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us. People aren't dying because
Danny Sotomayor's car- of AIDS activism, Danny. People
toon in your Oct. 17 issue [no. are dying because of govern68J offends for many reasons. menial neglect which is direcUy
First and most obviously, his and indisputably related to deep
PWAcharacter pre~ents AIDS loathing of 'gay people, womenas ~he exclusive province of IIiId people of color. We hate togay, white men a gross dis- "bteak the news to you, Danny,
tortion of epidemiology. But ','61ft'your sexuality puts you furSotomayor extends this distor- tiler outside the circles of whitetion to suggest that since AIDS male power than you everis the exclusive province of gay thought possible. You're one of(white) men, the AIDS activist the despised, and we think conmovement should focus exclu- fronting the hatred that has
sively on treatment issues.
informed every governmental
According to Sotomayor's for- and corporate decision aboutmulation, to expand the scope HIV is' as important as gettingof the movement is to condemn drugs into your body.
PWAs to early death. But . . The infighting within AIDS
Sotomayor's obsessive "me- . "activism comes in part fromme-me". cartoon bears· no . deep frustrations with the vexresemblance to the agenda and ing nature of the epidemic: It
successes of the AIDS activist ain't goin' away fast enough.
movement that he has helped There are valid criticisms to be
to build and shape. Nearlyma.de of 'the movement; there
every AIDS-related demonstra- are real political differencestion, action and campaign
and' disagreements between
we've participated in or heard and among us. But please, let's
about has sought either specific get on with the work and nottreatments or access to health be derailed by Sotomayor's
Care. As we", the AIDS activist blame~the-Il1Qvementattitude.
movement can take credit for
One last comment on the
any number of policy changes cartoon: The RdeI character is justin government and the pharma- stupid, red-baiting. Red-baiting
ceutical industry which have led and war-mongering are old bicks,
to earlier access to treatments.
Danny. Don't fall for them.
f' There is some truth in
Sue Hyde$otomayor's cartoon: A tension' .
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exists between AIDS activists'
Eve Faber
Who include as a long-term goal
Washington, DC
systematic social change and Daniel S(Jtomayor responds:
those who want highest- and Your letter offends on many lev~)." ,~ "eo,els. You accuse me of beinga gross distottion of the bodyunaware that the AIDS epidemic of my work.
You say that the cartoon isaffects people other than white
gay men. Since I am a Puerto
obsessively ''me-mlHTle''-orientRican who has been living with ed. If only that were true. But
AIDS for the last three years, I unfortunately, a lot more people
find your accusation almost too than just "me" are i11fectedwith
absurd to warrant a response.
this virus. And those that are
But it's nice to know you two infected should be setting their
white, middle class, HIV-negaown agenda. The women's
five women are around to point
movement should not be led bythis AIDS-infected Puerto Rican ,Whites. And the AIDS movement
toward the truth.
should not be led by those who
I've been doing cartoons,are fortunate enough to haveone or more per week, for more eluded this disease.
What you call a shortthan two years. These cartoons
have been populated by people term goal, access to treatment,of color, women, white men, can mean the difference
the physically challenged and, between life and death' for aon occasion, beings from outer PWA. At the risk of having you
space. For you to say that I've again accuse me of being "meme-me" obsessive, I choose
committed '~ gross distortion"of the epidemiology of the AIDS the route that offers the best
.epidemic because in one particchance of survival to the mostular cartoon the PWA is white is people. I choose the short-

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vacy. Her choice of girlfriends
has always been fun gossip,
but we should also be discussing the ideas in her books
rather than dismissing her until
she reveals the "truth" to thelarger world that so many of us
LET US HAVE
have long known. Sontag is
LEDERER
Though a lot gets written under no obligation to be aabout many aspects of the spokesperson or mouthpiece
for a particular community; aAIDS crisis, it's sometimes
hard to get information and theme that has run through her
work has been to examine theanalysis about noncorporate
words a society uses to
medicine (a.k.a. "alternative"or "holistic" treatments). Bob describe cultural phenomena
Lederer's column is invaluable (in the case of disease, we utilize a militaristic vocabulary).
to those of us who believe
chemotherapy is not the only In outing we resort to using
upper-cased words reminisway to treat AIDS.
The problem is that "Pos- cent of schoolyard insults. Peritive Alternatives" does not run haps Mr. Signorile should thinkoften enough. Couldn't you again before he brands sometalk Bob into doing a column one (a someone who has succeeded in introdUCing difficult
every other week?
Paul Feldman concepts into the popular marSeattle, Wash. ketplace of ideas) a disgusting
fake and a victim of their own
SONG OF SONTAG
argument. Children used to
In issue no. 72, ·Mr. Sig- say, "I know you are, but what
norile ["Gossip Watch," Nov. am I?" when faced with similar
14] reprimands Susan Sontag unfounded criticism ..
Ned Miller
for not being out [as a lesManhattanbian] in the media world aswell as for not prefacing AIDS Signorile responds: Susan
and Its Metaphors with an Sontag and the intelligentsia-much as many ofadmission and proclamation
them and people like yourself
that she is a lesbian.
There is a notable tenden- might try to convince us withcy among "minorities" to con- elitist notions ("Think again
tinually begin a statement by before brandling] someone
confessing to its purported
who has succeeded in intropoint of origin. In this mode, I ducing difficult concepts into
would have begun my letter by the popular marketplace")should not be afforded any
stating that, "As a JewisMrish
gay artist who has been fag- Godlike respect that others
bashed and denied funding by aren't. What self-serving popgovernmental agencies due to pycock/
Sontag is a prominent
peer-panel cronyism, I think ...."
Yes, in some instances, it is public figure whose hiding andimportant to speak of "where cowardice robs us of visibillyou are coming from." But isn't ty-though she has capitalized
it also important "where you on her observations of this'are at" and where your argu- community again and again.
And her staying in the closet isments are going to?
Sontag has a choice to a gross hypocrisy, especiallysince her lesbianism is relevant
speak openly of her sexual
identity: As a nonadversary of to the subject matter she tackthe "gay community,"
we /es. Someone's got to tell her
should respect that choice and this, and why can't it be me,her constitutional right to pri- right here on these pages?

and Eve, I know the "us" I
stand with. I stand with myown, the men and women
who are living and dying ,with
AIDS. And we are not divided.

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promises to our community in
my opinion of a person who Is his inaugural address on Jan.
1, 1990. Include In this reminconstantly In the public e,VB?
As for her "right to priva- der that what Is going on Is
more than just homophobia; it
cy, " if Sontag were dating
Herb Ritts rather than Annie is hatred in the worst sense of
Leibovitz, and it were printed the word. We want our humanIn the newspaper, she'd prob- rights to live without fear ofably have a vain chuckle and walking down a city street atpeople like yourself would not any· hour and feel safe about
be writing letters about her our sexuality.
As we. have to struggle"right to privacy." Why is heterosexuality glamorous and together (and sometimes in"public" while homosexuality .--------------...----------------is a grotesque secret thatmust be "private?" Because
people like yourself believe it
to be, that's why.

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For some reason, it's
always the things a newspaper
or magazine does "wrong" thatmakes people write letters to it.
I've been meaning to write thisletter for about two months, to

EVERYBODY'SHOMEGIRL

It was said that
Queer•
Nation was going to demand
Marjorie Hill's resignation attheir next me.eting at the Center. It was also said thatqueers of color could neverorganize and show their presence and strength as quickly
as white queers.
On Monday, Nov. 5,
1990, queers of color provedthat we can in fact "snap" ourfingers and get to itl Our"homegirl" needed our public
support, and we showed up.
The message was loud, clear
and full of beautiful colors:"We're here! Get used to it!"Despite the two or three
who publicly expressed theirdiscontentment, it was evident
that the majority of Queer Nation
members realized throughout
the course of the evening that
Marjorie Hili is everyone's
homegirl. Gays and lesbians
must utilize her office to voice.ourconcerns and complaints.
Instead of talking to her
about her wardrobe, why notcall her and let her know thatyou wOOld like to discuss why'she doesn't like to use the word
"demand" and explain to herthat our community can nolonger wait and stand witness
to any further violent act directed at queers. Tell her to remind
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praise OutWeek and say how and see "Dreamboat of thew.onderful I think your maga- Week" about Pete Townsend
zine is, but it's when you do coming out, and you totallysomething ''wrong'' that I actu- . neglected that he's bisexual.
ally sit down and write.
You leave bisexuals.invisible.
Let me say, first· off, that I
I am a very out and open
think OutWeekis wonderful, the bisexual activist. I am an AIDS
and have been
. best newspaper or magazine in activist
the queer press that I have read. involved with ACT UP in two
In fact, I just subscribed recent- citieS-Washington, DC, andly. I eagerly tum to MiChelange- (unfortunately to a much lIisslo Signorile's "Gossip Watch" er extent at this time) Boston.
each week to see what closet- I am an outspoken queer
case hypocrite or supposed
activist involved with Queer''friend'' of the community who Nation/Boston. I am loud andis heterosexist he~s going to proud and on the front line.
expose and trash. He's beauti- Can't OutWeek recognize thatful. I think your advocacy is bi's are Queer,too?
great. I think your coverage of
Drew Lewis
almost everything is great.
Cambridge, MA
I was very, very happy to
see the interview with Susie
FAERIE FLAK
Bright recently. And to see in
Jay Blotcher's cover artiprint the "B" word. It made me cle, "That 01' Lavender Magic!"
feel included in the people Out- in the Oct. 31 issue of OutWeek writes about. And then I Week [no. 70] includes a
open issue no. 73 [Nov, 21] description of the Radical•!\OW DOWE END TJIE
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Faeries which disturbed me
greatly. On page 43, Mr.
Blotcher writes: "[Radical
Faerie] rituals stress rebirthand growth. Drawing on cultpractices of transcendentalis'!1, pharmaceutical hallucinogens often are part of the ritual. And so is sex. 'It's absolutely at the core,' Birman says,'and we often don't acknowledge it. I wouldn't say thateveryone comes there to get
laid, but in a fairy [sic] context,
spirituality is sexual, and being
sexual is spirituality.'"
I have been active in the
Faeries since 1983 and neveronce have I observed [others],
or been encouraged myself, totake "pharmaceutical hallucinogens" for any ritual purpose.
While I realize that some may
privately in~ulge in the chemical construction of "transcendentalism," it is not a cOmmon
practice of the Faeries to do-

this publicly for ritual purposes,
and our rituals have not, in myexperience, centered on thispractice in any way.
Again, the connection
between spirituality and sexuality is, indeed, an intimate
one. But to assume that overtly physiCal sexual activity in aritual context is required
before sex becomes a "part"of the ritual indicates a grossly
superficial understanding of
this connection. Being sexualin a ritual context has little to
do with "getting laid"; it may
take a number of different
expressive forms from dancing naked in mud to ritualabstinence in order to increase
psychic or spiritual potency.
My frustration with Mr.
Blotcher's description of the
Radical Faeries, however, hasmore to do with discretion thanwith noting these two factual
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the current politiCal and socioeconomic climate, want to publicly declare that they adv9cate
the taking of .illegal substances
and the practice of .ritUal(homo)sex? The recent Midwest Men's
Festival was raided by several
law enforcement organizations
just for these 'reasons.Whatever
We may, think of such- repression, it is real, and I, fot one,
don't want my next FaerieGatherin,g raided because someone
in the FBIreads OutWeek.
I go to gatherings because
I want to find communion withlike-minded spirits in the privacyof a retreat from the everyday
world. This privacy is broken bysuchindi'screet, sensational
writing. This, indiscretion iscapped off rhetorical,ly by quoting David Birman in such a way
as to make it read 'as thoughthese things lie at the .centerof
our practice,when they do not
I will leave it to Mr. Birman to correct Blotcher's misuse of his information. But inthe future, maybe OutWeek's
checkers should run suchpieces by the original informants (at least) to make surethat what is being l?aid is true
and accurate. Otherwise, itwould seem that your weekly
is attempting to sell itself
through sensational, rather
than investigative and informative, writing.
.
John Collis'
Manhattan',o AT Now if thafs no~ news, I don't,R ' Aknow what is. The next day and~eekon Thursday, I combed Th8o"f the.
New York Times in order toIfind out mote details of ~hisI,demonstration. And as I sus1 pected, not one goddamned '1. word was printed about this1 disruption anywhere in that1
paper or on the radio or on the1
TV or in l1,1yother medi~ outlet
Iacross this homophobic city.
1
Why didn't the media pick1
up on this newsworthy' item?
1 ~hy are ne~spapers, mag~1
Zlnes, the radiO, the networks,.I cable TV; totally irresponsible
I This week's dreamboat has been left blank In and u'nresponslve when It
I m~itlnory of the countless .talents-the I comes to reporting gay newS,
shapers, the dreamers, the conscience..... ost
especially when the news is
1 to this community through the AIDS crisis. On 1 positiVe? Why ~asn't ~he gay
Saturday, Dec. 1, the Day Witho~ Art-as themarch on W~hmgton 1.1t ,1987
1 M~nhaitan 'skyline is dimmed fr~m ti", 1 ever re~rtedln f!1e medl8~
Chrysler Building to the World Financial Center. I think the time has.fm~1y
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1 to the ~~~e Wa~hlngton .."dge, .but ~~per that our main enemy is the· Sq~are IS alight With a fou....hour slide show of 1 media. Don't you think that
I artists' work-take a moment to remember the media is trying its• that a world without us is a world without art_ • damnedest to keep us down?
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Why do you think created the
You have done a great seryiqe the dubious credentials of hav- ,AIDS panic in the early '80s?
to pagans everywhere, both . ing been the mayor of Char- Who silem:ed the march on
Homo- and heterosexual~
lotte could unseat' that mon- Washington in 1.9871
Articles like this one helpster?
Didn't they even remem' During the last 20 years,
to break us from our social ber· Helms' tactics ,an.d the media has made feeble
bondage and le.t 'us see our- " stratagems of the past cam- attempts at undoing the homoselves as we really are-all',paigns and that he.was capable phobia that lies deep within theand the same; united with and of even surpassing himself in fabric of. American society. In
under the stars.
stooping as low as necessary fact, there are some forms of
Laura Markowicz to achieve his goals? A man .media that advocate homophoBoston totally devoid of scr.uples,bia~They must all be smashed,morals or shame, Helms had dissected, ripped apart and tom. QF HELMS AND ,the means and the willingness asunder.'.
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media? How do we get more
Much. surprised I waf! to. The Democrats neededathan
a few measly crumbs?
see witches gracing the. cover q~ite worthy' of the Democrats.
of issue no.'70 [Oct. 31)! I am in'lack of foresight and inepti-' white, conservative old whore . There are three basic ways or
also Wiccan, and although I tude. When I first learned a like Helms to unseat him, and methods to accomplishthi,task.
"".. 1. We can work fromam not gay, I found the article Black liberal was chosen to they blew it.
run against Jesse Helms, I- Mahmoud Tajbakhsh within the system. This("That 01' Lavendar Magic"),'. Manhattan . method has been going on for
fascinating as a witch and ~s knew at once that it was' a lost.
decades', ~l1d very little hasan open-minded human'being. cause and totally removed
FULL-SCALE WAR
Changed. Unfortunately, there
I have been aware of . myself emotionally. though
On Election Night, Nov. 6, are too many "faggots" workqueer pagans since I declared not financially, from North
1990, I Watched with awe and ing within the media w~o:dmyself Wiccan and have a few Carolina's Senate race.
, How.could the D~~ocrats amazeipent the power.of ACT rather keep homophobia In
pagan friends who are gay,
be so naive nay, stupid as UP. This group prevented New and . homosexualityout
and your article illuminated·because they're just sel~queer covens for me. It was to imagine that in a state that a York state's most powerful
creep like Helms had such a politician, Gov. Cuomo, from loathing. selfish, hateful desplwell-researched and factual,tight grip, a Black liberal with giving his acceptance speech. cable vermin.
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hatred and fear. The homo.homosexual media demands
phobic media has createdcan be made, most included
JesseHelms, the "moral" ass- .
community will come up withabove. (The above are suggeshole of this nation of homoa list of pro-homosexualtions and are used as examphobic morons. The time hasples.) These demands wu. be
media demands. For examPle:
come for us to rise up, seize(.1 ),a positive pro-gay news
presented to the media. If thestory 10 every newspaper , demands are' not, .met within " the time and declare war on
the media. We~vegot absoacross the nation every d,ay of
30 ~,.thenwe refer to alterlutely nothing to lose, but athe week (not on page 56 ornative no. 3.
few miserly crumbs.
next to obituaries); (2) Inter3. We will work out!llde
PaulGumrdo
views with prominent and notthe system. We will then meet
Forest Hills, NY
our demands by force. We
so-prominent homosexuals;(3) positive, pro-gay sitcoms,
can bomb television studios,_RO... KOFF
\ disrupt all live shows, espedramas, mysterles,sclence
It Ie reprehenajble of Alltn:
cially newa broadcasts. We
fiction on 1V and cable during
prime time, three times per
can deatroy media corporate Roskoff [no. 73, Nov. 21] toattack party promoter Dallas'
headquarters, amah came~week mlnlmuni; (4) advertlsBoelandahl , over what
ere' must use the homosexual and ,other media equipment,
lifestyle_ a valid alternative toamounta to i templlt In aburn down media office.,
teapot. To mla.leadlngly paradestroy prlntlng,prt8ses, vanthe other valid lifestyles cur, rently In falhlon; (6) 20 perphrase Boeaandahl'aal'1luably
d.lI~e delivery trucks., havema.. lYe demonstration., .~- . pragma~o deolslon not to let
oent of all national, regional
Deborah Glick canval. hi.
and loCal inagazlnee and otherIn., zap" until our demand". space must 'be dMted-to the are ,"et. We muat be unre- Men'e Room venue Into the"He claimed that the people
lenting and fight until we win.
~omoeeicUalllfe8tyle. (20 perThe media has Intensified who come to his parties don'tcent of the population): (8)other' poaltlv.lmagery.
Pro-.., -clur currflnt atmosphere ofcare .bout POI~IC8"Is rldlcu, .
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this heinous murder (-killed,during an 81M episode"
IndeedI) from being swept Intoa closet. A relentless fund-raiser for gay C8U888, Boesandahl
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Inter he II lesl than eupportlveof gay rightl II mallolou,. If
Mr. Roekoff Is IQ "politically
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In issue no. 73 the Cooper Square Theater wasincorrectly situated on East 77th Street. It is on 7thStreet. Additionally, Cooper Square's My Pet Homo runs
through Dec. 12.
Otis Stuart's piece, "Superwoman," in issue no. 74
contains two typographical errors. "If Tchaikovsky was theconsununation of 2Oth-century music" should read "19thcentury," and it is "crowns" not "crows" the "1bemes andVariations' ballerina" shows us. Our apologies.

attack up-standing membersof their own community. Such
taw-dry tactics are penny-ante
tributes to the most politicallywell-connected gay person in
our curiously duplicitous history-the late Roy Cohn.
BeauIe(11lC1
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VESTI VERITY
Allen Roskoff's commentary piece in issue no. 73[NOV. 21] contains a casualand inaccurate reference to
S/M: "When Rosenthal'sfriend Egil Dag Vesti was
killed during
an S/Mepisode ..... While I'm sure it
was not Mr. Roskoff's intention, this could give many
readers the impression thatbeing murdered by a sociopath is somehow a normalrisk of SIM sexuality.
Egil Vesti's killer may
have been kinky, and he
may have been "sadistic" by
the definition of the psychiatric manuals, but theirencounter fell far outside
the bounds of what anyone
in the organized' SIM community would consider "an
SIM episode. It lacked thethree crucial elements of
S/M" as that is understoodby such groups as Gay Male
S/M Activists, the Lesbian
Sex Mafia and the Eulenspiegel Society: It was not
safe; sane and consensual.
Murder, or the threat ofmurder, is not what SIM is allabout. SIM is an intense
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making that may involve controlled risk, but only in orderto reaffirm the value and joyof life. The Vesti case bears
the same kind of relation to
S/M that homosexual' rape inprisons bears to gay lovemaking generally.
David Stein
Co-founder, GMSMA

Allen Roskolf responds:
David Stein is absolutely correct. I did not intend to givethe impression that being
murdered by a sociopath issomehow a normal risk of
S/M sexuality.
I did not mistakenly
paraphrase 80esandahl's
decision not to let Deborah
Glick into the Men's Room
disco. I was there. Mr. 80esandahl did in fact claim thatthe people who come to his
parties don't care about politics, I felt that this was ridiculous. The owners and/or managers of Uncle Charlies, theNinth Cirr:le,Julius: New Jimmies, ChelseaGym, the Roxy,the Eagle'sNest and the SpikeaI/ welcomed Ms. Glick. Ourcommunity cannot afford to
be nonpOlitical.
Kick Some Ass

About "Taking Aim at
Bashersl" [no. 68, Oct. 17]: I
was so enraged when I finished readingthe magazinelast
week. I was angry as one could
possibly be when the magazine
arrived, but after reading thearticles about the above topic,
my blood was boiling.

WE MUST ARM OURSELVESAND FIGHT BACKI
In our little town we havea highly visible and political
Cardinal walking around in a
dress over on Afth Avenue. He
is bashing gays in the name ofgod, he is also guilty of murder
for the number of people whohave contacted HIV due to his
obstruction of education about
prevention. How sad and how
sick. Living with AIDS for along time now, I honestly cansay I would like to be the onel
The angry PWA assassin or
martyr. One could not find abigger hatemonger than thisman in a dress who is campaigning, not only for the position of Pope, but to kill people
off with a virus. How sickl
The gay-bashing muststop, and we must stop it.
Wake up, kids. Mommy ain't
gonna come and pick you up
and pull the broken beer bottie out of your face, and kissit all better. It don't work like
that, and you all know it.
Who is responsible?
Responsible for what?
Our elected officials,
church leaders and many
gay people must all share
the responsibility for what ishappening.
My entire adult life I havebeen turning the other cheek.
It is time to fight. I would be
so proud to be the one to fonna PWA terrorist organization. 'Gay people-did
I say
gay people? You're damn,right I didl Here's why. I know
people who insist they aregay, not queer. They also disagree with outing, whileknowing nothing about what
outing really is (and Is not).
These people, too busy drinkIng Miller beer and smoking
Marlboro, calling themselvesgay, not queer, can't find thetime to read OutWeek. They
just know it's that radical
paper published by a bunch of
ACT UPers.
How fucking sick. They
also want nothing to do with
PWAs who might be from adifferent risk group (IVDU).
Well, isn't it so pretty on
your side of the fence? Ouranger is justified. We deserve
more than we're getting, andwe have to get off our asses
to get things done. Momma's
not gonna kiss it all better
this time.
Dennis (last namewithheld, on request)

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IRally to kick off the lesbian and gay pledge
bowcOtt 01 a-.I
13. 'DIlks about a weekly I
Ilesbian and gay cu...... allairs show have bloken down, with Channel 13 _w calling the I-non-negotiable.·
GLAAD, Queer
ImatterNation, Ac:r U~
GUD and others ant calling a
Ipledge boycoH starting with 13's Dec. 1-91
pledge drive. With less than011 pel'- I
01 JHU9I"8III hows devoted to ow c0mmuIcent
nity, it's ~ime to stop giving and to start I
Rally is on No1&. 28, at 5 pm, in fIunI
13 at 356 W. 58th St. between _Eighth and Ninth Avenues. Bring yow 13 totebags and wnbntIlas. A bonIint is planned.
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NEW YORK-Police have made athird arrest in the murder case in
Queens that has galvanized co~unity
anger pver anti-gay attacks here, but
the long-sought tag of "bias motivated"remains elusive.
Esat Bid of 90-11 51st Ave., an 18year-old resident, of Elmhurst, Queens,surrendered to officers from the 115th
Precinct on Nov. 19, at the office of his
attorney, Bany Rhodes. He was arraignedon Nov. 20 and charged with seconddegree murder and crimina1 possession ofa deadly weapon in Connection with theJuly 2 murder of Julio Riv~.
,Rivera,29, was stabbed repeatedly,
and bludgeoned to death with the claw
end of a hammer near a schoolyard inJackson Heights known ;IS "Vaseline
Alley" because it is popular with gay,
men looking for sex.
Rhodes declined to conunent on thearrest of his client. "I can' only tell youthat he insists on his innocence," said
Rhodes,who
added that Bid has no
crimiilal record.
'The Queens County District Attorney's office was sCheduled to take thecase' before a grand jury on Friday, Nov.
23. At press time, sources close to theinvestigation expressed confidence thatBid would be indicted on the chatges.
Bid's arrest followed the indictments
last week of Erik Brown and Daniel,' Doyle, 20-year-Old residents of. the same
Jackson Heights neighborhood. Doyleand Brown, who last week were indicted
on second-degree murder charges and,for criminal possession of a deadly
weapon, continue to be held without bail.
The grand jury proceedings in their cases
remained sealed, and the DA's officedeclined to divulge, details.
According to Detective Michael
Sackman, who heads the investigationof Rivera's slaying, Bid's surrender cameas a result of the arrests and indictmentsof Brown and Doyle. "He reached out
to us through his attorney, and detectives went to his attorney's office andpicked him up_"
, Detectives at the 115th Precinct havesuspected the three men since late lastsummer, when they learned that all three
had attended a party in the neighborhoodon the night of the murder.

Cops working on the case have ~spent the past three months building a ~case against the three, which Sackman ~bas described as "very strong."c
Police are in possession of a c0nfession from Doyle, although his lawyer bas
disputed its legality. According to
Sackman, cops on the case will continue
to reselVe judgment on the motive forRivera's killing, waiting for a corroborating statement from Bid.
But under the guidance of theirattorneys, neither Bid nor Brown, whohave also said nothing to police, arelikely to talk. And while anti-violenceadvocates have expressed satisfaction
with the current pace of the investigation,
they are nonetheless impatient for a declaration of bias motivation.
"We continue to feel that without
evidence to the contrary that this should
be classified as a bias aime," said David
Kirschenbaum, a spokesperson for the
New York Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence
Project. "It should be treated as seriously
by the police and the press as bias murders against any other community."
Vaseline Alley, located near 77th
Street and 37th Avenue in Jackson
Heights, is not fur from several neighborhood gay bars. InJuly, neighborhood re&idents told OUtWeek that drug sales occur
openly along nearby Roosevelt Avenue,
between 79th and 8Ist streets, and police
originally suggested that the slaying
might be drug-related.
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NEW YORK-A state appeals courtin Brooklyn and a trial court in
Manhattan have both issued rulings infavor of gay waiters with AIDS who were
fired by their employers. In both cases,
the courts found that the restaurants had
violated laws forbidding employment discrimination on the basis of physical disabilities, upholding policies of state andcity human-rights agencies which haveconcluded that mv infection and AIDS
are "disabilities" under the law.
In Club Swamp Annex v. White, aunanimous four-judge panel of theAppellate Division, Second Department,
ruled that a gay bat near East Hampton,ll, violated the state human righ~ lawwhen the owner fired waiter Kenneth
Henry in January 1986. Henry had
informed the owner the previous
December that he had been diagnosed
with AIDS-related complex. The ownertold the State Division of Human Rightsthat Henry was ftred for "poor performance," but Henry's roommate and coworker, David Rockwell, who has sincedied, said in an affidavit that the ownertold Rockwell that he "couldn't face" having Hemy in the restaurant because of his
illness.
FormerState Human
RightsCommissioner Doug White ruled that
Hemy was entitled to reinstatement withback pay plus $5,000 damages for mental
anguish. The appeals court upheld
White's order but reduced the damagesby the amount Henry earned after hisdischarge while working as a waiter at
another restaurant.
Lambda Legal
Defense Fund filed a brief in support ofWhite's order before the appellate court,
whose decision was published in the
New Yom LawJournal on Nov. 20.
In Manhattan,
Justice Edward
Greenfield ruled in The BeD Restaurants

abusive and accused him of having
AIDS. The restaurant claimed that it discharged Miller because his work had
deteriorated sharply. While fmding that
Miller's work performance had sufferedunder the circumstances, a New York Citya. e law judge ruled that Miller's
work perfonnance was a pretext for discrimination on the basis of a perceptionof AIDS_
Justice Greenfield agreed with thisfmding, stating that "persons with AIDS
have been deemed to be handicapped."
Whether the perception is solidly founded
or not, the belief that such a handicap
exists is a sufficient basis for a finding of
discrimination ....Discharge on a mistaken

notion that a handicap exists is just as pernicious, if not more so, than discharge
based on reality. So long as the complainant is qualified and able to performthe duties of his job, his handicap, real or
imagined, cannot be the ground on which
he or she is refused employment."
Miller's case was the first AIDS
employee discharge case to complete theentire administrative trial pr~ss at the
NYC Commission. The Commission
awarded Miller $10,170 in back pay and$20,000 in damages for mental anguish.
Since Miller died after the administrative
hearing, the money will go to his estate.
Justice Greenfield's opinion was published in the LawJournalon Nov. 19....

