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ForCed Testing MarChes On,'-" i'•," ' The Ne~ Jersey Medical Society's recent call for manrla,.',~oryHIV-testing of all New' Jersey hospital patients showsl,how quickly some have' tumbled down the slippery slope of.testing panic ~ince reports appeared of a Florida dentist who
i po~sibly infected three of his patients with HIY. But what was
trUe before
the Florida case is still true: All attempts to slowq,.
the spread of HIV through forced testing not only are
Q9~m'ed to failure but will ultimately worsen' the epidemic,
for several reasons.
,; '. Fµ'st, because of the stigma associated with AIDS, manda,.torr-testing schemes drive people away from situations where:forced te~ting occurs. Witness the Illinois law mandating HIY:tests for marriage licenSes, which simply sent thousands of~llc~nse-seekers
to neighboring states. .The effects of forced,.
'hosp~tal testing will be far worse'than a romantic; drive across,,'state lines, however, literally driving people away from hospi'-'tals and thus adequate health care. The result would be whol.;1yunneccessary illness and loss of life.
,:' , Second, mandatory testing would create a false, and fatal,,s~:Dseof security among health-care workers. According to theforced~testing rationale, the "universal precautions" which 'cur,rently. protect health-care workers from infection could be:,reiaxed C?ncehospitals know who is, and who is not, mY-pos. it,iye. Indeed, such relaxation is the whole point of forced test, ina. But the HIY test is notoriously unreliable, with some studt iea' shov.i-ingthat up' to 30 percent· of HIV-positive people test.~.
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negative. Thus, any relaxation of the universal precautions."based 9~ inaccurate tests would inevitably expose health-care'r<Q~kers to a far higher risk of infection than they face today.
, 'Third, mandatory HIY-testing would cost billions annually. In the current budgetarY climate, such a program would
be financed from existing resources, meaning that pointless,,;IIIY'testswould steal funds from other, useful programs ..
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Finally, forced testing implicitly invites, and even encour',ages,inferior treatment for mY;..positive people. Establishing'" ","
a testingprogram based on irrational fear gives encourage"roenttohea\thworkers
inclined to '. operate on that emotion,.,',of. ~1l91.lithere are unfortunately manY.. And along with dis:f,rimination,arid ~ollateral exposure inevitable if test resultS"'~~ widely disseminated in hospitals, which is a neccessity if"tµey're to be of any ·use"-would
come cumbersome and, ";qq:w6rkable admini~trative procedures, lawsuits, malpracticesuits and skyrocketing insurance rates for hospitals:;', . In. thtf face of all this, those whqfavor forced tes~ing.9f{er no~hing but irrationality, emotionalism, "AIDShysteria:!1n'd veiled homophobia. Yet they're make gains nearly:every day, of which the New Jersey policy is but the latest,
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, complaint brought before the
I would like to point ollt to
Human Rights Commission by a some of the younger women who
may not have been around several
I have, over the years, heard straight man who was permitted
gay women object to gay and/or into Crazy Nanny's (initially brought years ago that the Duchess wasstraight men being permitted into in by a 'I1i woman) and has been shut down for discriminating
coming on a regular basis by him- against men. You probably want to
gay women's bars, a complaint
self: On several occasions, he know why some gay'men's bars
sometimes made against me.
I am the sole owner of Crazy became annoying to some of OIJr can run exclusively for men andNanny's and was the owner of the female customers. We spoke to . YIrry they are not cloSed for cflSClimCubbyhole, which is now closed. him about his behavior, and, upon inating against women. Perhaps
Prior to that, I created and managed Bonnie & Clyde's. This rep- ,resents approximately 20 years of
BY ANDREA ""lAUE
STONEWAll~/OTS
experience in gay businesses. My, policy has always been to run a. space for both gay men andwomen. Because these spaces
were obviously women-owned
and -managed, they attracted
mostly women. Welcoming gay
men to my establishment nevertheless continiJes to be my policy.
Places that allow lesbians to" come to their space one night per
week for a special "women'snight~only" evening don't want
gay women in the same place theother six nights of the week. Such
. events, which are happening
more and more frequently, arestrongly supported by the lesbiancommunity with little thought-""FE ON WIFC"
given to why they want you there
only one night per week, usually/4'-..( "If"on an off-night or at a location inM"" •...,.~an unsafe area, making it difficult
to attract any other clientele. As
the economy worsens, more of,these places" invariably straight,.
owned, look to improve theira third warning, he was told he _because women are themselves
business. Suddenly lesbians' ,was no longer allowed back. He discrimnated against SO often, they
become a very attractive clientele, immedia1ely filed a complaint with are reIucIant 10 bring such Charges
and the lesbian, carpet is rolled the HII1lan Rights".
I, against someone else, especiallyollt another night, another time, of COIJrse,have to deal with this another gay person, regar:dless ofthe validity of those charges.
another place. Meanwhile, the toll matter. Because Of my long-term
About the bathrooms-I
these one-night-per-week places commitment and investment, I
takes on gay businesses that cannot easily leave my space and agree. Please'guys, pllt the seats
have committed themselves to reappear elsewhere. This will more down.
Elaine Romagnoli
being open every night of the than likely cost me not only valuCrazy Nanny's
week becomes increasingly high.
able time but considerable funds
Manhattan
I am currently dealing with a as well.
SPACECONSIDERATIONSROLE REVERSAL
Dear R.R. Brooklyn and Shel-ley Manhattan,
Irs wrong when gay men are
rude to lesbians, but the samegoes for the reverse. '1hey" justlove to Seeus fighting among ourselves, wasting time- "they" being
the part of society (a major part)who treat us all like freaks. Grow
upl Act like ladies, and maybe
we'll act like gentlemen in retu11l.
OK, is that politically correct?
I've had lesbians as friends
since coming out in the '60s';
going to the Eighth Wonder
wasn't any different in attitudes
toward men than the Cubbyhole,and it was, mixed, straight couples and lesbians (we discovered
it when we were in high school).
There are many more importantt~ings for us 'to, deal with. Together, we have a better chanceof accomplishing them.
Women should spend mo're
money when they're out, andmaybe more "wom~n's-onlyplaces" would have an opportunity of surviving. AND GET ASENSE OF HUMOR.
Name Wtlhheld
Manhattan
VICTORY'ON THE AIR...

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Congratulations
to OutWeek on their coverage of the
Channel 13 pledge boycott victory by queers.
The "Outspoken" column[no. 97, M~y 8] was right on themoney in recognizing the "Queer
Empowerment" generated by
the boycott, and the strides
Channel 13 has made in ,lesbian
and gay coverage.
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As a member of Queer
Nation's Channel 13 working
group from its inception, I canhonestly say that the group••

attracted highly motivated and tive, a story of 11 men and aIity.I'm sick ofit,W~ the Outcommitted members. During the women with HIV disease. Almost WB6k editor's approval, I suggest
summer and fall of 1990, we set every other PBS station across ,that readers be prompted tQ'
up a table on Sheridan Square the country has deCided to air the phone-zap/writelfax'the networb
which generated Over 4,000 Iet- ' program. Channel13's program- ,demanding. favorable, realistic
ters maile,d to Channel 13, information department informed representation, ideally during thedemanding weekly multiculturalme that the station does not have sweeps period. Television is,
Lesbian and Gay Community
it scheduled for June,18, nor any omnipotent with regards to the
Affairs programing, and openly other time. We should start a dissemination of information andqueer'representation
on 13's phone and letter campaign
the fonnation of public opinion.
Community Advisory Boards.
demanding the station to air this With so much misinformation
On Oct. 18; 1990, Queer very important program. 'and misrepresentation
being
Nation kicked off their pledge
Rnaily, I believe 13's press broadcast,.we have no Chanceof
boycott with a demonstration of release about, Out in America
being understood.
Queer Nationals at 13's executive means very little unless we activeStephen 80m
board meeting. By Nov. 16, a Iy get involved in.the marketing of
Manhattan
coalition had been formed which this potentiaJ series. Otherwise, it,
now includes 21 lesbian and gay will collect.dust with the hundreds
SETTING THE
organizations.
of other program proposals theRECORD QUEEROn Dec. 19, Queer Nationals station has sitting on their shelves
With referenceto your article
conducted a major disruption at that never get funded, all due to [no. 97, May 8] on the end of the
Channel 13's board of trustees ;severaJ lethargic markeling dirac:. gay and lesbian community's
meeting, presenting our com- tors at the station. We must stay 1pledge boycott against WNET, I
plaints and demands. By the time on top of theml . ,.GLAADIM' believesthat the imporwe left, Channel 13's top-level
And one last note, many 1ant wolf< done ,by Queer Nation's
executives [Baker, Miles, NOriega , thanks to 'your good magazine for Channel1~ Working Group should
and Chancey] produced greater keeping these importaJit issues not go unacknowledged.
, " queer v,isibility on WNET's air up-frontll'm a faithful readerl
In fact, it was largely Queer
waves and 13's press, release
Brian Rose Nation's efforts that led to theannouncement of the new weekly.
Minhattan formation of the broad-based
program, Out in America.
"~ coalition, including GLAAo, that
All of the coaIitionorgani12SWEEPS CREEPS
ultimately successfully pressured
tions deseM credit for their work "I'm horrified at the amount WNET tQ develop the pilot proand participation in achieving this of bashing that I (we) have sus- gram, Out in America. Queer
victory. Special reCOgnition and tained this ~k (April29-May 5) Nation also maintained and, thanks to Ray Dries, a Queer on network television. Ifs obYi- updated the factsheet that was
National who at times seems to Ously SW88ps-week again. All the used by all coalition organiza'be in many places simultaneous- t,dk shows are parading their tions for informing their memIy-coordinating
the many ac- ' most ratings-grabbing topics ad bers about the campaign and,tions needed for the coalition to nauseum. And yOU can be sure ultimately, by reporters writingthat homosexuality, the last on the pledge boycott. ,obtain its goal.
This win belongs to the taboo, figu", as a ratings boostGLAAD is pleased that theentire community and should be er. And we get gay men who Seek coalition's work is paying off andremembered in the future as we sex with straight men on Joan' looks forward to working withattempt to continue to fightRivers. transsexuals who are also Queer Nation and Other commu-,
homophobia and homo-hatred.
gay on Donahue and multiple gay . nity groups monitoring WNET
We are pleased for the moment, siblings on Opflh Winfrey.
and holding it to its promises in
but we will be watching.
Oprah was the most egre- the upcoming months.
Charles Montalbano
gious, inciting mayhem by plantKarin S. Schwartz, Evar, Wolfsonf,Manhatlan
ing the most radical, hot-headed 'qlMDfringe element of "straight cul-,•••MAYBE 'ture" in the audience. The shoW,DUMP CAA
Regarding your editorial
furthered the cause of hate by, An open letter ·to Todd
"Victory, for now, at 13"[no. 97, ' allowing the emotional tenor to ( Haynes:,
May 8], I think we need to look a get out of control; /a Morton
It is wonderful that your -.
work has received such acclaim.
little closer at what's going on at DoWney Jr.
the station.
. Gay-related topics invariably POison is startling and unique ..
For example, PBS will broa- get lost or confused when bigots The Wildmon attacks are justcast nationally on June 18th, a take the stand with their ignorant, thoms in your side. Don't let it
program entitled Absolutely Pqsi-, hateful opposition to homosexu- get at you.
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I'1 am, however, mortified
aueer writers mus~ write ,,'KEEP T",OSE 'LETTERS COMING· 'that'You would be signing on as about queers who have enricheda client of the rabidly homopho- 'or !nfluencedsociety, fags-to,Lastsummer, the American
bictalent agency CreatiVl!"Artists riches kinds of stories. It only Library Association's Gay,andAgehcy-CAA. Becauseyou may 'takes one queer best-seller.Then Lesbian Task Force, or GLTF,
not be aware, I'd like to let you Hollywood will follow, chanting 'began a campaign to pressure
knOw1hat,in the past, ~ man- their favorite mantra, "Money, the H. W. Wilson Company to'agementhas "removed" any Money, Moneyl"
index gay and lesbian-publicagays and, le,sbians they've sus,Keep the, heaton, and tions in their Reader's Guide topected or found out. They did a renew my subs'cription to Out- Periodical1iterature, the most·heavily used, subject index tovery slick thing. They found us Weekfor anotheryear.
other jobs at other companies.
Charles Merrill 'popular magazine articles. WiIHow nice 6f them. When an 'WestHol/ywood
son officials refused to respondassistant wound up in an affair •'with a bisexual (albeit high-ranking) boss at CM, they found hima job as literary agent for anotherfirm--in NYCI 'Shadesof Siberial, My point is that you; a truly, gifted, openly gay filmmaker,
shouldn't be doing business withthese'monsters. Forget Joel
Schumacher, John Shlesinger.
They either aren't aware, or, at
this stage, the big buck is all thatthey care about.
, We,are struggling to change
the anti-gay, anti-lesbian attitudes pervasive in the Hollywood
industry. Please help us by notsigning With the CM.
Bill Anderson
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Trina King's respo(lse ("letters," no. 97, ~ 8) to my earlier
letter is uninformed on 'several, ,accounts. Unbeknownst.to her,
GLT,Fhas "bothered to contact" 'the producers of 'The Reader'S
Guide. George Lewicky, Wilson's
vice-president of indexing and
Ms. King's boss, conceded tomeet with me and several other
GLTFmembers ~t the librarian's
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Arts 'Editor Sarah Pettit responds: A re-read of Haynes' comments [no. 94, April 17] makes it
clear that the filmmaker suggested no such thing. He was, in fact,joking that a CAA agent would
boast about Signing Haynes without his knowledge of the deal.
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While it may be true that the
only meaningful culture to comeout of Hollywood these days ispeeker cheese and vaginal yeast,
homophobic New Yor1tmajor pub.nshinghoos~ are just as guilty in
not gMng us queers a break.
Loudmouth spokesqueers,such as Fran Leibowitz and(yawn) Edward Albee, have, thrown cold water on the heat of .
queer liberation. Unfortunately,
constipatededitors listen to these, ,fuck-wits.
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explained that every Wilson index
6xc6pt Th6 R6ader's Guide isreviewed regular1y by an advisory
panel of librarians who "factor in"to their review a partial return oflibrary~subscriber surveys. The
Read,,'s, Guide, however, isunique in that iUs revieWedexclusively by Wilson Company officials' on an unannounced, irregular basis. No survey is used at all.
LaS\ March, Wilson execs added
19 new titles to The Reader's
Gui~oewere gay or lesbian.
So far, Wilson's policy has
permitted inclusion of only one
gaY and lesbia'n periOdical, The, Journal of Homosexuality, in only
one of a slew of indexes produced by the company. Trina
King, an indexer for Wilson's
Social Sciences Index, thinks
that's good enough. ( The Journal
Homosexuality, included inover 30 different indexes,is theworld's most tokenized gay andlesbian periodical.) When I called

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gay and lesbian periodicals The
Journal of Homosexuality and
OutWeefc. As her response indicates, indexers and librarians canbe painfully ignorant of thebreadth and variety of the gay
and lesbian press. ' As a result,most gay and lesbian periodicals
and grass-roots AIDSIHIV publications, including BLK, The Body
Positive, Gay Community News,
The Lesbian NeWs, Outlines and
OutWeek, are excluded frommainstream
indexes. Thismarginalizes the gay and lesbianpress, hiding it from students,
doctors, writers and researctfers.
From March 1990 throughMarch 1991, The Reader's
Guide's most heavily citedsources under "homosexuality"(Wilson refuses to use the term"gay" as a heading) , is Newsweek, The Nation and William F.
Buckley's National Review.
Something is wrong with The

Reader's Guide, and it's up to theWilsOn Company to fiX it
Every librarian knows thatmagazines cited in popular indexes are likely to be used more regularly than unindexed ones.
Libraries are less compelled tosubscribe to unindexed periodi'cals. Librarians must be pressured to acquire unindexed gay
and lesbian titles as well, but
King is naive to insist that, if thisis accomplished, the Wilsoncompany will b~ "happy to provide indexing." The RLiNand
OCLC library networks indicatethat both The Advocate and Gay
Community News' are held bymore libraries than several periodicals indexed in The Reader's
Guide, including Buzzwom7, The
Family Handyman, Men's Healthand Skeptical Inquirer.
Call, or write to, the H. W.
Wilson Company. Tell them toend their exclusion of the gay
and lesbian press .. Contact: Leo

Weins, President, H. W. Wilson
Company, 950 Univ~rsity Ave.,
Bronx, NY10452. Phone: 1-800-

367-6770.

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Polly Thislethwaite
ALA Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Manhattan

LIBRARY SCIENCE
As a librarian, I feel I muSt
respond to Trina E. King's letter[no. 96, May 1] responding to
Polly Thistlethwaite's plea for thecommunity to ask the H. W. Wilson Oompany to index lesbian
and gay periodicals.
Ms. King asserts that the H.
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FRANCISCO-Two weeks of,extra-noisy demonstrations, mass arrests'and angry confrontations during the ftlm- ing ,of Basic Instinct has made the issueof how queers are treated in films a" national news story.
The film, whiCh has been severely
criticized for its characterization of les-"oians and bisexual women, has been
filming on location in San Francisco. The
script's three main women characters arereportedly all killers, and the violence isostensibly motivated'by
their gay orbisexual preferences. All the gay cilaracters also reportedly end up dead.
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was also arreSted'for. allegedly assaulting
executive director of the La; Angeles chap~ of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against , a photographer and a writer for the local'
gay press.
Defamation. "Hollywood has shown itself"It is unfortunate , to know that a 'nearly incapablt; of depicting realistic gay
movie is being filmed in, which people
characters," he said, "They are starting to
who are often the victims of violence ~e
sec we are serious. nportrayed as the perpetratt')rs of viO"It is rare when the mainstream
lence," said San Francisco Mayor Art
media will make time to discuss ourAgnos.
"I hope that·a . peaceful public..issues,n noted Jonathan 'Katz, a member of.
,outay in response to this movie helps toQueer Nation here.
educate the public and the film industry
Attention has been drawn to Basic
about the lack of positive Hollywood
Instinct through a series of almost daily
depictions ofgays and, lesbians.·
confrontations between Queer Nation.
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He added, "If a film,company wants
activists and the producers of the film.
to come ix)to our city and make a movie
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Verhoeven, and star Michael Douglas, tomake sweeping changes in his own
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may have been prompted by a meeting
between gay community activi$ts, andproducers held just hours before shooting was to begin. FSzterhas said that heproposed the revisions because they,"reflect a sensitMty to many of the concerns expressed by gay C<.?mmunityleaders at our meeting in San Francisco."
But Marshall, VerQoeven and Dou~glas rejected the changes, saying that they
were all "in agreement that those changes
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the integrity of the picture itself."
Queer Nationals re$pOnded dramatically to the filmmakers through a showof force ,almost every night of filming.
Production company spokespersons
charged that anonymous vandals successfully damaged high-power circuits,
whiCh, they said, caused filming delays,
and that several sets.were damaged bybuckets of "ted paint. At one location,
buckets of paint were apparently
dumped from an overhead bridge on theside of a building.
iu another location where a chasescene was being filmed, protesters
gained access when a sympathetic resident, who lived directly in front of where
cameras were IX>Sitioned,threw a birthday party for the activists. Several dozen
police and a battery- of film company
lawyers watchedin shock as dozens of,queer nationals screamed, "We're here,
we're queer, and we're going to a party," ,as they made their way past cameras and
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openly gay legislator, Deborah Glick repr~,nts not just ,the constituents of her
ciJsttict of Lower Manhattan, but theeQtire ,le.sbian ,~d gay community of
New :rork Most have ~gh expectationsof this outspoken Democratic politico,
who made a spectacular entry into elec•
toral politics last year when she scored a~hopping 73 percent of the vote in theState .A.ssePililygeneral election.
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perfonnat:lce was p~edby
an equ~lyimpressive
showing in the
primary election, held last September,whe{e Glick took 43 percent of the votein' a fiye-way race. A sitting member of\:f;1e,Asseml?ly only since the beginningof January, Glick believes t/lat "the jwy is
still out" on her perfonnance so far. But
she is,very a~that she is being closely. ~tiillzed,by qer constituency; whichsh~belieVes Includes all the lesbian and~y 'peoplcr.in the state.i,, .
.;. ~g .. the first openly gay legislatorin N~ ,York,has made her something ofa symboi for the community. "At least
FROM GREENWICH VILlAGE TO
ofthe,memJ?ers are very clear about
AIlJANY-Deborah Glick at the March onthe,fact tI;latfm openly gay," Glick~said.
Albany,"i'm a feminist, I'm here because I'm
sents the view of the majority of her contalking about health care, I'm talking
about . .'.
·on. They-know I'm anstituents. "I was very clear about where I
environmentalist-I'm
this, I'm that. So
stood," she said "I felt that' people hacl
they don't see me as having only one
an absolute right to know what I
agenda, one piece of legislation, and.if it
believed, even on some local issues thatpassed, I could go away and never have
I might not be impacting directly,
anything else to say. People are ~ery , because it fleshed out for them who I
was as a person.".
clear that I'm fairly opinionated, and, if,there is anything up for discussion, I'm; ,So far, it seems to be working. It isgoing to be inVolved in that"', difficult to find anyone judging her otherNot one to mince words, Glick is "wise. In fact, the response from commuforthright about where she stands onnity big-wigs has been wholly positive.
numberofissuesandh~rr~l~"~:,!lBill
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Glick believes that she is also fairly
well liked by her,politia¥ peers. "Theseare politicians who believe that if you
got elected by the people in your district,you're now one of the members of the'Legislature. Now, these are also people
who you would not necessarily want to 'play poker with, because the face isthere, and you don't necessarily know 'what'sbehind it," she quipped.
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me, and I would never know it. I haveexperienced little ways in which oth~people are not so cool about it. It comesout in funny, little ways."i
She does receive occasional hate ';mail relating to her being a lesbian, lwhich "gets put in a certain box."', Although lesbianism is a part of thereason that she entered politics, it was
scarcely the whole. "I ran for election
because I was pissed off-but,youknow, I feel as though rve been in poli- 'tics for 20 years, based on my being anactivist for that long."
The former president of Gay and'Lesbian 'Independent Democrats, she, believes that there are skills that aretransferrable from issue-oriented to electoralpolitics. At any rate, the transition
has been slight in terms of her focus. She
is making the same noises, but from adifferent vantage point.
In just more than four months inoffice, she has been working on the same
issues that she has for years been championing. She has introduced legislation that
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lesbians and theirsupporters, nearly 1,000 strong, turned thestate capital into a hotbed of activism last
week during the second annual "Marchon Albany" weekend
The weekend's events, sponsored by
the Empire State Pride Agenda, the
ALBANY-Gays,

that a group eX four ydIed anti-gay slogans
and then pr-oa!eded to chase and hurl bottles at them. Qlpitol police said that noarresIS were made.
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The weekend's events did serve topersuade SOll)e legislators to ~out ofcommittee the gay civil rights bill and thehate aimes bill, which have been stalled•

