A WUSY MINUfE AND ACTIVELY tion, especially if the rumors are so big that they've become. CONDEMN MGM FOR ITS HORRIFIC ACTIONS? AM I
newsworthy. I mean, the celebrity has the right to answer
WRONG TO ASK BARRY DILLER, A GAY MAN AND TIIE
vaguely or emphatically avowing her or his gayness or totally. HEAD OF A RIVAL COMPANY, 20rn CENTURY FOX, TO
deny it, true or not. Such has happened recently with Whitney
RELEASEA STATEMENTDENOUNCING MGM? AM I WRONG
Houston, Keanu Reeves, New Kids on the Block, Sandra BernTO ASK TIIE QUEER DAVID GEFFEN, NOW ONE OF TIlE
hard and even Madonna.
MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN HOllYWOOD, TO GET ON
Why then, you may ask, did Jonathan Van Meter do an
TIIE HORN AND TIIROW All OF HIS WEIGIIT AROUND
exhaustive interview with Jodie Foster for the cover of The New
REGARDING TIllS ISSUE?AM l. WRONG TO ASK TIlE LESYork Times Magazine a couple of weeks ago and not ask that
BIANS·AND GAY MEN WHO RUN AROUND WTIH 1HESE . million-<iollarquestion that everyone's been waiting for: 'Jodie,,
are you a dyke?" (I mean, she could say no, couldn't she?)
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War is in the air, and everything's coming up baseball,your part, call all the strapping young men you know andapple pie and heterosexual heroics. But if we want to keepoffer to help them avoid the draft. I'm sure that you can figure
our all-American heroes tough, why did a reader of thatout something or invite them to be arrested kissing-in at theamber-waves-of-grain newspaper supplement, Parade, have
ACf UP Day of Desperation:
free evidence of your nelly
to write and ask about Mel ~'s"queer middle name soways when your mug shows up in OutWeek. Heavy recruiting
queer, he never uses it."is essential in wartime, afterall, and it gives some insight into
It's as if Rosanne's anthem rocked the country because ofwhat that troll, Uncle Sam, meant by "I Want You."
By the way, NBC camerapeople win the informal poll for
how closely it mirrored the real state of our dreams for a butch
nation. Scratch the surface and ...not much is what it seems.
best coverage of the boys of Desert Shield. Life in the desert
Why ruin the illusion? Mel's middle name is Columcille,
has made them all very close, the soldiers say. A sma11 sample
which is not a bad name, but not quite right for Mad Max.
of pre-<leadline coverage reveals that the soldiers are mainly
Just scratch that surface and ...welcome to the media zone.
men and are mainly well built. They clean their guns with their
No one at the 1V networks seems to have relatives in theshirts off, sit draped over each ather with their shirts off, take a
Gulf (nor does anyone in Congress),so they're more than happy to whip
us into a patriotic frenzy. But
remember,Congress has nevervoted war on such a small margin,
and Jack Newfield, now at the pink
Susie Bright has made it to the pages of Rolling Stone. Some fear that lesNew York Obseroer, notes thatmany hawks, like Quayle, are draft
bians have been reduced to a trend ...Craig Lucas' entertainment highlight of 1990
dodgers, while those opposing an
early strike included combat veterwas Michelle
Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys: "And I'm not a straight guy.",ans Democrat Robert Kerry of
Nebraska, DemocratJohn Glenn ofThough we all know that she's fab, and it's great that Entertainment Weekly will
Ohio and recently outed Republican
Mark Hatfield of Oregon. Incidenexplicitly say that a fag made Longtime Companion, would they have printed histally, Hatfield was the only one tovote against both Gulf resolutions.
vote for an Andy Garcia body part? ..Hope you sent in your GMHC lobby coupons
At least America rests easierknowing that the "red glare" is free
to Albany, since the• agency paid for a great full-page in the Times.
of boys who are light in their com•bat boots and girls who trod a little
too heavily in theirs. But Randy
Shilts, the only gay journalist fit to print, was given space on
lot of showers with their shirts off and playa lot of sports with
the Times opinion page to recruit for the army of lovers:
their shirts off. They don't even seem to realize that they may"Claim You're Gay, Avoid the Military."die protecting a country where women aren't allowed to drive,_ as the Washington, DC, button-<>f-the-moment reads.
What will the Joint Chiefs think when legions of draftable. Back home on NBC, Jane Pauley took a look at nonmilk-fed lads show up with limp wrists? Shilts says that since
sports fans, those American outcasts, on the premiere of Realthe '60s, the regulations have been strengthened to the point
Life. The report began, ''Who are these guys who make thethat "lesbians and gay me~r
anyone who says they mightothers so nervous?" Pauley never explicitly told us what they
be gay at some point in the unspecified future are banned
meant about men who don't know the score. But you know.
from SClVing in the armed forces." He rightly points out that
~Too many potential viewers might have switched toAmerica has come a long way, such that "homosexuality is not
Amerlca's·Funnfest Home Videos if Real Life had discussed
the bugaboo it once was." Everyone's going to b<i: getting selfhow an ignorance of sports stigmatizes boys on playgrounds
consciously fierce.
and in board meetings. For that matter, bothIn that vein, a friend has patrioticallyin Real Life and in real life, women and sportssuggested that new draftees could be tested
are treated like oil and water. Tell that to any
by giving them ten minutes to redecorate
the barracks. Actually, if you want to do
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started off the day being humiliated on national television

I and ended it in' the Bronx, jerking off with a bunch of drooling junkies. Just another typical day.
It was The Joan Rtvers Sbow. I had been scheduled toappear with party promoter Michael Alig, performer Leigh
Bower, a sex-change named Amanda and a wacked-out
bondagedesigner
named
Ernie Glam. The theme was"Freaks of Nature." Or "Abominations of God. I never bothered to ask ...
I'm just one of thosepeople who can be dragged
anywhere, anytime, by anybody. Any fool with a dollar
and a dream, a vision enoughto see past the next cocktail
can have me as a guest at theirhouse or on their show.
So there I was-all
gussied up in my Sunday-goto-Meeting drag. My skin waspainted a beautiful shade of
Elmer's Glue. My naturally
curly, naturally clown-red hair
was piled high on my head. A
pretty new nose was latexed
onto my face. Ahd I was wearing a sexy new maillot ("That's
French, Mother") that was cut
up to bere. In short, I looked
just like Ivana Trump doing alittle Kabuki number-on add.
The time came for all of
us to go out onstage. Joan
. walked out first, shaking herhead. "Next we have somepeople so weird, they mutilate
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Tawana Brawly was on with us? Oh, she was referring toLeigh BoweIY's pierced cheeks. It was going to be tbat kindof show.'
I marcl1ed out onstage, did a practiced little half-step andtwirl. The audience applauded. They loved me. I was magnificent ... a hit! I waved and decided to
mayl5e show off a few df myoid breakI
dancing moves. Or a few high kicks.
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Then, mid-twirl, both of my testicles, which have always
been adventurous to a fault, dislodged themselves from my tuckand made a special appearance on national television. The
audience gasped, Joan gasped.
I quickly sat down, humbled. As I was doing so, one of
my curls fell off my head and onto my lap a fa Bette Davis in
Mr. Skefftngton. OK, so they
aren't natural, I pin them on.
Nobody was supposed
toknow, goddamnit. And if you
really want to get picky, myhair isn't naturally clown-red.
Are you happy?
I picked up the curl andtried to think of something
witty to say. Nothing came tomind--so I tried tossing it overmy shoulder.
It hit Joan in the face.
Whoops!
Things only got worse.
Joan asked Amanda, the sexchange, if she turned tricks fora living.
"You're disgusting," Amanda sniffed.
We still had the audience's
support, though, even if we'dlost Joan's--that is, until Leigh
BoweIY mentioned that his new
cabaret act involved an enemathat he shot onto the audience.
That did it. The rest of theshow was a cloudy nightmare.
A hellish blur of horrified
housewives asking embarrass- .
ing questions about our sex
lives, our salaries and our religious beliefs.
I ran from the studio in
te.ars. I ended up alone and depressed that night at myfavorite hustler bar in Times Square. Together, my fellow
outcasts and I commiserated on life's cruel ironies. Daylight found me in the Bronx with my new friends drunkout of my mind, spitting up fake eyelashes and having
extremely safer sex, while they
nodded and drooled and did moredrugs ...just another typical day. T.;IIIS

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believe what you read in Naiad novels?-but
we aren't. So we are darn grateful for comps
when we can get them; otherwise, we would hardly goout at all. Trendier types· get on the guest list for clubs
which probably wouldn't let us in even if we could
pay them. We, on the other hand, take what we canget. Anne fondly remembers a free screening of adocudrama on Rosa Luxemburg (her life was lesseventful than you might imagine), and the week in
Ann Arbor, years ago, when she scammed free vegetable curry off the Hare Krishnas. Just last month, she
got into Shogun: the Musical for free, in a complicateddeal involving the main display window at a branch ofa well-known bookstore chain. And we would never
explain, even for money, precisely how Madame X
ended up with her blue parka.
Anyway, we know a theater tech person, blessher well-lit heart, who is the source of endless freebies. Last week, she put us on the guest list at the Big
Apple Circus, which turned out to be our most homoerotic art experience since the Georgia O'Keeffe retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum. We couldn't
believe that Donald Trump (that family-values kindaguy) was a big benefactor of Big Apple, must less thatpeople blithely took their small children into the
Trump Tent and stayed there. Why weren't they running out seconds later, screaming for a refund and the
Art Police? They didn't even put
their hands over the kids' eyes at
the really dirty bits.
The kids, to their credit, did
not seem intrigued by the sexualaspects of the performances. They
paid very little attention,forinstance,
to the two men inskimpy, skin-tight outfits doing
something which looked like slowmotion wrestling, except that it
ended up with the really big guy
lying on his stomach holding up
the slightly smaller guy (who wasdoing a handstand on one hand)!

with the bottom of one foot. We did not hear a Single
child exclaim, as we did, "Those guys could be models from Honcho!" Nobody but us remarked on theperverseness of their claim to be brothers. The woman
with the leather boots, skin-tight pants and long, longwhip did nothing for the younger generation, distracted as they were by the three horses and three ponies
with cars in the ring at the same time. In fact, many
children appeared uninterested in anything except
souvenirs and cotton candy. Circus is really a grownup thing: What do kids know about making hard work
look like joy?
Only someone who has already felt the first twinges
of a creaky back or tried to housebreak a puppy could
really appreciate the slack-wire artists and the elephanttrainers. Big Apple Circus, which is pretty small, gives
everyone in the audience a chance to see just how
much effort is involved in running the spotlights, selling
the popcorn and making the props, besides the kinds ofspectacular activities to which a circus ordinarily draws
your attention. We noticed the orchestra leader transmitting the precise beat set by trotting pigs to the rest of his
band, and we met the lady responsible for rescuing fallen mufflers and mittens from under the bleachers. All
those hard-working people!
It was a fun house-mirror version of a factory,
which was only appropriate: The theme of this year's
Big Apple show was "the golden age of circus," the late
19th century, the time of the industrial revolution. The circus peaked
just when the majority of its audience began earning their livings infactories. No wonder that watching
Qther people sweat amused them.
The circus reminds us, too, thateven in the age of Queen Victoria,
pUblic entertainment was sexy. Circuses, now as then, meet a deep
need: Everyone wants to see realbodies at work, at play, at risk. Too
bad that these days the tickets. arepriced well beyond the budget of
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E. Johnson. Naiad Press. $12.95 pb. 331 pp.
CEREMONIES OF THE HEART. Edited by Becky Butler. Seal
Press. $14.95 pb. 308 pp.
by Sarah Chinn
I had a suspicion that my editor
had more than admiration for my writing style in mind when she· put thesebooks in my hand. My initial reaction,in fact, was to ay, "Typecasting!" as I'm
fast approaching a sixth year with myincomparable lover, and soon to celebrate the second anniversary of our"nuptials." Strangely, I felt ill-equipped
to review both Susan johnson's Staying
Power, a sociological paean to dyke
pairings, and Becky Butler's Celebrations of the Heart, a collection of flrstperson accounts of "lesbian unions."
Most of my knowledge of longterm lesbian couples or queer commitment ceremonies derives from my own
experience,and I find enthusiastic
praises of monogamous, till-death-dous-part queer "marriages" troubling if
not terrifying. I have always believedthat monogamy, commitment and permanence should be choices withinnot inevitabilities enforced on-any
relationship that survives longer than amonth. If the best we can do is hopeto emulate straight relationships, we'rein serious trouble. The central appeal'of these books, however, is the immediacy of their subjects' voices. As eachlesbian struggled to define the range ofthis subject, I found issues I had barely
considered, as well as a new consideration of on,es I had dismissed.
Paradoxically, Staying Powers major
fault is its unintentional smothering ofsuch voices. Johnson continually interrupts, interrogates and interprets the
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and comments. But this is jUst the symptom of a deeper problem with the book:Rather than a thorough examination of
the variety of these women's lives, Staying Power is a text with a thinly veiled. agenda.
A glance at the notes on the backcover suggests the author's ideologicalproject: "Staying Power is the bookabout the one goal that most lesbians
express as an ambition: the creation andnurturance of a lifetime love affair."Whil<ithis statement is based on a finding in a 1978 study, in which 25 percent
of "women-identifIed-women" said that apermanent relationship was "very important," and 35 percent believed it to be"the most important thing in life," it ishard for me to believe that this is the"one goal" rather than one among many.
Johnson picks up on this bias, announcing that "[these women.J tell us the mostimportant single thing we need to know:that they have indeed stayed together."Staying Power isn't presented as a
how-to book, but it is clearly an ex~ded lesbian advice column. Rather thanchronicling long-term lesbian relationships, the book uses those relationships
to illustrate "our" lives. But who is this"we"? Part of it is, of course, Johnson
herself, who continually uses these
women's. experiences as a springboard
to discuss her own feelings and/or generalize about lesbian life. She leapfrogs
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to affirming that "we" ("You andI...lacked experience, ...role models").
While she admits to "using my own
experience to project a definition ofwhat it is to be a lesbian," the projection
too often overwhelms those who, shemaintains, are the real subjects of thebook: the couples themselves. She
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any words for \.;hat ymi're.rloiQg....It's a . the contemporary United States. Although
miracle really."
After a whi1~cthese'irtter-·the author's reliance on the"lesbian' con.'r'_,<,".
jections
feel likeintrusions---even in• the'tinuum" theo'Y seems a little sh$y to me•
chapters suppqsedly devoted' to specific· (''the sharing of rich inner life [and] bondcouples; the space given up to JohnSon's . ing against male tyranny" is ,admirable but
questions and commenta'Y equals andd~ not a lesbian relationship make) she
often exceeds that of the women.
succeeds where Johnson fails: Here is an
Johnson often draws direct correlaaccount of lesbian herst0'Y, from Native
tions between her subjects' statements· ..American shamans to 18th-<:entu'Ycrossand her own valid gene~tions
about . dressers tb pre-Stonewall military womenrelationships, while at other times engagand beyond, which is truly inspirational
ing in skilled analyses of subtext andand provides a rich background for the
implications. It's when she ventures into
accounts of contemporary lesbian life.
the realm of unqualified generaliz.ation
Butler does not explicitly holdthat she's at her most ideological and least
these ceremonies up as models forconvincing. In one flight of fancy sheemulation, but she does see them as
declares: ''We are role models for thosepart of an ongOing struggle for lesbian
people lucky enough to know us. The
liberation. While this may seem a paramore people who know about the sucdox--how can a ceremony which finds
cessful experiments we lesbians conduct
its closest analogue in patriarchal mardaily in fashioning our non-traditional
riage be lesbian-afftrming, after all?-the
lives, the more people would be chalexperience of the majority of lesbians inlenged to try their own hands at conthe book bears this out. Issues such as
structing creative social forms ...and theeamin.g out, being out, aligning a queer
less rigid and oppressive our lives would
identity with spiritual beliefs, validating
be ... and the more powerful women
lovers and community as family are
would be ...and the more humane and 'intensified
by such a public ritual.
liveable our society would be ...and so
Whereas Johnson zeroes in on the couon." While lesbians and gay men have topies themselves, the narratives in Cereconfront gender assignment explidtly, Iesmonies of the Heart emphasize thebian coupledom especially long-term,
importance of such ceremonies to themonogamous, nuclear coupledom--<:anlesbian and gay community and vicenot singlehandedly recreate the world.
versa. While this book is not aimed
Staying Power is extremely valuablespecifically at women planning suchin several regards: Johnson gives theceremonies, I don't doubt that it will•reader an almost unparalleled opportunihave greatest impact on these women;ty to hear from older lesbians (surpassed
The one thing the lesbians in these
only by Long Time Passin{j), whose voictwo books have in common, apart fromes are frequently discounted by a ~verethe similarity of their subject matter, isIy ageist nation, as well as from these
the way they negotiate the incongruities
long-tenn lesbian couples long renderedbetween political ideologies and perinvisible by heterosexism, the near hegesonal realities. For many of them, amony, of youth in the queer community,
long-term .relationship or a commitment
the erasure of women's experiences from
ceremony (be it a Jewish wedding, aso many sociological studies. and the
Catholic mass, a pagan handfasting or a
power of the cl0set. johnson's folksy,
Bµddhist Beltane) was not the result of
axiomatic style is unfortunately at times·
an articulated desire, but an outgrowthheavy-handed and overbearing. If sheof shared experiences. Thus, both Stayhad Simply let her subjects speak, ,thising Power and, more effectively, Cereeffort would be infinitely more effective.
monies of the Heart explore that space
Becky Butler adopts
between political com•a much more han~-off
mitment and personal
approach in Ceremonies
desire, a space which,of the Heart. She begins
while full of contradicwith an articulate "and,.tions, can often be
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Rosco. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $27.50 ct. 438 pp••