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Abortion Rights, Birth Control and Other Radical Ideas•«'roby Victoria A. 81
The new president-elect of Ireland,
Mary Robinson, is the antithesis of every
man to hold the office before her.
Robinson, ~e first woman ever electedto the presidency, is a radically liberal
human-rights activist and feminist. And, she is outspoken on issues of birth control, abortion rights-both of which are
illegal in Irelanti---and on the deaiminali7ation of homosexuality.
"It's about the most exciting thing tohappen to women and gays here ever,"said Anne-Galligan, a lesbian-ferilinist
from Dublin. "The election of Robinson
was a total swprise--really a reaction tosentiment against Brian Lenihan (one ofher opponents), bu~ it could have areally brilliant effect on us here. It's notgoing to change anything tomolTOw, of
ROCKTHE HOUSE-Mary Robinson, course, but it will make the kind of agitation that could radically alter the position
to say about rights fur gays in Ireland: "Iof gays and women in this oountry."
do now and have always felt that
According to Galligan and other gay
homosexuality should be decriminaland feminist activists in Ireland, the picized. I say it now and will say it in ature there is bleak, and Robinson's outpersonal capacity later." Consensual
spokenness on issues such as gay rights,
abortion rights and birth control havemade more than headlines-they havebolstered, grass-roots organizers who see
her election as an inevitably positive step
toward establishing equal rights forhomosexual acts are illegal under, thewomen and gays.
Irish Constitution,
According to
The president of Ireland is, as in
Galligan, political figures ignore the gay. rights issue,',
other European countries, a head ofstate rather than of government. But
Moira Flynn, another activist, told
while the position is primarily a cereOutWeek that "the politicians just ignoremonial ope, it Is not without influence.
these issues, They don't think of homo- ,And,Robinson has repeatedly statedsexuals as having a voting bloc like inthat she wants the position to carry , the States, or even in Britain, So it justmore political weight, a position she
tends not to even be addressed, except
made clear during her qunpaign.
in somewhat negative ways, It's more
Robinson, who will be inaugurated
likely that an issue such as divorce
on Dec. 3, is, like nearly 90 percent of(RobiIison favors legalizing it) or even,the Republic of Ireland, a, Roman
birth control and abortion get raised by
Catholic. She is married to a Protestantpoliticians because there's a strong femand is a lawyer and a mother of two. In
inist movement here. But, for example,
the course of her caInJ:Yaign,she had thisthe illegality of condoms makes the,•

AIDS problem even more alarming
here, because there just isn't available
protection. And it's all due to the powerof the church and their stand on gays
and women.
Robinson is also outspoken on therole of the church as regards to the state.
She believes strongly that the church has
put women in the position of secondcIass citizenship and that gays have beenclassed "right below them." In an interview with a local news magazine, Hot
Press, she said, "I agree that the whole
patriarchal male-dominated presence of
the Catholic Church is probably theworst aspect of the establishment
forces that have sought to do down
women over the years. n Part ofRobinson's job will be to attend religious functions as president. "It's not
the aspect of the job that most excites
me," she told the magazine.
Robinson's election came as a surprise to many. Although she had campaigned hard for the position and holds
an impressive political record prior to theelection, Brian Lenihan, her prime 0pponent and member of the dominant
Flanna Fail party, was expected to win.
Her victory is attributed to reaction
against Lenihan when he was exposed in
the local press as having lied about apolitical scandal eight years earlier.
Robinson trailed behind Lenihan by 5
percent in the first round of balloting, butneither obtained the outright majority
required to win, The second choice ballots for third-place finisher Austin Cunie
put Robinson over the top,
One Irish male politician, who
asked not to be named, said that theoountry is ron by and for men and thatthe election of a woman in a position
with as much "obviousness" as that ofpresident "can only mean to stand themen on their heads. It matters very little
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found a way to quiet her yet, but I imagine they'll keep trying."
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Robinson tan'"a campaign like in theStates, like J~ Jackson or someone likethat She expected to lose, but she got a 'lot of diverse people on her side. And I
think her fairness, and her willingness tobe outspoken, to say that she thinks it's
all right for women to have abortions
and for men to have sex with each otherand for people to be protected against
unwarited children or unwanted diSease,like AIDS-I think that ~ys'a great deal
to a verY -many men who have gotten all
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respects her campaign seemed tame. But
her quotes keep appearing in local newspaperS and magazines, and she has yet
to deny having said any of them.
Robinson is an iconoclast especially·for a woman in Ireland, often
called the most anti-woman state in. Europe. Her controversial career began
when she was 25 and became theyoungest law,professor ever at Dublin's
prestigious Trinity College, the Irish
equivalent of Oxford. She was also oneof the first women to achieve the standIng of senior legal counse1-4here ,are 5tiIlvery few women to achieve that level ofrecognitio~in the British legal system.
She was also the first president of the, Irish Women's Political AssoCiation andhas served as a member9f the Irish senate for over 20 years.
, She is a renowned IawYer ,in the areaof civi1liberties and has focused particularly on issues involving women, gays andchildren. She has rmde headlines in cases
for voting rights for the young, legal aid
for the poor and equal rights for women.
AI: a time when Ireland remains inpolitical turmoil, her presidency could
have a defining effect. Said Galligan:"She's detennlned to have people sit up
and take notice. She's not a figurehead
type, so it's unlikely that she's going to sit
back and pour tea for diplomats."
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TACOMA, Wash,-After nine years
bf battling the US Anny, victory tasteS
especiidly sweet to 42-y~ar-old gay
sergeant Peny Watkins.
"Nine or ten years is a long time, but
it's been worth it," said Watkins in a telephone interview. "I would do it againand I would do it exactly the same way."
On Nov. 5, the US Supreme Court
refused to hear an appeal brought. by the
Department of Defense which would
have kept the exemplary soldier out of
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"Considering how conservative this court
is--and being Black 'aDd' gay and fighting
the government-I
had three strikes
against me," he explained. "But it shows
how far off base the government is with
their argument, and how blatantly wrong
they are."
Watkins had vowed to fight till theend, even though
he didn't initially see,
himself as a gay crusader. He has said
repeatedly that he only fought to get what
was his-the pension he had earned.
But his ethics are such that he,couldn't bring himself to lie, even about,something as "minor" as his sexuality.
"My ,mother was very strict about lying,"
said'Watkins. Over 20 years ago, when
he saw the question on the Anny application which asked if he was gay, his firstthought was of her,"I thought that if I lie anq get thrownout, my mother would kill me. She
wouldn't mind atall thatJ'm gay, but she
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answering machine, has had a handful of
victories against the military. But it has
been a long, drawn-out can:lJYdign.
Watkins acknowledged that he was
gay when drafted and continued to be open
about his sexuality each time he re-enlisted
For 15 ye:us, there was no problem.
But in 1981, the Army began to
crack down on gay people by changing
the regulations to bar anyone who wasgay, not just anyone caught in homosexual acts. As a result of his openness,
Watkins was kicked out. He sued andwon, but three years later, a mid-levelappeals court ruled against him
Then, two years ago, an appellate
court in San Francisco said that the 15year veteran could not be dismissed
solely on the basis of being gay. A second court ruling said that the Army had
to reinstate Watkins and allow him toserve until he was eligible for retirement.
But the military was not used to lasing wars especially against one lonehomosexual. It took the case to the highest court in the land, hoping to win.
It lost when the Supreme Court
refused to hear the case last month. And
with this fmal ruling, Watkins should be
able to re-enlist in the Anny and serve tillretirement or take a fmancial settlement.
Despite his gain, the case has cost
Watkins dearly. Although his legal
expenses have been covered by theAmerican Civil Liberties Union, andWatkins now works for the federal government, he became unemployable, lost
his, home and had to file bankruptcy
once he was booted out.
Watkins figures the total cost,
including his lower income, is easily$150,000 to $200,000, which he will not
be able to recover from the government.
Until this ruling, he also would have losta 15-year pension.
Yet for the man who doesn't believe
in lying, the decade-long struggle has
been worth the price not just for himself, but for others. Although the narrow
ruling technicilly applies only to his case,
Watkins thinks that his success will benefit other gays in the military.
"It's a very narrow line between mycase and others
especially for thosewith exemplary records," said Watkins. "Itwill weigh very heavily.""The military will come out,"
Watkins predicted, "and change the regulation very, very soon. "...

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monung.
"I appreciate the care I'm getting andmany of the expressions of concern," said
Frank in a statement released by the hostime
pital on Monday. "There's no' ~for something like this to happen, but atleast Congress is now out. That meansthat I'll be back at work when Congress isback in session.""Congressman Frank has been inexcellent health prior to this incident,"
said Dr. William Grossman, Beth Israel's
cardiologist -in-cilief. "His quick action ingoing to the hospital to seek medical
treatment prevented a more serious incident I'm pleased to say treatment seems
to be working. He has no other medical
problems."
Grossman predicted that if Frank's
rate of progress continues, he expects theoongressman's oomplete recovery.
Frank, who was handily reelected toa sixth term on Nov. 6, has long been
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If that happens, gay East German
sexually active boys between ages 14
and 18 will effectively become aiminals
overnight.
Since reunification, Paragraph 175
has moved to the forefront of theGerman gay agenda.
, "We have to show our opposition to
any attempt to extend this unjust andanachronistic Jaw into the territory which
was fonnerly East Gennany," said protest
organizer Karsten Friedel.
The demonstration began at East
Berlin's central Alexanderplatz
andwound through the heart of the city,
catching the attention of tens of thousands of Saturday shoppers.

Protestors finished with a rally at the
Brandenburg
Gate, where speakers
demanded "completely equal legal andsocial rights for lesbians and gay men.",Meanwhile, a new Washingtonbased human rights gro~ps, Gay andLesbian Watch, recently wrote Chancellor
Helmut Kohl complaining about the discrepancy between the two Germanies' ,age-of-consent laws. They received a
response that said that Kohl "understands
your desire to have this issue reopened."
The return letter added that until the
new German parliament finds time toaddress "numerous complex issues," thelegal age for gay sex in the five Eastern'states will remain at 14.
Paragraph'175
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It has been targeted by homosexual
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since groundbreaking gay activist Magnus
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for its repeal in 1897.

-Rex Wockner.iChicago

ASIAN GAYGROUPSORKIN
BANGKOK-As the gay liberation
movement continues its spread intodeveloping nations, more than 30 Asian
activists gathered in late August in
Bangkok to share ideas and plot international strategy.
The conference was hosted by the
Fraternity for AIDS Cessation in Thailand-ml oJBanization known as much for its
gay rights WOlk as AIDS activism.
, Delegates attended from Guam,Japan and Malaysia, and gay groups inmany other Asian nations, including
Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan,
sent letters regretting that they did nothave any travel funds. Several absent
organizations sent papers detailing thestate of their lc:x:algay movements.
As the conference opened, key Thai
activistNatee Teerarojjanapongs told delegates, "Over the past decade, we haveseen a dramatic shift in acceptance of gay
identity and lifestyles in Bangkok, as theresult of the development of a significant
gay business community, ii vigorous gay
press and the role of good gay men presented in the media."
Japanese delegates described a new
spirit of gay liberation in their nation.
Asian Wind editor Seiichi Madon said that"the single lifestyle" (dokushtn shug{J has
become trendy in the past five years andhas created a niche for gay men whowant to eschew marriage and parenthood.
"Let us speak up courageously
without being afraid of disputes," added
Teishiri Minami of the JapaneseInternational Lesbian and Gay Association•
Support Group. "We must stand up
now-not for someone else but for ourselves so we can live faithfully andtruthfully."
Malaysian delegates from the Pink Triangle otganization said that homosexuality••is not discussed in their country, but the
It is "relaxed" about the under-

ground gay world. Gay sex is illegal
under both civil and Islamic law, the delegates said.

In closing resolutions, delegates
pledged to fight AIDS, increase intergroup communication (using AsianWind as the vehicle), encourage gay
organizing in Asian nations that havenone and increase outreach to lesbians.
Delegates took a day trip to the gay
resort of Pattay; a night tour of Bangkok's
second-largest gay area, Spahan Kwai;
and held a farewell dinner at Once Upona T'nne,a Bangkok gay restaurant-Rex Woclmer/OJtcago

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Most of the eight board' members
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deteriorating fof. two years. At first,
overt harassment
came only frompolice, who arbitrarily arrest gaysnightly in the streets to "check" their"records" or because they are prone to"sexual promiscuity in public."
Five laws are used in the ongoingcrackdown. The laws pennit detainmentof "suspicious persons," suspected prostitutes, persons who permit same-sex
dancing, wear "improper clothes" oroperate an establishment where "homo-sexua1s gather ,for immoral pur.poses.", In August,the crackdown
received de facto official approval
when a federal appeals court denied
CHA any legal status in Argentine society-forcing
the shutqown of gayrights and AIDS work'lfiftionwide andpreventing the group from renting an
office or collecting money.
The court said: "Homosexuality
injures the principles of morality andgood customs of our society. The pub-lie acceptance or legalized promotionof a third hybrid gender would contravene not only the principles of naturallaw, but also Catholic morality is challenged by all these currents that pursue the glorification of homosexual
behavior," the court wrote.
CHA is appealing the ruling to theSupreme Court. If that fails, the groupwill move to the InterAmerican' Courtof Human Rights in Costa Rica."-Rex

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AIDS-related issues at New
York's Lambda Legal Defense••
Fund. A Lambda-affiliated attorIrish Echo, New York's •ney since 1985, Isbell, aright-wing Irish weekly, •Harvard grad previously at the
we re all set to loan •white-shoe law firm of Hughes
AdWeek a photo of ••Hubbard and Reed, will replace
Mary Robinson, the •David Barr, who left Lambda to
new left-wing president •join
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Carrieall wrong. When they ••Wofford and George Washlearned that the photo •ington University graduateb ANDREW MILLER~as actually for a story •Stuart Campbell are the newy
In OutWeek, New Yolk's ••youth representatives on theleft-wing gay and lesbian weekly, the Echds Jennifer Grimes said •board of the Human Rightsthat the Echds photos were in limbo at the printer and were not •Campaign
Fund. They replace
available after all. Grimes was quick to assure OutWeekthat the •••Bobbi Bernstein and Tad
snafu had nothing to do with this magazine's audience.
Gardocki, who recently comNow, community newspapers in New York regulany share ••pleted their one-year terms.
photographs, since few of them can afford the Associated Press's •Meanwhile, GMHC's deputy
pricey fees. In fact, fI Diarids friendly photo editor has saved the •director for policy, David
day many a time for OutWeek news. But when a pro-Irish lesbian • Carrie Wofford•iiiiiiiiiiiiill' Hansell, has been appointed tois elected the head of the Queer Nation, the Irish Echo had better •New York state's AIDS Advisory••
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Council by state Assembly•
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Minneapolis on Nov. 7 and, impatient to get underway, held its firstpublic display of affection that week The noon-time kiss-in in frontof the University of Minnesota Armory was meant to protest
ROTC's anti-gay stance and coincided with the ACLU's conferenceon combating ROTC, held nearby on campus on Nov. 9.

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advises state health commissioner David Axelrod on AIDS
issues and policies.
And 8ay Area reporter
Dennis McMillan was elected to
the national board of the Gay
and Lesbian Press Association.
Stuart Campbell
Also known as Sister Dana Van
Iquity of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, McMillan was chosen
at GLPA's Los Angeles board meeting in October.

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Czechoslovakian Torah recovered from the Holocaust found a newhome at Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, New York's gay andlesbian synagogue. Plundered by the Nazis, the sacred scroll wasrecovered by the Westminster Synagogue of London, which intum placed it with the gay synagogue. In keeping with Jewish tradition, congregants carried the Torah in a joyful procession fromthe CommunitY Center on West 13th Street to the synagogue on
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than the international AIDS conference in
San Francisco last June.
The meeting of the AIDS Clinical
Trials Group, or ACfG, brought together
researchers fmm 47 medical centers
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For the first time, activists wereinvited to participate both as registeredparticipants and as members of the newly
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In a one-page sheet entitled"What We Have Learned," ACT UP
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meetings.
·One PI thought that the number ofparticipants in a trial he was supervising
was so low that the trial had been cancelled. He made this statement minutes
after the ACfG committee overseeing
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members do not discuss trials among
themselves. For example, no PIs sit on
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representatives do .
·Members of a subgroup of thePrimary Infection Committee did notunderstand the the basic rules of theFood and Drug Administration, believingthat any PI could request a drug be put
immediately into phase-one trials-trials
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•ACfG triaI 076 is a study of AZf in
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UP have called this trial unethical.
Researchers continue to ignore women's
infections. Pregnant women are given
treatments primarily for their fetuses. For
example, there are no studies of treatments for vaginal candidiasis, eventhough fluconazole was originally developed in England specially for candidiasis.
Perhaps the most important revelation about bureaucracy came from highranking government officials, who say
publidy that they do not cooperate well.
"Nobody ta1ks to each other," the FDA's
Ellen Cooper, in charge of approving
antiviral drugs, told activists.
Rochelle Rollins, research director of
Boston's Multicultura1AIDS Coalition anda Community Constituent Group member,spoke at the opening plenary session of
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I sat in the fIrSt•
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instinctively began
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would be gay.
As a businessperson whose liveJi.w,,,,", hood has depended on networking, I havespent a lot of time attending professional
conferences and meetings_ r always findmyse1f trying to figure out who is and who
isn't. Since less than 10 percent of manygroups is made up of women, the probability was always that there wouldn't be
many leSbian$ at all.
I had to suspend this reaction at the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's
third annual Creating Change conference,
which took place on Nov. 9-12 in
Minneapolis. 'There were many lesbians,
and there were many gay men: 700 in
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was made by Roman in Kalinin, founder ofthe Moscow Gay and Lesbian Union, who is.on a nationwide tour to gamer support for
the emerging Soviet gay movement.
Kalinin said that 800 men are imprisoned each year under the Soviet Union's
sodomy law, and that the govemment prodoces and imports only enough condoms
for each sexually active male to buy four
per year.
-Rex Wockner
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tion to sink in that everybody present not
only was family, but also shared a commitment to creating change.
The initial "invocation" was in thefonn of a wonderful Native American ritual. It expressed the diverSity of our community and our roots and heritage and,on a painful note, underscored the disenfranchisement we all feel at many levels.
The woman who performed this ceremony shared a prayer called "FromBalance Come All Blessings," a sentimentthat settled over the participants and carried on throughout the weekend
Another instinctive reaction had tobe suspended early on. In the first plenary session, the discussion centered on
the diversity of the audience. As I looked
around, I was aware of what this diversity
means: women and men, people of color
and white people, differently challenged
people. Diversity of people and diversityof needs were recognized and addressed.
For a while, I kept waiting for the
inclusion of "sexual orientation" in the
panoply of individual group recognitions.
It soon hit me that we were the "in" onesat this conference, and that we werecommitted to none being excluded. The
co~ortumearooodbeingagay~,
seemed to climb to the next quantum
level of self-acceptance and -approval,
which in turn re-energized the commitment to create our own reality. It felt rightto be in the majority.
The themes of anger and pride
reverberated in the speeches, the selfsearching and honest workshops and thecasual conversations, with the emphasis
not on acceptance but on affinnation andon change. The speakers brought to us
were inspiring and moving: comedian 'Kate Clinton, performance artist Holly
Hughes, New York Community Center
director Richard Burns, author Sabrina
Sojourner, New York mayoral liaison
Marjorie Hill and Lisa Power from theInternational
Lesbianand
Gay
Association, among others. They spoke ofnot being so hard on each other-not
exercising blind acceptance, but of showing kindness and tolerance.

Resource tables in the long hallway
adjacent to the meeting rooms featured
businesses and organizations-gay
andlesbian, local and national, activist andsocial. The conference was the first to beheld outside of Washington, DC.
The workshops addressed many
specit1c needs of our community, which
tended to cause scheduling conflicts. I

Students Gather for

Anti-ROTC
Conference
MINNEAPOLlS~orethan 165 gay andlesbian students from universities aroundthe nation gathered in Minneapolis on Nov.
9 to swap strategies in their ongoing batHes
against the Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, which bans homosexuals fromenrollment in accord with Department of
Defense policy.
The conference, sponsored by theAmerican Civil Liberties Union, rode thecrest of the aggressive anti-ROTC activism
that has sprung up on campuses fromcoast to coast in recent months.
According to ACLU documents, students at 53 universities and colleges havelaunched anti-military campaigns-mostoften focused on removing the ROTC from
campus for violating university anti-discrimination policies. The new activism has led toa re-emergence of gay kiss-ins, sit-ins andspirited debate on gay issues in campus
newspapers.
The conference featured several stars
in the mushrooming anti-military movement, including Miriam Ben-Shalom, who
has fought a 16-year battle for reinstatement in the Arrrrr. James Holobaugh, a former ROTC poster boy who was ,booted
from the Corps after he told his superiors
that he had realized that he was gay; andMassachusetts Democratic Rep. Gerry
Stu dds, the gay congressman who hastaken on the DOD'santi1Jay policies,"This project, when considered byrational human beings, falls of its own
weight," Studds told the student leaders.
-Rex Wockner••

was tom between attending ~e workshop on "Lesbian Sexuality (What's a
Nice Dyke Like You Doing in a
Conversation like This?)" and the one on"Board of Directors," (No need to wonder-I went to the former,) Workshops
on gay,male sexuality, civil rights bills,
people-of-color fund-raising and building
multicultural, multiracial organizationsHE

KNOWS WHAT'SOOfNGON

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were welI-attended.
By challenging many of my instinctive reactions and ideas, the conference
further heightened my personal awareness of racism issues. The keynote
address in the second plenary session,
by C.T. Williams, chair of the Center for
Democratic Renewal, focused on theneed to unite rather than untie ourresources. C.T. said, "Those that hate
one of us hate the other." Mandy Carter,an organizer for Harvey Gantt's unsuccessful Senate bid, commented sadlythat some gay people in North Carolina
chose to vote for Jesse Helms because
they would not bring themselves to votefor a Black man.
Heroes in our movement were honored in front of the entire assembly.
Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson
represented our commitment to family
and our inalienable right to care for one
another. Claudia Brenner symbolized thecourage to fight after her lover was shot
to death and she herself survived fivebullet wounds in an anti-lesbian attack.
Vito Russo was remembered and celebrated for stretching beyond his own limits. I sat in awe of the commitment andcourage of these and so many others andwas moved and charged by theirendurance.
My thoughts toward the end weresummarized by the words of Kate
Clinton, who delivered one of the mostpowerful speeches I have ever heard. She
talked about the possibility of unity coexistent with multiplicity in our movement. She delivered a deadly serious
message with the only ingredient possible
for survival: a sense of humor. Her call toaction was to be bold.
I was left thinking that all the work
being done in our community is indeed~gthe~n~edtommgour
claim to our rightful place in society
closer, because the way it was in
Minneapolis is the only way to be.~Armanda C. Squadrlllt, an accountexecutive at OutWeek, serveson the boardof dtrectors of the Lesbtan and Gay
Community ServIces Center.

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ear Neil Bush,addiction to food andshelter. Wanting what
they can't have, poor
people find it difficult toleave their abusive situation. Isn't co-dependency
a horrible thing?
In any other country, this state of affairs
would promote clanger- ,ous social unrest. But
thanks to our commitment to democracy, ourHigher Power allows
rich people to buy up
major news media, sothat they can produce
sensitive re-ports on the 'poor: "OR, 700 BADI/I

DI am a lesbian co-dependent who is attracted to crisis situations. I forgive you.
I forgive you foryour role in the collapseof the Silverado Savin~and Loan, whose losses
By DEBORAH ORIN
are, after all, only a fracWashington Bureau Chief
Federal bank regulators yeltertion of the $500 billion
d~y ordered President BUSh'" son,N.I~ to appear at a public hearing
d.eficit incurred in theon confIlct-of-lnterest charges for~ role In a savlngs-and-loan colloaned Bush money, '"thus remov·
national 5&L scandal. I
lal>oe that I. expeeted to cost taxIng or decreasing
reapondentpayer. $1billion.
Bwoh'. penonaI obligation."
forgive you for the fact
he public hearing will come beAccordln, to another char,e.
f<*e a Denver admlnlatrative law
Buah voted to approve morethat I, like !pillions ofthan $100 million In' Silverado
Sept, 26 - just sa the fallj~•
Ion campaign 18heating up,
loanJ1 and deals to another bust·other US residents, will
. oter outrage over the SAL
ne •• partner. Publilhed reports
84andalnow
expectedtocoat
say the partner later defaulted
have to pay upwards ofe'ery American $2.000 - la"exon loans totaling $31 million,
to be a key laaue in
The bank regulators are seek2,500 tax dollars to com- pected
November.
-'Ing a cease-and·deltst order bar- At issue is Nell Bush'a role all aring BUlh trom further conflicts.
pensate .for this defidt. I
director of the SUverado SIeL In
of interest, but aren't seeking thesecuring loans for two men who
more severe penalty of barring
am even prepared to forThousands more poor
lllVested heavily In his all-and·him from banking for life.
gas exploration buslnell.
Five other Sliver ado officers, give you all over again, if
women die of breastBush, 34. the third of the presi·
and directors have voluntartly
dent's four Ions. has denied any
agreed to a l1feU~e ban fromyou become involved incancer each year thanwrongdong.
banking,
rBut. according to one of the
BUlh was a director at the Den"another
morally dewell-off women! OH,
clarge., he "breached hlB fiducl·ver SIeL from August 1916 to Au·,q-y duty to Silverado" by failinggult 1988 - rellgnlng jUlt after
ranged "breach of finanHearing set 'for Sept, 115,700 BAD!!!One~uarterto disclolehi.
perianal
interelthi.
fatherwon.
theGOPpre"l. . . . .
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cial duty." I bave to forof African-American
give you, Neil-you set:,men are eltber in prison
I have deep Control issues.
neurotic than men who loan too, much.
or on parole! OR, TOO BAD!!! HunI can't help wanting things to be
I'm a wreck, Neil. But, please, don't
dreds of poor people, women, drug
better, I guess. I w.orry about ozone
worry about me I'll get better. I've
users and cbildren suffer witbout govdepletion and a world war brewing inalready' joined the Program. Herewith,ernment benefits from diseases tbat tbe
the Pe~ian Gulf. I worry that I have a
I take the First Step:'
CDC does 1Wtrecognize as AIDS-relat. lump in my breast and no health insurI admit tbat I am powerless over,ed!" Then, at election time, everybody
ance. I also worry that the personal is
my addiction to effect social change;
gets together and votes for anotherpolit.ical and that I am personallythat my life bas become unmanageable.
rich person to be the Higher Power.
responsible for being part of the socioThere. I feel release and whole(But don't you fret, Neil; if any memeconomic climate that allowed you toness. Now it is time for the Second
ber of that Higher Power's family hap- ,do what you did.
Step, when I recognize a Higher
pens to expropriate millions of dollars'To tell you the truth, Neil, thisPower. Your father ..
in public funds, I'll make damn surewhole mess is probably my fault. If
Oooh, Ne-e-e-e-e-ei-l. I think I'm
that all of us co-dependents out here
only I'd done more, been a better perhaving a Peak EXperience. Yes. My
forgive him.)son, maybe you wouldn't have lentHigher Power is allowing me to realize
Oh, Neil, isn't life beautiful whenmillions of dollars to businessmenthat there is a Great Scheme of Thin~. you're in the upper reaches of the finanwho invested in your own oil compaSee up there? See all the enterprising,dal food chain? Seen from our Higher
ny, then defaulted on their loans. I
freedom-loving rich people? See themPower's vantage point, everything isguess I need to work on having moreenjoying high self-esteem because ofhealing and simple: If it breaks, don't fix,'boundaries, huh? But -then,. so does
their vast amounts of money andit. All we have to do is to let go and let
Saudi Arabia.
power? Oh, ick--look at the poor pe0George, take one day at a time and get
I don't know-maybe
women
ple down there. See them suffer fromready for all those other Steps. I hear
who love too much are even more
low self-esteem, due to their pathetic
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a1w1f' piec,to IcC.ele'ted Qffie-lal.
reeo8rUzl~B)ar ;nd lClbla:n ,clubs, I
think thatWI pinS t9 take rnore thlUl,for Stein to'
Ihow!n8' up at '. fqnd·~~set GUO's endof§ement in '93. ';",,NQt tbat~therear~ri!tlome ~ar§and le~bian§ jumping to IUPport Stein.,
Word ha:s. it that the group who
br04ght us 12 years of Ed Koch andhis race-~itin8' and p~greed polici~shav~ rallied around-Stein as their nektgreat hppe; Thls'crew, shatterecll?y the'89 elecdons;are.\I,QOking 'to coalesee
their power 'around a Son cl>f
Koch--;Stein. Stein certainly 10()ks,thepatt. While ,people such as liz
Holtzman and Rudf Messinger are
trying to work with David Dinkins so
his admihistration can fulfill the goals
and objectives of New York City's fll'st" Black mayor, Stein's ambition is, standing in the way of what would be,
the best interests of the city.
And now that tHe elections·are over,
let's look at what's going on here in New'.

,York vis-a-vis the lesbian and gay
coinmunitY and our state Legislature. 'As you may mow, FAlRPAC,which
has beeh" New York City's lesbian an4
gay political action committee since
1984, and the New York State Lesbianand Gay LoQby,which has been' thegay community'S statewide lobbying
force-'in Albany since 1981, havemerged, The t'Wogroups have become
the Empire State Prld~ Agenda. Libby
Post from the Lobby and Mark D'Allesi
from FAIRPACare the co-chalrs, andlohgtlme les~lan political activist Lisa
P~:1s
the acting ,exe.cutive director.
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majority, responsive to t4e rieed~ ofour communities, to the state Senate in
November.· All the 'Coalltiofi-endorsed
candidates were pro-choice' and pro~gay; All of their incumbent opponents
voted against the bias bill last year.
Eight of the'ten Coalition-endorsed
candida~es were women. All of their' iopponents were men. Each member d!
organization of the Coalition put fortha tremendous effort. FAiRPACalone 'contributed amounts of $5.00 tQ $1,750
to' each candidate.
But ,all the
Coalition-supported candidates lost. It'sa sobering loss for progressives allover New York state.
Six of the raees the -Coalition was
involved in were!n_ Long Xsland, but
the best. 1V commercial by a Coalition;.
endorsed candidate belonged to Anita
Ma~wel1 from \,lp~tate New York.
MQ:well 15a farmer and a pr9oCholee
mother of 11 children.' In the
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Gay and Lesbian
Indepen,d.ent t>~moctats' fall fund ..
ralser honoririg fontler GWO p~ident,
Assembly member-elect:
J;>eborah
Gllck. Stein, you may recall, ran,u~oppoSed in the DemocraUc primary
last year. for City Council· president, 'yetdespite his lack of opposition, he did
not receive GLID's endors,ement.
Though Stein ,has been adequate on
gay iSsu~,min<?r: con,sideratJC#i8.stoodin the ~y: GUI)'e.comp'litment to tllc
hotnelc8S atlQ, tbe' poor as oPPQRd'to
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agenda while a search is underway fora full-time lobbyist and an executive
director. The merger took effect after
FAIRPAC made its 1990 campaign
contributions.
Before the merger, FAiRPACjoinedwith other progressive organizations'to
become part of the Coalition for a New
Majority. The Coalition, the brainchildof politically astute Eric Schneiderman,",that ,there waa mPfC IoHlll in her
p~PQneQt'$ egmmerQi3Jf than OD her
farm, ,It. Ql~ver, cl~ar"'ijt gQmmerct31,
but nQt enoygh tg win !he !'ace,,, Orr MQnday, Dee,10, from 6...10,
pm, Empire State Pride Agenda will' beroasting former FAIRPAC Executive
Director Candida Scott Piel. The cost Is$75, and it will be held at Private Eyes
at 12 W, 21st ,St. It should be notedthat the owner of Private Eyes, Robert
Shalom, believes in supporting ourcommunity, The Agenda needs thedollars, and the roast' will be a riot. For
more information, call (212) 727-1291.
On Nov. 13, Gay Men's HealthCdsis took out a full-page ad in The
New York Times. It asked people to callthe, governor to demand that his
proposed cuts in spending for AIDS
programs and his freeze on 30 percentof the state Health Department AIDS
budget be stopped. Geoffrey Knox, of
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manage a 30-percent cut in funding
when community-based programs areexperiencing a 30-percent to 6O-percent
jump in their caseloads. We know thatthe governor's New York office alone
received more than 200 calls of protest
in the first 24 hours after the ad
appeared. Isn't it a shame that GMHC
had to spend $39,690 for an ad of thisnature? Someone in the governor's
office is asleep at the wheel again.
Deborah Glick is co-hosting afund-raiser to help retire former
opponent Tony Hoffman's debt fromhim Assembly race on Nov. 30. Tonyhails from the Village Independent
Democrats, the good guys in the
Village,
who supportedDavid
Rothenberg and Tom Duane against the
torpid Carol Greitzer, who was
supported by the Village Reform
Democratic
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Over 750 people gathered earlier
this month in San Francisco's Grace
Cathedral to ,honor Jim Foster, a pioneer of the, contemporary gay rights
movement, Foster died of complica-'
tions related to AIDS on Oct 31, at his
home in San Francisco.
The funeral, with the Bishop ofCalifornia officiating, was a testament
not only to Foster but to a movement
he helped create. Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, two of the women who created the lesbian rights organizaiton
Daughter of Bilitis, were among thepallbearers.
Hal Call, one of thefounders of the Mattachine Society, sat
in the audience. Scattered throughout
the building were many of the gay andlesbian commissioners and elected
officeholders that have served theircommunity because of doors opened
by Foster.
The eulogy was the speech Foster
delivered at the 1972 Democratic Convention. It was this speech that had,for • the first time, defined the issues ofgay and lesbian rights before a national political convention.
, Mayor Art Agnos stood with his, two sons at his side as he praised Foster. He openly spoke of his highesteem for the man. "Foster," Agnos
said, "was one of the first people toteach us· what it meant to be gay andproud, anti he had both courage andheart. The changes he brought us
made life better for all San Franciscans.
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Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi andCalifornia Assembly Speaker Willie
Brown also participated in the service.
A member of the health commission, Foster was the highest-ranking
San Francisco city official to die of
AIDS. For over 20 years, he had beenin the forefront of liberation for gay
men and lesbians and in his honor
flags were ordered flown at half-staff
across San Francisco .
,Foster was one of a small groupof people who emerged in the San
Francisco area as leaders in a growing
gay community. He was one of thefounding members of SIR, the Society
for Individual Rights, which many
credit as the first group in the city toeffectively advocate for gay rights inthe political arena.
Foster was also the founder of the
San Francisco-based Alice B. Toklas
Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club.
Organized in 1972, it was the first gay
Democratic political club in the nation.
It continues to be one of the largest
Democratic Party clubs in the country.
In 1980, Foster was the Northern
California manager for Sen. Edward
Kennedy'S Democratic presidential
nomination bid. Kennedy said, "He
had a vision of a better America and aroad map to get us there." He praised
Foster as a "tireless champion of awiser, more compassionate and more
effective national policy to combat thisdread disease and end the intolerance
that too often still accompanies it."