BURN, BABY, ~URN-Queer Nation and RalphMarino at the Capitol.,,,statewide rights lobbying group, culminat- 'ed in a Sunday afternoon march from
Washington Park to Qlpital Park in d0wntown Albany, where performance artist
Holly Hughes emceed a two-hour rally.
Hughes also gave a benefit ---&the £ollowing evening, with proceeds
going to support the Pride Agenda.
Democratic State Assemblywoman
Deborah Glick of Manhattan, the first open_ I
ly lesbian or gay state legislator, speaking to
Sunday's cheering crowd, exclaimed:"We're not here for the approval of ourlifestyle by any ci thase on the Senate Or
Assembly. We don't need them to condone
our lifestyle; we don't care. We just want
our rights. We don't want to be beaten in
the 5treets just because eX who we are."But even as she spoke that afternoon,
two marchers reported being chased andassaulted with beer bottles and rocks just a
few blocks from the rally. Damon Yoe, ofSaratoga Springs, and Patrick Pettis, of
NISkayuna, told the Albany TImes Union

in the Senate Codes Committee ,for years
now, according to Pride Agenda Chair
Libby Post.
Queer Nation made its first appearance in Albany this weekend, carrying aneffigy of Senate~Majority Leader Ralph
Marino, viruch they sent up in flames atthe post-march rally, chanting"Fecl theheat, Marino." Marino, a Long Island senator, heads the Senate Codes Committee.
"Marino made promises to support
this bill, but he's let it be tabled for years. ,We think of him as the 'Grand Wa.ard ofhate aimiilaIs,'" said Dave Fleck, a member of Queer Nation, expIalnlngwhY die
dummy was dressed with a KKK mask.
About 50 of the marchers stayed in
Albany the fOllowing Monday and ~day to lobby their own.
forthese bills and other gay-related legisla-'tion, including a domestic partnership bill'
introduced by Glick and several proposed
laws dealing with AIDS.
, Glick noted that the legis1ators "don't
expect this in Albmy. They don't reaIi2le the 'extent of the gay community here in
Albany and in their L - .. +----"
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Dick Dadey called the enJire weekend"extremeIy empowering. It makes people
believe that they can make a ~."The weekend kicked off with a 'by ACf UP in froot eX the
New Yak Slate'ofServices headquarters in protest of thehealth care inmates receive in New Yorlc
state. About 150
form ACr
UP dlaptersaround the state mudled fatwo lnus, amyiog ~whkh urged fordeanworlcs, coodom and denta1~dari,bution in prl$:lns and fumily visiIs for pisoners with AIIl5. The life expec:tancy eX a prisooefs with AIDS in New Yak & ooe-haIf toooe-third eX that eX a pe!SCll Mil AIDS outside eX pri.Dl, according to ACf UP. T-v 2" ~_~•

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events apparendy related to the harassment have been, occuning.
Activist Tracy Morgan traceS her firstexperit:nee with the phooe calls back to
December, when, in quicl!:succession, aphotograph of Morgan and her lover,taken inside St Patrick's during ACf UP's
first anniversary "Stop the Church"

NEW YORK-Morethan a half
dozen women withiIl ~Gr UP are being
subjected to persistent harassment andintimidatidn, leading many people within
the organization' to speculate that ACf
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Then, in late Febroaiy, the day after
Morgan participated in a national net, work of ACf UP women agreeing to..seek a six-month moratorium for discussing women-and-AIDS' issues with'government officials, someone called her
wOrkplace demanding to !m'Ow'if Mor-.gan's ~workers!m~that she:is a lesbUIn. He also asked for the address 'Of
her employer, which the ffieSsage-taker
did not divulge. "I was really unnerved
about that, and I realized this is' a little
more serious," Morgan explained. 'In early March, the eerie incidents-including
a confrontation
between Morgan and Dorow and a man
they had never seen before who insisted
there was a lesbian and gay demonstra- ~tion about women and AIDS happening E
nearby, which they subsequently discov- $ered was taking place only in the imagi- ~nation of .the ~-became more ~,frequent, and yet another form of harass- ~ing phone Call was introduced'.§
AIDS activist Jane Auerbach, who ~has been active in ACf UP's needle- ~exchange project and with women-andAIDS issues" was the first recipi~ of the
new type eX call, the three-way hook~up.
Throughout the evening, Auerbach had
been answering her phone only to findthat she was connected to a recorded
phone~sex line. Then, she related:~About 12:45 am, I was awoken by thephone. [It was] Tracy, and she was, ~ying, 'Hello? Hello? Hello?' and I w~
doing the same thing. She said, 'I didn't
call you.'"" Those calls were the' fll'St 'Of'What
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who have differed politically and personally in the past and has provided"a forum
for discussing tensions and fractious divisions within the high-profile organization"I'here're 'two theories: either that it•
could be some sick,deranged person,from ACf UP, or that it's an infiltrator-likethe Feds are doing it or something," oneactivist, disclosed. She added grimly, "I
the PedS are doing it."would rather that..
, To ,date, most of the haras5ment has
involved either annoying or ominousand occasionally threatening phone calls
but, in ~the last month, more alarming

action, appeared in each of the New
York City dailies, and a number ofwomen from ACf UP attended the government-sponsoredconferenceonwomen and HIV.
"The next week, I started getting
hang ups and 'I want to suck your pussy'
calls," Morgan recalled.
Several weeks later, after, receiving
about ten hang-up calls per day, thosecalls ceased, but a new type of sexuallyharassing call was inaugurated.
"Tracy changed her phone number,"Heidi Dorow, another AIDS activist andMorgan's lover, related, "and, about three" days later, she started getting the hang
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On March 9, however, the incidents,
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by Nina Reyes
son for the DA's office, new information"Silence-Death" stickers.
on the case was obtained, and the authoriNEW YORK-Two
eerily similar
A few days later, a Boston-basedties came to believe that Rivera was thegay-bashings ended in court recently,
women and AIDS activist, Keri Duran,with one youth sentenced to serve at perpetrator of the felony assault Riv~was ~when an anonymous callerin early March, and pledphoned Duran's mother's employer at 1 least one and one-half yeats in prison. In came fo~
guilty to assault in the first degree. the second case, the perpetrator pleaded
am with the information that Duran,Rivera, who had no prior criminal
guilty to a charge of first-degree assault
who has AIDS, had died. That call,.record, was sentenced toseo/e a miniand will be sentenced this week.
Duran noted, Came just hours before
mum of 18 months in prOOn.
In both cases, a youth slashed the
Duran was scheduled to leave Boston"Most gay-bashers don't have priorface of a gay man with a knife in the Eastfor the AIDS Oinlcal Trial Group confab
records, so when they come up for senin Washington, DC. "The timing was
Village early last summer, ,and bothpretty ingenious,
you could say,"assaults were followed by uproars in the tencing, they get only a little time,"
lesbian and gay community when the remarked Matt Foreman, director of theremarked Duran, assuming th~ theory iscorrectthat the harassment revolves
suspe<.tS in each assault were released by New York City Gay and Lesb~Anti-Vio,lence Project, noting that if New York had
the court on their own recognizance.
around women involved
with women,, In the fIrSt case, Alonzo Rivera, a enacted hate-aimes legislation, as a numand-AIDS issues.
teenager who admitted his part in a ber, of other states have, Rivera
Less than ~ week after Duran's- would
abrupt initiation, Auerbach, here in New
vicious slashing outside Boy Bar, Was sen- automatically have received a minimum,
York, was out, for a walk with her mothtenced to serve one and one-half years to sentence of three years. ,Foreman, also noted that this casefour and one-half years in jail; according
er when a car pulled up alongside themand on~ of its occupants screamed at her
to a spokesperson for ,the Manhattan dis- underScores the need for ~of pendtrict attorney. .
repeatedly, ·You fucking dykel" Sheing gangJdSSault legis\ation, which would
immediately headed home, and, while
hold individual members responsible for
The bashing began with a verbal
she was checking her machine for mesconfrontation between three gay men
the actions of the whole group. "That's
sages, the phone rang. "Some man,exiting the now-defunct Boy Bar on St- something we really need," Foreman statyelled [at me] on the phone, 'I'm going
Made's Place and a group of teenage bOys ed, "because when gangs attack, 'you can't
and girls. The attlck quickly escalated into identify all the members."
to kick your fucking dyke .' and thena ,full..t1edged physical assauh, leaving one ,The sentencing !las followed by ahung up," Auerbach recalled.
report that another youth, Anth~ Baez,
gay man in need of more/. than 60 stitches
The similarity between the two messages one delivered from a passing
to close slashes on his face and head. A has pleaded guilty to first~egree assault
and may end up serving a minunum of
IOOtoIist, the other right in her
box-cutting ramr was recovered from theturbed Auerbtch. "I don't /mqUJ if it's relatoriginal suspect in the case, Jose Martinez, four and one-half years for, his part in an. "_1.'_
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who was subsequently identified by the attack very much like, but unrelated to,;)lJC
the bashing that landed Rivera in prison.
The most recent
Auergay men whom he allegedly attlcked.
bach experienced, and the event that
Outrage erupted in the community
Baez was a~of attaclQng three,when QiminaLCourt Judge laura Drager men and sl~shing the face of one,\aconvinced the group of activists that theyneeded to 'gO public with their aa:ounts,
released Martinez without bail. model, from temple to cheek. He will became on April 14.
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left a dirty needle that apparently ~out in the hands of ACf UP's needleexchangecommittee-theneedleenclosed in an envelope was color-ooded
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delugedwithphone calls requesting all the dirt.
Many of my friends
and colleagues simply couldn't afford
the Irip'to Atlanta or the time away fromwork. But others, in an act of cautionary
restraint, bowed out at the last minute in
the face,of rampant rumors that, amOng
other things, "sniffers" at the conference
hall's doors would insure that the "safespace" remained fragr~nce-free. Th.e
"snifferS" never materialized, but the disorganization and contentiousness at tl,leconference'is now legenc!arY.
Those of, us who have met since
the conference greet each other with asigh, joking about T-shirts eIJlblazoned
with the slogan "I survived the NLC."
But it is not helpful to simply trash theconference, since doing so would lay
blame at the feet of a handful of well.~lesbians from a variety of backgrounds, political histories and geographic locations. And sadly, theconference is not so easily written off.
Instead, it is a testimony to the desperate state of the Lesbian Nation.

oppression (racism, ableism, etc. ad nauseum) we experience in the larger ~d.
But this selge mentality is paralyzing
us. Rather than coming together as lesbians to find strength in numbers andinspiration through activism, we cQnverged on Atlanta and confll'llled just
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feminist dykes (an identity that we allmust embrace if we are to truly realize
our potential as lesbians) we strive tobuild alternatives to the multi-layerediVictoria Starr is ibe features editor at

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action that, might justify th05e fears. Far
from hammering out a fierce and powerful agenda for the '90s, we once again
recoiled from even the slightest 'hint ofleadership or power. Fear of not doing
the right thing translated intO doing nothing at all.
I was sitting in an impromptu press
conference--the result of a fact~finding
mission on the part of a few aggressive
dyke journalists-whenthe cloud suddenly lifted. Reporters were-shooting
questions at some members of the NLC
steering committee: "Will a national orga- ,nization be formed from this gathering?""What type of slIucture is in place following the"What did you hopeto achieve this weekend?"
The responses were maddening intheir claJ:ity,as it became obvious that thesole purpose of the conference was simply to bring us all together. What wewere supposed to do once we were united, we were told, was entirely up to us.
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Force, gave a presentation at one of theevening plenary sessions, in which she
offered her own vision of a national lesbian agenda: "Our agenda for the '90s is
about organizing and power," she said.
The National Lesbian Conference, unfornmate!y, was the antithesis of both.
&) what 'is it with this aversion toleadership--Our fear of engagmg in any
behavior that might be construed as
powerful? Take the following-and frequent---scenario:
200 women were sitting,
in a room talking about racism. As awoman in the front of the room began to
speak, someone in the back shouted:"We can't 'hear 'you. Please stand up."
The fiist woman stood just long enoughto explain, "I am choosing not to stand insolidarity with the women who can't." ,She then sat down and continued speaking. The women in the back of the room,
I'Ql sure, continued to be unable to hear
what was going on.
Must we all share in every oppression in order to remove them from ourcollective path? Wouldn't it have been
more helpful for the women who could
stand to do so, and to provide a miaophone--or bull hom for that matter-4o
the women who were not able to stand?
Listen, girls, it's time we got withthe program. Yes, we need to pause,
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ing the "G" or "L" words was the phrase"lifestyle dloices," and neither the word
"AIDS' nor any euphemistic substitut~
Washington,DC,
appeared. To complete the cynicism, after
ended at 10 pm onthe' election, Grandis dropped Lambda~
April 30, when
Rising Bookstore owner Deacon Maccub! openly gay DC Citybin, a Zais supporter, ,a note that read,~Council candidate'"We need to keep Jack educated---look!!.
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ing for your help.",~apost-election
The strategy worked. The WashingIf Party. "I am sobered.
ton Post reported the ward's heavily gay
by the effort it takes any minority candiprecincts about evenly divided for Zais
date to convince people there is more..
and Evans. Estimates are that Evansthan one dimension to your life,"
got more,~
25 percent of the 8l\Y
Zais said as he coneeded defeat.
vote. Zais' baSe had cracked. With
What
made defeat all the more,
the race decided by 300 votes, thegal1i~g to Zais supporters
like
gay sp~had cost him the election.
myself is that, five months earlier,Zais was unpreparedforthe 47-year-old Zais seemed the
opposition within the community.
ideal candidate. He was a member
When ,I spoke to hiIp during, theof the hard-nosed circle of activists'campaign, he expressed bewilderwho had made gays a major player
ment at his gay opponents.'
in the city's politics in the 70s andE'motives. He never came up with .a"')'80s. Zais desCribed his job in the'Strategy to neutralize it.
administrationof fonner Mayor,Many younger gays didn';tMarion Barry as Ward 2 "ombuds.
seem
to understand the choice they
man," but basically he practiced
CLEAN SWEEP---"Tom Collier and Jim Zais cleaning up thewere making. At the election~yold-fashioned machine politics: He neighborhood last spring~'
party, nearly all the gay people w~ecut red tape and did favors. GoOd
40- and 50-year-old
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DC's sole gay newspaper.,;,,at his job, he was known throughout theYounger gays, newcomers to the city ?tMore important, he attracted gay
whole ward.
to gay politics like Gtandis and Tier,supporters
who attacked Zais withZais couldn't blame bad luck for his.,.,
shameless cynicism. While Evans was " were at the Evans victory party.
defeat He'd put together a picture-perfect
Why hadn't the gay establishment
labeling Zais a one-issue candidate, gay
rainbow coalition of Blacks and whites,
drawn in younger gays? there's no shortlawyer Rob Teir puminelled Zais for notgays and straights, seniors, Georgetown
age of intensely committed, highly motiaggressively
promotinghimselfasopenlyyuppies and Shaw welfare mothers. Zais
vated gay activists at Acr UP mee~gs. ."aimed to raise $75,000; he raised more
gay in all his mailings. In a", It is the nature of political machines
piece in the Blade, Evans supporter Ed
than $66,060. No proven Ward 2 vote-getossify. Reformers become insiders; theytoGrandis claimed, that Evans was ~on
ter entered the race; no single Black canend up worldrig all the time and talking
AIDS issues, even though Zais had put in
didate emerged from the 13-candidate
only to each other. But it may not be fair
years pushing AIDSfundmg through DC'spack, and the election was never poIarto
put all the blame OJ:) middle-age men
hopdessly recalcitrant bureaucracy. In
for failing to hobnob with the disco set.
Evans'
last
citywide
mailing-theonly
Jim Marks, a resident of Shaw in
There's a missing link between, the ~mailing he sent to low-income and preDC's ward 2, is a contributing photogdominantlyBlack
precincts
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A gay politics inized along racial lines. He didn't get the
Washington Post endorsement, but neither did his chief opponent, Jack Evans.
E~'strategy was simple, if audacious. In the ward at large, whiCh
includes the heavily gay neighborhoods
around. DuPont Circle, he played the gay
card, branding the openly gay Zais a"one-issue" candidate. He combined thisnot-so-subtle appeal to homophobia witha'campaign to woo gay voters and advertised heavily ill the Wasbington Blade,I..... _."

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and gay men who share in raisingchildren to whom they are not legally
related may not me lawsuits seeking
visitation rights.
"It feels like a real assault on us
and our decisions with regard to famiIy," said Paula Ettelbrick, Legal Director of Lambda Legal Defense Fund,
who argued the case before the Courtof' Appeals.
Ettelbrick represented Alison D.,

who decided, in 1980 with her
domestic partner, Virginia M., to conceive and raise a child together. Virginia became pregnant
throughdonor insemination and bore theirson in July 1981. But the couple,
whose last names were withheld,
had a falling out, and Alison moved
out two years later. In 1985,' Virginia
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But EYE SPY learned their intentions were
WEST VILLAGE Damien Taylor and Daria not wholly charitable. As long as Daria was out
Marano were definitely out and proud, if not ter- in the sunshine on the Boulevard of Broken
ribly loud, last weekend. The volunteers for HerDreams, he thought that he could get a little,
itage of Pride, sponsors of next month's queer cruising in, too. "Women that's who I end up'
festivities, were hawking T-shirts, buttons and talking to. Women," Dario teased. Some guys
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Frohnmayer wrote t6 each member"either parent" to seek a judicialof Congress to defend a $12,000 grant
determination of visitation rights. In
made last February to Frameline, a' San 'its May 2 decision,
the Court ofFrancisco-based agency which sponsors
Appeals upheld lower-court rulings
the annual International Lesbian •andthat Alison was not a "parent."
Gay Film Festival there. In suppOrting"Traditionally, in this state, it is
WASHINGTON--:JohnFrohnmayer,the' grant, Frohnmayer responded tQ an
the child's mother and father who,
chair of the National Endowment for the
April 17 letter to Congress from Donald
assuming fitness, have the right to theArts, on April 25 issued a strongly wordWildmon, president of the right-wingcare and custody of their child, evened letter to Congress defending a recent,
American Family Association,' which
in situations where the non parent has
NEA grant in support of a lesbian andexercised some control over the childtook the Endowment JO task for funding
gay ftlm festival and accused a notedwith the parents' consent," said theright-wing activist of wanting to ban fedthe festival.
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unsigned opinion for six members of
the court. Since Alison did not chal- :-.-----------------------...,...-------lehge Virginia's fitness as a mother,
the court held that it was Virginia's
right to determine whether it was in
BRING THIS AD TO BOX OFFICE
her son's' interest to maintain contact
with Alison.
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Judge Judith Kaye wrote a strong- Clive Bames, New York PostI
dissenting opinion, chiding the courtI'for ignoring the "reality" of family lifeIand denying the child an opportunity
for a judicial determination whether it
I-Neil Rosen, WNCN
is in his interest to maintain contact
Iwith a woman who was his "mommy"
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for the first six years of his life.
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Emphasizing that the decisionI
broadly affects all non-related parents,-Jan Stuart, Ne'NSday,,I
including step-parents, "common law"I
parents and gay partners, Kaye said,- Variety,"The impact of today's decision fallsI,
hardest on the children of those relaI
tionships, limiting their' opportunity toI, maintain bonds that may be cruCial toItheir development."
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"family" just two years ago in Braschi
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v. Stahl Associates, when it held that aIgay life-partner was entitled to protecItion from eviction under the rent-conItrol laws, when his partner died andI
asserted that the court should haveIbeen Similarly progressive in this case.
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a California appeals court in support:
tOUTER CRITICSCIRCLENOMINATlON\ :of its ruling. Kaye noted, however, that',
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unlike New York's statute, the CaliforITuesday-Friday at 8; Saturday at 6 & 9; Sunday at 3 & 7 ~DOUGLAS tARTER BEANE'7
nia law specifically defines parents ina limited way,
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writers distributed issue no. 6 to the crowds. At a forum following one of, thescreenings, Dr. Ja?Obo ~chifter, openly ga¥ aU!hor of the only C~sta RiCCI:"~ook
about homosexuality, objected to the Spanish title of the film, saYing that it •suggested somethi!1g hidden." What do you think, Harvey?