by Stan Leventhal
Our history is slowly returned tous. The lies and distortions about
gay men and lesbians are being
found out and corrected, the layersof thickly applied paint scraped
away, revealing the images that havebeen hidden. The last 20 years havewitnessed the appearance-in
shelfloads of books of writing that tells
us the truth about our spiritualancestors
and contemporaries:
Jonathan Katz's Gay American History, Shari Benstock's Women of theLeft Bank, the memoirs, journals,
diaries and letters of figures such as
Tennessee Williams, Janet Flanner,
Christopher Isherwood, Elly Bulkin,~amuel M. Sterward, May Sarton,
Harold Norse, Audre Lorde, Denton
Welch, Adrienne Rich, the Bloomsbury Set, Judy Grahn and Jane Rule.
The
publicationof Glenway
We~cott's
journals,ContinualLessons, adds a new document tothis library and increases our kn'owledge of pre-Stonewall gay life, theliterary wars of the first half of the20th century and the life and spiritof a great writer who is a qualified
candidate for the distinction of "mostoverlooked and underrated."
Glenway Wescott's contemporaries were Hemingway, Fitzgerald,
Faulkner and Wolfe, and although hiswork is as accomplished as theirs, henever attained quite the same degreeof fame and fortune. Born on a Wisconsin farm in 1901, Wescott escapedto the University of Chicago, althoughhealth considerations
forced his.
departure after three semesters. He
moved to New York and began trips
to Europe, abandoning his rural andprovincial beginnings to embrace thearts and culture. Soon Wescott formeda major presence in the literary andartistic circles that flourished between
the World Wars.
His first novel, The Apple of theEye, was published in 1924 andA GAY STROLL-Wescott
Robert Phelps(at right) wfth•"Lovely, peculiar color, colors, ofgarnered praise from Sinclair Lewis.
is something minutely wrong with
George's sex' in bright sunlight: half
When in 1927 The Grandmothers
not only every sentence, but every
its length is very tawny, even sallow.
received the Harper Prize Novelidea, something one is half-ashamed
Then on the tissue laid bare by cirAward, Wescott's reputation
w.as' ,. of minding, something in the nature
cumcision (delayed until his la.temade. In fact, so jealous was Hemof mispunctuation
or misspelling."
adolescence),
there are little odd
ingway over the reception of thisBut Wescott's world was a complex
markings, like faded bloodstains,book that he panned it, saying,
and constantly
evolvingone.
and others like stains of grape. The"Every word was written with theThroughout the journals, Wescott's
glans is a gray sort of pink, softly
intentionof making
Glenway
thoughts about Maugham veer fromfreckled, and its flange or corona
Wescott immortal." Wescott wentadmiration to scorn. When it came tovivid pink. Under which the scrotal
on to write a handful of very signifcertain figures, like Jean Genet, heskin, too delicate
and lax andicant books, including The Pilgrim
was, however, unyielding: "My prinweighted, has a cold bloom and silHawk and Apartment
in Athens,
cipal objection of Genet: Within theveriness of wrinkles."yet the sort of stature conferred onframework of his works of fiction, he
The phrase, "continual lessons, n
his peers always eluded him,
makes too many references to theiris Whitman's, an American writer
being fictitious. n And he deals quite
The published fiction of Wescottwith whom Wescott has much indoes not deal much with overt sexucandidly with privileged information,common. Both were deeply influality, although suggestions of a gay
as in this gem on Katherine Annesensibility surface here and there,
Porter: "I think she should neverenced by Americana,but bothparticularly in The Grandmothers
yearned for ideals and degrees of
speak her mind of people she disand The Pi/grim Hawk. All of
freedom that America cannot satisfy.
likes or of whom she feels resentful.
Wescott's thoughts about homosexuThen her malice is not for fun, it is They transcended their immediateality and intimate details of his
an expression of self-pity. Her attisurroundings and wrote about theactive sex life, however, have been
tude toward homosexual writersworld with knowledge of greater
made public between the covers ofGide, Maugham, even Forsterpotentials and grander designs. Boththese published journals. The entries
becomes an expression of her (de,ad- led actively homosexual lives and leftIy) lonesomeness ... nrun the gamut from juicy gossip tobehind writing that attests to theruminations on politics, music and
There is precious little informa'- strength and durability of gay love.
family matters to descriptionsofWith the publication of his journals
tion about the sex lives of prenature to revelations
about theand the reissue of The Pilgrim Hawk
Stonewall gay literary figures, and,author's work and his thoughts on
fortunately,
Wescott is very free
(by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, thiswriting and publishing. Most of theregarding his own. He writes inmonth), Wescott's stature in the panentries are brief-the reader is contheon of American letters will be
depth about his lovers, offers titillatfronted with an ever-changing kaleiing tidbits about certain sexual
reaffirmed, and his contribution to
doscopic
view of subjects
andencounters and waxes poetic about .gay life and culture established finallyfor all the world to see ....
observations-andthe entire journal
the genitalia of George Platt Lynes:
is written with precision and elegance. These are not thoughtless,random scribblings
but carefully
composed paragraphs that display
the same artistry as the author's fiction and essays.
.
INVENTING AIDS by Cindy Patton. Routledge. $4250 d. $13.95 pb. 160 pp.
Wescott knew most of the major
literary and artistic figures of the day,and he has many priceless anecdotes
to relate. Included in Wescott's circle
expendable ranks, the responsibiliWe advocate that everyone who isof acquaintances were Paul Cadmus,
ty of the HIY-positive to protect theat risk get tested.
George Platt Lynes, Pavel Tche"general public" from infection-Teny Beswick, Project Inform
litchew, Katherine Anne Porter, Janet(preferably by dying quickly, but in(quoted in Au Courant,
Flanner, W. Somerset Maugham,
the 'meantime by identifying theirDec. 24, 1990)
Thornton Wilder, Christopher Isherdoomed selves as a threat to thewood, the Sitwells and Alfred Kinsey,
health of others). With increasingby Max Cavitch
and the many inSightful portrayals·
evidence of AZT's apparent medical
Knowledge of one's HIY-antibenefits for asymptomatic HIY-posengender memorable remarks. Of
body status has always been underitive people, however, has come
Maugham, for example,
stood in terms ofthe message (from the medical
Wescott writes: "His lack
responsibility-prinestablishment,from AIDS serviceof talent is so basic, it
cipally the gay comorganizations,from activists) thatmunity's responsibilimust be in the very
getting tested is now the best way
ty to contain the
cerebral tissue like ophof taking responsibility for oneself.
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The presumption
used to be thatknowing one's HIV antibody status
would help in making decisions
about sex and recreational drug use.
Now, the supervening presumption isthat it will help in making decisions
about treatment.
It's hard-perhaps
irresponsibleto question the advocacy of testing for"everyone who is at risk" in light of thelifesaving potential of early treatment.
Yet, as Cindy Patton demonstrates inInventing AIDS, what "the test" is able
to establish often can't compare withwhat it encourages us to ignore. Without pausing even to consider the unreliability (and thus potential lethality) of
current testing technology, it's clearthat the anxious enforcement of thecategories "positive" and "negative"
has the lethal effect of reinforcing
what Patton calls "the stigma and patterns of discrimination
alreadyinsinuated. into AIDS risk logic." Risk
behavior is still so closely linked in the
public mind with gay men, prostitutes,
drug users and people of color that
'seropositivity acts more as a confirmation of one's membership in thosecommunities least likely to be valued
or listened to. Advocating testing for"everyone who is at risk" still means
advocating for those who, regardlessof their serostatus, already run therisks of gross mistreatment.
Cindy Patton is not out to discourage anyone from getting tested, butrather to encourage all of us to placeless faith in the notion that there canbe a simple, scientific response to thisepidemic that ignores the social repressions that make it a true crisis. These
repressions occur, Patton argues, notmerely because George Bush favors
genocide over education, but because
AIDS is a phenomenon around which
reaction and resistance to a staggering
array of power relations assume aheightened significance for our entire
culture-indeed,'
for the global community. Paula Treichler has spoken of
the "epidemic of signification" engen- .
dered by the AIDS crisis. Cindy Patton,
along with Treichler and other cultural
analysts like Simon
Watney, has been brilliantly successful at
helping us explore the
etiology, symptomatology and possible treat-ments for this other "epidemic" byunpacking the significanceof thewords we use (and are told to use)when speaking about AIDS.
"The test," "risk," "community,""health" , "public" , "science" and"knowledge" are just some of theterms that Patton would like us to be
skeptical about, for the simple reason
that they are made to mean very different things in different contexts.
Who decides, for example, whether"healthy" means antibody-negative or
asymptomatic? What is the difference
between a "risk group" and a "community"? Where does the "generalpublic" end and all the rest of us
begin? Such terms structure our experience of AIDS; they help determine
who gets attention and who doesn't.
Inventing AIDS is not simply a
glossary of dangerous terms marked"handle with care." Patton knows that
she can't inoculate her readers against
the virulent effects of language any
more than she can quarantine particular words. What she does do withimpressive clarity and sophistication is
to show how in a variety of contexts(coalition politics, medical literature, .
the classroom, international AIDS work,
minority activism), the way we speak
about HIV and AIDS can and must be
less complacent, more critical and thus
more likely to disrupt the power relations that continue to silence, marginalize and punish. Patton's work is criticalin many senses, but most of all because
it helps locate points of possible transition and change, not just in the deadly
progress of a single virus but also inthe juggernaut of social repression thathas accompanied it.
The test, says Patton, "is a seriesof events, not a moment of transcendentally assessing truth." Ultimately,
the results of testing pose a range ofquestions without definitely answering
them: questions about treatment, certainly, but also about education, about
counseling, about community awareness and action, about individual lives
and how they can be lived with aminimum of suffering and a maximumof dignity. Inventing
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by Michael Paller
Tony Kushner could be a very
useful sort of danger. His plays suggestthat he wants to employ the theater totumble the convenient lies on which
American life is built. This is all to thegood; our theater could use a jolt ofsocial consciousness these days. Whenthe dust clears from A Bright Room .
Called Day, however, it is the play thathas collapsed under its own weight.
Kushner's troubling premise is that
Ronald Reagan and George Bush are
indistinguishable from Adolph Hitler.
Rather than develop this idea dramatically, he simply makes the statement (several times) and then attempts to prove it,
as if he were working backward from .
the conclusion. But that's not the best
way to build arguments-or characters.
As destructive as the policies ofthe last ten years have been (there is
no want for dramatic material here),
they cannot, if one remains intellectu-.
ally honest, be compared to those of
the Nazi Party. Hitler possessed a
malevolently
brilliant imagination
which enabled him to do what, inmodern times, had been unimaginable. Conversely, what characterizes
our 40th and 41st presidents is a profound lack of imagination. They cannot conceive of the plight of people
less privileged than themselves, andthe result has been excessive callousness and a cruelty breathtaking in its
offhandedness, but calling our current
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insensible numbniks by ever-greater majorities.
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main action occurs during the early'30s in the Berlin apartment of an idealist and actress, Agnes Eggling(Frances Conroy). She and her friends,
all of various left-wing beliefs, oppose
the Nazis but differ as to how to defeat
them. They are in turn themselves
defeated, and Kushner suggests that
their failure is due partly to too manytactical disagreements and fatal differences on ideological points. In theend, all flee Berlin, except for Agnes,
who becomes increasingly immobilized by events and who, we imagine,
does not survive,
Me·anwhile, in 1990, a young
woman named Zillah (Reno) comes toBerlin and Qccupies Agnes' apartment.
She is tired of the "United States ofAmnesia," where the most recent
cliffhanger was waiting to see whether
Ronald Reagan could remember his
presidential lines. But Zillah has nostory, really. She is a speech-maker,
not a character, and it is her impossible
duty to tell us exactly why Reagan andBush are as bad' as the Nazis. America
went to sleep in the '80s because reali-.,

ty became
toougly, she says.
Uglier than, say,
Vietnam? The Depression? The Civil
War? This sort ofglibness is the piece's thematic flaw.
Kushner's main weapon is theharangue,
and while Zillah isharanguing us, poor Agnes gets itfrom almost everyone. Her Gommunist friends Gotchling and Husz (Joan
MacIntosh and Olek Krupa) chastise
her for not caring enough; her more
successful, opium-addicted,
actingcolleague, Paulinka (Ellen Mclaughlin), faults her for caring too much.
She is tormented by a mysterious old
wraith called Die Alte (Marian Seldes),who demands food and attention.
More metaphor than character, the oldwoman may represent Germany's
past. Gregor (Henry Stram) submits
that Agnes is a middle-class actress. who knows nothing about the proletariat; she responds that his freewheeling homosexuality has given
him perverted notions about workers.
Until he is interrogated by the SS
about his work at the Institutefor Human
Sexuality, Gregor is blithely
apolitical.
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Afterward, he attempts suidde. While still
toting his gun, he has an opportunity tokill Hitler but lacks the nerve. There may
be a metaphor here, too, for the reactionof the gay and lesbian community to
AIDS, but Gregor has little to do in thestory save serving 'as a handy thematic

link between the gay '30s and the queer'90s. His veins course with calcUlation,
not life. This is, overall, the fpiece's dramatic flaw.
.
There is one very affecting
moment: Zillah and Agnes circle eachother, sensing the other'S presence,reaching out for an unknowablecompanion. The image is powerful,
its meaning hard to define and far
more resonant than the rest of theevening, which is all too clear.
Michael Grief's production cannot
disguise the play's problems. The acting is generic, and while Grief, as
director, is responsible for this, Kushner has provided his characters withlittle but their thematic tasks. Indeed,
acting seems rather beside the point,
the point being all.
Part of the· point is that Agnes'
vacillations and indecision are ours,
This is made obvious by the the audience's placement on either side of thestage so that it sees itself through theaction. The night I attended, however,
the audience seemed less intent on
being implicated than on seeing who
was sitting on the other side.
Kushner is a talented writer who
intends to stimulate audiences and saythings that he things we ought to hear.
A Bright Room Called Day does not
succeed because his anger has gotten
the better of him, and he has built neither argument nor play. But it is only
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I'm going to slap the next person" who praises a film by saying, "It was.so entertaining," or: "Sucha good•escape." It's not that I'm a snob--I'mjust a cynic. Given that most filmmakers are straight white men with accessto money and power, I don't trust
their .intentions to offe~ me an escapefrom a reality that they help perpetuate through their pop-cultural contributions. The best films for me are theones that take risks, exploring the
56 OUTWEEK .January 30,1_1

possibilities for innovative forms offilmmaking and. a new range ofimagery, with the i~terition not tonumb"'me over but to stir me up .
. Derek Jarman makes films this way,
and the evidence is in his latest dare
I say it-work of art, The Garden.
Jarman is an openly gay
British filmmaker and a person living with AIDS, whosefeatures experiment withnarrative, continuity and traditional characterizations.