Kevin Smith
Kevin-a photographer, an AIDS
activist, a gay and lesbian civil rights
activist and an artist with a beautiful
vision-died of AIDS on Nov. 11 in his
parents~ home in California, He neversurrendered, Until the end of his life,
he fought the disease and raged
against the injustices that allow thistragedy to continue, In his final days
he was still on the telephone managing
his health care and expressing hisanger and frustration. One of his lastpolitical acts was a letter, "An Open
Letter to My Warrior Friends," pu b-

lished in the September issue of the
PWA Coalition Newsline. He wrote:"Thousands of years ago there
was a warrior race in Greece in aplace called Sparta, When they went
into battle they were an army qf
lovers. An army of lovers can never
be defeated, We still chaot that when
we go into battle against the federal
government, the NIH and FDA, theDinkins administration,
President
Bush and all the other disinterested
people in positions of power who
don't help us in our struggle to survive. Some are helping, but notenough to make me, think I won't dieof this monster that is inside of me;
this monster virus that floats throughmy blood and makes me suffer somuch and has killed so many of myfriends and lovers ....Keep on fighting,Fight for me. Fight for yourselves.
Fight for all our lives, Act up, FIGHT
BACK, FIGHT AIDS."
In the end, when he could nolonger agitate and advocate, his mother withstood the blows of his rage,
never deserting him, making him as
comfortable as she could, For that weall thank you, Evelyn, Kevin died as
he wished: at home, with his family,
in his sleep. Born in 1954, he leaves
behind his parents, brothers, sister,compatriots from activist organizations
including ACT UP, Body Positive, PWA
Coalition, Northern Lights, HEAL,
GMHC-and a legion of loved ones
and friends, A memorial service will
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been in the vanguard of addressing social issues, Aside fromthe anti-war movement of the late '60s, people in the higWy
commercialized pop music industry have for the most part
shied away from any sort of political stance. But this past
decade has witnessed the "we" generation in the music world,with artists taking up causes ranging from Live Aid to Farm
Aid, from "Save the Rain Forest" to "Free Nelson Mandela."With all this philanthropic fervor in the air, where on earth is AIDS awareness?
Fade back to last july's New Music Seminar held in New York City. It was the first afternoon of the four-day event, and the scheduled panel of speakers were discussing AIDS andthe music industry, a topic which drew an audience of about 30 people. That's rougWy afive to one ratio of attendees to panelists, out of a registered NMS crowd of about 8,000. So
much for AIDS and the music industry.
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president Howie Klein and New York writer and activist Jim Fouratt, touched on a variety of
aspects of AIDS organizing, fromL .- -.A • .A.. S.A.. A R. cultural trends to fund-raising. But
in some vague way, and for morethan obvious reasons, the discussion often focused on the obstacles to doing cultural workaround AIDS.
In the center of all of this was the softspoken Jon Carlin, co-producer of a new AIDS
fund-raising project, Red Hot and Blue. Meek but assured, and tragically un-hip in his thirtysomething attire, Carlin spoke of an album that would be a tribute to Cole Porter, Lots of big••

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goal is to edµcate.
~Itis really grourid-brealQng,» confirms Fouratt. "It's the.
be a 1V speci3I, which would air music videos of the songson the alburm. With 'a'perversely patriotic name like "Red Hot
firSttime, really,'that popstai's,
opPosed to ~sSicaI musi"t14 Blue, on~ coµld only,wond¢r: Was another liberally stircians, Broadway ,st~rs or HollyWood actors 'hav~ gotten 'studded "we Are the World" hovering on the horizon? But,
involved in an AIDS beriefit. It's especially si8Difieantto have .
nothing could have been farther frofµ the truth.,. ,someone like Iggy Pop. I mean, sex drugs and rock 'n' roll is,The bra~, creativity and sweat behind Red Hot af!4
,what he stood for. And so 'much of what is considerecI rock
BlUe are not Jon Carlin's alone.Por starters; th~re's Leigh'n:roll is unsafe.",
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be aesthetically remar~ble, whiCh is why, in addition',to the"who "doesn't take any shit." Neither of these individuals claim
big .na~es, the event, required a reasonably. sized, producto be members of $e gay'community, but both have had
tiOil budget ($10,OOO,perSong, $49,009 pervideo-figut;es,' ,,which will still require most peopl~',',.
,involved to pay in ra,ther than get 'paid). As was intended from the $tart,..' the, ,final project is one that straddles,the .line between entertainmen~ and art,a necessary approach to I;eachthe' kjn,d "'of crowd
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that Carlin',describes as "not eaSy to reach tliiough,traditional channels,"'. ,"My feclingall alpng," explains Carlin, "and I may be proven, wrongaoout 'this" is that it's n.ot just the numbers of, records' sold or the number of people
Watching the 1V show. It's the quality ofthe product; If 20 million people watch, a , show that doesn't
have any. content,,
its, just another· piece o( entertainment.
,,, But-if only five millioh watch, and it
really says something; then you've
affected five million people. Certainly,,
fJrStharidexperiencedealing with the crisis. For Carlin it wasanyone who really just wantc:d ~o sell,
. . Abov~.ndhuge amounts of records wouldP.'t put
through his work, and through a friendShip he developed
opposite,
Salif Keta and Les' Negress Vertes on.with one of his favorite artists, David Wojnarowicz.
p••• ,:If!i.n.hsomething. aut it's important to have an"I started this because ofa general feeling of frustramix•• bl.t ... t
African voiCe on the, record." ",I tion,~ he explains. "My strongest base of identity and socialm•• _ •••The reeoi'd is alreac;lyselling quite
actiVity is in the New York artsc::ene,and people around'me
with more
well. With sales of 175;000 copies after
were just dropping at an unbelievable rate. It was a/problem
provoc.tlv.
Its first ten days 'on the rackS" i~ hasthat you couldn't run away fiom." ,"Im•••• ln ... rrecouped its Costs and has begun realizfled H.ot and Blue actually goes far beyond the realm ofvld_.
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mqst benefits, designed as it is'to be a,long~range consumer
the diversity of the artists, many of 'event. The entire package inc1uqes: a double album of Cole ." dlrect.d bywhom OiKeU2 and Annie LennOlOhave
Porter's work p'erfonned by artists as diverse as k.d. lang,.J•• n-a.ptl.t.
no other reieases expected this year.
the Jungle Brothers, Jimmy Som~rville and David BYrne,
Mondlno.
, The choice to do a tribute to Colewith extensive liner notes includi,ngan infonnative, statement,
Porter was 'a deciSioQthat allowed lots of room for creative
on AIDS by Sin:lonWatney; a 9O-minute vidt:o program feaapproaches. This waspartieularly true in attracting musicians,
turing such Popular directors as: Wim Wenders and Jim Jarbecause it gave them' a chance to ,do something different
musch; and a line of retail clothing designed by Jean-Paulfrom the typical one-shOt (benefi~.In addition, the choice toGaultier and Rifat Ozbek, with T-shirts by a number
invite well-known ftlnunakers to direct the videos .offeredactivist artists including Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger andthese artists the opportunity ,to work with film directors that'
Gran Fury, Moreover, ""hUe all proceeds will go to variou.s
they've admired for army years.'.
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care
Interestinglyenough, Carlin and Blake also,thought that theproviders to "grass-rqots activist organizations" (refemng, it
Cole Porter theme would make potentially controversial pr0is rumored, to ACf UP; though, for the record, the organizject easier to sell, likening it to a Trojan Horse, Where the radical
ers plan to have a peer-review panel decide where the,
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CEOs
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what Cole Porter would think? I, think Cole 'Porterof over 75 majOr international corporations, Red Hot and,would cheer., As a man (acing an epidemiC and thinking thatBlue ,never found a sPollJiOl' to help them defray the costs of
his music could help raise some money and win'over somep.toduction. Even after Chrysalis signed 011 as the record
minds, I think he'd, be absolutely cheering_ How can theybatidling the project, not a single corporation cJare9~ysay that you can't tamper with something a$ sacred as Cole.
,to breiak with the pack by lending even token support to thePorter? It's like saying that you can't paint a picture [a cer. , .fight against AIDS. Only Entertainment Weekly stepped for\Vard, sponsoring a dinner party for Red Hot and Bi~ in Los tain] way because the Sistine Chapel will decompOse. That's
so absurd., It's just lightly veiled homophobia, spoken by,,. ~geIes that garnered a 19t of press. It was an exercise that.,'.....
left; Blake quite astounded.
, " . :,. ..~'~e~.werefor•. ., turned down.
, "sponsorshipby everyone you, :'", ,'. cO.idd ilJ)agine; I don't really;:;, ,""want ~oget ~to nameS at ,this,:
poiDt--l'dJike to get into names, on Dec, " though-because,,whoknows? I've still got this.
op~mism that maybe' someone
Will come, out of the woodwork,
what with all thepress.B~t,.
essentially
we were turned,':;,;:,.'" ,!iown py eyeryone: sneaker".
companies, Soft drink comiYanies
and eV~r:Yone for whom f4ese
artists' 'images were images
yOu!d assume' that they'd wanttoi~tifywith. ',,.,".
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to them, 'You ,know, _,'; ',~peopl~
wit? HIV and AIDS..
wear jeans; They wear sneaker!!. They:, do e:verythingthat
evetfbOdy else cIoes~No 't:hanks
to you, though.' Their excuses
were things like, ':That's not ourprime focus for 1990:' Well,
their prime focus is bullshit,quite honestly,",',At ABC-TV, which had
male'rock critics who are just Jbcious little &hits, really.
, bou8ht the rights to air the video, Above: Era......
They'reonly revealing th~ depthS of their own ignorance,
program in America, network
Video, directed
and they contribute to the' ignorance, sadly, because they
execs were saying no to a numby Adelle Lutz
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to mass culture."ber 9,f'the more provocative , and Sandy McLeod,, Overall, the album is a wonderful presentation of Cole.
(and effective) videos, cutting,may)_t'Porter, I with styles ranging from Sinead O'Coniler's spine-tinlarge portions of the original
81ing rendition of "You Do Something to Me" to the apoca~
and niIiog in the gaps, prove to be"'1'00 Darn Hot."lyptic spoof of "Well Did You Evah!" interpreted by Debbie
with their ,oWn script, As we go
Optioalte, I.ft: David ,Harry and Iggy Pop. The videos are breathtakingly beautiful, .,..:"
to press, nobody working on thewith Jean-Baptiste Mondino's ~onof Neneh Cherry in.
Byrne directed hi.,project seems able or will"I've
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ASC's shoW will be to the originalFence M.ln_"•
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Right: .gD Pop,ta(ltly' AIDS-related message, the:videos offered a perfectriobody'isharboring any illusions.
and DebbleHany
oppo~unity to contextualize the music with thoughtful
Nor have BritiSh music crit- 'pelr off In
imagery that would have carried ,the 'theme ,a little further.
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Jonathan Demme's work with the Neville Brothers.
Not surprisingly, two of the most positive and powerfulvideos are from the two rap groups involved: The Jungle
Brothers video shows teenagers playing with latex and dripping thick, oozing liquids onto various body parts; Neneh
Cherry's features a group of multiracial and adrogynous
dancers with messages like "Don't share the needle" flashedonto the screen. Unfortunately, rap artists are in short supply on Red Hot and Blue, which is sad considering thechanging face of AIDS.
'"Not that Leigh Blake didn't try,» Fouratt points out. "I
think she learned a very hard lesson, and the fact that she
never gave up is to her integrity. 1 really think that in herheart she felt that everyone was going to just fall into line,
and that it would be a lot of hard work, but that everyone
was going to help. When she really started doing the work,
she found people not answering her phone calls.""The main problem with doing [a project like this],"explains Blake, "is that you've got to get through the managers, unless you know the artist personally, And 1 did
know some of these artists personally. But in a certain sensewhat we found' was that some of the other artists that we
had wanted involved were so unbelievably protected, like
Michael Jackson, for instance, that the dialog never really
got to where it should have."
When dealing with AIDS there are still many artists
who shy away-artists
who are still concerned, after somany deaths (maybe especially so), that participating insuch a project will taint them in some way. Some evenworry that they will be perceived as gay, an especiallyannoyitig problem for those who wish their closet door toremain tighdy shut. For others,. it may be that AIDS is justnot cool, or that it doesn't fif iIi with a particular artist's
agenda. Lou Reed, for eXample, refused to participate.
"Do you believe it?" screa~ Watney incredulously.
"After all the money he made on 'Heroin'!"us. The great thing is that in the end we broke their 'no
charity' policy, and we do have Warner artists."
And the rumors that Madonna was invited to join the
project?
"We wanted Madonna, we didn't get Madonna, and we
don't really know why we didn't get her. I think that theMadonna thing got caught up in the [conflictwith Warned, yousee, and that she was being used against her record company,"
Carlin was also frustrated that Red Hot and Blue was notable to get more rap artists. "Its a tremendous tribute to theJungle Brothers that they are on this record, because of theincredible homophobia in the rap music scene, and the factthat safer sex is just not a real cool topic of discussion. I wasjust so pleased about them being on this record because oneof the hardest things for us was getting African-Americanmusic on this record. There's just a hostility toward the issue
in the community, and there's no way around it."
There were also, he confides, certain groups that were
not invited to participate. "There are no heavy metal actson the record. We went to M1V, and they asked why we
didn't have Guns 'n' Roses. And ABC had requested that
we have Eddie Murphy as the host. Those are the situations
where Leigh and I justsaid, 'I"ook, those peo•
, pIe are not appropriate.' We cannot havethem on an AIDs benefit because of what
they've done before.
They should makeamendsand comeclean, but they need to
do it on their own. "Red Hot and Blue
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to participate in the project at all. Blake conftrmS that "in theearly days, Warner Brothers told us that they ha'te a 'no
charity' policy across the board. They said they gave money
to charities, and they actually do give a lot of money tocharity. But they were not prepared to release their artists to•share to fighting the AIDS crisis. This is particularly painful inlight of the vast power pop music has in our culture, since 'music, more than any other, medium, manages to touch us
where it counts: in the heart.
To say that the producers of Red Hot and Blue havebeen surprised-perhaps
even disillusioned-by the difficulties they've encountered would probably be an under-statement. Nevertheless, and, against all odds, Leigh Blake, Jon
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it's becoming obvious to both producers and Supporters, of the project that due to entrenched homophobia
coupled with a fear of right-wing pressure groups ABC isn't
going to air the program that was originally produced.
The most honifying of the rumors suggests that the ABC
version, stripped of most references to sex, drugs and'any sort of politics, would no longer be an AIDS awareness program at all, and that
ABC is planning to present it simply as "a tribute to Cole Porter."As OutWeek goes to press, the questions remain unanswered: Will the video
program Red Hot and Blue, sold to more than 30 countries around the globe andscheduled to be aired on Dec. 1 in thiscountry (AIDS Awareness Day) be a different program in the US than what is seenaround the world? Arid if so, how different?
Will the American public see the erotic
images of two men embracing in Jimmy
Somerville's video, or hear NenehCherry
advising viewers not to "share the needle"?
And what will happen to the same-sex couples who are dancing while Sinead O'Conner sings "You Do Something To Me"?
Speculation on this topic was so greatthat it inspired a full half-hour discussion ona recent airing of the weekly British 1V program The Media Sbow. Leaving no, rock
untumed, the production crew of 1be Media
Sbow went straight to the source. They interviewed three top ABC executives about
their perceptions of what Red Hot and Blue represented. The result is a very frightening picture of network 1V and the•death grip that it has on our culture .
ABC executives were quite frank
about their intentions in airing theshow. As one exec confumed: "[Whatinterested us] was the fact that wewere going to honor a great Americancomposer but do it in a rather uniqueway. I would not have been able to go
forward and recommend that we dothis special if I thought that the singular pwpose of this event was a fund-raiser for
AIDS. That's not what this is about."
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approve all AIDS-related material. Of course, even ABC finds
a truly ludicrous way to' squeeze onto the "freedom ofspeech~ bandwagQl1 when they must justify something controversial. Their "ethics expert," Susan Futterman, explains,"One of the most important things about any society is thatyou have a free marketplace for ideas, [where al range ofideas are presented." Yet somehow, allowing artists to talkabout safer sex doesn't fit in with their concept of freedom.
"It is problematic if you have stars as big as these,
whom people look up to, taking a very particular stand without any chance for any other side to have a rebuttle," Futterman explains.
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This would imply, of course,that there is a pro-AIDS position,
or at least an anti-safer sex position. When pushed on this point,
Futterman seemed surprised. "Ofcourse there's an opposing view.
It's very simple. Don't have sex.
1bat's a real opposite view. And
there are many people who feelthat in certain situations sex is not
appropriate, like with unmarriedpeople, or young people. There
are people who subscribe to that,and we must respect that those are
feelings that people have."
The night The Medta Show
aired the Red Hot and Blue reporton Channel Four in England,
writer and AIDS activist Simon
Watney, who has spent a gooddeal of time serving as an advisor
to the Red Hot and Blue project,
was stunned.
"In other words, what she
was saying quite clearly was thatsafer sex is not acceptable to net0pp0sIt. Page:
work 1V for the vast majority ofAmerican citizens. What they'reMore flesh fromdoing by rejecting that is to tacitly
Cherry'a "I've Got
side with unsafe sex."
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My Skin." Above:
ABC can take such a position visSl.... d O'Conner~-vis the AIDS crisis, there are a(directed by .John
number of factors that must be
MayburyJevok.sthe
explored. One of the more imporpast with "You Do
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1V's insistence on kowtowing to'"The
mOllHtntawhat they perceive to be the lowblack man .nd •est common denominator-thewhit. man st.rt
lowest IQ level or the highest
level of ignorance that can be
kI_lng ~ll8en (••appealed to without losing a lot of
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You have practically the whole night of it sometimes, like aJapanese night, or even a Japanese week, or a Polish week,
1V is an international medium. Other countries take it for
granted that a program shown in the evening on the network
1V will be seen by a mixed audience of race, class, age, gender, ~exuality and so on, and if people don't like what they'rewatching, they will switch channels or tum the 1V off.
"How is it~d
why is it-that the American 1V industry has gotten to such a pitch that their idea of the average
audience is of a completely bigoted, white, Southern fundamentalist, age 11?"
There is something perhaps even more eerie going on
behind this move to censor AIDS infonnation. Network 1V,
instead of existing to reflect our diverse realities, seems toactually spend more time attempting to shape reality, With
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The question, from another angle, is: What would happen if ABC did air the program iri its entirety? Whatwould happen if a Black
woman (Neneh
Cherry)appeared on network 1V
advising
peopleto not"share the needle"?
"Frankly, 1 think nothing would happen,"
responds Watney. "I think thatthe majorityof people
watching
AmericanTVwould be very grateful toknow that they're watchinga TV channel which takes
the epidemic seriously. But
the fantasy is, of course,that they are going to beburned, down by irate fundementalists.
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,"The terror of offending
seems to be largely one ofprojection. Doubtless there
are many hundreds of thousands of upright fundamenBoth artists andtalist Christians in the US, butthey can tum the channel."
activists walt
Ernest Hardy, a musicwith baited breath
critic based in Los Angeles,
for the ABC show
disagrees. "ABC is in almost a
to a Ir. "If It'.
na:-win situation, because nobeing censored."matter what they do, they are
predicts Simon
going to infuriate a very large
Watney. "I hopenU'mber of people. On thethe roof will
one hand, if they present thegooff. I hopepackage as intended, with a
ACTUP/LA willvery high level of information
be thereon AIDS, the right wing isgoing to sW,oop down onsmashing
them with all claws extended.
windows."
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The struggle
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one then some people would have expected, partiCularly
those who' are not American. For British co-producer Leigh
Blake, the difference in clin1ate between even Thatcherite England and here has been shocking. "fAlmostl the entire projectis being run out of Great Britain," she says, "where what you
can say and how you can be and the stances you can ,portrayare infmiteiY'more real. I'm not saying that it's perfect overthere, but certairily, as an artist you can say much, much more.
So then 1 [camel to America, and 1 see the unbelievable prejudice that goes on in a coUntry where the epidemic is so unbelievablyoutrageous. And 1still can't seem to get a grip on it."
But most Americans are not a bit surprised about the
problems ABC has had with Red Hot and Blue. After all, thisis the country where rape and murder are nightly 1V fare, butwhere it is forbidden to show, or even to mention, a condom.
So which aspects of Red Hot and Blue will never see
the blue light of nighttime 1V? One can only speculate, butcertain edits seem inevitable, like Jimmy Somerville's mildly
erotic video for the song "From This Moment On," directed,by Steve Mclean.
"The moment a Black man and a white man start kissing
and rolling across the screen, you know that this is,someone
who's not going to be squeezed in between Pepsi and
McDonald's commercials," muses Ernest Hardy. "If that makes
it onto American 1V, hell has frozen over."
Another video that will probably be left in its entirety on
the cutting room floor is one by the Jungle Brothers, a piecethat features young Black dancers playing with latex, intercut
with chocolate and other gooey liquids being dripped on
latex-protected body parts. Neneh Cherry's "Share the Needle"
video, meanwhile, which ABC desperately wants because of
Cheny's popularity, will need a lot of work if it is to garner
the approval of ABC's "standards and ethics" watchdogs.
Sutprisingly, Erasure's video, which many guessed would
be the first to go, has been saved at the last minute at least
for now. Chock-full of documentary footage of various AIDSrelated demos, with statistic after statistic superimposed on, the screen, everyone was certain that this video would be far
too threatening for a pro-establishment institution like ABC.
But apparently, the producers of Red Hot and Blue got a surprise on this one.
"We fought vety hard for Erasure, and we didn't think we'dwin;" explains Leigh Blake. "But one of the women at ABC
insisted that it stay in. I was sbocked. They asked for somechanges to be made, and for some of the slogans to be verified
with the CDC,. which you would expect, but in the main it
stunned me. The whole video is full of ACf UP footage."
The one bit of irony in all of this is the k.d. lang video,
which has many advance viewers silently chuckling. On firstview it appears that lang and director Percy Adlon made agenuinely wholesome video for the song "So In Love"-illld
in fact they have. But one must assume that the ABC execs
didn't quite get it when they, saw lang, depicted washingclothes for a loved one who is sick, lean over to sniff thewoman's nightie just hung to dry! Lesbians and AIDS on network 1V? That will certainly be a first.
Perhaps the biggest question raised around the scandal
with ABC is: How much can the producers compromise
before the show isn't worth airing? Most agree that no matter
how many changes occur, getting the show on network 1V isbetter than giving up and going home. Besides, the rumor on
the street is that, while nobody would dare jeopardize the airing of the program on Dec. 1, Dec. 3 will be judgment day at
the offices of ABC. In the meantime, the producers can only
fight for the best show they can get.
'"I want the program to go out in America," states Watney, "and I want it to be complete. If they decide to cut
things, I've got no control over that. And after it goes out in
America, if it's being censored, then I hope the roof will go
off. 1 hope ACf UP/LA will be there smashing windows. And
I hope Liz Taylor puts the fear of God in those people. I
understand she's hopping mad."'"7be origtnal version of Red Hot and Blue will be sboum
at tbe Musuem of Modern Arli Dec. 1 and 2 (callfor screentng

Umes, (212) 708-9480). ABC-1V will atr their verston of the
program on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 11:3Dpm.

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fund-raising and educational effort put
on by cable TV's Bravo network. The 'telethon, slated to air on Dec. 1 and 2
from 5 pm to 6 am, has been designed
as a tie-in to Visual AIDS's national
campaign
around Day Without Art and,more general tributes scheduled forWorld AIDS Day. All proceeds benefit
AmFAR and Broadway Cares.
The 26 hours of programing contain anumber of special features, including a
documentary on artist Keith Haring, thecable premiere of Paul Ryan's 1984
interview with Rock Hudson, the Emmy
Award-winning Too Little, Too Late, as
well as Bill Sherwood's Parting Glances.
Perhaps the most significant
achievement of the Bravo effort is their
special international tribute, A Moment
Without Television, in honor of Day
Without Art. This 60-second public
service announcement will be simulcast
to TV viewers in the United States,
Canada, Australia and Great Britain.
Viewers in all of New York City's
boroughs can tune into Unfinished
Stories on Manhattan, Paragon, BO and,ACO cable channels, where Bravo has
provided access free of charge.
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wheA you enter, including prac;:tically new previewdisksthat somejaded rock ~ritic igno~ed. If CDs
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they are, new and used alike. The'Newark'Streetbranch has the, ,',ibest collection of j -inch sirlgles in
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1, Tina. Turner. A few r~c?rds sport a OhiO whe~. no record st~res grew.' !~e crucial New Ze~Ja.n'dlabel Fly~. $40 taQ, but the maJo,ntyof the,Rumor has Itthat NMOS ISreorga- " Ing Nun, The,selection of dqm~s,s 'used' section is priced between,._nizing,but until it does, visit Lunchtic indep~ndent releases is o'ut- ',~ '.$1.99 and ,$3.99, and in three,for '(our Ears for the latest in 2Othstanding, although I wouldn'tpiind
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recorded tapes? Forget it,unless.', You can sell your old .junk;,only totive musbfor people enthralled by 'you're lookingfo! independent 'replace itwi\h 'different jl:mk, Who,c-r:ystalsor anarchic music with·no'
ones'made bn a shoestring, buOwould have thought heaven was. ~" electric guitars: Lunchfor Your, .
"get in Nebraska. Newarl<Street,,' ,i~ New Jersey? ,, ,Ears is open fewer, and less'pr&: 'has small m1;l.instreamselection', ",Alternative: SqlJnds, New,',dictable;-hours lately a~d seems',,for decent prices; although you . ,York.. , ..,'"•
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ARtimes that), and then therewas thean<ildiscount stores of no 'particu- " ''"" " time a friendship was almostshat, " lar ethnicity (unless wicker con',THE STREET :. "_tered when Madame ,X,grabbed a, notes· regional origin). Amidst all
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. Third World. The good ne""s is .that 'Broadway. Sometimes these can. 'c~~rch 'door(into the' street. Fortuyou can buy just about any kind of' '.be nothing hew, sometimes they.
nately, 'local record shops keep~music'yoU want on our streets, We, ,', can be hotter than anything last
, ,,'everyone happy. Jesus, Ortiz has
suggest that you' avoid the tables'night's~deejay put together ': it a" 'sounds froml,all over' the',' full of plastic-wrapped tapes of ,' depends on the creativity of the ' ,., Cari,bbean and Latin America,"popular new music: They are'tape-maker, They'll play them forfrom merengu~ to tango,'along , '.,'almOst certainly i"egal copies of!,you if YOl,lask. This is the perfect 'with magaZine's and comics en. ' .inferior quality, and the profit goes 'solution for those too downtow~-ori- .
'espanol. Unlike the local bbde- "towell-organized crime, We preferented to go a" the way to .42nd·,gas,', whict) also carry bargain .
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trac~ for a Ohristmas p,erty,,awinteres, which m?re than makes 'up for 'Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn andsplstice party or the Walkman party ,"i "",the slightly higher prlqes. AnyWay,
just about anywhere:else. Th~re's 'betweeo your ears,."
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had begun to clutter my dining
room table in mid-October. I foundeverything I needed for my niece
and nephew in the Discovery Toys
catalog, flannel shirts for mybrothers in Eddie Bauer and othergoodies in LL Bean and Land's
End for the rest of my clan. The
question is, where can gay folk
find those intimate gifts for our
loved ones, snuggle bunnies andsignificant others?
This year, I found the ultimate incatalogs, a sexy shopping spree at
my fingertips. Victoria's Secret
Christmas Gift Treasury. In it, lingerie
is available for any able-minded andfinanciallysolvent dyke-; fag,femme/butch, butch/femme, womon,
lesbian, gay man or anything else
you call yourself.
My first look at the catalog
remindedme of straightgirl
flirtation~youknow, the way
straight-looking women seem tolove flirting with lesbians and gay
men, Is Victorias Secret marketingfor lesbians, for people .who like tolook at women or for people whowant to look like these women?
Whatever the case, this catalog is
beautifully
designed with thesexiest holiday fare.
The cover has a crimson-red
silk nightgown with lace work
barely covering the breasts of
the woman wearing it. For theholidays, I recommend the Cambridge robe for cozy winterevenings at home. And for thatspecial butch in your life, you'"just love the sandwashedsilkpajamas. They are elegant andpositively
delicious.
As apersonal favorite, I've chosen
the camisole and thong bikini
made out of a puckered, winecolored fabric. I love the feelingof thongs!
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This hot new release from theoriginal Jewish lesbian folksinger
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6) Bells Are Ringing,

2) Two Nice Girls, Like a Version7) Redd Kross, Third EyeClassic covers sung as only these
Austin babes can sing. Passionate, wi,ld and crazy, "Go, Speed
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Brand-newand sassy, withshades of the Partridge Family.
As an added bonus, Susan
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My Son theFolksinger
A personal favorite since childhood. "Shake Hands With Your
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What a gal and what a voice. A
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5) The Best of the Velvet Under-

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Great bathtub music.
9) Yo YoMa J.S. BachThe cello master at his best Good
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This is an ingenious display of
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music styles.
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One of the dopest bands ever,
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Stone,
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6) Funkedelic, "Maggot Brain"
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Virtuoso singing for anyone ofany age, but the fact thatWith
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Court and Spark. A song about the baths.
3)''Tattoo Me," Tom Robbinson, Still
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Delicately classical arrangements
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Eye (and any others).

