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~en Thompson's legal struggle to obtain the right to careforherdisabled lover, Sharon Kowalski, was'dealt a serious blow.
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·lastv.:-eek when a Minnesota judge awarded Kowalski's\guardianshfpto a third pIDty. In so doing, the judge cited the supposed. "best inter,ests~ of the paralyzed former gym teacher. But the· interestS he was really serving were those of homophobes, lesbophobes, sexists and ableists.
, . The' judge cited two primary reasons for not appointing
Thompson guardianship, despite what he admitted were her"demonstrated commitment and devotion." The first was ·the factthat Thompson has a new lover. The second was that, by pressing the case in public, Thompson had, in effect, outed Kowalski. .
Both excuses are insulting, degrading and potentially damaging
to every person involved in a non-traditional relationship and to
every gay man, lesbian and disabled person. The decision constitutes a serious setback for the rights of us all, and it must be
reversed.
The legal fiction that, because Thompson has a new lover,she is somehow inCapable of caring for Kowalski is sadly familiar
to every lesbian-indeed
every woman-who
has ever beendenied custcx;ly of her children on similar grounds. The strange.notion that participation in an adult relationship is proof of selfishness and disqualifies one as a potential care-giver is worse
than perverse. It's a precise reversal of the truth, which is thatthe capacity to love and partake in a relationship is a strong
argument In favor of emotiohai health and the capacity to give· selflessly. The fact that such excuses are frequently leveled,against gays and, particularly, leSbians, shows how little society· still respects our way' of love.
.The outing argument is even more bizarre. The judge maintains that because Thompson went public concerning the outrage of her forced separation' from Kowalski, she thus outed'Kowalski and violated her privacy. In a bizarre, catch-22 application of the anti-outing argument, the judge, in effect, proposesthat if you come out of the closet to claim your rights, you will
be punished.
Despite the absurdity and offensiveness of the court's position, it carries the full force of law. And despite the case's symbolism and its value as a rallying point and cause celebre, real
lives are again damaged, real people are hurt. Thompson, who
has bravelytnaintained this lonely fight for five long years, cannot yet rest. And' Kowalski, who has aready suffered a grevious
and permanent loss, still cannot come home. The importance ofwhat they are doing for"us all is probably small comfort in theface of such tragedy and indifference.
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It's .thus incumbent on everyone, particularly those gay men
who sometimes, regrettably, miss the connection, to understandthat this struggle is the struggle of all queers and all disabled
people, that the arguments which oppress Thompson' andKowalski oppress us all and that there, but for the grace of thegoddess, go we.
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While I agree with Bruce
Steele's thesis [no.96, May 1]that playing queer presents nocareer stigma for actors, he got
carried away when he cast
doubt on Tony Goldwyn's motivations for acting the queer rolein The Sum of Us a job hesigned to undertake Off-Broadway after Ghost was a hit--contrary to the article's assertion.
Anyone who knows Tony
will tell you that he selects roles
without regard to the character's sexual orientation. He has
nothing to prove, but if he did,he might point out that before
The Sum of Us he played therole of a .gay man dying of AIDSon Designing Women.
We shouldn't lionize a heterosexual actor for portraying
queer roles, nor should we
wash him away with the rhetorical tide just to prove an otherwise valid thesis.
Spence Halperin.
Manhattan

once mentions Paul Regina, whoplayed Cliff on the program. Mr.
Regina's character was just as
important to the show because
his character was just "coming
out of the closer and coming toterms with his sexuality. Although
the two characters were extremely different from each other, it led
to many interesting moments on

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also be noted that Paul Regina programs with as much integrity
played a gay pOlice officer , in an as Brothers, which was well written, acted and produced. Perhaps
episode of Trapper John, MD.
For those actors who claim there is another story in this.
. Brian Hochberg
to have been typecast after playManhattan
ing gay: characters, it should be .
noted that the two Brothers
actors" ,who played their charac- Bruce Steele responds: I appreters for five years, have continued ciate the update on Paul Regina; I
to succeed in their careers. It was unaware of his recent work.
In discussing Brothers, I focusedon Philip Charles Mackenzie
BY ANDREA NATALIE
because his character, unlike .
Regina's, was a flaming faggot It
seemed al/ the more remarkable
to me that Donald was portrayedas the sympathetic soul of theshow and that Mackenzie wasnever typecast thereafter. Mr.
Hochberg's letter also gives me
the opportunity tr:? clear up something th;lt was intentionally muddied in the article: I did speak with
Mackenzie, and he was articulate
and charmin{}-6l1d the next day
he demanded, through his manTHAT's FI/NII'';ager and his lawyers, that the
LATELY I'vr
BEE /I' .,vOlICINt;
interview lJe suppressed, saying,
You NAVE SOI1£"I don't want my name associatLOv£l. r SOFT
ed"
with OutWeek. Even though I
OVAL/TIES,
clearly identified myself and the~g&dneatthe~meofthemte~- view, Mackeniie says he thought
he was talking to ,Adweek. Thus,
as I wrote, he refused ''to cooperate with the publication" of thearticle. I regret that this sad tale
was not included as part of theoriginal story.
would have been great if Bruce
could have interviewed one of the
OPENLY GAYNAME WITHHELD
two actors to get their reactioh to
I am an openly gay theatrithis or possibly speak to theshow's producer, Gary Nardino, cal agent in New York. While
your article on actors taking on
about this.
It is even more annoying to gay roles [no. 96, May 1] had
know that Brothers, which is now many salient points, I takeavailable in syndication, is not exception to many.
When Paul Fouquet castbeing shown in many media markets, including New York. It is Fifth of July, no one knew who
about time television shows more Jennifer Grey was. I tend to
I ,1'" ~AFTER THE TYPECAST
I thoroughly enjoyed Bruce
C. Steele's article regarding actors
who play gay characters in the
May 1 issue [no. 96]. Although he,•mentions many actors. who haveplayed gay characters, he refers, to one program's gay character
when there were two.
I am referring to Showtime's the show.
Brothers series that starred both
As with Philip Charles
Philip Charles Mackenzie and Mackenzie who was able to
Paul Regina. To anyone who break the typecasting of playing
watched this program, Brothers only a gay character, Paul Regiwas a TV breakthrough. It was na has broken this barrier too.
the first TV program to show In the last three years, Mr. Regigays in a positive light I am sorry na has made four appearancesthat Mr. Mackenzie, who played playing the same lawyer on
uncloseted Donald on the series, NBC's LA Law program, one of
did not grant OutWeef( magazine the recipients of the 1991
an interview, but Bruce never GLAAD Media Awards. It should"

doubt that many people know
who Bill Faggerbakke is today,
let alone many years ago. Neither of these actors was a"name" then, so, Bruce, there
goes your whole theory. In addition, I am curious, Bruce, what
you meant when you said it was
fashionable before AIDS hit for
actors to play gay roles? I think I
missed that fa$hion.
Randy Carrig ;:said it
best-he had good -material.
Why did so many actors pass on
Longtime Companion? Could it
be a'mediocre screenplay forvery little money with an inexperienced director and an ,inexperienced writer?- Call me crazy, but
I think that had a lot to do with it.
All actors have the right toconstruct their owrt' image. If they
do not choose to portray gay
characters on their journey tostardom, that is their right. It does
not make them homophobic, it. just shows the climate of ourcountry. There is no doubt thathomophobia exists in Hollywood
and New York. But lefs look.for it
where it really is and not constant~y-inventhomophobic reason,sfor
every refusal or lost part.
".'. Peter Frechette probably- doesn't have time for interviews:
Heis in rehearsal for a new
Broadway play. OutWeek of. course jumps to its usual conclusion: homophobia!! I Frechette
has played gay characters repeatLA Law to thiredly-fromtysomething to Eastern Standard
to Law and Order. He has also
repeatedly played straight characters. Let's lynch him because
he won't give an interview.
There are plenty of actors
working in Hollywood who haveno trouble playing both gay andstraight characters. Perhaps if
actors like Jack Coleman would
realize their own personal limitations and talents (or lackthereof), they would not be soquick to blame their gay charac.... ter portrayals on. their lack ofcareer. But of course then OutWeek wouldn't have an article.
Obviously, I have to remain
anonymous. But anyone who

knows me knows who wrote
this. (I don't represent any of
the named actors.)' 'Name Withheld
Manhattan
NO WONDER
The F-22 Fighter plane will
cost $95 billion. PWAs aredying in the streets. Signorile
writes about Hollywood. No
wonder I feel like a sociopath !!IBill Weaver
Manhattan
YO!
Yo OutWeek!
Michael Goff gives a wholeparagraph (in parentheses even)to the tactoid that Madonna wasspotted reading OutWeek [May 8,
no. 97]. Que pasa, dudes? Is this
supposed to encourage meta not
buy OutWeek, to listen to Madonna, to buy OutWeek or to neverlisten to Madonna. Anyway y'all
sure got a lot of mileage out ofthat middle-of-the-roadmag.
Confidential to OutWeek and any
celebrity that is reading: Why notgive us an important outing withthe support of the outee. Why
drag the ones out that we don't
want to acknowledge anyway.
Ooohhl Roy, Merv, Malcolm ...
Now that I know about you guys,
my life is better" and maybe now
my fantasy life will be realized.
Rob Cates. Jersey City,

WHOTHECLITCLUB IS FOR
In response to a letter to
OutWeek titled "Clit Quota," thepromoters of the Clit Club
would like to take time out toclarify a few things.
Women who love women,
women who are looking for aspace where they can comfortably
experience, explore and celebrate
their sexuality with other women,
women who are just coming out
and want to "breathe free" andhave fun in a lesbian-identified,sex-positive club, women who
have been out for a while and want
to see, hear,~mell, touch and taste
more of th~ delicious fruits thiscity has to offer and women who
are wooong on all fronts in coalition with our gay brothers in thecontinuous struggle for our sexualliberation and want to relax in aclit-oriented joint and have a- beer,
the Clit Club is for you.
Jocelyn Taylor
Julie Talentino
Promoters of the Clit Club,
Manhattan
PS. Our appreciation goes out toour gay brothers who understandthe need for a space where"women can be women." Your
understanding and support makeus love you even more. After all,the Spike is a lot of fun too. Right?
SICK DEGREES _OF HOMOPHOBIA
I'm wondering why no one
at this publication has pointed the
middle finger at Six Degrees of
Separation. I was first madeuncomfortableby the play's
undertone of classism. The primary characters are 'all so richand willing to define themselves
as such. Then the play's central
character appears: a young, _~Iackinte~oper whose charm, wit and,
foremost, assumed identity as theson of Sidney Poitier wins him
much good favor amo~gst the
aforementioned elitists. At thispoint I read the subliminal message to be that this good-looking,able, young man of color could
only be happy b~ insinuating himself in the lifestyle of upper-classwhite people (a point which waslater substantiated in the text).
'. Soon, the young ma'n ofcolor is discovered by his hosts
in flagrante in a bedroom of theirapartment with another man (awhite, handsome , hustler). This
was the audience's turn to be
shocked. You could have heard apin drop in that theater. Of
course, the director played theshock value for all it was worth byhaving the hustler parade aroundin the nude, while he taunted thehorrified "good people of themanor." How shocking! How horrifying! Anyway, the playwright,
John Guare (Is he black? Is hegay?), did conscientiously refer to,1. Write about people who ;'3: Expose closeted gay peo- checking sources for facts, .
safer-sex practices. Hooray forhim. In the midst of all the hate gays and lesbians., Be sure pie. Say that openly gay people statistics, intervi~ws (or othersuperfluous information), andSAME, OLD RACIST,HOMOPHO- and focus exclusively on how have internalized homophobia,•
BIC STEREOTYPING, I was not they are killing us. Make gay peo- but never admit to your own or use words like "fag," "dyke,"
explore the social factors which "queer" and "fucking" to provemollified. And the worst was yet pie seem like helpless martyrs.
you're hip and radical',
2. Write about sensitive het- have created it.
to come...
, 6. Call lots of people-L'fas' 4. Accept theeditQrs' definiEventually the Black, homo- erosexual pop Stars. Talk about
sexual, homeless intruder (Pity how' much they have done for tion of gay pop cultur,e as the cists ," "racists" and '''sexists'' togay people, and be sure to, final word on the subject (Le., prove you're an angel ofth~ cultthe boy his circumstancesarghl) is back on the street, or, exclude any mentiOn of innova- assume that Oiva worship and of politicalcorre~ess, but don't
invest any energy in exploringshould I say, Central Park. There tive gay musicians unless they've AIDS activism go"hand in hand).
. "6. Write exactly like the possible solutions to problems ofhe meets,the pe'Hect picture of hit the mainstreamhetero charts'mainstream press, only avoid hatred within the lesbian and gay- innocence and naivete in a young, or are in the closet 'If•
white, homosexual couple. The•
two have spent nearly eveiything
they have to come to the Big+',
Apple from Ohio to pursue their(;
dream of footlights 'and grease
paint. The man of color cons the
young, white man into turning"',. ,
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over the couple's nest egg of a•few hundred dollars, saying he 'illVV•will produce a showcase for'•them. He seduces'tile "innocent,", white boy, who wakes up to discover his man of -color gone. At
the realization that he has lost
both the couple's nest egg and,)(1' his homosexual virginity, he com;". mits suicide. At this pOint, I was•
screaming inside, and that isolat'ing feeling of being THE ONLY, ONE PRESENTTO PERCEIVEIT
THAT WAY was gripping my gut.
~.This blillshit doesn't serve,the, gay community one bit. Asa gay
man, I don't appreciate seeing, another negative depiction of amorally corrupt" self-serving,horny homosexual. Misrepresent..
ing us is tantamount to bashing.
us is tantamount to killing us.
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And as a human being of con. science, I don't want to see myBlack brothers and sisters.
''lommed.'' If I had read about it,
Jeffrey
E.Lavigne, M.D., F.I.C.S., F.A.C.A. "I wouldn't have seen it.) ,Stephen Born
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community.
7. By all means, don't ever pares, as he says, "AIr pills to Opinions survey which ,seems to keep getting poorer. She's right
To say so is in no way to "valconfront or admit to any signs of flower petals." NeIther does he ' contradict this, saying thathave access to my student ros- (according to Marketing Week(Y, orize poverty." Maggenti hates it,
racism and,sexism in yourself I
8. Be, beautiful, and sleep telS. If he did, however, he would' whose figures differ slightly form I hate it, Minkowitz probably,
know that only one of the many Boyajain's) lesbian couples earn hates it too.
with the editors.
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Anne Rubenstein
9. Be best friends with the .poets we'Ve published has taken $39,000 per year median, com~
. Brooklyn
any of my workshops. His other pared to $42,000 for gay men andeditors.
(These last two items are charges are equally ridiculous. I $30,000 for all American houseTHE RIGHT TO STINK
particularly: critical if you wish to question Bapst's m.otive in attack- holds. There are two problems
OK, OK, so maybe it reallyhave your writing read for con- ing me so pelSonal/y,as I have with this.' first, Overlooked Opintwice rejec;ted his Poems due to ions won't gy how they found the is in the best interests of thesideration in the first place.)
Community Center to back out'
12,000 queers (43 percent
10. Write a letter to the edi- thepoorquaJityofhiswork.
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women) they interviewed, but of its participation in fund-rais. tor, and accept his righteous, RICH REDUX
they probably used. mailing lists ing· events around the Miss
response as the final word on
This is in. response to the from gay organizations and busi- Saigon musical, and maybe it isyour relationship to the rest ofletters generated by Marianesses. People on these lists have very much in the interests of thethe queer community.
gay community to discuss theSpecial tip for poets: If you Maggenti's article on rich ciykes . relatively high. incomes: That's
mailers hit them up for . racism and sexism displayed inare attempting to submit poetry to [no. 91, March 27] and to her why direct'
testy reply 'to one of them [no. money. Second, although the this sho~. but I'm getting the
OutWeek, you might consjder
report's wording is unclear, it feeling not only tliat is it an act
romanticizing AIDS with lots of 94, April 17]. '. Two ,unanswered questions seems Overlooked Opinions was of treason to get to see theweepy, trite· metaphors. (See backissues for poems comparing AZr float through the debate. First; are surveying gay couples, whereas show but that I' am also blowing
pills to flower petals.) Also, take women in the United States poor- the US median household income it by not getting all pissed off at
David Trinidad's course at the er than men? Minkowitz says we includes many households com- the simple fact that it exists.
Look, I get as offended as
YMCA, and tell him how much you earn two-thirds of what ,men do; prised .of a'.single adult unit. The
comparabl~figure .for straights is the next queer when I encounterlike his po.etry. Eventually, he'll Maggenti accuses her of "fabricat[ing] economic facts." Bureau median family income, which is, something abusive. But just li~e 'select yom shortest, simplest
poem for publication as a reward of the Census Jigures for 1988 usuatly, $5,000 higher. The survey when I supported 2-Live Crew's
for stroking his ego (helping to reveal.that the median wage for was intended to entice adverti$ers right to perfo~m and sell sexist,
racist garbage and so-called gay
npble
transform him into the queen of women with full-time jobs \Vas to gay publication$-":ajust undef63 percent of the' rriedi-aim~sono wOllder it tends to .Republieans'right to a~empt repthe royalqiJeer poetry family).
Your poem should create the illu- an male, full-time wage, and the ,exaggerate our incomes. But it resentation of the gay communision of "direct," ~honesf' speech gap had been growing since· adds little1otl:1e debate at hand. In ty, I can't understand any efforts
and end with a self-pitying cry. 1978. Furthermore,women were sum, women in the United States to do anything other than support
Don't let it do anything but confess more likely to be 'unemployed or ' do indeed earn much less than the First Amendment and artistic
our sexual orientations rights of,the people involved in'the most basic feeling (sadness is , woriQng.Part-time~than men were. 'men, ~9probably make very 'little differ- the Miss Saigon production. Ita favorite). Or just make it sexy. The average American woman
may earn less than half the wages ence in our pa9Checks: Most les- comes down to one argument If
Poems about the overwhelming
you don't like it, change the chanodds against lesbians and gays of the averageAmerican man. . ' bians are poor.
Anna Boyajain's letter [no.
"Census figures also tell us nel baby, but don't tell me what I
are encouraged, but avoid ones inthat nearly everyone in the Unit- can say or do.
which lesbians and gays respond 94, April 17] raises a second
If you don't like the allegedStates has been getting pooreffectively an'd victoriously to ,their question: Do queers earn moreed
sexism or racism in the script orthan hets? As Boyajain comer since themid-'60s,
whenhostile environments.
the fact that an ar;tor is attemptments~some of us are/free from income (adjusted for inflation)
DonBapst
Manhattan childbearh'lg's burden of 'unpaid went into decline. Since 1980, ing to cross ethnic lines in his,labl)r, and dykes may.be more' the gap between the richest and performance, then don't go see
the damn show, and ,if you hapEditors respond: Damn, we've self-sufficient and aggr:essivethan poorest citizens has widened,
been found out. The only ques- ' straight women,qualities some~' t~e number of wealthy people pen to hal(e some power at ation arises regarding point no. 8. times rewarded by the job ina~ ,~.has shrunk, and the number of community group, don't let the
Obviously, if we were getting laid, (though not in pink-collar jobs). people who live below the pbver- group lend its support.' Fine, go
we'd be a much happier bunch However, a homophobic sbciety , ty line has grown. As Maggenti ahead, and express your constituand probably wouldn't have to narrows some job options and says, our "capitalist society" is tional rights. Knock yourself out
resort to the tactics mentioned in doesn't provide the kinds of eeo- indeed "sick." However, I dis- with your First Amendment..but
nomic protections (alimony,
agree that giving "everyone an while you're at it, fight fair.
the rest of your letter.
Miss Saigon has every
mostly) that straight women get equal...chance to make it" will
David Trinidad responds: Obvi~ My guess, then, is that the net ,solve anything: Whafgood is an right to be whatever it wantsous/y, Mr. 8apst does not read effect of sexual orientation on equal share of a shrinking pie? even if it wants to be garbage.
Gregory Duon-Nguyen Phanthe poetry in OutWeek very care- average income is nil, or perhaps Minkowitz implies that because a
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years ago. After that time, " utter wlgarity has reached new"sand spits" migrated southand vertiginious altitudes, and it,
and west to form the Provinceis this that impels me to write:, . DonnaJ.
Keith takes
lands. Sand also migrated
The completely fascist intentions
exception to the "Mad Queen"'south toward Wellfleet,on theof his aesthetic are already too["Letters," no. 95, April 24].
bay side connecting th,eObvious. He is all open to paro" I must say, James"archipelago" we now call Greatdy. But wouldn't Hemingwayand
Island. Irs safe to say the Pil"Trudy" St. James, is not you~
Flaubert
be flipping in their,""
run-of-the~mill award-winninggrims landed on a "sand spit"
graves by now if they knew thatjournalist. However, 'she does
I'd like to thank Susan forCalvin Klein was' using theirlive a life we mere mortals canher efforts and congratulate
prose as literary Muzak for his
only dream about The sex andher for writing about activities
Pllrfume commercials?
drugs are a facet of ,a true dia- . other than shopping, sunIsn't Calvin Klein a faggotmon~ in the rough.
bathing and partying. Provinceof the worst sort? I once
, In Susan McDonough's
town has much more to offer
thought he was just hypocritical"Come Up and See Me" [no. ' than Commercial Street andand talentless; with an evident~6, May 1], Susan sighted the , Herring Cove.
'distaste for anything without
pilgrims touching, down on an
John Kelly
w~ite skin, muscles or straight,
archipelago. Not .true.
Lowell, Mass.
oiled hair (these three items
Granted; Cape Cod was
being just fine in themselves, informed by the ice floes of the
LET ME BE GUILTY
aconfext of go.od fun and culWisconsin Sfage, 'leaving a
I'in disgusted by the Amertural div~rsity): Yet it seems that"spine." peninsula' and an'
ican media's use of sexual desire
he even lacks the appreciationarchipelago
of bordering
to sell me things. The worstot (e~pect for anything written, isJands: The, "tip" of Cape CQd
offender by far is certainly one
by two of the better European
ended at High Head in Northfamous 'homosexualwho continand,American authors.
To read a•
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ues to live in denial-yet his
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such as Madame Savary overthe image of two WASPy models faking passion is unspeakably grotesque.
To all the queers who have
not yet connected their politics
to their pocketbook, I say this:Boycott Calvin Klein. Seeing
those briefs on the ass of yournext twirl should be the ultimate turnoff, not to mention aclue to his or her cheesiness.
Don't eroticize a name that only
wants to take your money andexclude you from'the world of
power, health and beauty.
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UP members by members of the
The deadline has been extend~ to May 15.• The story "I.,A's:Queer Response" by Karen, 076Wor1<ing Group, I've decided
Ocamb (follOwing the LAPD aIticle in'issue no. 97) is continued on page 6S-;ust in,case
not to use my name."
you couldn't ftnd it, • An item ip. "Rim Shots" in issue no. 95 misstated the scope, of ~'new.
A member of the 076 wor1<- gay rights ordinance in Cincitiriati. It apples only to public employment and services.,. 'ing group took the time to call
The photo of Hollie Conley ot)'page 16 of issue no. 96 is by Marc Geller.• The N!!w Yorkme and explain that, for someCity,Gay Men's Chorus' delightful revue Youire GonnaLove Tomorrow, discussed in"is$~e
one who didn't know the details
no. 92, was staged by Tom K1~bba,j~ot Paul Lazarus. Lazarus directed the original producof the situation, that sentencetion, billed as A StephenSo~etm Eventng, at the Whitney Mus~um in 1983.,'",
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she's right-it might be interpreted this way.
, I deeply regret this. In fact,
several of the women in the 076
wor1<inggroup have been receiving harassment for sev.eral
months preceding my ownand have provided significant..Ieadership and support to theother ACT UP women who've
been targeted for this sort of•treatment. Their efforts havecertainly made it easier for me
to handle this situation.
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I have never thought, norwould I ever want to imply, that,any of the 076 working group
women were engaging in these.•.'threats against me or any other,
Ar:F UP members. I apologize for
unwittingly providing a sentence,
which might be construed that
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openly gay state legislator who is also co~g
Sariders' bill, as an example.
"Due to Glick's presence, Philip
Healey, a Nassau COunty Republican,
who voiced opposition to, the bill, voted
for itt Dadey said.
"','The growing pressure throughout
the country to grant gays and lesbians

the often ponderous work. done byvari,.
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ous legislators and gay rights lobbyists
since s~arlegislation was first introduced 21 years ago.
"He saw the train was taking, oil,and he wanted to be on board," Dadey
said of Cuomo's bill, although' mostagree that Cuomo's support will give the, ALBANY-Can
New York statepass a gay rights bill? For the fliSt timesince 1985, a statewide gay rights bill is
up for vote and expected to pass the
New York State Assembly, although
opposition
is anticipatedfrom theRepublican-controlled Senate.
This year alone, Hawaii and Connecticut have passed gay rights legislation, with debate in California's State
House expected t9 heat up in coming.
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w~<;ks, leaving New York trailing far
legislation the push it needs to getbehind. Massachusetts and Wisconsin
through the Assembly this year.
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have had :gay rights laws for several
"His
vocal
support
giveS
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stronger hand in pushing this bill, and I
recently went down in narrow defeats.
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hope that it has another positiVe efted. iii.
DemOCratic State Assemblyman Stevepushing for the bias bill," Dadey said.
Sandersof Manhattan,
whose Omnibus
Assemblyman Sanders added that the.
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Civil Rights bill was approved by thegovernor's plan sends out a "powerful
Assembly Committee on Governmental
message. It sets a moral tone, it sOrt of~ons last week by a 7-t0-2 vote andlegitimizes the need for this legislation.".
is now pending a May vote in the fullBoth, CuomO. and Sanders' bill offer J!
Assen]bly, said, "New York has a record
comprehensive protection against d~,~of gettiQg behind progressive legislation,
crimination ill housing, employm~nt, if,,
but sadly, we've overlooked this and are
YOUR WOMAN IN ALBANY
public accommodations,educational., .
facilities, insufance and credit.
now rea11y
a& states all over
Assemblywoman Oeboraq Glickthe country are passing these bills."
But even if the bill does paSs the.
. ~lators
say that they are hopefultheir civil rights has alSo had astrbng . Assembly, chances are that' it may not
but not optimistic that the legislation
effect on New York stat¢ legislatox:s.And . even come up for a vote ill the Sefiate,
could pass this year in a state that cannot
and if it does, its chanceS of passage 'are
Gov. Mario Cuomo iqtrodu<;ed 1$ own
even settle on anti-bias legislation thatslim,
according to legislators .
gay rights bill just list.' we,ek,
the
day
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includes gay
and lesbians in its probefore Sanders' 'bill W'!S approved by the
The Senate Codes Connnittee Chairtcµed categories.
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Dale Volker, an Erie County Republican,~committee, proclaimirig,; "For everything" The advances made this year have tothere is a seasOIl, ancHor .thisgfeat prosaid, "We'll take a look at it,~" butdo with a changing political cBmate,
gressive state it is already late in, the ~declined to comment further.
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accOrding to Dick Dadey, executive direcson to acknowledge, clearly
and as a"The single laIgest stumbling l:>lock i,$.
tor of the Empire State Pride Agenda, amatter of statutory law, the simple truth
the Republican party," Sanders said of thegay rights lobbying group .. Dadey citedand fairness represented by this bill."
troulXesgetting gay-related legislation plSSed• .,.
ALBANYon p-a8 ...
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NEW YORK-Memos obtained by
GMHC from "reliable city government
sources" reveal that city agendes, including the DepartmentofHe;:tlth, are weigh,ing proposed cuts in AIDS services thatwbuld pave a devastating impact on
New Yolk's growing AIDS caseload.
A city government source told 0UtW~k that the Human Resources Administration is considering entirely eliminating the case-management positions in its
Division of AIDS Services and the Comprehensive Care Program for PWAs incity shelteis.
And the mayor's office has admitted
that the Dinkins administration has had
to back off a promise to exempt AIDS
positions from budget cuts.
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According to the memos, the most, recent dated April 16, the city's healthdepartment may cut contracts with com.

munity-based AIDS-service providersby 25 percent and eliminate cost-ofliving increases altogether. AIDS-education contracts with community groups
could be reduced by $1 million to $3.5
million. And the health department may
eliminate 35 employees from its Division of AIDS Program Services, for asavings of $475,000.
Ron Johnson, executive director of
the Minority Task Force on AIDS, termed
the cuts "very, very drastic." The Task
Force has two contracts with the city,
one with the Human Resources Administration to provide housing for people
with AIDS and a second with the Health
Department to prOvide AIDS education
to gay and bisexual men of color citywide. "This will raise the question ofwhether it is even feasible to operate thisprogram," Johnson added.
Case managers at the Division of

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by QunC8n Osborne
andAndrew Miller,
NEW YORK-One of the new City
CoUncil district lines may be painted inlavender this summer for the Gay Prideparacie, for it could very well run rightdown the ri:liddle of Christopher Street.
The 15-member commission chalged
with redrawing the City Council's current
35 Councilmanic district lines has released
its initial plan for the 51 new Council
seats. And the southem border of the pr0posed District 3 in Manhattan cuts the gay
community's own Main Street neatly inhalf, from the Hudson River to Sixth
Avenue, dividing the West Village
between two different districts.
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In Brooklyn, the commission has
joined the gay voters in park Slope with. 'e populations in both pm it
issued for that borough.
While the proposed district does
combine large populations of gay andlesbian voters by placing Chelsea anddinton together with a large part of theVillage, its southern border places an estimated 13,000 West Village residents in the
district that includes much of the rest ofdowntown Manhattan.
"The plan as presented today inunacceptable," said Dick Dadey, executive director of the Empire State Pride•

AIDS Services targeted by proposed budget cuts aid some of the city's poorest'
people with AIDS through counselingand financial support.
Although AIDS advocates havefaulted the division for poor service'in
the past, "We would be, very shocked.
and dismayed," said Catherine Lynch, a
GMHC policy. associate. "The eligibility
and entitlements issues are complex. The
DAS wolkers have developed an expertise. It would be a great loss."
Spokespeople
at the agencies
would not comment on the proposals.
Jennifer Kimball, a Spokesperson for the
mayor, told OUtWeek "There are, many
proposals which we're working withright now. We're going to tty our best to
make t;hese cuts as painless as possible
for all New Yorkers," adding, "While
AIDS services remain a priority of thisadministration, we have to consider cutbacks in all services."
The city is facing a $3.5 billion gap
in the $29 billion budget for the coming
fiscal year. Of the $29 billion, $18 billion
is mandated and cannot be cut Dinkins
must submit a budget to the City Council
by May 10. T•

Agenda, a statewide lobbying group.
"For New York to think it can create
only one such gay and lesbian district,without including in full the n~ghborhood that so many see as the center ofgay and lesbian life in New Yolk, shows
how insensitive society and its rublic
officials can be in responding to theneeds and concerns of our community."
The Pride Agenda had submitted
testimony to the commission seeking a
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ATLANTA-Diversity. Solidarity.
Empowerment. That was the statedtheme for last week's National Lesbian
Conference, the first national politicalgathering for lesbians since 1973.
For many, unfortunately, the conference failed on all counts: Diversity
was lacking, ftstfights took the place ofsolidarity, and many lesbians left feeling excluded from the process, disgusted with the process or simply"processed to death."
Although the conference's steeringcommittee had operated under a strict"parity" fonnula (50 percent lesbians ofcolor, 20 percent disabled lesbians and5 percent older lesbians), the conference itself drew an overwhelmingly
white, middle-aged, middle-class, ablebodied, feminist crowd.
While the goal of racial and ethnic

diversity was not successfully met-thelesbians of color caucus attracted only
90 women out of 1;000 on the first day,and not many more on subsequentdays when attendance
reached2,400-many
lesbians of color did
express optimism. The numbers of visibly disabled lesbians (perhaps 25) andolder lesbians were drastically higher
compared to those of other events, but
not even close to organizers' goals.'Class diversity was limited by the costsof attending a hotel-based conference.
And diversity of opinion was virtually nil. A radical, heavily socialist agenda was unofficially put forth as theagenda of the Lesbian Nation. Whilesome fourid it a noble agenda, it. was .
hardly representative of the Lesbian
Nation's diversity. Similarly, many lesbian activists (from ACf UP to mainstream lobbyists) chose not to attend
what they predicted would be a ridicu-

by Carrie Wofford\. lously rigid "politically correct" conference upon hearing of its "fragrancefreen' requirements.
Other activists
chose,not to attend because their workshops were never scheduled, as in thecase of the Lesbian Herstory Archives,or because they had fonnerly sexved assteering committee members and want-

ed no part of the bick~ring.
"We're all lesbians, but beyond
that what do we have to say to eachother?" asked Farar Elliot, a member'of the feminist journal Off Our BackS,
collective.
"I'm just sad that there are so many
people who felt there were too many
battles [here, thatl sometimes things got.
too mean or hard," offered Robin Kane,a program assistant with the National•