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finally a phrase here for "gay"-"four percent." Here's how it evolved: In last year's national parliamentary elections, openly gay
author Jirio Hromada ran for,office (and lost) under the slogan "Four percent of thepeople support candidate number~four." Czech homosexuals, eager for a less-clinicalmoniker, soon began referring to such things as "a four-percentfihn" and "a four-percent bar." Sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, you'll remember, found that four-percent ofAmerican males are exclusively homosexual their entire adult lives. But could he havepredicted suc~ playful popularization of his principal premises in Prague?

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The Manchester gay magazine, Scene Out, surveyed, its
readers and found some unexpected differences between gay men and lesbians.
The average male reader is single; 30 years old, employed at $19,000 annually,
1 ' lives in a house, has sex often, considers himself a left-wing supporte~ of the,Labour party, smokes (but not much) and goes to gay clubs (discos) two times to:five times per month ~d to gay pubs (bars) more than ten times per m~nth: The, average female reader IS coupled, 24 years old, makes $7,600 annually, h~es In ~:apartment, has sex often (usually with her lover of one year to two years), IS politi1 cally tl? ~e riqht of male readers and ~oesn't supp?rt any party, doesn't smoke,ne',(er ViSits clubs but goes to pubs two times to five times per month.

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funds should go to hqmoSexuals.",
In his letter, Frohnmayer specificallyrefutes Wildmon's claims, that theEndowment is "totally out of touch withvast majority of American tax-payers"
and its "supporting with tax dollars
homosexuals fllms indicates that theagency has no intention of stopping themisuse and abuse of tax dollars.""My response is two-prong[edJ,"
Frohnmayer
answered.
"One: The
Endowment does not blacklist, nordoes it refuse grants on the basis ofsexual orientation. Two:" he continued, "the law, as passed by Congressin 1990, requires that I, as chairperson, shall ensure that 'artistic excellence and artistic merit are the criteria
by which applications are judged, takirig into consideration general standards of decency and respect for thediverse beliefs and values of theAmerican public.' That is precisely
what we are doing."
Last February, Frameline wasinformed that it was to receive a $12,000
NEA grant this year for general andadministrative support of its International, )Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. The 1991
grant marks the fourth annual reward theagency has receiVed from the NEA and a
33 percent increase over last year's NEA_
$9,000 award, The 1991 festival is set for,this June. _Frohnmayer's defense came as apleasant surprise to organizers of the gay
fUni festival, who praised the Endowmentchairman for standing up to theconservative gadfly,
Characterizing Wildmon's attackon the Endowment as "the clearest
form of homophobia that exists," TomDiMaria, a Frameline spokesperson,'pointed out that previous right-wing
reproaches focused on the provocative
titles of specific fUms, ,'This time," DiMaria noted,"tbere's
no mention of even the films' titles,b~cause those don't even exist yet. 'Her~, they're attacking the concept, of alesbian and gay film festival, and that's ,_,not tolerable to us or to the lesbian andgay community, Land, in this case, it's
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INBOISEBBOISE, Idaho---Gay porn got theboot in a Boise suburb this Aptil whenan Idaho adult bookstore owner pledguilty to obscenity charges.
"Homoerotic" videos and magazines
were the culprits. As a result of a plea
, bargain, Lamar Larsen owner of theOver 19-removed four items from the
shelves of his Garden City Store.
Divine Atrocities, which starred a'transsexual in acts of sado-masochism;
Glory Holes (vol. 8); Hot-Blooded Womenand Fingering Lesbians apparently went
beyond the bounds of "decency.""It's a sad day for the Bill of
Rights-that's
all I've got to say," said
larsen after the Aptil 22 hearing.
Larsen and his wife, Jean, werechaIged this µlStJune, as WdS the 000kst0remmager. Due to the ailing health of the 58~•

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to pull the offending items. Charges
against the other two defendants were
dropped when larsen caved in.
Probably because of the volatilenature' of the" material and the personal
problems involved, this is the first successful conviction in nearly 15 years inBoise-or surrounding suburbs. Despite
its name, Garden City-a pie-shapedslice of western Boise is best known
for its used car lots, tnill-end fabric outlets and porn shops. ,Other cases had been brought tocourt but none was successful.
"We were glad he pled guilty rather
than being tried by a jury," said Greg
Bower,
Ada County, prosecutor,
although Bower added that, he felt ajury would have convicted.
According to Bower, the county is
not going on an anti-obscenity campaign;
to "enforce the law."
it is just
Civil rights activists 9idn't see it thatway, however.
Civil rights leader Brian Bergquist
felt that, given the nature of the videos,gays were being singled' out-as
usual-in the Gem State.
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which don't reflect the diversity of
Boise," said Bergquist, adding that, personally, he thought it was a "shame topick on an ailing man."
Bergquist also said that he wished
IaIsen md fuugbr: "It's sad that
due top.earl guilty, sioce fm sure a signifiamt porIXXl ,ci his IJusine$ is frool the FfIY eotml1l1'Iiy."
Larsen did file a civil suit against
the city in April alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated, but hemay lose his business license if thelocals vote to revoke it.

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a move that took
gay campaigners by surprise, associations representing 108 Chicago suburban
governments denounced the proposed
Cook County Human Rights Ordinancein late April and began work to defeat it-DeU Richards/Los Angeles-

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government groups called the ordinancean unprecedented attempt by, the county
board to enact a law that would apply
inside the city limits of suburban towns
and cities. They see it as an invasion of
their turf.
The associations said that they are 'not opposed ,to gay and lesbian rights
and deemed it an unfortunate accident of}µstory that something as noble as humanrightS became intertw'ined with a "dangerous"threat to municipal autonomy.
"Our objections are not to the con-·tent of the ordinance, but to the precedence of the county adopting an ordi~
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said Beth Ryle, director of the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association,
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"All of the municipalities in our area
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But gay campaigner Rick Garcia of
Action Network for Lesbian and Gay
I$sues, the primaIy gay lobbyists for theordinance, doesn't buy the suburbs' argu~
ment. He called it a "devious and odioussmoke-screen for bigotry."
BOISE, Idaho
Under a newly"It's no longer fashionable to be
openly anti-gay," Garcia said, "so they , p'assed regulation, Idaho emergency
medical technicians, or EMfs, can now
look for technical objections. I thinkthey're bigots, pure and simple. The real~ ask for the mv-antibody status of theaccident victims they trellt
ity is that these municipalities do not, Exposure to bodily fluids such as
want to protect all their citizens, andblood is often a routine event during
they're using these technicalities to cloak
emergencies such as auto accidents.
bigotry."
Because of this, the Idaho Board of, The suburban opposition is expectHealth voted on April 24 to allow
ed to slow passage of the ordinance,
EMTs--and other public workers 'towhich fonnerly had majority support on
find out 'the HIV-antibody status of victhe 16-member coooty board.
tims if they have been exposed to a sigBut Garcia says that the, oppositionnificant amountof blood.
will not kill the measure. "It's a serious,, For the most part, HIV-testing is not'challenge, but we've fought harder batconfidential in Idaho. The health departtles; he said.
,..ment keeps a list of all people who test
In 1988, Action Network successfulpc6iIive for communicable diseases sum asly guided a gay rights Ordinance through
AIDS and 'hepatitis. "the Chicago aty Cooocil. They repeated
The health departmem realizes that it's
their performance in 1990 with a law that
Walking a tightrope in this in.stanre between
increased penalties for crimes tliat conthe public good aOO individual pivacy. 'tain an anti-gay component""No name will be re\eased-but-Rex Wockner
obviously the EMf would \mow the nameeX the victim if they notified us," admitted
Dick Schultz, a spokesperson at the healthdepartment. "It's one issue, that, we've
anguished over. It's very difficult trying tobalance the public right to \mow with theindividual's right to confidentiality."
If a significant
exposurehas
occurred, a local depar1:ment epidemologist will notify the EMf. The EMf thenwill receive counselirlg, testing and information on exposure methods.Although the HIV aSpect of the regulation has received the most publicity,
the Idaho Department of Health ,and,Welfare actually is more concerned withthe spread of hepatitis.
"We are really interested in the exposu~ thel;e beCause activities to prevent
hepatitis Can be taken," said Schultz.
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Photo: Dean Faiel.1odouble-g\oves and other protective gear.
But in situations where there is bro9 am-Midnight Monday-Fridayken ~or crushed metal, p.!ts occur,and exposure to blood is a fairly com10 am~10 pm Saturday-Sunday
mon part of the job. ,1"12CHRISTOPHER STREET,
The' regulation, establishes procedures for a law passed by the Idaho Leg(212)924-8551,8567'
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Gay Pride Day and the Black Party but who gets pissed off justthe same when you have- to wait two weeks for a bed for
WHY NOT TAKE
yourfriend at Sl Vincenf, or the cops tow your Porsche from in
ALBANY?: Virginia
Apuzzo, filling the void cre- front of the Spike.
~ just between us girls-in-the-l<now, the City Council e.lec- •ated by the departure ofgubernatorial liaison\ Lance tion this September is probably our first and last real good
Ringel from the post she chance to send a brother or sister to City Hall, what With the fiveboroughs carved up into 51 new districts and all. But the current
formerly
held, pull~dtogether a hastily convened, plan has one district line running right down the middle ofChristopher Street. Translation: Ty's is in one district, and Rev 2
but indisputably high-level,
meeting in Albany between , is in another.
by ANDREW MILLER, Now, they wouldn't run a district line across 125th Street or
Gov. Mario Cuoino anddown Mott Street. Let's let them know that cutting ,Gay Main
seven of the community's'shooting stars last weekend, the fi,rst meeting of its kind in , Street, notto mention the gay vote, in two, isn't cool With us
either. Think of all the fun we can have physicalizing that reality
recent memory.
The gang reportedly discussed politically expedient means for the masses! Lavender barricades, anyone?
for passage of the state's gay-inclusive hate crimes legislation,
AIDS has stolen three more of our tribe's
which has been held hostage in the Republican-controlled Sen- R.I.P.: In recent ~ks,
ate for years and which reportedly "tops the governor's list of most talented c~iefs. Tom Shearer, a co-editor of, and co-genius, priorities." Joining Cuomo were Albany City Councilman Keith behind, Diseased Pariah News, the self-described "HIV humor
St. John, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, Paula Btelbrick of magazine," succumbed on April 8 to the disease he was so clever
the Lambda ~egal Defense Fund, David Hansell of GMHC, Dick at making fun,of in San FrancisCo,where he lived. He was 32.
, Dadey and Libby Post from the Empire S1ate Pride Agenda andChristopher Rage, a pioneer filmmaker whose visceral,
the Anti-Violence Project's own Matt Foreman.
potent and often-grimy erotic films stand as a sharp rebuke to, Also discussed were domesti~partner prospects, HIV-testmUch of the slick, overproduced video trash currently on theing for health-care workers and the state's nascent gay and les- market, died here in New york on April 24. He was 43. Working
bian rights bill. Look for Cuomo at a do in Albany just before our together with colleague Arch Brown and actors like Casey Donolawmakers vote on hate crimes this June.
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, van, J.D.' Slater and Frank Vickers, who died last February, I(Confidential to Mario: Talk is cheap. How about someRage's opus remains an unrivaled documentation of gay sex
political hardball? Maybe then we can send this summer's crop beyond the limits.
,of bashers to jail for a little longer.)
And Phil Zwickler, editor of the People With AIDS Coalition,
Newsline, filmmaker, videogra,
BIG SHOTS: Catherine Lynch, a fonner budget analyst
pher, journalist, actMst, juniorhigh-school teacher, colleague
for the city and, more recently, a coordinator at the AIDS andAdolescents Network of New York, is the newest policy
and friend Of many years, diedassociate at GMHC,where she will focus on issues affecting
at home here in New York onA
wc;>menand lesbians. Lynch has also been a volunteer at, GMHC
' May 6: He was 36.
since 1988. . . . Stephen Huber, the development director at' I met Phil in 1986, while
Boston's Fenway Community Health Center, has ooen named
we were both working on
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GMHC's first-ever erotic saferchief fund-taiser for the Human Rights Campaign Fund, replacing Dick Dadey, who left HRCFto head the NewYork4>ased lob-''''I!!~,
sex, video,Chance of a Li~ebying group, the Empire State Pride Agenda. ... Karen Ringen,time. In the folloWing years,! hefonner1y the director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood in
documented his own exp'eriWashington, DC, has become the AIDS Action Council's new,"ences With HIV, on the pages '" ' of the New York Native and inlobbyist. . .. According to the Bay Area Reporter, Tom Nolan,
the openly gay president of the San Mateo (Calif.) County Board.1
the reams of videotape he,tireof Supervisors,
has announced his intention to run for,,'\: lessly assembled, ~one and in
Congress, vying for the seat being vacated by Republican Rep.
PHILZWICKLER
collaboration with filmmaker
Tom Campbell, who Will run for retiring Sen. Alan Cranston's,
Rosa von Praunheim al)dseat.... _And God herself in the person of Madonna took time artist David Wojnarowicz. His video Fear of Disclosure pre..:out from posing for the Advocate to mak~ a surprise appearance miered at the Public Theater last year. ,His films included Rights
at the third annual AIDS Dance-A-Thon sponsored by the AIDS and Reactions, a documentary about the passage of NYC's gay
Project Los Angeles on April 21, ,,,'
rights bill.
'Those who knew Phil will remember him as a perpetually
CHRISTOPHER STREET. NlON AMOUR:. omery, lovable sourpuss who' was never, ever afraid of speaking
Now, if you're reading this column, chances are you're not one his mind, although it usually got him into trouble. Wherever youof those apolitical cogs whose community gears only spin for are Phil, I know you're giving them hell ....

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Igal Roodenko, active for decades in
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Together, died of natural causes on Sun-

test the pattern of segregation on interstate travel. He was arrested in North
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S__ MILESTONES on pas-,&2

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by Scott Shennan

BAYARD RUSTlN AND IGAL ROODENKOI

day evening, April 28, while dining with afriend. He had planned to leave the next
day for several months of travel in EurQpe.
Roodenko was born in New York,attended TownsendJHarri~ High School in
Manhattan and then Cornell University.
When World War II came, Igal faced amajor test to his deep belief in nonviolence. His roots were those of a RussianJew, but, as a pacifist, he refused military
service and spent 20 months in a federal
prison. He became a printer when he left
prison and served in various posts in the
War Resisters League, including as its
chair from 1968 to 1972. he was on the, staffof the League when he died.
In 1947, Igal had gone into theSouth, with ,Bayard Rustin and others, to,,,A memorial service for Steven
Jones, the costume designer, who
diedfrom AIDS on April 28, will be," held on ~unday. May 19, at 6:30 pm
I· at NYU's
Tisch School of the Arts,,
Department of Design, at 721 BroadWay, 3rd floor. All are welcome.

It is rare for "mainstream" media sources to cover our concerns with intelligence and sensitivity and rarer to see that coverage occur in a special-interest'
resort to an obvious
magazine. But in the May issue of Golf Illustrated-toclichHhe editors have really scored a hole in one.
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Golf Illustrated had the courage recently to give us an insightful look into thelives of lesbian professional golfers, thus flinging open the door on an issue somefans would have preferred to keep in the closet.
"A Silence So Loud It Screams," by Mariah Burton-Nelson, is an article
adapted from her new book about women and sports called Are We Winning Yet
The article explores the challenges and prejudices faced by lesbian golfers and, tosome eXtent, by all professional athletes in a homophobic society.
, Ms. Burton-Nelson writes about the choice many women feel that they must
make between being out and being successful. And while the author condemns
homophobia, she also challenges the closeted lesbian athletes. Although she understands their predicament-coming out could hurt their careers she also knows that
their silence perpetuatesthe problem. She describes the dilemma of the closeted golfer.
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It is a life of fear, secrecy and shame. It is also a life of love, support,
passion, community, friendship, fun, pride and, in some cases, wealthand fame. But like the denial of physical pain, denial of affectional preference is a tradtrOff"an agreement to make personal sacrifice for athletic
reward. As often happens when a minority group tries to "pass," thesilence, designed to protect reputations and purses, deprives those whoare hiding of a sense of community and history ...and engenders fear andeven paranoia. In this instance it also exacerbates the homophobia of themen who own, organize, finance and control women's sports.
Pretty heady stuff for a golf magazine. Ms. Burton-Nelson's piece is not perfect, however. It contains, for example, some questionable ideas about how sexual identity forms. But it is an important and Challenging work that shows a great
deal of sensitivity and insight, and she deserves credit for bringing to light thisgenerally ignored issue. Kudos also go to Golf Illustrated for presenting this article. The homophobes will protest it, so make sure your voice is heard in supportl
Write to: Mr. AI Barkow, Editor-in-C~ief, Golf Illustrated, Family Media Publications, 3 Park Ave., New York, NY ,,10016.
You can also reach author Mariah GLAAD Tidings is a program of the Gay
and Lesbian Alliance Against Defama• Burton-Nelson c/o Golf Illustrated.
Remember, this kind of fairness and tion. For more information about theinclusion is what we have been fighting material in this week's column, or
aboutGLAAD, call (212) 966-1700.
for: Don't let it go unrewarded.

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It's three 0 'clockin the morning. You
can't sleep, because)OU have to keep getting up to go to thebathroom-anotherdamn bladder irifeclion. 7bis time, )Our
girffriend is going totake antibiotics too,
despite the stupid gynecologist saying thatwomen don't pass cystitis back andforth,Wbbt agony. Wbat misery, Isn't there somekJnd of tea on the shelf that's good for thispain? Wbich? Comfrey? Co~?
Red raspberry? Garlic SUj1JOsitories, right? No, that's
for trlchomonas. Qb, why didn't )Ou buy
that women's herbal book?
'know why-because half of it was
about pregnancy, and the rest of it
ignored 'esbians, It just didn't seem
worth $12: But there are those moments
when we need a guide to help us athome with common ailments and problems. So clip this and keep it for one ofthose nigbts.
Home remedies are basically an
innocuous concept. Everyone keeps
something on the shelf to use for minor
problems: aspirin, iodine, Turns, Ex-lax.
We can buy the equivalent of motrin, acombination
decongestant-anti-histamine, cough suppressants and diet pills
over the counter, But the home remedies.I am describing are more natural, nutritional and health-supporting. With a little
prevention thrown in, Before attempting
these, you may also want to check withyour doctor or hea1th-care provider.

avoid them, along with other bladder initants like caffeine, chocolate and alcohol.
Start taking" or increasing, your vitamin E
right away, too: 400 to 600 illper day forseveral weeks.
Try taking a sitz bath with goldenseal powder (abou~ two teaspoons) or
garlic juice, which are both good antibi, otics. Sometimes an herbal diuretic helps,
especially if you are only peeing a small
amount. Try dandelion leaf, juniper
berries or yarrow leaves. Steep a heaping
teaspoon of leaves for every cup of
boiled water. If a recipe calls-for a root,

Your very own clip-andsave guide for thoserecurring healthI

Bladder Infections 'At the first sign, drink water, andplenty ?f it. Acidifying the urine helps tokill germs: This can be done with unsugared cranberry juice, or with about one
gram of vitamin C per hour. Citrus juices
and fruits make the urine alkaline, so

problems.

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use a small piece and boil it for several
minutes. Try yarrow (the diuretic), uva
ursi, com silk (toners) and echinacia root
(antibiotic) all together. Teas can be taken
four times to six times daily, hot or cold

infection clearly signals that something isout of balance. Garlic suppositories aregood for all kinds of vaginitis because
they kill germs. Use the garlic clove'
peeled, and insert it for six hours to 12hours at a time each day for several days;
remove it if it causes irritation. Yogurt
contains the organism lactobacillis, which
is a good bacteria to have in your gut and,in your vagina. Eating unprocessed
yogurt or putting plain yogurt on yourlabia or inside your vagina is a useful
remedy. It's also possible to take acidophilus, which should be kept in the
refrigerator or in a cool place and can betaken daily.
One remedy for trichomonas that
doesn't require taking flagyl is using anonnoxinyl-9 cream or gel in the vagina
for several days. Garlic suppositories takelonger, but usually work in two to fourweeks of daily use. Bacterial infections
seem to respond well to douches andbath infusions with herbs. For the bath,use a handful of each herb; for the
douche, use a tablespoon of each foreach quart of water. H~s that are useful, singly or in combination, include:
myhrr, ginger, goldenseal, slippery elm,cayenne and white oakbark. For soothing dry and initated tissue, try vaseline,
A-and-D ointment, calendula cream,
comfrey salve or vitamin E oil.