My favorite singles of the '70s.
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Thanks to Gretchen for loaning
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Objects of Bright Pride, where a man with 'ponytail and a clear; determined voice"
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maniacally. But the park behind theMuseum of Natural History was filled withpeople cheerfully walking their dogs,
and the towers of the San Remo on Central Park West were visible in the dis'
tance. I went into some clothing stores,
starting with Street Ufe at 81 st Street,where, if I were more liberated, I would
have asked to try on a Carmen Miranda-ish bralike top of crushed velour, 92percent cotton and Iycra, in forest green.
Or a cowl-neck blouse of the samematerial, with a drawstring bottom. The
top is $42, and the blouse is $76,
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Mia Farrow in The Great Gatsby, into an
ecsta:;y of shirts, over one of which, all cot,ton with a mint-green stripe and cool,sensous feel (and, alas, a price of $155), I
COJed so ardently that I upset the salespeople. I retreated to the adjoining room, where I
got alJ'TlO3tequally excited by a pair of custard-yellow silk socks decorated like a
Kandinsky with zippy abstroct designs,
They were $20. I was reminded that I was
not \'\€Bring socks.
But I had already made my anxiety
purchase for the day, and I proceeded toAlice Underground, a secondhand clothing store at the comer of 79th Street. I 'was immediately seduced by a powderblue Parsip!1any Hills Marching Bandjacket, with gold braided epaulets thathung to the elbow and a white cadet collar ($55), but I was also drawn to a basketful of clip-on bow ties, $2 apiece, oneof which, lavender and cream, was decorated with yapping red terriers, Behindme, two classmates from Oberlin, maleand female, home for spring break, triedon overcoats. They spoke in swallowed
consonants and giggled softly, vaguely
but determinedly flirting. I considered trying on a shocking red velvet dress, likethe one Lana Turner wears in Peyton
Place, but again, I am in chains oh,chains alas, even on a gay shopping
tour. When·the Oberlin boy said that he 'was, going to "head," and left the store, I
headed, too,
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where I admired a pair of canoe-shaped
black patent leather pumps, for $100, andsome suede boots, in yellow, forest green,
red or black, for $98. I was just about
through with Columbus Avenue by then. I
got on my bicycle and cruised the remaining blocks, catching here and there a
glimpse of the neighborhoods pre-'80s
stores like Supreme Hardware andFrank's Hairstyling, an old barbershop
where Frank (I presume) glared at me
resentfully when I a~d him how much
he charged. He had a big wall clock, amarble counter and a fun floral curtain at: the back, but he didn't find me as charming as.! found him, and he stared at mypatented ACT UP crew cut and said suspiciously, "Ten dollars 'n' up," and pointed
at the clock. It was 5 pm. I bicycled hometo the East Village through the midtown
rush-hour traffic. ,Mynexl-big e.1(cursionwas Christopher Street on another sunny day, late in
the afternoon, with the sun melting slowly
into Jersey and casting shadows on thebrownstone and red brick facades of theWest Village. I started at the foot of
Christopher;Street at the Hudson River,..where alinEi,Qf wqterfront graffiti, "Uve to
Be Legendary,~, is sprayed in yellow, blue
and red across a concrete barrier. At the
Spy Shop, next to Bailey House, I contemplated surveillanCe and coonter-surveillance equipment useful accessories forthe activist llano who, .lives in fear of FBI
infiltration. Storeowner frank Jones carries
everything fran beer cans with secrethideaway compartments ($25) to a bean
. box that conceals a closeckircuit television camera ($5,000), Dressed for espionage in a black, turtleneck, Jones demonstrated an electronic debugger, a small
black box that vibtates warningly when
saneone else is carrying a concealed
tape recorder. "Wear it under your shirt,",
he said, winking. 'Shrugging my shoulders as if flipping up the collar of a trench coat, I
walked two desolate, waterfront blocks,•',past a rusted sign advertising Marine
Repair, and stopped to answer a ringing
publictelephone.in front of the Silver 001, lar Restaurant. The caller hung up. I
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But I'm off sugar. I fled the candy
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America Boy. The wanan working
behind the counter, grinning with a caus,tic New York affability, explained the difference between All-Ameri~
Boy and
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fUrther up the street," she said--andwatched me as I fondled a rack of silkboxer shorts, $38 per pair, I liked the yellow ones, which they call "citrus"; theboxers also come in peach, which theycall "ginger"; blue, which they call "plum";•and black, which they call "black,"
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blowing whatever meager financial surplus, if any, you've managed to tuck away all year, or sit
the season out like Scrooge, bahhumbuggering the call to capitalist consumption and reminding
your friends that you "don't do"
the holidays, just in case they get
any crazy ideas.
But the choices don't reallyhave to be that stark. Whether theholiday is Kwaanza, Christmas,
Chanukah or Winter's Solstice,
New York offers a huge number ofalternative shopping venues thatboth spare the purse and satisfy
the activist spirit It's easy to spend
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designs, some geometric, som~, and fibers, most for' under $~5, ,~epresentatlonal, onto copperand a huge $election of holiday"
plates. He then oxidizestheornamehtsfrom all ov~r the world~.'~.
depressions around the 'designs,
Jean Koefoed, the owner,"•leaving thepat-terns a golden
says that perhaps her rlJostpopucoppery color surrounded bylar ornamehts are the Balinese,,
lig~t mossy' green. These plates ,.pl;iihted wOod aRgels for $13: But.i'!
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the Dead" dioramas ,from Mexico," ',Specialists inframes;. also of copper. He' canlittle painted wocipen boxes just a '.
few inches across containingin. Residential Real Estate
be reached at (212) ,254-0571. "\'" Lubna, an'talented Africanscenes inhabited by tiny clay skela- ,t!ie Vii/age, Oram~rcy Park,, American craftswoman from New
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NEW YORK/NEW YORK,
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h'as fewer odds'and enos than. ,,'Oscar Wilde: but its larg'er spaceaccom0dates
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who provided me with instructions which
could not be followed in order to receive amessage of unstated importance to the community which was not obtained from a person
who was not any of the many things heclaimed to be (not the least of which was my.fr/endJ. And from the moment the connection ,failed, I ceased to be known even as "Mr
Julian's friend". at that hotel in the West. Fromthe moment the connection failed (wasdoomed, one might contend, to fail), I ceased,, in fact,. to be a guest at that hotel in the West.
Before the day was out, my bags were collected, and I was peremptorily dispatched on a
nonstop, eastbo,und flight to laGuardia.
Stated differently, a claim of friendshipwas made and was used to induce me to make a trip whichmayor may not have cost me a great deal of my time. But
the claim was never in any way substantiated, and the time
was not in any way compensated. There was, as far as I wasable to tell, no Julian, no message.
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increasingly marked by memory lapses and inexplicable dis. locatiqns. I would, of course, be satisfied, I know, to attribute
my recollection of the journey just past to a synergism of several medications, none of which has been heretofore noted
for hallucinogenic
ptoperties. (Now that would be some,swell thing: the first documented "Prozac trip"! Unfortunately,
recent medical findings indicate as more likely the possible
occurreQce of a Prozac-induced 'homicidal episode whichshould further open up that discussion about the wisdom of,and necessity for, taking up arms. Of course, the potential"Prozac defense" might present a snappy, contemporary
alternative to the infamous "Twinkie defense." That discussion, however, belongs to another column-probably
Art
Leonard's.) If a facile, though not altogether satisfactory,
explanation sufficed-Qrld for a great many people it apparently would-I could, as I once hoped, simply sit down at
my desk and resume my activities right from that point
where they were strangely suspended.
. Like lines on a discrete graph, however, the points just
don't match up, and no matter how much one might wish,
the formula forbids it. This was not just a bad dream. Something did, in ,fact, happen out there at that hotel in the West,some affable message was tacitly imparted, and I was, , touched in .some indefinable, ,irreversible way.
"The quality and depth of the politics evolving from agroup," wrote Adrienne Rich, "depends in very large part on
their understanding of honor." At every step along theway-Gboard the train, in my room in the hotel, even at theboarding gate of the aitport-the hoperemained alive. A friend would meet me.
An important message would be impart,ed. Right up until that last frightful
moment when the final boarding call"
was given, it was still possible tobeliev~d
I wanted so desperately tobelieve. Immediately afterwards, thatpossibility was gone.
The subsequent feeling extends far
beyond mere disappointment. There
were people quite willing to makeclaims that engaged expectations, tospend somebody else's good faith andtime (the most precious and least renewable of our resources) with no real
intention of delivering on those promises. Julian's underlying message, delivered by negative example, would seem to be this: Deceit remains the coin of therealm, so all good faith is misplaced and the instructions
should not be followed. I'm hard-pressed to fmd a counterexample which would refute the conclusion. Frankly, I'dhave preferred to receive this knowledge more directly andat less cost, but then again, I come from a people who weredestined to buy retail....
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warn me: "Open that mouth, and you'regoing to get Into trouble." Of course, I couldn't resist, and thus I
would almost always spew out that final outlandish commentthat would whip her into an Italian frenzy. (My editor has
implied, on more than one occassion, that perhaps I've now
replaced my mother with Liz Smith. What a chilling thought!)
It's certainly true that, because I refuse to abide Injustice, I just can't keep my mouth shut-OVER AND OVERAND OVER AGAIN--«nd, enduring what appears to be an
occasional demoniclike possession, I blurt out "the darndest things," as they say.
,that
Which brings us to Newsdayand its sleazebag books editor, Jack Schwartz, a man whom l-in an admittedly excessive move verbally wished death onlast week.
Schwartz ran a book review of two
important AIDS books (History of AIDS:

Emergence and Origin of a Modern
Pandemic by Mirko D. Gnnek and 1be
AIDS Disaster: 1be Failure ofOrgantza,tions in New York and the Nation by
Charles Perrow and Mauro F. Guillen).
These books have been touted bysome in the movement and reviewed
widely in the press in a favorable light.
However, in Newsday, in a review
headlined"Exacerbating
the AIDS'
Panic," they were portrayed as inaccurate and exaggerative, and the authors were accused ofoverblowing the epidemic as well as the negligent response
to it by the government and others. Constructive criticism ishealthy, you may say. But this was hardly that.
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and homophobic (titling the book as such is clearly self-selVing and heterocentric and suggests that "homosexual AIDS"
dosen't really matter), was riddled with inaccuracies, dubious
statistics and an abundance of right-wing propaganda. Only
Forbes magazine in a move which was to become a massiveient-took Fumento seriously for a moment, publishing a puff-piece last year on this monster and his poisonous theories, written by the equally maniacal Joe Queenan.
After ACf UP revolted and presented Forbes with the truth,
chainnan Malcolm admitted that he was on vacation when thearticle was printed, retracted the '.
entire piece and ~rinted ACT
UP's fact sheet, which gave the.

II ell,accurate
information,
word for word, In the very
next Issue of Forbes.
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had been thoroughly andrightfully given the going over In the rest of the press andwas unanimously (well, almost unanimously) discredited by
medical reporters, commentators and the scientific community for trying to push his political agenda on the AIDS aisis by presenting bogus information. The only one to cometo his side, in one of his usual dangerous rants, was maddog Patrick Buchanan. Need we say more?
"You've never read an article on waste In AIDS
funding,•even though it's an open secret among medical researchers
you can get funding for almost anything by tying it to
AIDS." That's some of the dreck that Fumento and Newsday
shit out in the pursuit of "valid" aitlcism last week.
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WHY 1HE PUCK WOUlD Ml'WSD.AY
HAVESUCH A HATE-FIILED,UNfALENTED, LYINGLOSERREVIEWIMPORTANT
BOOKS?
That question becomes even moreinteresting considering that Newsdays
own top-notch AIDS reporters, likenational medical reporter laurie Garrett,are among the countless members of themedia who know of FUmento's shenanigans and are violently opposed to his
views. Why wouldn't Newsday have its
own AIDS experts r.eview the books?
Well, actually Garrett did review Hislory.
of AlDS-which she finds excellent andaccurate and two other current AIDS books, for the Los
Angeles Times, which is, the paper that owns Newsday. And
the stuff in the Times goes out on the LA Times sydicate wire
and is often picked up by Newsday, So why didn't Newsday
run that review? Why did Schwartz seemingly go out of his
way to have the freak Fumento write a review, thereby
bringing in someone unlike an AIDS reporter whose e:xpertise is in writing objectively on both sides with a clear-cut,
proven bias?
Perhaps I should call the books editor and ask him thatreasonable question myself, you may say,"You should write a letter," says Schwartz's assistant, anannoying woman who (from the sound of her voice) has aiest for life that is just slightly above the comatose level. '·You don't understand," I say. "I'm doing a column on
this, and I need 'to speak to him verba/Iy.".
"Well, I'll mention it to him, and maybe'he'll get backto you in a week or so."
"WHA1?! Look, I'm on deadline, and I need to ~with him today. STOP TREATING ME LIKE A PIECE OF
Slfl11"
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your HAND IN MYPANTS.
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it was so big because it was
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Liz: Maybe the listing
Liz: First, it's Madonna, WHICH ONE S THE QUEEN?-James St James and Codle RaVioli
then it's the Go Gos, next
was wrong. Wait--here comething you know they're at a Tret Fure concert wearing
two women. Yeah!
patchouli.
Sydney: Those aren't them. I know them. Can we go now?
Sydney:I guess I am a case of arrested,
development-I never made it past the Go
A recent evening had all the trappings
is incredible
GO$. Belinda Carlisleof one that would make even the most jaded
tonight-between
working her cleavage,or unschooled person appreciate nigbt life:
lifting her skirts, flashing the drummerl anda Middle Eastern dinner party at the Ntle
acting like a queen bitch. What more could
restaurant for a book release3 ftl/ed withyou ask for in a woman?
both "downtown" and "real" celebrities,folLiz: Oh please, she can't even rememlowed by the eagerly awaited (by some), ber .the words to the songs.
coronation of the new King and Queen of
Sydney:· So what. This is like a giant
Manhattan (nigbt life, that is!).
,sing-along. I <;an barely hear the Go Gos
Liz: Sydney, look. No, don't turn that far,over all theSe people screeching the lyriCS.
you look like Linda Blair in The Exorcist.
There's Tama}anowitz. Isn't she your idol?
Liz: The guy to my left is trying to slam
Sydney: Oh, thank you for throwing thatdance to ''We Got the Beat."in my face. No, that was for a brief moment,, Sydney: That's really stupid, especially

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Liz: Helpl We're being belly-danced
to death. How much more entertainment
can we handle? When does the bandtake a break? Can I get a pizza?

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cateri1tfl to your G/tstyft.

Man [sitting at the table]: This is Art!

Liz: I'm comatose.
Sydney: I'm not sure that a dragmusical about an escort service qualifies as art, but two drag "lesbians" inLady Kier cat suits at least qualifies as
quality entertainment.

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Tours
Cruises
World-wide Vacations
267-10 Hillaide Avenue[The exhausted Liz and Sydney
stay for the King and Queen of Manhattan ceremonies.]

Footnotes:
1. Gina Schock. The question wemost want to ask her: What is Jodie
Foster like in bed?
2. A social group for lesbians stationed in Park Slope but holding events
around the city-members'
are known
as SAL girls.
3. Downtown writer, columnist
and self-described Goddess, Beauragard Houston-Montgomery's new bookis.entitled Pouf Pieces.
4. Panty Girdles promoter and dragqueen most noted for his Madonna
impersonation, which included a furry
three-foot conic bra.
5. Mother of the House of Field
and drop-dead blond bombshell recently hailed as "NY's top transsexual"in print.T

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I've been kissed by a dancing horse,
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Sometimes you just have to stand up
and say, "Stop the madness!"
Sydney: And in keeping with thetheme of the evening, James St.Jameswas just elected King by promisiFlg thatthe '90s will be about being "drunken,
sloppy whores" and that he is best
qualified to lead us in these pursuits.
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(212) 477-5288. Nov. 29-30, Dec 2.

by Eileen Myles
Kate Bornstein-actor, playwright,
journalist, father of one, lesbian transsexual, gender explorer and founding
member of Outlaw Productions willsoon be appearing at PS 122 in her own
three~woman play, Hidden: Agenda. A
big smash at San Francisco's Theater
Rhinoceros, Kate's show will be touring
Europe follOwing the PS gig. I met withKate Bornstein one br1ght October afternoon at the Cafe La Strada on East 4thStreet. Actually, I first crashed into her
and Lori Seid walking down Second
Avenue. At La Strada, after much delil>- 'eration, we both ordered cafe mocha,
which seemed completely queer: We
laughed. Women from 4th Street's
WOW Theater kept filing in, greeting
Kate and myself, then explaining their, presence at the cafe by saying, "It's ouroffice.» Kate and I spoke about everything, including her upcoming show,'.'",",wi' ,:Eileen Myles: So have you performed in New York before?
Kate Bornstein: No, never, actually-nothing, not then, not now. It's,
kind of like a'reverse Oz in a way. It's,
like, it's where I've always wanted toperform, and I'm scared.
EM: I thought San Francisco was agreat audience at, urn, at the Outwrite
Conference. They had a lesbian readingat the beginning of it, and I just felt terrific-it was so open.
KB: Is that what it's like here?
EM: Well, what is it like here? Well,
like any show I've done, Friday night is

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wouldri't, and the whole room knew
you'll notice that people love to talk."ence, and Sunday is smarter, ~dthey're
it was me, and you know. And it went
And J couldn~t figure this out. Why,,,
paying attention. You know it seems
on ~nd on, and it Qecame like an , why, why, l~~Y';:whY?t~d I ,wrote 'very different from night to night.
interrogation, an inquisition, and fmal.:, .this articl~ah9ut sh,anianism andpef- .'KB: Yeah.
,ly somebody said; "Eileen Myles wasformance. And apparently, one of the
EM: But there's a real gay perfordrumming her hands," and the "thing, cross-cultural, underlying themes ()fmance audience in New York. 'that never came o,ut was that I wasshamanism is th~t.at the moment
KB: Oh,that's real good.
doing it~andI wasii;t a boy and I berWeet1 the death and re.oirth there~s ' ,EM: Now, twas reading herecouldn't figure out what·to do with ,this kind o£:zero place where.the per, '[she shak~s eages iOf Kate's' pµblil:;ithat cpo.tradiction. ", ~n has 'a glimpse of the spif.it world. ',K8: I think power is at the root of ,And some truth is revealed to the pet- '.':. "tyJ-it's talking about when YQUwete a,,kid, and ..it saYs,' "Having felt her gengender. I reallythink it is. And' when.i,. son, a Httle'portion, At, my· d~th, and',.
del' dysphoria from the age off our, she' gender and power cross lines like that,' my 'rebirth I saw';thls part;-at youtiV, 'read anYthing she could get her hands
there's, like,.this r~ electricity.
of., death and rebirth:you"5awthiS
on dealing with gender."· You 'always them is being rubbed close to the' So you:tell /lle abouqhat, and l'l~telluse the word "gender," .so genderbone. ~yis.there' gender? Why do'yOu
aQout this, and tlie:,deal :isj if we, ,means literally what, to you?
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lih, yea,h. My idea on it istledup "LhaveJo~ ;I~:tliink,ie~, why,,' .;fucking, gend~t; .is 'any- , .. :'., ,._". ·~,:.:i,', 'qu~er~ ~ellieacb.~th~rttheir,',¢o.~in$-":x'""th~tsex
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go. study me~ and women; if ~.waS ,'ofpoconos. Shit; I~(t~g?, bui," .,,;
gomg to be hke most researchers, I'",.' ,. the cast waHeal'~clted1i,,!~,~te~.' r::
would say: "The men over µere, and' ... -- " y()u've got tq go!~~e~l1,get a.cab1!l.- .1·1
the women over [tlhere." Right? And I\,And there were thesei'l,in~esignSon', ,would say: "Oh, no, no, no, youthing it comes down to is that it gives some of the workshopS;;'"W:qmen-oom- .,i',
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be oppressive to roughly the other 'same women' .who weitt'~µtto~ say~ , ,'.'iis male, something'is female, raiher
half. That's the only reason that I can : ing, "bioiogy is'not,d~y:!,'d,,';";'.' ;., ,i ";than saying who's a man and who's a see that we keep ,it' in place. There's. EM:I1o'y~\l bav~any: arther~?
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Furnace became the first real casualtY ,Eastern Europe. They
In: the battle, over. government funding, weren't allowed to do,'for the' arts, WhUe this vet~space
anythlOg :because thetal art in NeW York City government knew thatfor.
Will continue to, do vis~alart exhibi-, artists can embody dis- " !
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job,and the ,governmany performers first stepped on ament didn't want thatstage is aosed",(orever. As the fickle' dissent. Well, if this.
inedia loses interest in the country is now clampNEA (:rlsis,:one,is left'to wonder if theing dbwn on the artlst,
art5communitY is prepared to help one· then that means the'of its own.'
artist matters, arid the, ,Frankl~n ,Furnace has always
government is:afraid of'seemed like a'~egacy from more radical ' "the dialog that's' been
, times with its focUs on "book art" andstarted. So it's not thewillingness to engage unkn~wn perworst of times from aformers from aaoss the (X),untry., Some- ,political standpoint attimes it seems. as if the'performance
all-it's
the best ofscene is a great Lazy Susan and If one times in that the issues~
a performance, 'one need only
get aired,wait a week ~ see the I!IU.De performers
On theothercome around again and ~gain. Yet
hand, publicity is not
Franklin Furna~e booked without regard" the same as money,
to gender, race or sexual preference long
Somebody in the press
before any:,of these categories' became
conferenceat the'flavor of the inonth; The simple fac;t ~Public Theater asked
that the Furnace didn't care If pnly two Karen Pinley, "Why do
you need grant money
people came to sit on the, wildly uncomfolding chairs in die forbidding
when Tbe New York
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MARTHA WILSON OF THE FRANKUN RJRNACE
basement painted black. Simply being
7Ymes is writing articles(WAllPAPER BY DOUG KENNY)
there ~tuted
a success. 'about you?" And, of, Martha Wilson, the founder andcourSe, you can't pay,
connection between
what the artists did
director of the Fumace, 'is one of th~
the rent with a New York 7Ymes article,,.
true heroes' of this aisis
she continFranklin Furnace is on the samein ~, '60s and what the artiSts are doing
ues to fight for a space below Canal
ephemeral financial basis that it's
now. So I still think that while Jessealways been. It depends on grants',
Street where ".othemess" is a, fact ofHelms is my worst enemy, he's also, mybest friend,',..
life. On this day, her wild r~ hair bobs
which are not yery 'plentiful, the good
'PM: Does it matter in a decisive ~about as sh~ digs thro.ugh piles ofWill of artists arid a lot of spit
way that the programing has to .IDove
aeepy letters from the NEA, the Gener, OUr basement performapce ~.aceto a diff~t
location?
al Accounting Office and the beast him- is closed so we've started to look
self, Jesse, Helms.' ~ ,, around for other v~ues for' our 'pro, MW: Only if the character of the, , ,",grams. We've already got the grants, so programing changes, For example,, Patrick Moore: What's the curwe're gomg to go to Judson Memorial there's this signing of the anti-obscenity
pledge thing. I've always maintained
tent ~~s of Franklin Furnace,? ,Olurch, which Is where the artists of thethat I would be happy to sign the,'MarthaIt's like Charles, '60s performed nude all thoSe years ago;
pledge; get -themoney and give it to
DickenS said, "It's ,the best of times
All in all, this 'is good. To have,and the worst of times." There's all thisour' space- publldty, all this focus' on Fianklh1.PUr- closed
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put their lives on the line? I admire thatwork, and as long as I'm able to dovery much. The rap that I've been getthat, I don't have any moral qualms
ting from arts lobbyists is that you can't
about signing it. These people arelet the artists talk because they don't
doing art, not obscenity-there's
a difget the facts straight. Then I saw Reno
ference. Now the onus of responsibility
one time pitching to television, andshe didn't have her facts straight, and it
is on the government to prove the art isdidn't matter at all. That passion. I've
obscene and put me in jail and notseen administrators
talking, getting
fund Franklin Furnace for three years.
Fine, I'd much rather have it that way
their facts straight, and we were losing
than buy into this idea that there ispoints. It doesn't really matter what the
obscene art and not give the artists
arts community is doing as long as
money so that they can make work.
they're making this cacophonous noise.
That would be much worse.
PM: But there is a real character toyour performance space. That base••ment ISvery evocatlve.
MW: It's very nice. Judson is not
intimate at all, but I'm confident thatthe artists can rise to the challenge.
PM: As far as your baSement closby Ernest Hardy
ing, thAt was officially a city buildingIt's been assumed that the works ofcode violation,
but it's generally
Cole Porter were chosen as the foundaaccepted that it had a lot to do withtion for the AIDS education and fundthe NEA crisis.
raising project Red Hot and Blue (see
MW: At the time, it was a very dif- article page 34) because he was gay.
ficult call. The Karen Finley show
That's not entirely true. The ideas for an
opened, and that night at 11:00 the nre
AIDS awareness project and a tribute to
department arrived because they had
Cole Porter came independently of one
received an anonymous call saying weanother to John Carlin, the New
were an illegal social club. The person
York~ased lawyer who came up withthat called knew that this was the easi- . the idea for Red Hot and Blue. Once
est way to get Franklin Furnace in the ,merged, ,howcrver,' the'songs, took on
deepest possible shit. If the city is
new dimensions in light of their new
involved, it's the end of that space.
context, and Porter's sexuality, which
PM: So you will still get the federal
previously surfaced in his work mainly
money?
as gay inside-jokes cleverly couched in
MW: I've got it. We were asked to wit, rose to the surface.
supply them with the details of what
Though the notion of a "gay sensithe artists were going to do next year,
bility" is still an issue for debate (as is
and we did, with the goal of getting thethe question of there being a single gay
money, doing that art and letting themsensibility), let's assume for the sake oftry to prosecute.
this article that there is defmitely such a
PM: What about corporate money?
thing, and that it runs through Porter's
MW: It's much harder to getwork, and that at the core of that sensibecause they're afraid of the stockholdbility is a doubleness, where contradicers. The other thing that's going on is tions and contrasts slide easily over andthat there are other things going on out
through one another. What you find in
there, like AIDS and homeless ness,
Porter's work is the feeling of heartwhich are very urgent, and some corpowrenching loss alongside the experience
rations are trying to deal with theseof new discoveries; the exploration ofproblems. Foundations, though, havebottomless sadness next to near-indecome to us and said, "I know you're in scribable joy; the feeling of being utterly
trouble, and what can we do?"alone •and deserted, and the thrill of
PM: With the protests which havebeing the center of the universe (usually
happened around the NEA situation,
your luver's,
to be
my feeling is that the arts community is exact); sparkling wit
using pretty lame tactics. Don't you
and near-unbearable
think it looks like we don't want to win
self-pity; fierce intellivery badly?
gence and a wink with
MW: Whereas ACT UP is willing to
the double entendre.

It's all equally fme in my opinion, andit can't be controlled. The community,
is galvanized.
PM: But I feel that artists andadministrators have tended to workwithin the system rather than just drop- ,ping the system and going for publicpressure.
MW: That's right, at least in termsof institutions. From a bureaucratic
standpoint, it's not in their best interests
to run amok, because there's anotherS__

FRANKLY_ ... p_ .. _eo•la YOUI:va ?
•Listening to Cole Porter
It's the sense of being the eternal outsider, but having the sharpest eye in theroom, chronicling details that others
miss or are simply oblivious to-knowing the pain that love can bring, andhow bittersweet sadness can be. listening to Porter's work, what's astonishingis not only how fresh it still sounds(even those works that haven't beenradically reinterpreted) or the universality and sophistication of the themes.
What's most remarkable is how incredibly gay his work is, and how it still resonates with power and insight into thegay and lesbian experience.
Though Cole Porter's sexuality is
obviously not the dominant factor in
the Red Hot and Blue project, John
Carlin himself has revealed why it isimportant, somewhere along the line,
to have someone step up and remind
Mr. and Mrs. America, while they
watch the 1V show or listen to the CD,that Porter was a gay man and howthat informed his work.
"You have these very simple songs,"
begins Carlin, "that on one level people
nnd very easy and enjoyable and lovable, but they also sustain more intellectual SC'rutiny....If you look very closely at
the lyrics, there are very defmite1y some
inside gay jokes in the music. There's no
doubt about that. It's good to know that
he was a homosexual, both because it
adds a dimension to
the WOlk,and beQluse itlets gay people know'
about their traditionand heritage, and thatthey're not alone."'"Decern_r

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was a whole range of things I wanted to'Last year, David Wojnarowicz wrote
deal with in that.
an essay for the catalog of the Artist's
There's also a lot of connections toSpace show Witnesses: Against Our
childhood and what I grew up in-these
Vanishing that was critical of Cardinalsemirural areas in New Jersey where I
John O'Connor. This mix of politics andspent all my time, which was, again,
3rt was the impetus for the cancellation,of the exhibition's funding by the NEA. pretty isolated, Out in the woods was
the only respite from a violent child'f4eensuing
uproar galvanized the art, world. On the night of the show's openhood, so [this work] was a chance toing, the street outside the gallery was
examine all those things in the past andalso deal with the feelings of mortality,
clogged with protestors and the curious.
, ' Though the grant was restored, thedeal with things about illness and loss,
The show is about very quiet, simdelYate continues. This controversy wasple human things that are at times, ,followed by Wojnarowicz's copyrightfufringement suit against the Rev, Wild- almost funny or silly. I wanted to let myhumor come through. It may be a darkmo~ of the AmerIcan Family Associahumor, but I do have it.
tion, :who mutilated the catalog ,of his
John Donahue: Like the Jesse"" ." r~tr6spective, Tongues of Flame, in his
Helms bug.
the funding of allegedly",-~"a:ttack"i'~';hbs&neartby the NEA While the suit
DW: Absolutely. I'd like to do awhole encyclopedia of politicians or
was successful,
Wojnarowicz
waspeople who have been responsible forawarded only $1 in damages,
the AIDS crisis. It wouldn't be hard.
, "two days after Jesse Helms won
JD: Though never-ending.
Senate reelection, I met with David WojDW: A 20-volume set.
.naf.owicz.in his loft. We sat at a table
JD: Many of the photographs in the,with papers and surrounded" "~,'?1bY'electrl.c,healers (the landlord had not show are of specimen jars containing
small reptiles, In the lower comers of the
fumed on the heat)'. We talked aboutphotos are a few lines of text that
his ,current show at PPQW, which conobliquely refer to the image.
sists of photographs and four large paintDW: I wanted to deal with death onings of flowers inset with black anda whole variety of levels, What it is forwhite images and patches of text, This
new work has a lean, pared-down feel,
somebody to look at a biology specimen--all these things about echoes ofcovering, a range of themes and emotions, anger being just one,science or medicine but re-ally, essen- 'David Wojnarowicz: The work is tially, looking at a dead animal and,whatever people's reaction to death on
ki!ld of stripped
down, more introspec,
any level--whether it is human, animal
tive, mOre about the subvocal voice or
voice in isolaHon. Even though it or whatever--{o allow that to open up,
like it was a public year in telTIlS and then when they read that little, ' ' of things that were going on in my life, I statement, that slips in. I don't know if
people close down in front of images of
was pretty isolated, and part of that wasdeath, or certain parts of their minds
just to try to deal with everything that, was going on as well as to go throughopen up,
JD: The specimens were pickled.
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my personal life.
They were dead, but they were also
I wanted to do work for this show•that didn't immediately go toward what,gruesome, the way some ofthem floated upside down in
wa's 'expected of me in terms of this,dpublic" role: Ana also deal with sometheir jar.
DW: I thought the specithing that's pretty taboo in both themens were really beautiful
art~nd; at times, the activist-world.
when I first saw them, I was
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when that retrospective opened up. I
had a hard time getting permission tophotograph them. Basically, they had to,
make me swear I wasn't doing it for an
animal activist group.
I want to examine various forms ofevidence or death or life that's contained in something. You know there
are echoes of metaphors, like birth,
something that contains a life or something that has a possibility of life, something in a liquid, something contained.
And there are things from travels. The
rare times I've just been "in the country," I always start doing what I did as akid, which was to look for signs of lifeand document it.
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Most of my photographs
have
always been like journals. I've tons ofnegatives of things that are comforting tohave or to have the evidence of them,but there's never been a place to use
them. In the show, I felt I could fmal1y
start looking at these things.
JD: The title of the show In the
Garden made me think of Eden, and thework appeared like fragments of it.
DW: I always have the feeling when
I'm in a quiet place like the forest that I
never believe it or trust it. Yeah, I know
I'm there, and I can look at this landscape, but just over the hill is the city,and in the city are all these things that
I've witnessed or know exist there. That's
why I never painted things like that, or if
I did, they had to be in total chaos,'cause they had to involve what's aroundthem In the flower pictures I was trying
to paint these totally seductive things. I
was trying to create an image that on firstreading for people was, like', "Oh, what abeautiful thing," and as they got closer
the photographs become more evident,
and as they got closer the words become
more evident, and it speaks
about a whole variety of things.
The thing I've always tried
to do in my writing and everything else is to lay it all on thetable and look at it, I mean