CITING "OUTING," JUDGE KEEPS LESBIAN LOVERS APARTI,

of Kowalski in a contested case in 1985, and
ATLANTA-The mania over outing moved
into the courtroom last week, when the judge infrom 1985 until 1989, Thompson was denied
any contact with Kowalski, following Thompthe Sharon Kowalski case denied guardianshipson's revelation to Kowalski's parents of their 4rights to Kowalski's lover, Karen Thompson, inyear relationship while Kowalski kept theirpart because he felt Thompson had wrongfully
daughter in a nursing home., '"outed" her own lover.
::Thompson appealed to local, state and fedIn his April 23 decision, Judge Roberteral courts claiming Kowalski's level of care wasCampbell of the st. Louis County District Court inunacceptable. And in May 1990, Mr. Kowalski
Duluth, Minn., placed Sharon Kowalski with agave up his guardianship, citing ill health, and"neutral third party," Karen TOlI)berlin, a friend ofThompson applied to become guardian.
the Kowalski family, although he acknowledged
Thompson as "better able" than anyone else to
KAREN tHOMPSONThe judge selected Tomberlin because thecare for Sharon.
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Kowalskis said that they would not visit their daughThe I,egal tug-of-war for Kowalski's guardianship has ter if she lived with Thompson. Judge Campbell blamed Thompbecome a cause celebre in the fight for lesbian and disabled son's lack of understanding and respect for the Kowalski's "culturrights since a 1983 auto accident left Kowalski severely injured al background" in informing them of their daughter's lesbianism.
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But "mean and hard" could wellhav.e been the conference's theme.
While there were hours upon hours ofpolitical battles about racism at theconference, there were also harshwords and claims of oppression from
more novel quarters: lesbians in the
military, young lesbians and othergroupS of white lesbians who felt
excluded by the process were constantly interrupting plenaries to berate
others for their "oppression."
The very first session started off
with a Canadian lesbian saying that shewas "worried about American lesbian
provincialism." The ftna1 plenary ended
with one woman getting punched during a political argument over whether tosupport lesbians in the military, many ofwhom felt that they had been completely dissed during the conference.
In analyzing the tensions, the;:2.. Native' American lesbians'
caucus§dubbed the problem the "wanna-be,I!!
gj tribe": lesbians who deal with their guilt
about their own privilege by claiming"some nth percentage" of native blood
or by creating a new oppression. Jennifer Abbod, who helped organize the"I Am Your Sister" conference in Boston
last fall, called it "the politiCS of complaint: After everyone's acknowledged
the problems [with exclusion from process]..., it is then a waste of one's time"
to continually hear from groups who
felt excluded," she said.
Hard, intense "mediations" andlong meetings took place to address
charges of racism and ableism. Some
complaints arose from the wide-scaledisorganization that plagued the procedings and that impacted heavily on
lesbians of color. The Latina Caucus
was dropped from the conference
schedule; some Native Americans were
never informed when they were supposed to speak at a plenary or perform
in a workshop, and the conference programers lesbians of color-who hadfinisbed the schedule a month early,
found that other staff had changed it
without informing them.
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so great that many questioned what
had been done with the three years ofplanning time and nearly one-half of amillion dollars that went into theevent. Steering committee members
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non-hierarchicaldecision-making,many felt that it was just this lack ofstructure which caused the problems.
Lesbians wrote numerous criticisms of
the laGk of accountability
on' animpromptu "democracy board," andothers distributed a flier on "the tyranny of structurelessness."
Conference-organizers
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responsibility for the disorganization
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their role was Simply to "provide thespace. It's up to you to make the conference work."
To many, this seemed representative of a herstory of racist oversight in
the lesbian community: "Unfortunately, women of color were unfairly
affected-again," lamented Coral Inza,
the anti-oppression
coordinator. A
witch-hunt ensued, as 500 womencalled for the staff who had changed
the conference schedule to come, for-,ward or be fired. In the end, threesteering committee members signed astatement of apology.
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an individual person as. opposed toblaming a culture of racism."
An atmosphere, carefully planned,
if,haphazardly structured, as "safe" and"inclusive" rapidly turned sour and took
its toll on many participants: Some
women left early, and others left feeling, burnt out or burned by each other. "Wehave demonstrated at this conference
that we don't trust each other at all,"noted a frustrated Urvashi Vaid, executive director of the National Gay andLesbian Task Force, or NGLTF, during
her keynote plenary address.
'"1 did not spend $600 to see
women, treat each other this way!"screamed an exasperated African-American woman during the final fistfightover lesbians in the military.
Still, for some, empowerment, solidarity and just a plain good time wereachieved jn'small doses. "It's empower, ing and overwhelming that'250 women" were trained this week in anti-ableism,"
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Inza, the anti-oppression coordinator, "I
hope this [conference]
serves as alaunching pad for anti-oppression workfor the entire women's movement"
And for some participants, there
was humor in a conference they saw as
a "parody" of lesbian politics: Weeks
before, lobbyists from the NGLTF andthe Human Rights Campaign Fund suggested in jest to conference-staffers that
their workshop be called· "Lobbying
With Crystals." They arrived to' find thatthe staff had taken them seriously, and
New Age types intent on learning thel~.between
spirituality and back-room
pOliticking showed up in force. And lwhen an animal rights activist, during a ~memorial service for women who had ~recently died, shared her sadness about ~"the lesbian dogs killed in laboratories," ~more than a few lesbians giggled.
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Nearly three-quarters of the partici- ~pants eschewed anti-oppression work- IE
shops and politics in general to peruse
the marketplaceof more than 100
booths of lesbian-deSigned
crafts,books, clothing and sex toys, went to
the numerous dances and concerts andattended lighthearted workshops on
everything lesbians think and do. " ,More than 200 lesbians shared theirexperiences in Queer Nation groups
across the country, while 500 women
att~nded one of the most popular workshops: female ejaculation.
Rumors spread of lesbians who
masturbated in front of each other during a session on lesbian sexuality andof the facilitator for a discussion on "Fat
Oppression" who showed up nakedfrom the waist down in order to eroti- I
cize fat women's vaginas.
More than 2,000 lesbians packed
into the civic center to hear lesbian'folksiriger Alix Dobkin, a fixture on thewomen's music scene, and newer performers like the singing duo the Washington Sisters and comic Lea Delaria.
As the NGLTFs Jaime Grant joked,"'The movement is big enough for all ofus, and some of us are loony!" ,And Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin,
the grandmothersof the lesbian
movement, who founded Daughtersof Bilitis and organized the first lesbian conferencein 1960, agreed:"Even if it's a gripe, we would like tohear it. We need to keep listening toeach other, so we don't keep making
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bill in late April picked up two new c0sponsors, a Democrat and Congress' only
Socialist member, bringing the total number of backers of the measure to a newrecord high.
Coming on the House measure theweek of April ,12 were six-term. Democratic Rep. Bernara J. Dwyer of'. ,New:Jersey and freshman indetJendent
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his vacant Seat.
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in hisPerthJude Radecic, National Gay and Lesbian . Amboy-based District and repeated conTask Force lobbyist. "And we're going to. tact through constituent mail programs.
get them."
New Jersey activists are pressing
The Senate and House measure, S.
Democratic Sens. Bill Bradley and Frank574 and H.R. 1430, respectively, would
Lautenberg of New Jersey, who both,have pro-gay voting records, to co-sponamend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, making .
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One important note, bill activists.
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Community Center in time to speak at one of its regular orientations .
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delegation co-:sponsors the federal bill.
The three other states where gay and lesbian rights measures have passed remain
far short of that mark.
Wi$consin, the first to pass astatewide gay rights bill, has only one
House C<>-5po~ of its ll-member congressionaldelegationon the bill.
Massachusetts, which passed its bill in
1989, has seven of its 13 House and
Senate members on the federal measure.
The newest gay rights. state, Connecticut,
has three of its eight House and Senate
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DANNEMEYER
ON FEMINISTS:,LIARSLESBIANSWASHINGTON-Republiqm
Rep.
'Wllliam Dannemeyer of California, one
ot .Cqngress' most vocal opponents ofgay men and, lesbians and a candidate
for the US Senate, lashed out at femi-

nists on April 23, calling the traditionalfamily a woman's best chance for "complete fulfillment.""Feminists'may
shudder at thethought," said the seven-term congressman, "but the nuclear family gives
women something that, they cannot get
anywhere else, complete fulfillment.
Women can be made whole by theexperience. "The comments, made public in the
Orange County Register, were made as
Dannemeyer
was seeking to advancea.
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resolution which would assert that ,thecountry "is best served by laws promo~ing the traditiqnal family and traditionalfamily values." .
, Earlier this year, Dannemey~r
announced that he will abandon his
House seat to challenge Republican,Sen.
John Seymour of California for theRepublican nomination for the Senate in1992. Seymour, ;t pro-gay, moderate
Republican and a vocal opponent ofDannemeyer, was tapped by Republican
Gov. Pete Wilson of California, last
January to fill his Senate seat until the.
November 1992 special election.
Calling the feminist movement "the,,QUEER FOR CHELSEA:•

Former City Council hopeful
Tom Duane has quit his job inC!)mptroller ,Elizabeth, Holtzman's office to makeroom in his ~chedule foranother run, even though the
new district lines are still far
from finalized. "Whatever district has Chelsea in it, that's
where I'm going to run,",by ANDREW MILLER
promised Duane. "I'm getting, ready, and several fund-raising,
events are in the pipeline."
Check your mailboxes, get out your checkbooks, and stay tuned. .

feminine mistake,". Dannemeyer launch~;his vitriql directly at the National
Organizap.on for Women with fervor.
. "Anybody who is asserting values
that are in conflict with the standards that'have served us over time deserves to be
dealt with," Dannemeyer said, offering todebate NOW president Molly Yard. 'The
National Organization for Women's primary goal in political life is to advance.the cause of lesbians.
,'The greatest paradox of the. feminist
movement," he added, "is that its ideology. is,driven by an unnatural desire to be likemen. I:knqw of few lies more pronounced. than the words uttered by feminists."
Dannemeyer currently maintains awoman as his chief legislative aide andanother as' his personal secretary.
"'-CliffOWefJl

IRISH, ASIAN .
GAYS HONOREDBYDEMS·INEW YORK-The Asian men andwomen who demonstrated against Miss

community lottery sponsored by Heritage of Pride, organizers of .
the city's Gay and Lesbian Pride march, for a chance to speak
this year's ,"Here Without Fear" rally in Union Square on June 29.
Entry,fORns are available at the Community Center, and the lucky,
randomly chos~n Winners can stand before their brothers and sisters ,andtalk about anything they damn well please.' For more info
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ended when one allegedly pushed a couch into the fireplace of
their apartment in the Haight, according to the Sentinel, a local
gay weekly. The ensuing April 18 blaze reportedly caused$120,000 in damage and forced six people from their apartments.
In Los Angeles" a lesbian is planning a lawsuit after her attempt
to have a T-shirt reading "See Spot Dick Jane" removed from a
QUEERS TO QUEER-BASHERS: DROP DEAD: "Fed vendor's booth at a local gay rodeo ended in a scuffle in which
up with being intimidated, harassed and beaten on the streets of she was allegedly injured, according to the Vanguard, a local gay
New York?" queries yet another Queer National press advisory. newspaper. "If she would have been lady enough or man.enough,Well, then,plan on being at what organizers hope will be the city's whichever she would like, we could have worked this out," com, largest-ever lesbian and gay "Take Back the Night" march, on . mented an official from the Los Angeles Chapter of the Golden .
saturday, June 22, at 10 pm. Call the QN hoUine at (212) 368-2089 State Gay Rodeo Association. And in Milwaukee, 30 police offifor details.
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cers in 13 squad cars raided a gay bar, interruptiog its "Best,B.uns" contest and citing six contestants for "certain perforQUEER HERE WITHOUT FEAR: And if you want to raise manc~ or' costumes prohibited," a misdemeanor carrying a $799
your voice in a slightly less peripatetic manner, why not enter the maximum fine, according to Outlines News Service .
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who is being recognized for her longtime support of the lesbian, gay and
AIDS community.

TWENTY-5IX BUSTED
AT MOVIE SET,.
SAN FRANCISCO-Protests
against Basic Instinct, a movie whoseplot hinges- on a lesbian serial killer, led
to 26 arrests, when Queer Nation
members disrupted filming on the set
here, and producer Alan Marshall fin, gered each individually and had thembusted. Tune in next week for details.
'.Saigon and the Irish Lesbian and Gay
Organization, or ILGO, are among a
handful of groups and individuals chosen
to be honored by the Gay and Lesbian
Independent Democrats, or GLID.
At its annual award dinner on May
16, GUO will present a plaque to thecoalition of Asian gay groups that organized the protest against the uSe as a fundraiser of the Broadway musical, Miss
Saigon, by Iambda Defense Legal ~.
GUO's President, John Magisano,'told Out.Week that "we wanted, to recognize the accomplishmentsof Gay.
and 'Pacific Islander Men of New Yorkand Asian Lesbians of the East Coast in
raising the visibility of the Asian gay
conununity tenfold."
Continued Magisano: "ILGO is being,
honored because of its courage." ILGO
recently took on the Ancient Order of
Hibernians, or AOH, organizers of the St.
Patrick's Day parade, when its application
to march inthe parade was turned down.
After much wrangling, and with thehelp of David Dinkins himself, iLGO
joined in the parade as guests of a
Manhattan chapter of the AOH, albeit
without its own banner.
Anne Macguire, a member of ILGO
who was heavily involved in the negotiations surrounding the fight for inclusionin the parade, told OutWeek that she was"absolutely delighted. It's good to havesome recognition from people who
appreciate what happened"
Also up for honors by GUO are
Pamela Green of the Sojouner Truth
Democratic
Club; Tom Duane, theopenly gay, former City Council candidate, and future hopeful for that title'-Avril McDonald

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AIDS HOUSINGSAN JOSE, Calif.-People
withsymptomatic AIDS or ARC are considered disabled for pwposes of obtaining
federal housing subsidies, an out-ofcourt settlement, reached in California
recently, decided.
, Under the terms of the settlement,
made in the case of Moreau andHousingfor I:
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and the USDepartment of Housing and
Urban Development, or HUD, persons
with "sporadic" or "intermittent" symptoms of HIV infection are deemed to be"functionally limited" and so eligible forhousing subsidies under the 1959
Housing Act.
A subsection of that act provides
grants to sponsors wishing to establish
housing program; for these populations.
The housing advocates had applied to
HUD in 1989 for a grant of $999,000 tobuild 24 units for people with AIDS and
ARC. The casa de Los Amigos housmg
project was to be built here in San Jose.
HUD denied the application, claiming that PWA did not qualify as handicapped, because their illness was notexpected to be of long-continued andindefinite duration.
According to Grace Shohet, an attorney with Heller, Ehrman, White and
McAuliffe,who negotiated the settlement
on behalf of the plaintiff's, "they claimed
that you had to have a condition which
affected your ability to live indepen.dently would be improved by hOUSing.
With HIV, they said, you were either too
sick or .not sick enough. Also, you were
not expected to live long." She continued, "It is a victory in the fight for basic
housing rights because HIV is now recognized as a disability."
Housing for Independent People
was awarded $1.1 million under thesett1ement which will be used to build Casa
de Los Amigas.
HIP is currently planning anotherhousing project for PWAs in Orange
County and is in the process of putting
together an application. "We hope that,they will live up to their settlement,"
said Kerry Williams, their director ofprograms.
Grace Shohet added that "howmuch money will be available is a bud-,getary matter. This settlement 40es notcommand the government to put by
money for people with AIDS and ARC.
But whatever money is made available,
they will be able to take advantage of." '-AvrIlMcDonaIdlNew Yom, CAN NYC EVER
HOUSEPWAs?
NEW YORK-Manhattari BoroughPresident Ruth Messinger and other city
politicians have joined with ACf UP lesbian and gay groups and supportive
hOUSing providers in calling on Mayor
David Dinkins to authorize emergency
measures to speed contract negotiationsfor Human Resources Administration
housing for people with AIDS.
In a letter to the mayor, Messinger
pleaded with him to rescue housing
programs for PWAs from the bureaucratic mish-mash in which they havebecome embroiled. She asked him, to, invoke accelerated procurement procedures for H.RAcontracts for scatteredsite apartments for PWAs. Due to aseries of bureaucratic snags these- haveheld up, even though the' administration made! a court approv~d commitment to have 500 units on line by june

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has been delayed long enough," wrote
Messinger. "The provider groups andtheir clients cannot wait any longer; andthe city could face a possible court
mandated deadline for these units ....OUr
responsibility to homeless people withAIDS requires that the city act now to
expedite the securing of appropriate
housing."
A letter to similar effect was sent by
New York City Council President Andrew
Stein to HRA Commissioner Barbara
Sabol, in which he called
on her to•"expedite immediately the pending contracts of Housing Works, Jewish Board of
Family and Children's Services, Minority
Task Force on AIDS and the Voluntee~of America.
Meanwhile,
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Montreaux Jazz Festival, according to the German gay magazine, Magnus. The angry . II
gro.ups say that it i~ wrong for a homophobic gov~rrimentto mak~ use of the work O!amajor gay cultural figure. Magnus charged that Switzerland keeps lists of gays and' "dlscriminates heavily against HIV-positives through red tape and insurance restrictionS." ,.:I .
CZECHOSLOVAKIA-The
push to legalize gay and lesbian marriage isIworking its way through parliament Legislators began voicing support for the idea last:. year after theforei~n minister visite.d Denma~k and the reporters who ~ccompanied. numerous reports In Denmark's unique marriage law. When all was said and done,: " . many Czech MP~ and ordinary citi~ns alike ,,:,er~ left with the notion that full equality
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begin anemergency contract procedure for the
scattered-site
housing program. She
accused HRA of attempting
to balance its budget by deliberately
prolonging the c~:mtract proces~.,.
Robert Peterson, policy associate
at GMHC, said that he was "deeply
concerned that the city of New York is
placing scattered-site
AIDS housing
contract applications on hold. Most of
the 10,000 homeless New Yorkers with
HIV-related illness have little hope of "liviIig iIi the less than 300 existing sup,portive housing units,'.

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US,AIDS BUDGET:TO FUND OR.NOT TO FUND
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:WASHINGTON-Two of the nation's
leadmg ad;ocates for AIDS care and, .
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research testified here before a key SenateI.
.', ' EUROPE-ACT UP is proving to be one of America's most successful gay
I . appropriations sulxommittee on April 16,.:~xports in the :80s. N~w chapters have formed in Dublin and Vienna, joining estab-:pleadiIlg for, a drastic increase in f~eral,.,
Ihshe~
groups In Belgium, E~gl~nd, France, Germany, ?weden and elsew~~re. ACTI
AIDS spending over what the president·,
UPNlenna formed because "it stinks that the needs and Interests of HIV-positives andand the USHouse have already targeted.
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persons with AIDS are ignored," an organizer told Lambda Nachrichten. "WhoeverI. Speaking before the Labor, Health:" wants to join ACT UP mus~ be willing to. take risks and have cour~µe," the woup~and Human S~rvices, Edu~ation and,warned. To contact them, write ACT UPIWeln, Novaragasse 40, 1020 Wlen, Austna
Related AgenCies Subcommltte,e of the
I '. ,ACTUP/Dublinformed ''to agitate for change in public poli~ on AIDS prevention .. I
Senate Appropriations Committee, the: ".and care," a~cor~ing to' Du~lin'sGay Community News. Immediate p~ojectsi~clu~e.:panel of AIDS and public health advoI
protests 'against poor hospital care and the absence of useful AIDS mformatlon In : I
cates pled their case for additional fundI " schools. To contact them, writeACT UP, rio 82 the Coombe, Dublin 8, Ireland, or phoneI
ing bey?~d~e White, House's 'r~uest for. them at 011 353 1 530803.
$1.95 billion In spending for public healthI,ACT
UPIParis celebrated its first birthday in February by descending en masse on' J
AIDS programs in the 1992 fiscal year.
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the .Ministry of Health, already the site of routine w~ekly picke!s. Three protest~rs:. Mobilized under the coalition ~er. chaIned themselves to the front door where guards kicked and hit them before policeof the National Organizations Responding:inte~ened. After len~y neg?~iations, three demonst~tors were escortedinsi~e for a \:to AIDS, 150 national groups, ct:aired by.' meeting. ACT UP PreSident Didier Lestrade warned offiCials, "If you do not see fit to pay
the AIDS Action Council, are asking that a:more attention to AlpS, ACT UP W!" feel obligated to ra~icalize its methods of action.":full $3 billion be ~nt on the ~~ proI
To contact them, write ACT UPIPans, BP 231, 75382 Pans Cedex 17, France; or phoneI~of the Public Health Service I!l thethem at 011 33 42 63 44 78.
next fiscal year.
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ITALY-Babilonia
reports that passers-by are scandalized by Agenore Fabbri's~. this year, though, is expected to beI
new sculpture outside the Gioa subway station in Milan. The work depicts a nude man
Itougher than previous forays with the, with what Babilonia termed "rather enlarged family jewels.",money process, as the congressional
I ' Rome Gay News has suspended publication to protest Mayor Franco Carraro's. Ibu<;igetcommittees will be limited by laStI
refuliCil to say yes or no to funding a gay and lesbian community center. In 1970, Gay
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fall's Budget Enforcement Act which ties,
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House.Ompo was booted out of p~b!ic buildi~g ~~ the ~~cuse tha! ,renovation.swere . :i~cf~ases,in dom~~tic spending to the.:to begin, but 13 years later the building remalOs 10 its onglOal condition, and City HaJl ,';-j; j,~ :~,th~.~~of hVlng.
. I. has made no attemptto offer replacement space.
" , '. I '..'.S~eklUg to maneuver around theI.'
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WASHINGTON-Jim
Zais, theDistrict of Columbia's front-running
openly gay City Council candidate, lostby 386 votes in a special election held
on ,April 30 for the ward that includes, Dupont Circle and other gay and lesbianneighborhoods. The winner, Jack Evans,also defeated Robert Lunow, anothergay candidate among the field of 13 who

vied for the seat. Only 9,205 total votes
were cast.
"I am sobered by the amount ofeffort it takes for any minority candidate toconvince people there is more than one
dimension to your life," said Zais, picbJred
here with his lover; Robert Smith, during
his concession speech..
-Andrew Miller/New York

package and upping federal AIDSspending to $2.1 billion, $188 million over thepresident's request. The Senate has yet topass its version of the 1992 budget.
While in his testimony the AIDS
Action Council's Dan Bross, focused on. 'the need for full funding of the Ryan
White CARE Act, w.hich was approved
and only partially funded by Congresslast year, Dr. Mathilde Krim, co-founderof the American Foundation for AIDS
Research, noted the equal need forincreased funds for AIDS research. 'Noting the need for increased fundjng for. experimentation in a variety offederal agencies, including the National
Institutes of Health, the Centers for
Disease Control and the Alcohol, Drugand Mental Health Administration, Krimasserted that only with more research
will the epidemic be fmally put to rest.
"Indeed," Krim said, "because themode of transmission of [HIV1.. "becauseof no protective immunity results from
IllY infection, this epidemic, unlike others, will not be self-limiting. It will con-tinue to grow and kill until, research has
produced a vaccine for the protection of
the uninfected and effective treatments
for the infected"-Cliff O'Neill

HATE CRIMESDALONG
H_AIDS TESTSOLYMPIA, Wash.-During
its last
session, the Washington State Legislature
saw bills relating to gays that pushed atboth ends of the rights spectrum-andshowed clearly the difference in politicalbent of the two legislative bodies.
The introduction of a hate crimes
bill in the House that would Qave
added sexual orientation to the list
made gays jubilant.
But the introduction in the conservative Senate of an IllY-testing bill thatwould allow an alleged victim to haveanyone charged with a sex aime forcibly

tested prior to conviction enraged gays
and civil rights activists.
"It goes against everything we believe
in-including the right to innocence until
proven guilty," said Democratic Rep. Gal, Anderson, who is openly gay.
Under existing Washington statelaw, anyone convicted of a sex aimecan
be tested, so can anyone convicted of adrug offense that involves hypodermic
needles. Public workers, such as firefighters, police or health-care providers who
may be exposed to bodily fluids, canalso force someone to be tested.
The bill, which was ultimately
killed by a House committee, would
have allowed the victim of a sex crime
to find out the HN-antibody status ofher or his assailant.
Theoretically, test results are confidential and cannot be used in court. But
the chances of word getting out in a rapecase are highly likely. "This is a majorpart of the problem," said Anderson.
, According to Anderson, the bill
would
have
punishedtheperpetrator-before
conv:iction andscared the SU1Vivor,~lyunnecessarily.
"It is very short-sighted,"said
Anderson. "It ,takes away-the emphasis
from the person and their sutvival. The
person who is attacked needs medical
attention, counseling and information
about themselves not someone elSe."'. Anderson was not surprised by thebill, however, coming from the state
Senate as it did. "They're a bunch of bigots," said Anderson; "A very nasty bunchof people."
Even though the hate crimes billpassed the House by almost a 4-to-1
margin-andhas the governor's backing-tbe Senate shoved it into comittee
where it languished until last month's
deadline for passage
Anderson hopes to use legislative
maneuvering
to get the bill passed
during a special session this June. He
does not expect the IllY-testing bill tobe resurrected.
-DeU RfcbardslIos Angeles

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BOSTON-New York isn't the only
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executive
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Massachusetts, has just hired itS third
executive director in just over a year. Jim
Voltz, formerly the special assistant to,the director of Massachusetts' AIDS
Action Committee, the t4ird-Iargest
AIDS-service group in the countty, took
the helm last month.
The unanimous board decision has
been celebrated with a fluny of press con·ferences, parties and a champagne contract signing-well understood for a groupwhich worked for 10 months without adirector and which suffered stonny press
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thai he was fired beciuse he is Bay. '~The enthusiasm evidenced by theboard and the community in general is
proof of the tremendous confidence ...wehave [in Voltz],· asserted a jubilant
Macey Goldman, the president of AIDS
Project Worcester's Board of Directors. I
Voltz will take over an agency
which serves the second-largest city in
New En~land (larger than both New·
Haven, Conn., and Providence, R.I.)
and which faces more than 35;OOOmvinfected people in the state--but which
also has a volunteer base which dwindled to only 40 volunteers and which
reportedly
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Voltz brings "the best mentoring
anyone could ask for,· from MC
Executive Director La.ny Kessler, who isthe country's longest-serving director of
an AIDS group, with nine years in the
top job at AAe. Voltz is known!n Boston
for his community leadership. He also
hosts the Gay Boston cable 1V program.
Goldman, who is anxious to put
behind him the "trying" past, has consistendy claimed that Sakowicz was terminated for "improprieties of management"and "refusal to follow board policy... hef!f!Y?It's the first I know that he ever said
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usually goes to sleep last week to speak about women's o'clock inthe moming." Uke being an activist news photoghealth issues on WBAI's Moming Show, hosted by Laura ,rapher, maybe?
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turnaround time on= the ddl new-drug. :: application,ort:-: NDA, filed with the~ FDA early lastmonth, and has"",,,
promised a platoon of angry activists if its
request is not honored.
AZf holds the record for the FDA
turnaround tirlle: Data on that drug werereviewed, the antiviral advisory committee
hearing convened and the drug approved
all within three and one-half months.

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Foscarnet
The FDA has set June 12 for the longawaited approval hearing on foocarnet

A letter from Jacobus Pharmaceuticals (makers of Dapsone) warns that thebuffer in the ddI formula neutralizes thevery stomach acid needed for proper'absorption of many.medicatiqns common
to the weekly. drug regimens of people
with HIV and AIDS,including Dapsone,
Bactrim/Septra (though only the trimetho, prim component), ketoconazole, itraconazole and pyrimethamine,
In a chart review at St. Luke's Hospital, 11 of 28 patients on DapsOne prophylaxis who were also taking ddI experienced PCP "breakthroughs"
within10-to-13Odays after switching to ddI.
The relatively Simple solution: If you
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Pfizer promises to set up a compassionate-use protocol for azithromycin "salvage" therapy against the tuberculosis-'
related infection mycobacterium avium
complex, or MAC,by July, which will run
concurrently with the phase-IT triaIs of the
drug. "Salvage" protocols make unap-

The buffer
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stomach acid needed forproper absorption of .

When not to Mix Medsrdoctors even recommend taking ketoconazole with Coke (or the soft drink or
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into Abbott's April 12 shareholders'meeting after having individually lobbied
Abbott board members and. encouraged
New York City and CUNY pension-fundofficers to dump Abbott shares fromtheir portfolios.
The group's spokesperson, Michael
Becker, wound up on the meeting's
agenda and commended the Abbott
board for its decision to institute a compassionate-use program for treatment of
MAC but noted that the announcement
seemed to have been made only when it
became clear that the shareholder's meeting would be disrupted. "We hope that
Abbott and other pharmaceutical companies will now design phase-IT triaIs to be
as aIl~inclusiveas possible and will havein place, at the commencement of phaseII trials, meaningful e:lfpanded~accessprograms for those who cannotParticipate in the phase-II trial," Becker
explained to a receptive audience.

Imuthiol
A recent article in the Journal of theAmerican Medical Association showedcommon to people with
Jmuthiol to be safe and to reduce the.
incidence of opportunistic infections, orHIV and AIDS.
OIs, in people with HIV by 30 percent to40 percent. The fourth clinical study ofthe drug (the first in the US) showed that
21 of 196 people receiving placebo
proved drugs available to patients who.have not responded, or are intolerant, todeveloped Ols, while only ten of 191
receiving Imuthiol did.
the standard approved therapy.
But since nine of the ten Ols in the
Meanwhile, Pfizer's azithromycin
placebo ann were PCP (which presum"salvage" protocol for toxoplasmic
ably could have been avoided if the trial
encephalitis putters along, though theparticipants had been offered prophylaxconsensus seems to be that it hasn't beenis), it's not entirely clear how to interpret
terribly successful--either in attracting
the study results. There were one case ofpatients or in helping them. In the past
several weeks, two area physicians have . thrush in the treatment arm and nine
non-PCP Ols in the placebo group. T4reported azithromycin "failures" in their. cell counts increased slightly in the treatpractices. What's the "salvage" therapy
ment arm and remained stable in thefor these unlucky souls with toxo who
control group.
fail on the "salvage" therapy? One patientis trying gamma interferon.

many medications,

Peptide-T

Clarithromycin
In a masterfully coordinated push
for access to Abbott Labs' new antibiotic
cIarithromycin, treatment activists fromNew York and Chicago wiled their way

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Remember theso<alled leadershipbreakfasts that hap:pened periodicallyin Manhattan? Everygay policial to therightof centerattended, and a few.
to ken progressIves'iii;, '.,.,."':'.-.., " :<>.!:'.'"•,;;;"..,
were invited. The\,Wkd
last' 'breakfast gave an audience to'
Rudolph Giuliani in his bid to defeat
Mayor Dinkins. It was picketed by progressive gay activists. There was a fol, low-up Diqkins breakfast. Inquiringminds wonder, What happened to those"leadership breakfasts"?
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GLAADDines, GLAAD had its second annual
awards dinner on Sunday, April 21, at
the Windows on the World Ballroom
to pr.es¢nt ,its 1991 media "awards~(Fo.~nded in, 1985.,:GLAAD :challeng~s
defamation, ,prQn'lote~_understanding
and seeks to overcome homophobia
in the media.) The evening waSp,ar::tially hosted by;Phil Dopal:tl1e, but' the,teal 'recognition should go :to event
co-chairs Paula Pressley and J~hn
Gra~esfor putting together. . a spieQdidaff;ijr which doubled the the previoUS
year's attendance.
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tame, down from Albariy for thee.vent..:...at't:er
all, the folks from GLAAD,.
Were nice enough to hold ~t in her very
own cUstrict. City Council hopef'µl'Tom
Puane was there shaking hands, giving
hugs and-:-inadvertently,
just by his
presence reminding the crowd that heis our best hope for a voice on the City
Council. Rochester's openly gay Council"~
Tim Maines appropriately satat'thesame table with Dick Dadey, the executive director of the Empire State. Pride
Agenda, aqd Michael Katovitz, one ofPride Agenda's vice-chairs; The insufferable Councilwoman Carol Greitzer did
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support and came with an entourage.'
Evan Wolfson, staff attorney' at lambda
Legal Defense and member. of the·GLAAD board of directorS, also attended. Wolfson was just made'an adjunctprofessor at Columbia University andwill teach the' course ~Sexuality and theLaw," a new addition to the Columbia
curriculum. Jim Holobaugh, Who wasdischarged from the, ROTC for being

GLAAD perfonns a vital role in ourcommunity, but it needs funds to continue its work. The dinner accounts fora sizable perentage of its annual bud- .
get, but GLAADsurVives and thrives on
individual contributions. Consider mak. ing a donation to GLAAD. Just call(212) 966-1700 to make your pledge.

Meanwhile in Albany ...
On April 23, our governor fmally
introduced a gay rights bill into thestate Legislature. The bill would prohib" it discrilnination in employment, housing, education and access to public
accommodations
based on sexual orienWe hear that gay
tation. It's certainly good of Cuomo to
introduce the legislation-we've
been
literature is no longer'
asking him to do it since he took office:in 1983.
Meanwhile, on April 24, the New
welcome at the Athletic
York State Assembly's Governmental.
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Complex gym. Some
. gay rights bill, sponsored by Eastside
Assemblyman
Steve Sanders andstraight people have,
Downtown Assemblywoman Deborah'
Glick, among others, by a 7-to-l vote•(one absent). The bill next goes to the'complained about iheheavily Democratic Codes Committee,,
where it is expected to pass, and fromgym acquiring a "gaythere goes before the full Assembly.
The Assembly previously defeated this,.
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bill in 1971, 1975 and 1983. One hopes
our representatives in Albany today are
more enlightened. There's no doubt
that, after the vote, we'll know who,
~ur real friends are. Expect the vote togay, and Joe Steffan, who w¥ ousted
be close.
from the US Naval Academy for thesame reason,.also ate the politically corPumping Iron
rect veal (derived, we're told, from freeReports from the Athletic Complex
roaming calves).
gym at 3 Park Ave. are disturbing. We
Ruth Messigner announced the·hear that gay invites and literature are
local awards, and when she presented, no longer welcome there. Seems as
the Outstanding Local Lesbian andthough some straight people have
Gay Media Award to Out WeeMs Nina
complained about the gym acquiring aReyes,she referred to OutWeek as the"gay image." Acquiring? You should
nation's most-talkerl-about gay publinote .that the politically correct John
cation and a "must-read." Outstanding
Blair is no longer associated with the
Local Newspaper Coverage went togym. Blair can now be found hosting
New York Newsday, and Outstanding
Saturday nights at the hot club Parallel,
Local Correspondent went to a<i:tivist
at 229 W. 28 St., where they're proud
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by Arthur S. Leonard,

mig Dean and
Gill
filed suit against theDistrict of Columbia
on Nov. 26 demanding a marriage,
license. The story bit
the national media
On Nov.
1:l,includ.
,ing : statements
op~ingthe $\lit from lesbian and gay
legal groups. Why were our community's
legal groups
hostile to this case?
Dean; a lawyer, drafted his own
legal,
complaint. 'The complaint avoids,
constitutional
arguments that would
expose any victory: to review by theincreasingly conserv:¢ve Supr!o!!lleCourt.
Instead, Dean adopts a, two-part theolY
based on loCal DC lay{: First, ~use the~iage
law doe,s.netspe¢,ifically Say
that only a rpaIl arid a ",qrruih can many,each other; the. citY's refusal to issue alicense violates its own law; s~cond,
denying licenses to same-seX couples
unlawfully discriminates on the basis ofsex,and sexual orientation under pc law,which forbids such discrimination inempl~yment, housing, public accommodations and public services ..
. The District has a peculiar governmental, structure, that creates special diffi. culties.
It..'does. not have its own Consti,
tution, and its legislative, authority is
totally' derived from Congress. Congress
am veto laws passed by the City Council
and pass laws modifying or repealing
existing District laWs. Although the District has its own court system, judges areappointed
by the pc_esident, whichmeans,
that
RonaldReagan and George,.
Bush have appointed all the judges overthe, past ten years.
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not subject to review by, the US Supreme
Court or other federal courts. Althoughjudges are appointed by governors inmany states, some states have electedjudges whose selection may have more
to do with local political forces than ideological direction from the executive
branch. Variations in local politics

stein of the AQ.U about DC being a badplace to bring this case.
The Dean/Gill suit caused particularconcern because it was based entirely oninterpretation of DC local ordinances andbecause any student of statutory interpretation and past legal decisions on gay
marriage would likely conclude that thecomplaint is speculative at best, such along shot that investment of Significant,«!SOurces of time and money nlight not
be ,objectively justified.
Challenges have
Several prior challenges have failed
because courts have persisted in holding
failed because courtsthat when a Legislature uses the word
"marriage," it intends to indicate the legal
hold that "marriage"
union of a man and woman; the dictio~
is cited as persuasive authority toindicates the union of athis effect.
Of course, one might argue that the
man an'dwomaiz;the 'concept of "marriage" is not obviOUsly
dictionary is cited as
self-defining; it is SOCially constructed,
and it should be posSible to "reconstruct"persuasive authority to
the tenn to encompass same-sex unions.
A similar argument regarding the concept
this effect.
of "fumily" has beeri successfully litigatedin New York, and the same sort of argument over the meaning of "parent" isthat judicial ideology'varies from place tonow being advanced in courts in five difplace much more than in the federal
ferent $tes. But the likelihood of succourts, where ten years of conservativecess seems slim, despite the 1989
administrations have sharply reduced " Braschi ruling in New York, precisely
diversity and openness to social change. . ,because the concept of "family" has been
These differences, are amo~g the,sO,
Olangeable and amorphous' oVer thefactors that lead gay legal organizations'y~rs, while the concept of "~ge"to prefer challenging marriage ,laws, if at ,has long been sharply circumsaibed.
all, in a carefully selected State court sys-''.,
The argument that the DC Humantem, after thorough analysis of the state's. 'Rights· Law prohibits the District from
Constitution, the reputatiOn of its judiCia- . refusing a license to a same-sex couple isry for irmovation and openness to social
even more tenuous. The law prohibitschange and a careful evaluation of the.
,discrimination in employment, housing
plaintiffs who will bring the challenge.
anq public accommodations and ser1his sort of analysis lies behind the, com-,~ces.
While it includes rhetoric about aments attributed to Tom Stoddard of'Lambda Legal Defense and Bill Ruben- , IS- - 0 U T LA -- «».,. p - 9 _ .:zmean .

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ca!;Jaret~ene,, Liza Minnelli b~lQrtg been loved
by many in the lesbian and gay
community. On April 23, she
stepped onstage at Radio City MusicHall and dazzled audtences with a 'typIcaOy electrifying show.
Afew days before the show, Matthew Davis met with Liza
to discuSs her relationship to the lesbian andgay community.
Wbile she was happy to be given the chance to speak to OutWeek, Lim was not willtng to discuss somepfthemore coritroversial topics that engage us. As her publicist warned, shere~to take a public position on anything that may anger ,or alienate any of her fans, a stance which itself... may alienate
many in the contemporary queer scene. She declined to discuss any 'of the gay men in her life and was eqU(ll/y disinterested in the outing controversy. Perhaps more surprtstng wasthat she had never heard of anyof the folklore regarding her,
mother~ inspiration in the Stonewall Riot. And, in fact, she
refuses to discuss her mother at all.
.Nevertheless, Ltza remains a compelltngjtgure for many.
On toPtcs such as substance abuse, recovery and feminism,she can be very outspoken in her own way. In the foOowinginterview, she'shares with us her feelings about a number ofissues of interest and concern to lesbians and gay men and 'offers insight into the process of personal recovery that manyof us st,rivefor in our ltves.-Editor
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how to sign to tell him. The song in the middie is about ,aman who makes his 'li$g by impersonating famous stars, • 'who are all wQmen and the kind of exotic. lonely existence
he leads. And the third is abolJt a woman who has Cliscovered that the most important events of her life have hap'
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love to sing. like "Some People," "New York. New York.""The Man I I.ove"-but more than thr~e quarters of the show~.
, [is material] I've neverdone before. There's
some new songs.
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ent; but that. on the whole. the feelings are the same. For
instance. loneliness doesn't belong to any type of person orcolor of person or male or female it's just loneliness. Everybody understands that Everybody's afraid of abandonment or
feeling, different. And I think everybody at one point in theirlives has felt different and ostracized and separate throughwhatever circumstance anybody's been through. Whether it's
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all lost loved ones and seen too 'many wonderful, talented young
people leave us. Being in the enter-'tainment industry, you are even more
, aware of this. And I think people in
the entertainment industry ~e doing
tremendous things to fight AIDS. I~
was the first group to mobilize, andthey all continue to do the mostwonderful things. Raising money,
offering assistance, creating suPPortgroups around the countty. And theindividual people who have madecontributions is staggering. Just lookat Elizabeth Taylor...that woman has
probably raised more money to battle
AIDS single-handedly than anyone
else I know.