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Vaginitis
Vaginitis can be caused by germs
Menstrual Cramps
from your own body, your lover's body,
Try increasing your daily dose, ofrough sex, hormonal defidendes such as ,high-potency B-complex vitamins. Calcithe dry vaginitis of menopause, bubble
baths and chemical douches. ThinK , um and zinc levels in the blood drop
,just before your period, and suppleabout what may be the cause. Stop using
ments of these mineral help manysoaps, chemical douches and other initatwomen. It's difficult to absorb calcium, -,..,
ing products, Your diet may also be a
however, withoutmagnesium and vitatrigger, especially if you eat a lot of,
min D. Vitamin D r.equires daily sun
sweets and/or dairy products or drink a
exposure, so if that' isn't part of yourlot of alcohol. Healing from an infectious
daily life, try taking an-A-and-D supplevaginitis is aided with plenty of B vitament daily, and buy calcium with magmins, protein, vitamin E and vitamin A
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are supposedto help
too-that's the, pulpy stuff inside citrus
fruit and green peppers, and in rose
hips. As for teas to take.during the worst
of it, try ginger, mothelWort, raspberryleaf or comfrey root. ,PMS
That time of the month before thattime of the month-what's a girl to do?
Cancel all dates for two weeks? This comiIlOn ailment really begs for some lifestylechanges. If symptoms of PMS come on
abruptly, get a checkup: Something else
may be going on. The mootand common problems occurring after,ovulation and ending with menstruation
are water retention, bloating,' reallypainful breasts and unstable moods.
The most impressive results withdecreasing symptoms of PMS come froin
engaging in regular aerobic exercise, forat least 30 minutes, three or more times a
week. Good water is important, andreducing salt, alcohol, dairy and sugar
intake helps. Some good natural diuretics
are dandelion leaf, juniper berries andyarrow. Teas from these herbs can betaken twice or/three times daily frommidcycle until menstruation to reduce
painful, swollen breasts and water retention. Some herbal tonics that women findhelpful during the symptomatic days
include white oakbark and don quai.
Two herbal teas that are especially goodfor restlessness, poor sleep and anxiety
are skullcap or valerian, Minerals areimportant, and alfafa is a great herbal tosupply them--magnesium, calcium, traceminerals, as well as vitamins.

HerpesFor the woman with recurrent herpes outbreaks
on the face or
genitals life has an unpredictable rpisery, Sex is altered by the appearance of 'the blisters, and even kissing is risky during oral outbreaks.' It's certainly worth itto try and prevent the recurrences, Someofthe stress reduction techniques are,
impossible to achieve in daily life, but
adequate sleep, decreased sun exposure,exercise, reduced intake of toxins (especially alcohol, sugar, drugs) are all helpful,
It is ~yuseful to take a highpotency B-complex, vitamins C and E
and zinc. Teas that are useful for the general flu-like symptoms that may accompany outbreaks
include sarsasparilla,
yarrow, echinacea, mynb and red clover.

Two prev~tative supplements are Bm
and Lysine. Lysine is an amino acid thatcan substitute for an amino acid that theherpes virus requires, thus rendering thevirus less potent The undesirable aminoacid is arginine which is found abundantly in 'nuts, dairy, red meat, com,seeds, chocolate and caffeine, so avoid
these during outbreaks. Lysine comes in
capsules which qm be takbI daily andincreased to 3 to 5 daily during outbreaks.

Depleters'

Do you run four miles per day so

you can eat all the fat you want to? Mootof us use this illogic at times---it's called
damage control. Here's a short list of 'common itemS that deplete important
nutrients. If you can't quit, supplement:
Alcohol depletes magnesium, the B ,vitamins and vitamins C, D, E and K.
Antadds (unless they contain calcium)•
deplete calcium and vitamins A and D
and the B vitamins. Antibiotics use up theB vitamins, Caffeine eats up potassium,
zinc and the B vitamins. Aspirin and otherpainkillers use up calcium, iron, vitamins
A, D, C and :s<omplex. Diuretics makeyou lose minerals, and laxatives deplete
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both the lesbian and gay community andcould abandon her, West 12th Street
the Asiari'-American community achieve
The proposed 'w·"'Ej,',',',';;:;;..,,.'. iiiiiiiiL"apartment and move into a district on the
representation on the Council. One seatEast- Side-after all, she has much more
City Council lines
must not be gained at the expense ofin common with those more conservative
are in, and everyone
voters who frequently vote Republican
another.
has an opinion on
than with the traditionally progressive
them: To my mind,
Dr. Westheimer, I Presume
Democratic Chelsea and West Village. Of
they're good-but
Up to its old tricks 'again, thecourse, Greitzer also has the option of
not good enough.
Stonewall Democratic Oub (Repuqlicans
doing New York City and her Council
District 3 runs fromregistered as Democrats) sent out a verycolleagues the favor of just calling it atheVillagetodeceptive (and non-union) invite to anday. A Council without Greitzer would
Cltelsea and Ointon I·'"
upcoming fund-raiser.
Theybe like a day full ,of sunshine.
and is meant to ik gay/lesbian-Winnable,,, refer to"themselves, on the cover of the invite, as
which
is fine, but the southern border of"Manhattan's Gay and Lesbian Political
Bella Abzug's Youngest Daughter
the district has been drawn at Cltristopher
Oub," as though the older, mum larger
The other potential candidate likely
Street, theduIDbest place for the borderof a "gay-winnable district" to be, ~Gay and lesbian Independent Democrats
to challenge DU\IDe in the ,3rd Council
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did not exist. (I would not have objected
District is Bella Abzug's youngest daughOf course, this wouldn't have hapter, who lives on Jane Street. The race ' to the addition of such modifiers as "conpened if the gay and lesbian community
servative," "right-wing," "racially insensihad hadI a voice on the Districting Comcould prove expensive, as Bella cantive" and "sexist" to desaibe the club.)mission. While it's to the credit of theraise a lot of bucks for her kid. Duane,"You are cordially invited to a\tend our
openly heterosexual commission memthe openly gay candidate, who raised
22nd Anniversary Celebration of thebers that they listened to our community's$175,000 in his first race and is expected
Stonewall Rebellion ..,," the body of theto raise more this time around, has a, , concerns and attempted to..give us ainvite declares, which gives the impresprogressive
record of community
Council district, they still must move thesion that the club has been around for 22
district's border further downtown, preferinvolvement and activism. The younger
years, when, in fact, it came into exisably to Houston Street. The best-known , Abzug doesn't.
tence only a few years ago, as a tool forgay neighborhood in New York aty (andthe eyer-racially-polarizing Ed Koch. 'arguably the world), the West Village
Nota Lock
Having shown, only utter contempt
As we pressure the Districting Com~ "must not be divided.
,for people of color (witness their support
mission to move the 3rd Council District
Dick Dadey, executive directoi- offor the reelecti0n of Ed Koch), this group
border south of Christopher Street, much
fPe Empire State Pride Agenda, said it all
now includes among its honorees theattention will be focused on the proin a May 1 press release: "The plan, as
Minority Task Force on AIDS, It's absoposed 1st Council District'which currentpresented today, in unacceptable. For
lutely hypocritical of them to use thely protrudes into the 3rd. Asian-American
New York,to,think it can create only' one
Minority Task Force on AIDS in this man'community activist Margaret Chin, the~uch gay and lesbian district, without
ner. Stonewall is also honoring Dr. Ruth
most talked-about candidate for that seat,
including in full the neighborhood that so\
Westbeimer. Despite the fact that I findlobbied hard for her lines, and her pe0many see as the center of gay and lesbian
Westbeimer, to be more than a bit pretenple assure us that she did not request thelife in New York, shows how insensitive
tious, I think that the Stonewall lead~west V!llage between Christopher andsociety and its public officials can be in,ship desperately needs to spend some
Houston streets. Chin was a supporter of
responding to the needs and concerns oftime with a psychosexUal therapist, so
Deborah Glick, which alone does not
our community."
automatically give her a lock on the gay , this event may tum out to be a good
The 3rd Council District would mostidea. Remember, this is the same group
community, and my suggestion to her
likely pit openly gay council hopeful Tom
now is that she lobby hard to have the , that recently honored Robin "Bang My
Duane against the dastardly CouncilwomBox" Byrd'
West Village removed from her proposed
an Carol Greitzer. The proposed lines
district and put into the 3rd District. Othreportedly make Greitzer even moreerwise, there may be a serious gay-voter'< • "Gay Is Gay
unhappy than usual, but she does have a
In Chelsea, openly gay District leadbacklash against Chin. Olin's most likely
few options. She could run against Duaneer Frank Qemmons has ann0unced that
opponent will ,be District Leader Kathrynin his stronghold--a district carved out for
he will not seek reelection. Already
Freed who ran third in a five-way race
a gay candidate: Chelsea and the Village.
expressing interest in his seat are openly
against Deborah Glick. Freed di<;lwin
She could try to have the lines moved
gay Tim Gay (yes, Gay is gay) and hetsome election districts in her base ofwest so that her apartment, would fall inerosexual Paul Groncki. Gay has been a
SoHo and Tribeca. It's long past time thatthe mid-Manhattan East Side district. She
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Afteryears of ignoring
the need to test
AIDS drugs in all
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implausible
study that
attempts to detennine whether AZf interrupts vertical transmission (passage of
InV tTom mother to fetus). This trial,
ACfG 076, has aroused considerable
controversy'in the I-llV community and is
now being piloted at three centers.
In March, the ACfG's Community
Constituency Group, or CCG, met the076 protOcol team, lead by Ed Connor of
Newark. In April, the CCG 076 Working
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Participation: 748 pregnant, I-llV-positive women with T4 cells between 200
and 500 will be enrolled in the second or
third triffiester of their pregnancy; they
will be treated until they give birth; theirnewborns will be treated from birth to 6
weeks. Thus, 748 women and their offspring will enroll, making ACTG 076 thethird-l~
ACTG trial ever. This will also
be the la1gest trial ever of AZf in peopleof color, in women and in newborns.
Regimen: After enrollment,
thewomen will be randomized to receive,30 ',GU. LV•• K Mav :Z:Z. 1_1

by prenatal health care of early-vs.-latedisease status in the mother, the inddence
in the ACfG· 076 population may belower than the 30 percent used in designing the trial. This would mean that even if

oral AZf (500 mg per day) or placebo
until beginning labor, When they will beswitched to intravenous treatment until
the infant is separated. The baby will
receive oral AZf or placebo (whichever
the mother was on) for 6 weeks after
birth and will be followed for the development of definitive HIV infection
and/or AIDS until 78 weeks after birth.
Duration: ACTG 076 is being piloted
now'at three sites. It will take three years, to fully enroll Cf76, with six months moreof pregnancy and 18 months of postbirth follow-up, so 076 won't be completed until 1995 or 1996, unIe55 it is stopped
early due to major differences in toxicity
of efficacy.
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ACTG 076 is designed to answer twoquestions: FIrSt, does AZf reduce or prevent InV transmission from mother tochild? Second, is AZf safe for pregnant
HIY-positive
women with T4-cells
between 200 and 500, and is it ¢'e for the
fetus and infant?

AZT lowered vertical transmlsston, 076
would not bave the power to detect such a
difference with confidence. Statisticians
should review the latest rmdings and- advise whether Cf76 is feasible by June 1.
4. All members of the COO Working
Group have serious reservations on theuse of a placebo ann in ACI'G Cf76, sinceAZf has been shown, to be of some 'benefit in mOst of the many previous placebo-controlled AZf trials. Therefore, theWorking Group feels that the 076 investigators should replace the placebo' in 076
with one of the following two active control amlS: a) A concurrent active control,i.e., delI or ddC. b) A delayed active control adding AZf right before labor and 'during birth. This would hdp to answer
the question of when I-llV transmission
was likeliest to occur and would comFollowing is a summary based onpare the strategies of "early" (intrauterine)
AZf vs. "late" (intrapartum) AZf and
the CCG's draft, "Thirty Recommended
Alternatives and Changes to ACTG 076." , might overcome the risk of AZI'-reslstantI-llV being transmitted to the infants ,in-1. No anirnal retrovirus is transmitthe current 076.
ted vertically. Therefore, all animal5. Plans should be made to follow
model work is irrelevant. AZf dOes not
up or replace ACfG 076 with a "Masterprevent infection in experimentally
Protocol" for anti-InV drugs for preginfected animals nor in humans withnant women. In the future, new antineedle-stick injuries. This suggests that
retrovirals should be studied in pregnant
the likelihood of AZf preventing vertical
women as soon as a safe adult dose istransmission is quite small. ,Studying
found. The Pediatrics and the Women's
whether maternal-fetal AZf delays rather
Health Committees should actively colthan prevents symptoms of I-llV infection
laborate with the Primary Infection --"", may be more realistic.
Committee to plan such a Master Proto2. ACfG 082 was a pilot study ofcol for Pregnant Women. 'AZf in 20 I-llV-pOOtivepregnant women.
6. ACfG 076 already plans speciaJ
Complete data have not been analyzed.
pharrnacoldnetic studies
in infants born
These data should be finalized and,undelWeight, before term or addicted.
included in ACfG 076 by June 1, 1991.
The 076 team should aIso.conduct phar3. If vertical transmission is affected
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macokinetic'studies of women by
race/ethnicity, socio-economic status andprior history of health care to ascertain
how these affect the outcome.
7. ACTG 076 should be used toanswer many unanswered questions
about the use of '. ted therapies in pregnant women, via nested studies of concomitant medications.
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samples to see if the presence of certain maternal anti-HIV antibodies correlates with protection against verticaltransmission, as has been suggested by
Arye Rubensteinof Albert Einstein
Medical Center.
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9. Laboratory inclusion/exclusion~iteria should be less restrictive andmore realistic.
10. Inclusion/exclusion
criteria
should not be' limited to the current,
anachronistic CDC-defined conditions., If
ACfG 076 is truly designed for healthier
women, women with non-ax;-defined
but clearly HIV-associated conditions(e.g., pelvic infIammatqry disease, cervical cancer, tuberculosis) should be toldthat AZf is avai1able outside the trial andreferred to primary care.
11. All evidence about birth defects(in animals or humans) associated withAZf must be 'included in the protocol
and informed consent.
12. Six monthly evaluations of safety
and efficacy data should be conductedby the ACfG 076 Data and Safety Moni, toring Board.
13. Doctors can tell who's rea1Iy getting AZT by reading the mean corpuscular volume, or MCV, on labwork. Thisvalue should be blinded (withhdd) on
study reports, to eliminate unconscious,investigator bias.
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14. The Working Group felt verystrongly that current monitoring of thewoman's T4 cells was inadequate,' andpossibly dangerous. Women's T4 cells
should be measured every month during
pregnancy, and every two to threemonths thereafter for 18 mOnths, not onceat entry and once at exit as now planned.
. 15. Rules for stoppmg AZf should
be revised to allow women who can tolerate AZf at 300 mg per day to remain'on study.
16. Mothers -who choose to breastfeed must be free to do so, and theirinfants should be treated and followed forthe complete study period. 'Ihe informed•

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y fIrst boyfriend, back in my shapeless adolescence, wasJapanese American. It was no mistake that we, the only.two
students of Asian descent in a suburban Mic:fwestemjuniorhigh school, got involved. We met in Algebra II, where ourteachers had placed us, carefully following the dictates of
their consciousness about the intellectual abilities of Asian Americans.
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media coverage a banner year, if we are willing to usethat tenn with grim irony of APIs in New York City.
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There was the highly publicized thfow-down between
Newsdays" Maty Ji-Yeon Yuh and Jimmy Breslin in which
he called her,a "slant-eyed cunt" and a "yellow cur," andthere was the Family Red Apple boycott and the attendantanti-Korean and generalized anti-Asian violence. Capping it
all off was the shake-up over the casting of Jonathan Pryce
as a Eurasian in Miss Saigon. Yet aside from these hyper, events, scant attenti9n has been focused on APIs outside of, the occasional raid on a Chinatown tenement or thebrouhaha surrounding the arrest of a reputed tong bigwig. ,There was no buzz on the street, for instance, toaccompany the announcement that anti-Asian violence rose
120 percent in 1990. Nor was there a fluny of inquiries
when ACf UP's API Caucus made it known that, despite
the more than 200 API AIDS cases recorded by the city's
health department, the only city-financed health clinic in
Chinatown had seen not even one HIV-positive client .
In the lesbian and gay community, the situation has
been no better. Until it Was revealed that two communitybased organizations proposed to use Miss Saigon as afund-raising event, queer APIs 'were one of the mostinvisible of co~unities-within-the-community.
Now, in-the wake of the gay and lesbian community's own controversy over Miss Saigon, if there has been any positive
outcome, it has been that lesbian and 'gay APIs havecome into queer focus as a distinct group with concerns
and interests that the average Euro-, Afro-, ~tino or
American queer national had not yet considered.
And while gallons of ink have been spilled detailing the validity of queer Asians' objections to
Cameron ,Mackintosh's Broadway extravaganza, theof our problem: Since I was a second-generation girl witha FilipinO-American father, my boyfriend'S parents made it
clear that he was not to come over to my house, and I
was not welcome at theirs. Making out between bells inthe stairwells of our school soon ,lost its chann, and ourromance fizzled:,
There was, at least,• a lcesson in all of that: Asians andPacific Islanders may share political, social and economic
issues, but the trick to surviving as a community is maintaining clarity about what is common ,among us and what will
If there has been any positive outcome from the NIl•• Saigon ordeal, It's
divide us. .
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Cho, a KoreanAmerican memberof Asian Lesbians of
the East Coast, says, resignation coloring her tone as she notes thedearth of news on Asians andPacific Islanders, or APIs. "They
don't think we have issues, and they
don't think we are a community."
Among people who care about
these things, US society in the
post-Civil Rights era has become aplace where lip service for whatever that's worth-to AfricanAmerican and, more recently,
Latino issues is commonplace.
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issue fore grounded by gay and lesbian APls has recast
what the term "people 6f color" means and has
afforded queers of Asian and Pacific ,Islander descent
the opportunity, at last, to gain political clout.
"This campaign, realistically, is not going to make adent in their ticket sales," Ming Ma, a gay AIDS activist
who grew up in Hong Kong, acknowledges. "But for us,
it has been really empowering, and, I think, to a certain
degree, it has put us on the map politically."\mong the complex reasons why the issues of APIs
have never made it onto the political agenda, a significant one may be the persistent perception of
Asian Americans as a model minority - despite despernte poverty in Chinatowns across the nation,
shocking underrepresentation in political spheres and the COlltinuing immigration of political and economic nfugees thatoverburdens existing conununity-based social-service agencies.
'---As''cularly Northeast Asians, although thestereotype has, by implication, extended to include all
APIs--have come to be perceived as endowed wid:t a binary
brilliance unimpeded by emotionalism. While implying a certain cold admirati<;.>nof APIs, this stereotype is no less dehumanizing than, for instance, the view of African Americans as
shiftless. Moreover, it has contributed to a social and political,situation in which Asians are thought not to need any of theinfrastn,Jctur.µ support that other communities receive and has
allowed liberals and progressives to, among other things, atonce critidze social services for failing to translate their literature into Spanish and forget the vast numbers of APIs towhom both English and Spanish are impenetrable languages.
~ high value API communities place on assimilation
undoubtedly contributes to the prevalence of the modelminority stereotype. Simply put, this will to acculturate is fed
by API values of work and education, coupled with a quiet
drive to beat the white man at his own game. These are thecultures; remember, from which the tenn "saving face" origiriat~eties
where honor and loyalty to the family
remained-unbastardized by Ocddental imperialism for centuries after
caucasian colonialism had overrun and begun sys,
terJlaticl\!Y dismantling and destroying Middle Eastern,
African, North American and South American civilizations.
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Historically speaking, the lack of political int~
in APIs
has also been encouraged by the kind of nationalistic racismthat Washington is so fond of fomenting. In the three mostrecent long-tenn wars-Vietnam, Korea and World War
ll-Americans have engaged Asians. In addition, the ongoingbattle to assert the supremacy of American consumer goods
has established thatJapan-bashin"
as those "slanteyed businessmen" keep buyirig up American papparently herc;: to stay. One need not invoke the specter ofJapanese-American internment camps during World War II topOint out that, when a nation in the Far East gains an advantage over the US, APIs inevitably pay.
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differentiating between individ~ of Chinese, Japanese andKorean descent, not to mention people from Vietnam,. Thailand, Bunna, Cambodia, UtOS, Malaysia, Indonesia, the'Philippines, Polynesia, India, Nepal and Sri lanka, it becomes
obvious that when various strains of the "yellow peril" infectthe country, all APIs suffer.
•n all probability, it is the North American's disinterest in'learning to distinguish a Cambodian-Americanfrom a Korean-American that accounts for the evolution of the single dense designation Asian-PacificIslander.
,"Americans think of Asians more as Chinese, 'Korean and Japanese," explains Haresh Advani, an activist
who has recently participated in founding an organization
for gay men from the Indian subcontinent. "Indians don't
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"The whole concept of us being a group' is kindof absurd," says Lei Chou, a gay AIDS activist originally from Taiwan. But he concedes that "we are together
for a political reason."
Others are determined to flOd strength 'in,our unity.
"It is an advantage," counters Gene Chang, a gay activist
who has came to the US from Korea and who has 'recently helped found a group called the Korean Lesbian'"
the fact that the city's AIDS hotline employs only one"iriterpreter for speakers, of API languages. That
employee,· incidentally, reportedly speaks only three
dialects all of Chinese origin' even· though the AIDS,
epidemic is currently takjog its greatest toll in theFilipino-American community. ",,In addition to linguistic baniers, the issue;'of AIDS education among APis has highlighted the schism that exists
between recent API immigrants and more acculturated people of API descent whOse familIes are entering their third, 'fourth and fifth generations of stateside residence.
As most AIDS-aware individuals know, APIs andNative Americans account for the least number of cases
reported to the Centers for Disease Control, and while theaccuracy of that agency's statistics has been called into
question since the beginrling of the epidemic, there has ', ' been no outcry over the lack of prevention and education
serVices available to APIs from AIDS activists until the formation of ACT UP's API Caucus.
"We can't really rely on that statistic, because immigration law tells you that you have to take an HIV test before
you can apply for citizenship, and that's when most APIsfind out about their HIV status," comments Yukari ' ,Yanagino, a member of the API Caucus. Within API com, munities, she continues, ~they cannot come out and saY"'I_~ HIY-positive,' because there are no existing social services, no support systems for them. To come out and say
they are HIV-positive means they will be disowned bytheir families, and they will have nowhere to go.",hile "multicultural", is a term freely
bandied about in the lesbian and gay
community,
and the holier~than-thou,brigade of politically correct white people
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is com1og from the Philippines just to see this." Lea Salonga,
the leading lady of Miss Saigon, 'is, after all, a Filipina.
Among issues that lesbians and gay men have taken
up, the threat the AIDS epidemic poses. to APIs, bothstraight and gay, provides an interesting commentary on
the state of queer awareness about the API communities.
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edged us."That ALOEC and GAFIMNY successfully _chall~nged
established gay and lesbian groups is one kind of victory;
that they spearheaded a coalition in the protest against 'Miss Saigon that included non-gay API organizations represents a triumph of a different order.
Observes Gene Chang sharply, noting the taboosthat still remain against openly fighting anti-gay bigotry within API <;ommunities, "A lot of gay Asians
forget that we must fight against homophobia,
because they are conditioned to think that when
they are out, they are out as gay people and out of
their communities."',