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everything: the parts of myself that aren'tthat comfortable, the things that are difficult to resolve.
1 feel pretty vulnerable with thisshow 'cause 1 stayed away frorrl' all thethings 1 felt would have been very supported had 1 done them, I'm capable ofthose things, and they're not things I'mabandoning. But if I feel pressure that
this isn't what I'm supposed to be doing,
I'll probably end up doing it.
JD: Sex is an important part of yourwork, the spark that sets it all off. One of
the texts on a flower painting reads, "I
was afraid the intensity of my sexual fantasies would become strangely audible."
You go on to compare it to a car crash.
DW: There's an energy in sexuality,
especially in sexuality I explored growing up. I was sexually active from age
eight or nine and hustling around thattime. There's a tremendous emotional
range of things 1 remember from sex as akid. Some painful things.
Sex was a place 1 could always get
lost in, shed the weight of my body orskin or the pressures of what I was living

in. There was a safety and a warmthwhen I was in the midst of sexual activity. I felt completely sure and safe. It
didn't matter if 1 was sleeping with a 35year-old guy, and I was only nine. T felt I
could handle myself, Leaving the hotel orapartment, I was suddenly terrified, andit was more what 1 knew existed outside,
1 was an avid reader, I knew about shock
treatments, I knew about drug treatment.
I was terrified about being institutionalized. I didn't know if my family would
do that or not. I had a vague feeling theywould. So I was under an incredible
amount of stress as a sexually active kid.
What's happening in the American
landscape about sex and this disease
hasn't been addressed at all. It's like we
can't even get to condoms publicly on 1V.
JD: The paintings contain a lot more
text than in the past,
DW: There's as much text as painting, Partiy because I've been writing a lot
more. Part of these texts are in a bookthat's supposed to come out one of thesedays, if the lawyers ever let it get published. It's a book about America, a book

I've always wanted to write since 1 wasin my 20s. It's a pretty critical view of thelandscape.
Most of the essays use sex as a
jump-off point to talk about everythingthat surrounds the act,' and things in thesocial structure.
The publishers
are afraid Jesse
Helms will sue me. I say that Helms issexually insecure. It's a nonfiction 'book.
Then there are these things about treatments. I wrote this stuff about a coupleof doctors in the New York area wbQ
were treating Peter Hujar. They weretotal quacks.
One of the interesting things aboutpublishinga book is finding out this,whole legal structure that's in place, various laws that are basically set up tototlfly whitewash what we would call histo- 'ry, It's like everything I wrote 'about,' the
key things, were things I was asked to
cut out of the book or alter beyond
recognition. I was being told as an indi-,
vidual 1 can't repeat what I've witnessed.
JD: Some of the work deals with the,So>~ FLO""EA.on paget

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Saturday, Dec. 1; 1990, is Day
Without Art, organized by Visual AIDS,a cooperative day of mourning andaction by arts organizations and AIDS
service providers nationwide. The central aim of this event is to educate andengage the support and conunitmentof the arts public. Day Without Art
1990 marks the second time the arts
community has pooled its resources toraise awareness about the AIDS crisisto the public. The scope of the event
has grown enormously for 1990. It
now reaches beyond the visual arts
scene to performance presenters, literary organizations, craft galleries, mm
and video collectives across the UnitedStates.
Arts organizations were encouraged to buddy up this year with acommunity-based AIDS service 'organization, which has proven to be enor-

mously successful. For example, thecoordinating efforts between the Taft
Museum in Cincinnati and AVOC
(AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati) will
enlist the interest and support of theCincinnati arts community and, hopefully, be the catalyst for year-round
AIDS advocacy and grass-roots volunteerism-much needed in a conservative community such as Cincinnati.
Night Without Light, 'organized bymembers of VIsual AIDS, will tum off
the Manhattan skyline for 15 minutes,
from 7:45 to 8:00 pm on'
Dec. 1. The AIG Building,
AT&T, Bayonne Bridge,
Cathedral of st. John the
Divine, Citicorp Center,
Con Edison, Empire State
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Helmsley Building, Metropolitan Life,Pan Am, Plaza Hotel, Rockefeller Center, Throgs Neck Bridge, Triborough

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porate leaders, and one could say that
this reflects the driving force of New
York: activism. New York is no longer
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Turning your back, you button your blouse. That's new.
You redirect the conversation. A man_has entered it. Your therapist has given you
permission to discuss this with me, the word
you've been looking fqr in desire.
You can now say "heterosexual" with me. We mean

after word for how normal looks, each word
cutting like scissors a prome of desir'e-ea man facing a woman, nothing particularly new
or interesting to me. I've wanted only to face you
and the world simultaneously, say what I mean
with my body, my choice to Bot be a man,different things when we say it. I mean
the life I left behind forever. For you, it's a new
beginning, a stab at being normal again, a desire
to enter the world with a man
instead of a woman, and of course, there's the word
you won't claim for yourself anymore, you

to be a woman with you, forget the man's
part or how his body is the word
for what touch can contain, what love means.
If this were only about desire,you say, I'd still desire you.
But it isn't passion we're defming, new

who have children to think of, you
who have put me in line behind them and mean
to keep the order clear. It's really my word
against yours anymore in this new
language, in this battle over how a man'is about to enter this closed room of desire

consequences emerge when a man and desire
are part of the words we hurl, youchanging how you mean loving-this terrible, final news.

we've gingerly exchanged keys to, and desire
isn't what's at issue anyway, you
say to me. Instead I learn a man
can protect you in a way a woman only means
to but never can, and this world is too newwhen there's real life out there, word

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Heights Rd, Morristown NJ(na8:30
pm
GAAMC me,tlng .will be held. 2011"285-1595),.

NY PUBLIC LIBRARY Fall R,adlnglerl.. :IDnight with Ned Rorem. The Parj. Dial)'. Settling the Seore, Nantucket Diary, NY Public
library. 42 St entrance. Celeste Bartos Forum;
6 pm; $5; tlx 930-0571

655 GROVE STREET presents Bab Brainard
and 80b Kohl"" 'r/~kf'~ •.. Stuf~D, per'SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS U-Name-It
formers who both appeared In Parting
Vldlo Nighi. Park Slope; Bklyn; 6:30pm; SALGlanclIB, their original comedy material
info/rsvp 718/965-7578
includes two jocks who learn they can vogue.
retired Solid Gold Dancers. Amish rappers
ACT UPINY Weakly Me8Ungtonight at Coop·
who put the "men back in Mennonite; an
er Union. E 7 Stl3rd Ave, 7:30 pm; 564-2437
early Simon & Garlunkel, and the Rocky
Mountain Butt Boys who open at a gay rodeo ,A DIFFERENTLIGHT BOOKSTOREpresents
in WesJ Hollywood; videos serve as transitione
Fall 111110 Reeding SIll .. : David Fr.chette,
between live routines; at 55 Grove St (west of
COOPER SQUARE THEATER presents Ealn 7th Ave South); $8 + 2-drink minimum; FRI at and Conlrlbutor •• Pyr.mld P"lDd/~'1. 548
Hudson St (btwn CharleslPerry Sts); 8 pm;
W.. t·. HI,"'rk,/ P"/Dd,. -a drama about the ,. 8 pm; 366-5438'
free (limited seating, arrive early!); 989-4850
p08~ion 01 racial, religious, political and sexual minoritiee in a historical landscape dominatAMERICAN PLACE THEATERpresents / St,nd
SOUTHERNERS Monthly Meeting; at the Cened by a Celtic Irish Catholic conservative
BtftJrl YDUN,k,d by Joyce caral 0.....
,tar. 208 W 13 St; 8 pm; David Gilbert, 674majority"; 50 E 7 St (Btwn ls112nd Aves); $10 , about ten Women dealing with IIIe in today's
8073
or TDF-+$5;THU-SUN at 8 pm; clpsed NOV 22- America; with Ellzabell Allay. PIMY Temple25; 228-0811 (thru DEC 91
Ion. Nancy la" •• , Annie McGrll",.
M., TUESDAY, NOV. 27... rl .. Kuhn. Branwan BooII; 111 W 46 St;•
PUCHONG GALLERY presents Bill Co.Ia:
ACT UP AiJ~IIDil fDr A&1ID11 Prevlew ... t Paula$20; WED-SAT at 8pm. also WED & SAT at 2
I_, IIId P.t,ltl,
new photographs 01 malepm. SUN at 3 pm; 840-3074.
Cooper GaUllY, 149 Wooster St. TUES-FRI,
nudes; 36A 3rd Ave; 982-1811 (thru Dec 12)
Nov, 21-30; Sunday (DEC 2) eilhlblt opens at 3pm, auction at 7 pm, at'575 Broadway (below
CHARLES LUDLAM THEATREpresents ludVILLAGE THEATRE COMPANY presents Eric lam'. C,mlll•• starring and directed by
Houston); info 769-7983
8enlley·. A" YDUNDWDr Hn. YDUEr"
EVllltI Qulnlon, with Cheryl Ream. KIlla -Brechtian tale of show businese on Scullin. GlOIg O.tlfman. Eureka. 80l1li
ACT UPINY WOMEN and AIOS BOOK GROUP

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and SOUTH END PRESS pretent a loOk Pub· •11U11.. HI .... Uon lor Wo,.,." AIDI, ,tid
AlIN/,m. wrlttln by AIDS .ctlvlell. womln
with H IV. and wom.n worldng on the front
lin.. with HIV+ wom.n; m.~ of thl wrltera
will be pretenl; IIthe Clnt.r. 208 W 13 St; 4·7 pm; South End Preea. 817/288-0829
NYC DISTRICTING COMMISSION holdl a
Public H.. rlng on how to draw new lines for
61 City Council dletrlcte by June 3. 1991; al
Pl'llbyterlan HOlpltal. MII.teln Bldg, Clark
Conference Ctr, 1.1 Floor, Rooma1-5; 1Fort Walhlngton Ave at 167 SI, Manhattan;
5:30 Ilan-In, hearing from ,6-10 pm (NYCDC,
11 Park Place, 11616, NYC 10007)( ThIs Is /Ire""ring which should be ,ttended by our CDmmunlty If WI want to m,ke our CDnc8mI
known. Without our Inpu~the non-glt/lno".
W,n P-' II likely10 CI'NII/ di.trict8 thatwill dilute our rept'fWft.tIon .ntI",.,., NYC
with 51 new ",1I.t the table, noneof themrw 1/1. I hope /Ire communlty_ Gupp;' andaIMr Natlon,lI will be unitfd .t th18 one. -RX)n

GAY MEN OF THE BRONX O.neral Me.llng, 1Fordham Plaza, 6-8 pm, Info from Robert
iSpanllh), 882-3403. and Chris (English),601-oB06 (Maell every 2nd & 4th Tuesday )GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HIV HI.III S.mIRlr: MedlCiI Trealmenl., tonight and every
41h Tuesday; 129 W 20 St, 3rd Floor; 7 pm;
fl18; 807-6655, TOD 645-7470
MOSAIC BOOKS fill Rlldlng Serl .. : Quincy
TrOUPl, reading proseaMe! poetry; 167 Ave B
at 10 St; 7 pm; 475-8623

Club It PrlYlIII Ey•• to help .upport the Gay
Glm •• In NYC In '04; with I Mlrtlll Artldemon.tratlon It 0 pm with two Gay Gam..
medal·wln",,.; 2... ·j drlnkl from 6-7 pm; •portion of door prooeed. oollected befora 7
pm 0011 to GWACj 12 W 21 SI; 5·'0 pm (butyou may Itay for YMVA party afterward); $5
before 71S7 thereafter; 646-6479
CENTERVolunl"r Plac.menl Nlgh~ "to learn
about opportunltlea for Joining the team thatkespe the Center running; choose from a hoatof commltt ... or find a special projser; 208
W 13 St, 6-7:30 pm; 620-731 0
COLUMBIA DRAMATISTS presenta a readingof Alan Conlin I'. Po.lllr,/N'II.t/r"
about
two HIV+ men who "find hope, belonging and,above all, loye for each olher and thoae
around lhem'; at the Weat End Gate, 2911
B'way (btwn 113/114 Sta, 11119 to1161B'way); 6 pm; frae; Info from Jay Amari,932-2865
COLLECTIVE FOR LIVING CINEMA preaent
LOOKOUT:Q" • L~.III'n FUm F"t/r,'
with Clrol Goldblrg and Shlill
Ryln'l TOfI6ther, Not TOfIIIther, and K1ucylll
Brook. and Jane ConI.'. Dry KI_
Only. 41
White St (btwn B'way/Church); 7 pm; $6(membere frae); 925-2111

R,p,'"SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS see SlIIln
Marahlill
Company II BAM, examining ,heconfllcta between l'llponsibillty to othera andbeiog true to oneselr; at Leperq Spaca; Bkiyn;
7:30 pm; SAL Info/ravp 718/965-7578 (getyour own tix, ,nd soon)

SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Dlnl"", II
AIIrlICO, Italian/American; 160 7th Ave (btwn
Garfi.ldf1 St), Park Slope; Bklyn; 7:30 pm;
SAL Infolravp 7181965-7578

SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Pool andPing Pona Night, at 8rownstone Billiards,
7th/FIatbuah
AVII, Bklyn, 8 pm; thendrlnkl/loclallzl"",at The Rooat, 7th Ave/8th
St, 10 pm-Ish; SAL infoll1lvp 718/965-7578

LESBIANS AND GAY MEN ,OF NEWBRUNSWICK DI.cu .. lan: Dom.ltlc V/Ollnc,
III III, Q"/L,,III,"
Community, at Friends
Meillng Hou .. , 109 Nichol Ave, New
Brunswick, NJ; 8 pm; 908/247-0515 (LGMNB
mae\a alternale Tuesdays,)

BODY POSITIVE Forum: Financial PIaMlng,
ID learn about l8Curing financial reaourcee,
medical and disability insurance; at the Center,
208 W 13 St;8 pm; free; 721-161819

THE BOTTOM LINE presents BETTY In Concerl, W 4 St at Mercar; 8 & 11 pm shows;
228-6300'•

CENTERSTAGE sees John Guare'. Six
0'11"" o( S.p."t/Dn at the Lincoln Center
Theatre, 8,pm, $55; 620-7310

THE NEW THEATRE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
present. LDUI. M. PDndero"'1 1I111,/ono(",II"MC., I ·za~comedy ..,to dispel gloom
and replaca It with laughter and a sense of therldlculoue- performed by a company made up
moetly of GMHC clientl; at the Center, 208 W
13 SI; 8 pm; $10; 620-7310

DIXON PLACE preaenta a Non·FIcIIon Serle.,
curated by Rick Sugd.n; tonight with Gayalrl
Splva\c, Post-Colonial Critic and'ln Oth8r
Kbrlds: Eeeays In Cultural Politic" and Peter
Lamborn Wilson, Scandal: Essays in Islamic
Hemy, 37 E 1at St (btwn 1stl2nd Awa); 8 pm
(come eariy); $4,98 generall$2.49 seniol1l &atudentalfl18 for PWAs; no I1IVP, info 673-6752

THE OPEN DOOR THEATRE ENSEMBLE presenta Edwlrd Albe. 'I TIl, Ame,lclll Dr"mand Chrl.lopher During'. TIl, H,tu" ,ndPurpo" of III. Unlr.m; see LIVELY ARTS
(thru DEC 2)

A DIFFERENTLIGHT BOOKSTORE presents
Fall 19110 Readl"", Serle.: John Champagne:
WII,n II,l1li, S/IIII&.548 Hudson St(btwn CharleelPerry Sts); 8 pm; frea (but limIted seating, arrive early!); 989-4850

TWENTYSOMETHING WIn. Ind Chilli for
Wom.n Ind Th,lr Frl.nd., a aoclal groupfor lesbians and gay men In 'their 20. andearly 30., to maet new friends in Ii relaxedatmolphere; at the Center, ;108 W 13 St; 810 pm; $5 donation; 2121967-7711 x3163,. 718/639-2345

GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS EIotlclzlnIlS,("Su Worklhop. a workshop for gay men to
help make safer sex more erotic, creative andsatisfying; at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 8-10:30
pm; free, no ravp required; Info ,807-6655(TOO 645-7470),

WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVES COMMU~ITY CENTER Dllcunlon and SUpport Group lor LIIbin Molhln;
675 Woodfield Rd, Weat
Hemp.tsed, LI; 8:30' pm; $3 more Itlleea if;
516/483-2050

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28
SHESCAPE 1Ien,1It lar Gay Women'. AllleUc

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GAY MALE 81M ACTIVISTS Bond'II' Will'. I
pracllcil demon.tra,lIon Ind dllcu .. lon of
restrictive leather, canvas and rubber garmenta for inside and outside the dungeon; a'look at hoods, collal1l, head hameasee, strattjackets; chaatity be~s, a complete bondage
suit; at the Center, 208 W 13 St, 3rdFloor;
80Cializlng at 8 pm; program at 8:30 pm; $4
members1$6 nonmembel1l; 727-9878·

BACA DOWNTOWN opene prevlewe 01 M ..
r""".14211111
Mu',"' W.llmln·1
11"'''''' '.fln," ... LIVELYEAGLE BAR Movl. Night:
Min/l TllrlII•• with In yOIl IIIrOlI;
AVII (It 21 8t); l' pm; 801-8451

PYRAMID pretenlll Undllllmpeon

ARTS (thru DEC22),

WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVES COMMUNITY CENTER W.. kly DI...... IOII and 80.111 Oroup forL.sblln., toniGht .. toplo: MIIII',: WIt" fO"
Illy .IIop• .., •• "."'Wtmoll¥,
I ,""". doe. /I "'" '"675 Woodfl.1d Rd.
Welt Hem p.tead, LI; 8 pm; $3 more It/lese It;t Dlmp JockIr Il10,,, Conll.t with epeclal
516/483-2050
guest appearances; also .DJ Dlny John .... andgo-go ,tara; 101 Avenue A (btwn 617 Sts); club
THE CLUB AT LA MAMA preaente DlvId Cale
opens 10 pm, ,how at 1 am; $5; 420-1590
I Fr.k Mayl; see LIVELY ARTS (thru DEC 8)

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CltMIII'. I olOllno night
beneflt for ~ ComfldelSl.t .. magazine; with
C41/''''''1111 .,, THURSDAY, NOV. 29
AIDS RESOURCE CENTER S.rvlc. DI Hope
Ind RemembrlllCf, with membera of over 70
churches, synagogues and community organizations; with the Rev. JaIll8l ForIIlI, Senior
Minister at The Rivel1lide Church; singing by
the Slonewall Chorall; at the Church of SI.
Paul the Apostle, Columbul (9th) Ave & 59
St; 7 pm; all welcome; 481-1270•

COLLECTIVE FOR LIVING CINEMA present
LOOKOUT:Q" • LIIIII'II Film FIII/r,'
with tonight', selections curated by
Jlrry Tlrllglll
and Calh.,ln.
S.. mlld;
Tlrllgill'.
colllcllon I. II 7 pm with Jim
Hubbard'. Valentine ~r Nelson, Divld Llmbl.·. Mike .. Film, Jull. Buller'. I Got ThisWay From Kissing Girls, Tom Chomonl'. LathEverb88t Virgil, Pelerer, Larry BrOil'.
Cramer'. Black and Whitl/ Study, Aarln
Dreams, o( PlSsion,
Lornl
Burch'.
Bolchmln'. BUIcM'emme in ParadiSll, Jame.
Carman'. Claw Your Eys, and lllbelle Hegn.r'. Eye 10 Eye; Saa"leld'. collecUon I. al 0pm with Carol A.hley Ind Kalhy Clarki'.
Bathroom Gender, Llil Ginsberg and MleIll
Gurallkal·. Joystick Blues, Marlon Rlgg.'
Affirmations, Richard FlUlg'. Steam Clean andFighting Change, Gerry Allarelll and Buzanne
Wright'. Who Ha. the Power, Houll 01
Color'. Probe, and Raul Flrrlra-Balanquel
Ind Enrlqu. NOVlllo C•• cant.'. Merida ProscritWo 41 White SI (btwn B'waylChurch); 7
pm; $6 (membera free); 925-2111

R,p,'"GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HIV Pr"enllve
Heallh Seminar, wilh latest information on
immune system monitoring, prevention andtreatment of PCP and other Infections, antiviral and Immune-modulating
drugs, healthinsurance, doctora; with guest speakel1l Laura
Plnaky and Plul Harding Dougl .. , The
E8SIlntiai AIDS Facts Book, at the Centsr, Weat
Wing 2, 208 W 13 St; 7 pm; Ires; Info 8076655 (TOO 645-7470)
JUDITH'S ROOM BOOKSTORE presents
Rulhann Robson. E,. of, HUfflun,.. 681
Washington St (at Charles); 7 pm; fres &We
accessible, but seating Is limited; 727-7330
IN OUR OWN WRITE presents A POllry
Evening, with Mlnnll Bruce Prall (Crime
Allainst Nature), performance artist/poet
Plmela Sneed and Michael lI..ell (Decade
Dance); at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 7:30 pm;$3; 620-7310
QUEER NATION M.. llng at the Center, 208 W
13 St. 7:30 pm, 463-7208 (a~ernate Thul1ldays: DEC 13, DEC 27)'D. ''I'',

FRIDAY, NOV. 30
TEACHERS COLLEGE OfFICE OF CONTINUING
RoDt.:EDUCATION presents T"pltlfl
Int'fIT,lIt1f1II' SplrltJ" DlmM.1D1l
Pro("./on.' PrlCl/c. willi L"bl,n. ,nd Q"
M,n, 'a conferenca for counselors, therapists,
health care practitionera, edutatOI1l and clergy; with John J. McNeill (Taking a Chance on
God and The Church and the Homo88xua~
and KIm Crlwford Hlrvle (Senior Minister,
Arlington Street Unitarian Univereali81 Church,
Boston); with workshops on how spiritual values have an impact on AIDS, gayllesbian pe0ple of color, feminism, Judaism, dysfunctionalfamilies, social workers; workshops include
Father McNeill's 12-Step Spiritual Program;conlerenca ends with a closing lecturelperformance by Hugh Morgan Hili, Findinll Our
Healing SlOries; at Teachere College, ColumbiaU" 525 W 120 St (btwn B'way/Amsterdam;
11/19 to 116 St!B'wayl; 9 am - 4:30 pm; $85;
info from Ken, 989-3723

0.""""0COMMISSION FOR RESPONSIVE DEMOCRACY Public Helrlng on -how 10 achieve true
democr'.cy representing the needs of all
Am ericans, a system In which YOtel1lcould be
proud to participate-; witnesses will Include
Curlls GaRl (Cmte for the Study of the American Electorate). Philip Slern (The B"tCongms that Money Can Buy). elected officials. economists, youth, political scholars,
national & local activists from Ihe Black, Hispanic. Asian, Native American, labor, lesbian
and gay communities; at City Hall. 2nd Floor
Board of Estimate Chambere; 9:30 am preae
conference, 10:30 am- 5 pm hearings; Info
from NOW, 2021331-0066 (also tomorrow al
NYU Law School)
WBAI opens Ite Annual Holiday WBAI Cran.
fair; see LIVELY ARTS (thru DEC 16)
IDENTITY HOUSE Women'. Friday DI.cua.Ion Group: CDmlnl1Out. Pili U, a wsekiy rap
g rou p, all women welcome; 544 6th Ave(14115 SI8); 6:30-8:30 pm; $7; 929-7178
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Anal Friday Pizza Nlghl, at Roma, 85 7th Ave at Union
SI, Park Slope, Bkiyn, 7 pm; also Plcllan..,Parly, SAL Gals' fawrite game, bring alcoholfree drinks tonight, and snacks; 8 pm; SAL
Info/l1Ivp 7181965-7578
SAGE Women'. 50+ Rap Group: P"'IIt/nll
Ou,,,'re. Md 011 Loren, at the Center, 208
W 13 St; 7:30 pm; 741-2247

SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS SAL Gal.
I SAL Pall PoUuell, to which gay men will be
Invitsd; Park Slope, Bklyn; 7:30 pm; SAL
info/l1Ivp 7181965-7578

THE ANSWER IS LOVING Women TalkIng"From what, Irom
Women'. Talk:
whom?
Cautious .. ,why?
Lesson,learned-intimacy, smart to be careful. don~trusr; 1964 E 35 SI, Bkiyn; 7:45-10 pm; $10;
Ruth Berman & Connie Kurtz, 718199&-2305

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN UNITED FOR
SOCIETAL CHANGE Dlacualon: WOIIIIII FICInll AIDS, ,n Intlm,t.
willi ou, ./It,,,whD ", HIV+; at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 8
pm; $3; 620-7310

MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER Bo~lal 'OPIII HoUII and Dlc.mb. NeW1l1n. MIIIIna, bring muchies and beve to ahare so you
can no8h, diSh, dance and stuff. at the Cenlllr,
208 W 13 St, 7:45 pm; 245-6366 (days), 222-

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GAY MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT 011OUl.'0II:
fitIJI, CO"",,: HIV+ HIIIIII Mlnlgl.nl,
with Olrlll Hodll Exec, Dlr" PWA He.lth
Group); I reprMntative ollody ....
I
medical ~.. 1Ir .. n"rlllnl
willi KlmrOll; II
the Cenllr, 208 W 13 St; 8 pm; 820-731 0,11";ARTISTS TALK ON ART/SOHO PHOTOGALLERY present a Plnll: Art, AcUrl.m,'''1 AIDI: ,",. III. B.c.,,1 D.e,I.; with
Moderator Jull ClnDl (ACT UP); apeakers
include video artistaleducalore
Gr.g Bordowllz (Teeting lhe Limite) and Jill Car. lomulto (GMHC), Douglll
Crimp (AIDS
Dilmo Graphics), members 01 Hou .. 01 Colorand DIVA TV, artiste Alron Keppel, Hillary
Leone, .... 11. MacDonald, Adam Rollton;"the panelists haw created invaluable anddiverse models for which 10 investigate media
misrepresentation, gowmment Inaction andpublic misinlormation-; White St btwn West
B'way and 6th Aw (#1/19 to Franklin St;
A,E,R,6 to Canal St); 8 pm (doors open 7:30
pm); ACT UP 564-2437
THE CLiT CLUB Is now open EVlry Friday
Nlghl, with go-go girls, lesbo videos, pool
playing from 8-10 pm, $1 drinke from 8-10
pm; 432 W14 SI; $5; 406-1114
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHERINY sees
(MACT mlmber)Richard Blankaten In
Cabarel, at Jan Wallman's, 49 W 44 SI; 9 and11 pm shows; $10 music charge plus $~cowr; rsvp 764-8930; MACT Info 245-6366(daya), 222-9794 (evening)

SATURDAY, DEC. 1
World AIDI Day
A OIly WithoutArt
CENTER AcqullOlon Day, call about city-wide
parties; 620-731 0
QUEERS ON THE
Actlon/Dlmonllrltlon,(thru DEC 3)

GO Allanta
CDC
212/674-2799

SAGE Deadlln. tor Jan. 1-18 Trip to London,$975 ($200 deposit due today); 741-2247
COMMISSION FOR RESPONSIVE DEMOCRACY Public Hllrlng on "how to IChIlVl true
democracy"; at NYU Law School's Vanderbi~
Hall, Greenberg Lounge, 40 Washington
Square South; 9:30 am press conlerence,
10:30 am- 5 pm hearings; inlo Irom NOW,
2021331-0066 (see NOV 30 for description)
DR, BILL SCHOLLER presente a Two-Day
Inllnll"I.mlnar:G" II." IIdln, /I(GAIIII'T), -to help bring into locus andactualize life goals, Conflicts and solutions
specific to gay Iile are emphasized in a supportiw group context-; at the Center, today
and tomorrow from 10 am to 4 pm; modest
donation req uested; rsvp 685-3877
VISUAL AIDS and THE CENTER present
D.E_A.D., AD', Wlthoul Ar~ with a mass,
mock die-in at noon, where everybody will lie
down together to -commemorate the terrible
loss our community and culture have suffered-; ending with a 111.-IIlghl non-p.forIlIInCl II Ih. Wom."F,lllld. hIlalurday D.. ce, meant to "Stop the Music";
artislB lrom the Center Museum & Archive will
create Inatallations throughout the building
using the graphic inscription D,E,A.D. andsupplying apace for people to bear written
witna; at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 620-7310,,,I

IDENTITY HOU Sf Mln'l Illurday
Dllcullion Group: ClJml", Out til tit. F'mlly-An

bplor.tJtJII,' _kly rap group, all men welcome; 544 6th Ave (14/15 Stl); 111m· 1
pm; $7; 029-7176
AIDS CENTER QUEENS COUNTY &DtJ&lzln,
Worklbop; lor gay men; 97-46
Queen. Blvd, Rego Park; 1-3:30 pm; free;
ravp n8C88S81f al 7181896-2500

B,,,, ",CENTER KIDS L.... ,.. Worklhop on Co-P.·
Inllng with Judy Grllnwald
and Chlryl
P.arlmln,
talking about expectatlona andrealities; 1-4:30 pm; $60 per person; leavemessage with 620-731 0
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Marlthon
A 01, WlthDut
Rladlng to Commlmoral1
Art. with IUlan Brown miller, William L.o
Coalday, Tbol1lll M. DIIeII, CornellUi Eady,David B. feinberg, FriIIICII FIIzGlI'ald, Jew.lle Gomez, Allan Gurganul, Kimlko Hahn,
Shirley Hazzard, David Henry Hwang, Franell Stllgmuller,
SNou Iundl.Ia, William
Welver, John Weir, others; in Ihe Celeste
Bartos Forum, enter on 42 St near 5th Ave; 15 pm (doors open 12:30 pm, lirst-come firstseated); info 930-{)571
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Brunch at
Clrcfll, Mexican food at 15 St & Prospect
Park West, Park Slope, Bklyn; 1:30 pm; SAL
infolrsvp 7181965-7578
COOPER UNION presents Day Wllhout Art:
Blank.t, an outdoor slide projection
with live music, orqanized by the Visual AIDS
Artists' Caucus through Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council, with help from Creative
Time CityWide and Art Matters Inc,; "imagesof people who have died of AIDS will beshown as well as depictions of the AIDS crisis, from political protests to care giving-;
show is edited by photographer Nan Goldin;over the entry way of Cooper Union, 7 St at
3rd Ave; 6-10 pm; Iree; LMCC 269-0320(Electric Blanket will be on view at the Clocktower, 108 Leonard St, for the month ofDecember)E,.,"I,SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Noshing
Full-Moon EVlnlng Ilrol1,
Park Slope,
Bklyn; 7 pm; SAL Info/rsvp 7181965-7578
DIXON PLACE sponsors A Da, Without Art anational day 01 action and mourning In
response to the AIDS crisis and a benefrt for
WARN (Women and AIDS Resource Network); WDm"" AIDS. Actl,i$m, a teach-inand sale-88)( workshop with the women of
ACT UP; Dlamandl Galli (Masque of the
Red lJ8ath-A Plague Mass) will speak about
her work on the AIDS crisis; 37 E 1st St(btwn 1stl2nd Aves); 8 pm; free, contribution
appreciated; 673-6752
NEW AUDIENCES presents Indigo Glrll In
Concert: Amy Ray and EmUy Sallerl; at New
Brunswick State Theater, 19 Livingston Ave,
NB, NJ; 8 pm; $20 & $22,50; box office2011246-7469; Ticketmaster 2011246-7469(And they'll be at the Beacon on Manhattan's
Upper West Sid. DEC 3 & 4, -RX)•

SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS TV Night:
RId, Hot ,nd BIuI, the AIDS benefit with k.d.
I.. g among others; Park Slope, Bklyn; 8:30
pm; SAL info/rsvp 718.965-7578
CENTER WOMEN AND FRLENOS DANCECOMMITTEE Womln Ind Frllndl DancI,
with OJ, cash bar, juice bar; tonight and every
1st Saturday of the month; 208 W 13 SI; 9
pm - 1 am; $8 general1$6 members, students, ssniors or flier-holders; 620-7310
THE CLUB AT LA MAMA presente a Benemlor Art AgIIIIII AIDS: Olvld ClII". Th•• "Kill Ind Frink Meyl'l "',/1111.,,,,1 Au",·

bliJ",p/ly. 74A E 4 St, IMICOnd11oor; $12 ($2I... lor membe,.); 10 pm; 475·7710
LIVELY ARTS, thru DEC 8)(...