They are also breathtakingly beautiful
and heavily invested with personalemotion. The Garden is a film of
many moods, alternately peaceful anddisturbing, ethereal and familiar, but
as with many of jarman's films, it isalso often frustratingly abstract, cryptically symbolic and resolutely self-referential.
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NEW r:ESTIVAL ... Or is it out with the
New Festival? No matter, just be sure not tomiss any of the goodness the producers of
the New York International Festival of Lesbianand Gay Film have organized for the upcoming months. Their Winter Series, which runs
Feb. 1-9 at New York's Anthology Film
Archives, launches the flrst-ever national tourof gay and lesbian filmwork~ tour alreadyconfirmed for ten-day stops in five of an anticipated 12 cities
Including more than 30 fUmselections from the 198,9and,1990 festivals, it will offer many audiences a first-time glance ata number of internationally acclaimed works. Rob Epstein andJeffrey Friedman's Common Tbreads, Joy Chamberlain's Nocturne, Heiner Carow's Coming Out and Stuart Marshall's Comrades in Arms are just a few of the treats included on the roster. Executive Director Susan HoroWitz commented: "The only
way to defeat homophobia is to confront it in our lives. The
tour demonstrates that we are not going back in the closet,that we will not be silenced, and that gay and lesbian artists
cannot and will not be stopped, in spite of the current politicalclimate." After New York, the tour will touch down at Seattle's
Neptune Theater (Feb. 15-21), Houston's Rice University'S
Media Center (March 1-10), Washington, DC's Biograph The-

voice, and he appears throughout,writing, filming and working iIi his
garden. The first voice-over is an invitation to the audience: "I offer you ajourney without direction,much
uncertainty
and no sweet conelusion"~nd
he delivers. jarman's status as a gay man and a PWA form his
point of departure, the film brutally
exploring the persecution and pain
he's endured because of this. Childhood memories are juxtaposed withnightmarish adult visions a scene ofa young boy surroundedby oldschoolmasters who rhythmically beat
their rulers on a table, forcing him
into mindless submission, is intercut
with a scene of two gay lovers being
brutally whipped to the same methodical beat by a group of men in;anta
suits. This is film as autobioflraphy,
self-analysis and the exorcisry'i of personal demons-a
concepr familiar
enough in most forms of art but usually a source of derision among all
but the most adventurous filmmakers.
What makes The Garden morethan just a series of internal ramblings is the presence of two gay
lovers, seen dressed alike and in each
-MY SHAKING HANDS CANNOT EXPRESSMY RJRY.- -Derek Jarman

ater (March 15-24), Boston's Brattle Theater(Apr. 5-14) and Atlanta's Lefopt Plaza Theater (Apr. 19-May 2). Call the New Festival
HQ for more info: (212) 966-5656.
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SATAN, MAYBE? ... Channel 13 is fmallyairing the explosive documentary Priest on
Trial on Jan. 25 at 10 pm, and queer critics ofthat homophobic "fat cannibal in a black
dress" sleazebag Cardinal Q'Connor..,..-willhave a field day. The program documents thetribulations of Father Bemard Lynch, the saintly "AIDS priest"
who was accused of sexual misconduct on trumped-up charges
and dragged through the muck of an infernal Bronx trial before
being completely exonerated in' spring 1989. Produced by
Britain's Channel 4, the documentary clearly depicts Father
Bernard as the victim of an elaborate conspiracy orchestrated by
the New York archdiocese, the FBI and an unscrupulous Bronx
DA Even though the outline of the travesty is by now wellknown, the effect on viewers actually witnessing interviews withthe principals and seeing trial footage will be electrifying. By theway, don't thank Channel 13 for airing this show. It had been
submitted to them~nd
rejected several times. The station
only repented when Father Bernard himself showed up at a 13
Boycott meeting asking embarrasing questions. T-complied by Sarah Pettit, Gabriel Rotello,•others' arms throughout the film.
They are allegorical characters, andJarman places them in scenes thatmirror the story of Christ, climaxing
in a string of hideous persecutions.
that include tarring.and ,feathering,
implied crucifixion and death. The
lovers' mythical plight connects Jarman's own struggles widi- a larger
history of oppression of intolerance.
The film is saved from the burden of overarching gloominess by
jarman's extremely sensual cal;nerawork and _S'imonFisherTurner's
evocative soundtrack, whii::h'rr\'erge
to create a feast for the eyes' andears; In one powerful scene,. "Jarmanlies naked on a hospitalb,edon.. the'..
beach, his sheets soaked with sweat,
while a group of men and women,
wearing only long, white skirts, circle
around him holding fiery, smoky
torches above their shoulders. It's afantastical procession-whether
it figures as.a deathwatch or a· posse of
guardian angels is uncertain.
In
another'stunning sequence, a bejeweled Virgin Mary with her infaqt in
her arms, poses for a crowd or photographers only they're wearing ski
masks, and the sound of their.,lenses
clicking becomes increasingly threatening until it's replaced by the soundof bullets firing. It's a pointed condemnationof media-as-terrorist,
something that a,s a PWA and a public figure Jarman knows firsthand.
The Garden is not without its
problems.
Thoughhis various
tableaux are exquisitely crafted andsmartly edited, many of the shots inbetween seem superfluous and distracting. The use of the two lovers
as stand-ins for the life of Christ is a
powerfulknock
at Christian
hypocrisy,
but their elevation tomartyrdom would be more inspiring
had they seemed less passive in theface of their own demise.· And it
could only have better served Jarman to include more of his own
poetic narration.
His final monologue,whi~haccompanies the. resurrection of thelovers, a!lows him to vocalize what
he's been visually depicting throughout the film: "My shaking hands cannot express my fury." His sometimes
shaky camera, on the other hand, does
exactly that, with sheer mastery ....

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by Cheryl Clarke
I want the last wor<\("
you arrogant, you-Bourgeoise.
Puttihg on your lipstick publicly.
Your behavior "las familiar.
But why blame lesbians
because some other. lesbian.
in another workshop at some otherconference five minutes ago or
five years ago>-didn't want to fuck you
or fucked you and didn't wantto maKe promisesor left befor,e breakfast
or asked you to leave before lunch?
Why traipse around in lesbian after lesbian
workshop, conference after conference
holding serious women hostage to your arrogancebecause of some. other lesbian's taster?
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somewhere
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don't say that everyone must become aplacard-waving, screaming mad person.
But we all must ask that people do what's
in our own power. Van Meter is going togo far as a celebrity interviewer and journalist-illld I'm thrilled to see him doing
so well in his career. God knows we need
good people up there. And what we needthem t6 do most is attack the homophobes, challenge the powers-that-be andreport the truth.
Jonathan,and all of you othercelebrity journalists out there, you'll
inevitably profile many bigots and interview lots of famous, closeted and not-socloseted stars in your future careers.
(And I will be monitoring it all in myfuture.) It's up to you to bring up issues
and get them out in the open. There isso much that you can do for the gay
community. Make us proud of you, andmake your work the kind that we canapplaud and salute. Rather than run
away from a scary situation, make waves
once in a while, and remember that others are dying and/or being beaten up
and/or putting their bodies on the line
for this movement. In the face of that,how difficult can it to be to ask Jodie
Foster if she is a lesbian?
And as for you, Jodie Foster, honey,
why don't you stand up for queers at atime when we desperately
need you?
,
You're wonderful and brilliant! You shine!
Talking about your so-called personal life
would not be "trvializing." To the contrary, to us it is validating and enonnousIy powerful. WE NEED YOU JODIE.
DONT DPSERTUS!
Do it yourself, in a dignified manner. Because, dear Jodie, if you think thatyou can slither past the dirt-slingers andgo on to become a great ACfOR/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER/SUPER:'
POWER of HoJlywood without having
your "personal life" cheaply whipped up
in the whirlwind of the media-from thetabloids to the more "respectable"press-you are sadly mistaken.
Th\! wood for that fire, you see, isbeing gathered as we speak. Take it fromme: I know these things. T

and about "dating." She replied: "No, but
I wouldn't talk about it if there was .. J
don't think about it. I certainly don't talkabout it because then it's like...talk about
trivializing your life!"
Van Meter is one of those reallycareful guys, always afraid of saying theWrong thing, always afraid of offending.
As I once wrote of him in an admittedly
harsh attack, he walks a tightrope. That's
how he's gotten thi~ far, to the point
where he's writing for every major glamour rag in the country since ending his
regular stint at 7 Days when that magazine folded.
. "I've really given it a lot of thought,
and I'm unresolved about it," he told meon the phone. "It was something I justdidn't feel comfortable doing .. J reallylearned a lot since that time [when I
attacked him regarding his profile of Liz
Smith last year!. It's .opened
myeyes ...She'd never been asked [that question] before, and I guess, to be honest, I
just didn't want to be the first to ask..J
understand what you're doing. On a personal level, I totally understand where
you're coming from."
Maybe he does. I certainly understand where he's at. As he and I discussed on the phone, it's not easy asking
a celebrity'if he or she is queer, especially
if that celebrity is very protective about
the issue. It's a fear that grips you, a fear
that, no matter how liberated you are,makes you feel as if you are infringing on
this person in' a terrible way-simply
because the person gives off that energy
to .you-illld it's something you have tofight against in order to get to the truth.
And certainly, The New Yom Times is
not the place that's known for printing
such truths. This was Van Meter's first: feature there. For sure, he didn't want to, make waves with his editors who, hesays, expressed concern over his getting
too "personal" in the interview. Perhaps if. this were his second or third major piece
for them, he'd challenge them.
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dyke rugby league.
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homosexua1ity-ARE '!HE VERYTHINGS "watching the game" is a security blanket
mAT HE, AS A JOURNALIST WHO IS for insecure heteros, but she could have
GAY, CAN 00 FOR 1HIS MOVEMENT.I examined the repressed homosexuality of
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American sports--the body fascism, thesociety-sanctioned ass-pat, the' rollingaround, getting dirty, tal~ing dirty andgroup showers. She CQuid have shown'.r
how sports leagues are a big partof surprise!-the lesbian and gay community. But she didn't. In looking at
sports and gender roles, she struck out.
She protected the masculinity of her
guests Oucky for them), saying, "Makeno mistake, these are physically fit guys."
One of the men in her clutches was an
artist, so of course she had to exaggerate
the testosterone factor. OthelWise, pe0ple might have talked.
The final joke, however, was on a
psychiatrist who said that non-sports fans
are more successful and are at peacewith themselves. He obviously wasn't a
sports fan, and we all know what thatmeans. Nervous?
Finally, CBS, grabbing a piece ofthe repressed sports action, is treating us
to a newall-star weekly sitcom, GoodSports, this winter. Ads for the firstshow had Farrah Fawcett asking Ryan
O'Neal to wear his earring "on the moreheterosexual side." You know, the side
more befitting a 1V sports personality.
The viewers might get nervous and start
to think that everything is not the way it•
seems. Of course, it isn't.
. That scene wasn't in the first show,
so we have something to look forward
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media and politics, respectively, the The six sessions begin on April 4.
classes will be led by Arts Editor $130. For more info, contact the New
Sarah Pettit,
Features Editor School at (212) 741-5600.
159 west 25 Street
Michelangelo Signorile and NewsNew York, NY 10001
Editor Andrew Miller. $15 for the , bCENTER SHOWS presents Jeff
course, $8 for a single session. The Harnar, award-winning cabaret perNext deadUne: Monday, Jan. 28,
first session is April 25. For more former. After raves at Eighty Eights
for Issue #84, whJch hits theinfo, contact the New School at (212) and The Ballroom, Jeff and musicalstands on Monday, Feb. 4.
c·741-5600.
director Alex Rybeck will perform a
special benefit for the Center just
NEW ADDRESS
06 THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL
prior to their opening at The AlgoAll listings should be sent to Out- RESEARCHpresents A Psychoanalyt- nquin. $20. The Center. 208 W. 13th
Week Listings, 159 W. 25 St, NY, NY ic Approach to Issues of Gender and SI. (212) 620-7310. Feb. 3.
10001.
Sexuality.
Instrµctor:
Adria E.
A (b) signifies a new listing
Schwartz. "Much has changed within LIVELY ARTS
psychoanalysis since Freud declared Also see the daily listings for showADVANCE LISTINGS
that 'anatomy is destiny' and asked, ings of one or two days.
'What does a woman want?' We
THE NETWORK OF BUSINESS AND approach sexual difference through TWEED (Theatre WOII<S: Emertj~
PROFESSIONAL ORGAN IZATIONS the work of feminist psychoanalytic
menial Directions) presents The History
presents a Share-a-thon for those thinkers such as Nancy Chodorow of Pornography, a multimdedia perseeking summer shares. The Share- and Jessica Benjamin in an attempt to formance work that explores thea-thon benefits the Gay and Lesbian understand the ways in which the pornographic phenomenon in WestAnti-Violence Project. Share seekers: family mediates the social construc- ern Civilization. Media include music,$15. Share offerers: $25. The Center. tions of gender. Our concern is with movement, text and imagery. Written
208 W. 13th St. Jan. 28. 6-9 pm. the interface of biology, family and and directed by Kevin Malony. Music
Info: (212) 517-0771.
culture. We critique the notion of by Carol Llpnlk, video by Matthew'normative sexuality: assess homo- Caldwell, film by David Flanigan,bTHE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL sexual development in males and projections by Nancy Hyland. and
RESEARCHpresents Photography: A femalse and examine variations in Tina West and choreography by John
Gay Perspective. This class, limited heterosexual relationships." Six ses- O'Malley. $8. Tuesday through Friday
to 18 students, is taught by Steve sions beginning Feb. 4. $130. For evenings at8 pm, Saturdays at 7 andMorrison, and will be divided
more info, contact the New School at 10 pm and Sundays at 7 pm. The
between lecture and workshop. Lec- (212) 741-5600.
Ohio Theatre. 66 Wooster SI.,
.ture topics: the history of gay reprebetween Spring and Broome streets.
sentation in the arts; current issues bTHE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL Info: (212) .575-3030. Jan. 12
facing gay artists, including cen- RESEARCH presents Gay and Les- through Jan. 26.
sorhip and pOlitical realities; contem- bian Writing: From World War lito
porarygay
artists.
Workshop
Stonewall. Instructor: Joseph Cady. bTHE COLLECTIVEFOR LIVING CINcombines critique of students' work "The years after World War II wit- EMA presents Charles Burnell'swith discussion of technical subjects. nessed a significant body of gay and Killer of Sheep. $6. Jan. 25 throughStudents are asked to examine their lesbian literature that has tended to Feb. 1 at 7 and 9 pm; Feb. 2 and 3 at
own pasts as sources for discussion become overshadowed by the more 4, 6:30 and 8 pm. The Collective forof their work, and an individual
open homosexual expression of the Living Cinema. 41 White St. Box
approach is suggested for each stu- post-Stonewall years of the '70s and Office: (212) 2111.
denfs direction. $330. The 12 weekly '80s. But the relative burst in gay andsessions begin Monday, Feb. 4, and lesbian writing from the mid-1940s bWESSELL O'CONNORLTD presents
run from 7:45-9:30 pm. For more through the 1960s contributed to the Donald MoHett's Wet Holes, a series
info, contact the New School at (212) change in cultural atmosphere that of ba_cklit cibatransparencies employ741-5600.
helped make possible the contempo- ing both figuration and his distinctive
rary gay and lesbian liberation move- activist text. This exhibit is a further,
bTHE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ment and is an integra~ part of the continuation of the artist's examinaRESEARCHpresents The State of the background of the present gay and tion of sex and politics in the midst of
City: A Gay and Lesbian Perspective, lesbian situation. This course, which the AIDS pandemic. With Moffett isgiven in conjunction with OutWeek covers the years from late 1940s until Scott Lilshutz's New PaIntings, amagazine. "Gay men and lesbians are mid-1950s, identifies some of the series of portraits which focus entirevital participants in the life of New most important homosexual/bisexual lyon the backs of the artisfs friends.
YOrkCity," says the c~assdescription. writers in the post-war period and Wessell O'Connor. 580 Broadway, 8th"Despite this, many believe that the defines their basic concerns and floor. Gallery hours: Tu-Sa, 10 am to
popular media and mainstream arts strategies. Among the authors we 6 pm. (212) 219-9524, Through Feb.
are: Tennessee
Communities either fail to represent may consdier
16.
Oractually misrepresent gay and les- Williams, Carson McCullers, Allen ARTISTS SPACEpresents Reframlng
bian concerns." Given in three ses- Ginsberg, Sylvia Townsend Warner, the Family, a group exhibition andSions which focus on the arts, the James Baldwin and Janet Flanner." video program exploring the mytholoOutWeek Listings Editor

The Gay Br Le.bianSwitchboard of New Yorkdaily. noon to midnight.
(212) 777-1800,

gy of the American family codesigned by Connie Butler and Micki
McGee; and A Prolect, a conceptual
instalation mirroring Simone deBeauvoir's 1971 Manifeste in supportof women's reproductive freedom,
co-organized by Kathe Burkhart andChrysanne Stathacos; and Ins,tallalion by Francois Morelli. Opening
recetion: Jan. 17 from 6-8 pm.
Gallery hours: Tu-Sa, 11 am to 6 pm.
Artists Space. 223 West Broadway.
Info: (212) 226-3970. Through Feb.
23.
bDON'T TELL MAMA presents The
Songs the GIrls Sang, a musicalrevue conceived by David Perkins
and directed by Mark Cole. Musicaldirector: Matthew Ward. Their flyer
says: "Did you ever wonder why thefemale characters always get the best
songs in Broadway musicals? Did
you come to New York hoping in yourheart of hearts you would be cast as
Nellie Forbush in South Pacific andsing, "I'm in Love With a Wonderful
Guy," only to end up in the male chorus singing "There is Nothing Like aDame"?" Their answer: a revue inwhich four men~Jey Montreal,
Allan Palmer, David Perkins andRaberl Harryman-singBroadwaysh0v.: tunes all originally written fo~
female characters. $10, with a two
drink minimum. Don't Tell Mama. 343
W. 46th St. Jan. 27 at 10 pm; Feb. 3,
Feb. 10 and Feb. 17 at 8 pm; and Feb.
24 at 10 pm. Reservations: (212)757-0788 after 4 pm.
THE GLINES presents LandscapeWith Male FIgure, a farce about two
gay men and their sexual fantaSies,
written by J.ohn Crabtree. Director:
John Wall. Cast: Marlin Dulzen, Rob
Parker, Jimmy O'Neill. $15. Court·
yard Playhouse. 39 GroveSt. at
Bleecker Street. Wednesday through..
Friday evenings at 8 pm, Saturdays at,
6 and 9 pm, Sundays at 7 pm. ReserP1t
vations: (212) 869-3530. ThrOugh:'5;~
March 3.
';ik",¥c,~ 'I{"~':;"'~·;>'>;·\i,,-..""~""'"~,,;t.c·bEL TEATRO RODANTE PUERTOR~;! .~,RIQUENO inicia la 1991 temporada.,;{
con Asl en MIami Como In II CIllo.
Escrito por el (jramatrgo Cub!lro
Raul de Cardenas, el estreno mll~i
al S9 trata del regreso al hogar dii un:
hijo gravemente enfermo, y eldoloroso encuentro entre dos generaciones con visiones opuestas de .Ia
vida. [EI Teatro Rodante Puertor•,.