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tbrough beneftJ concerts, bas also
supported the Institute for tbe
Acbievement of Human Potential, an
organization tbat works with cbildren wbo have been brain-injured.
No stranger to heartache, Liza recently lost herfather, filmmaker Vincent
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pany~ production of Camille,and she is still raving about
their brilliance, They also raved.about her. Bobby Reed, ,anactor with the company, commented: "She was so down toearth. Other stars had come to see our show and just kind ofbarged backstage while we were still taking off our wigs andour makeup; Liza sent a note back telling us to take our timeand just stood in the lobbyfor about, a half-bour chattingwith everyone that came up to ber. And then, when she camebackstage, it was, Itke, she wouldn't leave. And then, ofcourse,' there~ that laugh,all during the show. ",shut down. They weren't your friends,,,

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1M: My relationship with Halston was very special and holds

many fond memories. He was my friend and a wonderful
influence on the American fashion community. 'But too manyof my memories of Halston are personal, and sometimes you
just don't want to share them with all the world.
MD: How do you get through grief?

MD: I'd like you to talk a little about the AIDS crisis. We havebeen dealing with such a constant loss. How has AIDS affect-

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going. The worst that can happen to you is tbat you shut
doWn from grief, and then it's like you get color blind, and ''you 19se all sense of textures and smells and taste. And thenone day, for sOme reason, it lifts, and all th~ color comesback into your life. If you just have faith a bit, that'll happen.
Maybe not today, but it'll happen. It'll be all right. And there
are. other people new. friends to make. Whoever is gone,
whoever has died, doesn't want you to be shut down. They
weren't your friends so that, you know, you'd be a wreck
when they left. They were your friends so they could give
you something, share something with you and keep you
going. I don't know. It's terribly hard, and I have no absolute •It's'just that we've got to stick together, or we're notgoing to make it. .

•1M: I wonder! I think the night we succeed, 13 women will
get up there. I mean, I'm waiting for that. That would bequite funny actually. .
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wive's tale, I think. It's funny, but when you look at the..
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, think that's the attitude that we were brought up with-thatwomen are catty with each other vicious and everything
1M: They come up from the audience. I keep complaining
else. So we thought we'd change that. We'd try our one little,
about being alone up there [onstage), and then one women
loving'step toward feminism.
stands up and interrupts me in a song and says: "You keep
talking about being alone up there. You don't have to be
Directed by Fred Ebb, choreographed by Susan Soyamayalone." And she gets up on the stage, and eventually there
er and Lisa Mordente (Chua Rivera~ daughter),Ltza, wbo bas
are 12 women up there with me.
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and arranger in the city of New York. Anyone she has everwanted to work with,sbe has been able to,bring in to do somethingfor tbistbree-weekengagement.
There is a very personal reason why Ltza ispouring so much of herself into this concert at
Radio City Mt(Stc Hall:
Before be went off toHollywood, Vincent
Minnelll worked here,
designing sets, costumes
and lighting. He directed, designed and pro,duced shows every week
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sketcbes and all of his designs. It was meaningful to ber both
personally and bistorically,
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TbeSterile Cuckoo. that you loved pl;tying characters whose
pieces fall apart. and they have to piCk up the pieces andstart allover again.
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occurs.
,And in Stepping Out that [change] is huge-although. really.
it's a smaIl story about everyday success. I'm so proud that
I'm a part of it. It's quite a little gem.

(-Fmean.life ....You know. go out, get a nc;w dress. go to ~party. get the award. say. "Thank: you. I thibk this is terrific." And I like alI that stuff. I'm not cynical about it.,Maybe it's
not fair. but life isn't fair. so you might as well enjoy it while
it's there because it does go away. Groove on it while you've'
got it.
MD: What does "stepping out" m.ean to you?
1M: Sometimes. "stepping out" ·means risking being happy. A
Jot of people are~edof that. but it's wonderful when you. do it. It means taking chances. doing something you've neverdone before. just trying something. Or something you alwa,yswanted to do and just d1cfu'thav~ the time. or you didn't ',I,

MD: You sing. you dance. youact. and you've recieved the. highest honors the entertainment world has to give inevery category that you work.
How does that feel? ',Men Ihink Iheir Iriends.hipsare.

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have the nerve. or you didn't have the guts. or you didn't
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don't drink. I'm jn my sixth year of sobriety .
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MD: Every time "rve heard you talking about sobriety. it's an,
inspiration to ,me and my friends. You used to sing that Song , ,"Nothing's Impossible." And sometimes. if t had a day I wasscared of. I'd put on the tape of you singing that song.

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about life now." Do you know what I mean? The pain. thehappiness. any feelings-y6u know what I'm talking about
They're mine. And it's fine. My whole life is my own, andthat'S cool. And Iaccept responsibility for it.
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there are other people who are happy out there.
MD: Your career takes you allover the world, to all kinds ofparties. You work all kinds of rigorous hours. How do you
maintain your sobriety?
1M: One of the strongest elements of sobriety is to paceyourself. I t1y not to attend too many functions where people
will be drinking, and I don't stay long. The temptations start
only as the night drags, on. If you are invited to something,and you know there'll be heavy drinking and possibly drugs,
don't go! It's your safest bet. If you are getting together witha friend who you know likes to drink, then have lunch, notdinner, you know? It's amazmg how different attitudes areabout daytime drinking than riighttime drinking. If a scene
gets to be too demanding, I leave. It's the protective elementthat I have now built into my life.
MD: Do you believe in a higher power?
1M: Oh, sure. You'd better believe in a higher power, or ,you're screwed. I couldn't walk .out
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.City Music Hall if I didn't. (She explodes in laughter.) What I
really believe in is other people. And how the higher power
comes through other people how people are sent to you inyour life.
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1M: Well, you're doing fine, and then you meet somebody
who gives you something else. I believe that God comesthrough people. And music.
MD: You talk about borrowing faith.

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Leaving Radio City, I look at the large glamorous postersof this talented, caring woman. Like most of us, she~ had toendure her share of life~ knocks. Yet both in her work andpersonally shebas always maintained an attitude of love.
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the Oosets, Take over the Oassrooms." For more than a week, the office was "liberated" in an occupation of the Graduate Center by a group of CUNY students, radical
dykes and fags among them. The liberation was just one of the building takeovers by
students that has occurred on 18 of the 21 campuses' in the CUNY system over the past
four weeks. Six of the campuses were completely closed; labor unions have participated in the struggle; and students have organized maSsive rallies and plenty of civi1 disobedienre. Since the re-opening of occupied buildings on all but the City College andHunter College campuses following the smashing of $rodent strikes by groups of 300
to 700 New York City police who stonned onto campuses throughout the system last weekend, themovement has been diversifying its tactics. The campus occupations galvanized concern and faculty
and staff support on the most apoliticized of CUNY campuses,' opened up media access and fosteredpublic awareness and provided the bases from which to develop our solidarity and expand our.'

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movement. Taking our struggle to the streets, we will now beraising opponents' consciousness and gathering
supporters in,
the most irreverent of places. While some of the occupations
have now ended, the movement is growing. The movement isalso full of queers.
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tudents are striking against Gov. Mario Cuomo's proposal to cut $80 million from CUNY's budget, increase
annual tuition by $500, slash $12 million from New
York State Pell and TAP financial aid grants to CUNY
students and eliminate a number of state-fundedscholarships. The proposed tuition hike comes on top of a $200
. increase which the state Legislature snuck past the students inJanuary. For the 40 percent of CUNY students whose families
earn less than $16,000 per year, substantially higher tuition coupled with decreased fmancial assistance means an end to theircollege careers. For a public university whose founder intended
it to "let the children of the rich and poor take seats together andknow no distinction save that of industry, good
conduct and,intellect," the governor's proposal signals the' abandonment of
CUNY's 144-year mission of prOviding ;lccess to quality education for all.
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Stung by the governor's ca1lous·treatment of our own community, queers recognize his behavior as that of a politico who
has turned against the grass-roots constituency that helped electhim. In 1980, the Democratic govemor was swept into office ona wave of progressive rhetoric, including mention of reinstating
free tuition at the state and city universities. But during Cuomo's
ten-year tenure, New York has epitomized the Reagan-Bushera's siphoning of monies from the poor to subsidize tax breaks
for the wealthy. Top income-tax rates in New York state haveplummeted by more than 50 percent. While the wealthiest 1 percent in the US increased their incomes by 86 percent anddecreased their tax layouts by 15 percent, New York state's
wealthiest 1 percent gained ,137 percent more income and paid
33 percent fewer taxes. Now the governor hopes to squeeze
from social programs the $7 billion in revenues that he handed
to the rich to guzzle. Like the New York state AIDS budget, forwhich no new funds were proposed for the upcoming fisca1
year, the public education budget is targeted to shriveL With a
Legislature that has not been moved by letters, phone ca1ls andAlbany-based lobbying, with new Chancellor Ann Reynolds
brought into the system to wield a sl)arp knife and institutestiffer college-entrance requirements, and, in the face of capitulating qunpus administrators, students acted by taking their campuses--and CUNY's crisis-into our own hands under the principle that only radical action will Secure for us the university
which is rightfully ours.
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A'5 a striking student and as a dyke with a yearning to getback to glamour, I acknowledge that, after one week of occupation, I was exhausted. There were certain surreal moments inthe middle of the night when I woke to the knowledge that mylover was warm in our bed at home, while I was sprawled
across the math department floor!
I was cold and unkempt and,visited with vaginal candidiasis, but I recognized that my relationship to this building has been fundamentally and foreveraltered. The work that was done that week was less lonely andmore vital and fun than anything I've done in my thfee years ingraduate schooL And for a loudmouth lezzie who's been asking.herself why she's stil1 in the academy, such a large number ofqueers among those occupying the Graduate Center means that
I fma11yfelt my community inside my schoqL The takeover represented the merging of action and intellect· for straight and gay
students alike who, while learning political theory, become all
too disengaged from political activism. It was a process of integrating our sexual, political and intellectual selves, which, in the
structure of the university, is not always easy or even achievable.
"When you work on an issue, you have to struggle to maintain yourself as a whole," said striking anthropology student
Alfredo Goni:alez. "I'm an Argentinian, a student, a faggot andother things. I have to figure out how to act as a whole person
at every moment." The integration is more organic at certain!imes than others. In the midst of our teach-in on the budget
cuts this week, a sister, from Bronx Community College came
down to express the way her future is at stake. After a longcommute and a passionate speech, she even mustered the energy to auise grad-dykes.
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At other times, this elitist institution's continued ability todissolve that, integration is painfu1 and telling. After the students
arranged for history professor Martin Dubennan to lead an alternative forum (a sort of "open class") on gays and lesbians in radical struggles, gay and lesbian oppression within the CUNY system and gay and lesbian involvement in the student strikes,
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Given that it's taken Duberman 15 years to get approval to teacha single course in gay and lesbian history at the Graduate Centerand that the trustees have informed CLAGS that it will not beallowed to develop a gay and lesbian curriculum because of thefear that students will be taught to be queer, the ClAGS board
was acting out of self-preservation. After all, the Graduate Centeris overseen by homophobes.
But for the dyke and fag activists among the student strik•
ers, theinddent epitomized our feelings that CLAGS just won't
fly because its wings no longer flap together. As one of the two
student representatives to the CLAGSboard put it, "While CLAGS
can study activist movements, it cannot take an activist stance."
Such a po5ition seems a1most a parody of academic alienation.
And it contradicts the spirit with which Duberman began, ClAGS, since pushing for a gay and lesbian research institute isnecessarily to be intellectual and activist at once. Without thisintegration, radical gay and lesbian students believe, we run therisk of fossilizing our subject. As philosophy student Jonathanlang asserted .in the forum eventually led by environmental psychology professor and ACf UP member Maxine Wolfe, longtime gay activist Jim Fouratt and New York University professor
Rena Green, "If we're not radical in our classrooms, if we don't
let people be free in our classrooms, then we're not doing ourjob as educators."
As part of the radical takeovers, students throughout the
CUNY system organized alternative educational and culturalforums in our hunger for an academia more reflective of ourexperiences and actions. The fact that the very first forum to beheld at the Graduate Center was on the topic of gay and lesbianactivism is a clear acknowledgement of dyke and fag leadershipin our buildings' occupations. For us; it is an essential show ofstraight solidarity. "Gays and lesbians havebeen in every revolutionary struggle in theworld for a long time," Maxine Wolfe said in
the forum, "and in every struggle they havebeen told to be in the closet-that· everythingelse is more important than their issues. Corne
the revolution, everybody else gets taken careof except us." But in the Graduate Center
takeover, ,Gonzalez said, lesbians and gay men"[were] successfully making a claim on thegood faith of straights' solidarity to revert societal stigma and work with us." And at theundergraduate campuses of CUNY as well,students are learning that the strength of the
movement lies in the overcoming of acquired
fear of difference, including homophobia.
Queer Latinos are out, proud and powerful at
occupied Hunter College, and the coalition
that shutdown buildings at Queens College
was formed through a merger of AfricanAmerican, latino and gay student organizations.
, Within our larger struggle, gay and lesbian leadership in what
Jun Fouratt ca11s "doing the prindpled work of stating what you
stand for" comes from skillS honed by queer students in gay andlesbian activist groups. Many of the tactics which we have used orplan to use to fight the budget cuts and tuition hikes to
CUNY-from clogging the governor's phones and fax machineswith angry messages to bolder actions like guenilla banner-hanging and uninvited visits to legislative offices are direct lessons
learned by those of us in ACf UP. Particularly with our large number of undergraduate student strikers, who are ripe with energy
and slightly green on experience, the activist roots of the queers
vital to the shaping of the movement. At the board
among usof trustees meeting this past week, the most righteous and respected of women among the CUNY-wide group of students there 'asked me how we were going to disrupt the board's attempts atbusiness as usual. I said that we'd shout pointed questions, chant,
give statistics. She understood my reference, "You mean, like ACf
UP?" As striking cultura1 studies student Liz Dalton noted, "Without
ACf UP experience, a lot would not be happening."
Indeed, the CUNY student strikes prove the effectiveness forradical movements of alliances with predominantly gay activist
groups. ACf UP/NY has aided ip the struggle by sending members to CUNY campuses to train students in dvil disobedienceand by partidpating in a CUNY-wide student rally at the governor's World Trade Center offices. The activists, latinas/os Contra
el SIDA of ACf UP!NY, acknowledged the close relationshipbetween AIDS activism and student activism in an endorsement of
the strike, which read, in part: "We understand that the cuts in
education parallel those in health care and constitute an open
attack on the working class and the minorities of the United Statesand specifically of New Yolk."
The statement also points to the way in which queer students inform the Graduate Center's strike on a philosophical level.
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and lesbians, there's a general compassion expressed in politicaltenris-acall for very human treatment." In other words,
although Wolfe warns queer activists not to become "compartmentalized" in others' issues, lesbians and gay men, as members"="""',w ..-...
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oppressions. When this happens, it allows us to unite with oth-' .
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The student body of the CUNY-wide system is predomithat students created at some of the other occupied earnpuSeS.
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and more white. When undergraduate students began to shutlittle power and had lots offood and phones to tate for" Of ()urdown their catIlpuses, they didn't entertain thoughts of Graduate
haphazard egalitarianism at the Graduate Center, strHdrig
Center solidarity, according to a City College strike committee
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kinds." What we've tried to impress upon
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crowds of 200 to 300 voiced their opinions, received information and overwhelmingly voted for the continuance ofoccupation. Since most of us were women,and many of us were dykes, inside thebuilding we were fervently feminist. EveryPIIODUCID, DlumD
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that any of these will hinder you, either, but the truly crucial items are
nowhere listed There is one code to California, and another to San Franci&co, and whether you are from Brooklyn or, Berlin or Boise, take heed: If you
want exciting club life, it only happens a couple of nights per week and ends
mostly by 2 am (beauty sleep, you know). If you want sex, be ready for bold,
approaches and special-interest categories. If you want politics, .we have process, If you want fashion, go to Paris. If you want shopping, the entire city is
follOwing the national trend by slowly becoming an open-air mall.
'Carrot juice is a valid beverage choice here, andsoffie people consider
secondhand smoke the moral equivalent of a knife at their throats. The
weather will change at least twice every day, sometimes within a five-block walk. We'never ride trolley cars, FISherman's Wharf is a place where we throw protests, we haven't .
tried to read a Kerouac novel in years, and nobody here is interested in how it is done in
New York. Almost no one you meet will have grown up here, and almost everyone
assumes a level of intimacy with strangers that may frighten the unaware or-the East
Coast-iropaired. And Ha1vey Milk Plaza is a subway station with a few benches-thisis
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bars in a three-block radius, and here
you will run into people from your past,whether it's the guy who used to be inyour gang back in the projects and who
now bartends at the street's queeniest
bar or your field-hockey coach on vacation with her lover of 15 years: By common agreement with the Sisters of Fate,
this place is a rendezvous with yourqueer katma. A Different Light Bookstore(489 Qlstro St.) is at its center, stockedwith the latest lesbian mystery thrillers,
the newest message T-shirts, smut; aitical theory, smut as aitical theory andtheory as critical smut (by the way, I
work there). As there is no community
center yet, ADL remains the place tocome for a guidebook, a novel, a roommate or fliers on upcoming demos. But
please, be nice to the staff.
There is retail representation in thisneighborhood for most of our community's subcultures, whether you need a
new leather vest, a nipple-piercing (eyebrows and lips-yes, both kincls--m'e on
the cutting edge), the "New Queens on
the Block" T-shirt and a pair of Doc
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the mall of the revolution.
After the Castro, women and theirdyke-tykes (the gender reverse of faghag) will want to head down to Valencia
Street. The Women's Building at 3542
18th St, between Guerrero and Valencia
streets, hosts a number of rx>liticalmovements, dasses and forums and is another
POlitical pulse-rx>int for the city's disenfranchised. From 18th to 24th streets on
Valencia is where the women have set up
shop, with Old W1VesTales, Amelia's Bar
and Gravity Srx>tfor your smokeless lesbian caffe tatte, as well as Good Vibrations, the sensual supplies store forwomen (and respectful men) with everything from massage oil to the whip withthe dildo handle. For a steamy unwind,
Osento, at 955 Valencia St., is an allwomen bathhouse, and a must for all visiting dykes.

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out of hip." Day-life is the part of thesecultures that occurs between 1 pm and 5
pm every day except weekends, when
the 9-to-5ers are off work. Most queers inthis city work graveyard shifts and parttime jobs to get through school or makerent, have a regular free-lance income,temp-jobs and bar-work, have trust funds
or grants or pose as one of the above to
make and keep friends. In other times,
this was called a "cafe society," but thatwould confer a glamour that none of us
quite feels. We are just drinking ca.ffe lattes until the streets glow.
Cafe Flore, known locally as Cafe
Hair-do, Cafe Hair-don't, Cafe Whore or
the Flore (Say, "Floor") stands uncontested as the diva turnstile, with everyone
from models to anarchists coming in todis, dish, do a tum and stay a while. The
ceramic-tile tables here sit as mute witnesses to a daily parade of leather, liquideyeliner, muscle and motorcycles for both
men and women and defy attempts tocategorize this cafe as anything otherthan queer. Much-loved and much-hated,to miss this might be to miss everyone which could be what you want.
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on 16th Street between Mission and Guerrero; the Meatmarket, at .Castro and 24th
streets; Ground Zero, in the lower Haight;
and, if you must go over to North Beach, ,Cafe Trieste is the most queer-friendly inthat hetero ghetto. If you're on someone
else's tab, Zuni Cafe on Market Street nearFranklin is your best bet All will let you
attend to your letter, novel or trick of the
day for hours at the cost of a cup of coffee.

Nightlife
A club is a club is a club, and as'
everyone knows, there is nothing new to
be found--it's now just a matter of execution and quality. The rule of fun: The
more it costs, the worse it gets. The
expensive events are trash, and the trash
is golden. The suspect line-up, from 9 pm
to 2 am, starts with dub Uranus (Sundays
at the End-up) at 6th and Harrison streets.
For $4 at the door, you get drag queens
power-drilling teddy bears, lesbian latexsoul-trains and go-go boys you will findnowhere else except ,at other parties
thrown by Lewis and Mike it's a matterof specialties. This place is friendly to men. and women. For a more boy-specifi~
focus, attend Chaos on Thursdays at 1821
Haight St. (only $2 at the door, this is
Lewis and Mike's other venue). Both havethat sort of street-trash, secondhand,biker-punk aesthetic so many queers findchanning these days.
dub Nzinga features Fridays at El Rio(Mission Street at Anny). A $3 cover buys
a post-PC vision of cultural fusion, withinternational beats (but no world beat).
Don't tell Benetton about this one. El Rio
also features an oyster-bar happy-hourearlier that night and brings men and ,women together.
The. Box, Thursdays and Saturdays at, the Kennel dub, is at Divisadero andHayes streets ($5 on Thursday and $7 on
Saturday). Calling itself a club for gay men
and lesbians, it is mostly boys dressed tosweat WIth four go-go stages and a mainstage available for talented amateurs, Paige
Iiodel deejays a hard mix of hip-house,
hip-hop, rap and funk. Dyke divas hit here
on Fridays for dub Q, Paige's dyke party.
GirlSpot is on Saturdays at the Endup ($5 at the door, 2-for-1 before 10 pm), .
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been said before, the Pet
Shop Boys are two big,
creepy, greedy, hopelesspieces of shit. We must
sadly face the fact thateven 'the hip, trendy andglamorous
pop stars,
whom we so much want
to excuse from all of this stuff (andwhose coyness we sometimes rationalize as "~g"), are as equally harmful as any closeted queer Hollywood
mogul or Washington windbag. Says Pet
Shop Boys' Neil Tennant in this month's
RoBing Stone: "Axl [Rose) thought [ourconcettl was gorgeous. He was extremely charming and knew our music quite
well . .J think Guns 'n' Roses are very
good songwriters. ~,"Oh, really, Neil? Gee, which lyrics. of Guns 'n' Roses do you like best?
HQw aµout that song about the diseasespreading, "faggots"? It's a real. zinger,
huh? Let me offer some advice to you
guys: This public smooch-fest with
, Guns 'n' Roses is quite silly. And it's
making you both look like fools. WHY
DON'T YOU SELF-LOATHING PIGJUST OFFER AXL A BLOW JOB AND
GET IT OVERWI1H?

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I tell you, a quick read of Rolling
Stone canfll3ke you sick. RoBing Stone
Editor and Publi$her Jann Wenner is afreak who obviOusly lets his own fears~g
exposure' of his "private life"
oppress an entire community and push
, d.<>wna new generation of queers. And,
though he probably doesn't realize it,soon enough, if he doesn't make somechanges fast, it's all going to blow up in
his crusty face.
.
RoBing Stone reeks of homophobia,
as mOst magazines do. But it's the invisiUtlfly of lesbians and gays in Rolltng
Stone that is truly frighteDing. If it's not.
'the closeted pop stars trying to keep
themselves undercover, it's the editors
and writers who tIy to 'mask the sexual
orientation of those few people on the
mag's pages who might actually be out
This month, in a small piece aboutDavid Geffen, they list some of the mostimportant facts to know about him
when ,dropping bis name socially.
According to RoBing Stone, it is important to know that he once dated
Oler.
But they don't mention that.
he's queer~enthough the guy,

has come out recently and even thoughthat is probably the biggest topic of party
conversation regarding Geffen thesedaYs.
Then there's the story about Monk,
the wacky travel magazine published by
two boys who cavort around the countIy. RoBing Stone wrote all about it, butsomehow forgot to tell us that the guys'
and the magazine which I read religiously-are wonderfully queer.
. Do you think we'd ever see a big
piece on gay-bashing in Rolling Ston&.
How about gays on campus or the lesbian music scene? It's amazing, but sadly

yuppie-type who's made, aname for himself working
for all the best-known andmost fashionable publications. He's been an aquaintance of mine for years. We
went to journalism school
together (though I don't
really remember hitrt backthen), and we share a mutual friend, a gay man with whom we're
both very close and who is also an
activist. Pete and I have always enjoyed acordial relationship, and he's expressed
his empathy for a lot of the work that I
do. He also seems to get a kick out of it- It was thus with great sadness-Md
a heaping of anger-that
I picked upthat same issue of Rolling Stone andread Wilkinson's interview with 'Alek
Keshishian, the director of Madonna's
upcoming film, Truth or Dare. Alek, yo,usee, is a major sister, who can be foundat •the Copa, prancing. about with thequeens, or in any queer IA club. He
even came on to a friend of mine onenight-a night in which he came on tosome other guys too. It was all in fun; ofcourse, and that is something that Alek
seems to thrive on.
In light of the fact that Madonna hasjust identified h~as the patron saintof all queers, and since most of the film
revolves around homosexuality, I thinkthat Keshishian's sexual orientation has agreat bearing on this particular work,.. andI think it's certainly something thatshould be discussed in an interview. But
Wtlkinson's piece goes out of it's way not
only to avoid the issue-both in the film
and in Keshishian's own life but to also
imply that Keshishian is heterosexual. By
telling us, more than once, about some
sort of flirtation between Alek andMadonna (even though he assures usthat nothing happened) and then telling
us that ~is now "living the singIe life," Wtlkinson gives us the impression that the director is a straight boy(after all, unless you're told someone's aqueer, society dictates that of course he's
straight) who, now that he's less busy,"wants to get laid"--1ust like all wannblooded macho dudes do, of course.
And yet, Wilkinson, through ourmutual activist friend, had heard therumors that Keshishian is gay, andKeshishian I'm told even men-

Rollina S1'one~
it's your turn!
(212) 758·3800
predictable, that WHAT WASONCE 1HE
VOICE OF A GENERATION OF RADICALS IS NOW AN OUT-OF-TOUCH
COFFEE-TABLECATALOGUE.
I'm exasperated.
You see, it's not only the greedy,
frightened closet cases or the maniacal
Right-wingers who are fucking us over.
It's everyone. Even all of the fashionably
liberal straight assholes who befriend you
and think you're fabulous because you'remaking a commotion. Even the people.
who, on a sort of intellectual level, think
what you're doing makes sense to them
AS LONG AS 1HEY DON'T HAVE TO
LIFf A DAMNEDFlNGERTO HELP.
I'm beginning to see through thesepeople. And I'm starting to detest themsomething fierce, girlfriends.,
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up with by asking the question).
This, quite frankly, ENRAGES ME.
. Wilkinson regularly reads this column,
and !mows the issues. HE KNOWS All
OF 1HE SHIT I'VE BEEN SCREAMINGABOUf. And our mqtual friend certainly
told him how important it was for him totalk about homo matters with Keshishian.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE ASKYOU SfRAIGlIT, wmrn BOYS TO 00
TOO DAMNED MUCH. I mean, one of
the greatest things you could do is to getyour butts out in the streets with us andprotest AIDS and gay issues (just as
queers have put our asses on the line
next to yours for years, fighting everythingfrom the Vietnam War to the Gulf War).
But if that's too difficult, the least you can
do is use the power you have. And in thecase of writers, that means asking thesepressing questions in interviews anddemanding that editors keep the important stuff in your stories.
DON'T YOU KNOW, PETE, HOW
IMPORTANt VISffilUIY IS TO US, ESPECIAllY IN A MAGAZINE liKE ROJilNG
STONE-A HOMOPHOBIC SHIT-RAG
PUBLISHED BY A VILE CLOSET
CASE-WHICH IS READ BY SO MANYYOUNG PEOPLE IN nns COUNIRY?
I. suppose, though, that you've only
given us what we've come to expect fromstraight, liberal men over the years. Whenit comes down to it, you're all FEEBLE,UTILE WIMPS, afraid to ever discussmale sexuality with anyone (even thoughmany of you, including Wilkinson, havemade your careers by interviewing
famous women and discussing heterosex
with them) and afraid to put your privileged selves on the line for a moment
And, as far as I'm concerned, that isjust as bad as any Right-wing nut or any
closeted famous queer. The bottom line isthat no one cares enough to do anythingthat is the slightest bit uncomfortable--andeveryone is hiding behind somethfng.
Which brings us back to Jana Wenner. As the person at the top of RoOtng
Stone, all still faIls in his lap. He could
assign the stories we need, and he could
demand that certain issues be raised. He
can also put an end to the homophobia
at his publications, the mere existence of
which shows the scandalous and hypoaitical nature of his own personal life. I
do think, dear readers, that it is time togive a calI to Mr. Wenner, editor andpublisher of RoOtng Stone, and that other
oddity, Us magazine at (212) 758-3800.
Leave a message if you can't get through.
Tell him what his responsibilities and•duties are regarding this community. And,teU him that you want to see somechanges NOW.
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Isthefter a piece in a recent issue on
Ottholic-bashing, 1be New Republicheld an unscientific poll asking readers tochoose which was the greater socia1 ill:
Catholic homophobia or liberal antiCatholidsm. Sixty-four percent said homophobia, and the numbers would havebeen higher if the vote had been taken
other than at a time right after Cardinal
O'Connor's play for victim status for the
St. Pat's parade.
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poll financed by the Human Rights Campaign Fund which asked, "Do you thinkhomosexuals should, or should not be,admitted to the armed forces?" Sixty-five
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the president still against?"• • •. In many ways, The NationoJReuiew(Bill Buddey's rag) is the OutWeek of theRight, and George Bush is like HRCF
telling the militants, "We agree with you,but don't ask for too much, too Soon." '.'The magazine picks on Ted Kennedy in the way that we pick on Jesse
HeIms, with satirical cartoons and'sarcaStic jokes throughout. Buckley answers
his personal mail in print (in fact, Buckley seems to write half the magazine);. and, overall, the editors provide arguments for the ideological Right.
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thing among gay militants is the repudiatiori of the' word 'gay.' The new term of
choice is no kiddinlr'"'queer.' There's
even a new group across the country
called Queer Nation" (emphasis added).
like Outweek, they reviewed The
Silence oftbe Lambs (their film critic isJohn Simon, the resident theater critic
at New York) He says that Buffalo Billis, "a homosexual whose transvestism is,literally, skin-deep." So much for theargument that the killer clearly isn't aqueer. If this is the cream of the Rightwing crop, what is the average yellowribboned American saying?
Most interesting is a piece titled"Sodom and Begorrah: Reflections on
Homosexuality." The writer, Ernest vandan Haag, asks the oh-so-relevant question for straight people: "How should
we deal with homosexuals?" .
Of course, you expect the worst,. but van dan Haag works a false sense ofsanity for most of the article. He argues
that ~ahomosexual minority is known to, have ,existed in all societies throughout
history" and that there was never any
ju$tification for listing it as a diseaSe. He
says that states which prohibit sodomy'are "silly," notes that "AIDS is not a specific homosexual disease" and calls on
the president or Congress to change laws
regarding queers and military service.
(Now that The New Republic and
The National Review have come out tosupport gays and lesbians serving in theanned forces, who is left to support the
J president? The NatIun? I doubt it. Bushhas the power to integrate the armed
forces with an Executive Order.)But, then, of course, the trouble
begins. Van dan Haag maintains thatanti . . . tion laws might even hurt
us: "Legislation makes it harder to flrehomosexuals
for whatever reason,
because they can claim illegal discrimi, nation. Employers, therefore, will hesitate to hire them. Similarly, landlords
will hesitate to rent to them." (I'm willing to chance it.)Van dan Haag gets some points,
however, for using the same insane
arguments that his side makes on all" anti-discrimination
laws. And so, insome ~ed
way, he isn't homophobic
as much as he has a totally misguided,assessment of life for ethnic minorities,
queers and women in the United States.
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Lord, he looked so good he could make me scream like a white lady."
Who knows if it will make the cut? ... Phillip Gefter, a gay man who
had a long-term affair with a woman, has turned in a story to Self on
the differences between sleeping with men and women. It is slated forsometime this summer, and it is se~ ... On Monday, the Wall Street. Joumal did a story about corporations which are expanding nondis-

crimination clauses with an emphasis on sexual orientation. The New
Yolf( Times business section did the same great story on Sunday withthe headline "Gay Rights, Issue of the '90s."
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n the laid-back, mega-mellow world of the Grateful Dead, theI burning question is less "Are there queer Deadheads?" than

"What does it matter?" Sure, there are lesbians and gays among
the tie-dyed nomads who renounce earthly ties to follow theirgurus across the globe. But blissed-out fans chafe if you make asexual distinction between them and the cool cat whirling next tothem at the concert, buzzing along to "China Cat Sunflower" or"Sugar Magnolia." The sole credo in theBook of the Dead is: Do your own
thing, just don't hurt anybody.
Bisexual? Heterosexual? Homosexual? like, label jars, man, not people.
Kathy Otter says, that Deadheads
are the most accepting people in theworld. She's the ideal litmus test. In her
24 years, 'Kathy has been a straightHarley biker and a gay man; Now he isa she, a self-identified lesbian transsexual. A, veteran of 20 concerts, Kathy
attends shows with lesbian mends andher biker lover, Alice, 44. One mend follows the band .in her SlO <11evy Blazer,
with queer decals on the windows anda huge pink triangle painted on the
hood. No' hassles:"Being a serious.
Deadhead is being an outalSt. To somedegree, we're all misfits. Serious Deadheads don't bother each other about
sexuality. "Kathy's mend Gina, 21, is a fonner Marine and now a security guard. Since 1,985, she's attended 160 shows. Even before
coming out, she was following the boys with her fIrst lover.
"When 1 did· come out, 1 had no problems,"
she says. "I felt safe [atconcertsl." Even better,her closet-smashing gave mends something tothink about. "After a lot of straight friends
found out we had come out, they were more .,'open to the possibility of being gay or bisexual." Now, Gina trails the Dead with her current
lover Ann, 7:7, a diesel truck driver.
For queer Deadheads, concerts offer somefrustration. I.egions of angelic boys, with handkerchiefs on their heads and acid-scorchedeyes, dance in a daze, swirling in a Sufi. ritual,
But loin-lust is the last thing on their foggy
minds. Datty News music-maven Jim Farber
acknowledges the elusive appeal: "There is anaesthetic of ...unconscious beauty. That is veryrare among gay t;nen, to fmd someone who isunaware of their attractiveness. So theoretically,
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if you're talking about a Deadhead who you're attracted to-thiswouldn't go for any Pigpen [dissipated and deceased Dead member] imitator-it would be especially nice if this person seemed
un-self-conscious about that."
Drew, 28, a gangly Queer Nation activist, fIrst saw the Deadin 1981 at West Virginia University. In a sea of psychedelic skirts
and "Mars Hotel" T-shirts, he wore khakis and a button-down,
blue striped shirt. One hundred shows
later, he has senior status among his
peers. When he came out in 1982, there
was major housecleaning. Still, he stuckwith his Deadhead pals. "The Deadheads
knew I was gay, though they werestraight, and it didn't bother them. I felt
comfortable as a gay person but nothanging out with gay people." When hestarted seeing a fellow fanatic named
Sam--now together four years-the concert-tour family offered congratulations.
Farver says that there's no contradic- 'Ction to being a queer Deadhead; gays ~inhabit territory beyond disco and leather. -!
Anyone, he says, can find acceptance in a ~Dead show or even see, themselves in a ~hetero-themed Dead song. "It's great to :E
find a gay person in an unexpected place; ~ ,it's almost like having sex in an unexpect- ~ed place. [If II cruised someone at a Grate.ful Dead concert, that would be a real accomplishment.""Fred" is a gay man who's hung out with the band andworked with one member on solo musical projects. He knowS
several bisexuals who follow the Dead He says that sexuality,
het or othelWise, is no problem for the band.
He recaIls that when one of the Dead inviteda friend out for a night of boozing andbroads. The guy explained his tastes extended to boozing and boys. It was no problem.
"Perhaps if they haven't spoken openly on
the issue", "Fred" says , "it's because no one's
asked them."
Dennis McNally is the Grateful Dead's
press agent. (His predecessor, Zohn [sic] Artman, who was gay, was a casualty of AIDS.).
Exuberantly cool, with a voice that echoes
lazy summers on California beaches, he, dismisses the idea that queer Deadheads standseparate from their comrades. Sexuality is nota factor at shows, he says. People are stuck in
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find any rbyme or reason to theevents that occur in life. Searchas you may for the one threadthat you believe links aO of thesescenes into one meaningful
drama-your life defies cohestan. You drop in exhaustion,
finally understanding that thequest for meaning is fruitless,and that it is easter to plod along,knowing that an unexamined
life is rwt worth living, but thatan examined one will drive you
to your grave.