SUNDAY, DEC. 2
NEW LESBIANIGAY SINGING GROUP holds
Audillonl, women altos needed; pop, folk,
jazz, clallical and more; cloll harmony, acappella style; at the Center, 208 W 13 St;
Elliot 7181624-7776 lor appointment
NEWHOUSE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY
ART presente 0" WlllNlulArt I'Hty R.III1111' willi MIrk Doly, M.II Howl, MlchI.1
Klein, Jean; Snug Harbor Cuilllral Center, in
the Galleries, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten
Island; 2 pm; Ires; followed by an "1.1.,111
Ilrvlce 01 Hop. Ind Remembrance at the
Unitarian Oniversalist Church' 01 Staten
Island, during which memorial quilt panelsfrom Staten Islanders will be unveiled; 312
Fillmore St (two blocks outeide Snug Harbor's East Gatehouss); 5 pm; $5 suggested;
info 7181448-2500
ACT UP Aucllon for Acllon, previews at Paula
Cooper Gallery, 149 Wooster St, TUES-FRI,
Nov, 27-30; Sunday exhibit opens at 3 pm,
auction at 7 pm, at 575 Broadway (below
HouslDn); info 769-7983
BISEXUAL PRIDE Dficuilion
Group: BI
FI/endlillp," at the Center, 208 W 13 SI; 34:30 pm; 459-4784
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Bowling
al Bowl-Mor Lanll, in Manhattan; $25 forshoes, pizza and 3 hours of lane-time; afternoon; SAL Info/rsvp 7181965-7578
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVES COMMUNITYCENTER Splclal EVllnl: Opening of WACC'.
Vary Own Art Gall1ry, refreshments serwd;
675 Woodlield Rd, West Hempstead, L1; 3-5pm; $3 more iflless if; 516/483-2050
MICHAEL FESCO presents Fall 8ack ... 5pril1(JII 20/20, now an
Again! Sunday Tlldancli
hour earlier than In summer; today's OJ is
8ulln Morabllo; Iree Bloody Marys andMimoeas lrom 4-6 pm, bullet ill 7:30 pm; 20(Get there early.)
W 20 SI; 4 pm - midnight; $6,,

MOSAIC BOOKS Fall Reading Serlll: E1lzabelli NunlZ-Harrlll, When Rocks Dance; andMarguerlUe reading poetry; 167 Ave B at 1081; 4 pm; 475-8623
GAY PERFORMANCES COMPANY IIIged
Reading 01 a play; at the Center, 208 W13 St;
7 pm; $5; 595-1445
CHURCH OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE and THE
PRO ARTE CHORALE OF NEW JERSEY B8IIIIH Performance of III Brlllllll Rlqul,m, tobenefit the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the NYS Psychiatric Institute;with memorial dedications to those who haw
died as a resutt of AIDS; 415 W 59 St; 7:30 ,pm; $15-$30; info & dedications, 586-3428;
tile 212J3(J7-7171, 2O:Mi07-BlKJ0INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN & GAY ASSOCIATION LIAISON COMMITTEE (OF THE CENTER) pressnlB An EVIIIlng willi Two
Memberl of II. MoscoW Gay & Lelblan
Union: Eugenia DalJrjalllkaja and Roman
Kallnln; at the Ceriter, in the Sandy B, Moss
Room, 208 W 13 St; 8 pm; contribution
appreciated; info 7181875-~997

MONDAY, DEC. 3
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Dining onD!hi Upper WI.lllde, belore the indigo Olrll
Concerll! the Beacon Theal,. (74 SIIB'wey,
496·7070); Join the me.1 ev.n II not themUllo; 6 pm; SAL Inlolrlvp 71811l65·7578
BEACON THEATRE pr ... nll Indleo Olrl. In
CoIICII\; 74 Bt &B'wey; 8 pm; $22,50: 4987070 (lito tomorrow)•

SOUTHERNERS Olm. Nlghl: Scribble,
Bridge, Hearts, Monopoly, bring your lavorite
board and card gam .. ; on the Upper West
Side; 8 pm; free; David Gilbert, 674-8073
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRIS COUNTY, NJ Weekly Milling, tonight dilcullliigM•• opalll .. Communlly CII.. ch, CIIrIlIIlI
LIb.ator, and how some GAAMC members
have had their aplrltual neede met by thl.
mostly gay chruch"; at Morristown Unitarian
Fellowehlp,21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown NJ; 8:30 pm; $3 membera1$4 nonmembers; 2011285-1595
SAGE presents a CeltbrlUDn 01 Gay Legend
Coil Porler, (a benefit for SAGE tonight) written and directed by Maurice L.vlne, with theevening's host J.n. PowllI; cast Includes
Larry KM'!, 1M Roy Rlallll, Julia WlllOn &Wllllim Roy, DIIIgharty & field, Ann HI",ton Callaway, BobbIBeird, Chrlltlna Andre.,
Jaaen Gml, Mary CII.I Haran, Paula LIIIrlllce, Kar.n MllOn; musical director Paul
Trueblood; Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher SI; 8 pm; tixlinfo 741-2247
MARC BERKLEY'S KOOL KOMRADS presents

KI" 01111,8pldll Boy Plrly, 'wi~h video. 01
Brazilian men" Brazilian atmosphere, dancers;at Private Eyes, 12 W 21 St; opens 10 pm; $7
generall$5 with invite; 206-7772

TUESDAY, DEC. 4
NYC DlSTRICTING COMMISSION hold. a
Pubflc Hlarlng on how to draw new lines for
51 City Council districts by June 3, 1991; at
John Adams High, 101-01, Rockaway Blvd,
Queens; 5:30 sign-in, hearing from 6-10 pm(NYCDC, 11 Park Place, #1616, NYC 1(007)
COMMUNITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE Forum:
MAl (Mycobacltrlum
Avlum In•• lllularl);presentations and discu88lons by leading
researchers on treatment, diagnosis, prevention of MAl; all Invited; at the Center, 208 W
13 St; 6-11 pm; $20 suggeeted; rsvp 4811050
NETWORK (OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONALORGANIZATIONS) Bill Annuaf Hoflday Plrly,
with a sumptuous repast inlcudlng wholeroast Vermont turksy, maple-glazed cured
ham, salads, cheeses, pastas, breads,
pastries, coffee, tea, wines, champagne,
beers, juices, soft drinks; cash bar, cocktail
piano; at the Broadway Ballroom in the Holiday 1m Crowne Plaza, 8'way and 49 St; 6:309:30 pm; $50 advancel$60 door; info &last-minute availability, 517-0771
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN BUSINESS
DilcuSllon Clrcll: Hlrln, ,on'"Sid.; with networking' and -Ihe Business
Clinic"; at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 6:30-8
pm; $5; info 7181237-2399 (Editor's nots:
WEB meets tonight and every flrst Tuesday,)Bu.,,,,",GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HIV Hullh
Ilmlnarl:BlnlmlInformallon Ind Llgal
ISlUlI, tonight and every 1st Tuesday; 129 W
20 St, Benefits on the 3rd Floor, Legal on
Lower Level C; 7 pm; free; 807-6655, TOO
645-7470
OPEN CIRCLE gathers to C.llbrll.
theGod/d ... on III. Full Moon, at the Center,_•• t __

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bring pen:ulllon IlIIIrumeI'D; 208 W 13 St; 77:30 pm (begl", promptly; arrive •• rly); $2(OC, IIoJc 4538. Sun¥lde. NY11104)
LAMBDAINDEPENDENTDEMOCRATS&lnill·
tln. to gl'lllind
grill the candIdate. vying In the 29th City
Council Dletrlct'l .peelll F.bruary election,
IIICDmPllllng much of Plr1I Slope. Brooklyn
HllgID. Cobble. Boerum Hille; II Plr1I Slope
MIthodIll Churali, I 81 • 8th Ave, BkIyn;7:30

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BEACONTHEATREpr8llintl Indl •• Glrll In
C.,car'; 74 St • I'way; I pm; $22,50;486-7070'
NATIONALGAY• LESBIANTASKFORCEand
THE MAYOR'SOFFICEFOR THE LESBIAN &GAY COMMUNITY pr .. enl I Clmmunlly
FtII.- II crllllni CII... : A NIW YIlt hr·
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WOMEN'SALTERNATIVESCOMMUNITYCENTER D~....I••• n~
1..1.1 Group I.r L.. ~I.'IIHIIIII &Ire; 875 Woodfltkl Rd. Wee!
H.mp.t •• d. Ll; I pm; $3 mor. 1111... II;
5181483-2050
CITRUSHILLS prellnllll"
with OJ "okl.
tonlght.nd MIY TU8Id'Y. cateringto. mllC8d(pylnonllY) downlDwn crowd; at 12 W 21
II; OIl'"' 10 pm; 208·nn'

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5
CENTERFIrII.£* 011.111101 IIIII lronl,"your belt lntrDcIuollon 10 New YOI1I'I "'blln
and gay community·; Ci,ty-wtde and BronxbaMd groupt wtllllnd "Prelim&'; SpanIIh and ASL Interpreted; at HollO. Community
ColI.g •• 500 G,.nd Concou,.e at 149 St,
Room 5131WC IIOC88IlbIt); 7 pm; S20-7310
COLLECTIVEFOR LIVING CINEMA pre.ent"It " 'will; wIth lu Frl.drlch', Sink or
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Montgomery wIll .ttend; 41 White St (btwn
l'waylChurch); 7 pm; $8 (membe,. Iree);125-2111

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Cabli .nd hi. alao tannlnated theC4b1. Guklelh.t told you where tofind convnunlty prGgramining on
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CCTY (Rick X, Box 790, NYC 10100)
GBS (Gay Broadcasting System, Butch Peaston 1787th Ave
Ste. A-3, NYC 10011;243-1570),, 'GCN (Gay Cable Network. Lou Maletta 32 Union Square East.
Suite 1217; 4n-422D),
GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis, Jean Carlomusto, 129W 2D St.
NYC 10011;1Kl7-7517)
RB PROD(Robin Byrd Prod, Box 305 NYC 10021'988-2973)
WABC-TVW 63 St. NYC'I0023; 45&-n11l'
WBAl-FM (505 8th Ave 19th R NYC 10018' 279-0707)
WcaS-TV (51W 52 St St. NYC'loo19: 975-4:rll) .
WNBC-TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 10112;664-4444)
WNET-TV (356 W 58 St, NYC 10019;560-:nxl)
WNYW.TV (Fox, 1211AV/AM, NYC 10036;556-24(0)WPIX.TV (220 E42ST. NYC 10017'949-11(0)"strippers live call-in show' Manhattan Cable CH VI35

U'"RSDAYt.N OVEMBER 29
TH
1:00 ~M WBAI-FM f!tis Wsy Out; the international gay/lea-

1:00 PM WNET-TV The AIDS auart~rly. Peter Jennings looks
at AIDS in Eastern Europe, especially Poland; Edmund
White dicusses his own battle with AIDS' CH 13 (1:00)!tOOPMESPN IFBB North Americsn Bodychilding eh~mpionships. from July 28 in Las Vegas (1:00)!tOOPM GBS Out in the 00'.s: community news discussion
intelViews; (tape of last Tuesday's MCTV/P~ragon sh~)BO Cable, CH 5& (1:00)!tOOPM Vf'N~R-TV Nationsl Geographic: 'Mystery of Animal. BehaVior" Includes a look at how Konrad Lorenz discovered "imprinting,' instinct mixed with learning; CH 9 (1:00)
11:30 PM TomomJW!Tonight Livef. entertainment; Manhattan
and Paragon Cable, CH 0/11(1:00)
midnillht CCTV The Closet esss Show. Kloset Klips; Manhattan/Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (:30)
1:00 AM RB PROD Men fOr Merr. Robin Byrd presents gay
male pomo stars; Manhattan Cable, CH VI35 (::J))

blan news magazine; 99.5 FM (:30)
1~ PM W~AI-FM An Aftsrnoon !Juting: local. ~s andInformation about the gay/lesblan community with Lany,
Gutenburg; 99,5 FM (:30)
2:30 PM WBAI-FM AIDS: Paths to Self.fmpowerment treatment and health issuea with Bob Ladere!; Nick Cimorelli .. •Betsy Lanke; 99.5 FM (:1:00)
4:00 PM Ufetime Second S6tVe (IV movie, 1986):VaneS$ll
Redgrave is transsexual tennis pro Renee RiclJanls.l2:lXl)
8:00 P~ TNT Gone ~Iththe Wind (1939):the claSSIC,finishea
tOllght after starting yesterd~y (2:45),
8:00 PM ~YV:'-TV (Fox) The Simpsons: a repeat of Harvey
Rerstem'llnstallment as Karl the male secratary; CH 5 (:30)
8:00PM WPIX-TVNightofthB.F~CH11(2:00!(seeNOV2S)
8:00 PM ~OR-TV
The BU"!lng Be~ CTy mINle, 19114):Fa~h
Fawcettls t'!e Ili!ttered wlfe~o Incll18ratea her9 sleeping
ex-husband In thIS much-acclaimed drama; CH (2:00)
8:00 PM The Gsy Osting Gsme Showwith TOI11llTf Saeli and
Lahoma Van Zandt; Manhattan Cable, C~ C/16 (:30) .
9:00 PM ME Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit: a teenage girldeals with her awakening sexuality (repeata at 1 AM) (3:00)
10:00 P",! GCN Be Our G~est entertaill1lent for and about the• lesblarVgay c0":l":lunlly;. Manhattan Cable, CH Dl,1! (:30)
10.30 PM GMHC LIVing W(th AIDS, health and pohtlcs;• Manhattan Cable, CHV/35 (:30).
11.00 PM GCN Gsy U.S.A: news and ,entertainment from
. a!ound the coun~ry; ~anhattan Ca~le, ~H V~ (1:00)
mldmght GCN Men In Films: male erotica, Interv,lews withadult filmstars; Manhattan Cable, ~H VI35 (:30)
12:30 AM RB PROD Men For MelT. RobIA Byrd preaents gay
male porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CH VI35 (:30)

TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 27

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30m

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26

10:00 AM WABC-TV Sally Jessy Rsphael. incest; CH 7 (1:00)
4:00 PM WCBS-TV Gef1ldu. polygamy; CH 2 (1:00)
5:30 PM ~-TV (Fox) Mr. Belvedere. "when Kevinannounces his plans to be a nurse and not a doctor, his
parents go ape'; CH 5 (:30)!tOOPM WNET-TV Frontline. 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors'is another look at the Iran-Contra mess, delving
deepar into those White House meetings; CH 13 (1:30)!t3O PM ME Art in the Third Reich Hitler wanted art to contribute to a family values and racial purity campaign (2:00)
10:00PM WNBC-TV Law & Order. tonight's episode deals
with child abuse on the UpperWeat Side; CH 4 (1:00)
10:00 PM RB PROD The Robin BYrd Show. male and female
strippars; Manhattan Cabla, tH VI35 (1:1X11
11:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: news, infe;;;.~1ion andinterviews; ManhattarVParagon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28

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ME (Arts & Eft, 555 Rfth Ave, Illh R, NYC 10017;661-45(0)!t3O~ WBA!-FM Ghosts in the Machinfl. women in pop,with Vlctona Starr; 99.5 FM (2:30).'
4:00 PM .WCBS-TV G,erIJldo;songs about women, With Anll"
Bowla and Fra~k!' Valli; CH 2 (!:OO).•
4:45 PM w;::rv CristlnS: el tema es sadomasoqulS/11o; maybe• good chance to pract!ce your S~anish; UHF 41 (1:00)
1'.30 PM WCBS- TV Entsrt/Jmment Torrght Rob Lowe; CH 2 (:30)
1:00PM TNT Gons Withth~ Wind (1939):the classic, finishea
tomorrow at the same time (2:1~today, 2:45tomorrow)
8:OO!'M WCB~ TV 48 ~OUI'$.~mllySecrar looks at alterna!iva trends In adoption (Iesblall'qay?); CH2 (1:!XI) •1:00PM ~PIX-ry Ntghtofthe Fox ISHarry MlI1!lI8au I WN.II
spy thnHer with George Peppard as the Amencan hero
agent and Michael Yolt as Rommel; CH 11(2:00)(concludeatomorrow.sametime)!tOIl PM Ufeti~ SbcLadie& Laughing includes Andlll Martin
and VictorilJackson; MCTV CH 14,Paragon CH 23(1:00)
10:00 PM WABC-TV Tube Test a TV trivia test with classic
episodes, lots of stars with recollections; CH 7 (1:00)
10:30 PM WNET-TV Intercom Prime Time. 'AIDS in Africa'
looks at the spread of AIDS there, high risk groups, pre• v!lntive measurea.l..educatjon and economics; CH 13 (1:00)
II1Idnlght RB PROD Ine RI/bln Byrd Show. mal9lnd female

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2:30 ~M WBAI-FM Rompiendo el Silenciu. t~d.os losvlerne~, ao~lo
Aburtoco~ temas y notlclas parala
15
comunlda~ latina gay y lesblana; 99.5 FM .1: )
3:00 PM A&E Blu,,!: The F~urth Msn (TV mOVie, 1986):
homosexual Bntl~h tr.altors Blunt 8. Burgess (2:00)
7:00 PM "Y.BAI-FM AIDS In Focus, Micha~1 Alcaley, producer; politics/culture of,the AIDS pandemiC; 99.5.FM (:.15).
9:00 PM WNET-TV Gr~at Performances' ~ Evening W!thAlan Jay Lerner" with JU!le Andrews. Richard Hams,
RudoH Nureyav: Len Canou, Roba~ Goulet and the late.• Leonard Bameln a~d Sammy DII!IS; ~H 13 (1:30)
11:30 PM WNET-TY G~lOg Hom~: Alvin AilsyRemembef1d;, .'• last December s tributet~ hIS choreography; CH 13 (1:00)
1.00 A~ RB.PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female •.
stnppers; Manh~ttan Cabla, CH V/35 (1:00)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1.

1:30 AM WBAI-FM Any Ssturdaywith
David Rothenbarg; live call-in; 99.5 FM (2:00)
7:00 PM GCN GaylJ,SA.: hewsand entertainment from,around the country; BIi, Unity, ACV Cable, CH 5& (1:00)(For Manhattan Cable, see THURSDAY)
8:00 PM WNET- TV The World of Jewish Humorfrom Sholem
Alaicham to Joan Rive,. and Jackia Mason; CH 13 (2.110),
1:30 PM WABC- TV Red Hot and Blue (see story)' CH 7 (1'30)
10:00PM WNET-TV BBttBMkfler. M or Bus( (1!E3) 13(1:31)'
11:00 PM Gsy Tv. male porn; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35
1:00 AM RB PROD lhe"Bl/bin Byrd Show. male & female
strippers; Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)
1:30 AM RB PROD ~e, Bo~in Byrd Show. male & female.'
strippers; Manhattan Cable CH V/as (1'00)

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DAY, DECEMBER 2.

7:30 PM WBAI-FM OutLoo/cs,vith host Aurelio Hovell \Wh four
lesbian 91tr8pra(18uisdiScussingI1cJNtobe the boss in yourown business; alternatea with The Gsy Show, 99.5 FM (100)
10:30 PM RB PROD Men For MelT. Robin Byrd presents gay
male porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)
11:00 PM GBS Way Outf. entertainment for and about the leabiarVgay community; Rich Volo, producer, 754-7685;Manhattan Cable, CHC{16 (::J)),•

MondayPrivate Eyes (fV1arc Berkley's Kool Komrads; strippers; downtown
crowd, students, professionals; $7) 12 W 21 Sf, club 200-TI72

Tuesday+""Club Edelweiss (iVs, TSs, gays, bi's, singles, couples"; TUES especially for lesbians; but open to all TUE-SUN night) 167 W 29; 868·6989+Gl'lnd Celllnli (women's night is TUES, also open Wed-Sun) 210 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, LI; 5161536-4800
kA'Mindbendar (Larry Tee & Lahoma) 27 St & 11th Ave
IPyramid (Lady Bunny's Oh Boyl, parties for men, opens 10 pm, show at1 am) 101 Ave A btwn 617 Sts; 490-1590
IRoxy (Men on Wheels, gay roller skating; starts 8 pm) 515 W 18 St; 645-5156

Wednesday""Bettar Days (primarilY gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (8,19 Aves); 245-8925
ITIIe Building (Dallas' The Boys' Room House music, downtown crowd,, go-go boys and a 6O-foot ceiling; $101$7with invite) 51 W 2S St; 576-1890+ Excallbur (Ladifls Night, $1 drinks) corner 10th/Jefferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161""Umalight (Disco 2tD7with Michael Alig, Larry Tee & Lahoma;10 pm,$10; Coors no longerservedf) 6th Ave at 20 St; club 807-7850+ Private Eyes (Shescape AftelWork Party. 5-10 pm; $5 before 7 pnV$7
after; 2-4-1 drinks before 7) 12 W 21 St; info 645-6479, club 200-7TI2
Private Eyes (YMVA Night; students, prof Is, women; performers; $7;
door often benefits a gay!lesbian organization) 12 W 21 St; 200-TI72""Pyramid (Linda's Channel 69 party, OJ ,& live lesbian/gay shows; East
Village crowd; $5) 101 Avenue A, btwn 617 Streets; 420-1590
Silver Uning (2-4-1 drinks, also open Tues-Sun, women SAT) 175 Cherry, Lane, Roral Pk, LI; 516/354-9641
SIuIz (2-4-1 drinks, also open daily) 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains;
9141761-3100

Thursday~opacabana(last Thu. ofthe month Susanne Bartsch party, next isNovember 29; iffy door) 10 E 60 St, at Fifth Ave; 755-6010
Excalibur ($1 drinks, also open Tues-Sun, women WED) corner lOttv'Jefferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161
Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators; also open nightly, women
on TUE & FR1I126-1O Queens Blvd, K!lw Gardens, Queens; 7181261-8484*"oxy (Disco Interruptus, DJs Patrick Butts & Sister Dimension andperformance artists in enter:!:ainmeltt breaks; $10) 515 W 18; 645-5156

Friday.

,',ABC (Chip (ruckett's ABC Fridays, OJ Merritt; ballroom, balcony, billiards,
boogying; $llV$7 w. invite; opened Nov. 16) 17 Irving Place at 15 St
Batter Days (Michael Patterson's Fridays, catering to multi-racial crowd,
serious House/Club dancing, OJ Robert Owens) 316 W 49; 246-8976+Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie, Every Friday Party, go-go girls, lesbo videos;
opens 8 pm, billiards & $1 drinks till 10 pm; $5) 432 W 14 St; 406-1114
CoI...... ia Dances (1st Friday of every month, Earl Hall, 10 pm - 2 am; next
is December 7) 116th St & Bway; 854-.3574 days
+ Hatfield's (women's nights are WE & FRI) 126-10 Queens BlVd., Kew
Gardens, Queens; 718/261-8484>\Mike Todd Room (Sister Dimension's Panty Girdles) 123 E 13 St; 473-7171+ MiII.nnium(Ladies' Night! 1770 NY Ave (Rte 110), Huntington, LI;
516/351-1402
Private Eyes (YMVA Night; stude~, professionals, men) 12 W 21 St,
btwn 5th/6th Aves; 2oo-TI72+ Visions (women's party) 56-01 Quee,ns Blvd, Woodside, Queens; info
718/846-7131, club 718/899·9031

Saturday",.

Barefoot Boogie '[2nd & 4th SAT;adu~ds, smoke & alcohol free; &f) pm 123) am, $4; next is Dec 8) 434 6Ih Ave (btwn Wl0 SIs), 4th Roor; 832-6759
Centar(2nd & 4th SAT,9 pm -1 am, $8; next is Dec 8) 208 W 13 St; 620-7310+ Center (Women & Friends, 1st SAT; 9 pm - 1 am, $8; next is December 1) 208 W 13 St; 620-7210
IClub West End (Michael Fesco's Saturdays; midnight - 9 am) 547 W 21 St

I Club West End (Michael Fesco's Saturdays; midnight - 9 am) 547 W 21 St
Columbia Dances (SamE BuT DifferenT, 3rd SAT, next is Dec 15; OJ
Karin Ward, 10 pm - 3 am; $5) Earl Hall, 116 St/B'way; 629-1989
419419 N. Highway, Southampton, LI; 516/283·5001
Love Zona (dancing & performers) 70 Beach Sf, Staten Island; 7181442-5&92
1Meat (OJ Aldo Hernandez, everySaturday; go-go boys, videos; opens
10 pm; $5) 432 W 14 St; 353-3866.Private Eyes (Shescape Saturday Night Parties for Women, opens 9pm; $8 before 10/$10 after) 12 W 21 St; info 645-6479, club 2oo-TI72""Roxy (Locomotion; gay boys, guys, men; non-gay women, some lesbians; mix depends on party) 515 W 18 St (btwn 10/11 Aves); 645-5156
1Saint At Large ('Saint' Saturday Nights, cash bar; free soda & fruit; 10
pm - 71; $15; next Dec 8) at The Ritz. 254 W 54; 674-8541+Silvar Lining (women's Sat) 175 Cherry Lane, Raral Park, LI; 516/354-9641
Sound Factory (mostly gay; serious House/Club dancing, no alcohol,
opens 11 pm) 530 W 27 St (10th/11th Aves); 643-0728 'Sunday,""Betlar Dayslmostly gay men of color, OJ John Hall) 316 W 49 St; 245-8925
IThe Building (Dallas' The Men's Room, students, professionals, men;go-go boys & 6O-ft. ceiling) 51 W 26 St 576-1890""Cafe Society (Society Sundays Tea Dance, Hi NRG DJs, Society
Dancers; 5 pm- 77; $10) B'way at 21 St; 529-8282
Monster (Sunday Tea Dance at 4 pm; dancing also on other nightS from
10 pm) 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq.; 924-3557
20/20 (Michael Fesco's Tea Dance, opens 4 pm; $6; free Mimosas & BMs
from 4-6, buffet at 7:30) 20 W 20 St; 727~8841

Every Night (or almost).

• Bedrock (lesbian club, closed MON & TUE) 121 Woodfield Rd, W.
Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516""Club Edelwein (iVs, TSs, gays, bi's, singles, couples all welcome";ruE for lesbians, but open to all TUE-SUN night) 167 W 29; 868-6989+Ouchan II (small dance floor) Sheridan Square & 7th Ave; 242-1408
419 (nightly Gay House Party, opens 6 pm) 419 N. Highway (Rte 27),
Southampton, LI; 516/283-5001
Grand Central (closed Mon, 2-4-1 drinks Thursday) 210 Merri~k Road,
Rockville Centre, LI; 516/536-4800
Magic Touch (ethnic mix: Anglo/Latin/Asian) 73-13 37th Rd, Jackson
Heights, Queens; 718/429-8605
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Spectrum (good mix of gay men & lesbians; close~ Mon- Tue, WED tree,
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Tips for tourists:TVs),+[woman)",,.1 [men]- .,, Clubs generally open at 10 pm, close at4 am, unleSs otherwise no1Bd.
Admissions range from $5 to $20. Invites offer discounts, and are sometimes required. Its wise to call ahead to confirm that a party is still hap- ,peningl.
,.'Some clubs, especially Copacabana, but also'Limelight, Roxy, , 'and others, sometimes let people in randomly or selectively, inStead,of having a simple line at the door. This mayor may not be legal.
Clubs not marked with a +[womenl or I [men] are "mixed" , ,which, in Manhattan, usually means 10-25% women at most, often
non-gay women.
If you walk to clubs, it is safest to use avenues (which run northand south) and large cross streets (Houston, 14, 23, 28, 34,42, 57).
Less- trafficked, dimly-lit one-way streets are riskier.
Clubs that serve Coors or Millerwill be noted bUt not excluded
from these listings.
Send information, corrections, & complaints to OutWeek Listings,
159 W 25 St, NY, NY 10001. You may also fax the Listings Editor
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BODY POSI11VE .
BIGAPJUIf you or your lover has tested'A
communityof lesbian andHIV+, we offer support groupa,
Gay Call10licl. Activitiea inclu~e
seminars, public forums, refarence
Liturgies and socials every Set,
library, referrals, social activitiea
8:00 pm, at tha Center, 201 W. 13
and ,up-to-date national mon1hly,Street. NYC.Call"THE BODY POSITIVE" (SWyear~(2121818-1309.
{2121121-1348.
2IlI5 Broa6Nay, Sa
NY.111123,
DIGNITY NEW YORK
BIDS.(BISEXUAL DOMINANCE 'lJI8I:ian nIW'Y Cafdcs ani! frianda
BROblCLYN'S lESBIAN AND.. SUBMISSION GROUPIAIDS t.tiIIJy, SpiIturII DewIopna1t
GAY POUTICAl CLUB
Share SIM experiences ana fanThe CabIdraII'iqact. WcnIip Ser, lAMBDA INDEPENDENT
1a8i1!S v..11h o1heIs in a posiIiw, nonvicas &. Social-Slll. Ewa, ~DEMOCRATS
judgemental atmosphere. Fir.t
un. ancIorss nllMlIks for canci- Jdm's EPscopel Dlurch 218 West
Sunday of 1I1emonth. 4:45pm .t 1ha
1'" 9reat O\Nawltf8l5'2119
daIas illocal, IIIiIB nInafcnII_
ComnIlIlityCenlBr2lllW.13Streat,tions, lobbies far lagislation, and
NYC . This glQllP is pert II 1ha New
EDGE Education in I DIIebI8d
ccnb:IB carm.ri.yotnachf1rad1
YorkArea Bisaxual Na1lNOrll.
GeyEIM.Ui_nt 'BAR ASSOCiaTION FOR
HUMAN RIGliTS
Lawyers Raferral SeMce for 1I1e
Lasbian and Gay Community FqII
Range of Lagsl SaNicas 12121&
4873 Free Walk~in Legal Clinic.
Tuesday 8-8 pmlesbian & Gay
Community Centro Ground Roor'"

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UiII."h P_.rl
481IA Hudloll'lI!iaat Sa G4 NYC
1l1li412121-24.17.
A diverM, non-partisan grQup of
iIdMd_lI1i1ad i1ang..- and cornmittad til direct action to end 1I1e
AIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Man.
righIa 7'.31, i11hf1 GriIat HaM, Cooper\non. an Cooper Sqlllreb8tween
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care for FWAa and kMId ones.
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Spiritual support and sharing in agay/lesbian affinnative group.
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West 88Ih StreIt Wad: worshiP sar, vice 831 pm. program m Men;hatn213J4..1373D1aria,tn21 1111-711&

COMING our
BISEXUAL PRIDETOPARENTS7DISCUSSION GROUP
lat us help \Oi and yru fImy deal
'TC!pical discussians on issues ofIMth tiS upheaval PAI9lTS AND
in1DrastlD1ha COUluUnityin a congenial atmosphere, foIlCIIN8dby an , mlENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS
mealS rnnHyoo1ha 4f1 &nIa¥3ID
infannal dinner at a friendly local
restaurant Every Sunday, 3:~ pm, in Duane Dlurch, 201 W. 13th
SIraat kiD cal JIIIma, (212141M129
4:30pm at the Community Center
2IiI W. 13 Street, NYC. Part of 1I1e
COMMUNITY HWTH
New York Area Bisexual Network.
PROJECJ
2DI West 13th Street, NYC, New
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BIWAYS NEW YORK
Yolk loon Far Appointmants andCcw.illunity Sanri':'.1
Monthly social events for the
Information,(2121 875-3559'
for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Bisexual community and friends.
(TlYNoiceIPROVIDING CARING,
Rockland,Sulllvan,
Ulst'er andCilil NYABN for detais of upcomSENSITIVE AND LOW COST
Wllltchalter
counties,'
AIDS
ing even1s. (2121459-4784
HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE,dubation, client services, criLESBIAN AND GfJIfCOMr.tJNI1Y
sis intalVention, support groups, .
BIPAC (BISEXllAL POUTICAlclla management,
buddy andACJION COMMmEEICOMMUNITY
hospital visitor program. 'Politicel action on issues II imporRESEARCH INmATIVE
214 Central /IW. 'MJitB Plails, NY
tance ID 1110BisaxuaVLasliarVGay
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tests experimental drugs and101D1(91411Jl13.OQ1
ccmTII'iIy. MIx11Ny mee1i1g'poduck
IJIIainents for AIDS and HIVrala1iId
838 Broadway, Newburgh, NY
held 8;OOpm on fourth Thur1day of•illneSses.
Mon1l11ytreatment and12250 19141!iliUm
the month at members homes. Callresearch group for HII/+ incividuals.
AlD$li ... Itl41183-a7
NYABNfor1hismoooth1l1ocatim.
Treatment and research n1Ml5l81l8r.,((212146&-4784
forums and public saminars. Call
.ASIANS .FRENDS- NEW YORK
Alice Spears or Ken Fomataro at
A riot-for-profit
organization
BISEXUAL YOUTH
tn21 481-1IBlfor ~ and maiing ist, which promolBs,friandships with
Infonnal social & support group
IAaian/Pricific Isl,oder,. Asi~nfor Bisexual kidslyouth. Mon1l11y
CONGREGATION BETII
American, and non-Asran gay
meeting/potluck
lunch held
SIMCHAT
man 1I1rough social, cultural, edu1:00pm on fourth Sunday of 1I1e
TORAH
cational .. and service actiilities. month at members homes: CallNY's Gay and Leslian Synagogue
and programs. Call our Holtine:
NY ABN for this month's location.
Services Friday at 8:30pm 57' 212-874-!i084, or write to: P.O. Box
This group is part of the New
Be1hune Street Far info, can: (2121
11828,NY, NY 10163-8023.
Yor1<Area Bisexual Networ1<.
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' AlR (AIDS TREATMENT
BWS-8RONX lESBIANSCONGREGATION. RESOURCES, INC.I
UNITED IN SISTERHOOD
Pubhhes 8 Ii-monthly Directory of
B'NAJ
Social, political and support n~Clinical trials of experi)11ental
JESHURUN- AlDS,IHlVtreatnnents"inwormg ~'OOp forWlll118n and their
NY/NJ, andMonthly Spritual Ga1l1erings andfriends, tl9gular social ewnts andhas educational matilriahs/semifree catered fastivelunchellllS for
meetings on the first and third Frinars for llial pel1icipanlll. ATR also
sl/ People With AIDS, 1I1airlovers
days 01 ewry month. At The Comadwcatlls for improwmer)lS in theand families, Program includes
mooity Cen1D~2111W 13 StriIat, franllial syetBm P.O. Box 30234,NY. NY
music and discussion led ,by oure::»8prn, For 111018 info call Usa at
101Hn02. (2121288-4198. PublicaRabbis. Call (2121787-71'JXJ(2121829-91117,
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PeciIic a.bien ~-'r-Nllw YorIi:I We are a poIiti-,
cil social and .uppor1ive network,
II ;\;ian Pacific I_biens. Planningmeatings on 1I1e'1at Sunilay andIocial _nIIIan1ha
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Gay and lllbian Independent, Broadcaaters invites you to tuna .
inID ounOOKS on IJVBAHI( 885
FM every other Sunday, 7:308:30pm and join 1/8 8V8l'f TlI88day
at 7:00pm to 9:00pm to become amamber of GUB. No experienceneeded.5IIi Ei§1th Awn\l8, NY. NY
10018 A1In: OU1laoka or call (212126«!11&- askfor GlIB.