and the Pacific Islands has never been a matter of contention. And within a community that prides itself on its
i attentiveness to _racial incluhe Star Sapphire,"
sivity, the particularly bitter
Ming Ma intones
strain of anti-Asian racism
derisively. "That'sthat was unleashed when
, what we call a 'riceseveral queer API organizabar,' a pleat market
tion's challenged Lambda,
where non-Asian
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men can go to pick up
Fund and the Lesbian andAsian and Pacific Islander
Gay Community Services
men."Center's involvement with
It's where men are
Miss Saigon is tel~ing.
"sushi" or "spring rolls" or
Our invisibility within"chicken adobo," the sexthe community has underual equivalent of a Thirdscored the superficiality ofWorld-restaurant advengay and lesb.ian commitm~nt
ture, where the dynasty of~o diversity: With 'the possiOrientalism is in fullble exception of Native
power and the contribu.,
Americans', the concerns oftiqns of cultures living in'".APIAmericans have'been
civilization for'thousands,
u~qu~ly ignored in theof years are reduced toqlieer"agenda, 'to the point
erotic tricks with strings 'where. 'an organization like ,of pearls.
Lambda would engage Miss-,'
Never having visited
Saig0!t for fund-raising purt4<ot
the pl3;ce, I still can picposes' without a thought asture the Star Sapphire:. I
to how the production paral,
see that Orientalism
lels a minstrel show when",
refracted back at me, considered from the viewwhenever I disclose that my family came here from thatpoint of lesbian and gay Asian Americans.
West 'Pacific archipelago known as the Philippines.
Two groups Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of"You'don't look Asian," people say to me, and I
New York, or GAPIMNY,and Asian Lesbians of the East,
Coast, or ALOEC-quickly emerged as articulate critics ofLambda and the Center, and the persuasiveness of theirposition convinced the Center, ultimately, to bow out of
their involvement with the produ~on.
"In the. lesbian and gay community, it was the flfSt
time' in recent history that a people of color group has
confronted the racism that ,is kind of an institutional part,'of the commuity, and where other people who have been '..'able to identify with the racism that affects us," rema,rks.
Milyoung Cho, a member of ALOEC and a second-generation Korean American. "We've come out into the lesbian
and gay community mainstream and also- into the straight
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grimace. I !mow that I don't "lookAsian." I've been searching my face, trying to locate just a little bit of Baguio,
for 26 years. But my mother was white,as was my father's mother.
,. "Well, maybe a little bit aroundthe eyes," they add ilfter a moment,
making a gesture to indicate that myeyes are long and possibly tipped at
the edges. But I know for a fact thatthese eyes are in no way remarkable.
, People always decide to thinkthat Asia is in the eyes, though I've
come to realize that they don't really
notice that my eyelashes growdown-instead,they only realize ,that,in telling me I don't look Asian,
they've said something truly inane.
After all, It was only after years of
scrutinizing my- OWn face, only after I
ceased using that torture device
known as an eyelash curler, only
after,I closely examined all my firstcousins' faces, that I noticed that single physical trait summoning Asia thatmost of us seem to have in common .
I pause here, still slightlyoff-balance. Is this the point where I am
supposed to apologize that I don't
bear a resemblance to the womenon 550-GEISHA advertisements fea-,
tured on late-night television? Am I
to do penance for ruining fantasies 'about what continental Asia has pr~
duced in these United States? Is it
that I speak'neither Tagolog nor
Spa~ish, although English is as com- 'mon, this many years past the occupation of the Philippines, to Filipinos
as either of those other languages?
Would you demand to see a streetmap of Manila on my face before
you will let me acknowledge mycousins in Makati?
Don't these people know that itis disrespectful to speak with doubt, about someoneelse'~ family?
This is one commentary on
where APIs are in 1991, with only
the hope that in these post-Miss
Saigon times, the political, social andeconomi~ lot of APIs is improving:"At this point, most of the pe~pie who approach us in social situations are going to be rice queens,"
Ma concludes, his voice thick with amixture of sadness and scorn. "It'svery destructive to us trying todevelopanintegral identity.",lThis year, AIDS
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promised to cure his homosexuality. We
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board oftrnstees to officially approve thegraduateschool~ Centerfor Lesbianand Gay. Studies; which he has beenorganizingformore than five years.
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Anne Rubenstein: Cures begins with a scene in which a
gypsy fortuneteller offers to "cure your homosexuality," which isexactly what therapists would be telling you 20 years later. Weretherapists no,wiser than women in circus tents with crystal balls?
, Martin Doberman: I probably wouldn't go that far if I
was being thoughtful, but I place the episode with Gemma
deliberately at the front of the book to convey exactly that andalso to convey the fact that even at lage 17] I was looking for acure, trying anything that might be at hand.
AR: Have therapists changed enough since then?
MD: I would like all experts to develop a healthy dose of
humility and modesty. I don't care whether we're talking about
therapists or the people who got us into Vietnam and now ~eGulf; Someone was quoting Lily Tomlin to me the other day:"Reality is a collective hunch," And I think that's it. But still we
don't see that kind of humility among therapists or amongexperts of all kinds.
AR: Among other things, Cures is a story about a stubborn intellectual changing his mind: You firmly believe one

MD: I certainly don't. I get angry when people sound as'though Stonewall were the beginning of everything. What that
represents to me is a simple absence of historical information,,and it's everywhere.
When I hear activists today glibly ,dismissing everythingthat came before as blanket oppression or as a few stuffiy types•
who were overly reliant on the experts and were overly apologetic about who they were, I say to myself: "You should havebeen alive then! You should know what guts it took for, Barbara Giddings to picket the White House in 1960!" They don't,
and.it's too bad. It leads to reinventing the wheel.
Once you are aware of the past, then there's the nervous,
feeling of "My god, all that was tried before. We hav~n't gotten
any further." In a way, ignorance is bl~. ,It's no accident that "scholars are sedentary. There's nothing like knowledge tokeep you home nights!
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Did you ever have that lightbulb-over-your-head momeilt?
stages that the Black movement has repeated. But then the
MD: I don't think ther~ was a lightbulb. As the culture
Black movement in tum has repeated some of the stages that'around me slowly changed arid the gay movement emerged,
all movements in this country for social protest seem to go
my head slowly changed-well,
not so slowly, really. At one/ through. Again, if you know too much history, it can be'very
point in the book, I say it felt like a paper-thio wall, now that I
discouraging. Movements here often start with a radical impulse
and very soon peter out into'
was ftnally pushing against it. And then, being on the otherassimilationism. If weside of the wall, I remember thinking, "Why the hell did you
start with the Panthers, we see the same process, the radical
stay behind that wall for so goddamn long?"
impulse now petering out into the AI Sharptons or whoever.
But you have to have been brought up in tha;e years to
And the gay movement has gone through similar cycles.
know just how terrifying the climate was. The consensus was soWith ACf UP, the radical impulse has returned again and, tolal that every time you felt a strong doubt about what was being
hopefully won't peter out. But the conservative, confonnist
told to you about who you were, you tended automatiailly to bury , mainstream in this country is so entrenched that I think that, init. Fspecia1ly since, in my case, my mends were these hot-shot intelpretty short order, people are getting desperately discouraged.
lectuals, and they were all saying exactly the same ,things. So, it wasUnless you're getting some encouragement that your protest
very hard to trust one's own contrary feelings at the time.
movement is resulting in tangible progress, you tend to say,well, fuck it, I'm done...
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AR: People think, "Well, I've done my 18 months, it's timea part of your personal story. I'm guessing that you don't see
to be upwardly mobile." On the other hand, these movements
the history of gay people in the US as one unchanging monodo seem to regenerate themselves in a cyclical way.
MD: I hope that's true. I've never believed in any kind oflith of oppression, and then, all of a sudden, there's Stonewall,
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AR: Except that, as Cures makes clear, it is now possible
for us to imagine ourselves as healthy, functional, happy gay
men and lesbians, which we couldn't in the past.
MD: I think that part is irreversible, but I don't knowwhether or not the gay movement itself will remain radical andsucceed in allying itself with other radical sectors in order toproduce the kinds of social changes that would allow nonprivileged gays. and lesbians to ftnd better lives. So much of
our oppression is wrapped up in class and race issues.
AR: Why does, your book end in 1972?
MD: It felt like the place to end, One kind of life is essentially over at that point-though
the residue will always persist---and another is beginning.
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But I hope people don't come away from the book thinking, "And then Duberman entered the peaceful valley, and life
was forever sheer bliss." Forget it! The '70s, for me, were, in~ny ways, more traumatic than the '60s. After all, I was
almost 4O....Oo1y in the last ftve or six years have I felt a kindof peace. I met my current lover. All through the 70s, my life
was quite tormented and very wild. So I hope that my book .
doesn't end like "Happy Valley, straight ahead!"
The other thing that worries me is that some people are
not going to take kindly to this middle-class, white guy bornwith the silver spoon in his mouth. "So what's all the anguish?
Get over it! You were born with a lot more than most people
ever get." All kinds of hurdles that a lot of people have, I
didn't ~ve. Yet I did go through a lot of hell, and I'm sony if
people discount the hell because, externally, my life was comfortable, But I wony about it, because even in my own gut itsits a little uneasy. It's a white, middle-class privilege to be able
to aquire so much, especially in print.

AR: Politics plays such a big part in Cures. Are you politically active now?
MD: The last five years, most of my activist energy has
gone into a.AGS [the Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at
CUNY Graduate Schoon. Another couple 'of years of that, andthen I hope to bow out. What happens after that, I don't
know. I'll be a senile old man!
AR: Talk more about CLAGS.
MD: We want lit] to be a research institute--an agency tohelp disseminate the scholar,ship that already exists andencourage new scholarship on gay and lesbian lives andissues---6Offiething like the gay and lesbian Kinsey Institute.
We would hold colloquia so that scholars could exchange
infonnation, we would have publications, we would do surveyS of archives and find research money to help people's
scholarship. What we have now is a foot in the door.
Now what's happening is exactly what I hoped would happen-it's a matter of time before [gay and lesbian history] is recognizedas a field, and people ~ begin to write their theses in
it Non-academics might say, "Well, who !=3teSr' But it will generate lmowledge and provide certain kinds of legitimization.
There's a down 'side to that The real texture and richness ofgay and lesbian life could be 1051: once it's churned through theaaldemic mill. Hopefully, because gays and lesbians will be doingthat scholarship themselves, they'll be sensitive to that danger. 'AR: As long as we're discussing gay academia, can you
explain the difference between essentialism and soCial construction and how it relates to the lesbian and gay movement?
MD: Well! To wildly oversimplify, essentialists believe thatthe category homoseXual can legitimately be applied to people
in the past. They base that on the documented fact that there 1
have always been same-gender sexual acts in the past, across ' ;time and across a variety of cultures. Social constructionists saythat the meaning of those acts is vastly different from one culture'to the other-nothing
like the modern homosexual existed before 1700 in Europe.
I started out being a strict social constructionist, but I'm .
modifying somewhat. We cannot get inside the motivational
systems of individuals who lived in the past. All we can do is
describe their external behavior. They didn't leave elaborate
diaries or write elaborate letters about what they were feelingwhile performing these acts. We can't be sure what the meaning of the acts were to them. If we look at Renaissance Venice,the number of men arrested for sodomy was staggeringly ,high.
That suggests that there was an awful lot of homosexuality.
But we don't even know whether those same men arrested forhomosexuality were simultaneously having heterosexualsex---QOd we don't know which one they may have been
more deeply interested in emotionally.
The essentialists, like John Boswell, also seem to be modifying their position. Boswell's latest formulation is that we canlegitimately call someone in the past "gay" if the preponderanceof their erotic leanings are clearly toward members of ~eir own
gender. That's a usable definition, except for all the problems--"
I've already cited, like "How do we decide preponderance?",
But it's always: "On the other hand ..., on the other hand ..."
AR: So the social constructionists and essentialists may be
coming to some meeting of the minds?
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detailed record of the number of fucks and graded them andeasy to talk about gay homophobes actively working against us;
talked about their inner feelings and fantasies about them.
those people everyone agrees should be outed. But iIi'a war, 'AR: Getting back to Cures, the other problem with theothers have to be outed, We need to demonstrate that ndt only
social construction argument is that Some people argue that if
are queers everywhere, but prominent queers are everyWhere.
sexuality is constructed, if it's not genetic, then you can
I'm uneasy when it comes to Jodie Foster. She's, doingchange. You could be "cured" which is, in some ways, thesuch good work. I dt>o't want to see her career destr?yed
Freudian argument.
AR: It's easy to
MD: That's the political danger. That's what Falwell says:, prove that she's a lesbian, because she 'hasn't been that closeted. But some powerful people ,are so"This is a matter of choice. These people could chose to be,closeted, we'll neVer be able to out them. It'~
like w.e'r,e punishstraight, therefore they'should, therefore, if they don't, we willing Foster fot:being halfWay out of the closet in the first plac;e. 'punish them.""
MDi So we'll j~ have to ga~er more dirtprt th~'pOwer- 'AR: There's a chUrch ten blocks away from us where they
ful,OQ ey.:ery&xly. Better research! [He laughs.] Ge~ some schol"cure gay peOple," still-Glad Tidings Tabernacle on 34th Street
ars working on it! The' gossip columni&fS'cannot do this alone!
MD: Jesus, I must have passed it a thousand times. I'll be
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answer when people ask me about outirig, though. Were there
AR: Is your work as a historian valuable to politicalsecret Jews in Germany, people who passe~There must haveactivists, or does it only discourage people?
been. How do we view them? What do we think they should
MD: I rethink this a lot. If we talk about the categories
have done? Although, of courSe, I didn't star\.d 'up for years,'
homosexual and heterosexual, one of the points gay and lesbian
What is a aisis? The way gays were treated in the '50s and>·,,·'
scholarship has demonstrated is that thoc;e categories--until'60s it wasn't as genocidal, perhaps, but I'm not even con-'roughly the last 100 years---did not exist This is disquieting tovince.d of that: And I didn't stand up:'.
.", some gay activists. They flOd that kind ofinforination inhibiting
rather than liberating.
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feels that the categori~s are mistaken, that
we're over-categorizing, the variety of
impulses that most of us have, even if we
OUR SKIN DOC 15 BOARDCERTIFIED NOT ONLY AS A
don't chose to act on them. The categories
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was very careful to say that he wasn't talking about everyone over 30, but he really-, - .
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would call him a cautious moderate! He's
DONALD RUDIKOFF M.D., P.C.
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WESTSIDE DERMATOLOGY
If we're talkiI:lg about people who
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Treatment of all skin & scalp conditions
is right. But that generation has at least• warts • moles' • acne • hair loss
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which isone reason I wrote Cures. It's
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wonderson has got to take thewhat motivates thatplunge and- get over thisdemon columnist Ray Kersillinessquickly. In otherrison at the Post. The guy
words, SOME HOT STUD
is absolutely fascinating.
WITH A BIG, PULSATING
At first reading, I find
DICK SHOULD OFFER TO
myself hideously laughing
SHOVE HIS SHAFT IN
at his distorted vision of
RAY'S MOUrn, PRONTO.
the, world, so perversely
Any volunteers out there?
entertaining is his lunacy.
(And I know you're reading thisThen Ray wakes up, horrified,
But sOOn·afterward I realize that: 1) \Ve
Ray, Don't be so scandalized-justcutsweating profusely. He juSt: can't deal,.shouldn't mock deranged individuals,
out your bullshit, OK?)
with
the
dream
he's
had.
His
wife_
and 2) this particular deranged
individu!
Meanwhile,
let's get back tosleeping in a separate bed, of cou~
al has a newspaper column in which to
Madonna. She's really soaking thislooks over at him and inquires, "Ray,
spout his madness and hurt people. ,homo talk for all that it's worth. In addiwhat on earth is wrong?" She has that
Of recent note was Kerrison's biltion to the columns andwire stories, she,angelic look on her face, which is over~ious attack on Madonna (which, ofand her ftlm wen; the lead story on,shadowed only by the huge crucifix
course, sold papers for the Post last FriEntertainment Tonight every single night
hanging on their bedroom wall, and the
day and lots of tickets to Madonna's
for an entire week.
four-foot-tall Virgin Mary statue thatnew movie), headlined on the front
Madonna also got the cover of The
stands at the foot of his bed.
page, "What a Tramp!" and inside as
New Yom Times "Arts and Leisure" secRay runs to the typewriter and fires'"Shameless Hussy." In addition to Kerrition last Sunday in a curious interview
off one of his anti-gay diatribes. He
son's and the Post headline-writer'swith Stephen Holden, who usually covgrotesque misogyny (Jerry Nachman,ers cabaret for the paper. Funny thatwhat the hell are you doing anyway?),
Holden should be covering ftlm, you
the piece overflowed, as usual, withmay say, even though it's not that out ofanti-queer babble. According to Keni,
the ordinary for critics to delve into
son, Madonna is a "tramp" because sheother art forms occasionally., Speculareveals that she's had lesbian experition-and I say that meaning mere specences and hangs out with gay men.
ulation, but certainly enough I to go
Poor Ray. A friend of mine thinks
on-is that Holden is quite friendly withthat maybe Kerrison's irrational fear of
Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's publicist, andhomosexuals stems from nightmares hethus is the only one who could get an
may have of queers chasing him, perseinterview with the Supreme One. Thiscuting, him and torturing him.
seems to make more sense than one
However, I have a more interesting,might think. You see, Voice columnist,
thought ~d one in line with what motiDon Shewey, who was granted an inter- 'vates so many other crazed homoview with' Madonna which he did for'phobes:I think that Kerrison has
the Advocate, is also Holden's longtime
dreams of sucking on a big, fat,' juicy
lover, which Holden, by the by, failed tomust repent. He must get these thoughts
dick. And he probably can't get that stiff
state in his Times piece, even though heout of his head. "Homosexuality
iscock out of his mind.
did report about "a much-discussed
wrong!" he feverishly types. "We cannot",
Every night, just as soon as he fal1s
interview in the gay-oriented magazine
let
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sinners
take
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the
world!
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asleep, it appears----not even connected
The Advocate' (but I don't know what 'OK, so maybe it doesn't happen, to a body, just a ,huge, 12-foot dick, all
the Ti71le$policy is on such things, anyexactly that way. But it's probably someby itself. Ray wants it. Ray needs it. Ray'sway). And certainly Rosenberg would
thing similar. Honest. I mean, we now
waiting for it. Yeah, he's got to have thatwant to make sure to keep the Timesknow, according to our esteemed psythrobbing, veiny piece of manmeat
happy and might-oh,
this is getting
chologists, that the most vocal queershoved down his throat really hard. He
silly and picky. Let's move on, shall we?
haters are people who are repressing
wants his head pushed down on that
And where to? Well, there:s not
some' naturlll homosexual urges that they«;lick until he gags, and he wants tomuch else to talk about after MadonsWallow all of that juice. And like some ' may have (whether they're actuallyna--especially if you're queer. I mean,
straight, gay, bisexual or whatever). And'hungry suck~h,his ugly, shriveled, litthere's always Sandra, I guess. ;But after
the case of Ray Kerrison is certainly atleface contorts as he goes doWn on thea recent gig in a Philadelphiac1ul)-',lady-doth-protest -too-much, situation if
big rod. Then a voice from ,the heavens
where she was booed off the stage durever there was one.
'thunders
at him: "YES, RAY, MY SON.
,ing her OutWeek-bashing routine-byThus, there's ooiy one solution to
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, So back ·to Madonna, of course. I
iog town where we are,continually pprWhich brings us backito outing.
'think .it will soon be a proven scientifictrayed, as mon~tets.·,
Which brings us back to scandal.
fact that all homosexuals think about'
Which brings us back to Basic
Which brings us back to Madonna. 'Madonna every seven minutes, In my
1nstinct.' .' .."But.of course-andin Jess than'own circle, we've tried to ,put, a ban ,OR, : Which brings' us b~ck to st/cTii;e of " seven minutes.
her name. Not only is~thisalmostinipos·:,
the Lambs."'....,'
TheOry proven ....
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sible, but if a homoselillal in Spring 1991.
is forced to not speak about Madonna, it ,,,inevitably-for lack of anything else 'tojab~ on about-!eads' to endless andpaIDful discussions of The Silence of the 'Lambs and Miss Saigon, 'Which is enough to drive one to,become a psycho killer. 'Which leads us to Basic Instinct(We're on a roll here with these seamless transitions, aren't we, darlings?);•
ous, greedy and obscene."
he five-part, New York 1imes series
As I'm sure you know, much has,It was strange, however, that AIDS
on· "The Price of Health" was. comhappened in the four weeks since wewas mentioned very rarely through' the, prehensive and well researched Like theirfirst reporte? about the currently filmfive-day series. Obviously, it's a major
series on AIDS in Africa,not too long ago,
ing cinematictale of lesbian andforc,e tugging on the system. With thebisexual ice-pick murderers. The story,it should trickle. down to lesser publicarising costs of new treatments and thehas now been reported everywheretions and raise awareness. At the end of
the series, the editorial board highlighted, growing numbers of people living withfrom the .networks ,to the Times,
AIDS who lack insurance,theTimesfour areas to guide health-care reform,
screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has repentincluding "universal coverage" and "cost . should have made it a short-term prioried and come out against his, own film
ty on the way to complete restructuring,(the director and producer
won't
containment." Their call on George B1Jsh,
accept any of his changes), and queer
to take a leadership role sl),ould only'beJane Freiman,
who regJJlarly
San Francisco has been up in arms
the opening salvo for major changes inreviews restaurants for Newsday, wrote
since the movie started shooting on
our medical insurance'sySteIn. The edito,a "Dining Out" column last week fortheir very streets. In fact, activists
rial called our current system "haphazard,
that paper, We don',t like her one bit.
there have had used some rather ingechaotic and crue!." I would add "murderIn last week's column, our fearlessnious methods to disrupt the film,
repol(I:er showed that 'she is no minorOne ,cute tactic was the flashing of
league gastronome, expressing her yerysigns at motorists passing the filming..
sight, askin~ them to "Honk If You
Support the Troops."
Also interesting was drag activist
Ggreg Taylor's Mata Hari stunt-he
seduced one of the film's makeup artists,
so that he could get into the makeup
man's hotel room, where Taylor thensecretly ~chedthrough the guy's thingsand dug up the direct telephone numbersof the fUm'sdirector and the producer. 'Honestly, there's no telling where
this surreal saga will go next.
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So let's take a break and have ali,Ellen Barkin love-fest-for
just amoment.
Since her initial comments, which
Scored her an OutWeek "Dreamboat of
the Week" Award, Barkin has toldc:Entertainment Weekly, regarding her.lesbian love scene cut from Switch,that "[director Blake Edwards and thestudio) should have shoved it down[the audience's) throats, It W04ld have'been a great thing for gay women."
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strong feelings on the very important
subject of restaurant etiquette.
She, says that she tends "to write off
chair-thwacking a phenomenon assoCiated with densely tabled restaurants,",and though "bag-bumping is more irksome," it would make her happier if
those who do it would simply apologize.
Freiman's true concern is "a kind of
new restaurant terrorism that peakedwith two recent incidents." The first was
an obnoxious group of men 'and
women who were laughing, "as 10,udly
as 'drunken sports fans." Miss Dining
Manners teBs the gentle readers ofNewsday that she "gave them a rather
benign ssshus1i' and immediately foundherself in the middle of a f09d fight.
She asks, "Has Roseanne Barr reallyreplaced Julia Child in the hearts andminds of middle-age adults?"