lunch the other day when David
Hampton! happened to stop by.
Liz: Was he looking for lunch
in all the wrong places?
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Sydney: Not exactly. He juststopped by to threaten anothercolumnist who recently dished him.,•
in print. Something along the linesof: "He better hope he never meets
me in a dark alley, because I will rip
his face off."
Liz: I bet Sidney Poitier's not
to happy with his "~n."Sydney: I just don't under, stand why people are so obsessedwith him.
Liz: You know what I don't
LIZ: I need to dye myunderstand-is it true that Kitty Kel- ~hair, but before I do, do you
ley hints that Nancy Reagan had a &think blonds have more fun?
lesbian liaison with a college mend? ,~Sydney:Yes, she does. Isn't -a.
SYDNEY: I don't think,so ...did you see Debbie Harry
that mghtening--there are just some ~at the Red Hot & Blue party?
people you don't ever want indud- ~If
ed in the Queer Nation.
Why, yes, I di~, and I SAlURDAYNIGHT ATTHE BANK
don't think she was havlOg any",.
Liz: Actually, the. hot, newfun.
lesbian on the scene is Laura the un-bartendress at Shelter.
,Sydney: In fact, I don't think she was. All I heard her
Sydney: At, ~e party for Jazzie B.'S2 new record label, sheyelling to no one in particular was "I need my coat" as she headwas doing more than serving juice she was serving up ~e bubbly wasn't she?
'ed for the door.
Liz: She seemed a bit red, hot and blue, don't you think?
Liz: Quite. And she was so attractive doing it.
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Sydney: Well, being stuck in a small room with David
Sydney: Yeah, and all the champagne went right, to my
Byrne and an orgy of flashbulbs wouldn't do too much for myhead All I could think about was looking for Jasmine Guy.
disposition either.
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Liz: She wasn't there, was she?
Sydney: No, but the place was crawling with musicians, so
Liz: "Don't Fence Me In." Perhaps Goldie Hawn had theIwas hoping she would be there.
right idea at the Bank's reopening. ,Sydney: She was a real party girl...dancing around with toiLiz: Oh, please. Miss Guy would not give you the time of
day if she were wearing the last Timex on Earth.
let paper tied around her head and all. I think
Sydney: Did you know that she and UIdy
she thought she was Edie Sedgwick or s0mething.
Bunny went to high school together?
Liz: Why?
Liz: No, I didn't, but I'm sure, in somealternative universe, there was a reason for yourSydney: She had that limousine waiting
outside the dub for her. Edie used to have atelling me that. T
car and driver until she was disinherited.
NOTES:
1. Man on whom the play Six Degrees of Sepliz: Thank you for that Edie Sedgwick
amtion is based, who masqueraded as the son of
moment.
Sidney Poitier.
Sydney: Have you noticed that we end
2. Founder of Soul II Soul and CEO of his
up at Limelight at least once a week, and half
newly launched label Funki Deeds, a joint venture
the time we don't even know why we're there?
with Motown Records. Already signed to the label,~ It's the meals on wheels for the gay
Jamaican rapper Lady Levi and UK souVreggae
and lesbian press.
songstress Kofi, who perfonned at the party. 'Sydney: Speaking of meals, I was eating
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by Victoria A. Brownworth
Just when you thought it was safe to
go into a movie theater or a bookstore ...
The controversy over The Silence of
the Lambs is just abating and the debate
over Basic Instincts is just beginning.
Instincts'set has already been disrupted
by members of San Francisco's Queer
Nation, who contend that the in-produc'tion film is damagingly homophobic. And
then there's The Comfort ofStrangers. The
media is still masturbating over Bret Easton Ellis' An American Psycho but remains
mum over Paul Theroux's Chicago Loop.
Serial killers-cinematicor novelistic-ilre all the rage these days. In real
life, more than 80 percent of all serial
killers are white; middle-class, heterosexual men. In real life, more than 85
percent of their victims are women (primarily white, but with African-American
women murdered out of proportion totheir 11 percent of the population).
But box-office hits and best sellers
aren't predicated on reality so much as
on popular mythology. And just as themovie-goers of the '20s believed thatJews spread their matzoh with the bloodof Christian babies, so does middle
America believe that today's serial killers
are queers;
Lambs has two queer serial killers
and a detective who may or may not be
a lesbian (like the actre$ who portraysher). One has killed a male lover, which,as much as makes him gay inthe collective mind of theaudience. The second, a cannibal, is also decidedly queer,
posed repeatedly in effete
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to insinuate his ,characters' gayness.
These two queer men are "after" thefemale/lesbian detective. Lambs therefore
gives us a total inverse of reality: gay
male serial killers stalking a lesbian victim. Instinct has a lesbian serial killer
who kills men and women, plus twoother women who may be lesbians who
also like to kill. Comfort has a closet case
who has to kill pretty, young men to beable to have sex with his wife. Loop has a, serial killer who kills women, but, like
Buffalo Bill in Lambs, serial killing leads
him to want to dress like a woman; hetums into a transvestite and yearns to bea transsexual. American Psycho has
everything: a little mayhem for everybody. But its most gruesome killing by
far is that of two white women having
sex with each other. And the psycho of
the tale has definite problems withqueers-he's always calling waiters "fags"
and imagining their deaths (and since 90
percent of the book takes place in restaurants, this is a commonplace). He calls
his business colleagues "fags." He obsesses on watching two women "doing it."In the East and West Villages,
where queer. visibility is at an all-time
high, queer-bashing is also at an all-timehigh. Uptown, it takes a different fonn:
Like a scene out of American Psycho,
queers are being skewered like so manymartini olives at the cocktail parties ofthe liberal literati, where people whoshould know better are defending thisnew wave of literary bashing, as if to dootherwise would invoke the Gulag.
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us who have experienced other forms ofpolitical betrayal and abandonment. Perpetrated under the same guise that has
been used against women for decadesfree speech, anti-censorship, the oldbook-burning dich~knee-jerk jingoism .can be readily evinced in the support of these f!lms and novels that is as
violently disturbing as their content.
,We all get queasy when words like"censorship" get raised. Few lesbian feminists can forget the bashing Andrea
Dworkin received at the hands of boththe left male press Oike the Village Voice)and the gay male press when she cameout against patriarchal pornography, condemning it as woman-hating. In fact, itwas (and is) woman-hating. So the question is: If we speak out against the lies
told about who we are, if we object tothe publication of such lies, does thatmake us Nazis? And conversely, if we
accept these lies (because w~'re afraid ofbeiilg called Nazis), does that make us
self-loathing? And have we, even for a
moment, considered the fact that men
like Ellis and Derome, who are creatingthese mythologies, are assuming that we. will accept the abuse rather than protest?
And who accepts these portrayals, of us?
The same people who watched as Jews
and other "undesirables" were marchedto the concentration camps?
The onslaught of these Viciously
anti-queer portrayals and the distorting of
the reality of seria1 killing in the generallandscape of the epidemic of violence, in
the US is reminiscent of the terror of the'80s over alleged missing children. In
another tactic guaranteed to inspire
queer fear and violent homophobia, a
new myth about missing children was
createQ: They were being spirited awayfrom loving parents by queers who,
vampire-like, had no other means ofacquiring new blood for the queer
legion. But the reality (then and now) of
missing children in the us is that they
are abducted by parents in custodyfights or worse, murdered by their own
parents and claimed as missing. Fewerthan 40 children have been abducted bystrangers in any year since 1974 (whenstatistics were first kept by the FBO.
Serial killings are on the rise in theUS, and the victims are women. Almost
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST-Comfort~Colin(left) and Lambs' Jame Gumb (above),.,,

all serial murders are also sex crimes:
ra~ , and mutilations. It is heterosexual
men-not gay men-who arepetpetrating these crimes. In creating a new
mythology about who is killing these ,women and why (allegedly because thekillers want to be women), blame is shifted from the real killers onto an established and accepted social pariah-thequeer. This new mythology is perfectbecause in it the two lowest forms ofsocial ~enand queer5--QCe disposed of. Women continue to be victimized, but their victimizer is, in fact, anothersocial victim. In this scenario, womenand,queers are pitted against each other, bothliterally and literarily. It is divide and conquer at its rnost elemental and destructive.
And as the debates refuel over these films
and books, the loudest dash has beenover who is most oppressed by them,
women (the victims) or gay men (thevictims turned victimizers).
It is not, therefore, surprising that thesame voices that defend Ellis' mdefensible carnage against women in American
Psycho and call the feminist outcry
against it "Nazi-inspired" and, "censorial"
are also supporters of the queer-bashing
and woman-killing in Lambs, Comfort,
Instinct and Loop. Queer-bashing has
found a new venue, as well as a newsocia-political rationale. As the debatesover these films and books continue,

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by Liz Tracey
Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho
generated so much pre-publication publicity, comment and aiticism that many
. periodicals have seen fit not to review it:
They pre-review it. (Note: The Village
Voice's Mim Udovitch wrote a truly
excellent review.) Much of the comment
focused on the, graphic violence,' practiced with such indifference, on women,
homeless people, a child, a cab driverand, twice, actually upon members ofprotagonist
Patrick
Bateman's "social cirde." There are roughly
23 murders by thiscount, some of which
are described in greatand nauseating detail, while the rest are
mentioned merely jn passing. By natureamoral, Bateman illustrates less the
seductiveness of evil than its banality.
If we take Ellis at his word, thebook is an "anti-greed tract" that exposes
the dangers of compulsive consumerism
and an identity founded in possessions.
(Amencan Psycho lends a whole newmeaning to the phrase "business as
usual.") Senseless violence against
women is certainly no stranger to Ellis'
work-Less Than Zerotrots out snuff movies,
forcible rape of minors
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American Psycbo uses so many of these',self-conscious devices
interminable
lists of brand names, an omniscient narrator who is sometimes wrong, characters unable to distinguish among, themselves--that any straightforward "moral"tale he has set out to tell falls beneaththe weight of the tools used to build it
In at least two cases, a sort of jealousy seems to motivate his murders, but,of course, we never really know why hehas killed anyone-and
therein lies thehorror. Where psychological or horror
thrillers at least present you with a casehistory that would seemingly generate amurderer, Ellis has omitted any case history. Bateman is without motive andwithout a past. And thus Ellis seems to
be reaching for that generation-:defining
gesture he tried in previous work-thatthe twentysomethingsof this country , feel,
nothIDg except empty and will go to any
lengths to fill the void. This would bean achievement , if it succeeded. .
In Patrick Bateman, Elljs)'1as created the "straight, white male underfire"-acharacter who loathes thatwhich is different from himself and, perhaps, if just given the opportunity, will
perfonn horrendous acts of cruelty toreassert his power. This is nothing new
to anyone who does not ~hare in thatpower-bias
violence, rape, domestic
violence are constant reiterations of thisdynamiC. Every ad: of violence is committed against someone who is not
Patrick Bateman-women,
a gay man,people of color or those simply unable
to speak English are all dispatched in asudden blaze of blood and gore which
would probably excite many \readers in
the Aryan nation or the White House.
Bateman's division of women into avilgin-whore dichotomy is so dear as tobe trite. The only person who ever'notices him becoming unglued is his girlfriend; the only women he can have sex
without murdering (or vice versa) arethose of his dass. The rest are, quite literally, "whores" --in the course of the novel
he mUrders at least eight call girls, whom
he hires to have sex with each other andthen joins only to kill for his pleasure.
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'tY, but the 'aQorting ofa subsequent murder
only .setVes to com,plicate Bateman's Sexual proflle. wpen
another Wall Streeter whom he plans tomurdedn'a bathroom (Bateman is sleeping with the man's girlfriend and thinks iteasier if he is out of the way), mistaking
the grip. on his throat as a sign of lust,
confesses his love to Patrick and asks him
to do the same, Ellis offers his protagonist
a rather different reaction. Considering
that, pages before, he had murdered agay man and his dog simply for stoppingand chatting, we expect this offer to elicit
an especially grisly and maniacal
response from our killer-yet he doesnothing. Two. scenes later, Patrick runs
into him shopping, and there are threatsof violence made, but no action taken.
Asking why may only bring you to theconclusion that this man is just too much
like Bateman to be killed.
Ellis' earlier works, Less Than Zeroand The Rules of Attraction, had bisexu-

al protagonists and made little, if any,
distinction between peoples squal orientationS, except, of course, in the caseof lesbians-they are never seen except
as something to get away from. Sex isrecreation, as are drugs, alcohol, dubs
and music. American Psycbo takes Ellis
into a repressed territory where safersex becomes rage-inducing (of course,
you only practice it with "good" girls)
and AIDS is discussed as somethingwhich is the fault of a certain "other."
Whether Ellis is retreating from anearlier laissez-faire attitude about sexuality, his characters having now "grownup" and submitted to the heterosexual
nonn, or expressing his own unresolved
sexual tensions now in the shape of
Bateman's savagery, remains unanswered. But as part of a generation hehas descriped as "wizened yet dUeless,"
Ellis may want to begiri getting a due
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HALFWAY HOME by Paul Monette. Crown. $19.95 cl. 262 pp.

by James Waller
Halfway Home is Paul Monette's
fourth book about AIDS in as· many

years. His first-Love Alone, a poem-cydeof 18 elegies, and Borrowed Time, an
autobiographical work disguised as amemoir-reconstruct the horror of the illness and death of Monette's lover of ten
years, Roger Horwitz. Although I don't
care much for Monette's hyperactively
enjambed poetic style and haven't a great
deal of intrinsic tolerance for the gilded
particulars-"high-toned"
take-out food,Jaguars, autumn vacances in Tuscanythat decorate the lifestyles of the uppermiddle-class gay men who inhabit the
Hollywood Hills, I found both thesebooks fearful, which is to say, worthwhile, reading. Their gape-eyed attention~o the hellish minutiae that dominate ahousehold invaded by the plague andmad awareness of the dread that cancome completely to occupy a life thathas been touched by AIDS are chillingand, finally, illuminating.
They are ragged andunpretty works, and, nomatter how many sentimental yearnings they
. may express, they are too

angry and aggrieved to be sentimental.
This raw, unforgiving vision isincreasingly blurred in Mone~te's two
novels about AIDS-Afterlife, publishedlast year, and this new one. Make no mistake, Monette is a clever writer. He ismaster of. a certain kind of setpiece-likethe Thanksgiving dinnerscene that setVes as the dimax of Aflerlife-m which he invents a situation andthen, with a great deal of relish, throws
his characters into it to see what they'll
do. These carefully made works are,despite their subject matter, often fun toread This, however, is just their problem:
their well-lmitted-ness won't abide anyloose threads, and their fabric is too tightly woven to let us see dearly the suffering body beneath.
A tale of three "AIDS widows" andhow they come to grips (or don't) with. the losses that have stunted their lives,
Afterlife is written in the omniscient third
person, demanding that the author get -.....
inside his several charac. ters' quite different
minds. Monette does so.brilliantly in the case of
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DO YOU EAT OYSTERS? .. Jn an uncharacteristic move toward authenticity, if not anticensorship, the just-released Spartacus, starring Kirk Douglas in frighteningly epic scale,now contains a full ten minutes of footage notincluded in the original, theatrical version. The
restoration doeS, believe it or not, bring backa steamy homo hot-tub scene. The last revamp that occasioned such queer additions
was Lawrence of Arabia. Can't wait until theygive us the real Ten Commandments .
.BORDER qROSSING ••.other Countries, New YOlk's organization of writers and artists of Afiican descent, is turning up the fireuhder their second anthology of writings. Taking AIDS as its focus,
the volume hopes to include the wOO<:c:i' both novice and established writers and to sample a diverse range of writings from poetIy
to interviews, short stories and essays. Artwork in the fann c:i graphics arid other illustr:¢ons are also sought. The editors hope to retain 'their emplms on "diversity" and are thus also extending their dead-,line until June' 15 in the hopes that Work may flow in from parts ofthe countIy not ~ represented. Managing Fditor Robert Reid-Pharr"We need to solicit works from outside the 'Black, gay\

meccas' if the journal is going to have a truly
national focus." Submissions, accompanied' bya
selfJ4ddressed, stamped envelope, sould be sent toOther Countries Journal, PO Box 3142,Church
St Stn., New York, NY 10008.
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REMIX ...Whilfsome have expressed queasiness about laTour's hit "People Are Still Having
Sex," those with the facts came forward to provide a bit of relief. Marvin Gleicher, president of
Smash Records, replied hastily to the bit of "lipservice" the song, received in OutWeek issue no. 92. Counteringthat the song's clumsy lyrics made its treatment of AIDS tasteless,
Gleicher explained, "Any reference to AIDS in the song is merely
an observation and. not meant in any way to make light of such a
serious issu,e." He then revealed that a percentage of the single's
profits are to be donated to the 1J Martell Foundation for AIDS
Research. laTour added his own serious words on sex in the'90s: "It's the number-one reason to live and becoming the number-one way to die." It'seems that, although laTour'S pen may~ot glide across the lyric sheet with grace and aplomb, his head,his heart and his wallet are ,dancing 'up the charts with all theright moves. '-compfJed by Sara.b Pettit, Patricia Lobr'
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tIer whose self-concept is constructed ofblocks of New Age dreck that he has fitted together as meticulously
as thestones in the Great Pyramid. Sonny's
self-aggrandizing, myth-y interior life is, presented
without apology or (toomuch) psychoanalysis, thereby allowing
him to escape the fonnulaic tragic andbittersweet destinies that respectively
await Dell and Steyen, the novel's othermain characters.
There isn't anything like Sonny in
Halfway Home, which is pure fonnula,and nothing and no one escapes the net
strung by its plot or its too-reasonable
narrative voice. In essence, the stOly line
is simple: A young man, Tom Shaheen,
the C()o()wner of a performance-arts th~ater and himself the perfonner of a notorious, sacreligious drag routine he calls
himself Miss Jesus is sick with AIDS
and is spending the winter resting in a
cottage on the California coast. Like
everyone, Tom has a past heaVy withunresolved conflict-which,in Tom'scase, centers on his elder brother, Brian,
who dominated his childhood. When thenovel opens, Tom hasn't seen his brotherfor eight years-not
since a violent
encounter between them at their father's
funeral, when Brian let Tom know in QO
uricertain terms that the family circle had
no room for his "little fag" of a brother.
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By the end of Halfway Homes firstchapter, Brian has unexpectedly shown,'Up at. Tom's doorstep. Something-we
don't ftnd out what till later---has gone
terriPly wrong with his married, moneyed,
suburban, Irish-Catholic,perfect life, andhe has come, in as penitent a way as his
machismo will allow, to try to repair thebreach between them. The rest of thenovel is the unfolding of the drama thatwill lead to their eventual reconciliation. .
Now, I was about to write that this _"unfolding" proceeds with all the saccharin inevitability c:i a Hallmark card, but to··do so would be inaccurate. It wouldn't
communicate, for example, just how,oomplicated the plot of this book quickly
becomes
nor the suavity with which
Monette manages each· of the plot's twists,
despite the frequent implausibility. Som~
thing of a thriller, Halfway Homes barrelful of orchestrated surprises are, however,ultimately deadening, since no one ends
up wondering what in the wodd thisentertainment has to do with the story
Monette seems to want to tell. It's anxietyprovoking in the same way as certain
made-for-1V movi~, which.must som~
how wrest a feel-good ending even out of
the bleakest catalogue of woes. The net
impression, once the tears jerked at
appropriate _moments have dried, is that
there's something dishonest about the picture of the world
that's being itlvoked. It's.
as if Monette were using his writer's tools
as weapons to fend off his intelligenceor his fears" concerning some of the,'harder, darker truths our, lives utter;

Because Afterlife is told in the third
person, its characters'. interiors aren't
forced to match their ftgures as others
perceive them, and much of the novel's
interest lives in this discrepancy.
In
Halfway Home, the reverse is true. Monettehas made a mistake, I think, bychoosing to tell this story in the-first person, because he's fmally never able' togive the character of Tom Shaheen themeasure' of coherence that would enable
one to forgive the plot's various implausibilities. The way Tom acts is often raffish, bitchy, immature, impulsive, and I
was never able to accept that this character~ attractive and unnattractive as, byturns, he is-would have the ever-articulate, reasoned, but fmally prating andsomehow middle-aged" interior voicewith which the author has supplied him.
In a piece that appeared in a recent
issue of the Advocate, Monette spoke ofhis desire, given his own HIV-infected
status, and acknowledgment of the factthat his days may be numbered,todevote himself to doing things, writing
things, that are "positive." I wonder,
though, whether that's really a business ,that a novelist should set himself to. To
stirtwith such an agenda might makewriting a kind of fill-in-the-blanks; therapeutic exercise, and even a talented writer might then produce a book as whitebread-pat as this one.'"

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by Madame X•

THE REAL RAMONA by
Throwing Muses(4AD/Warner),Throwing Muses' songs have always
dealt with rage and sorrow; they draw

INVASION OFntE MAntEMAnCIAN$-Lydia

the few outfits with an immediately recognizable sound. I only wish Tanya
Donnelly (who also plays in the Breeders) would contribute more: Her song
"Not too Soon" is perfect pop, a '90s
version of the '60s girl groups, minus
the victimization.

Tomkiw and Don Hedeker are Algebra SuicideIm~ntal landscapes, but fucked-up ones.
Main singer Kristin Hersh's cries havequieted, but it doesn't mean that her
inner demons have disappeared: She justlearned to channel them, instead of letting them slowly destroy her.
After a disappointing
album(Hunkpapa), Throwing Muses are backwith what may be their most balanced
work. The band's early, rickety soundhas evolved into something morecoherent, because everybody's got to growolder and learn to play at some point.
The song fits more into a verse! chorus
structure, but it doesn't mean that theband got mainstreamed; they are one of

FREEDOM AND RAIN by..JuneTabor and the Oyster Band (Rykodisc)
June Tabor is a legend on the
English folk circuit. She became famouswhen she recorded several albums with
Maggy Prior, in the early 70s, under themoniker of the Silly Sisters. Since then,her low, throaty voice and her a cappella interpretations
have been muchadmired. Her reputationin the US is fmallyoutgrowing the small circles of English folk aficionados,
and thisalbum, recorded withthe veteran "folk-punIC' Oyster Band, isTabor's most pop. Trad!tional pie~essuch as "Dark-Eyed Sailor" are next topumped up versions of Billy Bragg's"Valentine's Day Is Over" and the Velvet
Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties,"
and the result is quite enchanting.
Fans of female vocals should also
check out Mouth Music. Martin Swan
and Talitha Mackenzie perfonn in Gaelic and offer an intriguing mix of bareddown ditties and almost-dancey numbers. The result is comparable to Dead
Can~Dance,
thoughless self-consciously
purist and dour.

BEYOND THE
BEYOND by ?the Weathermen (Mute)
Imagine the Pet
Shop Boys with chops
and a taste for prilnks,
and you've got theWeathermen,
who,
after three albums,
show no sign of slowing down. Though
they're often dumped
into the "industrial" category, their sound ismuch more listenerfriendly
andfun:
Chuck B and Jimmy
Joe Snark III aren't
afraid of a bad pun (asong is tided "Uzi Does It") and whip out somepretty catchy numbers.
Deee-lite is fun, don't
read me wrong, but if
you get tired of their
happy-go-lucky optimism, the Weathermen, these cynical, little devils, are waiting for you right around the comer.

PEEL SESSIONS by
Slouxsle and the Banshees (Dutch East India)
Recorded live in 1977 and 1978,
before the band had any records out, thisQ) rips and roars. Siouxsie, high priestessof Gothic hordes, is at her rawest here,.....
and her versions of "Suburban Relpase,"-'"Hong Kong Garden" or"Helter Skelter" haven't
aged one bit. Next time, I
want to lure a 16-yearold punkette into my lair,
I'll use this as bait.
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FAT AXL by Silverfish(Touch & Go)
Not bad for a British band, I caught
myseIf thinking. This album is a nice, Iitde bundle 0' hate and venom, spat out
by a woman named ~lie, who fulfills
my most reprehensible fantasies: "Giveme a gun, I feel like I want to kill somebody." Don't tell me you've never feltthat way after walking by a construction
site. Fat Axl is much better than its general genre (grunge rock) due to its
heavy, fuzz-laden sound and melodies.
Not to mention a nice sense of humor,
with a jackhammer version of the rap.
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CITY: NelV York

CLUB: ClubPara1le1(Sunday Teay, Crazy
Nanny's (Sunday Teay
1. "Wh.... the St.... ts Hav. No Nam." by the Pet Shop Boys

2. "What Com.s Aft.r

DREAMY by Beat Happening (Sub Pop)
Beat Happening are Calvin, Brettand Heather, from Olympia, Wash.
They're ignored even by most college
radio stations, I guess-maybe because
they're not cool enough. But they don'tseem to care: They stubbornly refuse tolearn to play their instruments, won't hirea bass player and keep writing songs like
"Hot Olocolate Boy" and "Fortune-Cookie Prize." Usually described as innocent
or childish by critics who think theyknow better, B~at Happening were
never that cartoonish. It's just that people
mistake their apparently simple song
structure for amateurism. In ,other words,
Beat Happening are the most misunderstood band in AIDerica.
Onstage, Calvin looks like a spastic
Ted Bundy. Heather is shy, and her ears
grow really red when she plays drums(this I find attractive). She looks likeshe'd rather be at the library. Unlike
many alternative bands, they have a lotof female fans, who all look like they
still live with their parents. Beat Happening's songs 'are about love, sex andobsession. They're wild teenage rock 'n'roll, while at the same time being thefurthest thing from it.
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MUSIC FOR PETS (EP, K)
and SAVVY SHOW STOP. PERS (Cargo) by Shadow
Men on a Shadowy Planet
Instrumental surf music made in
Toronto, Canada. The Ventures live!
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
once wrote a song for the WinterOlympiCS in Calgaty-neediess to say, it
wasn't selected. This is a shame,because these three guys are campy as,.

3. "Unchaln.d

Goodby." by R.sp.ct

M.lody"4. "Living In Anoth.r

by Twiggy

World" by Talk Talk

5. "Anthm" by N..Joi.

6. "I'v.

Be.n Thinking About You" by London B.at,

7. "This Is Your Life" by Band.ras

8. "Gypsy Wom.n" by Crystal Waters
Goodby." by Assoclat.s
10. "FAC 284" by Vlnq.y RI.ly
9. "What Com.s Aft.r

hell, and what could be more homoerotic than men and women in tight ski
outfits? They did write the theme of
HBO's Kids tn the Hall, though.
On the EP Music for Pels, our men doa brilliant "Baby Elephant Walk," but all
the good stuff is on the album, as HenrY
Mancini meets the Beach Boys meet the
Cramps. This is the perfect party record.

ALPHA CUE by Algebra
Suicide (Body/Antler)
Lydia Tomkiw_ and Don Hedeker
live in Chicago but are Virtually unknown in the United States. MoSt of
their recorded output, save fota 1986
compilation, has been available only in. Europe. Tomkiw's deadpan delivery has
prompted comparisons to Lydia Lunch
and Laurie Anderson, -but I wouldn't
like to give the impression that she is a
derivative, because she isn't.
Tomkiw's themes are often morbid, .
but they're carefully checked by her con(ise, precise words. Hedeker, who teaches statistics in his spare time, provides a
subtle musical counterpoint to Tomkiw's
lyrics. On Alpha C~ the songs flow fluidly, and their smooth, polished rhytluns
invade your subconscious without youreven realizing it. Algebra Suicide is asmart band, for people

who like a little

brains in their daily diet.

THE PRINCE OF WALES
by Devine/Statton(Rockville)
In 1980, Alison Statton was inYoung Marble Giants, and never has
any band been described so well by its
name. The Welsh trio's music was economical yet eloquent, frigid yet emotional-underthe black cover of their
one and only album (recently reissued
on CD by Rough Trade) was thewhitest music one could dream of.
Later Statton sang in Weekend, a coolnco-jazz ensemble akin to early Everything but the Girl, only to disappear
from the public eye. Fans were getting
restless, until the apparition of thisalbum, out in 1989 but only now available in the US (another, Cardiffians, isalready out in Europe.) '!be Prince ofWales is a quiet, acoustic reverie, andAlison Statton, paired with Ian Devine,
even raises her voice on a couple ofoccasions. The acoustic cover of New
Order'S "Bizarre Love Triangle" proves
once and for all that there are actual
songs buried under the state-of-the--art
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arl Ie"JULIAN CLARY. The Ballroom.' 253 W. 28th St. Through May 12. Tues·
day through Saturday at 9 pm, Friday and Saturday at 11:15 pm and Sun·days at3 pm.
by Jonn Wasser
Camp, people say, is resurging.
Kinny Gardner recently finished a successful run at Eighty-Eight's, Jay Rogers
returns next month,and the atte Berlin
revue continues to sell out the Duplex.
This illustrious art, a mainstay of the J
homosexua~ experience combining
inspired quips and esCapist glamour, hasgarnered a growing legion of new fans.

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The hourlong
show could be 'regard.~
ed as' anattempt
atcreating a- surrealistic.
homosexual fantasy world The elements
are all present a vinyl bodysuit, studded
dog-collars and fairy dust appearing at
the obligatory moments. On the other
hand, Clary's cross-dressed outrageous
Ziggy Stardust persona may just mask acertain insecurity. Both theories would
have their proponents, but the answer--•(Seeµ1s that when Clary began p~rfOrming, his faithful dog" Fanny, acted'. ....'"'"
as his Stage partner. "The Joan Collins
Fan Club," as they billed, the~elves,
meandered around the London COmedy Club circuit until Fanny's unexpected early retirement.)
It is perhaps for this reason, and atouch of nervousness, that the act failed
when Clary had nobody to work with.
All singing attempts yielded a tenible dissonance. Clary's voice ,is an endearing
cross between a frog and the late Rex
Harrison. The performer doesn't
sing or,even rhythmically speak-be "talks" hissongs. While Clary may be faulted forvarious artistic choices (his repertoire
included "Rhinestone Cowboy" and"Que Sera Sera"), his worst mistake waschoosing the Ballroom, a venue ill-suitedfor this type of show. When next at bat,
Clary would be best advised to Choose asmaller borte. The audience-intimacy
issue would be easily rectified and theprices more in line:'"usc,

RED SCARE ON SUNSET. Pre·sented by Charles Busch. Directed, by Kenneth Elliot. WPA Theatre.'
519 W. 23rd St. (212) 206-0523.
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by Michael Paller
Late in Charles Busch's new play,

Red Scare on Sunset, the glorious Julie•,

FAIRY DUST

Julian Clary spreads the word.

'But beneath the mercury-coated barbs
and designer-style costumes lies intelligen~ and pointed commentary reflecting the performer's relationship withsociety, as a whole the gQ<Xl,the bad,,the gay and the' straight.
Hot on the heels of Kinny GardnercOmes another. Brit, Julian rl,,",~lt who has
pitched his cabaret tent on Anierican
campground Clary'sshow at the Ballroom
is a pastiche of double entendres, songs
arid good taste gone astray. A British
comedian ·and TV
personality, he relies
heavily on chatterand patter, British
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probably lies somewhere in the middle.
Making his entrance to the blare of
the Gone With the Wind theme, Clary
welcomed us to an 'evening of "premature theatrical ejaculation." He then spent
the initial 15 minutes nervously tellingjokes and searching for a sparring partnerfrom the audience. Finding tWo, he grew
more, confident, and the bawdiness began to flow.
Cary's other, more immediate partner
in cabaret crime is Russell OlUmey, his (literaJJy) straight man
and accompanist.
An .accomplishedpianist, Churney fe<;llines 'to the star
. with inspired

ease.

Halston crinkles up what she has of anose and says: "Ideas are dangerous!
Squish 'em!" summing up what could
be taken as Busch's attitude toward theintellectual life in his previous work.
Ideas? Not on your life, kids-thisiscomedy. And while Red Scare on Sunset is as funny a piece as Busch has
written, it has who"d have thought
it?-ideas, too.
It is easy to see how Red Scare on
Sunset could be misunderstood. Set in
Hollywood during the blacklist years,
the heroine is not a brave actresssacrificing her career to defy HUAC. Mary
. Dale (Busch) is a musical-comedy star
without any political awareness' who--..
uncovers a Communist plot to take over
Hollywood. After neatly dispatching it,. she marches on Washington to denounce fellow travelers~includingFrank Taggart (Arnie Kolodner), who
happens to be her husband.
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by Cathy Appal
It was so dark~when we crossed the bridge
I couldn't see the river. I didn't feellike talking. We'd slept after making love,
had a late dinner in Harvard Square.
On the flight into Boston I'd been airsickduring landing the Jehovah's Wibless on my left
passed out literature, insisted
my stomach was a question of religionbut when you picked me up I felt fme.
Your husband was out of town.
We ordered ftsh.
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I would have liked to tell you such a secretwe'd be friends for life. We shareda piece of key lime pie, and my silence
made you anxiouS'
so I talked to the waiter.
I believe the story I wanted to tell you
isn't exactly in the Bible but should be.

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Coming out of your bedroom,
watching you button your coat,the mechanical silence of the elevator,
the crisp air on the streeteach detail was a frame in a motion picture
winding ahead, leaving
the crucial moment, the one before
you and I walked out into the light~fIlled hall,that instant when something passionate
stuck in my throat.
It was a feeling of Ruth
that came to me of gleaning barley in the ftelds--her devout senSe of place.

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Degree Program in Social Work andDance Therapy atHunter College. Herpoems have appearedin journals such as
Poetry East, Prairie 'Schoonerand New
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with barely enough dimension to standup-appear,things get dicey. The
blacklist was, after all, no laughing matter. People lost their livelihoods for having political thoughts. We're supposed
to cheer the likes of Mary Dale? Or her
best friend, Pat Pilford (Halston)-afrightening radio comedienne, part
Hedda Hopper, part George Jesselwho fires employees on the air ifthey're the slightest bit pink? ("Don't
worry about him," she snorts about one
ex-employee. "He can always get another job-at the Moscow Art Theater.")But, wait, just what is the Bolshevik ftve-year plan for show biz? The
Red devils envision a Hollywood built
on an ensemble system, with no starbilling. Special lighting for actresses
would be banished, flattering filters on
camera lenses forbidden. Most hOrribly,
the enemies of the American Way plan
to expunge the fabled Freed Unit,
which produced all the great MGM
musicals- of the '50s-and where Maryis currently filming a musical of the life-of Lady GodiVa.
As should-but may not--be clear
be clearthese meanies are not to betaken too earnest1y-any
more than are the rabidRed-baiters, despairing
homosexuals,
sinister
Method actors or the restof the grotesques who

populate the very skewed- world of Red
Scare on Sunset. Just as Busch's previ~
ous play, The Lady in Question, was asend-up of anti-Nazi films of the '4Os,
this new piece mocks the anti-Communist propaganda fllms that Hollywood
churned out as late as the early '60s.
There is nothing in the play that is
not distorted, beginning with B.T.
Whitehill's set, which makes The Cabi-_
net of Dr. Galigari look like a model ofcity planning. Taggart is the lone representative of the ordinary world (and hehas the FBI after him). The rest-per-'fonned by the strongest cast to open a
Busch play in New York-are bent or
warped at various--odd angles. Halston's Pilford (whose motives are not'so much patriotic as pragmatic) ..is, byturns, a big, brassy dame and a simpering doormat-unlovableand impossible to dislike. Kolodner, the perennial
Zeppo Marx of Busch's world, brings
an appealing
simplicity and Joel
McCrea chin to his lonely task. 'As Malcolm, the gay butler whose various
careers are destroyed ftrst by Pilford
and later by the Communists (whoblacklist him from every hair salon in
Hollywood),
Andy Halliday
does his best
'work yet in 'a
Busch play. Mal, colm has hispathetic moments but manages to summon his shred of dignity and defiance-before
he is snuffed out.
Indeed, everything here, under Kenneth Elliott's direction, seems just a bit
deeper than usual. Could it be that theunderlying seriousness of Red Scare on
Sunset has brought out colors thatBusch's Theater in Limbo company
hasn't used before?
Oh, yes, Charles Busch. His com'mand is so sure and effortless that he isin, ,constant danger of being taken for
granted. He is outrageous, of course,
but his decidedly unrealistic, oversizedacting rings true because it is grounded
in a very specific, personal reality. Acting and playwriting are masks which
reveal the face underneath, and beneaththat Honey Girl 350 wig, makeup anddress is a perfonner more serious than
he would have us believe-perhaps
more serious than he would have himself believe. Is Busch becoming political, ,making a serious statement about
threats to personal expr.ession? It's difficult to say. "I'm really so unpolitical," hedeclared in a recent interview in thismagazine, only to say later, "I think that,just by who I am, it's political." There
are many ways of being political in thetheater. And in Red Scare on Sunset,
Charles Busch proves that he can makea point -as well as a joke and compre~neither.T•

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researchers and treatment activists. The
phase-II will be a "salvage", protocol for
160 people with HIV-related neurocognitive symptoms who have failed othertherapies. Those who respond poorly
will be switched to an "open-label" annof the study in which they will receive
the drug for at least six months.