,Far 1I1e plTfsically disabled !MiliannIGay CUll IUlritvPD. Bax3l5\t1age Station, New
York. NY10014
FRONT RUNNERS
A rumilgdub for leslian and gay
alhlallis of aDabiitias. fill RIllS II 18 mlas held fN8fI/ Sat at lOem and
WadI. et 7pm i1 CenInII Pallt and
IMIryTla. It7pm inPiIlSJI8cl Park.
For i1Iurrna1ion: cel12121124-8lOJ.
THE FUND FOR HUMAN 'DIGNITY
National Gay and Lesbian Crisis
Line "AIDS 800'-I-81JO.SOs-GAY$
Educational Resource Center;
Positive Images Media Cantsr; NY
StateArta Progremf!88B'way S!iIB
410NYC,NY11D12 tn2l!i&11D1 'THE GAY AFRICAN AMERICANSOFWESTCHESTER(1hI G.AA.I
is a community based support
group formed i1 WestchestBr Coli}~ Various activities are plamed for1ha comillg months. Plasse cell 914:rJfHf1'I1 for 111018 i1fo.
GAY FATHER'S FORUM
A support organization for gay
father's, 1I1airlovers, and others inchild-nurturing situatians. MonthIymeatings include a po1luck supper, support groups onvaried
specialized topics, speakers, andsocializing.Meetings:
1st Friday
each month, 7pm, at The Center,
208 W. 13th St. Wast of 7th lINe,
Contribution: $8. Bring a maincuurse for 4 people {or pay a $5
food charge.! Far infonnation call:212-!J79.7541 or212-288-3238
GlAAB,
Gay &. .... b1an AIIi_.,.1WImrHi

80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 (2121
988-1700 GlAAD combats homophollia in1ha macia and elsewhere
by Pllll1loting visiblity II 1ha lesbian
and gay CQllllm~f and organizing
grassroots response to anti-gay
bigolly, Do you have 30 minutes amonth ID fi!ttthomophobia?Joil the
GLAAD PhaneTreelCall (212~9881700 for infonnation.

GAY .LUBIAN
HWTHCONCERNS,
An office of 1I1e NYC Dept ofHaalth, provideslinkagea
betwi1
NYC Health & Human Svcs, and1I1e lesbian & Gay community,
focusing in Al( haalth concems; resource infonnation for
health sarvices cOl18utriens,and.
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prOViders. 125 Worth Street,Box 87, New York, NY 10013. For
info call (2121588-4995.
GAY MALE SJM AcrMSTS
Dedicated to safe and responaible S1M since 1981. Open meetings w/programson S/M
techniques,
lifestyle issues,
political and social concerns.
Also special events, speakers
bureau, workshops,
demos,
affinity groups, newsletter,more. GMSMA -Dept 0, 498A
Hudson Street, Suite D23 ,NYC
10014.(2121 727-9lf18.
GMADIGAYMEN OFAFRICANOESCENTI'

80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 a support group of Gay Men of African
Descent dedicated to consciousn8S&-reising and 1I1edevelopmentof1l1e Lasbian and Gay Coulnmity.
GMAD is inclusive of African,
African-Amarican, Canbbean and ,Hispanic/latino
men of color.
Meetings 8re hald, weekly, m fridays. For more infonnatim,
caD 718-802-G162.
GAY MEN'S HWTH CRISISHOTUNEFOR IM'URMAllON ON SARR SEX
AND HIV-REl.A1ED HEAlTH SEllVlCES,AND FOR 1MURMA1l0N ON
ONE-n~ WALK-IN AIDS COUNSElING SElMCES
212-807.a155212~7470
TDD(Far'" Hearing ...... redl
Mon.-fri. lQ30 a.m ID 9 pm.
12:00 ID 3:00

GIRTH &. MIRTHCLUB OF NEW YORK
Social club for heavy, chubby
gay men & their admirers.
Monthly socials at the 'Center", weekly bar nights Thursdays at the 'Chelsea Transfer',monthly Fat Apple Review, bimonUlly FAR pen pals.
For more information
call
Ernie at 914-699- n35 or write:
G&M/NY, Dept 0, P,O. Box 10,
Pelham, NY 10803.

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for~forAlDSwnchdo
IICIlcampl'Oll1i881h8 inmll18 ..

18m fullher, iocluding Iltamstive.and hoiRc aJIPI08chas.
Wed 8pm. , 20'8 W. 13th St, (212)874-HOPE.

HEllfACE OF PRIDt INC.
Organizers d New YOlk's lsabianand GaY,Pride ,8Iian\s: Iha March,
the Reily and the Dance on thePier. Cal (212) 891-1774 for meeting IcItedIM or more infonnation.
2111Waat 13111SIreet. NY. NY10011.

Hma-MARl1N
INSI1IUTE
for lesbian and gaYVOIlth. Counseling, drop-in ~enterIM-F. 3epm), rip groups, Harvey Milk
School, AIDS and aaf8r sex
information. ...r.nalB, prufaiaionII education. ,(212)833-~2D(voicall212) tI3S-a2II
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GAYS. LESJJANS'
Educltionil servicaa~political
Iction, counsaling and locial• CIMtias in Spanilh and EnlIWl by
and for Iha l.stino l88bian and Gay~GananII ~aoo'
pm 4Ih ThUrwdayd lINery~at
2IBWaat 13111Street.
Cel2D1'-'1B24 orwriIB H.U.G.L,
P.O. IIcIc 228 Canal StnIat Ststion,
New YciIk. NYliD19.
' ,'IDENTnY HOUSE, Now in our 20Ih year, we provide
pair counseling, therapy raferrala and groupa for !he IlISbiln,"ay and bisexual community.
C.U iii at (212) 243-8111t Visit us
at 544 8Ih Ave., between 14!h151hStraIllB, Manhatllln_
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN'IDENTITY

Sliding scale fees· Insurance,accepted_ Gay & Lesbian Paychotherapy,(212)799-9432

INTEGRITY/NY
Lesbian and Gay Episcopalians
and fAendL Euchariat and program every lliuraday, 7:30pm.
St. Luke's Church, Hudson andChristopher SIB. INFO: P.O. Box5202, NY NY 10'185(718)720-3054,

THE lUIIlAN,ANOMY

itG APPLE CORPS
Get Yllur instrument out of thecloset and come play With UL
Symphonic, Marcling. Jazz, Dixieland, Rock, Ruie Ensembles
and Woodwinds. 123 Weat 44th
St. Suite 12L New York, NY
10038 (212)889-2922.
LESBIAN. GAY
COMMUNITYSERVICES CENTER
208 Wast 13th Straet New York.
NY 10011 (212)820-7310' 9am11pm IMIrtday. A p1aca for c0mmunity
organizing
andnetwooong. social servic88, cultural programs, and social ewn1B
sponsored by the Center andmora1l1an 191 COIllnunity organiza1ions.
,lDBlAN AND GAY lABOR
NElWORKAn organization of lesbians andGays VIA10 ara ac1iw in 1hair labor..... VIUIq on cIcmaRc pamerllip banaIiIB ,and AIDS issues. For
min inIannaIicn cal tl1$138111l,

LESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS. 'PROJECTof !he Ama,iCan Civil Liberti ..
Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTSI
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lDBJANS AND GAYS OFRATBUSH
Brooklyn's social organization forboth gay man and lesbians. P.O.
Box 10'8, Midwood Station
Brooklyn, NY 11230· (718)85&9437
LESBIAN HERSTORY
ARCHIVES
PD. IIcIc 1218 New YOlk, New YorklD118217j874-7232Since 1974, 1I1e
Archives has inspired, shaped andreflected Lesbian lives every- .
where. Can iii arrange a visit or iii
voIun1B8rforThul8day~

MEl'ROPOUrAN TENNISGROUPlMTG)
Our 200 II1IImbar lasbian and gay ,temia club includ88 players frombeginning to tournament level.
Monthly tennis partiaa. Winterindoor lelgue_ Come play with .
usl For infonnation: MfG, Suite
K83,49&-A Hudaon St. New York, ,NY 10025. (718)852-8582.
MOCA !Men of Color AIDS
Plav.ntion Prognun.)Pr,ovides safer sex,and AIDS
education infonnation to gay andbisexual Men of Color; coordinates a network of pear-support
groups for gay and bisexual Menof Color in all 5 boroughs of New
York City3m Nin!h Ave, New York.
NY lOOO1orcal (212)239-1798.

NOITHERN UGHTSAlJERNATIVES
Improving Quality of Life for Peopie with AIDS/HIV. THE AIDSMASTERY WORKSHOP: Exploring!he possibilities of a powerfuland creative life in !he face of
AIDS. Call(212)2!i5-8!i!i4

NYC GAY. LESBIANANTI-VlOlENCE PROJECT
Cooosaling. advocacy, and information for survivors of anti-gay
and anti-lesbian violence, s8Xual
assault. domestic violence, and, O1her typ88 of victimization. All
servic88 free and i:onfidantial.24
hour hodine (212)80'7-41197
PEOPlJ: WITH AIDSCOAU110N(212)532-0291fl~32IIVIIotline (212) ~ay
dvu friday lDam-8pm Meal programs,
support groups, educstional andreferralservic .. for f'WA's and, NAnONAL GAY AND LESBIANTASKFORCE'
is !he nalional grassroo1li poIiIical
organization for lesbians and gay
PWArc's.
men. Membership is $3OIyear.
Issue-oriented projecIB address, PEOPLE WITH AIDS
~enca,IOCkKnyI.ws,AlDS,gay
HEALTH GROUP
righ1B ordinances, fammes, media,
club inpcring
Unda'llround b~s
atc. !hrough lobbying. education,
not-yvt-approved
medica~OIlI andorganizing and direct action.
NGIlF 1517 U Street NW, Waab- , nutri\ional supplements. 31 Wast
28ft St. 4Ih Roor tl12)532-«lIll
ingIDn. DC 2IXXl9. (202)332-M13.
PINK PANTHER PATROLrBlYORKAIJVIKI1SINGAMISUNDANCE
OUTDOORADVEN1UIIE'
SOCIEIY
A non-profit club offering Out~r ac1ivi1i1lSfor every "'10!1
including hiking, biking, skiing,water aciivitillS and o!her out~
door activitieS for !he GlytLea:bian conwnunity. For infonnationor complimentary
Newsletter'can (212) 598-4726.
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THE OUlllEACH
USING'COMMUNAL HEAUNG!TOUCH), Ccmmunily voIt111BerBproviding aweekly buffet supper for the
BI'OOId\'n AIDS ccmmunily. TOUCH
meets Monday eves. 5pm to
8:30pm- at downtown Brooklyn
Friends Meeting House (liD
Schennemom St. near Boeruin
P1acel. l.inited transpOl1lltion may
be arranged. Info: (718)822-2758.
lOUCH welcomes contn"bIl1iWlS of
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MeeIB firat and third Monday ofesch month at 7:30 pm at 1I1eUnitarian Church on Sawkill Road in .
Kingston. For. Infonnation, call914-628-3203

NEJWORI( ,Cormnrity SU1Iat patrol in East and
NYACNia 1ha "'COI""lmnunily'slargesl, Wast Wage cIadica1Itd " da1IIrringviolent crime against gays and 1gay and lesbian profasIiooal gllJUP,
bians. Wast Village weakly meatwelcoming all in communica-

tiOlll and !hair friends. Monthly
meetings, 3rd Wed 8:30pm at 1I1e
Community Center. Members'
newsletter, job hotline, annual
diracIDry. Phone (212) 517-CXB1for
more info. Mention OUlWeak for0118 free iIIIWlIIaIIIit
N..Y.fUWES
Support and discUSlion group for
lesbians who self identify al
Fenme and ara primarily atlracl8d
to butch WOI'I18I1- For membanlhip
infonnation caD lisa (212189817.

fiY. WOIE'lS SOFIBALI. GUIJI
For experiei1ced, serious Softball
LONG ISLAND Acr-UP
Players, Coaches and Managars.
MaaIB Tuesdays at 8pn at 181 Post
We play mod/fast pitch week/we. in\Nestbul'f, NY.Supportusfor
ends in Manhatllln and Quaens.
change on Long Islanel_ M~mng
ac;ldrass: PO Box 514, WesdIury, NY ' .lry-oUls begin Feb. llthru Aprilor IIIlIiI filled. (212)51379 Janet
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Nrmt S1IIElTCENIBI
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Since 1973, a ccmmunity dedicatia a apt nIi'IoIrnaVI ~ foredtodemonstrating 1I1ata h0moIesIiar8 nIr BDUIl ~;wJ ., i1IBiaIItlAMBDA
sexual lifestyle is a rational,
adit~~Ii1IIage.LEGAl DEfENSE
desirable choice for individuals...
s,f,\ fnIhus. -giInder
AND EDUCAnoN RIND
indantiti88, coatumas and so fonh. , dissatisfied with !he rewaids of
Prac:adanHeUin
Iitig. ation nation- ,, ,gconvllllionallivi1g. Payc:holo!icallyMambenlhip is available only iii
wide for kisbisns, gay men and- focus&ad rap groups, lullS;, Sat. 8
women 18 yeara and older. Actual
people with AIDS; Membershipto
10' pm. paer counselling availlIlIPIiance is rdI8C(Ii'ed tugarUIa($40 and upl inc. newsletter andalk 319 E. 9 Slreat, New Voile, NY~nI ..1lpIII rri:1d ara.Fori»
inviIalioi. to IJMlCial-*VoIIIlniam rMse'" PD.Ib!lD, tot. ll1XB,lorinfo cal (212)22&515l.
IBar right on ThUl1idays.
ray" Slatiw\.NM'Itid\.NY1019I
ln1ake calls: 2-4prn Mon 1I1ruFri
NORTH AMERICAN MAN/BOY(212) &-8!iB6.
LOVEASSOCIAnON INAMBlAIMEN
Dedicated
ID sexual freedom and
OF All COLORSlAVA
especially intereted in gay interTOGETHER NY
g_rational rela1ionllips. MondtILESBlANS ABOUT
A multi-ra cial group of gay men
VlSUALARTIIV Bulletin and regular chapter
against racism. Meetings every
C.II for slidllS for Lesbian Artiste'
lI1IIetings on Iha first Saturday of
Friday ni!#rt at 7:45 at 1I1eLesbian
Exhibition, Gay & Lesbian Com88ch mon1h. Yesrly membenlhip is
and Gay Corrmunity Sarvicaa Canmunity Canter, NYC. For more
$20; write NAMBlA PO Box 174,
ter,208 W. 13th Street Formore
infonnation, send SASE to : MiriMidtown Station, New York. NY
info. call: (2121 24S-8388 or (2121
am Fougere, 118 Fort Greene
10018 or call (2121 807-8578 for
222-9794.
Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217.
infonnation.

ings at Tuas.1MIrings at Conmlllily
Center. Cal for lime and Info: 212475-4383. For EII8tVilage patrol info.
call 212-248-8588. 135 Wast 29th

snat. NYC 11011,

PROfUSlONALS INRUNVIDEO
338 Canal Street, 8th Roor, NYC
l0013212~,, : QUEER NAnON
The Lesbian and Gay'direct, action group dedicated to fighting homophobia and Gay and
LlISbian invisi~ility. Anyone cansuggest 'an action and shouldcome to meetings prapared toorganize and implement it. QN,
Box 1524, Cooper Station, New
York, NY 10'0'03. Call 212-4637208 for meeting info.

WHAMI,Woman'. Health ActiDn And
Mobilization.
A direct action group commited to demanding, securing anddefending absolute reproductive freedom and quality heal!hcare for all women. We meet
every Wed. at 8:30pm at 105, E
22nd Street, 4!h floor. 212-7135988Mailing address: WHAMI,PO Box 733, NYC 10009
WOMENS ALTERNATIVECOMMUN ITY CENTER twACC)
A non-profit, Lesb.ian community centar serving Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
, Thurs.,night weekly discussion
gro.ups. 8:30' pm, for otheractivities please contact us at
51&-483-2050.

SAGE:(Senior ActiDn in. Gay
EnviNiI.18III)

Social Service Agency, providing
care, activities, & educationel
selVice. for gay & lesbian seniorcitizens. Also serves over 180
hpmebound
seniors & older
PWA's .208 Weat 1!lth St NYC
10011, (2121741-2247'
SETIIAN GAYs.
~IANS
AND BISEXUALSFor all of us interestedinreaching out to eich other in
exuberance
to spontaneously explore and expand upon
the Seth/Jane
Roberta 'Philosophy' as it realtes to ourlives, personally,sexually
and politically. Call AI (212)979-5104
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Duchess II, 70.GroveSt (7th Ave.),242-1408(Women) " Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St., 757-0.788 'Barbary Coast, 64 7th Ave. (14th St.); 675-0385'DU9~~\~~ro~~ristoPher

The Brea/cj,232:8th'Ave. (~2nd St.), 627-0.0.72.

Eighty Eights, 228 W 10. St., 924-0.0.88

Che~~e;J,~sfer ..,a.l8th Ave. (bet. 16th & 17th),

St., 242-9113 (formerly

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

Town & Country, 9th Ave at 46th St., 30.7-1503

The Hangout (J's). 675 Hudson St., 242-9292. Trix. 246 W. 48 St. (B'wayf8th Avel, 664-8331- -~Eagle's~est, '42 lith Ave (21st St.), 691-8451

rz:w- 21 st St. (bet. 5th & 6th),

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

Keller's, 384 West St. (at Christopher). 243-1907
Kelly's Village ~st, 46 Bedford St., 929-9322

Rawhide; 212 8th Ave" (21st St.), unlisted.

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

Private EYIiIS,
2n6-J 110.

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

,,The Works, 428 Columbus
799-7365

Ave (at 81stl.

EASTSIDE
Bogart's, 320. E. 59th St., 688-8534 'Spike, 120. 11th Ave., 243.9688

The Monster, 80 Grove St. (7th Ave.), 924-3558

WESl VILlAGE

New Jimmy's, 53 Christopher, 463-0.950,
Badlands,Christophilr

Ninth Circle, 139 W. 10th St., 243-9204

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

Sneakers, 392 West St.,242-983D.

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

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

NY Confidential, 306 E 49 St, 308-8390

Ty's, 114 Christopher.741-9641.

Rounds, 303 E. 53rd St., 593-0807.Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255-8787

South Dakota, 405 3rd Ave (at, 29 St)., 684.8376.

& West St., 741-9236.,.

Boots "& Saddle, 76 Christopher St" 929-9684 .
Cellblock 28~,28 9th Ave, 733-3144 (j.o, club,
open oria 1imited bas'is, call for info),,

The Cubbyhole, . .438 . Hudson (Morton
243:9079,.

St).·

Crazy Nanny's, 21Zth Avenue South. 366.-6312(Woment

D.t'"fat Cat,~8tW.

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12th~:St.,243-9041•

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

Star Sapphire, 400. E. 59thSt, 688-471 0.

WESTSIDE

The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St, 754-4649

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

lWenty-Nine Palms. 129 lexington Ave ••686-8299

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

EASTVIUAGE..
The Bar, 68 2nd Ave. (at 4th St.),674-9714
The Pyramid, 10.1Avenue A, 420-1590
Tunnel Bar, 1161stAve(7thSt.), m·9'l32 ',BROOKLYN (718}t- __

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After Five Plus, 5 Front St" 852·0.139
Spectrum, 802 64th St. (at 8th Ave), 745-9611
SWeet Sensations, 6322 20th St., 435-2580

QUEENS (718)_Breadstix. 113-24 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills,
236-0300
Friend's Tavern, 76-11 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson
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HideaWay, 87·36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, 657-4585

love Boat, n-02 Broadway, Elmhurst, 429-8670
Magic Touch, 73-13 37th Ad, Jackson Hgts,429-8605
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Sandcastle, 86 Mills Ave" (7181447~9365

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Dr. Charles Silverstein

Playroom, 590 Nepperhan Ave., Yonki!rs, 965-6900

Psychotherapist& Author,

Stutz. 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains, 761·3100

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Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead,
486-9516 (Women)

Medicalinsurance
HonoredBlanche, 47·2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale;694-6906Grand Central, 210 Merrick Rd, Rockville Centre, '2:~:~West H:lrd St.. i\ew York. i\.\'. 111112,1(212) 799-8574, ~800,'

PaI.b1/S, 2161 JenslIeroAte.. t-bth Belkroe,7I5SJ)1~Liri~
175 CIeIy \.a~, Ne.v t+y'de Pa1k.~1Station House Pub, 3547 Merrick Rd, Seaford,
785-9808

LONG ISLAND-SUFFOLK (516)419,419 North Highway (At. 27), Southampton,
283-5001
Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St. Sayville, 567·2865 'Cheny's, Bayview Walk. Cherry Grove, Fire Island,

597·6820
Club Swamp Disco/Annex Restaurant, Montauk
Hwy, Wainscott, 537-3332
Ice Palace, Cherry Grove Beach Club, Fire Island,597-6600

Sunday, Dec. 2, at 575 Broadway.
Exhibit opens 3pm, auction at 7pm.
Preview of selected artworks at
Paula Cooper Gallery, 149 Wooster St.
Tuesday, Nov.27 thru Friday, Nov.30.
Information: (212) 769-7983.
All proceeds benefit ACTUP/NY, theAIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.

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Kiss, 161 Farmardie Dr., \.ake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273
Club 608,608 Sunrise Hwy., W. Babylon., 661·9580
Millennium, 1no NY Ave, Huntington,,. . 351·1402,

Starz, 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, 242-3857

written & performed byThur¥lers, 894 W. Jericto TpIce., SmithtO'Ml,864-1410] AW IE
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Charlie's West, 536 Main St., E. Orange, 678-5002
Feather's,77 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge,
342·6410
Friendly's Bar, 6310 Park Ave., West New York,~9895\
Excalibur, 10th & Jefferson, Hoboken, NJ, 79S-1023
Nite Lite, 509 22nd St., Union City, 863-9515
Vibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, 836-5518
Yacht Club, 366 Berkshire Valley Rd., Jefferson,697-9780

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Come join our new • semester. Day
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Sign Language. for more informationcall
679-SIGN

REMEMBER THE MINESHAFT
I'm doing research for a book on the
Mineshafl Anyone with info (memories and memorabilia) about theirexperiences at, and opinions on, theold days at the Mineshaft. please call
Walter at 337-1245 or 228-1070, for aninterview.

ANTHONY SANTONICHEERY REDHEAD ELF
Will clean your home forthe holidays or with after
party cleanup
available day, eve, weekend
rates $40 and up
Can Kris (212) 21!Hl598
MAN'S BEST FRIEND
Apartment or commercial cleaning
Dependable efficient affordable
Monday-Sundasy
days or evenings
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CHIRIPRACTORFREDERICK JAMES, D.C.
CHIROPRACTOR
Preventive and rehabilitativecare
853 Broadway, Suite 1717
New York. NY 10003
212-473-2273

CIIPITIRSTHE MALE STOP
A computer BBS.
Use your modem.
(212)12141. FREEl-

I~T IN THEFIGHTGAINST AID

CIIDIS/CIIPSd"·,

Gay Men's Health Crisis is the largest community based organization dedicated to thefight against AIDS, Our triple mission is to provide services to people with AIDS and their

loved ones; to educate the public and to advocate for fair and effective AIDS policies.
We seek individuals to fill the following positions:

COORDINAtOR, CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES: Coordinate the activi-,

ties of the crisis intervention program, including the supervision of volunteer team leaders,buddy captains, crisis intervention workers and C8$8 management partners. Provide direct
one-on-one support, consultation, psychological assessment and follow-up for people
with AIDS/ARC undergoing acute crises, M~ or MS In clinical psychology required; minimum two years supervisory and administrative experience, Should be currently licensed
in NY and be available to work a flexible schedule, including evening and weekend hours
as needed.
COORDINAtOR, CASE MANAOEMENT: Providedirect administrative and clinicalsupervision to staff; coordinate policies and procedure related to case management. MA
in psych, or social work, or equivalent experience, Minimum 2 years direct clinical service experience working with people with AIDS/ARC and their collateral.

COORDINAtOR, CHILD SERVICES: hlminister child care services for client childcare. Establish relationships with foster care agencies, secure homes for HIV + infa11t$;
provide pre- and post-support to foster care families. Recruit and train volunteers andfoster care parents; supervise child sittinQ services. MA or equivalent In a child related
field. Fiveyears + experience and appropnate licensing and/or certification. Good supervisory and communication skills.
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Helping
Our Community
Buy and Sell Real Estate
Since 1980
Andrew Weiser (212)721-4480
The Corcoran GroupCIITRICTIRSARTHUR LOVEJOYUCENSED ELECTRICALCONTRACTOR
Repairs and New Installations,
Commercial and Residential.
Courteous, Professional Sen/ice,
Available Eves. and Weekends.
(718) 782-4735

ASSISTANT DIREClOR, CUENT SERVICES: Supervise rrofessionai and para-

professional staff and volunteers for program areas. MA in socia work or related fieldrequired, with clinical, supervisory and management experience. Knowledge of HIV issues
also required; program d6Y8lopment,research, information management or program 6Yaluation helpful.
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letter indicating salary requirements, to: Donna Duh, Gay Min', HeaHh CrIsis, Inc.,
129 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011.
We are an equal opportunity employer M/F/HN.