The next act of dining terrorism
she faced was in a hotel dining room
where her party "swiveledaround just,in time to see the two young womenlean over the man and kiss each otheron the lips." Shocking, no? Freiman
noted, "while I personally do not f~dsame-sex smooching offensive, it's
easy to understand how others----.md
at least one person at,my table might
consider this behavior to be unsettlingand inappropriate."
Freinman defended the column to
Gaydar saying, "Whatever one's sexual
orientation is, I don't feel that public
display of affection is appropriate." Ifthat truly was her point, why not talkabout a heterosexual couple? Every time
I turn around, they flaunt it in myface with no poFtica1end in sight.
No, Freiman was making the point

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At the Donahue show on "Gay Teen

Coming-Out Balls in Harlem," the host asked about the homophobia of Black comedians like Eddie Murphy. Willie Ninja,,

super-legendary mother of the House of Ninja, replied that theone who yells "faggot" loudest usually is one. Backstage, therumor was that a ball walker appearing on the show knows
firsthand about Ms.
Murphy .... Funny, George Bush last week,,

chastised ACT UP for an "excess of free speech" and then, this'week, said that free speech has been "threatened" by pOlitically,,correct students who are asking not to be called "faggots." ...
•In their article on the GLAAD media awards, The Advocate,

somehow neglected to mention that OutWee/(s star staff writ,•,er, Nina Reyes, was honored. More of the same.

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that same-sex kissing was bad. In her
piece, she says that the-fact that "therestaurant 'management failed to, discourage the threesome ...was irresponsible. After all, MTV refused to air theMadonna video because of same-sex
kissing. Here, it was live."
Freiman accused me of "reading allsorts of things into the .column that I
don't think are there. It was simply
about public displays of affection, notintended to make any comment aboutit." She got a little unconlfortable andkept repeating this over and over. But,
when aSked why she wrote about thisspecific group, she said, "There was a
lot of stuff going on under the table that
I couldn't report in a family newspaper. "No matter what she saw or saysthat she feels strongly about, her column reads that same-sex kissing must, stop because it makes people uncomfortable not that copping public feels
is gross. Actually, we need more samesex kissing in public. The reason people
are uncomfortable is that they don't
want to think about what it represents--two people of the same sex who
are in love with each other.
If sucking face is the issue, two
women kissing in public are clearly nomore disgt!Stingthan two hets doing thesame. When asked if she had ,ever written about same-sex couples in any othercolumn-in
any context at aB she
gave a flat no. Point made.
Freiman tells "sex flaunters: Learn
to be kinder and gentler restaurant- .
patrons. Or stay home." Better yet,Freiman should change the name of hercolumn to "Dining In." Then she could
stay home, eat take-<>ut,stare at Nonnan
Rockwells, and watch the purity of her
M1V-he~ new guardian of American
values. (Just don't turn to tbtrtysome, 'tbing or LA Law. I hear they havesame-sex kissing. And it's only going to
get worse. Get uSed to it.)And, while we're on the subject of, restaurant etiquette, when are we going
to see a column about those gourmaggats who snicker and make faces at two
men or two women trying to experience fine dining. They hear th~ word"gay" and whip their heads around to-,hear all the details of a life more interesting than their own. I always talk a littie louder and a little more like a sailor
so they get their money's worth andhave a good story for the babysitter....
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,,s Madame X's mother always says, Never trust appearanres.

overzealous child-care volunteer will report them for childabuse, as actually happened recently, but more likely this is just~e secrned like a good bet for an apartment share, at !lrst: A a chance to brag ("How about that! Baby Jamie's timpani lessons
straight guy who attended an ACf UP demo Once, he earned his are really paying offi") to other parents of drooling rug-rats. Since
living runninga solidarity-with-the-suffering-masses-of-Centralthe store isn't that big and its aisles are jammed with 15 indistin,.
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America group. But never trust a p~fes==::;:==::::::::::
guishable varieties of organic lettuce,'.'
traffic rapidly halts behind 6-year-old
siona! Leftie. They often reserv:etheir symyuppie-spawn as they scream forpathies for people who are far away andcarob brownies, barrel into precarious
seerpingly powerless, leaving their gOod
intentions at the office every evening.
. stacks of whole-grain crackers and5
Mo'st household fights were foodtrip up unwary adults. Even Anne,~ related. The evil housemate tossed ausually accommodating, began mut~ hissy-fit over illicit California grapes,. _~'
tering "Breeders!" loudly enough to-..
draw horrified glances.
~ ("Some of my best friends are £ann wom~ ers!") and suffered from paranoiac terror.'
The co-op, you see, is a family,8 that the kitchen woul4 be polluted by• _ •I •values kind of place, which is what~:::> cigarette, smoke. Nothing other than his'inspired
Madame X to appear there in=: endless lectures on the dangers of nicoher new "Dope, Buns 'n' Fuc;king intine fumes lingering near the oatmeal has ever made us wish that the Streets" T-shirt. Sure enough, minutes after she signed in (aswe did smoke. He didn't even smile when we respon~ed, "But Kitty Kelley, this time) a gray-haired woman notified h<rrthat there,was "a dirty word on her shirt!" That'll teach Madame X a lesson:
some of our best friends are cigar-rollers!"
Worst of all, he insisted that everyone in the house join the Next time, she'll pay attention before accepting a present from her
Park Slope Food Co-Op. The co-op-likethe evil
grandma.
housemat~es
a faint aura of peace, love, and understandFamily values or not, the place is packed with dyke&-aS you
ing, while duplicating the pointless rules that most of its memmight expect, given its Park Slope location. EaVesdroppers willbers profess' to loathe, We were shocked to learn that thiscatch intense discussions of who said what to whom at the Roost
humorless bureaucracy is not a branch ,of the government, as it last night, as lesbians of all sorts jostle each other in the check-out
combines the single-minded determination of a small-town
line. CO-op members do come in all shapes, colors and ages, To
its credit, the co-op is one of the most integrated plares in Brooklibrary trying to track down an overdue book with the ineptitude of the military trying to ,liberate Kuwait by bombing it into Iyn: The need for cheap groceries knows no boundaries.
the ocean.
Unfortunately, the glorious diversity of the co-op's memberThe first rule is that only members can shop: After .all, ship has little effect on the co-op itself. The co-op stOcks canned
everybody loves an exclusive club. Oh, the fun of flashing a cO- tuna but not geffite fLsh,Mint Milanos but not baklava, ketchup
op ID and having your, co-op file
"but
not kim chee, condoms' but not
checked on the co-op computer by a co'.' :. 'dental dains. If a 'York-crew member
op volunteer. ("Did you know youdials to a dance or jazz or oldies $tamissed your last work-shift?") Try going'tion, on the radio, there's always somewith a guest, and you11 quickly discover
body Jo complain: "Excuse' me? I kindthat Checkpoint Cltarlie has just movedof have a headache? Can't we listen toto Brooklyn: Visitors must sign iJ;l, whilesomething less, urn, noisy? Isn't there
swearing a sacred oath not to buy any-,' something we can all agree on?" And
thing. Madame X, cagey as ever, has·the next thing you know, it's Paulborrowed the signatures of Djuna
Simon or Sade (the evil housemate's
Bames, Chrissie Hynde, Natalie Barneyfavorite) on lite FM.
and Joan Jett.
' ,'It's the tyranny of the bland.
It's the banality of evil. It's good
Despite the fact that there is a separate day-care space, most parents take'•reason to join Liz and 'Sydney on
their 4 am supermarket jaunts. A &rlleir brats with the~ when shopping.
Perhaps they're frtghtened that an,
P, here we come ....

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SWITCH. Written arid directed by Blake Edwards. Produced by
Tony Adams. Warner Bros.
by' Monica Dorankamp
It seems appropriatethat Steve
Brooks realizes that he's a woman bydiscoveringthat he no longer has a,penis. The divinely maneuvered Sex
change is the title "switch" of Blake"Iet' s-make-movies-about-sexualambivalence-in-order-to-reassert-theprimacy-of-het-'
erosexuality"
Edwards"
newfilm, starring EI~
len Barkin as
Steve.
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As with manyof Edwards' fllms,
Switch's premise
has people talking. Steve Brooks
is a macho, disgustingly sexist
man who diesand is sent backto earth to securesome evidence(one woman who
likes him) that he•shouldbe allowed into heaven. The devil,
who gets him if
he fails, wants tomake things difficult and insiststhat he make thetrip in a woman's
body., The result'is a battle not somuch of the sexes
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and sleep with the women he.is still
attracted to? Or will he manage to overcome his extraordinary homophobia
and sleep with the men who are attractedto him?
This is clearly the most interesting
problem that Switch constructs. Nevertheless, Edwards introduces it only to
run ,screaming from it, preferring tolinger on the safer, often inane question "Is it better to be a man o,r a
woman?'~ From the Lite FM version of"Both Sides Now" that accompanies
the opening credits to the absolutely
hellish heterosexual closure (completewith marriage and baby), the movie
rejects any possibility of taking itsowO'
risks in order to comfortably remain
within Hollywood conventions.
When Steve's best frien~ Walter(Jimmy Smits), asks Amanda (thename Steve goes by as a woman-"A
man, duh") if she's gay (she cruises
women relentlessly, even expressing adesire to play "hide the salami" with
one beautiful female passerby), shequickly responds, "Hey" if I'm gay,
Clint Eastwood's a transvestite." Butobviously, she just hasn't thought
about it enough, for Steve's masculine, heterosexualdesire does get
refigured as lesbian ,here; if it didn't, it
wouldn't, be- so threatening,
andSteve/Amanda would, go to bed withwomen without hesitation.
As it is, she thinks about it too
much, Eager to win a new client for
her advertising firm, initially Amanda
is Steve at his best, promising herself......
as part of the package, But where
Steve would not have gotten very far
with Sheila Faxton (Lorraine Bracco),
head of Faxton Cosmetics, Amanda,

PLAYING HIDE THE SALAMI-Ellen Barkin as Steve/Amanda,--~--,-

does. Bracco is quite brilliant in revealing,
only to hold in check,
SHeila's desire for Amanda. And
though their scenes together are fullof unlikely dialogue (a need to articulate their butch/femme roles before
they can continue and a very problematic understanding of Steve/ Amanda's experience as characteristicallylesbian), they do have a sexual energy (createdsolely by Barkin andBracco) that makes them the best in
the film.
As always, such moments are too
infrequent. Barkin has complained ininterviews that Edwards cut her love,scene with Bracco---as it is, Amanda
only kisses Margo (JoBeth Wil!iams}which can but lead us to await a"restored" version in 30 or
so years. But beyond the
explicitand offensive
homophobia that provokes
such a censorious action,
the suppressionof this~scene is further complicated by the fact
that, argUably; it would have been the '"safest" way to represent lesbianism ina Hollywood movie: not as lesbianism
at all, but as heterosexuality. Steve only
becomes Amanda biologically, andthough the responses (mostly by men)
, to that biology affect the way he thinks 'about women, he never thinks of himself as a woman.
At her best when wobblingaround on her stilettos checking out
girls, Barkin is, for much of the film,in control, making the material better than it might otherwise be, As in
Sea of Love, she forges a highly individualized
character,
only to bereined in by ultimately oppressive
narrative conventions, an unfortunate fact that transforms
Barkin's extreme sexinessto a squinty-eyed sentimentalism that is hard to watch.
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OnneCIIOnSTHE GILDA STORIES by Jewelle Gomez. Firebrand Books. $20.95 e1.,$9.95 pb. 252 pp.
by Jacqueline Woodson
I have absolutely no tolerance forbad writing-homoor hetero, mainstream or marginal. Having come of age
in the late 70s and come out in the '80s,
I ran with a group of baby dykes whobelieved, like me, that the lesbian COD:lmunity was far too tolerant, that thesmall presses publishing lesbian fiction
were far too desperate and that "goodlesbian writing" was too-fast becoming
an oxymoron. So it was with reservation
and a lot of attitude that I sat down toread The Gilda Stories, a surprisingly
powerful first novel by poet Jewelle 'Gomez. The Gilda Stories, which chronicles the life of a lesbian vampire fromher birth. in 1890 through to the year
2050, weaves the fragile webs of loveand time into its seductive premise and is
at once poetic and intriguing. And while
the writer stumbles sometimes offering
clunky paragraphs and too much explanation for my minimalist taste--Gomez
still comes wough with a cast of someof the sexiest women in fiction (OK,there are a couple of sexy men too).
There is something for everyone in
The Gilda Stories and, like many of thewomen I've met, they all /eave! But fromthe moment we meet the Girl as a runaway slave in 1890 fighting off the attackof a bounty hunter-we are enraptured.
When the origiruti Gilda finds the Girl,takes her back to the brothel she runs
and protects her from the advances ofcustomers, Gomez offers us .more than aglimpse of the struggles and successes ofwomen--both white and of color-dur•
ing the period. Gilda takes the runaway
slave into her "family," which includes
Bird, Gilda's Native American lover.
When Gilda decides that she has lived
her vampire life long enough, sheknocks herself off and leaves her nameto the Girl.
In a voice that isoften clear, compellingand devoid of pretension, Gomez tells astory that may offend
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and offensive-in
Switch.
Walter's persistent attempts to sleep'with Amanda fail (Steve's homophobia won't allow for it) until one
drunken evening-when
Amanda isunconscious.
"Date rape!"
she
screams in the morning, while Walter
maintains that she enjoyed it. Rape ornot (we never know), the encounteryields the desired end. Amanda getspregnant and, in the simplistic, essentialist, grossly conservative ending,realizes how truly miraculous it is tobe a woman.
This need to feel violated and toreproduce,in order to understandwhat being a woman is, is more thana little problematic. That out of thisconflation--thisviolence
come salvation and forgiveness is more than alittle offensive.
Edwards
shouldnever have cut the love scene
between Bracco and Barkin, but hewould have to do a lot more thanrestore it to redeem himself here. T

woman taking the Black girl under her
wing and "nurturing" her. The novel's
redemption is that, iregardless of how it
comes to be so, it is that rare thing in lesbian fictiOD---Q
Black girl's story.
What sets The Gilda Stories apartfrom other novels of this genre is theauthor's talent for depicting the characters' wants as universal-their need forfamily, their desire to belong, to exist
without the fear' of being hunted andhated, to have lifelong blood connections(a desire that is much harder to attainwhen "lifelong" may mean thousands ofyears). With exact and frightening detai!s,Gomez writes of the vampire's daily andnocturnal existence, of the vampire's
community and of "hollie soil "--thepackets and pallets of soil vampires canywith them so that they may remain
grounded even when caught in daylightor on water. The soil becomes a JYdft of
the women's strength. Their need for this,soil braids a path back to their need forfamily and for grounding. As Gomez
moves the narrative through Louisiana
through 1850, Yerba
Buena in 1890, South, End in 1955, we realizethat the author is writing
with her own pockets
full of home soil. The•cluµ-acters, their travels,'their sense of loss
and living, even the original Gilda's needto throw "true death," comprise a world'
so convincing that the reader is left toponder that delicate line between fact
and fiction. When the people in thisnovel taste blood, the reader tastes blood;
when they fight, the reader draws back in
pain. But it is the characters' lovemaking
that is most remarkable. Not content tomerely evoke the piddly clit-throbbing

hominess common in so much lesbian
fiction, Gomez takes us a little further,drawing from her readers a full-bodied,immortal desire, that-trust me is noteasily sated.
.
While tbe Gilda Stories may not be
for everyone-like those who curl happilyaround the novels of Katherine Forrest
and Kathleen Fleming-the rest of us,
including my baby-dyke friends, havebeen waiting too long for a novel we•o I:llner/Ur
Jewelle Gomez Won't Settle
by Victoria A. ~rownworth]ewelle Gomez is warm, funny,smart, gracious and very, very angry. All 'those pieces come together in her new
book, The Gtlda Stories, which, theauthor notes, is not autobiographical,
but which is, one can say, the sum ofher parts. It took her a hard seven years
to write, and it is in her favorite fonn:"high romance." She wrote it for herself,
for her great-grandmother and grandmother and for people riding to workon the subway from her Brooklyn'
neighborhood.
The book, like the author, is hardto pin down. Highly political yet not a
didactic attack, it's about
history, pain,,
racism, humanism and radical lesbianfeminism, And it's about how Gomez
was raised-with. strong women, themagic of life and the perils of racism
and poverty.
•
Gomez "gre\y up on welfare" in
Boston in the '50s, raised by her greatgrandmother, who had herself been"born on Native American land in Iowa.
I thought it was really special that I
grew up wi¢. my great-grandmother. I
didn't think about oppressions, labels
and categories then, I came from a, group of people and identities I looked
at as a gift, When I was younger, thesewere extraordinary things of value tome, It wasn't until later that I got thebigger perspective [of raoism and sexismJ."Gomez herself is of African-American and Native-American heritage, andthat confluence is apparent ,in ,herspeech. SlJ,eis a storyteller.:....atrait she

inherited from her family. tbe Gilda Stories are "in traditional narrative," butthere's nothing of the mundane traditional about them. Gomez is "thrilled"about the new book, her ftrst novel, but
her concerns in our interview weremore far-reaching than the book and theconfines of fiction. Gomez has a lot tosay-most of it guaranteed to make a lotof people uncomfortable, from an opening statement that she doesn't "think
about individual men, I think about thepatriarchy and what I can do to crush it"

don't need a snow plow to get through.
With this eloquent, talented andcoloiful flrst novel, ]ewelle Gomez canproudly take her place among thoseworking to change the course of lesbian fiction. And even though rpe
Gtlda' Stories does falter, the novel
never falls. There are enough bloodchilling, cUt-throbbing passages tokeep even the most critical reader turning the pages. ~to her closing standard that "sexuality is
the root of so much of our oppression."
An essential foundation in Tbe
Gilda Stories is Gomez's feminism: radical, lesbian-centered, angry. But it isn't
bitter writing. Gomez explains that "theexuberance of living life for me is agood thing, from the apgle of bitterness
I've seen and 'experienced and feel. I
feel a 16t of joy in surviving a systemdesigned around my failure. I want thatto come through in the writing: These
women are survivors, The choice,S
they've made are life-afflrming. That's
one of the reasons I couldn't have my
vampires kill people, I had to make avery deliberate choice,» she continues.