SCHOOL'S OUT••••

Azithromycin, clarithromicyn, itraconazole and ddC are available mostrequire a doctor's prescription-from the
PWA He3Ith Group at 31 West 26th St in
New York City; or call (212) 532-0280.
Peptide-T is available through the Los
Angeles Buyer's Oub at (213) 748-1143. T
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rve described. But a strong challenge tothe marriage laws has high symbolic
value for our community. A recent decision by the legal groups to throw theirsupport behind those marriage cases thatare being filed by members of our community is a pragmatic response to the
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more general policy against disaimination by the government-rhetoricreinforced by the OC Court of Appeals' 1987
decision about gay student groups at
Georgetown University-it is not clearthat the law applies to this issue at all,since issuing marriage licenses does not
squarely fall within the range of activities
covered by the law.
Even if the law did apply, one must
remember that Congress has legislative
authority in the District. A court ruling infavor of Dean and Gill would probably
be qUickly overturned by legislation, and
it is possible that the legislation would
not be so fIne-tuned as merely to statethat the "gay rights law" does , not apply
to marriage licenses. A ruling that a sexual orientation-discrimination
ordinancecompels recognition of same-sex marriages might lead to wholesale repeal, notonly in DC but in other jurisdictions as
well. It alsO,might be a powerful barrier
to enactment of new gay rights laws.
Since marriage is a matter of state, rather
than local, law, opponents could argue
that a vote for gay rights is a vote for gay
marriage, a step for which state legislators
may not be ready.
It .is net hard to understand why our
major legal groups have opposed thiscase, in light of the highly spec.ulative
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words, the sisters were doing it forthemselves as well as for others. Whenthe straight men got pompous, the sisters
read them.'
For as long as this struggle continues, Graduate Center gay and lesbian students will be going to QJNY-wide meetings and rallies and setting the example
of effective queer activism, so thatyounger students
can learn to . respect and,work with us, thereby learning to also
work with their own queer peers. Gonzalez suggested saying: "You're here for the
student strike? So am I. I'm queer," so that
we make sure that our contribution is notunderestimated. Nor, as we march andpicket and we occupy and we sit-in
against an indefensible attack on public
education, will activist dykes and fags
underestimate the contribution that thisstruggle
has made to our own radicaliza.
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tion, to our own coming out and ourown taking action. As striking dyke student Joan Parkin said, "There have always
been gays and lesbians within politicalmovements. We see so many of us now
because coming out has become politically advantageous as a subversive way of
dismantling the system. But coming out
within a political movement is only a subversive, radical action if that radicalism
isn't co-opted, but rather infused with thestreet activism that's so necessary for its
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women alike. It's also boy-friendly. Then
there's Snatch (Saturdays at Oub Deco,
521 Uukin) and Faster Pussycat (Thursdays at FIrehouse 7, 16th near Valencia),
the pet .projects of Downtown Donna.
Where the rude girls roam, boys are welcome if they behave.
There's more than this list, but I

won't pretend to objectivity .. If all el~
fails, there is always the Stud, at 9th andHarrison streets. With no door charge
except on Fridays and Saturdays, it's oneof the few dance bars open all week,
and one of the residences for the nonscene. The patrons are mostly fashion
fall-outs, people lying low for a while,and others either too apathetic to chaseparties or who somehow didn't know
there was somewhere else to go. For a .
decent no-attitude kind of place, visit theStud-Mondays and Tuesdays are suggested nights.
The other non-scene stars are Cafe
San Marcos, known locally as the lesbian
airport lounge, at Market and Castro
streets, and the Detour, on Market Street
between Castro and Noe. Both feature
good music, dim lighting and pool tables,
but Cafe San Marcos gets extra points for
its huge, soft chairs.
The un-scene stay at the Bagdad
Cafe on Market Street at 16th. Open 24
hours and featuring two walls made ofwindows, it is the best place to duck thescene and the non-scene. Popular withbar staff, off-duty drag queens and go-go
dancers, it combines the private and the
public with 24 hours of free coffee refills.
lan~

Accommodations are allover, but
the three best for cost, ·location andqueerness
are the Metro Hotel 'on
Divisadero Street at Page, the Pension on,Market Street near Franklin
and the Trav.
elodge on Market between 16th and 15thstreets. All feature rooms for under $50 .
per night and are centrally located.
When you get to the Golden Gates,
don't say no one warned you. All the
buses and subways are 85¢, and with thebus you get a transfer you can use twomore times. Walgreen's Drugstore at Castro and 18th streets is open 24 hours forcigarettes, razor blades, dental dams,
condoms and surgical gloves, along with
$3 lipsticks and a Diet Pepsi. Remember,
San Francisco is a glamorous town, andglamour is always cheap and best in dim,. lighting. And always carry ID, even if it's
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Twelve Gay Plays; One Good Sh()w
What· flfSt drew me to this show.
aside from the blunt title, ·was the guerillapool"" campaign a1 the >1Ieets, Anything
thar is able to aIfroru so dearly and quick,, Iv will hopefully be an eye<>pener. Then:'s
something to please and disturb
ev<sy gay '""" in 1IomoslroJaI Ads.
a collection of twdve short plays,
each deftly direaed by Rich Rubin.
What could be a slipshod variety
show insread becomes a gallery ofdiverse talents and views from writ,ers willing to go beyond the us laJ"acoept me, please" mentality c:i too

many gay plays,

all he!s are .given the go ahead to makemore queers.
While Roben Panidc's "The Way We
War" is topical regarding the Iraq War, it

body's llttIe Boy:
AI:Ja Ted Scnecal is brilliant in thediversity c:i roles, bopping from aachetygrandma to errant miry to carnivorous

comes off as a plain stated PSA, nevercloset ca.sc businc&:uan in a single scenechange,John Cerna shines in VIClDr
Bumbalo's 'Show" as a manic I

preis! locked up in a Catholic
sanitarium. His intense mono.logues are interSpersed with
teOOIded vocal glorias, allelujahs
and brief sexual moments withhunky asylum employee Joey
(Lcslie Roberts), He recoonIS hisfrustration with his search for
God as bis Carposi's Sarcoma
lesions flOW, spurring his superiors to imprison him. not un1ike
many other saints. Bumbalo's
father Michael is a male joan c:iI

Familiar themes of violence
and abuse are given unUSl131 twistsin ~AI Pacino Look" (How todisempower a mugger), DanielCurzon's"S & M" (Where did it

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Jerusalem) and "One Man's Opinion" (llogosiarHIyIe monologue ofstart?

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approaching tne true firework., twO gay
me;n can work up while on opposite
sides of the Prol Anti War debate,
Bil Wright's "Mollier Father Lover
Man" pushes into pOetic performancewith a swift beauty, recounting the auel
and glorious first time account of ayoung.Black man, played by Tony Sal:is,in a hotel room. Salas also provides a bit,ing voice as the conscience of a guy
recovering from yet another night ofcheap sex in Robert Chesley's "Some-

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Homc=uaI AcU, 12,sbott plays byRobert Patrick, J)Qnlel Cur.zon, \llaor
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taste of Ridiculous Theatre camp
between Richard Wagner and King
Ludwig a$ they flirt and woo
aboard a tr2in, ·The Family Bar"
portrays a rev....: satire of a society thar repres es apple pie types,
The jokes fall fta~pernapo because
the n i: wge is such a bitter punch in themce, What if lliEY (;,e" your grandma,
uncle and sw~ little sister) had to ron,gregate in seedy hars and cruise spots?
111e Family Bar" is more than. comedy;i(s a auel indictment of the limits of bar
culture in New World Order !=d.
earl Morse brings joy and hope in
two similarly fertile scenes. with a preg'
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cI -w. _BBlI.,._g_ 1 2"New YOlk is perceived as being very
liberal, but we're not, and it gives us a fulse
sense of security," Assemblywoman Deb0rah Glick added., "We need to get the suppat of the Assembly, we need to get pe0ple out there to testify that they are discriminated against, and we need to mobilize
and 0fB3Ilize our support. ~"We've never had a strong enoughpolitical.presence in Albany," Darley continued "New YOlk City is already protected by legislation, so there is not a burning
desire by New YOlk City residents to sec it~. The. gay and lesbian community has
not made it a high enough priority."
According to Glick, it is going totake more gays and lesbians demanding
their rights as tax-paying citizens. "We
need more doctors, lawyers, hom~ers and 'respected' citizens to come forward and say, 'I'm discriminated against.
I'm afraid I need protection:" she said.
. Community
members
have achance to do just that during this years
lobby days, planned as part of the"March on Albany" this past weekend
Sherri Salvione, Pride Agenda's legislative
director, hopes that the "effect of sheer
volume" will help to sway legislators.
, The lobby days were organized sothat residents can address their own representatives on May 6 and May 7 andpressure them to vote for the three gay
bills currently before them: the proposed
civil rights legisi-ation, as well as adomestic partnership bill and gay-inclusive anti-bias legislation. Last year, nearly
60 people lobbied, and at least twice thatmany here expected to turn out this year.
Another channel might include
adding a clause to the effect that "NewYork state does not condone holl1aieX\lality," similar to what Connecticut lawrilakers did, in order to get more conservative
legislators to pass the bill. Dadey called, such measures "unfortunate but, ultimately, worth it if it means passing the bill."
Why -legislation of this nature has
been so long in coming in New York is
due to "a certain lack of moral fortitude,"
Sanders said "It takes very few people toprevent a bill from passing, and this is avery diverse state, in terms of upstateand d()wnstate. There is also politicalmisplaced concern as to what impact onlegislators it would have."
Glick speculated that legislators mightvote against the bill due to "personal reIi-

gious beliefs or not being willing to takethe risk-or perhap5 they are supportive,
but their seat is tenuous." Although chancesof a victory look bleak this year, due to
expected opposffion in the Senate, Glick is
still optimistic that anti-bias and gay andlesbian group5 are on the right track.
The last time a similar gay rights billcame up for a vote on the Assembly floor
was in 1985, where it passed with theminimum of 76 votes. The bill, which
was limited to housing rights, never evenmade it to the Senate floor. The only
other time a gay rights bill was voted on
was in 1983, where it failed in the
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DISTRICT
c:_ntlnu • cI 'l'rc»Bn.,._g_ 13, Chelsea and Clinton, placing the largest
concentrations of gay voters in Manhattan
into a single district. It iscurrentIy strategizing with a coalition of Asian group5 tohave the southern border of the district
moved further south, according to Darley.
The proposed District 3, released
May 1together with propcmls carving up
the other boroughs as well, runs from the
Hudson River along Cluistopher Street to
Sixth Avenue; jog> down Sixth to West 8thStreet over to Fifth Avenue; up Fifth to19th Street; along 19th to Sixth Avenue; up
Sixth to 31st Street; along 31st to Lexington Avenue, where the line makes severnl
right angle turns moving uptown, to end
at the southeast corner of Central Parkand shoots across to the Hudson River
briefly dropping down to 53rd Street. .
The overwhelmingly
white and
Democratic District 3 has a total population of 151,000 with 81,000 voters.
Carol Greitzer, the inCUIIlbeOtwho
currently represents Olelsea and the West
Vtllage, lives in the proposed district, as
does Tom Duane, the openly gay candidate defeated by Greitzer in the last election, who has already announced hisplans for another run.
The commissioners
placed thesouthern half of the West Vtllage in Manhattan's District 1 to swell the populationof the district they have drawn on Manhattan's southern tip, where many AsianAmerican and latino voters reside. That
district resembles the 61st &sembly District that put lesbian Assemblywoman
Deborah Glick in office last year.
Unable to agree on a single proposal, the commissioners have released two
separate scenarios for Brooklyn, both ofwhich combine the gay and lesbian voting
bloc in Park Slope with neighboring conservative areas. Park Slope is in District 39
in both plans, joined with Carroll Gardens
and Kensington in Version A, and placedwith Wmdsor Terrace and Kensington in
Version B.
Members of the I.ambda Independent Democrats, a political club in Brooklyn, had sought to place Park ,Slope in a
district with gay voters in Brooklyn
Heights, Prospect Heights, Cobble Hill,and Boerum. That district, however, wasviewed as unlikely.
All the lines for the 51 proposed
Coundlmanic districts may change significantly before the commission's June 3
deadline, according to Alan Gartner, thecommission's executive director. T

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emotional hanD to Sharon," the judge WItte,further chaIging that Thompson invaded
Kowalski's right to priwcy, because KowaJ&.
ki had been dOSfted prior to the aa:ident
and is a "private" person. Thompson, hewrote, is "conunitted to her own political
agenda" and "put(sl Sharon on display."
Thompson says that Kowalski herself informs people that she is a lesbian,and that she clearly requests to attend the
Gay Pride marches and lesbian gatherings to which the judge objects.
More than 1,<XX> women attending the
NaOOnall.esbian Conference, where 1han(rson W<IS a scheduled spe!ker when the em
sion GlIDe down, heard Thompson wge: "&long as we're invisible, we're vulnernble. It's
,got to bemme as pIblic as it can <XXIX!.""I'm stunned that a judge can u~
against me things like coming out,"
Thompson said tearfully. "I would've
stayed in the closet if not for this case." .
Although the judge wrote that over the
past two years, "when asked where sh~would like to live, Sharon has consistenrly
said, 'St. Ooud with Karen'." He added thatthe statement was "not tantamount to apreference of who should be her guardian,"because without short-term memory, '-.
Kowalski amnot exerose free speech.
1homp!oo slid that on Apil25, Kowalski said that she "was sad" at the cle<:Eonand W<IS "mad" that slY! could not attend the
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Opening Feb. 28. Wheelchair accessi,
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daily, 4-0 pm. For more info, contact
the Archives at (212) 874-7232,
Through May 11.
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ADVANCE LISTINGSHERITAGE OF PRIDE presents a
Community Lottary, offering, randomly
selected members of the community
the opportunity to speak for three-min·utes at the 1991 Lesbian and Gay Rally
at Union Square Park on June 29. Entry
forms are available throughout thecommunity and In various ,publications,
Submit them to HOP, c/o The Center,
208 W. 13th St, New York, NY 10011.
For more info, call (212) 691-1774,

Ca.pllld by Dill PIckLIVELY ARTS
Also S88 the daily listings for showingsof one or two days, ,LOVE CREEK PRODUCTIONS presents
Gay and Lesbian PerspectiVes, a seriesof at least 12 one·act plays featuring
gay and/or lesbian characters or"themes
related to alternative
lifestyles." The "mini-festival" is part ofan ongoing playwrighting competition
designed to provide a venue to quality
scripts dealing with gay and lesbian
themes. $10. Westbeth Theater, 151
Bank St Reservations: (212) 769-7973.
April 18 through May 6,
UPSTAIRS AT THE DUPLEX presents
Wlckad Trash Productions' B,dtlm,"1Ir111.Join them for "more tales of
ehl/ttered, splintered, spit-upon love."
Written and performed by MarianGoldst.ln,
Scott Kln'g and Jason
Kordal!!s. Directed by Simon Fill, $7
cover/2 drink minimum. 59 Christopher
St Mo at 8 pm. Reservations: (212)255-5438. Throug~ May 6.
THE PERRYSTREETTHEATREpreSents•
J,""y f"mllnn',
Artlflc/lIl R'lIl1ty.
Accompanied by composer Michael
John LaChlasa, Essman will present a
series of sketches featuring such characters as Stan, a recovering recovery
addict; Jean-Louis DeBris, a Frenchsxistentlalist cabaret singer; and Raye,a woman with a lover who's literally outof this world. Directed by David
Warran. 31 Perry St For reservations
and ehowtimee, call (212) 279·4200.
Through the first week in May,
J6TliE CLUB AT LA MAMA ETCpresents
Judith Sloan ,h,'I/ult II ',mlnllt andSara Cytron ,h,'I1I "111dylr8in a performance of "outrageous characters andstand-up comedy." $10/$12. 74A E. 4th
St. Th-Sa at 10 pm. Reservations:(212)475-7710. May 9-11.

DANCETliEATER WORKSHOP presents
lbe AIItatIOIII, "the wo~d's most famous,politcally active a capella men's singing
quintet." $10 or TDF voucher. Bessie
SchonbergTheate[ 219 W. 19th St Fridays
and Saturdays aU 1 pm. Reservations:• (212) 724-0077.Through May 11.

Send announcements and listings to: 159 W.
25th St., 7th floor, New York, NY 10001. Next
deadline: MondaY,May 6, for issue #99, avail,able in New York on Monday, May 13.

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Whether you're a butch or fem(lnlst), this one's for you: THE
CLUBAT LA MAMA ETCpresents JudHh Sloan sII,'s lust a t,m/nlstand Sara Cytron sh,'s alJlal dyk, In a performance of Moutrageous characters and stand-up comedy." $101$12. 74A E. 4th
St. 11I-Ia at 10 pm. Reservations: (212)475-7710. May 9-11.
Allen Ginsberg never fails to surprise us. His latest effort,
Hydro"n Juk,box, Is a collaboration between Ginsberg, composer Philip Glass and production designer Jerome Sirlin. Looklor bHs of Ginsberg past (Howl et al) as well aanew material In-an abstact ilong cycle- whose topics range from warfare to
drugs to Buddhism. Brooklyn Academy of Music. $15-$40. To at
7 pm, We-Sa at 8 pm and Su at 2 pm. 30 Lafayettl Ave.
Brooklyn. Reservations: (718) 838-4100. May 7-12.
Visil the Inaugural elblbtion of 494 GALLERY,a viewing space
showcasing the talents ~f Its 15-woman alt collective. The main
elblbHlon Is Shari Diamond's family of FrI,nds. a photographic
Installation responding to AIDS and questioning what It Is to begay. There will also be a group elblbillon by the gallery's collective. 494 Broadway. 11I-Iu from 12-8 pm. Reception: May 7
from H:30 pm. Info: (212~-925-9841. May 9 through June 2.
Appealing to more :than prurient Interests, two n.ew elblbHions
w11lnonetheless, we're sure, have fags and dykes sweating In
their combat boots. First, at WESSEL O'CONNORGALLERY, It's
LoweUNesbltt's 111, "'ai, Nud", drawings and paintings 19831991. While you're there, don't miss Alan Bonlcattl's b!lefcakey
Ima,o: new photographs. 530 Broadway. To-la from 10 am 10 8
pm. Info: (212) 219-9524. Through June 1. Then, at EVE'S GARDEN, you can see Prlnny Alavl'sJatesl effort, C"BbratlnfWom,n. If H's like her last show, you can expect to lie beaut ful pictures 01 beautiful women. Alavi will be on hand to present her poster, MH"n E"ctlon at the reception. 119 W. 57th'
St., suHe 420. Mo-la from 12-8:30 pm. Reception: May 7 from
5:36-8 pm. Info: (212) 757-8851. 11Irough June 30•,

ARTIN GENERAL presents Oul Loud:
Artllll Engulled Against War, a collaborative multi·media installation whichassembles contributed works fromartists and writers in opposition to theGulf War. Other artiste's works are also
featured In the show. 79 Walker st.
(212) 219-0473, Through May 11.

Editor, poet, playwright, actor and who knows what else: PIA
PRODUCTIONSpresents Dlscha",s and AdmIBS/ons:Flreworb,

bBrooldyn Academy of Music presents
Hydfll"n JuklbllX, a collaboration
between poet Allen Ginsberg, composer Philip Glall and production'
designer Jerome Slrlln. The work is an
abstract song cycle covering topics that
range from warfare to d rugs to
Buddhism, $15-$40, Tu at 7 pm,
We-Sa at 8 pm and Su at 2 pm. 30
Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, Reservations:(718) 636-4100. May 7-12.
TliE BALLROOM presents Julian Clary,"a self-effacing comedian who creates asurrealistic fantasy world with hiscrossed-dressed Ziggy St\lrdust persona, fast· paced barbs and sly double
entendres." $15, plus a two-drink minimum. 253 W. 28th Sl Tu-8a at 9 pm,
Fr and Sa at 11:15 pm, and Su at 3 pm,
Reserva~ons: (212) 244-3005. April 21
through May 12.
MUSICAL THEATREWORKS presents
CIII,n, ColIlI,,: 7Iro Mu,/CIl/, AbllutCol.", by Tom Jonu and Harvey
Schmidt The two parts focus on Colette
as a young girl discovering her art andas an old woman, looking back on her
liIe, and does not cover up her lesbianaffairs, $20, The Theatre at SI. Peter's
Church, 54th Street and Lexington
Avenue. Contact th811tsrfor show times:(212) 688-6022. Through May'19,
STICKY MIKE'S FROG BAR presents
David Simpatico as Vinny "Mr, Lucky"
Rocco in Carll/clld, of StIlfl. This
"psyconeurotic extraVaganza"'confronts
homophobia. prejudice, violence, para·
noia and musical comedy. $8 plus a
two-drink minimum. 6-8-10 Great
Jones St., at Lafayette SI. Th ursday,
except May 15, at 9 pm. Reservations:(212) 581·6032, Through May 23,
TliEATRE·AT-224·WAVERLY-PLACEpresents Hllmo18xulIlA~t', a series of 12
short play\!, including seven world premieres and three New York premieres.
They are: Robert Patrick's Ludwig and
Wagner. The Family Barand The Way We
War. Daniel CUl7On'sS&M. Celebrities in
Helland One Mani OpinioTT,Carl Morae's
Annunciation and Fairy Fuck-In, or A Callto the' States; Robert Chesley's
Somebodyi Utt/I! Boy, Victor Bumbalo's
Show; Bil Wright's Mother Father Lover
MaTT,and R.ich Rubin's That AI Pacino
Look. $20. We-Fr·at 8 pm, Sa at 7 and10 pm, Su at 3 and 7 pm, Tickets: (212)564-8038, Through May 26, ,EIGHTY-EIGHTS presents Sara Zahn,
performing Both Sides of Bernstein.
$10.228 W, 10th SI. Thursdays at 8
pm, Reservations:. (212) 924-0088.
ThrQugh May 30.
J6 THE WESSEL 'OCONNOR GALI-ERY

presents Lowell Nesbitt', Thl Mill'
Nudl: drawings and paintings 19631991, Also showing: Alan Bonlcattl's
Imll,lI: new photographs.
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Info: (212) 219-9524. Through June 1.

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10 My B,,'chBn, Shoolout, or HB DIBd lor BBauty, Minimum
Wa,B, FIBSh and Blood In Clnclnnall and ThB SunshlnB SlatB.
$12. Theater at 224 Waverly, between Perry and West 11th
,streets. May,6 and 7. 6, pm. Info: (212) 691-8599.

IbTEN TEN PLAYERS presents Cowardy

Cu,flfrd, a,collection of songs, readings
and scen8S from Noel Coward plays.
Featured performers are Judith Jarolz,
Anne Gartlan, Kenneth Gamer, Jeanette
Landll and Richard Bral Miller. $121$10
for students and senior citizens. Theatre
Ten Ten. 1010 Park Ave. May 10, 11, 17,. 18, 23-25 and 30-June 1 at 8 pm; andSu at 3 pm. Reservations: (212) 8797669. May 10 through June 2.

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For a mini-sampler "f new Latlna/o art, vlalt PS 122, as It prasents La Mlsm. Dnda: Latina Film, Vlde'o and Expanded
Cinema. Featured are new'lIIms Including CalB NortB y Sur, anarrative 111mby Marla Victoria Maldonado,lwllh love latina
sty!e on the Lower East Side; VIIIB Eu by Tania Cyprlano, a personal documentary an AIDS In Brazil; and playwright Lorenzo
Mans reading tram a naw script. $6. 150 First Ava. May 7. 8
pm. Reservations: (212) 477-5288.
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1b494 GALLERY presents
Shari
Diamond'i Family of Friend" a photographic installation responding to AIDS
arid what it is tei be gay. There will also bea group exhibition by the'15 womenartists who make up the gallery's collec·
tive. 494 Broadway. Th-Su from 12~ pm.
Reception: May 7 from H:30 pm. Info:(212) 925-9841. May 9 through June 2.

You might have seen them at the Nuyorlcan Cale. lbey're thehottest young poetry and prose collective around, made up
mainly of queerl who are mainly people 01 color. Now, A DIFFERENT LIGHT presants Dark Star Crew, reaillng thalr work.
548 Hudson St. May 8. 8 pm. Inlo: (212) 989-4850.
Reminisce about the good ai' days, and vlsH FIRST UNITARIAN
CHURCH ai It presents Robert Hilierty's Stop thB Church. .,Hlllerty will be on hand to lead aillnlonnal discussion following'
the 24-mlnute videa, which concerns ACT UP's Decembar 1989
action at St. Patrick's Cathedral. $2 donation. Pierrepont Street,and Monroe Place. May 10. 7:30 pm.

'IbTHE ACTOR'S PLAYHOUSE presents

RObertPltrlck'1 fb. Haum.d HOItand. Pout PtJllNn, Directed by Ertc Concklln.
Starring HlrYlY Flerltlln
and Jalon
Workman (The Hauntsd Host only), The
Haunted Host, written and set in 1964,
tells the story of a "Greenwich Village
playwright haunted by the ghost of his
young protege when the dead man's dou·
ble walks into his life: Pouf Positiveehows "a, Gre.enwichVillage playwright in
the final hour of hie life: $27.50 and$32.50. 100 Seventh Ave. S. We and Th
at 8 pm, Fr at 8 and 11 pm, Sa at 7 and10 pm and Su at 3:30 and 7:30 pm.
Reservations: (212) 691-6226 or (212)564-8038. Through June 2.

Speaking of churches, LAVENDERLIGHT GOSPELCHOIR oHerl
a more supportive 'spiritual program. Join them for ,a LiveAlbum Recording Concert (You know: lbey sing, you provide
the applause In the background). Lavender Ught maintains -thetradHlon 01 Black sacred music In an environment supportive tolesbians and gay men." The Friends Meeting House. 221 E.
15th St., between lblrd Avenue and Rutherford Place. May 15.
For time and other Info: Crystal Weston at (212) 566-4362 orCharles Brack at (212) 5116-0528.',

THE GLINES present Evan Brldenstlne'a
Hlgh·strvn, Qua",~ a comedy in which"David loves Greg, Greg loves Sally, Sally
lovee Bruce and Bruce loves David.'
Directed by LIIIII Ironl. Starring John
Carhart III, Suzanne Cryer, Dane Halland Mark Leydorf, $15, 39 Grove St, at
Bleecker. We-Fr at 8 pm, Sa at 6 and 9
pm and Su at 7 pm. Rese'rvations: (212)869-3530. Through June 9.

BLUEANGELTHEATERpresents Paglllnt,
New YolII's nightly, audience participation,
musical beauty 'contast $50 includes show
and dinner,' $30 for show only on
Tu-~2.50forshOYionly on Fr-Su, 323
W. 44th St Tu-fr at 8:30 pm, Sa at 7:30
and 10:30 pm and Su at 3:30 and 7:30 pm.
Reservations:(2i2) 262-3333.

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THE EMPIRE STATEPRIDE AGENDA presents March on Albany Wlekend. Today
is Lelblan and Gay Lobby Day. In theevening, it's a Gay-Ia Benefit Plrfor·
manci and Awardl Ceremony, featuring
lesbian performance artistHoIlj Hughll.
For complete details, contact the P~ide
Agenda at (212) 727-1291. [See May 4-7]

THE WPA THEATRE presents R.d'la"
OR Sun"t,a new play by and starring
Chari .. BUICh, ,creator of Vampire
Lesbians of Sodom and Psycho Beach
Party. Directed by Kenneth Elliott.
Starrring Ralph Buckley, Roy Cockrum,
Andy Halliday, Julll Haillon, Mark
Hamilton,
Judith Hanun,
Arnie
Kolodner. 519 W. 23rd St Tu-Th at 8 pm
and Su at 7:30 pnr-$22, Fr and Sa at 8pm and Su at 3 pm-$26. Reservations:(212) 206·0523. 'IbEVE'S GARDEN presents prtnny Alavl'aC./dratln,
Wom.n, a photography
exhibition. Alavi will be presenting her~oster, "Her" Erection at the reception.
119 W. 57th St, suite 420. Mo-Sa from
12-6:30 pm. Reception:'May 7 from5:30-8 pm. Info: (212) 757-8651.
Through. June 30.
THE CARNEGIEHAlL MUSEUM presents
its Inlullural Exhibition, featuring memorb ilia of gay Ruseian composer Peter,lIylch TchalkOYlky. Included in the exhi·
bition are pages from Tchaikovsky's original manuscripts, some of his diaries andletters, and letters to him, 881 Seventh
Ave., at 57th Street 11 am to 4 pm, Info:(212) 903-9750. Through June 30,•

men and women. 2 Hylan Blvd. Staten
Island. Th-Su. 12-6 pm. Info: (718) 8164506, Through December.

CHERRY LANE THEATREpresents David
Stavens' fb. Sum of U.. Starring RobertLanllng and Nell Maffln, Directed by
Klvln Dowling. By the writsr of Breaker
Morant; this play is about a father whotriee to help with his son's gay relationships while looking for a new wife. 38
Commerce St $27.~32.50.
Tu-fr at 8pm, Sa at at 7 and 10 pm, Su at 3 and7:30 pm. (212) 989-2020.
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THE CASTILLO CULTURAL CENTER .represents Jamel Chapman'l Our Youn,'/alk M.n A" Dying and Nobody
Slim, to Ca", a look at some of those.
THE FRIENDS OF ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE
men whose lives and deaths are reflected
present Alice AUlten: The Lalky Llle.
in drug·abuse, crime, police·brutality,
From her bio, Alice Austim sounds likealcoholism, poverty and AIDS statistics,
the Gertrude Stsin of Staten Island. Visit$20.500 Greenwich St, suite 201. Th-Sa
her house, now a museum, and see PlcaU pm and Su at 3 pm. Reservations:. tures that ehe took of upper middle clase(212) 941·5800, Through Aug, 31,

AIDS CENTEROF QUEENS COUNTYpre·
sents Nutrttlon Intervention Strateglel
with Hilin Grant, a nutrition educator,
ACQC, 97-45 Queens Blvd" suite 1220.
Rego Park. 6:30-8:30 pm. Info: (718)896·2500 or (718) 896-2985 for the
hearing impaired.
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THE MOMENTUM PROJECT presents
Rudy Staub, hosting a "special eveningof sports and celebrities." Included: asports auction featuring memorabilia
from stars of bassball, football, basketball and other sports; a wine tasting;prizes; and a private dinner with Staub
and other sporta stare, The evening bene- 'fits the Momentum Project, a nonprofit
orgainzation for New Yorl(ersliv,ng with
AIDS. $75 for the wine tasting and auc·
tion, $150 'or the tasting, auction anddinner with sports celebritlee. Rusty
Staub's. 575 Fifth Ave., at 47111Street 6
pm. Info: Deborah Skinner at (212) 2682610.

SOUTHERNERS EXlcutlve Committee
Mlstlnll at ., pm. Routine' business. All
welcome. Then; at 8,.lt's th'e Annual
Memblrahlp Meeting. You must be 'apaid member to vote. Agenda wil include
the electionof Steering Committee,mein·, bere. The Center. 208 W. 13th St Info:(212) 674~8073.;•,

WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITYCENTER presents
FriendlyEarl
Dilcuilion and Sapport Group. WACC.
Weat Hempstsad, NY. 7:30 pm, For complete details: (516) 483-2050 •. ''GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE,IN MORRISCOUNTYpresents Womyn'a Network andMln'l Ral! Group at 7:30 pm, before
their General Meetl.ng at 8:30 pm.
Toniglife guest is Loul .. Rafkln, ales·bian author writing about gay arid lesbianfamilies. 21 Normandy Heights Rd.
Morri'stown, NJ. Info: GAAMC Gay
Helpline: (201) 285-1595. 'ACT UP General MIsting. Cooper Union.
Fourth Avenue at 7th Street. 7:30 pm.
Info: (212)'564-AlDS.
IN OUR OWN WRITE Wrtter's Work.hop
for lesbian and gay writers. Workshops areheld Qnthe first and third Mondays of themonth. Pleasebring work. The Centst 208
W, 13th St 8-10 pm.,(212) 620-7310. '.
,THE KITCHEN presents itS FIHh Annual
Sptlng Benefit, featuring performances by
SlZannl Vega, Robert AlhilY andElizabeth Streb. Expect appearances by ahost of downtown and avant-garde art figunis, Inlcuding Nan Goldin, Chlrt. Allal,
John Kelly, Karen Rnley and many others.
$15 and $25 tickets are available thr~lUghlicketron at (212)94Ni850orthroughthe
Kitchen. $100, $350 and $500 tickets are
only available throuilh the Kitchen at (212)255-5793. Town Hall. 123 W. 43rd St 7:30
pm. Info: (212) 255-5793.
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PIA PRODUCllONS l'~nts
Dllt:harga
and AdmlllloR': Fireworks From FIve
Pia" by Cart Moral. Featuring scenes
from Impolite to My' Butchers, Shootout
or' He Died· for Beauty, Minimum Wage,
Flesh and Blood in Cincinnati and The
Sunshine State. $12. Theater at 224
Waverly, between Perry and West 11th
streets. 8 pm. Info: (212) 691·8599. [SeeMay 7]"THE KITCHEN presents Top Siortll, ~evening of readinge from the new City
Lights anthology Top Top Stori8S. With
readings by Glln O'Brien, Conltance
DeJong, Donna Wyazomllrskl, AlchilF/
Siraul and others. Curated by Ira
Silverberg, $6/$1 for membere. 512 W.
19th St.,between Tenth and EleventhaVenues.8:30 pm. Info: (212) 255-5793.
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TUESDAY, MAY 7'

THE EMPIRE STATEPRIDE AGENDA presents March on Albany W.. kend. The
w!!ekend concludes with more lobbying. "'-,For complete details, contact the Pride
Agenda at (212) 727-1291, [See May
4-6]
ACT UP SPANISH COMMUNICATIONSCOMMlmE presents a Blllnilual Com·
manlty Forum on AIDS. The forum isdesigned primarily for Spanish-speaking,

•people who have HIV or AIDS, who know
eomeone who hl\a HIV or AIDS or who
think thay may have contracted HIV.
Community Room. 660 Southern Blvd.
Bronx. 10 am to 12:30 pm. Info: Moiees
Agoato at (212) 956~8020, Michael
Rohrer at (212) 533-0073 or Anify Velez
at (212) 921Hl169. 'GAY MEN OF THE BRONX 'Glnlral
Mlltlng.
1 Fonlham Plaza, auite 800.
!HI pm. Info: Chria (212) 0806 (English)
or Robert (212) 882-3404.
AIDS CENTER OF QUEENS COUNlY pr&88nta an HIV Forum and dlacusslon of
AIDS laeues. ACOC. 97-45 Queens Blvd.,
aulte 1220. Rego Park. 6:30-8:30 pm.
Info: (718) 896-2500 or (718) 896-2985
for the hiaring Impaired.

Nllht. A portion of the bar proceeda will
bensfit GBS ancl Out in tbe '9011.The
Eagls. 142 ~18Venth Ave., at 21at Strlljlt
10 pm. Info: (212) 691-8451.
STEVE MpGRAW'S preeenta Carol
McCann in MOl/fly McCann, a benefit per·formance of muaic and comedy for
Equity RghtB AIDS. Plano: John DIPinto.
Acouatlc gUltsr: Icott Waklfleld. $10.
158 W. 72nd St 10:30 pm. Reservations:(212) 362·2590.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
THE GIRTH AND MIRTH CLUB preeents
NI •• IIUer Itlfflng
and Mailing. For
complete delalla, contact G&M at (914)699-7735.