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The Introduction Service for Professionally-Oriented
Serving the Tri-State Area Since 1985·

Gay MenCall for a free brochure Mon.-Fri. 7 pm-11 pm
In NY, NJ & CT (212) 580-9595

COllSflllG
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
Group grief and loss counseling
Lillian Rosengarten, MSW(212) 787-0208•

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Permanent Hair Removal
Airflow Technique /I.B. ProbeCOMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATIONPROFESSIONALLY OPERATEDPRIVATE GR. VILL OFFICE(226 West 4th St., NY,NY 10014 lower
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By Appointment Only.
(212) 727-1850

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display ad that goes in the men's
perso nals section-Manmate
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wide/2 1/4"highOflTISTSQUALITY I)ENTISTRY AT AFFORDABLE FEESWE CATER TO COWARDS
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VACUUM PUMPERS
Int'l non-profit network for big tools,
bodybuilders and vacuum pumpers,
for free info SASE to: BIG, 584 Castro
St, #601, San Francisco, CA 94114
COMING-OUT GROUPS
for WOMEN and MEN and a gay
male couples group now forming .
Call Institute For Human Identity:(212)799-9432".... ONLyl£5CflW5HAr£ LAS1WQ~:".... AU qAY HEN U!IWT IS SEX.•

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seasoned personal trainer will help
you begin an exercise program andachieve your fitness goals at yourhome. Free consultation/eveluation .
Call Bill at 718-789-8219
PERSONAL TRAINER
Own gym. Beginners welcome.
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Call RossJacobs(212) 929-0661

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Wanted for Gay American Professional Man in his mid 40's. Write to
Outweek Box 3715

Sunday, Dec. 2,575 Broadway.
Exhibit opens 3pm, auction
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HllP WIIIIDOFFICE MANAGER
AIOS/HIV community based organization seeks highly organized, selfmotivated, energetic individuals withsuperior interpersonal skills tohandle day-to-day operations of
smll11office. Responsibilities:
coordination, and supv. of amdmin_
operati9ns, mai~enance of accounts
and budgets, procurement, expense
control, as well as some secy andclerical duties. Some knowledge of
AIDS and HIV infection preferred.
Computer literacy absolutely
essential, preferably both Mecintosh
and IBM. Salary $23,000. Excellent
benefits.
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letter and resume to:,Michael Stanton, Executive Director, Body Positive of NY
2095'Broadway, Suite 306
NewYork, NY 10023,.
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505-7730 ,VISA/MC accepted - I,

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Based on over.7 years of living .
Send $9.95 to T.M. Publications
P.O. Box 310743_, Tampa, FL 33680
Allow ~ weeks for delivery. 'GANYMED~ GALLERY'
Mail order catalogue of fine art
celebratilJ,g ,tI)e male form '77' photos,
oil, sculpture, pen & in~,' acrylic' '$9.95 per copy. Ganymede Gallery,
Pru Box 66-W, Boston, MA'02199.
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Prompt and Professional
Storage Available
Last Minute Jobs "(20 1) 434-5309,
Beeper (212) 461-2349 ,,,To promote vitality and reducestress. PWA's and partners especially welc\lme. CALL TOM: ;,:.
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The Centerfor AntiNiolence Educationl
Brooklyn Women'sMartialArts',

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Sliding fees

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Try Brownstone Brothers inste'ad.
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Serving the Gay Community 15 .
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Licensed DOT 10166. Insured.
Reasonable storage rates.
Pianoll-Art-A!'ltiques_
Packing. Moving Supplies, 426 E91
CaU289-1511.
MentionOUTWEEK for Special
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Spectrum painting
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and your intimata ralationships
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won't call.
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beep tone.
calling.
"YOU CHICKEN-SHIT PIECE-OFAnd calling and calling and calling.
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FUCKING TALK TO ME?!! AT LEAST
that Schwartz "can't answer questions
because of NewseJajs policy" (a lie I GIVE ME THAT MUCH RESPECT. IF
YOU TIllNK FUMENTO WAS FINE TO
quote reporters at Newsday all the
HAVE AS A
1HEN JUST TElltime) and that I should call Chiara
Coletti, the Newsday PR flack. So I tele- ME 1HAT, Bur AT lEAST TALKTO ME.
HOW DARE YOU TREAT ME TIllS WAY
phone her and am told by her assistant
AND HOW DARE YOU PRINT SUCH
that she'll "get right back" to me. When
OW> IN YOUR PAPER?YOU FREAK!I
I don't hear from her after several
hours, I call again, only to be told that HOPE YOU DIE, YOU MONSTER!"
Oh, god. I' guess I've gotten just a
she has "gone for the day." I argue
bit too excessive. He'll think I'm nuts,
with the assistant for a while. She
won't he? Still, I just can't help myself.
hangs up on me.
At my desk, I begin to tap my feet But I suppose I should call back andand hum at the same time. "Hmmm ... try to explain a bit.
"Look," I say into the machine, "I
ho-hummmm ...
know you must think that I'm crazy or" ...hmmmm ...ho-hummmm ..."
something,saying that I wish you
I'm trying to remain calm.
would die, but you've got to under"...hmmm ...hmmmm ...
stand that I have friends who've died"...ho-hum ...
and others who are now sick. This"ho " Uh-ohl I feel that demonicwhole community is in a shambles,
like possession coming on ...
and when you see stuff like that in the...oh,no! ...
... AAARRGGHH! MY HEAD IS papers ...well ...IT DRIVES YOU CRAZY!
BEGINNING TO SWIRL!TIlESE FUCK- .YOU JUST CAN'T BEliEVE TIlAT PEOING PEOPLE ARE JERKING ME PLE LIKE YOU COULD PRINT
AROUND! I'M GOING CRAZY! I WANT 1HAT...YOU FUCKING BASTARD!AND
1HAT'S WHY I SAID 1HAT BECAUSEITO RIP TIiEIR FACESOFF!
In a mad state, I pick up the tele- DO WANT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
phone and begin pressing those fuck- TO KNOW WHAT IT'S liKE TO LOSE
ing buttons. I'm pressing them down
SOMEONE. AND I STILL HOPE YOU
DIE, AND I STIll WISH IT ON YOu."
hard. REAL HARD. I'm calling him,Oh, dear, I'm doing it again.
frantically calling him-THAT
BASI call back again. And again and
TARD!I'm going to get him on the telephone if it's the last thing I do! (lookagain and again, each time trying to
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this man-who
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learned it was "blah blah blah from
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I'm subhuman. I'm filth. I'm slime. I'mwant-"
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the body looked like in tenns of the person I was just picked up by. I always'had an erection. There was something
about nakedness that was very exciting
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I have these charged memories that
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happening in· the environment---<omesback. It's like it happened five minutes
ago. I don't lose it.
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see there's this surface image, then I
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5'5', 200, Cln shvn,
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lover's ex-lover Is',' /Outweek Box 3696
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151 First Ave NYC
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WM, 37, 6',150,
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muscled fromweights healthy
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1730, NYC NY
10011.
S.I. GBM
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looking for any
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Outweek Box 3680
FAT MANGWM, 38, 5'11",
265# hairy chest &back. Looking tomeet a GM who'sinterested in me
not just for my big
body. My interests:
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travel. Reply withphoto letter, tel #gats the same. To:
F.M. 20053 LTS
NYC 10011-9993
CLASSIC DATEGWM, 30, 6', 140,
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good sense ofhumor. Likes
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arts, exercise.
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EXECUTlVE
GLADIATORS
Chubby GWM, 38,
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hry. chest & gut, u/
c, seeks well built,
imaginative studs
45 - to explore
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fantasies (noncomp) Midtown,
momings, lunchhour after work.
Photo/description 2:
TJ, Box 112,
Executive Suite,
330 W. 42nd, NY
10036

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ENLARGEMENTGWM, 38, 5'11",
245# 6 inches,interested inmeeting with a GM
into this, yourexperience, positiveor negative,'
methods. Yourequipment or mine.
Respond with photo(before & after)
letter tel # too: C. E.
20276 LTS NYC
10011-9993
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times on cold
winter nights. Let's
talk, touch, feel,show off, massage,
J/O. Photo/phone toBox 293 70A
Greenwich Ave, NY
10014.
I'M A PRISONER

IN FLORIDA
26 year old body .
builder looking for along lasting
relationship or
friendship withfemale or male.
Age doesn't matter,just be sincere
people. A lonely
guy like me needs
someone like you.
Please write:
Freddie Heron,
072103,D-128,5oo
Orange Ave Circle,
Belle G(ades, FL
33430
STRAIGHT BUT
BENT
Good-looking,masculine, healthy
GWM, 39, 6',185,
brown hair,
moustache,conse1Vative but
kinky, looking forother attractive
guys, 24-44, into
fantasies, bondage,teasing, blindfolds,
head trips ( safe
sex only}. Give up
or take control.
Let's explore. Send
letter, photo,phone, to P.O. Box
20386, Columbus
Circle Station, NY
NY 10023.
MOVIES - FILM CINEMA
GWM,285'6"
1451bs brown!
mustache seeksmasculine sanehonest GM 25-35 toco-star in life photo/phone and favorite
film to POB 2522
WNY, NJ 07093 No
smokers/drugs or
fakes.
I'M GAY, 31,
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fun and considerate
and fi ndi ng it not aneasy taSk. Outweek
Box 3666 •18 YEAR OLD
GWM, 6'2",
170#
dark blond hair,

blue eyes, somewhat hairy. Seeks
18+ lover. Very
submissive andeager to please youin any way possible.
Into anything you
like. Write to S.U.,
Box 1729,
Kingsland, GA
31548.
FELLOWSELFSUCKERSI
Let's meet. I havevideos & stills. Let's
share ou r hot gift.
Special note to
Dean: Met you atthe Hideout in Sept.
I missed you on
Columbus Day.
Contact me.
Outweek Box 3663
THIS IS MY FIRST
TIME,
running an ad. So
please be gentle GWM26gradstudent 5'6" brlbr
140 kind of masc
not neurotic seekssame 24-29 ph/ph
not explicit, I'drather explore
Outweek Box 3660
ASIAN SEEKS WM
BUDDY
for cozy talk coolwalks film theatre
museums somemusic art maybe
travel and mature
discreet tender malebonding. Your cool
good looks nicebuild would be plus
since eye have soulam plainlking
nonathletic. We arestraightactlng
cleanshvn maybe
modestly preppy.
Eye 45 you aboutsame perhaps
younger but mature.
No druBS bars HIV
etc. Write Box 361
847A 2nd Ave NY
NY 10017

In shape, goodlookIng mustached 2640. Photo & detailed
letter to PO Box
480507, LA, CA
90048
GAM STUDENT,HANDSOME,
5'10",150#, into
a1temativetindustrial'DRE music. I'm welldressed, friendly &outgoing. YOU: ahandsome considerate, idealistic
dreamer not afraidof a possible
relationship. Brown
hair/deep set blueeyes & long sidebums a + No fats or
facial hair. Foto if
possible. CPO 3571
POB700
New Brunswick, NJ
08903.
DOUBLEYOUR
FUNI
Hot, cute, GWM's,
33 & 35, seeks
si milar si ngles,
couples, trios, or
any combination formutual fyn,friendship, andfantasy - fulfillment.
Send revealing
letter, photo, phone
to Box 540 NYC
10159-0540
lWOCUDDLYBEARS IN
ORLANDO39,5'11-1/2", uncut,
bearded. Seekothers with hairy
bodies for cuddlingmassage, safe
encounters, phone
JO. Photo exchange, pen palS,visits. George andLee. P.O. Box
533154, Oriando FL
32853.

HOT AND HORNY
IN CT.
Interested inmeeting hot men
who are versatile
MUSCLE MAN
and creative who
Colt-type 200 very
can get into mosthandsome big harddefined aggressive ' scenes, top or
bottom in a safe
smart mustachedhung 8" 33, looking
sane way, whofor a man who loves knows what hebig muscles + loves wants and Is notafraid to show it. I
to suck + worshipenjoy being top or
and praise wwho isbottom as long as
it is hot. Enjoy oral
sex the most.
Give or take,some kink.
Besides homy,
looking for somehonest, lovl ng
sincere, adventurous, hot sexual
MEN. Write BOB
P.O. Box 6140
Whitneyville, CT
06517. I'm 45, 6',
hot Italian. All
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33yr. 6' BriBI.
150lbs. want a hot
top to keep me
warm. You: all
American Boy
Next Door. Se~,easy going and·loves hot beautiful
times. Inexperienced? I'll teach.
Unhappy,
unsociable,
unhealthy,
underacheivers
need not apply.
Ph/Photo/letter amust. P.O. Box
1300 NY, NY
10009 Just do it!
TWENTYSOMEIN CT.
Westchester, NYC
This guy is GWM
friendly, outgoing, .
active, healthy,
emotionally,physically, stable
and independent,
5'10", brlbr 158 25
describes me, ,Seeking 20-30 forfriendship, dating.
common interests.
Enjoy reading,music, beingoutside, beaches,
forests, pools,
eating al fresco.
You must enjoy
being aroundpeople. If you do
send photo/tel
gets mine POB
231 Glenville
Station,Greenwich, CT
06831.
DAYTIME
DELIGHTS
Succulent Rim
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1951, brlbl, G/P,
brlbr moustache
AFAIP. Love8 888
and trim beard,
play. Ski mutual,
halry, defined,
8afe fun pertner(s).
muscular bUild,
handsome, masc.,
Smooth a +. Ph'(and photo, IfIntell., unpretenpo8S.) to Alan,tious. Enjoys
POB442, NYC
movies, theater,. photog., cooking,10156-0442.
bicycling, nature.
BIG MEN? - BIG
Seeking other rare
FUNIII
find who Is
Hot duo - BM 301
goodlOoldng, mase.,
6'1"/3001 WM 271
very health5'7"/Brl blue hairy
conscious, Intell.,ska M cpls 4 fun.
well-built w/musc.
Chub blLATMs &anns & pees, sense
hairy WBears a +.
of humor, enjoys
Ltr/phlphll tothe arts, mature,
POBox 8676 JAF
honest, affection·",Sta. NYC 10116
ate, non-clg. 'smoker. Let's
YOUNG MENexchange letter and
Finan. secure W/Mphoto. Outweek
In 1T1QV1e.lndustry Box 3623
ska men 18-29
wlthsmooth
QUEER MALE, 23,
sh8pely bodies.
n~HTBOD
Inexperienced okseekaotherthis eciuld be acompatible guys for
great opportunity
urban frolic. I'mforthe rightyoung, mature,
person. All races.
need to laugh.
Send letter, 'Re~forsome
addres8, phone &dates and some(photo appreQ'd) tosweaty dancing.
Ferris 2n58 Santa
Good kisser a must
Send a letter andMargarita '124,
Mission VieJo, CA
photo to me. Get
92691.
my attention.
Outweek Box 3621
HEALTHY J/O•
PARnESMASCUUNE
Safe Sex, no
BOTTOMalcohol, drugs or
Hot & sexy 32 y.o.
smoke. Non
WM 6'11"180 Ibs
cholesterol non fat
goodlooklng wellsnacks. Age,25built straight acting
40. Send photo!
appearing digs
phone to Box 360
older well built
496A Hudson St.,dominant masculine
NYC 10014.
top guy Int. sane
fantasies. I'm smart
FUN, CUTE, GBM
safe together
34, 5'7"
uninhibited and1381bs, moUsdiscriminating Writetache. Enjoys
POB 981 MH
worl<lng out,
Station NY NY
dandng,good
10156~
conversation,
movies, music,
DARK EYED.• homellfe. Loves to
GREEK GWM
laugh and cuddle
student 23 6' 185,
seeking man 30-40
brlbr, stache, very
similar Interests for
attractive laid backfun and possible. seml-actMst,
relationship.
(enw'tlgay Issues)
Outweek Box 3626
gets his rocks off
via live music(anything but opera),•

WISE MEN STOP,

hiking, reading!
writing, road trips,
OCC88. Inebriety andfrequent laughing.
Seek a similarsoulmate 21-30(beard/good kissera ++) with a good
smile who knows
monogamy doessn'tmean monotony.
No prudes,
smokers. PH/PH
425 E. 25th St Box
448, NYC 10010
CATCH SEEKS AtERO
GWM goodlooklng
smoOth 155 5'11"
dark hair greeneyes Ivy Ed. seeks
manly fellow ardentand true to be myhero enjoy fullrange of urban
actlvtUes love dogs
books being astalwart stand up
guy and taking aprotective malestance and canadore a smart(aleck) funny guy
who will lean on
your shoulder andtreat you like a kingI'm HIV neg a photo
letter to Outweek
Box 3618
ROMANnC
ITALIAN GUY
This handsome,healthy 37yr old
Italian man Is
looking for acommitted
relationship with ablack or hispanic
man who Is In touchwith his feelingsand not afraid toexpress them I'mshort 5'2" stocky
1551bs. have blueeyes dark brownhair with amoustache amhonest & sincere no
drugs, no smoke
and a nice guy.
Outweek Box 3616
ATHLETIC, BLOND
34,
handsome blueeyes, 6', 175#,
masculine, healthy,
athleUc body, hairy
blond legs a plus, I
like to travel. Reply
to Alex PO Box

2984, La Habra, CA
90832-2984
IMPOSSIBLE?
I won't accept the
ImposslbllUty offinding a decent
sensitive man who
Is wann and funnywith a fully
functional brain. Am
looking for a secure
Independentcompanion to share
life's pain andwonder, willing towork towardpennanence when
the potential Is real.
Am 35, professional, tall, slim,
and attractive.
Enjoy world travel,
nature, people
watChing, film,
beautiful music andcreating goodkanna. Are you akindred spirit?
Outweek Box 3606
REGULAR GUY37

SEEKS

understanding,Intelligent, recoverIng reflection to
support explorationof big Issues:
Intimacy, Isolationand thinning hair.
Helps If you canlaugh and cry, likecats and theatre,
have some sense of
God and stili havetime to dream of abetter world. Write
box # Outweek Box
3603

FURRY BEARDED
BLOND OR
red bear? Hand- .
some, articulate
bruin (37, 5'9",
stocky, HIV+,beard, bubble butt)seeks sexuaY
Inellectual equal,
25-50. I'm a writer(cultural activism),
scholar (German,
Dutch, RussianUt), into books,
film, bonc!age,
Ideas, travel. I
remand my Russianstudents of Tzar
Nicholas II. Reply
with photo: Cody
Adams Box 14278,
San Francisco, CA
94114

GWM, P~OF, 41,seeks Similar for
dates. I enjoy travel,films, food, arts, &fun. Safe, sane but
enjoyable. Write toBox 1005, Baton
Rouge, LA 70821.
Photos welcomed
but not necessary.
Write nowlOYVEYII
Student, 21, 157,
5'9", dark Italianseeks nice Jewishboy (20-27) for hot
Jewlshlltallan sexl
Later, we'll deal
with thegullt ..together.
Send letterlphone,
photo optional toSuite #426-R, 496
laGuardia Place
NYC 10012
WINNING COMBINAnON
handsome AllAmerican guy-nextdoor ~9, 6'2", 190, It
bnlblue, cln shvn,
masc, sincere,
athletic. Enjoy succ
career In advertising and sports,
travel, beach, arts,
photog & cooking.
Seeks bright,
sensitive All Amerl
Prep 25-40 withsimilar Interests tocreate winningcombination. Photoand phone a mustl
Outweek Box 3587
SPANK YOURBUTTII
Guy (40's) will put
boys (18-30) overhis knee and makeyou say slrl Under
5'11" & musde a +.
Severe haircuts!
trims available.
Outweek Box 3586
R-U LAnNO U/CMASC
GWM - tall, slim,
blond 40's would
like to share loveand give gOod
home to a masc ufc
latino -20-27 Send
letter, foto, phone#
to E.K. Box 647
Maspeth, NY 11378
PROFESSIONAL
GBM

Financially secure41, 5'9·162 healthy
HIV+ wishes tomeet men 30-50
race unlmpor,tantenjoy sports theatre
reading write
detailed letter wI
photo 606 W. BanyBox 149 Chicago,
IL60640
Hot, horny hairy
handsome GWM
5'7" 1651bs. brn.
brd. 40 yrs wants tosuck men
16-40 Put your hot
dick In my wet
mouth.496A
Hudson St F48 NY
NY 10014.
HOT IRISH DUDE
31 6'3" 210 Ibs
husky build, rnasc,loves sex, fun androle playing looking
for friends and/or
sex buddies. Brian,
POB304 VIII
Station, NYC 10014
lUST lOVING
Writer, 52, wants tomeet pro-pleasure
buddy for mutual
affectionate
exchange of flesh,no fluids. Photo
would be nice,Outweek Box 35n
GWM, BRN/Bl,
6'1", 165'
late forties, average
looks and build has
everything but thatspecial someone.
Uke to meet 35-40
masculine, cleancut wHh a sense ofhumor and willingto,
lie about how wemet. No fats, fems
or freeloaders.
Photo and phone
number appreciated. P.O. Box
057515. West Palm
Beach, FL 334057515.
DAD-SONSPANKING
Are you as capableof applying thestrap 88 you are ofsubmitting to H?
Gdlkg 42 Is. Bx 744
Long Beach CA
90801

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European seeksfriendship contacts
with active, cultured
GWM (max. 55Yr).
Write (photos only)
to GUHAlOberianderStr.33
8000 Munich 701
Germany. Must
have Interest forarts and corespondence. Long-term
relationships also
posslblel"·Thanks.
6 FT 170LBS,
BLOND,3O
I'm a musician. I'mwarm, Intelligent,handsome,sometimes wild,
sometimes calm. I
seek GM, 25-35
who Is bright andnot put off by theunconventional or
openness andcaring. Let's meetl
Outweek Box 3563
WANlCDWM, 40,5'7",140#,
seeks mature guy,
25-45, willing todevelop lasting
friendship or
relationship. Hairy
chest a plus. Call
707-553-9242 or
write Ray, POBox
962 EI Cerrito, CA
94530 safe sex
only.
BIG DADDVTOP
GBM4O,5'11",
205Ibs., seeks a Big
Daddy TOp. No
drugs, smokers.
Stache a+. Race
unimportant I am
fun, exciting, highstandards & unique.
Sense of humor a
mustl POB 400073,,
Bklyn, NY 112400073
HOME FOR 10"
GWM 50 wants little
chicken 18119 withx-big, uncut cock forlive-In lover. Send
your nude photo for
reply. W. White
1905 Wilson #2A
Chicago, IL 60640
RUABODVBUILDER?

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I'm 6'11" #170
athletic, 23 yrs st8
acting, vrygdlklng.
~n shape. Brlbr. Not
Into Gay scene.
Looking formuscular GWM forvery discreet rei.
Write Jay P.O. Box
1834, Rosemead
CA91nO.
GWM, 47, ITAL,
5'10",
170#,
prof, stght appearIng, sensitive, sks
ynger to share qual.
reI. Must bee
outgoing, sincere,
mature with senseof humor. Gino,
131-1 Country ClubDr, Union, NJ
07083.
GBM
lnexp., 22, 5'7",
1551bs, avg. Ikg.,
sks masc GMbtm,
18-25, slim or
medium bit, avg
Ikng or better forsate, discreet times
bgn w friendship.
Snd photo/ph to J_
Scott, 217 E 86th,
Suite 205, NY Ny
10028_ Photo will
be returned.

QUALITVMANSEEKS SAME
for friendship & lots
SS. Ego's &Hamptons. Masc,ripe, affect. Bx 871
Sag Harbor, NY
11963
ATTN: BEARLOVERS
I'm a bearded,husky, somewhat
hairy 40 yr. oldclean & sober nonsmoking eearwith
earl KS. 5'9", "versatile and a born
cuddler, I'm seeking
a man,of ANY racewith HIV, ARC, or
AIDS who is liberal,
affectionate, horny
and as unafraid of
AIDS as I am. Let's
cuddle, make love,
and watch "TwinPeaks" together. If
Interested In
exploring thepossibilities, write toMichael Drennon,
1330 Bush St #7F,

SF CA 94109-5660.
GWM, 28, SANDY
HAIR,
Blue eyes, 5'2",
1251bs.seeking
attractive unlnfected
guy for a warm,
honest, and sincere
relationship. Photohelpful b.ut notrequired. Pleasewrite to : Richard,
P.O box 4642, Eastlansing, MI 48826.
HEY WEST COAST
BEARSI
6'1", 215 Ibs., 45 yr.
old enema bear willclean out your buttwith warm soapy
water from rny
sturdy, red rubber
enema bag. 'Yeah ...stand therewith three quarts
slosh'n In yo belly
and I'll rub it
slow'n'easy. Hoser,
POBox 421791 ,San Francisco, CA
94142-1791
HIV-, FURRY
PANDA
Hairy, bearded, 6'4"
200 Ibs, blue-eYedbear. Enjoys goodold fashioned
touching, playing,
JO jusst fine. On
the prowl for otherfurry bears,
preferably inSouthern California,
to nibble, cuddle,
and be affectionate
with howeverl
wherever we are. If
you're like me, weneed to bel Drop allnel Drop a line to
Mr. Chuck, #101,
5009 Woodman
Ave. Sherman
Oaks, CA 91423
HEYWISEGUYSIErudite passive
stallions tum on thisvery hot BM (6',1751bs,30's)
looking forstimulating
encounters withhomy smarjasses.
P.O. Box 786 NY
10026 Photo/phone.
NAl10NWIDE
Somewhere, there's
a young (18-28)

mature gay guy
seeking a permanent, monogamous
relationship with asea.tre, older whitemale who will give
him the love andsea.tr1ty he wants
and not be dumped
at eh drop of thenext pair of jockey
shorts the comes
down the pike. Am
tired of playing
bullshit with aseries of con artists
who think theirhead games are
original and theircock. Is the key tofinancial security.
Am gay, 49, 6'1 11
2",220., bmlbm,
average looks,
hairy, husky,
mustache, ~employed bus!nessowner. Am kind,understarl!:llng,
honest, sincere,and value a true
relationship. Lost
my lover In an auto
accident a few
years back so, so
although alone, notlonely, just looking
for someone toshare a home,business, and ME.
No ferns, fats,druggles, street
runners, a.tltlJred orcollege types. I'drather you bea highschool drop out
than an egghead,someone who'
appreciates a,chance at love andsea.trity. If thl.ssounds like you,rush me a letter andphoto to let meknow you exist. If
we decide tog~t
together, I'll takecare of yourrelocation. Chuck,
6539 Heather
Court, Harrisburg,
Penna. 17112
SEEKS MASSIVECALVES
Seek GWM withmassive calves.
Age and body type
unimportant. POB
2874, Southampton, NY 11968.
NICEGUVWANTEDGWM 48 6'9",165
Ibs, btlbr, average
looks, enjoys arts,
theatre, nature
friendship!
relationship. POB
1248, Union, NJ
07083-9998••

I HAVE GREATTASTE ...
and so do you.
That's why we'll getalong. Our firstdate, you'll say how
much YOU'd like tokiss me ...and ofcourse, we'll kiss,
etc. I'm a 23 y.o.
queer, just back. in
NY, great tightbody, fine face,
mind, humor. Senda picture and 3
reasons why I
should respond.
Outweek Box 3493
NEW FRIENDS
WM, 35, 6'1", 185,
handsome,
masculine, wor1<sout, and sincere.
Career-oriented
business professional, but hot &creative; humorous,
problng,and
supportive. Seeks
similar very tall guy
for explosive action,
intense friendship,
and/or caring, longterm relationship.
Call Art, btwn 8pm12mld, at (212)675-7352.

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energized by creative arts i.e., painting, Broadway, music-but rather byactivismcurrently, AIDS activism.
Corporate leaders know it and are on
the brink of becoming activists.
Night Without Light is a subtle
form of activism on the part of thesebuilding owners: It is not a charity ballthat they independently attend to raise
funds for an organization but, rather, acooperative statement which will beheard across the country and by theircorporate peers. This event will be acatalyst for the corporate communities
to start lobbying, pressuring federal
offices and making larger donations to
AIDS service providers. Let's not forget,that Leona is going to turn off the red,white and blue of the Empire State
Building .for 15 minutes for the men,
women and children who are dying
because of government inaction, thesame lights that she vowed to keep on
until the hostages are freed.
Due to the' enormous growth of
Day Without Art over the past year,
next year we can expect a tremendous
response for Day Without Art 1991.
We can expect the scale and impact ofNight Without Light to extend beyond
Manhattan to the rest of America,
where AIDS education is desperately
needed through the cooperation ofcreative and corporate leaders. Day
Without Art has the potential
tobecome a national grass-roots event ofsorts Oike Earth Day?), a way of educating the public and forcing them toaddressthe classism, 'racism, sexism' ,,and homophobia that have propelled
this disease into a social crisis. This
event will not remain a one-day event
If ther~ is involvement from the community; Arm yourself with informationand participate in events around thecountry on Dec. 1. Tell the organizations ·involvedthat cooperation
between artists, arts organizations and
AIDS service organizations will continue. to take place throughout the year.
'We must not let this nationwide. activism tum Into a movie of the weekor flavor of the month. ~Alexander Gray is an administra- 'tor for Visual. AIDS. He. is also active
In the National Campaign for Freedom of Expresston and its efforts concerning the National Endowment for
the Arts.

way for them to deal with it. On theother hand, the artist will eventually get
inflamed, but the bureaucrats neverwill. That's why I'm glad to bean artist
who's running a place, so that I canidentify with both sides.
PM: Is the NEA itself worth saving?
MW: We'll see how the destructionof the peer panel goes. I've spoken tosome of the lay people they've put on
the panels, and they're, all wonderful.
I'm worried, though, because the job of
the artist is to break: molds, and the jobof the lay people in that situation is topreserve the status quo.
PM: You know a lot of artists at all
different points- in their careers. I've
always found artists remarkably apolitical,
MW: I've never admired the artists
who are apolitical. The media of publishing, installation art, perfonnance art
are media that engage with the realworld, and even If it never changes thereal world, it tries. Whereas painting
and sculpture are often the choice ofthe more introspective artists. You don't.
have to talk to anyone but the canvas.
At the same time, I've come acrossmany, many painters and sculptors whoare politically engaged, so I think it
comes down to the individual.
PM: Do you think perfonnance isstill a vital art form?
MW: My answer to that is, "Look atwhich fonns are under attack-the newforms of photography
and perfor-_mance." David Salle is not under attack,and he's doing stuff that's just as erotic,
but it's a painting. Painting's beenaround for 30,000 years. People areunnerved by the fad ti~at there's an:actual body which is being smeared,
with chocolate, and that it's real urine,on that crucifix. It's too real somehow,
Performance is not at all dead. It's justgetting started.
PM: Also performancedoesn't,haveamarket.
David
S~edoesn't
give,
a shit If he gets a grant.
MW: Yes, but there also wasn't amarket for Jenny Holzer when Franklin
Furnace showed her ten years ago;" ,That's our job-to launch ideas thatwill later become successful. We alsopresented Barbara Kruger and Eric
Bogosian, and now all these people areon the board. Luckily they're still interested in Franklin Furnace and whether
the next generation gets a chance. I try

to keep the artists who,i)ave comethrough Franklin FUnlac~'lDvolved' in .. . J. ••some way.
<,~,
PM: When perlorIDance got a litde less media attention and happened
in rawer spaces, it was more exciting
for me.
MW: You're absolutely right. But
the goal of all performance artists is toplay BAM. It's just the way it is. The
goal of all painters is to show at Castelli.
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There has to be some kind of hierarchical Zeitgeist in every field. Perfonnance'" 'is never better, in a huge place, andthat's why-if performers are driven backto smaller spaces by this whole thing, it '~,won't . hurt thefield.
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PM: Franklin
Furnaceis so '"
important because you give complete'•,.
unknowns a chance. Why has performance, become so cliquish in who'.
gets boOked?
MW: It's a real problem. When
you're trying to start, who is going to',give you a gig? You're never going to 'get a huge audience for an unknown artist, but they need to Perform to growand get the' next booking, even if it's for
one person. There are a lot of reasons
why it's hard to get booked. There's a , 'lot of sexism, Some people also let their•marketing plans and goals for the insti-, ,.',tution determine who they show.
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PM: Do you want to talk a~ all
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about
the
Guerilla
Girls?
[The
Guerilla.
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Girls are an anonymous ,group of
women whose mission is to expose ,"~.:,~
sexism, racism ,and homophobia in the, .".•,"~
art world. Their primary mode of opera' -,tion is street postering and appearances' .' . '; •in their trademark guerilla masks.] .,.... • ":MW: Yes, even though I'm not a
Guerilla Girl. They're an anonymous' ',' ,~,group which has used me as their pub-' , , ':lic contact. I understand that Mary .' .. ",Boone hates my guts because of my . .,involvement with them, but that's OK.
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It's an important political comitment. '. ,-.' ,. PM: How can people support"" "!'Franklin Furnace?
MW: People can offer their services _'", and ·skills., P~ople can offer whatever:,.
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9. Threaten
10. Bit player in Making Love
11. Jai __15

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33. Flowers' place
34. Plaything
36. Poisonous snake
38. On the qui vtve
39. Mr. Danson
42. Indigent
43. Observe
46. Use scissors
49. Came out
51. Vtm
53. Giants

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5. Clan emblem
10. Poke
13. Build•
15. Sheeplike
16.Corrida cheer
17. Staircase co-star
19. Haberdashery item
20. Roman road
21. Golfer Palmer
23. Summer drink
25.. Spirit
28, Heel
29. Ms. Sills, for one. 31. Dennis or Doris
32, Ratite bird
33, Deprived (of)35. A Gershwin
37. Ella's spec;ialty
40. BPOE' member
41. Like some dancers
44. Pub quaff
45. Cotillion sights
47. "It Had to Be"
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48. Took a look
50. Washington's bill
52. Table scrap
54. Arab prince
55. Card game
56. Publisher Ogden
58. Superlative ending
59. Cabernet or concord
61. Saline droplet
63.' Broadcast
64. Bent star
71. Aged
72. Wood quality
73. Lure
74. Confederate general
75. Puppy's cries
76. Over

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14. Make lace
18. Family memo
22. Zodiac creatures
23. An Astaire
24, Star of The Damned
26. Disappointment

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Reading __60. Upset
62. Total
65. Anger
66. Coolidge, to friends
67. Up on
68. Author Umberto
69. Young Reagan
70. Part of a hurricane
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