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l"I don't want to portray the killing ofothers as a heroic thing to do. As afeminist, I had to take away the murderaspect-that was the greatest challenge,
making the genre mine, because it cer- 'tainly wasn't mine."~
The foundation'of much of
Go~ez's critical writing' she has written
numerous essays for lesbian, feminist
and gay publications nationwide-is
racism, sexism and homophobia. When
she talks about gay men's ignorance ofsexism, even in the face of AIDS, the"downwardly mobile white girls" of New
York's Lower East Side and the imperative of responsible characterization inqueer fiction, Gomez is bound to set
some teeth on edge. And yet this same
maverick voice also states that she nolonger reviews books she thinks are badbecause she doesn't like to give ,negative
criticism, she worries about self-censorship in the queer community, and, perhaps most unexpectedly, her response
to ,the publication of Tbe Gtlda Stories(she has published two books of poetry
and her essays have been anthologized)
is more like that of a fledgling twentysomething author than the seasoned
writer she is. These are the many competing tensions in Jewelle Gomez.
Carving out a niche has been partof Gomez's struggle as a Black lesbianfeminist writer; one of her
stories about,
herself guts the struggle in exquisite
perspective. "I -did this speech once for
NYU law school. I stood there, and I
told them, 'I am everything you wereraised to be afraid of: a person whogrew up on welfare, a Black lesbian.' I
told them, 'I get it-what it means that I•
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I wantyou to get it.' I,told them, 'It has tomake a change in your life, not just achangt in my life.' 1bat's the big per$peCtive-being Black, being a lesbian.
It informs everything I do."Gomez talks about being a lesbianas if she sprang queer from the womb.
But when asked, she admits to having
slept with men "for years. I certainly
had many, many relationships with
men until I decided to just let that partgo. But I knew I was a lesbian from thetime I wasl6--«nd even as I slept withmen, I would tell them I was a lesbian.
It has been very exciting to have a lesbian movement to work with: The
whole idea of being a lesbian is suchan odd thing, such a wonderful thing. If
you haven't lived through dealing withcreating an identity as a Black'woman well, It's another layer to add
on. And it's the most obvious layer."
Being a lesbian is central in
Gomez's life, she explains: "It's who I
am, it's the heart and soul of my writing. That's who I wrife for, predominantly-lesbian
publications. If I am
writing about anything in my life, it is
the perspective of a Black lesbian. It
informs everything."
And, unlike some lesbian writers
who have devoted writing energy to
the AIDS epidemic, Gomez is morecircumspect, trying, .as with every
other issue she examines, to explain.alarger context: "I feel very strongly
that there is a cultural reality that gay
men are sexist. If a similar situation [tothe AIDS crisis) arose in our community, men would not be running to our,'- ..:..'- ..

side. I think that's a, reality thatwomen have, to hold on to, that wehave to keep our eye on. It doesn'tmean we don't do the AIDS work. But
then we were trained as women tofocus on more than one thing at atime. My focus, as a person of color; isto point out that people of color andwomen-are used to facing the world
on a multitude of thrusts. That perspective is invaluable in the struggle
against AIDS."
But it is a perspective that Gomez
believes is sorely lacking in the AIDS
movement. She said that people haveforgotten 'that, once the epidemic isdefeated, "there will still be a need forgay rights. It's unfortunate ~t it always
ends up looking like 'either/or'-if I'm
not devoting, my time to AIDS work,
then I'm a betrayer. But we cannot rank
the oppressions and say, 'I am more
important than you.' AIDS work does
not need to be done at the expense of
dealing with men's sexism or racism oranti-lesbian and anti-gay violence. It's
something":"-being able to focus on
more than one issue at a time-thatwomen can really teach men. Men
would l~a lot if men could get that."
Gomez is a hard worker, and,
although she never states it, one
believes that she wishes others would
work as hard on some ,of the issues she
has devoted her life to. "We have a lotof responsibility to take on-asa movement, as individuals. We have to shakeoff our roles as oppressors and confront sexism, confront racism, confront
the ease with which we lapse into
those oppressor roles." ..

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CURES: A GAY MAN'S ODYSSEY by Martin Dpberman. Dutton: $19.95 d. 305 pp.
byM~ Cavitch
We were pieceS of shf.taround whom

the world revolved-from CurE5
Hart Crane once said that the only
thing that can give happiness is "the identification of yourself with all of life. It is a•fierce and humble happiness, both at thesame time." This is the sPirit in which the,best autobiographical writing is done, and
it is also the spirit that informs Martin
Dubennan's fierce and humble new book
Cures is not the first life history

Dubennan has set but to tell. His highly
praised biographies of Charles Francis
Adams (1961), James Russell Lowell(1966) and Paul Robeson (989) are brilliant examples of how rich and peculiar
details of individual lives compose
images of whole places and times,
nations and generations.
A prize-winning historian, playwright, teacher
and journalist, Martin
Duberman has spent· thepast three
decades,

speaking usefully and importantly about
the lives of others. In Cures, he at last
speaks as forthrightlyabOut his own life.
, There is sOmethinginevitable about'this autobiography, as though Duberman's previous work was a sort ofrehearsal for it. Throughout his career(Cleverly plotted inCures), he follows hisurge toward the contemporary and the radical, both politicallyand professionally.

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Civil War, Duberman's attention migrates'over the years to the story of race relations in this country, the Civil Rights
movement, the emergence of the New
Left and the crisis in higher education.
Alongside these concerns, an increasingly less private and tormented, and more
publicly accepting, view of himself as agay man develops in part as a result oflessons learned from, the battles he witnesses elsewhere. As Duberman puts it,"My understanding and empathy wentprimarily toward individuals, my interest
concentrated on the world of personal
idiosyncrasy,
motive, struggle." For
Duberman, history is what people makeout of their own lives.
Of course, anybody who calls hislife story an "odyssey" has not given up
on the power of the past to resonate in
the present, Odysseys, from Homer
onward, are stories in which the publicmemory and private life come together,
opportunities
for identification
andrecognition and for the rearticulation ofhopes long denied, And the articulationof hope is something of which thealways-vital, always-imperilled gay community is much in need. Duberman does
not mean audaciously to speak for an

entire community" either for its past or
for its present. But his book is now partof the public memory that gay people inthis country need to preserve and retell.
Cures demonstrates how and why therest of us might speak about ourselves:"We alI must tell, our secrets, must comeout of our 'shameful' closets, if a morehumane, genuinely diverse culture is,ever to emerge. ~For Duberman, "history" is anotherword for "self-realization." It's appropriate, therefore, that he should center his
life history on his experiences in various
forms of therapy. Ranging from thebizarre to the conventional, the "cures"
Duberman undergoes alI share the negative, often irrational, frequently vicious
attitude toward homosexuality that has
characterized the mental-health profession for most of this century. Delighted
to confinn and exacerbate his early selfhatred, the array of quacks Duberman
encounters gives a farcical but sadly
accurate picture of the kind of solicitous
care that has, until recently, been available to most gay people seeking help.
Most disturbing are the lel}gthy
reconstructions of a number of group, therapy sessions, lead by a charlatan
named Karl. Despite the caricatured, Bob
Newhart Show quality of the sessions a:nd
our own ironic detachment from theDark Age mentality they reflect, the horror of these meetings (which often
descend into emotional and even physical abuse) is real. To call Karl's tactics
unprofessional is absurd understatement
At various points, Karl advises Dubeiman
to break off a:lI relations with his mother,encourages sexual contact with a woman

in his group and comes close to forbidding any discussion of Duberman's
homosexual experiences. Yet beyond these chilling particulars, it is Duberman's growing unwillingness to see himself through the myopic,
hate-.filled eyes of others that is the mostaffecting part of his narrative--the partthat gives his reader the greatest opportunity for identification and recognition.
In a recent review of Cures, Tbe New
Yom Times complained that Duberman's
odyssey is somehow incomplete, that his
healing journey is still underway anddoes not include a proper "homecoming." But this is not a story about humanperfectability. I trust that Martin Duberman has many more books up his
sleeve----perl1aps even another volume of
memoirs (Cures leaves off in the mid70s)--but I don't think that this personal
history in any way fails to stand on its
own. Duberman himself puts it well in
the preface to a collection of his early
essays: "My view is that the past will
always remain 'uncompleted': We will
never grasp' its meaning whole, neverunderstand its influence over our lives tothe extent we might like, nor be, able tofree ourselves from that influence to thedegree many might wish. "He puts it even better toward the,end of Cures when he -describes his
evolving 'relationshipwith a man
named Stanley: "Sensibly, we stopped
talking about a life-partnership
andstarted building, day by day, the history
that might in the future convert that.
hope into a reality." Anyone searchingfor a homecoming need look no further
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ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR by Douglas Carter Beane. DireCted
by Edg~"r Lansbury. The Lucille Lortel Theatre. 121 Christopher St•(212)92'4.8782. 1Uesdays through Fridays at 9 pm; Saturdays at 6 pm
and 9 pm; Sundays at 3 pm and 7 pm.
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While Variety ,<:alIs it "a comedy
From afor the' -'90s," 'Advice
Cdterptllar, a farce, steJl1S from decidedly '80s attitudes. AneL
thankfully, we are all
hard-pressed
for light
entertainment that cand.eaL with the quiteridiculous permutations,•

t:-' .....~-.-of contemporary romance among gays,
straights and bisexuals.
The characters are: Missy (AllySheedy), an artist whose work involv~
collecting
andshowing her parents' home movies,
accompaniedbyher own biting
commentary; hergay mend Spaz (Dennis Christopher), an
over-the-hill performance artist who
works as a cater-waiter;Brat (David lansbury), his bisexual amour, who affectedly
draws attention to hisyronunciation of.
"Brecht"; and Suit (Harley Venton),Missy's 'married, occasional-weekday fuck. Mix
them all up in variouS apartments and asununer home, and events move aroundlike markers on a sexual board-game.
The theme is love, er, rather, running from it. Poor Missy wants desperately not to fall in love: "It's so '70s!" ,shewhines in a jumpsuit stolen directlyfrom Lady Kier's rack. Spaz is, for hispart, either an endearing gay frien9 or
an urban stereotype, depending on
one's PC agenda. (He knows notliing

about car mechanics, falls in love with abisexual man only to give him away to
his female friend and attempts suicide
after doi~g so-a course of question"able realism.) He laments his empty life 'while embroidering the word "love" ona shirt. Love is something for saps, notsophisticated New Yorkers who speaia1- 'ize exclusively in arch and knowing
insider jokes. These, are characters one
avoids at 'dinner parties and openings we tend to laugh ~tthem, notwith them.
The happy-ever-after ending is a ~ ,bit cloying and, might be better received 'in a production that didn't force thecheerfulness, specifically in the segues,
where loud music and dancing clash

with the empty romantic attitudes of,these four characters, Ally Sheedy maintains the frustrated initation required byher part, but the toll her grating voiceconsequeptly exacts from the audience 'is substantial. Harley Venton is appropriately wooden as Suit, becoming incteasingly homophobic and gay-ignorantunder duress, David Lansbury, as thepretentious bisexual actor, is both' cuteand annoying.
By the play's conclusion, Missyfinds love and accepts the limits of her
metropolitan attitude. ,Hers might be,after all," the suburban happiness she
tried so desperately to deconstruct inher art. This might be a better comedy if
it didn't try, so hard
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ULTRA NATE. In concert with Deee-Lite. Radio City Music Hall.
Wednesday, May 15.8 pm.

by Michael Paoletta"Men just pluck my nerves
sometimes,"states the mild-mannered, sharp-looking
and fully-incentro I Ultra Nate. Ms. Nate, forthose who don't know, is the recently discovered diva-of-despair responsible for 1989's undergroundclub
smash "It's Over Now" and the current double A-side 12-inch, which, features the love-gone-wrong jtttitudeof "Scandal" on one side and theeffervescent,ever-hopeful"Is ItLove?" on the flip.
Currently a resident of Baltimore,
Ultra, age 23, believes that she may
have fmally found her niche. Throughout Ms. Nate's schooling, she wasalways trying to decide what it was
she really wanted to do career-wise:"My high school training was geared
toward the medical field, and I feltthat I should continue my education inthat area. But I also had interests inthe arts. In my spare time, I would act
in school plays as well as write playsof,my own. And I would design andsew new creations for my wardrobe.
And, of course" I had been singing all
my life in the church."
Though Ultrds roots are definitely
in the church choir, her feet are finnly
planted on the dance floors of some ofBaltimore's hottest House clubs,
where she befriended deejayslremix-

ers/production team the Basement Boys
(Jay Steinhour, Teddy Douglas andThomas Davis), also residents of Baltimore. "It just happened by chance thatmusic became the instrument for me. I
started working with the ,Basement
Boys as a means of fulfilling myoutside interests in 'thearts,"U I t r a
recalls.
But

her means of fulfilling her outside interests appear to have blossomed into one
nice, deee-groovy profession,
Ultra met the Basement Boys at atime in her life when she was Baltimore's true party-girl, and the Boys
were just starting out as a production
team, But if being a club kid seems likea tenuous pasttime, Ultra's story is
proof positive that good contacts canbe made within the, club circuit.
"It was pretty easy to audition for
the BaiementBoys
because' they
were still ,young ,In what they
were doing~", she says: "I
expressed an interest in doingsome background vocals forthem. Even though I havesung all my life, I neverconsidered myself a lead
voCalist. I was always theone who carried thebackground vocals.
,"For a period oftime, I was doing strict-,
Iy background vocals.
One night, at about 2
am, the Boys wanted me to do thelead on a songthat they had justcompleted therhythm track
for, I was not
comfortable~withthis .§
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MAKING WAY FOR BIG DADDY••.just
when you thought that it was time to relax
and reach for an icy Miller beer (the boycott
is rumored to be winding to a close), the,"genuine draft" has made yet another genuine blunder in the public relations sphere.
A quick perusal of the current Spin reveals
an ad announcing Miller's sponsorship of Big,
Daddy Kane "live across America." In qlSe•
you'd forgotten, Mr. Big has assured us in verse that "the Big
Daddy law is anti-faggotlIhat means no homosexuality." He's
also not too fond of women-unIess,of course, they're on. their backs.
,
Michael Petrelis, who has been spearheading the Millerboycott, was not surprised that Millercontinues to straddle the fence.
, "Philip Morris is a big company that $peaks out of many mouths.
What we are demanding is for at least one of those mouths to be
speaking loudly for the gay community. ",Beverly Jurkowski, the Public Relations Director for Miller's"premium brands" was genuinely surprised to hear about the,and, furthermore, I had never heard thetrack b¢fore. Well, Teddy and I-withlittle a input from Tommy-wrote
thelyrics, and after listening to the track forfiv¢, minutes. I came up with the
melody. I laid down the vocal track that~ght, morning-whichever you want tocall it and the result was 'It's Over
Now.'" This explains the song's rawness, its realness. And, Ultra and theBasement Boys are more determinedthan ever to fuse their raw, undergro\lnd, House' sound with jazZ-influenced undercurrents,
various mood~ings and, most importantly, a deep, r&-bclub attitude.
",With"It's Over Now," Ultra estabiished herself as ~ major recording s~
in England, yet here in her native
land, she remains virtually unknown(except
in the undergroundclub
scene),and this perplexes her. This,situation is bound to change, especially since she has acquired such astrong base in our community.
, When it comes to her gay following, Ultra is only too real and very
appreciative: "I like gay people. Gay
people critique yOu-they critique you
hard! If they like you and appreciateyou, they don't mind letting you
know, whether it's by screaming during your live performances or singing
along to every word. And when you're
performing,
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tion you need to know that the people ire in tune with you, that you're
communicating with the audience. A
lot of times, straight crowds can be sosad-they
will just stand there and.look at you, like 'What are you doing?'
There is just no feedback. It's muchharder to deal with."
Could it be that her gay following
is just able to relate to her love-gonewrong lyrics more than their het counterparts? Or could it be that we are
more capable of appreciating her raw
yet sassy full-of-attitude vocal delivery?
Or, quite possibly, it's because it' does
not matter whether Ultra is singing onkey, off-key or all-around key. Ablybut gently she tugs at our hearts, and,before we realize it, we are feeling the
joy and (more often than not) pain oflove and its many (un)splendoredthings. But through it all-the pain, thesuffering and the heartache
Ultra isable to stand tall. It's something we cancertairily relate to.
, Ms. Nate is quick to point out
that her forthcoming album, "Blue
Noter in the ,Basement," is autobiographical (she wrote 80 percent of
the lyrics). "All of the'•songs were, Written
about one year ago,at a time when certain personal'relationships
were not,M_1f 22. "BB..

Big Daddy deal but promised to get back to us
with an honest-to-goodness explanation.
$P~'Y,YOUR GUTS ... The windy city isgeariilg up for an aII-day zany 'zine convention
on S~turday, May 25. Spew, the homographic
convergence, promises "no boring panel discussions, no pointless worksbops, shitloads ofnoisy fags and~dykes," as well as editors andpersonalities from Fertile Latoyab Jackson, Bimbox, Straigbt to Hell and countless other fab 'zines. Get yourbeauty rest now. Spew will be held from noon to 8 pm at Randolph Street Gallery, 756 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IT. 60622.
QUi (312) 666-7137 for info.
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO••.There shouldo't be any
shortage of material for Debra Riggin Waugh's Ex-Lover Weird
Shit anthology. Send queer, fiction, poetry and cartoons. Deb's"pretty much looking for funny stuff." All submissions should
include a short bio and a self-addressed, stamped envelope. PO
Box 5243, Takoma Park" MD 20913.
-compiled by VIctorIa Starr, Sarab Pettit

going too well. The album is very
personal in that way-I write what I
feel. However, I' don't feel that way
today, which means that if I were, towrite lyrics now, they would mostprobably be a bit more positive.~
But,
as
Ultra
lamentson"Funny ... How Things Change" (asong off the LP), "Everything happens for a reason, if only.to makeyou a little stronger, a little wiser, alittle more experienced.".
With the beginning of summer
comes exciting new beginnings for
Ultra Nate: the releaseof herrecently completed "Blue Notes in
the Basement," a new disco 12-inch
precedingit, and her New Yorkpremiereon May 16 (along withother select dates in other citi"es),as the opening act for Deee-Lite'ssummer tour.
Ultra appears to be at the beginning of a successful journey: "My success tqus far has been great. It's not,as if I've struggled for years likesome people do to get to this point.
It's someming that just fell in my lap,quite out of the blue. And, yOol!
know, you can't look agift horse in the mouth.
I'm not as far as some,but I don't have as far
to go as a lot of otherpeople." Go on, girl! ~

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by Noelle Hanrahao.
Born in the ~Jate wilderness ofSheridan, Wyo., Cris Williamson has
always fought fame, craving exposurefor her music, while shielding her "hermit" self from the often-consuming adoration of the lesbian community. An
amazing instrument, her unstudied voice
was sexy-in the context of the 1975
gestation of Olivia Records---and strucka cord with a generation. Bonnie Raitt
commehts in the newly released video,
The OJanger: A Record of the Times: "I
was in my 20's when I heard the legendof Cris Wtlliamson ....To be included inCris' project was like a beacon ....Her
voice is like a honey-<lipped cello.", As the marquee artist for Olivia
Records since its inception, Wtlliamson
has become a' lesbian-feminist folk hero,credited with inspiring the creation of
Olivia Records and, over the years, paying a hefty part of the rent. This ~pport
allowed Olivia Records to become asiren, a menacing reminder to the mainstream that women can take total control of the recording process by producing, recording and engineering LPs,
thereby breaking the mainstream record
business' monopoly over the voice of
women.' Co~cidentally, Williamson originally shopped her 1975 album, Tbe
Changer and the Changed, to othercompanies, but no one bought it Olivia
pressed it, and it has sold one-quarter
million copies since. Over the years,
Olivia became Wtlliamson's home: "I did
not know," she recalls, "that this was tobe my fate when I looked out mydoor, there was a line of women stretch. ing around the block. OK, I said, allright then."
Perhaps because of the' fact that'
Williamson has released uneven recordings over the years, her spectacular vocal
presence has never gamered the criticalor popular acclaim that her sheer talentdeserves.- A vocalist with few parallels,Williamson can be q:>unted among thelikes of such singers as Mercedes Sosa,
Linda Ronstadt and k.d. lang, But there isanother side of Williamson that is hard toreconcile with the achievements she represents, and she is also a magnet for'intense reactions.
It is always a struggle trying todecide which light to shine on Cris'.
Williamson. The product of years of
pampering, no one at Olivia ever said no,to such bread-and-butter LPs as Snow
Angel and Wolfmoon, making both
Williamson and Olivia Records the buttof many a dyke joke. Her audience,
meanwhile, probably remains the sameloyal 100,000. Wtlliamson blames the gay. press arid her fans for "pigeon-holing"her, making the assumption that theirsupport haS kept her from reaching theentire planet. I just wish that her fans
had so much power.
She's a woman of sharp contrasts:
Beyond her fucessant mysticism and her
12-gauge
buckshot attitude lies a woman,
in a mauve runningsuit working out toF5PN's daily aerobics show, amidst her
twO-ftSl:edtelevision-watching and soap
opera addiction. lacking tangible vulnerability, humility or worn. details, Williams
turns everything into an overblown
metaphor: "I think I am bright. I polishmyself by leaning into the wheel andallowing life to buffer' me a bit....:...fuatis

how I achieve my shape. But you !snow,
it can roll right over on you, flattening
you on the road.
Cris Williamson h3s been an anomaly since the days Meg Christian tried tomold her in her own irnage--an inspiration to Olivia while always remaining
outside of the collective. The simultaneous release of Cris Williamson's live concert recording A Circle of Friends and ,ther~pective
Tbe Best of Crls wtlifamson
marks the 15th anniversary of The
OJanger emd the (1:Janged and captures
the essential qualities of beauty, measure
and a gentle and healing ease that makeWtlliamsori.'s music enduring. The selections ~e a healthy mix of songs from the'70s and a smattering of more recent
compositions. From the origirial rec()tdip.gs of Tbe OJanger, featuring Meg Christian's hannonies, to a: recent ,recording,the timeless song MtlIworker, by James
Taylor, Williamson has proved h~iself asa, truly- gifted songstress who's not afraid
to let the times cany her aJ,ong.T

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CITY: W'asbinge~DC
CLUB: Lesbo-a-Go-Go.•'~~~~~s~~~~Jury ('Saturdays,), Frea
House ('.Mondays):/'-

1. "C1t'psyWoman" by Crystal Waters
2. "Cood Beat/ESP" by Deee-Llte
3. "People Are Stili Having Sex" by Latour
4. "Hey, D.J, I Can't Dance" by Betty Boo
5. "Temptation"

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6. "It's a Shame" by Monle Love,

7. "Fascinating

Rhythm" by Ba __Matlc

8. "Cet Your Thing Together" by Urban Rhythm
9. "Moonlight Dancing" by Bette Mldler,

10. "Bass Power" by Raze,

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together alone one night we were watching t.v.
& my father shot to his feet as Tbe Star-Spang/ed Banner
hailed the network's last gleaming.
he stood at attention saluting the red & white striped
tongue gyrating on the t.v. screen.
"Daddy," 1said, ''you don~t have to do that." ,"I know 1 don't have to but 1 want to," he said.

we had a tree.
an avocado tree.
first my father painted itthen he killed it.
even before
he decided,
to cut the postage stamp-6ize
swimming pool
into the lawn,he, downed the tree.
1was gone then,gone long & gone far.
but denial & amnesia
made me send father's day & birthday cards.
in one' card I asked,
as 1 rarely did,
, for something:some avocados.
1said send me..
some avocados
from the tree, Daddy.
I got $20 in the mail& instructions to go
buy some avocados.
he'didn't tell me
what he had doneto the tree.