•'riqueno kicks off· its 1991 season withthe world premier of Asi en Miami
Como en el Cielo. Written by Cuban
playwrig ht Raul de Cardenas, the play
depicts the return home of a gravely
ill son and the painful clash between
two generations with opposing
philosophies of life.] $12 and $15.
304 W. 47th St. Descuento para estudiants, mayores y grupos. En ingles:
We-Fr at 8 pm. En espanol: Sabadosy Domingos a las 2:30 y a las 8.
ROYAL COURT PRODUCTIONS presents Lips, a revue in gender illusion.
$10. Producers Club Theater. 358 W.
44th St., suite 7. Fridays at 11 pm.
Info: (212) 689-5789.

ines the impact of AIDS on a gay
male couple, a lesbian couple, a heterosexual couple and a child. 121
Christopher St. $27.50-$35. Tu-f at
8 pm. Sa at 7 and 10 pm. Su at 3 pm.
(212) 92H782.
RAPP THEATRE COMPANY revives
Thomas M. Disch's The Cardinal
Detoxes, "a chilling look inside thehierarchy of the modern Catholic
Church exploring such issues as
AIDS, abortion, ties to organizedcrime and homosexuality"; directedby R. Jeffrey Cohen, starring George
McGrath as the Cardinal; 220 E 4 St;$10 (TOK ok); FRI & SAT at 10&11:30 pm, SUN at 2 pm (RT= 35
min.); 529-6160.

Union. East 7th Street at Third
Avenue. 7:30 pm. Info: (212) 5642437.

ASIANS AND FRIENDS NEW YORK
presents ,.,embers Meet Meinbers:
TUESDAY, ,JAN. 22
Dusll Thai Restaurant. Socializing
and cocktails at 6 pm. Then, at7:3O,
BRONX AIDS COMMUNITY SERVICE it's dinner, price-fixed at $20 per parPROJECT ,presents Women Peer son, including tax and tip. Dusit Thai
Education Training III. Bronx AIDS Restaurant. 256 Bleecker SI. ReserServices, Inc. One Fordham Plaza, vations: Andrew Ng at (212) 674suite 800. The Bronx. 10-12 am. 5638.
(212) 295-5605.
.
BISEXUAL WOMEN'S GROUP GenerSAGE presents Sagerclze at 11 am; al Meellng. This group is just formSage Plus, a rap group for men who ing, so get in early. The Center. 208
are over 50 and HIV-positive, at 6 W. 13th SI. 6:30-8 pm. Meetings arepm; and FV Team A. also at 6 pm. All second and fourth Wednesdays; next
events happen at the Center. 208 W. is Feb. 13. (212) 459-4784.
13th St. Sage info: (212) 741-2247.
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
NY PUBLIC LIBRARY Fall Reading presents Pool Night. Featuring free
Series: tonight with Samuel R. pool, ping pong, billiards, air hockey
Delany, Triton, Stars in My Pocket and shooting hoops at Brownstone
Like Grains of Sand, The Fall of Tow- Billiard. Seventh Ave. at Flatbush.
ers; NY Public Library, 42 St Then, instead of The Roost this week,
entrance, Celeste Bartos Forum; 6 it's Dinner at the Rex Cafe. Seventhpm; tix 930-0571 .
Avenue at 3rd Street. The evening
begins at 8:00 pm. Please call 24
GAY MEN OF THE BRONX General hourn in advance to confirm all SAL
Meeting. 1 Fordham Plaza, 8th floor. activities: (718) 965-7578.
6-8 pm. Info: ChriS (212) 0806
(English) or Robert (212) 882-3404. BODY POSITIVE presents Personal
Meetings are 2nd and 4th Tuesdays; Finances and HIV, a monthlyorientanext is Feb. 12.
tion forum held on the fourth
Wednesday of each month. Madera-·
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents tor: David Peternon. With Fred de laVega, MBA, Financial PI,anner;
Health Seminars:· NutrHlonal Illues
and Benefits Information. For more Richard W. Bandfield, CLU, RFP;
Inform'alion, call the GMHC hoUine at Richard F. Stem, CLU, ChFC. SI. Vin(212) 807-6655 (TOD (212) 645- cent's Hospital-Cronin Building. 10th
7470 for the hearing impaired). 129 floor auditorium. 170 W. 12th St.
West 20th St. 7 pm ..
8-10 pm. Info: (212) 721-1619.

55 GROVE STREET presents Cam
Brainard and Bob Koherr's Brickface MONDAY, ,JAN. 21& Stucco, performers who both
appeared in Parting Glances, their SAGE presents Letting Go, a closed
original comedy material includes two discussion group, at 6 pm; and AduU
jocks who learn they can vogue,
Survivors of Sexual Abuse at 7 pm.
retired Solid Gold Dancers, Amish All events happen at the Center. 208
rappers who put the "men back in W. 13th St. Sage info: (212) 741Mennonite," an early Simon & Gar- 2247.
funkel, and the Rocky Mountain Btitt
Boys who open at a gay rodeo in 'LESBIANS IN CREATIVE ARTS PreWest Hollywood; videos serve as lim inary Meeting. Join this newtransitions between live routines; at group now forming for multimedia,
55 Grove St (west of 7th Ave South); artists and appreCiators. Come share$8 + 2-drink minimum; FRI at 8 pm; ideas, create projects, workshops,
366-5438
forums and events. Network, supportand socialize. The Coffeehouse. The
AMERICAN PLACE THEATER pre- Center. 208 W. 13th St. Info: (212)sents I Stand Before You Naked by 982-7141. [Regular meetings begin
Joyce Carol Oates, about ten women next Monday]
dealing with life in today's America;
with Elizabeth Alley, Penny Temple- MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER
ton,
Nancy
Barrett,
Annie
invites you to the Annual March and
McGreevey, Marguerite Kuhn, Bron- Rally to Commemorate Dr. Martin
wen Booth; 111 W 46 St; $20; WED- Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday. This SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
SAT at 8 pm, also WED & SAT at 2 event makes a good compliment to presents Nutrition Night. Find out
pm, SUN at 3 pm; 840-3074
Friday's march on Washington. This more about vitamins, vegetarianism,
isn't a MACT-sponsored event, so low-fat diets, super b1ue-grilen algae
CHARLES LUDLAM THEATRE pre- they recommend you contact the and other things. Come to learn or
sents Ludlam's Camille, starring and mayor's office for the lesbian and gay bring ideas of your own. Please calldirected by Everett Quinton, with community at (212) 566-7385 for 24 hours in advance to confirm all
Cheryl Reeves, Ken Scullin, Georg more info. 2 pm. At 7 pm, join MACT SAL activities: (718) 965-7578.
Osterman, Eureka, Bobb Reed, Jim for a Financial Allalrs Planning
Lainb, Carl Claybourne,
H.M. Meeting. 251 E. 10th St., #4. Call LESBIANS AND GAY MEN OF NEW
Kououkas, Jean-Claude Vasseux, James for more info. (212) 995- BRUNSWICK presents Attorney DebSteven Pell, 1 Sheridan Square;.$25; 8063.
orah Gusion: "What Gays and LesTUE-FRI at 8 pm, SAT &SUN at 7 pm;
bians Should Know Aboilt the Law."691-2271
ACT UP/NY Weekly Meeting. The Friends Meeting House. 109 Nichol
Bank. 225 E. Houston St., at the Ave. New Brunswick, NJ. 8 pm.
CHERRY LANE THEATRE presents southwest corner of Houston and (908) 247-0515.
David Stevens' The Sum of Us, by Essek. 7:30 pm. Info: (212) 564the writer of Breaker Morant, starring 2437.
WEDNESDAY, ,JAN. 23
Tony Goldwyn and Richard Venture,
directed by Kevin Dowling, about a GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE OF MOR- MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER
father who tries to help with his son's RIS COUNTY presents Womyn's Net- presents Going Home, a personalgay relationships while he looks for a work and Men's Rap Group at 7:30 awareness seminar desgned to mystinew wife; 38 Commer'ceSt; $27.50- pm, before their General Meelirig at fy the rites, rituals aild actual process$32.50; TUE-FRI at 8 pm, SAT at at 7 8:30 pm. Tonight's discussion focus- of dying. The Center. 208 W. 13th SI.
& 10 pm, SUN at 3 & 7:30 pm; 989- es on "Animals: their protection and Info: (212) 932-3138.
,
2020 .
.
care." Morristown Unitarian Fellowship. 21 Normandy Heights Rd. Mor- SAGE presents Men's 50-plus Rap
LUCILLE LORTEL THEATER presents ristown, NJ·. Info: GAAMC Gay Group at 5:30 pm, and Sage Plus II,
Falsettoland, the William Rnn/James Helpline: (201) 285-1595.
a rap group for men who are over 50
Lapine musical. The third in Finn'sand HIV-positive, at 7 pm. All events
Marvin Trilogy, Fa/setto/and exam- ACT UP/NY Weekly Meellng. Cooper happen at the Center. 208 W. 13th SI.

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Sage Info: (212) 741-2247.

GAY MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT
attends A Forum With Openly Lesbian and Gay Gl!vernment Officials,
featuring Dr. Marjorti HIJI, director of
New York City's office for gay and lesbian concerns, Tom Duane. the special assistant to Comptroller LIz
Holtzman and several openly lesbian
and gay state and city officials.
Assembly Hall. The Center. 208 W.
13th SI. 8 pm. ·Info: (212) 620-7310.
,

GOTHAM VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE pre:sents Tryouts for Advanced Division(second level of play) and Interm9!liate B (fourth level). $75 for a 13-week
session. 351 W. 18th St., 7th floor
gyms. 7:30 pm. Info: (212) 666-4327
or 836-9219.
A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents Irena
I(lepflsz, reading from her book A
Few Words in the Mother Tongue.
548 Hudson St. 8 pm. Info: (212)989-4850.
GAY MALE S/M ACTIVISTS Meetingand Discussion: Humiliation and
Humility. $4 membern/$6 nonmembers. The Center. 208 W. 13th SI. 3rd
Roor. Socializing at 8 pm. Program at•

8:30. pm. GMSMA info: (212) 7279878.

THURSDAY, .IAN. 24~J~

BRONX AIDS COMMUNITY.SERVICEPROJECTpresents Speakers Bureau
Training II. Bronx AIDS Services,
Inc. One Fordham Plaza, suite 800.
The Bronx. 10-12 am. (212) 2955605.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FEDERATIONNETWORK FOR LESBIAN AND GAY
CONCERNS Monthly General Membership Meeting. The Center. 208 W:
13th St. 6 pm. (212) 632-8027.
SAGE presents Exploring New York:
The Museum of Natural History at
2:30. For complete details, call
SAGE.At the center, it's Sagerclze at
11 am, Men Couples' Group at 6:30
pm, and Men's 4D-Plus Rap Groupat 8pm. The Center. 208 W. 13th St.
Sage info: (212) 741-2247.
THE NAMES PROJECT OF NEW JERSEY presents Beach Party, a fundraiser for the Names Project. $3. The
Raven. New Hope, Penn. 6-10 pm.
For'complete details, call: (908) 7394863.
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE OF MORRIS COUNTY Program Committee
Meeting. 7:30 pm. Call GAAMC for
complete details: (201) 285-1595.
QUEER NATION General Meeting.
The Center. 208 W. 13th St. 7:30 pm.
Meetings are every other Thursday;
next is Feb. 7.

plus Rap Group at 7:30 pm and
Women's Couples Group at 8 pm.
All events happen at the Center. 208
W.13th St. Sage info: (212) 7412247.
BRONX AIDS COMMUNITY SERVICEPROJECT presents Teen Peer Education Training IV. Bronx AIDS Services, Inc. One Fordham Plaza, suite
800. The Bronx. 3:30-5:30
pm.
(212) 295-5605.

ard Malanga, Baby Jane Holzer andJohn Paler, as well as artist Marisol,art critic Pierre Restany and poet Ed
Sande(s. Plus: Blow Job, in which
the sexual activity indicated by thetitle happens off-screen; on-screen,
all we see is the face of a young man
and the emotions it conveys. The
Angelika Rim Center. 611 Broadway.
Midnight. (212) 995-2000. [See Jan.
26]

SATURDAY, .IAN. 26
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
presents Final Friday: Pizza at
HYACINTH FOUNDATION, New JerRome at 6:30 pm. Rent's around the
sey's leading AIDS serviCe and educorner, and those holiday billl! ~re cation organization, ,presents arolling in, so let's keep it cheap. 85
Volunteer Training Program. The
Seventh Ave. between Berkeley and two-day program is free, and covers
Union streets. Then, at 8 pm, it's
all aspects of AIDS and related
Madonna Night, asking the question, . issues, and gives potential volunIs the Material Girl really a '90s femiteers the opportunity to examinenist? Sc~eduled: the Blonde Ambitheir own responses to AIDS andtion concert video, "Justify My
learn about areas of service in this
Love:' and a wanna-be costume confield. For complete detailS, contact
Hyacinth at (800) 433-0254.
test. Please call 24 hours in advanceto confirm all SAL activities: (718)965-7578.
SAGE presents Support For You, abereavement group for men and
Attend a Comprehensive Financial
woomen dealing with loss, at 11 am;
Sem Inar for PWAs and their famiAstrology Wortshop at 1 pm; and alies, which will discuss finances,
Zodiac Social Gay Synogogue fromestates, wills and trusts. The $20 fee
1-5 pm. All events happen at thewill be contributed to an unnamedCenter. 208 W. 13th St. In thegay rights organization. New Yorkevening, join SAGE (or their Third
Confidential. 306 E. 49th St. 7:30
Annual Dance Marathon. Tickets arepm.
.free to marathoners, $25 at the door
and $20 in a!lvance. Proceeds will
benefit SAGE's program for olde.r
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER
people with AIDS. The Limelight.
presents Open House and Febroary
Sixth Avenue at 20th Street. 7 pm toNewsletter Mailing. The Center. 208
midnight. Sage .into: (212) 741W. 13th St. 7:45 pm. Call James for
2247.
more info. (212) 995-8063.
.

SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBJANS
presents Game Night: Checkers andDominoes. Fun for all ages. Bringsnacks, drinks (no alcohol) and extra
checkerboards and domino sets.
7:30 pm. Please call 24 hours inadvance to confirm all SAL activities:(718) 965-7578.

wow CAFE presents Through theWalls. "A woman too long alone in
her apartment signals through walls,
fantasy,
intrusion,
lingerie,
escape...." Written and performed by
Gabrielle Hamilton. Original music
written and performed by Terry
Dame. Rim by Mary Patierno andHarriet Hlrshorn. WOW Cafe. 59 E.
4th SI. Reservations: (212) 4608067. Through Jan. 26.
AFR ICAN-AMERICANWI MMIN
UNITED FOR SOCIETAL CHANGE
Weekly Meeting. The Center. 208 W.
13th St. 8-10:30 pm.

FRIDAY, .IAN. 25
SAGE presents Men's 50-plus Rap
Group at 6 pm, Women's 40-plus
Rap Group at 7 pm Women's 50-

WOW CAFE presents Through theWalls. "A woman. too long alone in
her apartment signals through walls,
fantasy,
intrusion,
lingerie,
escape...... Written and performed by
Gabrielle Hamilton. Original music
written and performed by Terry
Dame. Film by Mary Patierno andHarriet Hirshorn. WOW Cafe. 59 E.
4th .SI. Reservations: (212) 4608067. Through Jan. 26.
BACA DOWNTOWN presents The
Ninth Annual Choreographers
Showcase, featuring original choreography by 13 artists and ensembles, including: Eva Dean Dance Co.,
Kathleen Laziza, Maxine Moerman,
Amy Pivar!Julie Tolentino Wood,Regina Quintero and Susan WeitL
BACA Downtown. 111 Willoughby
St. Brooklyn. 8 pm. (718) 596-2222.
[See Jan. 26]•
THE ANGELIKA FILM CENTER presents Thl! Cu.lture God of the 19605:
The Films of Andy Warhol. The sixweek series continues with Kiss, aseries of close-up sequences of couples kissing, and includtls Warhol
Factory regulars Naomi Levine, Ger-SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
presents Ice Skating In Prospect
Park at noon, and then, at 7:30 pm,
Phon,e FantaSies and Personals
Party. Call those 900 numbers
you've been tempted to, or be entertained by others doing so. SAL
promises to turn up the speakerphone. Please bring some bucks tochip in for the calls, as well assnacks and drinks~ Please call 24hours in advance to confirm all SAL
activities: (718) 965-7578.
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER
presents a Grand CI.ean-Up, PaintUp, Fix-Up Party of the the Charles
Angel-People of Color Room. Fourth
floor, west wing. The Center. 208 W.
13th SI. 1-6 pm. Info: (212) 8647936 or (212) 222-9794.
MOSAIC BOOKS presents Saflya
Henderson-Holmes reading poetryfrom Madness and a Bit of Hope.
Mosaic Books. 167 Avenue B at 10thStreet. 7 pm. Info: (2J 2) 475-8623.
KNIGHTS WRESTLING CLUB presents a Gay Wrestling Tournament.
Featuring several medalists at the

recent Gay Games II. $5. The Center.
208 W. 13th SI. 8 pm.(718) 6395141.
BACA DOWNTOWN presents The
Ninth Annual Choreographers
Showcase, featuring original choreography by 13 artists and ensembles, including: Bandana Women,
Julie Carr, Heather Fenby, Andrew
Marcus, Otux and LeSlie Yancey.
BACA Downtown. 111 Willoughby
SI. Brooklyn. 8 pm. (718) 596-2222.
[See Jan. 25]
WOW CAFE presents Through theWalls. "A woman too long alone in
her apartment signals through walls,
fantasy,
intrusion,
lingerie,
escape...." Written and performed by
Gabrielle HamlHon. Original music
written and performed by Terry
Dame. Rim by Mary Patlerno andHarriet Hlrshorn. WOW Cafe. 59 E.
4th SI. Reservations: (212) 4608067. Through Jan. 26.
GAY NINETIES presents an Icebreaker Dance for Womyn. Admission
includes OJ, cOffee or tea, .and adoor prize. Also available: beer, wineand delicious
desserts. $8 in
advance/$10 at door. Unitarian
Church. Nicolls Road. Stony Brook,
Long Island. For advance reservations: Make checks payable to"cash:' and mail to The Nineties. PO
Box 732. Miller Place, NY 11764.
Info: (516) 474-2176.
BROOKLYN LESBIANS IN SISTERHOODAND SOLIDARITY and BRONXLESBIANS UNITED IN SISTERHOOD
present BLISS-BLUeS Bash to benefit Lesbians Off to Atlanta. OJ Gini
DeSantis. $8. 421 Fifth Ave.,
between 7th and 8th streets. Park
Slope. Brooklyn. Travel: F to Fourth
Avenue or R to 9th Street. 9 pm to 1
am. Info: Irma at (212) 409-1131.
FOOT FRIENDS BAR NIGHT presents
The Second Foot Friends Saturday
Party. For men into feet, socks,
sneakers, shoes, boots and other"safe sex only." "Masculine" attire
requested: No suits, sweaters orcologne. $10 in advance. Send fee to
PO Box 304. Village Station. New
York, NY 10014. Party at 157 Eighth
Ave., #1, south of 18th Street. 9:30
pm. Door closes for entry at 11 pm.
Info: (212) 675-7352.
THE ANGELIKA FILM CENTER presents The CuHure God of the 1960s:
The Films of Andy Warhol. The sixweek series continues with Kiss, aseries of close-up sequences of couples kissing, and includes Warhol
Factory regulars Naomi Levine, Gerard Malanga, Baby Jane Holzer andJohn Paler, as well as artist Marisol,art critic Pierre Restany and poet Ed
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all we see is the face of a young
man and the emotions it conveys.
Th'e Angelika
Film Center. 611
Broadway. Midnight.
(212) 9952000. [See Jan. 25]

Tuning In: A TV/Radio Guide for OutWeek Readers•

InformatiQn must be received by Monday to be included in the following
week's issue. Send items to OutWeek Listings, 159W. 25 St, NY, NY 10001.
ME (Arts & Ent, 555 FrfthAve, 10th A, NYC 10017;661-4000)
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Ste. A-3, NYC 10011;243-1570)
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Suite 1217;4n-4220)
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St, NYC loo11;1!07-7517)
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SUNDAY, .JAN. 27
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
presen~s Super Singles
StrollThrough the Brooklyn Art Museum,co-sponsoredby LESBIANS AND
GAYS OF FLATBUSH. Meet at theGrand Lobby Of the Museum at 1
pm. Eastern Parkway and Washington Ave. Then, join SAL as theyattend (not sponsor) a couple ofManhattan Field Trips. The first is
Networking for Ambitious Women,
Inc. The topic is "Self-Esteem andSuccess," and the ses!;ion will be
led by a psychotherapist. There will
also be a social hour with wine andcheese. 17 W. 20th St. For more
info: on this evant, call (718) 9530910. The second filed trip is Interracial
LesbianRelationships,
sponsored by Lesbian Femini!!t Liberation .. See their entry on this date.
And, as always, please call 24 hours
in advance to confirm all SAL activities: (718) 965-7578.

MONDAY, .JANUARY 21
1:31PM WUSB 90.1 FM The Word Is Out Marc Gunning hosts
a weekly lesbian, gay and bisexual variety show featuring
music, news, editorials, comedy and guest interviews.
z.J PM WUSB 00.1 FM Lavender Wimmin News, songs andmusic produced by women for women.
Z:3J PM WUSB 00.1 FM This Way Out More queer news.
5:00 PM TMC Black WidowDebraWinger and Theresa Russell star in this unsung lesbian-themed classic. Repeats
Thursday at 2:35 AM on Showtime.
8:30 PM Manhattan Cable The Brenda and Glennda Show
Brenda and Glennda ride Buffalo's Metrorail. CH 0/17
9:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: community news, discussion,interviews. BO Cable, CH 56 (1:00)
11:31 PM· Tomorrow!Tonight Livef. entertainmem; Manhattan
and Paragon Cable, CH 0/17 (1:00)
The Closet Case Show. Kloset Klips; ManhatMidnighttan /Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (:30)

THURSDAY, .JANUARY 24
1:00 PM WBAI-FM This Way Out; the international
gay/lesbian news magazine; 99.5 FM (:30)
1:30 PM WBAI-FM An Aftemoon Outing: local news andinformation about the gay and lesbian community with
Lany Gutenburg; 99.5 FM (:31)
7:00PM WCBS-TV Hard Copy Scheduled: A segment on sexual misconduct and the clergy. CH 2. Repeated at 7:30 am
on CHll.
8:00 PM The Gay Oating Game Show with Tammy SeeIi and
Lahama Van Zandl; Manhattan Cable, CH C/16 (:31)
10:00PM WNBC-TV LA LawFrom last season, it's LA Laws.
episode on outing: A gay cop sues when he's outed bya
gay journalist CH 4
. '10:00PM GCN Be Our Guest entertainment for and aboutthe
lesbian/gay community; Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17 (:3(1)
10:30 PM GMHC Living With AIDS: health and politics;·
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)
11:00 PM GCN Gay U.S.A.: news and entertainment fromaround the country; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)
Midnight GCN Men in Films: male erotica, interviews withadultfilmstars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)
12:30 AM RB PROD Men For MefT. Robin BynI.presents gay
male porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)

FRIDAY, .JANUARY 25

10:00 AM WABC-TV SallyJessy RaphaelScheduled topic:
educators and sexual misconduct. Expect anything. CH 7
2:30 PM WBAI-FM Rompiendo el Silenciu: todos los .
viernes, Gonzalo Aburto con tamas y noticias para lacomunidad latina gay y lesbiana; 99.5 FM (:15).
7:00 PM WBAI-FM AIDS In Focus, Michael A1ealay, producer; politics/culture of the AIDS pandemic; 99.5 FM (:15)
TUESDAY, .JANUARY 22
7:30 PM VicrorNicroria Julie Andrews plays a man playing a
10:00 AM WABC- TV Sally Jesy Raphael SJR wins the mostwoman in drag. Real queer characters pop up too. CH 11
ridiculous-show-of-the-week award, with this segment
8:00 PM A&E Divine Madness The Divine Miss M in 1980.
on "makeovers forthe spouses of military personnel in the
Incomporable. Repeated at midnight
American, er, Persian Gulf. CH7
10:00 PM WNET-TV Intercom Prime Time: A Priest on Trial
Z:3J PM MAX The Women Ignore 7V Guide's snippent about
This is the story of Fr. Bernard lynch, a priest who cam"gossipy women." This is classic camp. WIth Joan Crawpaigned for gay and lesbian rights and administered toford, Rosalind Russell and Norma Shearer. RepeatedPeople Wrth AIDS in New York, and who was-falseWednesday at 3:30 on The Movie Channel.
Iy----accused of sexually abusing a former student. A
10:00 PM TMC Drugstore Cowboy This is openly gay
dynamic story of church and city politics. CH 13
director Gus Van Sa nt's second movie, and it fea1:00 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and femaletures, besides Matt Dillon and Kelly lynch, queer,
strippers; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)
guru William S. Burroughs. Repeated today at 3:40
SATURDAY, .JANUARY 26
am and Friday at 5:30 pm
8:30 AM WBAI-FM Any Saturday with David
10:00 PM Another Country British boarding schools, homos
Rothenberg; live call-in; 99.5 FM (2:00)
and espianage. Watch for the boat scene. CH 49
7:00 PM GCN Gay U.S.A: news and entertainment from10:00 PM Rll PROD The Robin ByrrI Show. male and female
around the country; BO, Unity, ACV Cable, CH 56 (1:00)
strippers; Manhattan Cable, CHV/35 (1:00)(for Manhattan Cable, see THURSDAY)
11:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: news, information and•10:30 PM WNET-TV A Taste of HoneyThe 1961 story of a interviews; Manhattan/Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)"homely young girl" cared for by a homosexual friend
WEDNESDAY, .JANUARY 23
after an affair with a sailor leaves her pregnant CH 13
2:30 AM Sidney Shorr Remember this one? It's the pilot
11:00PM Gay 7v: male porn; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35
episode for prime time's one great effort to make a
1:00 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male & female
show about a queer. Tony Randall stars. CH 11
strippers; Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)
6:45 AM HBQ TheTruth About AlexStraight boy Scott Baio
1:30 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male & female
finds out th.at his best friend is gay. Repeated at 4 pm.
strippers; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)
3:00 PM SHOW Kids-TV According to TV Guide, 'the
SUNDAY, .JANUARY 27
crew's investigation of AIDS separates the facts
7:31PM WBAI-FM Outlooks, wiIh host MlllkAllen. Scheduled:from the fears.'
Queer Nation, discussing methods of combatting homophobia.
8:00 PM WNET-TV Smithsonian WorldThe series opens theAlternates wiIh TheGay Show, 9!l.5 FM (1:001
season with "Gender: The Enduring Paradox." Featuring
10:30PM RB PROD Men For MefT.Robin Byrd presents gay
comments from children, anthropologists and poets.
male porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:31)
11:30 PM WNBC-TV Tonight Jay leno hosts, among oth11:00PM GBS Way Outf, enterta inment for and about the lesers , the Indigo Girls. The one question you probably
bian/gay community; Rich Volo, producer, 254-7685;Manwon't hear asked: Are they really the Blue Dykes?
hattan Cable, CH C/16 (:ll)

LESBIAN FEMINIST LIBERATION pre-sents Intenacial Lesbian Relationships.
featuring speaker Tena Marshall. $4
donation includes refreshments. The
Center. 208 W 13th St 3 pm. Info: (212)627-1398.

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EAGLE BAR Superbowl
Sunday.
$10,000 ,cash prize (200 tickets soldat $100 each) and beer at $1.25.
142 11th Ave., at 21st Street. 4 pm.
(212) 691-8451. ("Superbowl lends

itself to a vel}' gay anagram, doesn'tit?-RX)
THE NAMES PROJECT OF NEW
JERSEY presents
a Superbowl
Party, a fund-raiser for the project.
$5. The Den. Somerset, NJ. 5 pm to2 am. For details, call: (908) 7394863.
IN YOUR FACE PRODCUTIONS presents Freeland
Acting Group in

Homos for the Holidays, part II.
Drama, comedy, music and performance. Each piece pertains to gays
and the recently departed holidays.
$5. The Center. 208 W. 13th St. 5
and 8 pm. (212) 924-7602.
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER
presents.
Couples
Caucusat
Mitchell and Loyd's. 305 W. 98th
St., #2-FS. 5-8 pm. Then, at 10 pm,
join MACT member David Perkins at
his cabaret, The Songs the Girls
Sang. See Lively Arts for a complete
descriptionof the cabaret. MACT
info: 663-2952.

But maybe ....CH 4
Midnight RB PROD The Robin BynI Show. maliland female
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MondayLineI9Jt (outVVeek's Get Out and Give party. Door goes to lesbian, gay and AIDS
organizations. 9 pmto 4am.$5) 47 W.2OthSt., at Sixth Ave. (212)1IJ7-7850
Private Eyes (Marc Berkley's Kool Komrads;strippers; downtown
crowd, students, professionals; $7) 12 W 21 St, club 206-7772
Temple (BillieKlub's party: a different theme each week.) 101 Avenue A

TUesday.

;t. Big,;

City Diner ('Subculture; featuring dancing, food and bar. For men,but women are welcome. $7.) 43rd Stat 11th Ave. (212) 268-4572.
;t. The Center ("Southerners:
C&W and two-stepping for queers on a
montly basis. $5 members1$7 non-menbers. Lessons at 7:15.) 208 W.
13th St-;..o+Clit Club (Jocelyn and Julie add a second night of hot lesbian action in
the East Village. $5.) 101 Avenue A+-c.-Club Edelweiss (1Vs, TSs, gays, bi's, singles, couples'; TUES espeCially for lesbians; but open to all TUE-SUN night) 167 W 29; 868-6989+ Grand Central (Women's nighttonight. Mixed We-Su.) 210 Merrick
Road, Rockville Centre, LI; (516) 536-4800.
Kilimanjara (Tracks Tuesdays.) 531 W. 19th St. 627-2333.
.Roxy (Men on Wheels, gay roller skating; starts 8 pm) 515 W 18 St; 645-5156

Wednesday.