AIDS CENTER OF QUEENS COUNTY pre88nts IItr ... Mlnlglmlnt;
a worieahop
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER Fin·on meditation relaxation and otheranclal Allal" Planning Meeting. 319 W.
.
atreae-management
aclivitlee.
ACQC. 97·
13th St, #3B. 7 pm. Info: (212) 206-9259.
45 Quesns Blvd., aulte 1220. Rago Park.
6:30-8:30 pm. Info: (718) 896·2500 or
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presente a(718)896-2985 for the hearing Impaired.
Health Ilmlnar: BenllH, Information.
I
129 W. 20th St, third floor. 7 pm. For
THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
more infonnation, call the GMHChoUine
presents PraJldlce and lbl "Other" NI.
at (212) 807-6655. IDD (212) 645-7470
Yorklr. The panel aska whether djffer·
for the hearing Impaired.
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8IIC88 among New Yor1cersfrom ao many
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN BUSINESS .' dlffer'ant culturea, ra~ea and cla88ea, inevitably cn;at" ,dlacord. Moderator:
Monthly Mlltlng. WEB is a networking
John Kia Wit Tchln, acting director ofgroup for leablans of all colore, cultures
the Aaian·Amerlcan
Center, Queena
and 'Ilfeetylea who own or are plilnnlng
CoUege.Paneliets: Dnld R. Jo..-, preai·bualne .. 8a. Topic: "Monay and Self·
Esteeni." $5. The Center. 208 W. 13th St
dent and CEO, Community Service
Society; Mlrtln Dublrmln,
Lehman6:3q-8pm.lnfo: (718) 237-2399.
Collge; Hlnry L. Feln.old,
BaruchCollege; and II .. ra llnUago, president
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY
of Hoatoe Community. College. 57. 170
CENTER preaents Lublanl
In HeallhCentral ParieWeet. at 77th Street 7 pm.
Carl I.pport
Groap. WACC. West
Info: (212) 873-3400.
, Hempstead, NY. 8 pm. For complete
detaila: (516) 483-2050.
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INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE preaenta
PATH 'Imlnerl:
Thl Body· Mind
PS 122 ~nts
U MI"". Ondl. LatinoConnection, Tonight's topic: "learning toFilm, Video and Expanded Cinema.
Diaclpline Our88lvea." Seminar leader:
Featured are new films indudlng Cafe NortePeterHendrickaon, PhD, psychologist $7
y Sur, 1\ narrative film by Marla Vlctolfl
per cIaee (acholal8hipe available). IYI. 227
Maldonado, with love Latina IItyle on the
Lciwllr Eaet Side; Viva Eu by Tanll'If. 13th St7:3(H} pm. (212) 929-0586.
Cyplflno, a personal documentary on AIDSIn Brazil; and playwright Lorlnzo Mini
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre~ents Poel Night. Featuring free pool,
reading from a new ecnpl$6. 150 R~/We.
ping pong, billiards, air hockey and8 pm.
Reeervalior.:(212) 477·5288.
.
.
ahooting hoopa at.Brownatone Billiard.
Seventh Ave. at Flatbush. Afterwaroa;
PIA PRODUCTIONS preeents 01•• ,,_relax at the RoOll Seventh Avenue at 8th.ni Aimlu/on,: Flre.olt, From Five
Street. The evening begins at 8 pm.
Pia,. by Carl Mo"e. Featuring scsnea
Please call 24 hours In advance to con·from Impolite to My ButchBfB,Shootout, orHe 0iBd for Beauty, ,Mltimum Wage, flBfIhfinn ali SAL actIvitles: (718) 965-7578.
and Blood In Cincinnati and The Sunshine
State. $12. Theater at 224 Waverly,
THE LESBIAN AND GAY TEACHERS
betwesn Perry and West 11th strests. 8
ASSOCIATION Planning Mlltlng. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St 8 pm. Info: (718)
pm. Info:(212) 691-8599. [See May 6),
258-4102 or (718) 626-4699.
TWENTYSOMETHING presents a RIp
A DIFFERENT LlGHTpra8ente Bait 1,lr
Grolp, diecuaeing "Relationships." The
Center. 208 W. 13th St 8 pm. Info: Perry
Crew, reading their po8try and prose. 548
Hudson St ~ pm. Info: (Z12) 989-4850.
Roth at (212) 242·3038.

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THE COAUTION FOR LESBIAN AND GAYRIGHTS Genlral Meellng. The Center.
208 W. 13th St8 pm. (212) 627·1398.
CELLBLOCK 28 presente an Underwelr
and JDCbtllp Plrty. 28 Ninth Ave., downatalrs, between 13th and 14th atreete.
00018 open 8 pm. Info: (212) 733-3144.
THE EAGLE preaents

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ORGANIZATION FOR GAY AWARENESS
preeante Na. A,I Hlallng. Guests are
BaYlIl Felnblrg and Iplnclr I",dlr of
the Ayurveda Resources of New York, diecuaaing "Quantum Healing and AIDS." St
George's Church. The corner of fl!dgewood
and Woodland road8. Maplewood, ~J.
8:30 pm. (201) 743-5322.
THE BANK presents DI,mandl

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ina perfonnance and party celebrating therelease of her new album. Featuring
alldes, vldeoa and a midnight perfor·
man.::e of voice and piano. OJ Aldo
H~rnandez. 510. 225 E. Houaton St, at
E888XStreet. Info: (212) 505-5033.

THUR$DAY, MAY 9,AIDS CENTEROF QUEENS CO\.lNlY pr&aenta Cirlglve"
Forum, a diacuesion
and workshop on G8f8givere and par1nere
stress. ACQC. 97-45 Queens Blvd., suite1220. Rego Park. 6:30-8:30 pm. Info:(718) 896·2500 or (718) 896·2985 forthe hearing Impaired.
WOMEN ABOUT presente P,rlonal
A.-nelil Planning. pill two. The topic is
inv88lmentB. 6:30-8 pm. The Center. 208
W. 13th St For complete detaila and tojoin Women About, call (212) 642·5Z57.
JUDITH'S ,ROOM presenta Iindra
IcoppeUonl,reading from -her book,EVllrything You Have III Mine, In which
lesbian PI ~auren Laurano makes her
debut. Seating la limited. Wheelchair
accesaible. 681 Waahington st. 7 pm.
Info: (212) 727·7330.
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QUEER NATION Wllkly Mletlng. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St 7:30 Info: (212)9788-8720.
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNllY
CENTER presenta Altlrnltlve
Com·
mlnlty DI,c ... lon Group. Tonight'a
Topic: "Alc!l~oIlam and Co-dependency."
WACC. West Hempatead, NY. 8 pm. For
completB detalla: (516) 483-2050.
DIXON pLACE presents Reno, presenting"further exploratory surgery." $6 or IDF.
37 E, 1at St, between firat and Second
avenues. 8 pm. (212) 673~752. .
THE DUPLEX prese!)ta RUin Hall••• Wltb ProP" a cabaret performance.
510 plua a two-drink minimum. 61
Chriatopher $t. 10 pm. R!lservationa:(212) 255-5438.
DETOURPRODUCTIONSpraaen18Eat Your
H.. rt OIl' Uve performancea by women
for wonlen and their frlenda. Pyramid. 101
Ave. A.lrdo: (212) 42().1590.

FRIDAY, MAY 10
MEN OF ALLCQLORS TOGETHER prs-

senfa YOII!I"MACT ao-Ind-Undlr

CaUCUI

con8clouane88j-ralalng
se88lon on"Religion and Spirituality: How do they
influence our Uvea?" 6 pm. Then, at 8 pm,
It'a an Educatlonll Forum on. "Adoption
From a Gay and Lesbian Perspactive."
Both events happen at the Center. 208 W.
13th St Info: (212) 222·9794.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMENLESBIAN RIGHTS TASK FORCE Glnlral
Mlltlng.
Tod'a. 2 Georgea Rd. New
Brunswick, ~. 7:30 pm. Please RSVP at(609) 393-a156. Tod's: (201) 545-8990.
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH present8
Robert HI""" presenting hia video, StopthB Cbun;h. An Infonna! diacuaaion will follow the 24-mlnule video, which concema
ACT UP'a December 1989 action at St
Patrick'B Cathedral. 52 donation, Penepont•

Stra!rt and Monroe Place. 7:30 pm.
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS. preaenta 3D·Plu, Mexican Potluck andGlme Night. Bring Mexican fare and'coine to the clubhose to play with theirvaat stock of games. 7:30 pm. Please call
24 houra in advance to confirm aU SAL
activities: (718) 965-7578.
FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS OFMCCC and GAY AND LESBIAN YOUTH IN
NEW JERSEY p~ent The Prom. All ages
welcome. 58 ainglel$20 couple for thosewith high achool or college 10; $12 single/$20 couple for all othera, Student
Activity
Center.
MorrisCountyCommunity CoUge. Randolph, NJ. 9 pm
to 1 am. Info: (201) 285-1595.

SATURDAY, MAY 11
WOMEN ABOUT preaents Painting andDrawing In the Botanical Gardens, Alao
today: Llarn to lall on the Long Island
Sound (brisk wind is expected) and anAIt, MUllc and Dinner Evening. For complete detail a and to join Women About,call (212) 642-5257.
SOUTHERNERS preaenta a Rambin
Vilit. Bring binoculars and lunch for anature walk,picnlc
and vlait to ths
Museum of Natural History. 72nd Street
and Central ParieWest 9:30 am. RSVP to(212)
674-8073.
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THE STONEWALL BOXING CLUB pre·aents Boxing and the Warrior', Path, aworkshop for gay and bisexual men.
Instructor: Ken Alblfght. During the two·day worieshop, the fundamentals of box·
Ing wiU be taught,and
there will be
opportunities for boxing with protective
gear. No prior experience needed, $10.
135 W. 14th St, 2nd floor. 9:30 am to 5
pm. Info: Irv at (212) 472-4494.
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre·88n18J!lrley Hlka at noon. Call ahead for
c:alpooling and directions to the RamapoState Forest. Then, at 8 pm, it'a Butch
Appreciation Night Party. Dress as butch
aa you dare. Beat butch takea home aprize. Please call 24 hours in advance toconfinn all SAL activities: (718) 965-7578.
INTEGRAL YOGA I NSTITUTE presents
Hathl Yoga Clan teaching the physical ,poature8, deep relaxation and breathingpracticea which strengthen the body andcalm the mind. This class ia especially for
those who are HIV-positlve. IYI. 227 W.
13th St 12-1:30 pm. (212) 921Hl586.
THE CENTER presents Loul,e Ralkln,
author of Different Mothers: Sons.
.andDaughers of Lesbians Talk About Their
Livell. 208 W. 13th St. For more info:
Wayne Steinman at (212) 987·6747.
NEW YORK CITY GAY MEN'S CHORUS'
pr!'8ents an Auction to benefit NYCGMC.
Mlrllyn Home and Stephen londhelm
are honorary co-chairs. St Luke's-in·th&Field. !ludaon Street at Grove Street.
Prsview begins at 6 pm. Auction at 8 pm.
Reservations: Bill Brown at (212) 6451581 or Jim Vivyan at (212) 6899-2453.
AIDS CENlER OF QUEENS COUtfTY presents Medical Updlte: The Why and

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When. of AZT. With SUlan Wain, an'
AIDS nurse clinician at Bellevue Hospital.
ACQC~97·45 Queens Blvd., suite 1.220.
Rego Park. 6:30-8:30 pm. Info: (718)896·2500 or (718) 896·2985 for the
hearing impaired.
GAY MEN OF THE BRONX present G.y
PI.y Night. 'For further details, contact
Stu at (212) 904-1620.
THE PI NEAPPLE ALLIANCE presents a
Baneflt Party, The Alliance is a service
organiazatlon providing,"cakes, coffes
and conversation" to hospitalized People
With AIDS. The party Is themed "Sou.th
Seas Soiree," and features a buffet sup·per. $40 per person. The home of Dr.
Barbara Starrett. 7:30-10:30 pm. Info:(212)20&.4040.
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SUNDAY, MAY 12
SOUTHERNERS preeente a Quilting Bea,
for those who know how to quilt or wantto learn. 400 W. 47th St., 12A. 1-5 pm.
Info: (212) 674-8073.
SLOPE ACTIVIJIES FOR LESBIANS preeants Soccar .nd Spoltl Picnic at 2 pm..
Bring soccer bals andoti1er sports equipment to Prospeck Park .. Non~jocks and!lpectatore welcome. Call for meeting
place. Then, at 6 pm, It's Orang ..
Potluck .nd VldlO ~Ighl Bring orange
foods and beverages for a viewing of
Orange. Are Not the Only Fruit. Plea~ecall 24 hour8 In advance. to conflrm'all.
'SAL activities: (718) 96&-7578. .
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER Bo.rd
of DI.ractorl Me ..llng from 2:30-7:30
pm. Then, at 7:30,pm, if8 MACT member
Eric Persis band M Thangl. Both evente
happen at the Center. 208 W. 13th Sl.Info: (212) 222·9794.
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B. MARIA OLUWA ROBERTS pre8ents
SllIen, ail aftemoon of sharing throughpoetry and prose, ,Featuring Klmblerly
Brown, B. Marian OluWl! Robarts,
Shell.hM.bry,
I~ra S.balu and N.ncy
W.mn, plus an open reading. ASL Intsr·
preted. Refreshments avallable, $8/$7.with flyer. PWAs free. 'TRS Suite8. 7 E.
,30th St., betwe'en Fifth and Madi80n
avenues. <Hl pm. Info: (212) 685c2848
or (718) 789-3281.

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DIXON PLACE preeante Alternatlval-A
Nonfiction Sartll. Scheduled gueete are
Lila Abu·Lughod, an anthropologl8t"w,riting against culture," who will read'from Bedouin women'8 8torie8, and Um.
. N.rayan will speak on Non·Weslllm persppectlves of femlnl8t epl8temology. $5
or TOE 37 E. 18t St, 'between First andSecond avenues. S pm. (212) 673-6752.
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THE PWA COALITION presents a Sunday
Night Social for leebian and gay HIV-posi·
live persons, PWAs and their friend8. Meet
and mingle in a relaxed atmosphere withmusic and refreehem!B. The Uvlng Room.
1222W. 11th Sl, west of ~nthAvenue.
6:~:3O
pm. Info: (212) 532~.
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MONDAY, MAY 13
THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR AIDSRESEARCH presente a Dockside Gala
Blnlm P.rty aboard Carnival CruiseII1

Llnes".the £cstasy. Gueete Include GOY.
anll Mn. ClOmo, M.yor nil Mrs.
DInkins, Kath,ll LII and Frank Gillord,
Hlrb AlPlrt, AmFAR founding co-chair
Dr. M.thlldl'Krlm,
Ginny and Hanry
Mancini and Mlchall Tliion Thom .. ,artl8tlc director of the New World
Symphony. Entertainment provided by
Karen Aklrl and Kill Crloll and theClconltl.
The evening will benefit
AmFAR, the National Foundation for
Advancement In the Arts and the New
World Symphony. $250-$500 for entire
eveningl$100 for champagne,deeeert anddancing only. Pas8enger 8hip terminal.
55th Street at Twelfth Avenue. Cocktails
begin at 6:30 pm; dancing begin8 at 9
pm. Reservations: (212) 719-0033.
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MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER Mem·
blnhlp 'Commlttll Mlltlng. 7:30 pm,
Call Chrle at (212) 601-0806 for location.
WOMEN'S ALlERNATIVE COMMUNITY
CE~TER pre8ent8
FrllndlyE.rl
Dllcuulon lind Sapport Group. WACC.
West Hempstead, NY. 7:30 pm. For com·plete detall8: (516) 483.2050.
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRISCOUNTY preseirts Womyn'l Nlhrorlt and
Mln'l Rap Grolp at 7:30 pm, before
their Glneral Millingat 8.:30 pm.
Tonlght'8 dlscus810n topic 18"Gay8 and
LeSbian8 as Foster or Adoptive Parents."
Joy Nonworthy and Sal Kullm.n of the
New Jersey F08ter Parents Assoication
will ~e on hand. 21 Normandy Height8 'Rd. Morri8town, NJ. Info:' GAAMC Gay
Helpline: (201) 285-1595.
ACT UP G.neral MIlling. Cooper Union.
Fourth Avenue at 7th Street. 7:30 pm.
Irno: (212) 564·AlDS.
HERITAGE OF PRIDE Ganlral Member·
Ihlp Mlltlng.
Allintere8ted
person8invited. The Center. 208 W. 13th st. 8
pm. Info: (212) 691·1774.
THE CLiT CLUB presents a Benllit Party
for Stonewall 25, a "global celebratiori of
lesbian and gay pride and protest."
Jocllyn Tiylor and Jalla Tollnllno pre·8ent live performance8 byShllly Marland Womln of Color from Wa8hington,
DC. $10-$20 8liding 8cale. The Pyramid.
101 Ave. A. 8 pm to 2 am, Showtime is
10 pm. Info: (212) 406·1114,
CELLBLOCK 28 present8'a New York
Strap·.nd P.ddle Anoclatlon P.rty. 28
Ninth Ave., down8lairs, between 13th and14th8treet8. Door8 open 8 pm. Info:(212) 733-3144.

TUESDAY, MAY 14

Political
Actlonn/Mldl.
Outraach
M .. llng. 319 W, 13th St., 13B. 7 pm.
Info: (212) 206-9259.
JUDITH'S ROOM presents JudHh Barring·tan reading with Almltn DavId, one of four
winners of the 1990 '8 Room Emerging
Talent Competition. Seating i8 limited.
Wheelchair accessible. 681 Washington St
7 pm. Info: (212) 727~7330.
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS pre8ents a
Health Seminar: Insurance Infonnallon,
129 W. 20th St., third floor. 7 pm. For
more Information, call the GMHC hoUine
at (212) 807·6655. TDD (212) 645-7470
for the hearing impaired.
LAVENDER HEIGHTS Speaker Series pre8ents Ja.. lle Gomez, author, post, critic
and activi8l Her book, The Gilda Stories,
was jU8t published by Firebrand Book8.
$7. The Comerstone Center. 178 Bennett
Ave., one block we8t of Broadway at
189th ,Street 8 pm. (212) 304-2471.
THE-EAGLE presents OutIn th, '90,
Night, A portion of the bar proceeds will
benefit GBS and Outin the '90s, The
Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave., at 218t Streel
10 pm..Info: (212) 691·8451.
THE .DEFENDERS present a Benefit for
Sl Francis of Assi8i AIDS Ministry. Bring
three cans of fod, three pair of 80cks or.
three pair, of underwear. 2·4·1 drinks
available (limit two). There will al80 be araffle for a "basket of cheer." The Spike.
20th Street at Eleventh Avenue. 10 pm tomidnight

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
LAVENDER LIGHT GOSPEL CHOIR pre8ents a LIn Album Racordlng Concert.
Lavender Ught maintain8 "the tradition ofBlack sacred mU8ic In an environment
8upportive to lesbians and gay men," TheFriends MeeUng House. 221 E, 15th St,
between Third Avenue and Rutherford
Place, Info: Crystal Westpn at (212) 5664362 or Charles Brack at (212) 566-{)528.

THURSDAY, MAY 16,
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS preeants Ban'l of SoHo Plrza Nllht at 6:30
pm. Join SAL at the newe81plzza joint In
the Slope. Seventh Avenue at 31d Street. Then, at 7:30 pm, If8 DI.I· ... D.ta/DI.I·.·
Frland Party, offering free match-making
the SAL way. Plea8e call 24 hour8 In
advance to confi rm all SAL activltie8:(718) 96&-7578.
JUDITH'S ROOM preeants Jan Hardy and
Joan Naltla, reading from Wanting
Women: An Anthology of Erotic Les/J/an
Poetry. Seating,ls.llmlted.
Wheelchairacceesible.'681 Washington St 7 pm.
Info: (212) 727·7330.
SOUTHERNERS Stearlng Commlttll
Melling. At Ralph Jones' apartmenl 250
W. 24th St., 12CE (entar at 255 W. 231dSt) 195 Garfield Pl., unit 4J. Brooklyn. 7
pm. Info: (212) 674-8073.
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HEALTH EDUCATION AIDS LIAISON pre·sents a Forum, asking "Is HIV the 80lecaU8e of AIDS?" Led by Drl. Luc
Montagnlar and Shyh·Chlng Lo. Astor
Ballroom. Marlott
Marquis Hotel.
Broadway and 46th Streel 7 pm. Info:
Gene Fedorko at (212) 674- HOPE or
Robin Haueter at (212) 971·9488.
QUEER NATION,Wllkly
M .. llng. The
Center. 208 W. 13th st. 7:30 pm. Info:(212) 9788-8720.
WOMEN'S ALlERNATIVE COMMUNITYCENTER pre8ents Altarn.tlve
Com·munlty Dilcullion
Group. Tonight's
Topic: "Hera production8 jam." WACC.
West Hemp8tead, NY. 8 pm. For complellldetails: (516) 483-2050.
THE LESBIAN AND GAY TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION Planning Mlltlng. The
Center, 208 W. 13th St 8 pm~ Info: (718)258-4102 or (718) 626-4699.
TOWER BOOKS presents David nlnld.1i
reading from hi8 book, Hand Over Heart
Susie Timmons will al80 be reading. 383
Lafayette St 8 pm.

GAY MEN OF THE BRONX General
Meeting Ind Orientation.
H08t08FRIDAY, MAY 17 'Community College. Grand Concourse,
Building A, room 227. 7-9 pm. Info:,Jimmy at (212) 365·6239, Charles at . CONGREGATIONBETH SIMCHAT TORAH
presents a Jewllh Famlnlll Frtday Night(212) 378-34397 (Spanish) or Ed at
Shabbal Sarvlca, followed by Oneg
(212) 792-8078.
Shabbal Congregation Beth Simchat Torah'is
New York's lesbian and gay 8ynagogue.
CONGREGATIONBETH SIMCHAT TORAH
fil Bethune St 6:30 pm. (212) 929-9498.
present8 a Jewllh Woman'l
ROlh
ChodalhlNaw
Moon Celbratlon,
GAY MEN OFTHE BRONX present Dinner
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah i8 New
at Plna Tavern. 1918 Bronxdale Ave. 7:30
York'8 ·Iesbian and gay 8ynagogue. 57
pm., Info: Charles at (212) 378-3497.
Bethune Sl 7:30 pm. (212) 929-9498.
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THE OUTREACH'USING COMMUNALHEALING present8 a Benaflt Dlnnar.
TOUCH provides a weekly dinner toPeople With AIDS In downtown Brooklyn.
Bargemueic. 5:30-8:30 pm. Info: Audrey
at (718) 783-6763, Shirley at (718) 2843640 or David at (718) 857-6297.
LESBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE OF COLORSTEERINGCOMMITTEE
Glnar.1
Milling. 15 Park Row, 19th floor. 6:30
pm, Info: Bert at (212) 505-0506.
MEN OF ALL COLORS 'TOGETHERSLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre8ent8 Pool Night. Featuring free pool,ping pong, billiards, air hockey and8hooting hoops at Brownstone Billiard,
Seventh Ave. at Flatbu8h. Afterwards,
relax at the Roost. Seventh Avenue at 8thStreet. The evening begin8 at 8 pm.
Please call 24 hour8 in advance to con·firm all SAL activities: (718) 965-7578.

THE ANSWER IS LOVING Woman Talking
Women'l Talk, a8king can you lake careof yourself and be con8iderate of others,
and live together? Some topics of discus8ion: "Do you fall allover yourself making
it work? Does it come easy to you? To beor not to be, Is that a question and isthere an an8wer?" $10. 1964 E. 35th St
Brooklyn. 7:4510 pm. Info: Ruth Berman
and Connie Kurtz at (718) 998-2305.

A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents Jewslle
Gomez, reading from her book, The Gilda
Stories. 548 Hudson St8 pm. Info: (212)989-4850,

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4500) CCTY (Rick X. P.O:·Box 790, NYC, 10108) GBS (Gay Broadcasting
System. Blitch Peaston. 178Seventh Ave., suite A-3, NYC 10011.(212) 243-1570), GCN (Gay Cable Network. Lou Maletta. 32 Union Square East, suite 1217.(212)4n·4220) GUB (Gay and Lesbian Independent Broadca$l8rs. (212) 473·1689)
GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis. Jean Carloinusto. 129W. 20th St, NYC 10011.
(212) 807·7~17) RB PROD (Robin Byrd Productions. P.O.Box 305, NYC 10021.
1?12)988-2973) WAle-TV (77 W, 63rd St, NYC 10023 (212) 456-7m) WBAI·
FM'(li!J5 Eighth Ave., 19th floor, NYC 10018 (212) 279-0707) WCBS-TV (51 W,
52nd St" NYC 10019. (212) 975-4321) WNBC-TV (30flockefeller Plaza, NYC
10112. (212) 664·4444) WNET-TV (356 W. 58th St., NYC 10019, (212)560-3000)
WNYW-TV (Fox. 1211 AV{AM, NYC 10036. (212) 556-2400) WPIX·TV (220 E.
42nd St., NYC 10017.(212) 949-1100)

MONDAY, MAY 6
6:00 AM WIND· TV Broadcast New York A discussion of the distribution,of condoms and HIV testing to prostitutes. CH 11.
. 1:110AM DeAundra Peek's Hi Class Hall 0' Fame All about a Georgia gal(along the likes of Lady Bunny and lahoma). Manhattan Cable. CH 17
1:05 PM TBS Norman ...ls That You?'Redd Foxx.and Pearl Bailey as the'bewildered parents of a homosexual.' Oh, get over it, Mary.
1:30 PM WUSB !IO.l FM The Word Is Out Marc Gunning hosts a weeldy
lesbian, gay and bisexual variety show.
2:110PM WUSB !IO.l FM Lavender Wimmin News, songs and music pro. duced by women for women.
2:30 PM WUSB !IO.l FM This Way Out More queer news.
5:oo,PM HBO Mommie Dearest I bet you Christina Crawford's favorite
movia is. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
7:30 PM WCBS- TV Entertainment TonightWell, Madonna outed him in
the Advocate last week, so I 'wonder what he's got to say now. CH 2. .
8:30 PM Manhattan Cable The Brenda and Glennda ShowCH 17
9:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: community news, discussion, interviews.
BQ Cable, CH56 (1:00)
9:00 PM WNET· TV The Shape of the World A program about mapping
diseases, including AIDS. CH 13.
9:00PM GCN Gay USA Paragon Cable. CH C/16(:30)
11:30PM Tomorrow/Tonight live. entertainment; Manhattan and Paragon
Cable, CH 0/1.7 (1:00)
Midnight CCTV The Closet Case Show. K10set K1ips; Manhattan /Paragon
Cable, CH,C/16 (:30)

TUESDAY, MAY 7
8:00 AM HBO Victor/Victoria I think this is TV's favorite movie about,queers because they're aren't any real ones in it.
10:00 AM WABC- TV Sally Jessy Raphael Scheduled topic: crimes againstchildren. I smell a bashing in the make. CH 7.
-'4:00 PM TMC Slaves of New York NYCplus downtown plus the art scene
equals queers. If they're not in the movie, they should be.
7:30PM WCBS-TV Entertainment TonightMadonna's on. CH 2.
9:30 PM HBO The World According to Garp John Lithgow has a fine supporting role a football player turned transsexual.
10:00 PM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers;
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)
11:00 PM GBS Out in the SO's:news, infonnation and interviews;
Manhattan/Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)
12:30 AM WNET- TV AIDS in the Barrio AIDS and latinas/os. CH 13.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
1:00 AM WNET- TV Diana's Hair Ego The story of a woman, who uses herhair salon as an AIDS outreach and infonnation center. CH 11
1:30 AM WNET- TV AIDS: Facts Over Fear A program on AIDS. CH 13.
8:110AM LlF Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Paul Newman and Liz Taylor as only
Tennessee Williams could have them.
9:30 AM WBAI 99.5 FM GhostS in the Machine This radio show is hosted
by OutWeek Features Editor Victoria Starr. 2.5 hours.
10:110AM, WABC· TV Sally Jessy Raphael Scheduled topic: tra nssexualism. I shlJdderto think how she'll bundle this one. CH 7.

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10:211PM TNT Gymkata Worst 0' the week award: Olympic gymnast Ku'it
Thomas proves he Clln swing from bars, bare his chest, but can't act'
Midnight RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and ·female strippers, live
call·in show; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35

.THURSDAY, MAY 9
6:00AM SHO A Different Story I'll say: Boy-meets-girlturnsouttobefag~meets·dyke. Made in '78, so don't expect fashion (or any other)statements.
7:00 AM WABC- TV Good Morning America More Madonna. CH 7.
9:00AM WIND·TV Best TalkScheduled: Fighting the effeC1s of AIDS. CH 11.
10:05 AM TBS The little Girl Who lives Down the Lane ...is Jodie FO$l8r,
in a role whiCh reveals how good she is at keeping secrets (not very).
1:110PM WBAI-FM This Way Out; the international gay and lesbian news
magazine; 99.5 FM (:30).
' ,1:30 PM WBAI-FM An Afternoon Outing. local news about the gay andlesbian community with larry Gutenburg. 99.5 FM (:30)
5:00 PM Cristina Tema: mujeres casadas con bisexual.as. CH 41.
10:l1li PM GCN Be Our Guest entertainment for and,aboutthe lesbian/gay
community; Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17 (:30).
10:30 PM GMHC living Wi~ AIDS Health and politics. Manhattan Cable,
CH V/35 (:30)'.
11:ooPM GCN Gay U.SA~ news and entertainment from around thecountry; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)
Midnight GCN Men in Films: maleerotica, interviews with adult filmstitrs;,.Manhattan Cable, CH V/35(:3O)
12:30 AM' WNBC· TV David Letterman Scheduled: Richard Simmons. Isn't
it past his bedtime? That girl is tiredl CH 4.
12:30 AM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male pornostars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)

FRIDAY, MAY 10
7:00AM WABC-TV Good Morning America More Madonna. CH 7.
9:00 AM WCBS-TV Geraldo Scheduled topic: sexual addiction; CH 2.
10:00 AM WIND-TV 9 Broadcast Plaza Scheduled: Richard Simmons (up .
early from last night, we see).CH 9.
2:30 PM WBAI-FM R.ompiendo el Silencio Todos los viernes,. Gonzalo .
Aburto con temas y noticias p,ara la comunidad latina gay y lesbiana.
99.5 FM (:15)".
7:00 PM WCBS- TV Hard Copy Scheduled: Dick York and Dick Sargent(the two Dicks, I mean, Darrenson Bewitched). One of them~1 think
Sargent-reportsthat he is not keeping a houseboy as rumored, but, he will walk in Gay Pride this year. Sorty aboutthe boy, Dick. CH 2. '7:00 PM WBAI 99.5 FM AIDS In Focus, Michael Alc,alay, producer.
11:l1li PM WFOX-TV M*A*S*H Frank wants to drum a homo'outofthe
Anny.,CH 5.
1:00 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers;
Manhattan Cilble, CH V/35 (1:00),.-

SATURDAY, MAY 11
8:30 AM WBAI-FM Any SaturdBYwith DaVid Rothenberg; live call-in; 99.5
FM (2:00)','.
7:00 PM GCN Gay USA News and entertainment from around the co un- try. Ba. Unity, ACV Cable, CH 56 (1:00)
11:110PM Gay 7VMale porn; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35
1:00 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers.
Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)
1:30AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers.
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)'.

SUNDAY, MAY 12

7:30 PM WBAI·FM The Gay Show. Co-hosts Allan Ross, Marie Becker;
Bob Stonn and larry Gutenburg salute lesbian mothers and mothers, of queers. Alternates with Out/ooks. 99.5 FM (1:00).
10:30PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male pornostars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:301
11:l1li PM GBS Way Outl Mark Chesnut and Michelle VanVoorhies host.
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, bl,imelight(Gregg C.'s Heaven. Live parformances: 10 pm.') Sixt~ Avenue at .20th
S1r!l!lt.(212) 807-7840.
Privata Eyes'IMarc Berkley's Kool Komrads.
.Strippers, downtown cro\io(d,studer:rts, professionals. 2-4-1 drinks till midnight. .$7) 12
W 21 St. (212) 206-m2.
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Pyramid (Michael T. presents New York Nights.
Alternative music with OJ Bad Taste. Jl)
Pyramid. 101 Ave. A. (212) 420-1500.

Tuesday+Clit Club (Drink specials till midnight. Lesbianerotic videos and slides. Go·go girls Doors
open at 8 pm. $3 before 11/$5 after.)Pyramid. 101 Avenue A. (212) 420·1590.
+ -t\-Club Edelweiss (TVs, TSs, gays, bi's, singles, couples; Tuesdays are especially for
lesbians, but everyone is welcome.) 167 W.
29th St. (212) 868-6989.
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Danceteria(Chip Duckett's Gay Tuesdays.
Doors open at 10 pm. ) 29 E. 29th St. Info:(212) 353-8n5.
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+ Grand Central (Women's night.) 210 Merrick
Rd. Rockville Centre, U. (516) 536-4800.
Jack Officer's Club (OJ Craig presents cruising,bruiSing, drinking and carousing. $3),505 E.
61h St., between avenues A and B. •Roxy (John Blair's ·Muscleon Wheels." Gayrollerskating. Doors open at 8 pm. Varied. cover.) 515
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I-t\-Channel69 (Drag Extravaganza, with Linda
Simpson. Go-go stars, OJ Dany Johnson.
Sexy, upbeat, East Village.fag and dyke crowd.
$5.) Pyramid. 101Ave. A. (212)420-1591).
The Boya Room (Hosted by Dallas. Cheap Thrillspresents House music, downtown crowd,
go-go boys.Three floors. 60·foot ceiling.
$7/$5.) 51 W. 26th St. (212) 576-1890.
The Bunkhouse (Club Trash, a night of WDREalterna,tive music, with Freddie and DJ. Kamakazie. May 8: guest hostess Cherry
Vanilla.) Montauk.Highway. Sayville. (516)567-BUNK.
+ Excalibur (Ladies Night. $1 drinks.) 10thStreet andJefferson behind football stadium. Hoboken, NJ. (201) 795-1161.
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-t\-Limelight (Disco 2000, with Michael Alig andLarry Tee. Doors open at 10 pm. $10.) Sjl¢!
Avenue at 20th Street. (212) 807-7850.
~Limelight (Queer U. DJs Andy Anderson andKeoki. $51$10) Sixth Avenue at 20th Street.
(212) 807-7850.,+ Cadillac Bar (Gini DeSantis presents Pure
Party Production Dances for Women. Freebuffet from 6-8 pm. Renee Cooke, bartender. $5.) 16, W. 22nd St., between Fifthand Sixth avenues.
)+ Private Eyn (Shescape Afterwork Party froln
5-10 pm. 2-4-1 drinks before 7. $5 before 7
pm/$7 after.) 12 W. 21st St. Shescape: (212)645-0479. Private Eyes: (212) 2fXr7n2.
'''rivate Eyes (YMVA Night. Students, professional and women. $7.) 12 W. 21st St. (212)206-7n2. 'SUver Lining '(2-4-1 drinks.) 175 Cherry Lane,.
Floral Park, U. (516) 354-9641.
Stutz (2-4·1 drinks.) 202 Westchester
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The Bank (For fags, it's Sperm Bank, with hostess Hap! Phace, DJs Craig Spencer andVictor Anonymous? For dykes, it's Egg Bankin the Jodie Foster Lounge. Guest DJs,
sleazy girl, action. $101$7) 22S E. Houston St.,at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
-M:opecabane (Susanne Bartsch. Last Th of themonth. Iffy door) 10 E. 60th St., at Fifth 'Avenue. (212)755-6010.
Danc81eria (Coming May 2. Shescape presents
Every Thursday for Girls. Guest DJs. Doors
open 6-11 pm: $5 before 7/$7 after.) 29 E.
29th St. (212) 645-6479.
Excalibur ($1 drinks.) Located at the corner of
10th Street andJefferson behind footballstadium. Hoboken, NJ. (201) 795-1161.
Fuego (Moe Gonzalez presents reggaie, houseand and hot women. Doors open 9 pm. $5.)
" Pyramid. 101 Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.
Hatfield's .12-4-1 drinks, female impersonetors.)
126-10 Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens, Queens.
(718) 261-8484.
More Men (Tony, Keith and Dominic present OJ
Tommy Rlchardson,go-go boys, videos, billiards. $10J$7 with invite.) 239 Eleventh Ave.
(212) 518-3283.
bThe Pump Room (Dallas presents go-go boys,
a light show and a large dance floor. $12/$8.). 515 W. 18th St. (212)645-5156.
"+Pyramid (Dee's Dyke Barfor dykes and dykehags. OJ Mike of Bensonhurst. $5) Pyramid.
101 Ave. A. (212) 420-1500.
Stingray's(New club, new sound system,
everything else is a sl!rprise. No covertonight) 641 W.51 st St. (212) 664-8668.

FridayABC (Chip Duckett presents OJ Merritt anddancing in the ballro!)m and balcony. $10J$7
w. invite.) 17 Irving Place at 15th Street.
Tha Bank (Nightmare on Wax: Alternative music
hosted by Lee Chappell and Michael T. OJ
Ralph Duncan. Mixed crowd. $10J$7.) 225 E.
Houston St., at Essex. (212) 505·5033.
+ Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie present Clit Cfub
West. With go·go girls andlesbo videos. $1,, drinks between 8 arid 9 pm. Doors (lpen at 8pm. $5) 432 W 14th St. (212) 406-1114.
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Columbi~ Danc .. (First Friday dances. 10 pm to2 am.) Columbia University Earl Hall. 116th
Street at Broadway. Daytime phone: (212)854-3574.',+ Hatfield's (Women's night.) 126-10 Queens
Blvd. Kew Gardens, Queens. (718) 261-8484.
,;'eLooRY !,lin (Hosted by Page and Don. OJ
Patrick Butts. 'Deviant' crowd. $5.) Pyramid.
101 Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.
Mea Culpa (For men, with dancing, video and- live entertainment. $7/$10.) 47 W. 20th St.
(212) 807-7840.
Meat on Friday (Xclusive performances at 1:30
am. OJ Nobody's Pussy. $5.) Pyramid. 101
Avenue A. (212) 420-1500. .
+Millamium (Ladies Night)
New York Ave.
(Route 110)Huntington, U. (516)351·1402.
Parallel (Uncoln Palsgrove IV, Scott Currie andChauncy present Satyricon.
Featuring
Matthew Kasten's beauties. DJ Johnny
Dynell. $12.) 229 W. 28th St. (212) 563-9292.
Private Ey.. (YMVA Night, for students and professionals.) 12 W. 21st St. (212) 206-m2.
Stingray's (Free before 10 pm. $7 after.) 641 W.
51st St. (212) 664-8668.
+ Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd., Woodside,
Queens. Club: (718) 899-9031.

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SaturdayTha Qank ( Controversy. DJ Patrick Butts. Dragqueens, drinking and dancing. $151$1Q/$7.)
225 E. Houston St., at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
Barefoot Boogie (For adults, kids on 2nd and 4th
Saturdays. Smoke- and alcohol-free. May 13
is ·OIdies Night.· 8:30 pm to 12:30 am. $5Ikids
free.) 434 Sixth Ave."4th floor, between
Ninth and Tenth avenues. (212) 857-5152.
Center (2nd and 4th Sa, 9 pm to 1 am, $8. DJ
Karin Ward.) 208W. 13th St. (212) 620-7310.
+ Center (Women & Friends. First Sa. OJ Karin
Ward. 9 pm to 1 am.) 208W 13 St (212)621H211l+ Clit Club (Erotic lesbian videos, slides andgo-go girls.Ooors open at 10 pm.) The
Pyramid. 101Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.
Club Welt End (Michael Fesco's Saturdays.
12-9 11m)547W. 21st St.
Columbia Danc .. (Third Saturday dances withOJ Karin Ward. 10 pm to 3 am. $5.) Columbia
University
Earl Hall. 116th Street at
Broadway. (212) 629-1989.
419419 N. Highway, Southampton, U. (516)283-5001.
Love Zona (dancing & performers) 70 Beach St.
Staten Island. (718) 442-5692.
'+Girl Saturdaya (Shes cape presents SaturdayNights for Women. With go·go girls and a. guest OJ. $8 befQre 10:30/$10 after.) 20120.20
W. 20th St., between Fifth and Sixth
ave niles. (212) 645-6479.
Meat (OJ Aldo Hernandez. Go·go boys, videos'and a slide show. $51$7.) 432 W 14 St.
Parallel (John Blair and The Athletic Complex
present New York's hottest go-go boys. DJ
Tommy Richardson. $15.) 229 W. 28th St.
(212) 563-9292.
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-t\-Roxy (Locomotion. Gay men, straight women,some lesbians;) 515 W. 18th St., between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) ,645-5156.
+ Silver Lining 175 Cherry Lane. Roral Park, LI.
(516) 354-9641.
Sound Factoiy (Mixed crowd but mostly gay.
Serious House music. No alcohol. Doors
open at 11 pm.) 530 W. 27th St., between

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The World (Chrisµna Vista and Junior Vazquez
present an after-hours party. DO'ors open at" midnight) 254 E. 2nd St, at Avenue C.,

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The Benk (Herbal Tea Dance. Early evening, dancing and drinking. OJ Victor. Free fruit,
free admission from 4-7 pm. $5 till 11.) 225 E.
Houston St, at EsseX. (212) 505-5033. .
The Bank (Pump, hosted by David'Leigh, w.ith, OJ Michaal Fierman. Free admission with'. Chelsea Gym 10. $7{$10.) 225 E. Houston St.,at Essex. (212) 505·5033.
The Men'. Room (Dallas presnts muscle men
and boys. Go-go' boys;three floors and 60·
foot ceilings.) 51 W. 26th St (212) 576-1890.
.Clit Club (Jocelyn and Julie's Tea Dance. $1
drinks from 6-7 pm. Go-go girls and free fingerfood. OJ Lisa Legendary. 6 pm to 12 am.
$5.) 432 W. 14th St (212) 406·1114.
• CraZy Nanny'. (Sunday evening Tea Dance.
Free before 9 pm!$5 after,) 21 Seventh Ave ..
South. (212) 366-6312.
>\oRlCKI (DJs Craig and Victor. Industrial, house,
bass, soul alld disco. Downstairs, the Les·bian Luv Lounge. OJ Lori E: Seid and guests.
$5.) Pyramid. 101 Avenue A. (212) 420-1590.
The Highway (Presented by Tony, Keith andDominic of More Men. $7/$10.) 113 Jane'St(212)924-JANE.
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• Kelly'. (OJ Moaning Lisa spins the records
for dancing dykes. Doors open at 8 pm. $3.)
, 46 Bedford St (212) 929-9322~·Mon.er (SundayTea Dance at 4 pm.) 80 Grove
St at'Sheridan Square. (212) 924-3557.
Parallel (Michael'Fesco presents 'Sunday Tea.
Dance. Open bar 5-7 pm. Free 'hors d's at 7.
. Go-go boys. $6.) 229 w. 28th St. (212) 563-9292.
• SOB. (Leticia Mohtalvopresents , The Lust
House. First Sunday of the month, beginning
June 1. OJ Marlow. $5.) 204 Varick St., at
Houston. (212) 243·4940.'
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Cellblock 28;28 Ninth AVe.,733-3144(M-W),
Chelsea Transfer, 131Eglrth Ave. (bet 16th and17th) 929-7183
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Lavender and Lace, atthe Vault, 28 Ninth Ave.,
255-6758 (Fr, 7-11 pm andSu,3-8 pm, women)
Private Eyes, 12W. 21st St. (bet Fifth and Sixth
avenues) 206-7770
Rawhide, 212 Eghth Ave., (21st St.), unlisted
Spike, 120 Eleventh ~Ye.,,243·9688

West Village
Badlands, Christopher and West streets, 741·9236
Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St., 929-9684
Crazy Nanny's 21 Seventh Ave. S., 366-6312(women)prs Fat Cat 281 W. 12th St,243·9041, .
-"Pandora's Box, ,70Grov!! St. (Seventh Ave.) 242·
1408(women)
Dugout. 185 Christopher St., 242-9113
Eighty-Eights, 228 W. 10th St,924-D088

The Hangout (J's) 679 Hudson St.,242·9272
Julius, 159W.1Dth St., 929-9672
Keller's, 384 West S1/Christopher,243-1907
Kelly's Village West. 46 Bedford St.,929-9322
Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St., 243-9323
The Monster, 80 Grove St (Seventh Ave.) 924-3558
New Jimmy's 53 Christopher St., 463-0950
Ninth Ciri:le,·I39 W. 10th St,243-9204
f\eeds,8 Christopher St, 675-7333
Sneakers, 392 West St., 242-9m
Two Potato, 145, Christopher St, 242·9340
Tv's, 114 Christopher
St., 741·9641.
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Uncle Charfie's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255-8787

Tribeca
Altar, 161W. Broadway. 571·7272.
G·spot. 50 Warren St., 219-2588 (Fr and Sa, women)•West Side
Candle Bar,:J19Amersterdam Ave., 874-9155
Cat's, 730 Eglrth Ave., 221·7559
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Circle Rep presents Keith Curran's bru.lAlIywitty WALKING TIlE DEAD,
a play that sbatters the ll:aditiooal'
myths "f, sexuality!
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Homer was just a regular guy looking for love, comfort and sanctuary in a chaotic world.
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However;, before Homer was. Homer, he,was VerOnica. And now, Homer is 'dead, ",'Every Night (or almost)• Bedrock (Lesbian club, closed Mo'and Tu.)
121 Woodfield Rd. West Hempstead, LI. (516)486·9516.
>\oClub Edelwei •• (Tuesdays are for lesbians,
but it's open to all Tu-Su.) 167 W. 29th St(212) 868-6989.
419419 N. Highway (Ate 27). Southampton, LI.
(516) 283-5001.
Grand Central 210 Merrick Rd. Rockville Centre,
LI. (516) 536·4800.
Magic Touch (Anglo/latin/Asian)73-13 37th Rd,
Jackson Heights, Queens. (718) 429-8605.
Monster 80 Grove St, at Sheridan Square. (212)924-3557.
• Pandora's
Box Sheridan Square & 7th
Avenue. (212J 242·1408.
The Pyramid (Look under daily listings for individual partills and themes. Also check Going
Out for special events.) 101 Ave. A. (212)420-1590.
Spectrum (Look;under daily listings for individ·
ual'parties and themes. Coors served.) 802
64th St., at Eighth avenue. Bay Ridge,
Brooklyn. (718) 238·8213.
• Tod's (Night club and restaurant. Mostly
women, but Inen are OK.) 2 Georges Rd.
New BrunSWick, NJ. (201) 545-8990.

PERFS. BEGIN
APRIL 24,.

TANYA BEREZIN, Artistic Director
presents,

WALKING THE DEAD
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KEITH CURRAN
Directed .by.. MARK RAMO NT. withsconv BLOCH,
ASHLEY GARDNER,
JOE MANTELLO,CHRISTOPHER SHAW,COnER SMITH,. MYRA TAYLOR,TYRONE WILSON

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Breadstix, 113-24lhieens Blvd., Forest Hills. 23IHl3OO
Friend's Tavern, 18·11 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson
Heights,397-7256
Hatfield's, 126-10 Queens Blvd.,Kew Gardens, 261·

Gents! 360 W. 42nd St, (Ninth Ave.)~7~0659
Sally's Hideaway, 264 W. 43rd St,221·9152,
Town &. Country, Ninth Ave. at 45th St,307·1503
Trix. 246 W.
, 48th St, ( 664-8331
The Works, 428 Columbus Ave. (at Slst), 799-7365

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Bogart's, 320 E. 59th St, 688·8534, Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St,650·1944
G.H. Club, 353 E. 53rd St,223·9752
Johnny's Pub, 123 E. 47th St,355-8714
NY Confidential, 306 E. 49th St,308-8390
Rou nds, 303 E. 53rd St, 593-0807,
South Dakaota, 405 3rd Ave., (29th St) 684-8376
Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St,688-4710
The Townhouse, 236 E: 58th St,754-4649
Twenty-Nine Palms, 129 Lexington Ave., 686-8299,

597·6820(area code 718)
SandcaS!le, 86 Mills Ave., 447-9365

597-6600

Westchester(area code 914)
Playroom, 590 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers, 96H900
Stutz, 202 Westchester Ave., White Plains, 761-3100

East Villag,eLong Island-Nassau

The Bar, 68 2nd Ave., (4th St) 674-9714
Pyramid, 101 Ave. A,420-1590
Tunnel Bar, 116 1st Ave., (7th St) 777·9231.

(area code 516)""
Bedrock,
121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead,
486-9516 (women) "•Blanche,47·2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale, 694-

Brooklyn,

Grand Central, l10 Merrick Rd., Rockville Centre,
Pal Joey's, 2457 Jerusalem Ave., N. Bellmore, 7859301
Silver Lining, 175 Cherry Lane, New Hyde Par~,354-9641,
Station House Pub, 3547 Merrick Rei.,Seaford,785-9IDl

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536-4800(area code 718)

Kiss, 161 Farmardie Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467·9273
Club 608, 608 Sunrise Highway, W. Babylon, 661-9580
Millennium, 1770 New York Ave., Huntingdon, 351·

Starz,836 Grand Blvd., Deer Park, 242-3857
Thunders, 894 Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, 864-1410

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Queens'Club Swamp, Disco/Annex Restaurant. Montauk
Hwy, Wainscott. 537-3332
Crew's Quarters, 36 R Pines Blvd., upstairs, lire
Island,597-6873.
Ice Palace, Cherry Grove Beach Club, Fire Island,Staten Island(area code 718)
After Five Plus, 5 Front St, 852-0139
Spectrum, 802 64th St, (Eighth Ave.), 745-9611
Sweet Sensations, 6322 20th St, 435·2580

283-5001
Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St, Sayville, 567-2865
Cherry's, B!lyview Walk, Cherry Grove, Fire Island,

Hideaway,87-36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica,657-4885
Love Boat, 77-112Broadway, Elmhurst. 29-8670
Magic Touch, 73-13 37th Rd., Jackson Heights,
429-8605.

East SideLong Island .Suffolk(area code 516)
419,419 North Highway (Rl27), Southampton,(area, code 201)
Charlie's West, 536 Main St, E. Orange, 678-5002
Feather's, 771<inderkamack Rd., River Edge, 3426410
Friendly's, 63;0 Park Ave., W. New York, 854-9895
Excalibur, 10th and Jefferson, Hoboken, 795-1023
Nite Lite, 509 22nd St, Union City,863-9515
Vibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, 836-5518 .
Yacht Club, 366 Berksire Valley Rd., Jefferson, 697-

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Coumv Social Serivecas Education • Buildias·· Counseling. support Groups VoIunIMr Opportunilie, (718189&-2500, (voicel (718)
89&-2985(TDDI,
ACT UP (AIDS COAUJION TO
UNl£ASH POWERI
498A Hudson Street, Suite G4
NYC 10014 (212) 584·2437 A
diverse, non-partisan group ofindividuals united in anger andcommitted to direct action toend the AIDS crisis. Gen. meet·ings Mon, nights 7:30, in The
Great Hall, Cooper Union, on
Cooper Square between Astorand St Merks Place's.

and church and upholding thecivil rights of Lesbian and Gay
Atheists. Meetings the first.
Sunday Community Center, 1 to
3 P,M. Dial a Gay Atheists(718)89&-1737,24 hours.

ARCS (AlllS-llEIATED
c:arm.aty ....

1for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster andWestchester
counties. AIDS
education,client services,
crisis'.
.
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Intervent.on, support groups,
case management, buddy andhospital visitor program. 214
Central Ave., White Plains, NY
111808191.1993-0808 838 Broadway, Newburgh, NY 12250 (914)582-5005. AIDSline (1'41113,."

ADULT SURVIVORS OFSEXUAL ABUSE. (Sponsored by SAGEI
Mondays, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Sage. Room at the Center
Experiment.1
Ther.py Group
far WOi.,.o1 (Ag .. 21 and up) to
support the recovery process
and free you from the pein andsilence of sexual abuse. In asafe setting, we share feelings,
develop relationships with innerchildren,and exploreandrelease beliefs and patterns
that block growth. This re·intergrative procen
assists
inuncovering your self worth andinner strength. Psychothera·
pists Joyce Z. Meyers, CSW.,
and Robbye Stuart-Russell,
MA facilitete the group.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN
WlMMiN UNITED FOR
SOCIETAL CHANGE
L.. bian·& Gay Community Cen·ter 208 Wast 13th Street. NY.,NY
Meeting every Thursday 8:00 P.M
AIDS RESOURCE CENTER (ARCI
Supportive housing for homeIe •• PWAs (Bailey House andapartmentsl.
Non-judgmental
pastoral care for PWAs andloved on88. Volunteer opportu·
nities. (212) 481-1270, 24 West
30th St., NYC 10001

ALOEClW-NY(A,i.n Le,bien,of the Ellt
C.. ,t/A,i.n
P.cific Le,bi.n
Network·New
Yorkl We are apolitical, social a/l.d supportive'network of Asian Pacific le,bians. Planning meetings on the
1st Sunday and social eventson the last Friday of ea chmonth. Call (2121517·5598 formore infonnation.

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AMERICAN GAY/
lESBIAN AtHEISTS. AGA. Inc/701 7th Avenue, Suite
9W/New York, New York 10038
A non-profit. educational organization dedicated to preserving separation between state

ASIANS .. RlQDS- NY·
A not·for-profit
organization
which promotes friendships with
Asian/Pacific Islander, AsianAmerican, and non-Asian gay
man through social, cultura~ educational, and service activities
and programs. Call our Hotline:
212-674-5064, or wriIB to: P.O. Box8828, NY,NY 10183-8023.

ATR (AIDS TREATMENT

1lESCMlCES.INCJ
Publishes a quai1lli!y Directory ofclinical trials of experimental
AlDS/HIV treatments in NY/NJ,
and Philadelphia, and hes educa·
tional materialr/ seminars for trial
participants. AlR also advocatas
for improveman1B in the trial system. 259 W. 30th St., 9th fl.. NYC,
10001.(21212111H198.Publications
free/donation requaatlld.

BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Lawyers Referral Se,rvice forthe Lesbian and Gay Community
Full Range, of Legal Services(212) 459-4873 Free Walk·in
Legal Clinic. TU8lday 8-8 pm.
Lesbian & Gay Community
Centro Ground Aoor
BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE.. SUBMISSION GROUPI
Share S/M experiencesandfantesies with other8 in a P08itive, non·judgmental
atmosphere. First Sunday of themonth, 4:45pm at the Community
Center 208 W. 13 Street. NYC.
Thi. group is Part of the New
York Area Bisexual Network.
BLiOUX (TIlE BISEXUALJEWISH GATHERINGI
Comel Noshl Schmoozel Meetother Jewish bisexual (andallies) and share your inter8llts
at a "show- and-tell." Second
Friday of each month, 8pm at
The Community Center 208 Wat
13th Street, Part of the New
York Area Bisexual Network. formore info. Call (201}440-3902.

BISEXUAL INFORMATION ..
COUNSEUNQ SERVICE. IN&.
A profe8sionally staffed, nonprofit organization for bisexuals, their families and partners,
fa cing problems of a paycho. logical or medical kind. We also
work with those in doubt about
their. sexuality. Confidentiality isprotected by law. For infonna·
tion phone: (212149&-9500
BISEXUAL PRIDEDISCUSSION GROUP
Topical discussions on issues ofinterest to the community in acongenial
atmosphere,
fol·
lowed. by aninfonnal'
dinnar ata friendly local restaurant.
Every Sunday, 3:00- 4:30pm at
the Community Center 208 W. 13
Street" NYC, Part of the New
York Area Bisexual Network.
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BISEXUAL WOMEN'S
SUPPORT GROUP
Discussion & CR Group meets
every 2nd & 4th Wednesday,
8:30 • 8:00 pm at the Community
Canter, 208 West 13th Street,Part of NYABN.
BIWAYS NEW YORKMonthly social events for the
Bisexual community and friends.
Cal NYABNfor details of upcoming events. (2121459-4784
BFAC (BISEXUAL poU11C:AJ.
AmON COMMITTEEI
Politicel action on issues of
impoi1llnce to the Bisexual/l. ....
bian/Gay community. Monthly
maeting./ potluck held 8:00pm on
fourth Thursday of.the 1J10nthat
members homes. Call NYABN
for this month's location. ((2121
459-4784

BISEXUAL YOUTH
Infonnalsociiir& support groupfor Bisexual kids/youth. Monthly
meeting/potluck
lunch held
1:OOpm on fourtli Sunday of themonth at membars homes. Call
NYABN for this month~ location.
This group is psrtofthe NawYolk
Area Bisexual N8IWork.

BWS-BRONX WBlANSUNIIED IN SISIEIIHOOD
Is an active, visible, multicul·
tural membership organizationthat is addressing
tha socialand political neads of the Bronx
Lesbian community, Regularmeetings, the 3rd Fri, 8:30-8 pm
o 208 W. 13 th St and the 2ndWed, 8:30-8pm at One Fordham
Pilla, Bronx. Call Lise 212·8299817 (Englishl or Miriam 212·409-2892 (Spsnishl)
BODYPOSmYE
If you or your lover has tested
HIV+, we offer SUIIPort groups,
seminars, public forums, referencelibrary,referrals, social

activities,andup·to-date
nati9nal monthly, "THE BODY
POSITIVE* ($2!iIyearl. (21217211348. 209!i Broadway, Suite 306,
NY,l0023
BROOKLYN'S LESBIAN AND
GAY POLITICAL CLUB lAMBDA
INDEPENDENr DEMOCRATS
Ll.D. endorses and works forcandidates in local, sta,te andnational elections, lobbies for leg·islation, and conducta community
outreach through street fairs andmeetings on special topics. Join
us. 338 Ninth St., Suits 135 Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 966-8482

CENTER RlR ~VlOIB4CE
mUCATlOHJBROOKLYNWOMEN'S MARTlALARTS
a non-profit organization teach·
ing .eIf-d8fanae and karate for 17
years. 5 week courses in self·
defanse forwomen, Community
woikahops in self-defense. Ongoing cia_
in karste & tei chi for
women. Courses & woikllhops in
SD for lesbians & gay men. Slid·ing feB scale according
toincome. Call for more info. 718788-1775. 421 5th Ave., Brooklyn,
NY 11215.
CIRCLEOF MORE UGHI'
Spiritual support and sharing in agay/lesbian affirmative group,
West·Park Prasbytarian Church
185 West 88th Street Wed: worship seivice 8:30 pm, program
7:30. Mansha (212) 304-4373 Charlie {2121891-7118.
COMMllNrrY COUNSEUNG

Teen HOlT-LINE for Healthl Call
Monday to Thursday, 7pm to
9pm. At other times, leIVe a me8sa~e and we'll call you backl
COMMUNrrY RESEARCHINITIATIVE, NY (CRI)
The Commun,ity Research Initiative qf New Yolk ("CRI NY" isa not-for· profit, community·
based center for AIDS and HIV·
related clinical research. Cre·
ated in 1987 by people withAIDS and their physicians, CRI
NY tests promising experimen·
tal treatments
which many
restore or stabilize immune
unctfon, and treatments
andpreventions for AIDS andHIVrelated opportunistic
Infections.Thereis no change forparticipationin CRlstudies.
Many 18boratory
tests andphysicals are provided fre'e ofcha rge to pa rticipants. Childcare can also be provided. All
Identifying information is kept
confidential, Call (212)481-1050
CONGREGATION BETHSlMCHATTORAH
NY's Gay and Lesbian Syna·gogue Services Friday at 8:30pm
57 Bethune Street For info. call:(212) 92~9498.
CONGREGATIONB'NAJ JESIIIRUNMonthly Spiritual Gatherings end
free catered festive lUncheons for
all People With AIDS, their lovers
and families. Program includes
music and discussion led by our
Rabbis. Can (212)787-7800

CENTERGay Affinnative Psychotherapy
for Individuals, Couples andGroups by licensed clinicalsocial workers and psycholo·
gists. Special experience e inaddictions, stress management,
depression, career counseling,
relationshipconcerns,
AIDS
anxiety and coming out issues.
Sliding fee 8cale. Insurance
accepted. Village location. For
inwnediate appointment, call 212353-2888. A staff mamber will
retum your call within 24 hours.
COMMUNrrY HEAlJII PROJECT
208 Wast 13th Street, NYC, NewYork 10011 fQr Appdintmanta andInfonnation. (212) 875-3559(TTYNoice)PROVIDING CARING,SENSITIVE AND LOW COST
HEALtH CARE SERVICES TO THE
LESBIAN AND GAYCOMMUNITY
CO_UNrrY
HEAlJIIPROJECrs HEAIJH INFOJIMA.
TlON UNE FOR TEENS
Do you have questions about
your health? Your Body? Coming
Out? Safer Sex? Feel like you
have no one to telk to? Not any
morel Now you can call the
HOTT·LlNE. 212-255-1517Th e

DIGNrrY-BlG APPlf
A community of Lesbian and Gay
Catholics. Activities include Litur·gies and socials every Sat, 8:00
pm, at the Center, 208 W. 13
Street, NYC.Call(212) 818-13m.
DIGNrrY NEW YORK
Lesbian and,gey Catholics andfriends AIDS Ministry, Spiritual
Development The Cathedral Project Worship ServicllS & Social·Sun. Eves. 7:3Opm-St John's Episcopal Church 218 Wast 11th Street
OWIVe~2179,

DROP-IN COME OUTRAP GROUPS, For Lesbi.ns.nd Bisexual
Women. Fridays starting April
5th 8:30-8:30 p,m. For G.y .nd
BiHxual Man. Saturdays start·
ing AprilBth 11:30 a.m.·l:30 pm*$5,00 Donation R.p Group for.... bi.n and Bi-Sexual Women
oyer 40 1st $ 3rd .saturday 8-8
p,m. *$5,00 Donation Rap .Groupfor Lesbian .nd Bi·Saxual,
Woman Every Saturday 2:305:00 p.m. "$5:00 Donation R.p
Group for gay and Bi-Sexu.1
Men Every Sunq.y 2:30· 5:00
p.m. *$5:00 Donationll\II-v 1111.1_1 OUTWEEK75

•EDGE EDUCAnON IN A DIS"AILED GAY ENVIRONMENT
For the physically diu bled les·bian and Gay ~ommunity. P.O.
Box 305 Village Station, New
York, NY 10014,..

THE FIfTH NEW YORK WBIAN
AND GAY EXPERIMENTAL,
R~FUTJVAL
will be held at Anthology Film in
September 1991. Submissions
will be accepted until June
, 30.
PI8888 send, your 16 or Super· 8
prints or,video transfer (only film
will be show at the festival) withreturn postage to Jim Hubbar,
503 Broadway, Rm 503, New
York, NY 10012 Early applica·
tions and premieres
will begiven priority. For further info
please, call (212)925-5883.
, FRONT RUNNERS
A, running club for lesbian andgay athletes of all abilitillll. Fun
Runs of i~milllll held every Sat
at lOam and Weds. at 7pm inCentral Park and every Tues:at
7pm in Prospect Park. For information: call (212) 724-9700.

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GAYAfRICAN AMERICANS OF
WESTCHESTER(THE GAA.)
is a community based support
9rollP fotmed in Westc.hester
County. Variou.s activities areplanned for the cO'!ling months.
Call- 914-376-0727 for mcire ,info.

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Health, Pl'9vidllll linkagas batwn
NYC Health /k' Humal,! Svcs, andthe lesbian '6. Gay community,
focusing ill All haalth:concerna;
resource,
information
for health.'.
"services
consumer.
and. ~".
providers. 125 Worth $treet, Box
67, New York, NY l0013:Forinfo
caH(212),~.

'GAY MALE SIM ACT1VI$TS
DedicateeI' til aita a!1li ~iJle
SIM since 1981. Open m~8tings
w/programs on SIM techniquas,
1if8Sl'r'leissues, pciIiti~aland social
concerns.
AllIo special
events,,-'.
speai!,ers bureau, workshops,
demos, aftiIity groups, na,ws!ettiN;
more. GMSMA· D.p.t~, 496A
. Hudson Street, Suita,D23 ,~YC
727·9878. '. ,,'l0014A212)
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GMAD(GAYM~OF AffIICAN DESCENT) ,80 Va rick Street, NYC 10013 a
support group of Gay Men of
African Descent dedicit!ld toconsciousnes .. ~eising el)d'thedeveloPmel;lt of the las~ian and
Gay Com!llunity. GMAD is'in'clusiva of African"African-Amari·caD, Caribb,ean and' Hispanicl
Latino men of color. Meetings, a re held, weekly, on Fri~aYs. For
information, can 71&-802-0182.
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GAYMEN·S
HEALTH ,.
CRISIS HOTUNE
FOFlINFORMATION ON SAFERSEX AND 'HIV·RElATED·HEAlTH,SERVICES, AND FOR INFORMA·TIONON ONE·TlME, WALK-IN
AIDS COUNSELING SERVICES
212·807.-& 212.-s-747D TDD(For ih.1ieari...... iNdi M!JI1.Fri.
1113i11J11.ID9 .pm:
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.,''GAY FATHElrS,FORUM,
A support organization for gay
father's, their lovers, and othars
in child-nurturingsitu,ations,
Monthly meetings illclude a
potluck supper, support groups
on varied specialized topics,
speakers, and socializing.Meet·
ings: 1st Friday each montl!,7pm,,
at The Center, 208 W. 13th St,
West of 7th Ava, Contribution: $8,
Bring a main course for 4 people(or pay a S5 food' cha rge,) For
information call: 212·97!H541 or
212·288-3236, ..

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80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 (212)986-1700 GlAAD combats homophobia in the media and elsewh,!re by pr9moting visibility of
the lesbian and gay communityand organizing
grassroots:response to anti-gay bigotry. Do
you hav.e 3P minl/tes a month tofight homophobia1Join the GIAAD
PhoneTreelCaR (212HMI6·1700 for
information.
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INDIHNOENT BRO~CASTBIS,'Gay and lesbian Independent
Broad.~asters invites you to tune
into 011T1.00KS on WBAI-NY, !19.5
FM every other Sundey, 7:30·
8:30pm arid join us wary Tuasday
at 7:30pm to Spm to bac!)ma a
member of GLIB, No experienceneeded. 505 Eighth Avenue, NY," NY 10018 AttII: Outlooks or call
Mack, Allan, (212)473-1889.
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HEALTHCONCERNS
An office of the NYC Dept of

GAYSTAMPCouS:riciNOna, cit ,lI)e cOllectiOns on el\hibit
will'b'e Alternate LlfNtyles out
ohha,Closat.
This is the only
gay/lesbian stamp collection ofitli'kinCl.'I,t..b,a!l won 9 gold
award,~ so far. For information
on GlHSC, send ii SASE to:
GlHSC; P.O. Box'230940, Hert·
fo'rd, CT,08103-0940
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.
Socipl cl.ub for he~vy, chubby
gay men & their" admirers.
Monthly socials a~ the ·Center",vveekly bar nights ThursdaVS,attha,·Chelsea Transfer", monthly
Fat Apple Review, bi.monthly
FAR. panpals., For more information call Ernie at 914-899-7735 or
write: G&f.\INY. Dept 0, P.O. Box
10, Palham;NY10803.
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HEAL~ (Health Education. AIDS liai_1.
Weekly info. and support groupfor traatri1arits for AIDS which doncit compromis .. the Immune~m fur/tler; including allarnative and holistic approaches.
Wad 8pm. 208 W. 13th St (212)874-HOPE.

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for meating sch,edule or more
information.
208 West 13thStreet, NY.NY 10011.

1NS'imnE, FOR WaIANAND,-GAYVOUTH.
Counseling. dropin(Mf. 38pm), rap groups, HaIVey Milk
High S~hool, AIDS and safer sex
infonnaiiOn, referrals, ~onal
education. (212) 833-8920 (voice)(212) 633-81!28
for deaf.

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HISPANIC UNnED'GAYS 6. W.
BIANS
E~ucational servicas, politicalaction, counseling and'social
activitias in Spanish and Eng6shby
and for the Latino Lssbian and Gay
Conmunity. Ganaralmaetings 8jJ()
pm 4th Thursday of 8V8rymonth at
208 Wast 13th Stniet-CaIl201-«i37824 ,or writa JlU,GL; P.O.Box~
Canal Sttaet S1ation, New, Yoile.NY

lima, IDEf(mY HOUSE
Now in our 20th '/liar, we provide
peet counselin,g, therapy refer·rals arid g,roups for tha la~bian,gay and bisexual community.
Call us at (212) 243-8181.
Visit us,at 544 8tb Ave., between 14th·
l!ih Streats, Manhattan.

INTERNATIoNAl. GAY6.

l£SBW1i HUMAN RIGItTS
COMMISSION 'works to focus the spotlight ofworld opinion on. the opprllllsionof gays and.lasbians throughout
the world. Curriititliorganizing
an Inti symposium on Gay andlesbian issuas to be held in
Moscow and lenin-grad in JulylQ91, in addition to many otheraxciting p~ojects. For more info
write IGL.HRC; 2978 Folsom
Sfreet, SF CA 94110, or call(415)847-0453. ".

INSTITUTE FOR IWMAN.' IIENIIlY IIC" 'New York's !!on-profit lasbian
apd gaypaycllotherapy
center.
Licensed psych~logista, psychia·
trista, and clinical social workers.
Sliding scilla fees. Insurance
accaptad,lndividual, cQuple, andfamily therapy.
Varietyof Men's,,
and women's gro~ps forming
continuously. 118 W. 72nd Streat
212-799,9432,
INTEGRnvJNv' 'Lesbian and ¢ay Epjscopalians
and friends. Eucharist and progrsm wery Thuniday, 7:30pm. St
luke's Church, Hudson andChristopher Sts, INFO: P.O. Box5202, NYNY10185(718)
72IJ.3!i4.
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. .KLGHKOREAN WBIAN
AND GAYORGANlZAnONI
Is a group of lesbian and gay
Koreans who are com'mitted tosupporting Bach oth,er, cresting
positive visibility and confronting anti·lasbian' and gay
bial within the Korean community. For more information call
Gene (212)477-8558

Organizers of New York's lesbian. and Gay Prida evants: theMarch, the Rally and the Danceon the Pier. Call (212)891-1774

lAnNO GAYMEN OF NEW
YORKlLGM/NYJ.
II dedicated to consciousness,,, raising, education, support andempowerment
for latino gay
men. We are inclusive cif Latino
gay men of all nationalitias, col·ors and ages. We meet weekly
and publish a m.onthly calenderof events. For more information
call (7181834·8785 or write to
P..O. Box 7108 Grand Central
Station t,I.Y.,N.Y.10163.
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LAMBDA lEGAI;DaENsE
AfI)'EDtICMJON RIND,
Precedent-setting
litigation
nationwide for lesbians, gay
men and people with AIDS.
Membership ($40 and up) inc.
newslettar
and invitations to
special events. Volunteer nighton ThursdaY'. Intake calls: 2·
4pm Mon thru Fri (212) 995-8585.
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VISUAl.. ART,
Call for slidas for Lssbian Artista'
Exhibition, Gay 6. Lesbian Community Center, NYC. For more
information,
send SASE to:
Miriam Fougere, 118 Fort Greene
Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217.
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WBIAN AND GAY,
ADULTEDUCATORS
Maet with other lesbians andgayS who work in adult "duca·tion as t!Ia chars, administrators,
counselors, tutors, etc., to discuss isiu'es such as coming out
to stiff and students, materials
and curriculum, workshop'a~dconference participation. We
meet the first I'riday o'f every
monll) at 8;00 pm at the lesbian
and gay Community Center 208
Wast 13th Street Call ~ryna Diamond at (212) 932-7902 (d,Y') for
information.
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THE WBIAN AND GAY. 'BIG APPl£ CORPs 'Get your instrument out of thecloset-ahd'comeplay with'us .
•Symphonic, Marching, Jazz, Dix·
ieland, !lock, Flute ~osembles
and Woodwinds. 123 West 44th
St Suite 12l.NciwYcirk, NY 10038(2i2) 889-2922.
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SERVICES CENTER '208 West 13th Street New York,NY 10011 (212) 820·7310 9aml1pm everyday. A place forcommunity organizing and net·
working, social services, cui·tural' programs,
and social
events sponsored .by the Centerand more than 150 community
organizations.
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WBIAN AND GAYlABOR NETWORKAn organization of lesbians andGays 'who'are active in theirlabor unio'ns workingondomsstic partnersi)ip benefits
and AIDS issues. For more
information call (212)923-8890:
WBIAN AND GAYRIGHTS PROJECF
oftha Am.rican'Civillib.rti••,
Uniol! KNOW YOUR RIGHTSI
WE'RE EXPANDING nlEM (212)944-9800, ext 545,

WBIAN 6. GAYTEACHERS
ASSO~O~NYC
ThelGTA lias been in existence
since 1974. We '.promote theneads anil rights cifGay/l.8sbian
educators, students' and par·ents. We re currently in active
negotiations with the Board of
Education concerning the multi·
cultural curriculum, sensitivity
training of guidance councilorS,
social workers, and teacl/irs
and many otIier'issuas. We also
have a friendlyVliofking relationship with the U.F.T. For more
infoimation call (718) 628-4699·(718)59&-1864
WBIANS AND GAYSOFRATBUSHBrooklyn's social organization
for both gay men'and lesbians.
P.O. Box 108, Midwood Ststion
Brk/yn, NY 11230, (7181'859'9437' .
WBIAN HERSTORY ARCHIVES
P.O. Box 1258 N'ew York, NewYork 10116212/874-7232Since
1974, the Archivas has inspired,shaped and reflected lesbian
lives everywhere.
'Call. toarrange a visit or to.volunteer
forThursdayworknights,".