·•-crChannelli9 (Doors open at 10 pm, showtime is 1 am. Unda Simpson, DJ Dany·Johnson. East Village crowd. $5.) 101Avenue A
IThe Building (Dallas' The Boys' Room; House music, downtown crowd,
go-go boys and a 6O-foot ceiling; $101$7 with invite) 51 W 26 St; 576-1890+ Excalibur (Ladies Night, $1 drinks) corner 10th/Jefferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161-c.-Umelight (Disco 2000 with Michael Alig and Larry Tee;10 pm, $10;
Coors no longer selVedn 6th Ave at 20 St; club 807-7850.
+ Private Eyes (Shescape Afterwork Party, 5-10 pm; $5 before 7 pm/$7,
after; 2-4-1 drinks before 7) 12 W 21 St; info 645-6479, club 206-7772· Private Eyes (YMVA Night; students, prof'ls, women; performers; $7; .
door often benefits a gay/lesbian organization) 12 W 21 St; 206-7772
Silver Uning (2-4-1 drinks, also open Tues·Sun, women SAT) 175 Cherry
Lane, Floral Pk, LI; 516/354-9641. SUz (2-4-1drinks, also open daily) 2D2Westchester Ave, White Plains; 914'151-31ID• Thursday,.

Cheap (It's a new party, promising 'cheap drinks and cheap queers.' No
cover.) 101 Avenue A-c.-Copacabana (last Thu. of the month Susanne Bartsch party, next isNovember 29; iffy door) 10 E 60 St, at Fifth Ave; 755-6010
Excalibur ($1 drinks, a.lso ~pen Tues-Sun, women WED) corner IOt/v'Jefferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161
Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators; also open nightly, women
on TUE & FRI) 126-10 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens; 7181261-8484.t.No Hause (Mixed gay/straight, male/female crowd, featuring technopop, newwave, goth and punk music, but no house. $7.) Private Eyes. 12 E. 21st St.
-c.-Roxy (Disco Interruptus, DJs Sister Dimension and the Pop Tarts. Performance by Wendy Wild and Flloyd. $10) 515 W 18; 645-5156
Stingray's (Brand new club, brand new sound syStem, everything else isa surprise. No cover tonight.) 641 W. 51st St. (212) 664-8668

Friday.

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IABC (Chip Duckett's ABC Fridays, DJ Merritt; ballroom, balcony, billiards,
boogying; $10/$7 w. invite; opened Nov. 16H71rving Place at 15 St+Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie, Every Friday Party, go-go girts, lesbo videos; opens 8
pm, billiards &$1 drinks between 8 and 9 pm; $5) 432 W 14St; 4$1)-1114
Columbia Dances (1st Friday of every month, Earl Hall, 10 pm - 2 am; next
is Feb. 1.) 116th St & Bway; 854-3574 days
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+ Hatfield's (women's nights are TUE & FRI) 126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew. Gardens, Queens; 718/261-8484
IMeat on Friday (Just like Saturday. DJ Nobody's Pussy. $5.) 101 Avenue A-c.-Mike Todd Room (Sister Dimension's Panty Girdles) 123 E 13 St; 473-7171+Millemitm(Ladies' Nigfm mo NY Ave (Rte 110),Huntington, U; 516'351-1402
Private Eyes (YMVA Night; students, professionals, men) 12W 21 St. 'lIJ3- Tm

a surprise. Free, 7-10 pm. $7 after.) 641 W. 51st St. (212) 664-8668+Visians (women's party) 56-01 Queens Blvd, Woodside, Queens; info
7181846-7131, club 718/899-9031

Saturday

Barefoot BOogie (2nd & 4th SAT; adulWkids, smoke & alcohol free; 8:3> pm12::11am, $4; next is Dec 8) 434 6th Ave (blwn 9/10 Sts), 4th Aoor; 832-6759
Center (2nd & 4th SAT, 9 pm to 1 am, $8; next is Jan. 27.) 200 W 13 St; 620-7310+ Center (Women & Friends, 1st SAT; 9 pm -1 am, $8; next is December 1) 20~ W 13 St; 620-7210
IClub West End (Michael Fesco's Saturdays; midnight - 9 am) 547 W 21 St
Columbia Dances (SamE BuT DifferenT, 3rd SAT, next is Feb. 16. DJ
Karin Ward, 10 pm - 3 am; $5) Earl Hall, 116 St/B'way; 629-1989
Controversy (Hosted by Patrick Butts and the people who bring you
Disco Interruptus. $2.99) 101 Avenue A
419419 N. Highway, Southampton, LI; 516/283-5001
Love Zone (dancing & performers) 70 Beach St. Staten Island; 7181442-5692• Meat (DJ Aldo Hernandez, every Saturday; go-go boys, videos; opens
10 pm; $5) 432 W 14 St; 353-3866.Private Eyes (Shescape Saturday Night Parties for Women, opens 9pm; $8 before 10/$10 after) 12 W 21 St; info 645-6479, club 206-7772-c.-Roxy (Locomotion; gay boys, guys, men; non-gay women, some lesbians; mix depends on party) 515 W 18 St (btwn 10/11 Aves); 645-5156+ Silver Uning (women's Sat) 175 Cherry Lane, Aoral Park, U; 516/354-9641
Sound Factory (mostly gay; serious House/Club dancing, no alcohol,
opens 11 pm) 530 W 27 St (10th/11th Aves); 643-0728
Stingray's (Brand new club, brand new sound system, everything else isa surprise. $8.) 641 W. 51st St. (212) 664-8668
Tilly City (Featuring cheap drinks, cheap women and cheap thrills. $5) Now at 70
Grove St reet at Sheridan Square (Pandora's Box). (212)242-10.

Sunday'The Building (Dallas' The Men's Room, students, professionals, men;go-go boys & 50-ft. ceiling) 51 W 26 St; 576-1890-c.-CafeSociety (Society Sundays Tea Dance, Hi NRG DJs, Society
Dancers; 5 pm- 11; $10) 8'way at 21 St; 529-8282
FUCKI (DJs Craig and Victor, "caged go-go animals' and 'ruff music forrUff dykes and fags.' $2.99) 101 Avenue A
Kelly's (DJ Moaning Lisa spins the records for dancing dykes. Doors.
open at 8 pm. $3.) 46 Bedford St. (212) 929-9322.
-c.-+Mars (Lahoma's Home for Runaway Boys. DJ Lany Tee, emcee Ru-Paul. TVs
and women welcome. $11Y$5with invite.) 13th St. atthe West Side Highway
Manster (Sun~ay Tea Dance at 4 pm; dancing also on other nights frOJ]1
10 pm) 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq.; 924-3557
2O/ZO (Michael Fesco's Tea Dance, opens 4 pm; $6; free Mimosas & BMs
from 4-6, buffet at 7:30) 20 W 20 St; 727-8841

Every Night (or almost)+ Bedrock (lesbian club, closed MON & TUE) 121 Woodfield Rd, W .
Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516-c.-Club Edelweiss (1Vs, TSs, gays, bi's, singles, couples all welcome';
TUE for lesbians, but open to all TUE-SUN night) 167 W 29; 868-6989'+Pandora's Box (formerly the Duchess) Sheridan Square & 7th Ave; 242-10
419 (nightly, Gay House Party, opens 6 pm) 419 N. Highway (Rte 27),
Southampton, U; 516/283-5001.
Grand Central (closed Mon, 2-4-1 drinks Thursday) 210 Merrick Road,
Rockville Centre, LI; 516/536-4800
Magic Touch (ethnic mix: Anglo/Latin/Asian)73-13 37th Rd, Jackson
Heights, Queens; 718/429-8605
Monster (West Village) 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq.; 924-3557
Spectrum (good mix of gay men & lesbians; closed Mon-Tue, WED free,
THU free & 2-4-1 drinks, FRI male/female strippers, SAT recording .
stars, SUN variety show & free admission 9-10 pm; Coors selVet/J
80264th St@8th Ave, Bay Ridge, Bklyn; 718/238-8213
NOTES:b[new info]-c.-[attractsTVa] .[woman] I [man]Send information, corrections, and complaints to OutWeek listings, 159 W 25 St, NY,NY
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AIDS CENTER OF QUEENSCOUNTY SOCIAl. SER\(ICESEDUCAnONoaUDDIESoCOUNSEUNGoSUPPORT GROUPS
Volunteer Opportunities(718} 896-25OO(voice}(718} 896-2985(TDD}BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Lawyers Referral Service for the
Lesbian and Gay Community Full
RangeofLegaISaMces.(212}~
4873 Frea Walk-in Legal Clinic.
Tuesday 6-8 pmLasbian 8. Gay
Cooimunity Centr. Ground RoorACT UP (AIDS Coalition to
Unleash Powerl
498A Hudson Straet, Slits G4 NYC
l0014(212} 564-2431
A diverse, non-partisan group of
indMduals lIlitBd in anger and c0mmitted to direct a cUon to end the
AIDS crisis. GQ.n. meetings Mon.
nigh1s 731; in The Grast Han, Cooper
Union, 01) Cooper Square oo1lNeen
Astor a.nd St Ma'r\(s Place's.

BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE. & SUBMISSION GROUPI
Share SIM axperiences and fantasies wi1h oIhars in a positive, noojudgemental
atmosphere.
First
Sunday of the month. 4:46pm It theCommlr\ity CentDr2m W. 13 Slreet.
NYC. This group is partalthe Now
yorlt Area Bisexual Ne1!NOrk.

. AIDS RESOURCE CENTER(ARCI
Supportive housing for homeless
PWA:; (Bailey House and apartments}. Non-judgemental pastoralcare lor fflA:; and loved ones. Voluntser opportunilies. (212} 481-1270,
24 West:Jllh St, NYC lOOn

BISEXlJALINRlRMATION &COllNSElWG SERVICE. INC.
A profes8ionaly staffed, non-profit
organiZation for bisexuals, theirfammes and partners, facing prOblems of a psychological or medicalkind. We also work with those in
doubt about their sexuality. C0nfidentiality is protBctsd by law. For
infonnation phone: (212} 49&-!IiOO

ALOErJAPl11I-NY(A.ian Lasbiansof the East
Coas\'Asian Pacific L8sbian Nat- .
WOIk-Naw York} We are ..a political, social and supportive networkof Asian Pacific .Iesbians. Planningmeetings on the 1st Sunday andsocial events on the last Friday ofeach month. Call (212} 517-5598 formore infonnation.

BISEXUAL PRIDEDISCUSSION GROUP
Topical discussions dn issues ofintsrest ID the co .. I "unity in a congeniala1mosp/lare, follOWed by aninfonnal dinner at a friendly local
restaurant
Every Sunday, 3:1104:30pm at the Community Cantsr
2m W. 13 Slreet, NYC. Part of the
New York Area Bisexual Network.

ARCS.(AlDS-Relatad
Community Servica.}
for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster andWestchester
counti~s.
AIDS
education, client services, crisis intervention, support groups,· case management,
buddy andhospital visitor program.
214 Centrall4le. WhitD Plains, NY
10606 (914} 993-0606
838 Broadway, Newburgh, NY
12250 (9141562-5005
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Bisexual community and friends.
Call NYABN for data~s of upcoming events. (212} 4!i9:4784
BIPAC (BISEXUAL POUTICALACTION COMMmEEI
Polilical action on issues aI importance to the Bisexual/lasbiarv'Gay
community. Monthly. meetinG'
potluck held ~on four1h Thur&day of tha month at members
h<mes. Cell NYABNfor tIis mcuth's
location ((212} 45&-4784-

ASIANS & FRIENDS- NEW YORK
A not-for-profit
organization· which promotss friendships with
A:;ian/PacificIslander, AsianAmerican, and non-Asian gay· men through social, cultural, educational, and service activities
and programs. Call our HotUne:
212~4-5064, or writs to: P.O. Box6628, NY, NY 10163-6023.

BISEXUAL YOUTH
Infonnal social & support groupfor Bisexual kidslyouth. Monthly
maeting/potluck
lunch hald
1:00pm on fourth Sunday of themonth at members homes. Call
NY ABN for this month's location.
This group.is part of the New
York Area Bisexual Network.

ATR (AIDS TREATMENTRESOURCES, INC.I.
Pubishes a bi-monthly DireclDry aI
clinical trials of experimental
A1DSlHlVtraa1mants in NY/NJ,and
has educational materials/seminars lor trial par1icipants. ATR also
advocatss for improvements in thetrial systBm. P.O. Box30234, NY. NY
101Hll02. (212} 26&-4196. Publicalions freeldonation requested.

BWS-BRONX LESBIANS
UNITED IN SISTERHOOD. Social, political and support natworking group lor woman and theirfriends. Regular social events andmeetings on the first and third fridays alevery month. At The Cornmlrity Cents~ 2m W. 13 SIraet. fran~For mora info can Lisa at(212}B2lHB17.
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and families. Program includes
music and discussion led by our
Rabbis. CaK (212} nJ-7fm

BODY POSITIVE
If you or your lover has tasted
HIV+, we offer support groups,
seminars, public forums, reference
library, referrals, social activities
and up-to-date national monthly,'THE BODY POSITIVE" ($2!Vyaarl(2121721-1348.2095
Broadway,
SIRI 3l8; NY.l~."

BROOKLYN'S LESB'liN'AND.GAYPOUTICAL

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LAMBDA INDEPENDENT'·'

DEMOCRATS
liD. endonas II1d WIlks for canci~
illocal, sIIIIB II1d nafcnII aIootions, lobbies for legillation,and
ca-dJctII CCIIlTIri:yCldraachflouj1straetfais 1I1d~lIlspec:ial~
ics. Jcin us. 336 Ninth St,SIitD Ui
Brodd>,n.NYI1215 (71819!15-84B2
CIRCLE OF MORE UGII1'
Spiritual suppOrt and sharing in agay!1esbian affirmative group.
Wast-Plirk Prasl7r'tllrian Clun:h 165
VIlest., SIreat \Mild: wonhip'lice 8:31 pm, progmn 7:n MeI1ha(212)314-4373Clarie (212)8111-7118.
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COMMUNnY HEAIllIPROJECT:!IIWest 13111Street, NYC, NewYork loon Foi- Appoin1mants andInformation(212} 875-3559(TTYNoica}PROVIDING CARING,SENSITIVE AND LOW COST
HfAlTH CARE 'SERVlCES TO THE
LESBIAN AND GAY COMWNIlYCOMMUNnY HEAIllI
INFORMAPROJEcr.,HEALTHnON UNE FOR TEENs
Do \'OUhave questions about \'Ourhealth? Your Body? Coming Out?
Safer Sax? Feal like you hive noone to talk to? Not In( monilNow
you can cal the HOlT-UNE. 212255-1511The Tean HOTT-UNE for
Healthl Call Monday ID Thuralay,
7pm to 9(IIn. At other lime&, leave amessage ilndwa'K cal you bickl
COMMUNnYRESEARCH INITIATIVE
CRllasts experimantll drugs andtraamanIB for AIDS ind IIIV ralRId
illnasaes. Monthly trea1mant and
I8S88rch gioup for H1V+ incividuala.
Treatment and research nllWlllatb!r;forums and public seminars. CaU .
Alice Spears or Ken Foniatero at(2121481-1(8)forinfo and ~iat.

CONGREGA1l0N BETH
, SIMCHAT
TORAH
NY's Gay and Lesbian ~agogue
Services· Friday at 8:30p,,! 57
Bethune Street For info. caN; (~"2}9'29-9498.

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all People Wrth AIDS, their lovers

DIGNnYBIG APPlE
A community of Lesbian and
Gay Catholics. Activities include
Liturgies and socials every Sat,
8:00 pm, at the Centsr, 208 W. 13
Street, NYC.Call(2121818-1309.
DIGNnY NEW YORK
LaslilwlII1d 'itVCatldcs and frill ids
AIDS ~
SjiduaI 0IMlIapma1t
The Ca1hadraIPrqect. Wonship Ser'lices & SociaI-SIi1. Ews. ~Jllhn's Ejiscopal Church 218 Wast
l1ilSreatCWave~2179
ED.GEElllICIIIion in a DiAllled
Gay Emilllllllint
For the physicaDy ol88b1ed Lesbianand Gay Community. P.O. Box 3IIi\llageSlation, NBWYoIk,NY 10014
FRONT RUNNERS .
A ruming dubforlasbian and gay
atNeIBaofalaliities. Fm Rtn all6 niles held fN8ry Sat at lOam andWads. st 7pm i'I Central Park and_ryTuas. at7pm in Prospect Park.
Forinfonnaiat cal(212}72~
THE GAY AFRICAN AMERICANSOF WESTCHESTEII(The G.AA.I
isa community based support
g!OUp f.. lllad in WestchasIBr Coint¥ Various aclM1ias al8 plamad forthe cOllillg months. Please caD 914~formora
info.

It'!Opm and join us IIV8I'f Tuasdl'(
aO:OOpm to 9;OOpm to became •member of GUB. Noaxparienca'
neadad.!iIIi EigIth AwnUII, NY. i.•l0018.Attn: OU1l.ooks or cl!lI (2121
245-6386- ask for GUS.
0r« .

-------,GAY a LESBIAN HEAIllI
CONCERNS
An office of the NYC Dept of
Health, provides linkages b8twn
NYC Health & Human SVcs, arid
tha Lesbian & Gay comm.unity, ,focusing
in ALL health concerns; resource inform.tion for
haalth services consumers andproviders.
125 Worth Street,Box 87, NeVI' York, NY 10013. Fo~
info call (2121586-4995.
.
GAY MALESIll ACTMSTS
Dadicated to saM and responsible S/M since 1981. Open meeting8 w/programs·
on SIM
techniques,
lifestyle isiues,.
political and social concern,.
Also special evants, speake'"bureau, workshops,
demos,
affinity group.,
newsletter,more. GMSMA -Dept. 0, 498A
Hud80n Street. Suite 023 ,NYC
lOOI4.(2121727-987s.
GIIIW) (GAY10&4 OFARIICM

DESCENI)80 Variek SIreat, NYC 10013 a support group of Gay Man of Africa!!
Descent dadicafs!l to conscioUs- .
nes&-raising and the daVIIIopmentof the Lesbian and Gay Colli mllity.
GMAD is inclu8ive of African;
African-American, Canbbaan and
Hispanic/Latino'men of color.
Meetings are held, v,.wIdy. on ftt.
days. For mora inform.tion,can 718-802~182.

GAY FATHER'S FORUM
A support organization for gay
father's, their lovers, and oIhers inchild-nurt1lring situations. MonthGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS
ly meetings include a poIIuck supHOTUNE
par, support groups on varied
FORI~
ON SARRSEX.
apaciafizad topics, speakars. andAND HIV-RELATED HEALTH SERsocializing.Meetings:
1st Friday
VICES,AND FOR NUIt.WION ON .
each month, 7pm, at The Canter,
208 W. 13th St, Wast of 7th ~e. ONE-n~ WAI.J(-IN AIDS COONS8.JNG SBMCES
Contribution: $8. Bring a main
Z1Z..'OHi&55Z1Z~5-74io TOO
course for 4 people (or pay a IS
(Fer .. Hi.illl1.......-nfood charge.fForinformationcan:Mon.-Fri. 10::30a.m.1D 9 pm.
212-97&-7541 or 212-28&-3238
12:001D :tOO
GlAAD
GIRTH a MIRTH
Gaya ....... n AIIi_CWB OF NEW YORKApinotIWlnlion
Social club for heavy, chubby
80 Varick Slreet. NYC 10013 (2121
gay men & their .d~irers.
986-1700 GIAAD combats homoMonthly social8 at the 'Cenphobia in the inacia and aIsaWlel8
ter', weeklv b.r nights Thursby pRtnoling visibility aI the lesbiandays at the "Chelsea Tr.nsfar',and gay Clll111ll1ity and llI!Ianizing
monthly Fit Apple Review, bigrassroots response to anti-gay
monthly F.A.R. penpals.
bigcUy. Do you haw ~ minuCBs a
For more informl,tion
callmonth in I9rthornophobia?Joi1 theErnie at 914-899-n35 or write:
GIMD PhoneTrealCan (212!-96&G&M/NY, Dept 0, P.O. Box 10,
17OOfotinformalion.
Pelham, NY 10803.
GUB
HEAL
Gay and Lesbian Independent(HNIdI EIIucation AIlS Li.i_n)
Broadcasters invites you to tune
Weekly info. and 8Upport group
into Ol1TLOOKS on WBAI-NY, 99.5
for treatments for AIDS which do
FM every other Sunday, 7:30-

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not compromise the immune system further, including alternativeand holistic approaches.
Wed 8pm.
208 W. 13th St.
(212)674-HOPE.
HERITAGE OF PRIDE. INC.
Organizers of New York's lesbianand Gay Pride events: the March,
the Rally and the Dance on thePier. Call (212) 691-1774 for mae~ing schedule or more infonnauon.
208 West 13th Streot. NY,NY 10011.
HETRICK-MARTIN
INSTTTUTE
for lesbian and gay youth. Counseling, drop-in center (M-F, 36pm). rap groups, Harvey Milk
Iligh School, AIDS and safer sax
infonnation, referrals, professional
education. (2121633-8920 (voice)(212) 633-8926 T1Y for deaf
HISPANIC UNITEDGAYS & l£SBIANS
Educational services, politicalaction, counselingand social
ac1ivities in Spanish and English by
and fur the Latino lesbian and Gay
Community. General meetings 8:00
pm 4th Thursday of every mon1h at
208 West 13th Streot
Can 201-653-7824 or write H.U.G.L,
P.O: Box 226 Canal Street Station,
New York. NY 10019.
IDENTITY HOUSE
Now in our 20th year, we provide
peer counseling, therapy referrals and groups for the lesbian,gay and bisexual community.
Call us at (212) 243-8181. Visit Us
at 544 6th Ave., between 14th15th Stree13, Manhattan.
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN
IDENTITY INC.
New York's non-profit lesbian
and gay psychotherapy
center.
licensed psychologists, psychiatris13, and clinical social workers.
Slidingscale
fees.
Insurance accepted. Individual,
couple, and family therapy.
Variety of Men's and women'sgroups forming continuously.
118 W. nnd Street.
212-799-9432
INTEGRITY /NY
lesbian and Gay Episcopalians
and friends. Eucharist and program every Thursday, 7:30pm.
St luke's Church, Hudson andChristopher Sts. INFO: P.O. Box5202, NY NY 10185(718) 720-3054

LAMBDAl£GAL DEFENSEAND EDUCATION RIND
Precedent-setting litigauon nationwide for lesbians, gay men andpeople with AIDS. Membership($40 and upl inc. newsletter andinvitations to special events. Volunteer night on Thursdays.
Intake calls: 2-4pm Mon thru Fri(212)9&8685.
LAVA(l£SBIANS ABOUT
VlSUAlARn
Call for slides for lesbian Artis13'
Exhibition, Gay & lesbian Com-munity Center, NYC. For moreinfonnauon, send SASE to : Miriam Fougere, 118 Fort Greene. Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217.

and Gay Community Sarvices Canter,208 W. 13th S!re~t For mor!!
info. call: (212) 24s.6388 or (212)222-8794..

THE LESBIANAND GAYBIG APPl£ CORPS
Get your instrument out of thecloset and come play with us.
Symphonic, Marching, Jazz, Dixieland, Rock, Flute Ensembles
and Woodwinds. 123 West 44th
St. Suite 12l Naw York, NY
10036 (212) 86&-2922.

METROPOUTAN TtNNISGROUp(MTG)
Our 200 member lesbian and gay
tennis club includes players frombeginning to tournament level.
Monthly tennis parties. Winterindoor league. Come play withusl For infonnauon: MTG, Suite
K63,496-A Hudson St:, New York,NY 10025. (7181852-8562.

l£SBIAN & GAY
COMMUNITYSERVICES CENTER
208 Wast 13th Streat New York,NY 10011 (212) 620-7310 9am11pm everyday. A place for community organizing and net-working,social services, cultural programs,
and social even13 sponsored by
the Center and more than 150
community organizauons.
l£SBIAN AND GAY LABORNETWORKAn organizauon of lasbians andGays who are active in their labor
lI1ionslM)rt<ing on domestic per1nership benefits and AIDS issues. For
Il1OI8 infonna1ion cal (212~LESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTSPROJECTof the American Civil Uberti ..
Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTS/
WE'RE EXPANDING THEM (212)

MOCA (Men of Colo, AIDS
PI_lllion
progrwn.)
Provides safar sex and AIDS aducatio.n 'information to gay andbisexu.al Men of Color; coordinates a networi< of peer-support
groups for gay and bisexual Menof Color in an 5 boroughs of New
Yolie City 303 Ninth Ave, New Yorl<.
NY llXXllor call (212) 239-1796.
NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIANTASKFORCE
is the nauonal grassroots po/"i1ical
organization for lesbians and gay
men. Membership is$3Olyear.
Issue-oriented projects addrass
violence, sodomy laws, AIDS, gay
rights ordinances, farrilies, media,
etc. 1hrough lobbying, educBtion,organizing and direct action.
NGllF 1517 U Street m-I. WashingtDn, DC 21m!. (2Il2)m-8483.
NlWYOII(ADVBmSING

944-9800, ext. 545

l£SBIANS AND GAYS OFRATBUSH
Brooklyn's social organization forboth gay men and lesbians. P.O.
Box 106, Midwood Station BroOklyn. NY 11230. (718) fl5S.9437
LESBIAN HERSTORY
ARCHIVES
P.O.Box 1258 New Yorl<.New Yori<
10116212/874-7232Since 1874, theArchives has inspred, shaped andreflected lesbian lives everywhere. Call to arrange a visit or to
voIuntaer for Thursdayworkrigh1s.
LONG ISLAND ACT-UP
Meets Tuesdays at 8pm at 181 Post
Alo. in Westbury. NY. Support us forchange on long Island. Mailingaddress: PO Box 514, Westbury. NY
11!Bl.516-33&<1662.
LSM
is a support and infonna1ion groupfor lesbians and bisexual womeninJarested in fantasy, role-playing.
bindage, discipline, S/M, fatishes,alta(llate gender indentities, cos·
tumes and so fur1h. Membership isavailable only to women 18 years
and older. Actual. experience is not
reqLimd but g&nlil9 i1tDr8st and 111
open mind ara. For infonnationpease wits; P.O. Boc!m, MJrlll'ilil_
Station. NswYa1c, rN 101!ilMEN
OF AlL COLORSTOGETHER NY
A multi-racial group of gay men
against racism. Meeungs every
Friday night at 7:45 at the lesbian

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NEJWOIII(NYACNis the cQlmunity's largest
gay and lesbian prdassional group,
welcoming all in, communications-and 1heir friend,s. Mon1hly
meetings, 3I'd Wed .eqopm at.theCommunity· Center. Members'
newsletter, job hotline, annual.,
arec:tDry. Pholle (212) 517.{81).for
more info. Menuon OutWellk for. one free n8l.·;sIlIIIIIi:
N.Y. FEMMESSupport and discussion group • fori
lesbians whg self id8ntify.,asFemme and ara plimanly aUracted
to butch women. For memberllhip
infonnation call lisa (212)829-9817.
N.Y.WOWENS SOFI1JAU.CUJ) .
For experienced, serious SciftbaA ,.
Piayers,Coaches and Managers.
We play mod/fast pitch weekends in Manhattan and aueens:
Try-ollis begin Feb. ll1hiu Apnlor until filled. (212) 255-1379 Janet

rfNTH STIIEEJ CIMBI
Since 1973, a COlIIIIUnitydelicatad to demonstrating that a h0mosexual lifestyle is a rauonal,
desirable choice for individuals
dissatisfied with the· rawa rds ofiWlg. Psychologcaly
COf1IIIII1IionaI- focussed rap groups, Tues., Sat, 8
to 10 pn peer COlI1S8Iing available.
319 E. 9 Strea!, New Yor1<,NY llXD3,
for info cal (212) 228-51Sl•
NORTH AMERICAN MAN/IIOY
LOVE ASSOClAnON (HAMBtA)
Dedicated to sexual freedom and,!lSP8cialy intBl'8tad in gay int8rgerterauonal relationships. Mon1hly
BLllalin and regLlar chapter mealings on the first Saturday of 88ch.

mont/!. Yearly membership is $20;
INIita NAM8I.A PO Box 174, Mil1DroW1 SIation, New York, NY 10018
or can (212) 807-8578 for information.
.

NORTHERN UGHTSALTERNATIVES
Improving Quality of Ute for People with AIDS/HIV. THE AIDSMASTERY WORKSHOP: Exploring 1he possibilities of a powerfuland creative life in 1he face of
AIDS. Can (212) 255-8554
NYC GAY & WBIAN
AN1"I-VIOl£NCE PROJECT
Counseling, advocacy, and information for SUMVOIS of anti-gay
and anti-lesbiin violence, sexualassault, domestic violence, andother types of victimization. All
S8MC88 free and confidantial.24
hour hOlline (2121807-0197
PARENTS/RIIENDS !)F LESBIAN AND GAYS
let P/FlAG help you and yourfamily deal with theupheavalof your coming out Our meetings are fr8e: monthly on the
4th Sunday, at 3:00 pm, in
Duane C/1urch, 201 Weat 13th.
Info? call Jeanne, 212-463-0629
PEOPl£. wrrH.,.AIDS
COAUTION(212)532~l~otline (212) 532-0588Monday 1hru
Friday lOam-8pm Meal programs,_ support groups, BIIucauonal andreferral seMces for PWA's and·F'WArc's.

F'WA's .208 Weat 13th St NYC
10011, (212) 741-2247
SETHIAN GAYS.

LESBIANS AND BISEXUALSFor ·all of U8 interestedinreaching out to each other in
exuberance
to spontaneol,lsly
explore and expand upon theSeth/Jane
Roberta 'Philosophy' as it raaltes to our lives,
personally, sexually and politically. Call AI (212) 979-5104
SII'4OANCEOUTDOOR ADVENTURE
SOClElY
A non-profit club offering Outdoor activities far every season
including hiking, biking, skiing,water activities and other out-,
door a ctivities for the Gay/le.sbian community. For infonn.tion
or complimentary
Newsletter
call (212) !i9Pr4726.
THE.OUTREACHUSING
COMMUNAL HEAUNG(TQUCHI
COII.IIUIity volunteers providing aweekly buffet supper for the
BrookJo,n AIDS commulily. ToucA
meets Monday eves. 5pm to8~pm- at downtown Brooklyn
Friend. Meeting Hou8e (110
Schennerhorn St near Boerum
PlaC8~ lirritad trai18pclf111tionmay
be arranged. Info: (718) 622-2758.
TOUCH welcanas conlributions offunds, food and volunteers.

ULSTER COUNTY GAY ANDl£SBIAN AWANCE
Meelllfirst and 1hird Monday of
HEALTH GRoUP
88ch
mon1h
at 7:3) pm at the UniU,dergiWld. buye~.
.
. club injxring
tarian Church on Sawkil Road in
not-yet-ap~
il1edica1ions andKingston. For Infoimation, ~allnutri1ional supplements. 31 West
2BlhSt4th Roa- (212)532-028) . 91~3203-

PEOPLE WITH AIDSPINK PANTHER PATROL
Ccxm1II1ity sIraet·patroI ~ E-. and
VWJst lfil!lge decicated tg'd818ning
violent CIjme agailst gays and leebians. West ViII~ge W84kIY mee.t~ii)gs at Tues. evenings
at
60rmulity Cenlat Call for time andInfo: 212-475-4363. For East \IIIag8
patrol i1fo, ~1212-24&&!.
PROFESSIONALS IN
RlJNVIDEO
338 Canal Stint, 8th Roor, NYC
l001321~1
QUEERNAnON
The L88~ia'1 and Gay direct
action group dedicated to fighting homophobia
and Gay andLesbian invisibility. Anyone cansuggest an actiC!n and should
cl1me to meetings prepared toorganize
and implement it ON,.
.
Box 1524, Cooper Stauon, New
York, NY lIio03. Call 212-4637208 for meeting info.SAGE:(Senior Action in _ ':'yfmriroll1*lt)
Social SaMce Agency. providing
care, activities, & educational
services for gay & lesbian S8nior
citizens. Also serves over 160
homebound
seniors & older•

WHAMI
WOllien'. H.. 1th Action And
Mobilization.
A direct action group commited to demanding, securing al1d
defending absolute reproductive freedom and quality healthcare for all women. We meet
every Wed. at 8:30pm atl 05, E
22nd Street, 4th floor. 212-7~
5968Mailing address: WHAM!;
PO Box 733, NYC 10009-

WOMENS fDERNATJVECOMMUN InCENTER (WAtC)
A nOfl1lrolit,le8bian
community center serving Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties.'
Thu .... night weekly discussion
groups. 8:30 pm, for otheractivities plesse contact us at
516-483-2050.
• WRESTUNG FOR GAYS •LESBIANS
Watch 1he m.n of the knightS
wr8ltling clu~ inaction eVl!ry
Sunday at 7:30 PM at the GAY
CENTER.The club al80 conduct
training cia ....
onalternate
Saturdays aftemoon (1st & 3rd
Saturdaysfor
men 2nd & 4th
Saturdays for women) for morelnformation please call: 718639-5141

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Barbary Coast, 64 7th Ave. (14th St.1. 675-0385
The Break, 232 8th Ave. (22nd St.1. 627-0072.