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GAYTOU.·FREE SERVICE
1-801J.1JR: &6,LOST PEER SUPPORT~ERVICES(lPSS)

Lost Pear Support Services; anaw progrsm to provide counsel·
ing arid support to the lesbiari,gay and bisexual community 'Of
Greater ~hester,isplanning
itS. first volunteer training. Thoseintere'sted inbecominggroupfacmts~ors a,n~ peer'counselors
should ~all the Lost switchboard
at (914) 948"4922 for further
details. Experience and begin·ning volunteers'Walcomed.
LONG ISlANO ACF-UP . •Maa1a Tuilsdays st8pm at181 PoSt
Ave. in Westbury, NY.Suppcir'tus
for change on lOlig ·lsIand. Mamng
address: PO Box 514,Wastbul'6 NY
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is a support and infomiation group ,for lesbians and bisexual woman
interested in fantssy, role-playing,
bondage, discipline, SIM, fetishes,
alternate gender identities, costumes and so 'forth, MemberShip
is available only to women 18
years and older. Actual experi·ence is not required but genuine
inIDrast and an open mind are.'For
information pleaS8write: P.O. BOx993, Murray HillStation, New Yorlc,
NY10156,
MARANATHA: RIVERSIDERS
FOR WBIAN/GAY CONCERNSMonthly program meeting on
second Sunday for gay/lesbilln
Christians and friends. Educational, political, and socia' activitias scheduled, 12:30 p.m. River·side Church, 490 Riverside Driva,
Sunday worsh'ip 10:45 a,m .. For
info,call (212) 222-5900 (axt 290)

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TOGElHERNY
A multi·racial group of gay men
rewards of convenlionalliving.
against raciam. Meetings evsl'(
Psychologically - fDc_d
rapgroups, Tuas., Sat, a to 10 pm.
Friday night at 7:45 at the I.ae> peer cDunselling avail.ble.
319
bian and Gay CDmmunity Ser·E. 9 Street, New yext, NY lOOIS,
vieaa Cantar,108 W. 13th Straet
fDrinfo.call(212)
22&-5153.
For mDre info.. call: (212) 245- •tI388 or (212) 222·9794.
NORTHAMERI~
MmOPOUTAN TENNIS
MArMlOY LOVE '. GROUp(MTG)
ASS0ClA110N (NAlBllA)
Our 200 member lesbian and
Dedicated to. sexual fraedDm
ga,y tennis club include8 play·and especially interested inera from beginning to. tournagay intergener.tiDnal
rela·ment level. MDnthly tennis
tiDnship" MDnthly Bulletin
parties. Winter indDDr league.
and regular chapter meotings
CDme play with usl For infDr·
Dn the firat Saturday Df e.chmatiDn: MTG, Suite K83,498-A, mDnth. Yea rty membership is
HudsDn St., New YDrk, NY$20; writli NAMBLA. PO BDX
1,0025. (718) 852-8582.
174, MidtDwn StatiDn, New
YDrk, NY loola or call (212)
MOCA (MEN OF COLOR AIDS
807-8578 for information.
PREVENTION PROGRAM.)NORTHERNUGIITS
Provides safer sex and AIDS
educatiDn infDrmatiDn to. gay
AIlBINAIIVES
and bisexual Men Df CDfDr;
ImprDving Quality Df Life fDr
cDDrdinates a netwDrk Df
PeDple with AIDS/HIV. THE
peer·suppDrt grDups fDr gay
AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP;
and,biiexual Men Df CDIDrin
ExpIDring the possibilities of aailS bDrDughs Df New YDrk
powerful and creative lifa.in theCity 303 Ninth Ave, New YDrk,
face of AIDS. CaB(212)2!i5-8!i54
NY l0001Dr call (212) 239-1798.
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NYC GAya lESBIAN.
NAno~
GAYAND
ANJ1.VIOlENCE PROJECI"LESBIAN TASK FORCE
Counseling, .dVDC.Cy, .n!!
is the national grassroots pDlit·
infDrmitiDn fDr survivors Df
ical DrganizlltiDn fDr la.sbians
anti-gay and anti·lesbian vioand gay men. Membership islence, iaxual assault, domaslic
viDlenc., and Dther types Df .
$3OIyear. Issue·Driented project.
addreS8
viDlence,
victimizatiDn.
All sarvicn free.
.
and confidential.24,hour hot·
8Od,omylaws, AIDS, gay rights
line (212) 807-0197 ,Drdinances, families, media,
etc. thrDugh IDbbying, educa,
tiDn, Drganizing and direct
PARENTSJRUENDS OF
actiDn. NGLTF 1517 U Street
LESBIANAND GAYS
NW, WashingtDn, DC 20009.
Let P/FlAG help you and your(202)332·8483.
family deal with !he uphasval ofyour coming out Our m•• tings'--..
a re free: monthl,y on the 4th
NEW YORKADVERTISING
Sunday. at 3:00 pm, in Duane
AND COMMUNiCATIONS
Church. 201 West 13th.lnf07 Cal
NETWORKNYACN iii the cDmmunity's
Jeanne,212-483HD829
largest gay and leabian prDf88Sional group, wslcDming all
PEER COUNSBJNG FORSURin communicationa
and their
VIVORS OF BIAS ASSAUI1,
friends. tIIonthly meetings, 3rd
DOMESTIC VIOLENCEAND
Wed 8:30pm at the Community
SEXUALASSAULT
Center, Mambera' nawilettar,
The New YDrk City G.y .nd
jDb hDtline, annual directDry.
....bi.n Anti-ViDlenc. ProPhDne (212) 517-11380fDr mDre
ject (AVP) is Dffering free
info.. MentiDn OutWeek fDr
peer counseling for lesbians
one free n8W8lettar.
and gay men who are sur·vivors of bias .... ult, domesN.Y.FEMMES
tic violenceand suual
SUPPDrt and discu .. iDn grDup
assault. Train.d volunte.r
peer counsalors will be availfor laabiana who salt idanlify a8
Femme and are primarily
a ble from I tD • PM eve"
attracted to. butch women. For
Wednesd.y .nd nlirad.y .t
member.hip, infDrmatiDn call'
the AVP Dffice., 208 We.t
13th Str.et. AVP offers free
I.iI8 (212)82&-9817.
counseling, .dvocacy andinformation and referr.11 to.. N.y. WOMEN'S SORam
survivors Df biaa Ulllult,
GUID
domestic violence and lexual 'For experiencad, seriDus Soft·b.1I PI.yers, CD.ches andassault Call (2IZl887~l7f11r
IIIOnt infannation.
M.n.gers. We play mDd/fa8t
pitch wsekends in M.nhattan.nd Queens. Try·DUtS begin
PEOPlfwnH
Feb. 11 thru April- Dr until
AIDS COAUTION
filled. (212) 255-1379 Janet(212) 532~1·800-823-3~
Hotline (212) 532·0588Monday
tllIU Friday lOam-6pm Me.1 pro- 'NINTH STREET CENTER
grams, support groupa,.educaSince 1973, a community deditiona I and raferralsarvicesfor
cated to. demDnstrating that a
PWA's and FWArc's.
hDmosexuallifllllyte is a ratio~

PEOPLE WITH AIDS

ISlnIGIIOUP.

Undergroundbuyer's club
importing nDt·yet-approved
madicationi and nutrilional8U~
jllaments. 31 West 28th St 4th
FIoor(212)~-azao
PINK PANTlIER PATROL 'Community street patrol in"
East Ind West Village dedi·
cated to deterrilig viole'nt
crime ag.inst gay. and les·bianl. For info and meuting
time for Wast Village, call
212·475-4383. for Eait Village
Patro.l info, call 212-248-8588.
70 A Greenwich Ave:, Box101, NYC 10011

PIIOFESSIONALSIN
RlM/VIDEO,338 Canal Street, 8th Roor, NYC
10013212'-'3351,

QUEER NADON
Queer Nation is a multi·cul·
tural direct action group dedi·
cated to fighting homophobia,
queer il)Yisib~ityian~ all forml
of oppr888ion that any queer.
. might fllce. Anyone can sug·gest an action and shouldcome to meetings, prepared toorgariize and implement it aN,
208 W. 813th St, New·York. NY
10011. Ci!l~I2·978·8720
formeoting info.

SAGE:(SENiOR AcTION'
IN A GAY ENVIRONMENT)Social Service 4gency. pro·viding care, activitiea, & educational services for gay &lesbian senior citizens. Also
serves over 180 homeboundseniors & older PWA's.208.
.
West 13th St NYC 1(1011,(212)741·2247,, TASK FORCE .
. 'ANNOUNC~,
the leg.r Aclion Center
located at 153 Waverly Place,'NY, NY'10014, has begun two
new programa. All their ser·vices are free. The HIV/AIDS
Lag.1 Service Project providali
free legal services to people
with HIWAIDS. Their sC9pe ofservice is wide, encompassing
child care and custodY, dis·
crimination, ~housing. haalthyhiialth planning, confidentiality
andemployment.
The,HIV/AIDS Agency Trailling andAssistance Project provides
technical a$siatanca to public
and private agenci.s about
legal .nd polioy issues on
HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. 'They provide training, individ·
u.1 cons.ultitions, and model
policy guidelines, among otheritems: If you have any further
questions, please contact Ms,
Cather!ne O'Neil at (212)2431313. The Allooi.tionofNune. in AIDS Cant (ANAC) ,/las monthly meetings with,speakers
and networking.opportunities. For mseting info,
pl ....
contact Janet Vaccariello It (2121340-8724
THE OUTREACHUSING COMMUNAL HEAUNG (TOUCH)
CDmmunity volunteers providing a w.ekly buffet supper fort.he Brooklyn AIDS community. TOUCHme.ts MDnday
eves. 5pm to 8:30pm· at down·
town Brooklyn Friends Meet~ing Housa (110 Schennerhom
St. near Boerum 'Place). limited tr'l)sportation
may b.
arranged. Info: (718) 622-2758.
TOUCH welcomes contribu·
tions of funds, food and v,olun·teers.

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LESlllANSNI) BISEXUALSFor al of lis interastad in reaching out to asch other in exuber·ance to spontaneously ,.xplore
ami eXpand upon the SatlVJane
Roberta ·PhiIDsDphy· as it
relates to ourlivaa, personally,lexually and politically. Call AI(212)~1289,x287

SUNDANCE OUTDOORADVENTURE SOCETY
A non-profit club offering Out·door .ctivitias fOr every lelaon including hiking, biking,skiing, water activ!tiel andothar outdoor .ctivities for the
Gay/lesbian community. FDr
infDrmation or cCimplimantary
Newslettar caD
12121598-4728.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Woman's HIVSupport GrDup .t
349 East 1491hStraat Room,l109,.
on ThuJadays 11:00· 12:30.This
is an on going CI088d group for
women who 're HIV infected.
2·3 individu.1 cDnsolations are
required before admittanceinto group. No fee. Foffurther
information call Donna Berschof Planned Parenthood/HUB at,(212)585-!iOO1.

ULSTER COUNTYGAYANDLESBIAN AWANCE
Meets first and third Monday
of each month at 7:30 pm at'the Unitarian .Church on
Sawkill Road in Kingston. For
Information, call 914-82&-3203

in th.e following disciplines·
painting, drawing, sculpturing,illustration, architecture andenvironmental design, interior
design and graphic design.
ShDuld be interested pl.ue
call Eric Strauss at (71818558491•
WllAMI-WOMEN'S HEALTH.ACTIONAND MOBIUZADON.
A direct action group cDmmit·
ted to demanding, securing anddefending absolute reproduc·tive freedom and quality healthcare fDr all women. We meet
every Wed. at 8:30pm at 105,E
22nd Street, 4th floor. 212·7135988Mailing address: WHAMI,PO Box 733, NYC10009.
WOMENS ALTERNATIVE,
COMMUN' CENTER(WACC)
A non·profit, Lesbian commu·
nity center serving Queens,
Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Thurs. night weekly discus·
sion groups. 8:30
, pm, for otheractivities please contact us at
51&-483-2050.
ATTEN110N WOMEN SOFTBALLPLAYERS
There is a Manhattan softballleague looking for players;
especially.xperienced
pitch"rs. I'interested please call
, 'Mary at(718) 3n-7279 Hopeto. hearfrom
you soon.
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a LESBIANS
Watch the men of the knights
wrestling club inaction evO'ry
Sunday at 7:30 PM at the GAY
CENTER,The club also con·ducttraining classes 'on alternate Saturdays afternoon (1st& 3rd Satu rdays for men 2nd& 4th Saturdays for woman)for more information please
call: 71&-639-5141

UNITYM
NEEDS YOU til b.come a part
. of ill Organizers
for Gay
Games IV, to be held in New
York in 1994. Olympic-stylesports and cultural event islargut in world. Theme is
INCLUSION,everyDne
isneeded.
SUPPORT
THE. GAMES by volunteering, join·
ing or making a donation. Call
212~732·3812 or write UNITY'94, PO Box 202, NY, NY 10038.

VISUALARTS PROJECT
In Honor of Artistic Vi.ion. ~by AI.D.S. .
The Visual Arts'Projects
isintereated in docum.nting
and collecting
art work(slides) by those people who
hlV. AIDS or Arc. It is the
Project's intention to not justfocus on AIDS but on some·on.' work and artistic vision,
We are intereatad in receiving
responses from those p.opl.

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conservative argument in the book: The"if-everyone-feels-this"'way-(even~though-they-are-wrong)-then-they-mustbe-right" argument: "Homosexuality isperceived by the majority of people as adefect. There is no way of showing thatperception to be wrong."

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years fighting for the right to take careof her lover, Sharon Kowalski, paralyzed and brain·damaged in an accident.
Sharon's parents refused to acknowledge that their daughter was a lesbiah or
to accept her relationship with Thompson. -They took the case to court.
As the Times (almost the lone
media voice) reported last week, despite
Sharon's repeated requests to be with
, Karen, the court named a third party as
her legal guardian. Thompson described
this third party as Simply "a stand-in for, the parents,",.The most appalling part of the· judge's decision was contained in a section subtitled "Outing." It accused Thompson of violating Kowalski's privacy by· telling the paralyzed woman's parents· about' their relationship without her con, sent. This w.is part of the reason the judge
didn't appoint Thompson as 'guardian.
The ruling would have been different if a man had told the parents of his· female partner that .the two had beenlovers. And if these two hypotheticalstraight people had eloped, the casewould have been thrown out. The 'scarie$t implication is that you do not have
, the right to talk about your relationshipunless you get yout partner's permissiQn-or it will be held against you.
With so many "what-iF situations, and so little respect for queer relationships, we need equal protection for
whatLainbda
Legal Defense calls ~allAmericans' who choose their partners
and households by their own tenns."
In addition
to Kowalski andThompson, there have been too manyugly legal battles between lovers andparents when someone dies of AIDS.
Even if you don't believe in the institution
it should' be an individ.. of mamage,.
ual choice to participate or not-just as 'it should be with the military....

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There is no cure for HIV,Bilt there ore treatment options. The AIDSIHIV Treatment Directory, published by
the American Foundation for AIDSResearch (AmFAR),is a "user,friendly" guide to the full range of approvedand experimental treatments. Asubscription to the Directory is the best way to receive this information
regularly, Asubscription is also an ideal way to support the efforts of AmFARto raise funds to underwrite
research and education about HIVdisease, A one'year subscription (4 issues) is only $30,00, Tosubscribe,or to make a contribution, send your check to AmFAR,

1"'- American Foundation for AIDS Research6\(~1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036

People wilh HIV dis.,,,, who cannol oHord a paid subscriplion may obloin a complimentary copy by calling Ihe Nolionol AIDS
Informalion C/earinghouS8 011·800·458·5231,• Are you experiencing anxiety, confusion, or stress from coming
out, relationship problems, HIV status, or addictive behavior?
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you may face.
• With over 12 years of experience serving the lesbian and gay
community, Butch Peaston provides compassionate therapy thatcan open doors of understanding.
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Psychotherapist(212) 243-1570
12-steplAddiction Specialist· Group or Individual Sessions
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BUDDY DlKMAN, CPA. Year-Round ~Tax Planning and Preparation
Personal Financial Planning
212-856-3000'

COUISEUIGCAREER COUNSEUNGNO FEE- BKLN HEIGHTS
Gorgeous 1bdrm w/lott. huge ELK.2
wbfp's, brick bathroom, giant porch, wd
firs, high tin ceiling, Nand S exposure,2 walk-in closets. $835 including heatDays (516) 829-6444Inight (718) 6246276. Ask for Michael

AIIOUICEIEITS

Find the rightworkforyoul
Experienced Executive Counselor
offers action-oriented consultation.

Justin Hecht, MBA, (212) 242-2424

JERSEY CITY SPACIOUS

4 bdrm, yard DW, WID. Tons of closet
space hdwd firs, high ceilings, clQse
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Ministry to
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Call Tony or Bill at the
Church of St. Francis

ANTHONY SANTONI
Attorney at Law, Real'Estate; COOP/Condo Closing- Bankruptcy; Incorporations; Wills. 37 E. 28th Street. Suite
700,~C(212)447~

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for the best apartment cleaning,CaII...WORDOF MOUTH APARTMENT, CLEANERS reliable/responsible/
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Seeks more Lesbian volunteers. If
you are a good listener who cares
aboutthe community and wants tohelp, please .call 212-TI7-1800 for
information about volunteering. New
training class starting soon.
Come join our new semester. Day andevening classes available. N.Y.
School of American Sign Language.
For more .information call 679-SIGN•

The Male Stop
A computer BBS.
Use your modem.
(212)721-41. Free!

TERRY (JAPANESE)WOMENDATIIG SEIVICES

COIPUTEIS

212-&95-1500
Formerly of 57th and 2nd Avenue andHotel Sutton. Please contact Bill in Ft
Lauderdale. BiII-1402 E Las Olgas
Blvd, 1810 Ft Lauderdale FI,33301

Counseling~12-989-6006

1-800-688-7445

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Bonding, Bleaching and Porcelain
lamates. Call for details.
Eric Mehler, DDS
LJ7 First Avenue #407
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fiTNESSWOMAN BODYBUILDER.

Training/Posing Videos,
Photos for sale
For info.,send SASE to:
PO Box 7495
Marietta, GA 30065°ew

EATING
AWARENESSTRAINING

IElP lilTED

Call Ross Jllcobs(212)9~1 ,,·Leading performing arts trade weekly
is looking for a salesperson who isexperienced in the areas of theater,
dance and cabaret. Restaurantclients a plus. High commission
arrangement for the right person.
Call (212) 354-7608/.

EXlCUTIVE DIRECTOR.

NY in '94 organizers of Gay Games IV,
seeks ·EDwith expofor coordinatinglarge events/festivals, fund raising and. Powerful massage
fiscal management,. short and, long
, By Appt. .
term strategic planning & public relaCalifornia Certified
tiOl'!s. Knowledge of Gay and Lesbian\ Midtown CallathleticcommuniW prefd. Women,
Scott (212) 947-0693
people of color, HIV +, encouraged to,.
apply. Resume, cover letter & salaryrequirements to: SEARCH COMMITTEE, NEW YORK in '94, T.IME SQUAREZUMBA. ..THE MUCiiSOIlGHT ~R.
STA., BOX 20210038, Application
HARD TO RND PRODUCT IS NOW
Deadline: May 15, 1991

STOPI
RESTORE/RESURGE/REMEMBERI•IElPIIITED·SALESPERSON

What. if you could eat
whetever you want,
Iwhenever you wantand still ~eep yournatural shape?

IEll TI PIIDICTSAVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES.

,'EXECUTIVE DIRECTORNew York's Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation seeks ED for$450,000 non-profit organization. .
Extensive budgeting, fundraising,public speaking and personnel experience essential. Women, people ofcolor urged to apply. Resume,..
detailed cover letter, salilry regs to:
SEARCH COMMIITEE, GLAAD/NY, 80
Varick Street,.#3E, NY, NY 10013.
Deadline: 31 May EOE.

·ART DIRECTOR
OutWeek. the Lesbian and Gay News
Magazine, se~ks full time art director
to oversee all design aspects of 111)
page publication; Must have extensive pOII.r design and megezine
experience. Iluark.lllustrator andother design programs also necessary. Send resume and letter to Mr.
Rotello; OutWeek, 159 W. 25 St., NYC
10001, or Fax (212) 337-1220.

This Yohimbine herb and Lecithinbased vitality booster imported
from Germany; contains 6 otherpowerful herbs f()rm around theworld know to stimulate desire
and sexual performance, vigor andphysical stamina. Tested to strict
German Government standards.
$25.95 Visa/MC, check, ino,
Worldwide Health Products,
5525 Canyon Crest Dr., Suit:e 71-310,
Riverside; CA,92507, Order 1-800-2889230, Free catalog of other uniqueproducts upon request•

HElPlilTED
ADMIN DIRECTORAIDS buyers club seeks independent,.
highly organized person to.manageinternal agency functions: inventory
control, shipping/receiving benefits,
MIS, publications, bookkepping, etc.
Strong computer (VVP, DB, spreadsheet), admin/mgmt background req.
Writing skills, fam w/AIDS activism/politics a plus. Salary $30-35K.
Reply before 10 May to: ,PWA Health Group, 31 West 26th
Street, NYC, NY 10010. EOE/AA
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•ALL STAR, Moving & Storage, Inc.
The.flnest service available at the most reasonable rate

Local &, Long Distance • Modern Equipment • 7 Day Servic~
Licensed Piano Movers • Experienced Courteous Personal
318E.11 St., NY,NY•(212) 254-2638

Licensedand Insured
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Take Charge 0, Your Love Life.

CIBCULAll0N AND
SUBSCRlP110NS MANAGER: dutweek, 'the National Lesbian and
G~y Weekly Magatine seeks Circulation and Subscriptions Manager tocreate new promotions a'nd oversee, current distribution. Broad knowledge of direct mail solicitiation witha minimum of two years subscrip• tion/marketing experience required.
Send res,umestogether with letter
covering salary history .and require.ments and why¥ou want to join Out-·· week. To: Offices,'ofthe P·ublisher, .
J Outw,eok Publishing, 159 West 25thStreet, 7th FI, NY,NY 10001, Equal Opportunity Employer.

'. MARKETING MANAGER DIAL OUT;, CORPORATION.
,a leader revolUtionizing the telecommunications information industry,seeks highly motivated, creative individual tQ research, develop andimplement marketing plan. Our ser. vices.include: factual information,directory assistance, voice, mail, entertainment, teleconferenc, ing, adult & dating services. MBA in
Marketing required wi~ mastery of• following disciplines: strategic marketing, services marketing, new pro.d, uctdesign, management, research,
segmentation, pricing, a~vertising.
Two years experience plus in enter,tainment or service marketing
required. Excellent benefits. Resume
with cover letter (include salary· requirements).to: Ms. Fjeld, Dial Out,Corporation, 159 W. 25th Street, 7th FI,
New York, NYSO1()()()1.Dial Out is a,lesbian and gay owned corporation.

, ASSIST 'CREAllVE DIR/GRAPHIC,"DESIGNER. Advtsg. Dept. of Gay owned andoperated adult entertainment co.
seeks dynamic self-starter to assist in,'.development of visual products fromconcept through completion. Exc.
, graphic design sens and production'knowledge, direct and purchase photography and illustration, type spec.,, 'perform layouts and mechanicals,
Mac eXpoMUST ~e a'te8m player,
have a,sense of ~u.mor and Adv. portfolio. Sal La to Mid 30's. Resume·andsamples to: DIS 866 UN Plaza-Suite
4038,
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FINANCIAL SEcuiUTY-mSURANCE NEEDS""llFE.
HEALTH,,DISABIlIIY INCOME
PLANSOIERYL LAPOW(212) 725-1220

MOVING AND STORAGE
Household • Commercial
Piano • Antiques • Fine'Art. VISA &MASTERCARD

212-333-7337
718-275';9521
Fax 212.265.1742
Find u.ln the yenow page.

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WEST 11TH STREET

Try Brownstone Brothers, instead.
Professional and reliable. Serving
the Gay Community 15 years.
Sensitive, fun people'Wtl0 get the job. done.rightwith no,bulls~it Licensed
DOJ'.10166.lnsured. Reasonable
storage rates. Pianos, Art Antiques,
Moving Supplies. Mention Outweek. for Special Discount Free Estimates.
426 E. 91, Call 289-1511.

Grand Chelsea
Chelsea's Only New
Luxury Full Serv Hi-Rise
1 BR's & COny. 2 Br's
from $1095
With spectacular views
and balconies, across from theChelsea Gym
Rental Offc Apt 2G, Open
Sat/Sun 12-5
Wed. 3-6pm; or by Appointment

PUBllCATlolSPIIITIIGSITUAllolS WAilEDI am expo in access control, security
ADM, CCTV & Security operations. I
am also available to supervise yourprivate security needs.
Ivan Keith (718)692-2129

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GAY RESORT FOR SALE
Play host to thousands of gay men
and women. Fife's Resort, just north of
San Francisco in th spectacular Russian River gay resort area is for sale.
Imagin life as owner of this world
famous resort The opportunities andrewa res are endless. $1,750,000 for
this completee sucessful business on
fifteen beaurtiful acrees nestledamongst the redwoods and wineries.
Call Sonoma Properites at(707) 527-5211 for details.

ALAN PEARL
MD - PSYCHIATRIST)
Helpwilh .
• Relationships• Self-Acceptance• Anxiety• Depression• Addictions• Disorganization

724-5188
135West 70Ih Slreet-Women's Coming - Out Group- Men's 'Exploring Sexual Identity"
Group- Bereavement Group- Gay Male Couples' Group
Institute for Human Identity(212)799-9432

David Lindsey Griffin,
C.S.W., C.A.C.
GayAffirmative Therapy
FEES BASED ON THE ABILITY TO PAY
Member: NY Slate Federation of Alcoholism Coun88lo~, Inc;
Msmber: NY SIate.Society of ClinicalSocial Work Psychotherapists, Inc.

COMPASSIONATE, CARING
THERAPIST
Supportive-individual & couple ther~apy by institute-trained licensed
psychotherapist Help with relationships, gay identity, dealing with yourfamily, and living in the age of AIDS.
Sliding fees. NY and NJ offices:(212) 769-8796 or (201) 567-2445.
ARI FRIDKIS, C.S.W.

Gay & Lesbian
IndividualICouples• Stress and Anxiety• Alcoholism & Drug Abuse• Sexual Compulsion• ACOAarid CODAIssues• Coming Out

GAY MEN'S WORKSHOPS• Assertiveness Training •• Self - Esteem Improvement.
Monthly /4 session Low Fee

Uceneed By Appl OnlyOffices in
Manhattan, WoodstocklKingston

2121582-1881 914/688-5068+ Psychotherapy Groups Wkly
Individual and Couples Therapy•

Dr. Mark Williams 212 - 691-6161
Union Sq. Office / Free Consult
Certified /20 yrs experience ..

THEIAPY..

(212) 746-3921

GROUPS CURRENTLY FORMING:

Fully renovated apartment! in the art
deco district of Miami Beach. Perfect, full time residences or the best in!lffordable seco!,!d homes. VINTAGE
PROPERTIES, 1601 Jefferson Ave.,
Miami Beach, Fl33139. (305) 534-1424.

May "15, .._,,Maybe we can help, :ro Ie~more
about our free ccnIkIenIfaI,esean:h P"'IJ'8IlI8 cal us at Cor!WI Unv. MecIcaI Canter.

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Spectacular Pool House. 4 bedrooms,
41/2 Bathrooms, Hot Tub, Pool,
Deluxe Kitchen, Fully equipped; Full &Half shares; May 3rd. to Oct 6th. 'Bill (718) 855-2114

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newslettersbrochures
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Harrison Prop.erties$9.95 to T.M. Publications P.O. Box
310743Tampa, Fl33680Allow 4-6
weeks for delivery.

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Partners Anxie1ies. I can help.
Licensed for Insurance C.S.W.
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212-362-7664

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Based on over 7 years of living.Send,

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Lesbian/Gay Psychotherapy Center(212) 243·9669

CHELSEA 3)8 W, 22nd, SI., NYC 10011

Groups forming: male
couples, men's, andwomen's.Experlenced ·Llcensed·Insurance Reimbursable·Che/sea Office'.

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GAY COUNTRY INNWith 20 channing rooms, 100 mountain acres, heated pool, hot rub, hiking, peace and privacy, we're yourperlectvacation choice I Near golf,
tennis. antiquing, summer theater.
HIGHLANDS INN, Box 1180k, Bethlehem NH 03574 (6031869-3978.
Grace. Inkeeper.

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THE OPEN QUEST INSTITUTE
In our community since 1978

NEW YORKHYPNOTHERAPY
A supportive, gentle approach
to transformation. Hypnotherapy
helps you tap your deepest inner'resources to modify negative
habits, enhance self-esteem,
deal with problems andlive successfuOy.
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HYPNOTHERAPISr

DR. BURT AARON SIEGEL(212) 570-9047
Competent & Compassion8te
Psychother8pist
Stewart•M. Crane. ACSW

Individual.Couple,•

Group Therapy• fEAR OF INTIMACY• AIDS·ANXIETY* DEPRESSION* ACOA ISSUES* COMING OUT
New Men's Therapy CroupJorming
Expijrienced .. licensed
Insurance Reimbursable

Offices: Greenwich Village 212/645-0646
Teaneck. New Jersey 201/836-4206

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Romantic Bed and Breakfast in theCatskills, especially for lesbians andgay men. Created for couples but also
well suited for groups. For info call914-439-4237; or write Rd.2, Box 455
livingston Manor, NY 12758

sliding scale fee,ceaccepted-. 24-HOUR CRISIS UNE
Professional help is just aphone call away NOWI
Depression • Anxiety· AIDS-related
mentaVemotional problems· Other
psychological problems.

1-800-444-9999

DISCOUNTED AlRUNE TICKETS
Planning to go to Rio, Paris, Nairobi,
or anywhere else in the world?
We'll get you there for less. Contact
NUYU Advenrures toll free at
1-800-9 BRASIL

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

212·691·2312

FAX (212) 633,1612

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Pleasant, comtortabte room,
Single,iDoubles trom $50
Pnyate and shared bath
TV in every room
Continental breakfast
Short walk tQ
Christopher Street

Ourfinest amenity ...
the freedom to be yourself.

AdyoF'lce Ileservohons SuggeSled VISA MoslfifCOrd Acceple<fC.nelseo Pines Inn• •317 West 14th Street. New York, NY 10014(212) 929·1023,•

COUNTRY COUSINS BED &BREAKFAST. VERMONT1824Gre!lk Revival House, music
room, with Cathedral ceilings, RumfOrd
fireplace, outdoor hottub. A truly traditional B&B. Weekly and wk day specials.ContactRtlB
Box 212Shafts- .
bury, VT052620r call 1112-375-6985.

I,Your all-season resort in
the Pennsy Ivania Poconos
For Reservations
Call 717-223-8484

MONTREAL • QUEBEC
Chasseur Guest House. Exclusively
Gay. Downtown Free Local Gay Map
serve - yourself breakfast till noon
Sunny open Air Terrace. Safe & Clean(514 521-2238IGTA Amex. Visa, MC
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Private bath w/refrigerator OR shared bath •Color TV • Telephones • AlC • Continental
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An Historic Greenwich Village Inn
All rooms with private baths
Most with hreplaces and kitchenettes
all airconditloned
565·$100
Now available two bedroom
luxury suites $140/$160

INCENTRA. VILLAGE HOUSE
32 EIGHTH AYE" NEW YORK, NY 10014
212120&·0007
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Eve ...y r-...idClYrodyssey. "'There's no auising of any
sexual flavor. There's only one rule for, behavior at a Dead concert-just don't
stand on my head."
McNally tells how the Dead participated in a benefit concert for AIDS
last May. Spawned and raised during
the '60s in the Bay Area, the Deadgrew hand-in-hand with gays andlesbians as friends and neighbors.
Snorts McNally, "Having a gay friend
is being a part of San Francisco--or
you'd have to have your head up
your ass for the last 20 years."
Nonetheless, at the press conference
before the concert, a 19Calmusic o1tie, himself gay, asked if the band feltthat taking part in an AIDS concert, would stigmatize them. Bill Kreutzman shot back, "Hey, we've been
stigmatized for the last 26 years." Bob
Weir responded with signature' sarcasm" "Didn't you know-we're
all
gay?"
Still, many Deadheads acknowledge the durable legend that Bob, theyoungest and cutest band member, isbisexuaL Steve, 35, a transplanted
Oklahoman who lives' in New Yorkwhen he's not jetting to Aspen, says:"Everybody is open and accessible tobisexuality at a Grateful Dead concert, because Bob Weir is perceived
to be bisexual. Therefore, it's gotta be
OK. "Fred" says: "There's sufficientthat Bob Weir is( bisexual.
speculation.
People who are gay say they've had
sex with him." Moreover, he's seen
sexy boy groupies hang out backstage with Bob. Gina echoes the
rumors, pointing out that in the early'70s, Bob adopted an androgynous
look and oddly resembled back-up
singer Donna Jean Godchaux. Says
, Kathy; "Fans wouldn't leave the band
if Bobby was sleeping with guys.
Nobody cares what Bobby does withhis free time which is a nice space
to be in." McNally, however, laughs
heartily at the allegation. "No,.I don't
think so," he says. "He's a happy heterosexual, for what it's worth." T

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Also available with Damon. Noon to 4
am. CHRIS (212) 496-6710
MIDWESTERN BOY
5'10",150119 y-o college studentwith beautiful body and cute face
available for bodywork. Very friendly.
Call for in/out appts.l0am-4am anyday. Also available with Chris.
Damon (212) 496-6710
VOICE-MALEI HOT MENIFREE 10-DAY ACCOUNTI BROWSEDETAILED aUESTIONAIRES FROM
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THEAUTH CODE: 6904(818) 566-T1T71(213) 370-2266..... FOUR STAR MASSAGE
By attractive, sensitive, considerate,
and talented guy in mid-40's. For themassage you won't soon forget. inbeautiful surroundings in East Chelsea,
call 9:00 am-l0:00 pm, 7 days a week.
, $75 for 11/2 hrs. $90 for 2 hours.
MARC 212-255-8854
6 FT BLDNDE DANCER
Swedish or Tantric Massage
West 14th Street Area
Robert 212-929-4019,

EUROPEAN GUYS CRAVEAMERICANS I
COMING TO NEWYORKI
Direct contacts. Free all-male list
. with call. Call Euro-Guys
1-900-737-9333 ($3Imin.).

PLEASURING THE HEART "Sensuous, deep, healing bodyworkby handsome young expert
Swedish/Tantric -In/Out
Paul (212) 228-18891

SUPER MASSAGE
Full Body ProfesSional Swedish
Massge by'handsome Masseur.
Release stress and improve
body conciousness.
Rex (21~)3Ii6-0761

11/2 HOUR RUBDOWN
Deep and relaxing by good-looking
guy. Also do couples. Reaso.nable. $50
In/Out$75 Marc (212)~1.

MENS MASSAGE GROUP
Get a massage and learn to give one
tool Every Sunday 7pm-10pm-$20.
Bring a towel.
Call Terry Weiser
463-9152

POErS TOUCH .
Sensual Massage,
Beyond Imagination
212-691-7934

loBElS/ESCoITS•, BODYBUILDER MASSEUR
Excellent masage with release, tall
sculptured Gennan Italian, Big Balls
and feet I am very good, not like therestl Call Bruc&' (212) 922-9186 .
PRO~~~~~~~EUR
Swedish Ins. Grad., In I Out
Reasonable: Village Location
Steve (212) m-1217,'.

RE~ AND RECHARGE,
W/This tall dark handsome student
Swedish/Tantric - In/Out
live N. Brooklyn Call David . Beeper 212-~-()528 'TIISISITIII
The strongest, most incredibly
sensual massage you will OIL
get by a truly handsoroe,~sweet,
exotic sensual massuerlll
Call Ariel 212-249-3047
FRIENDLY,CUTE 6' rDlRIY BLOND
22 Year old cbllege guy give's greatmass!lge 1 to 1 and 1/2 hour se"ssions
only. Deep relaxing experience. .
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