D·uchess II, 70'Grove St 17thAve.1.242-1408'(Womenl

Cell Block 28, 28 9th Ave. (M-W, 8 pm to 3 amI

Dugout, 185 Christopher St., 242-9113 (formerly
the Ramrod)

Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St., 757-0788

Eighty Eights, 228 W lOSt., 924-0088

Chelsea Transfer, 131 8th Ave. (bet. 16th & 17thl.
929-7183
Eagle's Nest, 14211th Ave (21st St.l, 691-8451•

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

The Hangout (J'sl, 675 Hudson St., 242-9292

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

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

Trix, 246 W. 48 St. (B'way/8th Ave), 664-8331

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

Private Eyes, 12 W. 21 st St. (bet. 5th & 6th).
206-7770

Kelly's Village West,46 Bedford St., 929-9322

Rawhide, 212 8th Ave., (21st St.1. unlisted.

Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St. (7th Avel, 243-9323

Spike, 120 11th Ave., 243-9688

The Monster, 80 Grove St. 17th Ave.l. 924-3558

WEST VILLAGE .

New Jimmy's, 53 Christopher, 463-0950

The Cubbyhole,
243-9079

438 Hudson(MortonStl.

NY Confidential, 306 E 49 St., 308-8390

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

Rounds, 303 E. 53rd St., 593-0807

WEST SIDE.
Candle Bar, 309 Amsterdam Ave., 874-9155

D.T.'s Fat Cat, 281 W. 12th St., 243-9041

Cat's, 730 8th Ave., 221-7"'19

EASTSIDE

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

Ty's, 114 Christopher.741-9641.

Crazy Nanny's, 21 7th Avenue South, 366-6312(Womenl

Ave (at 81stl.

G.H. Club, 353 E. 53rd St., 223-9752

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

Cellblock 28, 28 9th Ave, 733-3144 (j.o. club,
open on a limited basis, call for infol

The Works, 428 Columbus
799-7365

Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St., 650-1944

Sneakers, 392 West St., 242-9830. .

Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St., 929-9684, The Vault. 28 9th Ave. (F. 7-11 pml(212) 255-6758

Boga rt's, 320 E. 59th St., 688-8534

Ninth Circle, 139 W. 10th St., 243-9204
Badlands, Christopher & West St., 741-9236.

Gents, 360 W 42 St. (9th Ave), 967-0659

South Dakota, 405 3rd Ave (at 29 St)., 684-8376
Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St., 688-4710
The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St., 754-4M9
Twenty-Nine Palms, 129 Lexington Ave., 686-8299

EAST VILLAGE
The Bar, 68 2nd Ave. (at 4th St.), 674-9714
The Pyramid, 101 AvenueA,420-1590
Tunnel Bar, 116 1st Ave (7th St.), 777-9232

BROOKLYN (718)After Five Plus, 5 Front St., 852-0139
Spectrum, 802 64th St. (at 8th Ave), 745-9611
Sweet Sensations, 6322 20th St., 435-2580•

QUEENS (718)Breadstix, 113-24 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills,
236-0300
Friend's Tavern, 78-11 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson
Hgts, 397-7256

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Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, 657-4585
Love Boat, 77-02 Broadway, Elmhurst. 429-8670
Magic Touch, 73-13 37th Rd, jackson Hgts,429-8605

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WESTCHESTER (914) .
Playroom, 590 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers, 965-6900
Stutz, 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains, 761-3100

LONG ISLAND~

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Over 600 titles
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Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead,
486-9516 {Women~'.

Blanche, 47-2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale,694-6906

A PREMIERE OffERING OF FINE ART,FURNISHINGS, FASHION, FANTASIES.

Grand Central, 210 Merrick Rd, Rockville Centre,
536-4800'-<::I

Pal Jre{s, 2407 JeMaIernAve., North Bellone, 7ffi.!m1
Silver Linirg, 175 Crerry Lare, Ne.v Hyde Park, 354-fli41
Station House Pub, 3547 Merrick Rd, Seaford,
785-9808

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Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St. Sayville, 567-2865
Cherry's, Bayview Walk, Cherry Grove, Fire Island,597-6820

Ice Palace, Cherry Grove Beach Club, Fire Island,597-6600

The only Lesbian and Gay TV
Serving ALL of Manhattan .... and Queens!

Kiss, 161 Farrnardie Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273
Club 608, 608 Sunrise Hwy., W. Babylon., 661-9580
Millennium, 1770 NY Ave; Huntington, 351-1402
Starz, 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, 242-3857
Thunders, 894 W. Jericho Tpke., Smithtown,86+ 1410

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Feather's, 77 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge,
342-6410
Friendly's Bar, 6310 Park Ave., West New York,854-9895- Television That Mattersto the Lesbian & Gay Community.
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Nite Lite, 509 22nd St., Union City, 863-9515
Vibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, 836-5518
Yacht Club, 366 Berkshire Valley Rd., Jefferson,697-9780

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DENTISISCOMPUTERS.
<CONTRACTORS

Volunteer
Ministry to
Persons WithAIDS.
.If interested in joining us•. call Tony or Bill at the. Church of St. Francis

The Male Stop
A computer BBS.
Use your modem.
(212)721-4180 Free!

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LICENSED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Repairs and New Installations.
. Commercial and Residential.
Courteous, Professional Service.
Available Eves. and Weekends .
(718) 782-4735

QUALITY DENTISTRY AT AFFORDABLE FEES WE CATER TO COWARDS
Serving the gay community for over
10 years. 'l37 First Avenue, Suite 407(212)473-9002

FITNESSPERSONAL TRAINER
Own gym. Beginners welcome.
CARLOS (212) 243-0443<

EATING
AWARENESS'!"RAINING

W!!at if you could eat
whatever you want,whenever you wantand still keep yournatural shape?

Call Ross Jacobs(212)929-0661

COUNSEliNG

21 2-&95-1 500

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Tired of the mess? So do it Let me help
you clean and organize your life.,Think. it's hopeless? Let me tryl Rates $40 and
up-just do it Call Paul (212) 941-0603.

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Top/Bottom J.O. Group
Welcomes Fit, Healthy, Fun,
Hot Guys to Weekly Meetings
Open To All Races After
Membership Approval. PIX/PH:
Box 6097, FOR Sta, NYC 10150

M,',A.,

Counseling212-989-6006

Nude Cleaners
Responsible & Cleancut
College Boys
Manhattan Only
Available 7 Days
(212) 787-4ID3•

HElP WAITED
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Looking for 12 people to become executives in a 15 billion $ industry. Together,each of us will achieve total financial
independence & retire for life within 18
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Staten Island" Grymes Hill
9 Room Contemporary for rent,
Magnificient Ocean Views, 'Private"
Prestigious Area, Vaulted Ceiling,
3 Baths, Fireplace/Guest Suite,
Terrace, Double Garage, Easy
Commute to New York
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••The Introduction Service for Professionally-Oriented Gay Men
Serving the Tri-State Area Since 1985

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MODELS.P_alagrlp_y..

718-768-7729

PUBLICATIOIS,NUDE MODELS
Nude models wanted for national gay
magazine must have hot body andlooks pay $100-400, call Greg Phillips
at 302-9143, 9-5 pm.

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Send $9.95 to T.M. Publications
P.O.Box 310743 Tampa, FL 33680
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MAN WITH VAN AND
HELPERINCU.lDED, Phones answered personally

INDIV1DUALS--COUPLES'
Holistic Psychotherapy for'
Personal{Transpersonal issue to help
you enhance your self and yourintimate relationships 15 years
experience with Gay Men
Call David Rickey 212/242-2983.

UViNG A GOOD UFE WITH AIDS.

,PERFECTIONISTISpecial Attention to Detail.
• Courteous· Reliable· Reasonable
Plastering and light renovation
Spectrum Painting

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FiJlly renovated apartments in the art
deco district of Miami Beach. Perlectfull time residences or the best inaffordable second homes. VINTAGE
PROPERTIES,1601 Jefferson Ave.,
Miami Beach, FL 33139:(305) 534-1424.

David Lindsey Griffin,
C.S.W., C.A.C.
Gay Affirmative Therapy• Individual/Couples• Alcoholism & Substance Abuse• ACOA and CODA Issues• Career & Professional Blocks• Sexual Compulsion
Fees based on the ability to pay
LicensedlInsurance Reimbursable(212) 582-1881

212-929-5067

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(212) 447-5555
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For Help With:A Anxiety A Depression
A Relationships A Low Self Esteem
A Career Concerns A Shyness
A Loneliness A Couple ConflictA Sexual Difficulties
A Substance Abuse
Locations Throughout N.Ve. Area.
Moderate Fees Based On A
Sliding Scale.

673-0884

INSTI1UfE FOR HUMANIDENITIY, INC.

New York's Non-Profit
Lesbian/Gay
Psychotherapy Center
Groups forming: male
couples, men's,
and,women's•

118 W. 72nd Street(212) 799-9432

sliding scale fee•THERAPY

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Private waterfront home w/pool,located near downtown, bars and. beaches. All Rooms (305)764-5137

PsychotherapisVConsultant
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Ind ividuals,
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By Appointment Only
212918-1941

With 20 charming rooms, 100 scenic. rriountainacres, hottub, x-country
skiing, peace + privacY,we're your" perfect vacation choicel
Downhillnearby, mid-week,
discoul)ts. Highlands Inn, Boxll80K,
Bethlehem NH 03574 (603)869-3978,
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GAY COUNTRY INN,•NEW YORK,'

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MD - PSYCHIATRISTHelp with

Competent & Compassionate
Psychotherapist• Relationships• Depression• Self-Acceptance• Addictions

Stewart M. Crane, ACSW

• Anxiety• Disorganization

Individual,Couple,"

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724-5188
135 West 70Ih Street* AIDS ANXIETY

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Chel~ea Pines Inn
317 West 141hStreet,New York.NY 10014* ACOA ISSUES* COMING OUT
New Men's Therapy Croup Forming*

Exp.rienced
licensed
Insurance Reimbursable.

Offices: Greenwich Village 21:2/645-0646
Teaneck. New Jersey 201/836-4206•

BECAUSE THE
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ALWAYS HAPPY,Supportive and Insight-oriented. Psychotherapy

LAURENCE BAKER, PSY.D.
Licensed, ClinicalPsychologist

924-4661
Insurance accepted

HYPNOTHERAPY·
A supportive, gentle approach totrallSformation. Hypnotherapy helps you
tap your deepest inner resources tomodify negative habits, enha'lCe selfesteem, deal with problems and live
successfully.
CERIIFIEO PSYCHOlHERAPln/(21.2) 929·1023

SUPPORTIVE GAYTHERAPIST,MICHAEL A. PANTALEO
C.S.W., C.A.C.
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Your home away 'om home in...

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breakfasl • Adyance reservations suggested(212)243-9669 'FAX (212) 633-1612

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TRAVEl'~•,COUNTRY COUSINS'
BED & BREAKFAST; VERMONT
18~4Greek Revival House, music room,,with Cathedral ceilings~ Rumford fireplace, outdoor hottub. A truly traditional B&B. Weekly and wkday specials.
Contact Rti B Box 212 Shaftsbury,
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HYPNO I HEKAPIST

DR. BURT AARON SIEGEL(212) 570-9047

Pleasenl, comlortable rooms
Singles/Doubles Irom $ 50
P"vale and shared balh
TV In every room
Conlinental breakfasl
Short walk 10
Chrislopller Streel

DISCOUNTED AIRLINE TICKETS
Planning to go to Rio,Paris, Nairobi, or
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Midtown lawyer with varied pra!:ticeseeks meticulous personable college
grad with WP or bookkeeping experience and Della Street instincts.
Flexible schedule in a congeniallesbian & gay setting. letter & resume toAssistant, 500 Fifth Avenue, Suite
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212-337-1222•

GAY SONS/STRAIGHT FATHERS
Q" workshop

for gay ~nto explore

their relations.hipe wI their fathers

SPORTS.,,GOTHAM VOl1.EYBALL LEAGUE'Join the 350 gay men and lesbians
who belong to NYC's largest VB
league. Registration for the
Recreational Division (intro level) is at
2:30 pmr Saturday February 2 at 351
West 18th Street, 7th floor gyms. The$75 fee is for an ll-week season.'wheth~r living , or deQ~. 'Sat. May
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Ravesfor our Njlw Meeting Place Meet
Dec TU 25,Jan Sat 5, Tu8, 22Watchdemos, for Xports & Novices For details
write to 'John Strong at POBox 4fil,
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Deep and relaxing bygoodlookin~ guy.
Also do couples.
Reasonable. $50 In/Out$75
Marc (212)864.0091.

PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE
BY RTNESS tRAINER
West45st
Swedish/Deep Tissue
Sports Massage
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SENSUOUS MASSAGE
Strong, Safe BodyworkHandsome
Italian TED (212)721-6718

HOT TORSO
Athletic ~odywork from boyish
150# 5'9" 1]yo with very muscularbuild and a nice tan line.
Clean cut and friendly.
Also available with Damon.
Noonto4am.
CHRIS (212) 496-6710

TREAT YOURSELFI'Sweet man with great handsl seeksclients for nude nonsexual vigorous
Swedish/I;salen massage. $50 ail
hour. CA certified. Gary 212-2282243. Serious onlyl

IIt'IlbWESTERN BOY
5'10",150# 19 y-o college studentwith beautiful body and cute face
available for body work.
Very friendly.
Call for in/out appts.
10ain-4am any day.
Also avil ila ble with Chris.
Damon (212) 496-6710,

IODEIS/ESCOITSAlWAYS HARD
6'2" 190#. Very good looking blond jock.
8'/cut/thick w/big juiCy low hangers
KEN (212) 206-7138

VOICE-MALE I HOT MENI.
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COMPETITIVE
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With the, neW year upon us, one
cannot compromise towards theselection of the last of the best
masculine men around. Come tothe privacy of my lUXUry condo
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The sculpted, tanned, muscularaesthetics are captured in my 5'8
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by a light Swedish, Strong or
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compare. Clean, discreet, privacy
well assured. Starts $100 for a
35 min. session. $175 for the hr.
CALL ME, TONY,AT 212-677-7656
6 DAYSMON-SAT9:30AM-11 :30PM

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Italian . Kris 212-213-8657
ISRAEU STUDS
2 Hunky, horny BB'S
H~ng Big. xx- Thicklll
Very masculine, x-handsome .
Watch or join in. Will travel
Vjsa/Me, AMK accepted.
Kobi or Tomer (212) 356-7212••

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Handsome/cleancutlgreat. nude massage, also into
wrestling & sensuous situations
John 212-741-3282. MARRIED MUSCLE JOCK
6't 220. Straight cycle studin leather or uniform needs hungry
service. Out only. $200. NJ/NY.
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Swedish or Ta,;tric Massage
WeSt 14th Street Area
Robert 212-929-4019----------------'.-----EX-CAIWlIAN
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5'10" 1951bs
rugged hairy and muscularprovides full body rub inrelaxing and pleasant surroundings.
Caliisn (212) $8-6986
MANDSOME, CHARMING WASP
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friend!}' guy,look;ing for live-insituation.
I am tbo peifccl hoUseboy - I can cook,clean and pe~r
thD Jjgb.t men,- otherpoo,ibillties ooWd develop. If you'''' 3().
50 y.o., .tn=ferably i]1-NY. call ~ so we
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for a '[nend. BlaCK: or Latino for a great
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GWM, 34, 150 LBS, 5"", handsome,a,masC't top. has performance problems,
ac:cb Cute, yng., bottom, 18-30.Y .o'j withpatience to tum me back on. Ext. 249,

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MADONA & MARAL YN no< for me give me Fnmk & Ella. GWM, boyish·
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GWM,25 Y.O .• 5'9" , 160 lbo, from
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athlcti~. l~king for young good1ooking&'UXWllIl moe long hair.
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especially those
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HAIRY GOOD LOOKING ITALlAN,
32, 6' , 190 lbo loves theat"," .. vc1, """k> Me: hcaJthv, teal cute" GytM, 38, withjj
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goodlooking, good shape, well endowed,
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slim. 25 y.o., good sense of humor,
intell., enj~s OOI1versation, 10l)g walks,
and more diverse interests, looking for acaring, honc.st sincere, intcU., rational
BUGBM, who\';; dirC<tion inltis life. If
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then ATTR. 46 Y_O. SUBMITS to malel
you'll like me: S'g", 35, 300 Ibs,. BGM female BD TM, white brief fetish A+.
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