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my mother slipped on her sweater & disappeared.
we rolled loose to comers of the room.
buttoned in cold; bones of children knitting shadows in the dark,
dreaming of pullovers, cardigans, cashmere & mohair.
"She never wanted children," he explained.

ihe told me his father put his foot on his neck& beat him until his nose bled.
he left home when he was 14,
an Aries full of blind lighttrying to wrap barbed wire around the wind.

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my father bent a piece of rubber hose
into a black ellipse, then taped the ends together
to make a handle, he beat me with this.

,•1 was grown, in my own apartment,
when the eat sprang up on my record player
claws gouging Bob Marley's Bumtn' & Lootin:
1 snatched that cat off the record player,slammed it to the floor,'
beat skin, teeth, sKull with my fIStS,
tied its legs together & yanked its tail backexposing the anus, tiny ftst curled pink.
1 picked up a burning cigarette from the ashtray& started to stick it up that eat's assholesomething stopped me,•,,

spliced between the blind night of a forgotten scream
it would be ten years before 1 remembered
my father breaking open my asshole.
, the memory would walk up behind me like bad news,
as unbelievable as Mayor Goode dropping a bomb on Osage Avenue,
as unbelievable as doctors betting on how much oxygen it would taketo blind a baby in an incubator then turning up the oxygen to see.
it would come in the night like St~e's Inner Vtslon.
like the nurse in the Tuskegee syphilis night,
basket full of magic light, lies & placebos.
it would come counter-clockwise like bent swastikas.
it came just when I was learning to stand, to speak.
it grabbed me by my knees & dragged me down the years,
stopping where I disappeared 35 years ago.

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my father had,onlyset a place
for himself ~ my little brother.
"I thought you had alreadyeaten,· he offered.
, ,I made no move to get another plate, 'neither did he.
•he se,rved h~ son, the food I had prepared,
they ate,
I disappeared, 'like the truth,
like the tree.

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I say you raped me
you say it's a damn lie

you remember being a &y

ntnnlng after rabbtts {nTlWJS
fast as the grasstall as the sun
crazy slut of a life leaves you with 4 kids & no wife
3 gone bad
1 just like you:an achiever,,

4.
at14lcooked,cleaned
asked how school was going,
what I needed or dreamed,
I had to have dinner ready at 5:30
biscuits cornbread ribs chicken meatloaf
I was cooking dinner one bight& my father offered to help me
as he sometimes did,relieving me of some small task.
,I,that night Ire offered to set the table.
the food was hot, ready to eat,
my little brother had just come infrom football practice;
I went to sit down at the table& stopped shocked.

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a starI Cl'awl from undera homeownera heterosexuala football player
who buys a Mercedes
for his wife & a Porsche,
for himself,a son shining
finally like you,
you fill the rooms
with him,
blue ribbons& trophies fall
off the wall,
but strange whispers Cl'awl
off the pages of theof the local colored tabloid
to !be New Yom TImes:
this youngest boy rapes,
humiliates women.
he is tried,
but acquitted-you know how
women lie.

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childhood's
dark table,
black tree 'bleedingspiralling to apogee,
broke doll yawning:mama mamachildhood consumed,
black moon.,
nsUlg,
eating up
the sky,•
asurvtVorheading home,
to my own house,,, QO one

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lege whether our priveledge is being
that, I blame AIDS.
was in 1987 when, as one of an internawhite, healthy or middle-class. We must
I was working the polls when I saw
tional team of five that had enteredalso do whatever it takes to develop awhat seemed to be an old
man shuffling,
Poland to build contacts with the thentrust in one another, so we will then feel
painfully down the block. It was Tom
illegal pacifist group Freedom and Peace,
comfortable acknowledging leadership
Collier, the first friend I made when I
he was arrested and deported. 'and empowering individuals.
came to Washington in 1979,
Growing up in a period when homoWe desperately need women who,
In the mid-'80s, Collier had a typicalsexuality was considered "i"egal,
can take charge of situations, and we, gay political career. He'd been vice presiimmoral and fattening," he did not find it
must agr~ively develop a diverse groupdent of the gay Gertrude Stein Democrat,easy to deal with being gay. A closeof leaders. OthelWise, we may as well
ic Oub, then moved into a Barry-appointassociate and friend of the late Bayard
throw in the towel. Our battle is on manytrl position promoting DC tourism. After Rustin, he was increasingly open about
fronts and moving very quickly,
and I,Tom voted, I drove him the two and one,his gayness in his last years. He traveledfor one, cannot be at all 'places at all
half blocks home. "I almost turned back,"very widely in the United States, speaktimes. Sometimes I need to make quick, Tom said only half in jest, "but I'd worked
ing with college groups. He is rememdecisions. Sometimes I need someone
so hard for Jim, I had to vote, even if itbered for his love of pickles, his outraelse to make them for me. And it's fine if
killed me walking home."
geous limericks, his quiet but firm
the one making the decisions sometimes
At 39, Tom is almost exactly thecommitment to vegetarianism and his
makes mistakes.
age Jim Zais was when delivering thegreat personal warmth.
The night before I left Atlanta, there
gay vote for Marion Barry, Tom and his
Memorial services are being orgawas a very empowermg tum of events.
contemporaries should be bringing thenized by War Resisters League and will
Mother Spirit, a dance and poetry colleckids in, teaching them the political facts , be held on Sunday, May 19, but the exact
tive whose performance many of us were,of life. Instead, they struggle to walk atime and location are uncertain. For
waiting to see, was about to take thefew blocks.
details call WRL at {212} 228-0450. (Thestage, nearly one and one-half hours
The organized -gay community
organizers are aware of the conflict withbehind schedule. Suddenly, the hotel staff
backed the wrong horse in the mayor's
the AIDS Walk, but, for family reasons,inforined us that our time was up, andrace last year. Now, in a special incumthe services need to be held on May,19.)
that we would have to vacate the room
bent-free annual
election,it'sfailedto,-David McReynolds
As a number of angry women began
elect one of its own, a chance that may
arguing with the custodians, a woman
not soon arise again. The entire local gay
John Moroney ,named Imani grabbed one of the microestablishment was at Zais' election-day
John Moroney died of AIDS-related
phones. "Would two or three elders,party, but only one elected official andcomplications in 'St. Vincent's Hospital onplease, come to the stage immediately?
one labor leader made a perfunctory
Friday, April 19, 1991. He had struggled
Everybody else, please, sit down, and stay ,appearance at his "victory" bash. Politicourageously against the disease sinc~calm,
while we figure out what is goingcally, the organize(I gay community is a
his diagnosis in September 1989 and , on up here," she implored. Within three
spent force.
remained full of hope, courage, 'humor
minutes she was back on the mike, directSome people are mad at thoseand good cheer until the very end.
ing women, performers and the soundEvans supporters who, they believe,,John lived a full and varied life. He
system into another room. The show, adestroyed 20 years of gay organizing
served as a marine in Vietnam andvery powerful' and healing work, went on
and want revenge, Look for a season ofworked as an actor, bartender, correcas planned, the fruit of a few thinking
infighting.
tions officer, collection agent and restauwomen who simply dared take charge. T
There is massive denial of the conrant manager, among many other occusequences of this election within thepations. He was gentle, kind, fond ofcommunity. People think that it won't
animals alJd loved to putter in his terrace, matter. But when the gay swim team hasgarden. His life touched many people,, trouble with the DC recreation departand he leaves behind a wealth of friends
ment, there's no one in Mayor Sharon
the better for knowing him. 'Pratt Dixon's administration we can tum ',John is survived by his lover of 14
to the way we turned to Zais with probCenter for Anti-Violence Education
years, playwright Randy Buck; his mother,lems two years ago. The DC budget is
SELF DEFENSE • KARATE • TAl em ,Marge Moroney; and a large number of........ -.~running a massive deficit, but there will
uncles, aunts and cousins. His determina5 week SD coursefor women • SD.fbr
be no gays at the table when the officials
tion and tenacity in the face of terrible
lesbians and gay men • workshops
who vote divvy up the pie.
pain and suffering are an inspiration tothroughout the NYC area. karate & tat,
You can't educate politicians afterchi classes for women
those of us who witnessed his battle. He
they get into offic\1' without your vote.
willbesorelymissed.
The
world
seems
421 5th Avenue"
Jim Zais didn't hammer home that mesan emptier place without John.
Park Slope, Brooklyn 11215
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18. Both mother and infant should
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forms are available throughout thecommunity and in various pUblications.
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Also S88 the dally listings for showingsof one or two days.
,bPS 122 presents Jana Comlort andCompany in Deportment. The play is
an examination of racial and sexual
hatred and good rnannere in the Southand the North. The text is by Jane
Comfort from the writings of Emily
POlt and Tanna .... Wllllami. With
Marl! Dandy, .t"enPatty Andra,
Ihoall, Icol WIllingham and Jane
Comfort. $10 or TOF plus $5. 150 Firet
Ave. Fr-Su at 8 pm. Reservations:(212) 477-5288. Through May 19.
MUSICAL THEATREWORKS presents
col.n. Call.,.: lira MUllc.'1 Aboul
C;I.". by Tom Jon .. and Harvay
Ichmldt. The two parte focus on poletta
asa young girl discovering her art andas an old 'woman, looking back on her
life, and does not cover up her lesbianaffairs. $20. The Theatre at St Peter's
Church. 54th Street and Lexington
Avenue. Contact theater for show timss:(212) 688-6022, Through May 19. 'STICKY MIKE'S FROG BAR'presents
Duld Ilmpatlco as Vinny "Mr, Lucky"
Rocco in Car./c.d. of St:Ilf1, This
'psyconeurotlc extravaganza"confronts
homophobia, prejudice, violence, para·
noia and musical comedy. $8 plus a ,two-drink minimum. 6-8-10 Great
Jones St., at Lafayette St. Thursday,
except May 15, at 9 pm, Reservations:(212) 581·6032. Through May?3.

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deadline:'Monday, May 13, for issue#100,,
B:vailable in New York on Monday, May 20.

bMCGREGOR'S presents The Full
Moon Show, an eveningof comedy starring The Allen ComiC,Jo AndreI, Mimi
Gao18and The Sodomlle Wamors, $10
plus a ~o-drink minimum. 15 St Mar1<s
PI. Th-Sa, Reservations: (212) 6741851. May23-25.
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THEATRE-AT-224-WAVERLY-PLACE
presents Homollxulil Actl, a series of
12 short plays, including seven world
premieres and three New York premieres. They are: Robert Patrick's
Ludwig and Wagner, The Family Bar,

and The Way We War; Daniel Curzon's
S&M, Celebrities in Hell and One Man'sOpiniolT, Cari Morse's Annunciation and
Fairy Fuck-In, or A Call to the States;
Robert Chesley's Somebody's Little
Boy; Victor Bumbalo's ShoW; Bil
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at 3 and 7 pm, lickelll: (212) 564-8038.
Through May 26,-,11I0se WOW gals afll at it again. Catch Easl4th Street's wildest
bunch or lesbians In Lynn Hayes' latest concoction (no pun
Inteneded),Drag Night at the While House: A Love Story.
Directed by LlI1:lnda R. Zoe. Wilh Gabriella Hamilton, Betsy
CrenShaw, Nancy Swartz, Lynn Hayes, Karena Rahal!, Lisa "Lerner, Karen Campbell and Barbara Rosenthal. Drag Night is'
set at a gay cabaret club called the White House, ·wher" lesbian drag performers take on the roles 01 Hollywood's leading
men or the 1940s." $8. 59 E. 4th St. Th, Fr and Sa at 8 pm.
Reservations: (212) 460-8067. Through May 25.
For more theater with a message, albeit a slightly different
one, GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents Pedro Monge Raluls' ,Not:he de Ronda. Directed by Eduardo Machado. Produced by
IIka Tanya Paya and Guillermo L. Vasquez. The play is set atthe birthday party for a character named Eladlo, and conlalns·vltal AIDS Infonnatlon". as well. It's also free. Intar II :Theatre.
508 W. 53rd St. Fr and Sa at 8 pm. Reservations: (212) 807- .
,7517. Through May 25.

EIGHTY-EIGHTSpresents Sara'Zahn,
performing Both Sides of Bernstein,$10. 228 W. 10th st. Thursdays at 8
pm. Reservations: (212) 924-0088.
Through May 30,
bMIDTOWN PAYSONGALERIES presents an Exhlbilion olPanUngs by
Hugh SI.. rl. 745 Fifth Ave., at.57th
Street. Tu-Sa from 10 am to 5:30 pm.
Inlo: (212) 758-1900. Through May 31.
THE WESSEL O'CONNOR GALLERY
presents Lowall Nesbitt's Th. Mill,
Nudr. drawings and paintings 19631991. Also showing: Alan BonlcaHI'1 ,Imago: new photographs.
530
B~oadway.Tu-Sa from 10 am to 6, pm.
Info: (212) 219-9524; Through June 1.

bTHEWOW CAFEpresentsLynn Hayes'

Ora, NIght III the Whit. Hou,,; A Lor.

Story. Directed by Lucinda R. Zo., With
Gabrlella,Hamlllon, BellY Crenlhaw;
Nancy Iwartz, Lynn Hay .. , Karena
Rahall, Ula Larnar, Karen Campbell
and Barbara ROlanlhal, Drag Night is
set at a gaycabaret club called the WhiteHouse, "where lesbian drag performers
take on the roles of Hollywood's leading
men of the 19408." $8, 59 E. 4th St. Th,'Fr and Sa at 8 pm. Rsservations: (212)460-8067, Througb May, 25,tt;,.GAYMEN'S HEALTHCRISISpresents
Padro MeingeRafull' NlICh. d. Ronda,, Directed by 'Eduardo Machado.
Produced by IIka Tanya Paya andGuillarmo L. Vaaquaz, The play is
about the birthday party for a character
named Eladio, and contains "vital AIDS
Information" as well. Free. Intar II
Theatre, 508 W. 53rd Sl Fr and Sa at 8
pm. Reservations: (212) B07-7517,
Through May 25,
bCUNNINGHAM STUDIO presents
WIlliam Douglal and Dancersin Climd

II you preler It ,when someone else does tIJe dancing, CUNNINGHAM STUDIO oilers Y0Il.W!lIialil
Douglas and Dancers In
Carved In FleSh, a series or five dances-som,or them
forthrightly queer-exploring
physicality and sexuality. Danced
by Brenda Daniels, WillIam Douglas, Jose Na'vas and Deniz
Olday. Scores by Miles Green, Mary Kelley;: Jonathan Larson,
John Oswald and Nonnan Salant. $10. 55 Bethune St. Th-Sa. 'Reservations: (212) 674-4392. May 23-25.
No song and dance: PS 122 presents Lisa Kron'sFat:ing Life's
Problems, a performance comparing the ·unconventlonallty01
her ram lIy in lansing, Mich. (her father Is a,Jewish survivor or
Nazi Gennany, and her mother is a sell-Iaught community organizer and part-time junk dealer) with her own life as a New,
York, downtown lesbian perfonner."Dlrectedby KateStarrord.
Written by Claire Moed.$10 or TDF. 150 First Ave. Th-Su at
9:30 pm. Through Julie 2.
Expect, the unexpected:

THEATER NADA presents An Evening"bPS 122 presents Ula,Kron's' Facln,
LIf", Probltim" a performance comparing tile "unconventionality' of her
family in Lansing, Mich. (~er fatl;1er.a
Jewish survivor of NaZi Germany, andher mother. a 'self-taught community
organizier and, part-time,junk dealer)with her own life lIS a New York, down, town lesbian performer." Directed by
Kata Stafford. Written by Clalra Moad.
$10 or TOE 150 First Ave, Th-Su at, 9:30 pm, Through June 2,",

TEN TEN PLAYERSpresents COll(llrdy
Custard, a collection of songs. readings
and,scenes from Noel Coward plays.
Featuredperformers are Judith Jarolz,
Anna Garllan, Kailnalh Garnar,
Jeanette Landis and Richard BreI
Miller. $12/$10 for students and seniorcitizens. Theatre Ten Ten. 1010 Park
Ave. May 10, 11, 17, 18, 23-25 and30-June 1 at 8 pm; and Su at 3 pm.
Reservations: (212) 879-7669, May 10
through June 2.
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to be gay.'TiJerewill also be a group exhibition by the 15 women artists who makeup the gallery's collective. 494 Broadway.
Th-Su from 1243 pm. Receptibn: May 7
from 6-:8:30 pm. Info: (212) 925-9841.
May 9 through June 2.
THE ACTOR'S PLAYHDUSE presents
Robert Patrick's Th' H,unt.d Holt and
PoutPo.ItI". Directed by Eric Concldln,
Starring Harvey Flarstaln and Jason
Worllman (The Haunted Host only). The.
Haunted Host. written and set in 1964,
tells the story of a "Greenwich Village
playwright haunted by the ghost of his
young protege when the dead man's double walks into his life." Pout Positiveshows "a Greenwich Village playwright in
the final hour of his life,' $27.50 and$32,50. 100 Seventh Ave. S. We and Th
at 8 pm. Fr at 8 and 11 pm, Sa at 7 and10 pm and S u at 3:30 and 7:30 pm.
Reservations: (212) 691-6226 or (212)564-8038. Through June 2.

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Hlgh-Stntng Qu,tt,~ a comedy in which"David loves Greg, Greg loves Sally, Sally ,loves Bruce and Bruce loves David."
Directed by Leslie Irons. Starring John
Carhart III, Suzanne Cryar, Dana Halland Marlllaydorf. $15. 39 Grove St, at
Bleecker, We-Fr at 8 pm, Sa at 6 and 9
pm and Su at 7 pm. Reservations: (212)869-3530. Thriiugh June 9.
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With Shelly Mars. $8. 167 Ludlow St Sa
at 10 pm. Reservations: (212) 420-1466.
Through June 28.

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187 Ludlow St. Sa al10 pm: Reservallons: (212) 420-1488.
Through June 28.
. We're nol trying lopromoll Shilly Mars or anything. bul hladon oVlr 10 THE CUT CLUB, and you can calch Mars as well as
Womln 01 Color Irom Washlnglon. DC. In a Blnefll Party lor
Slonlwall 25, a ·Olobal cellbrallon ,of Iisblan and gay, prideand prolest." JOCIIyn and Julll will be on hand 100, of course.
$10--:$20sliding scali. Thl PYramid. 101 Ave. A. 8 pm 10 2 am.
May 13. ShoWllml Is 10 pm.lnlo: (212) 408-1114.
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It cluld savi your life: HEALTHEDUCATIONAIDS LIAISON preslnts a Forum, asking Mis HIV Ihl sole cause of AIDS?" Led byDrs. Luc Monlagnler and Shyh-Chlng La. Aslor Ballroom.
MarioH Marquis Holel. Broadway .nd 481h Sireel. May 18. 7,pm. Info: Genl Fldorto at (212) 874-HOPE Dr Robin Haueler al(212) 971-9488.
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She's one of our grealest pOliS and Ihinkers, and ON FULTON;ST,REETpays her some well-deserved homage. Join Ihem as, Ihey ptesent a Trlbule 10 Audre Lorde. Lorde herself will be on
hand, and "III presenl.such artists as lesbian poel and novelist
Sapphire; writers Nicole Breedlove. Mallka Cyril, Sandra Marla
Esleveiand Chrystal; Gerl Allen, Jazz planlsl; and Uman Bush
Wl!men.$1CJ--$N. 851. 851 Fullon St. Brooklyn. May ,19.3 pm.
(718)83H100.·",•

Imported Irom California lor II'day: A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents DenniS ~ooper, reading from his book, Frisk. 548 Hudson
St. 8 pm. Info. (212) 989-4850.,,',

Or, lor sa.me writers from your own neighborhood, IN OUR OWNWRITE gives you a!JladlngwHh four of New Yort's best: Julie, Blacilwomoq, Joan Neslle, Michelle Parkerson and Jewelle
Gomez. $3 donallon. The Cenler. 208 W. 131h St. 7:30 pm.
(212) 820-7310.

EVE'S GARDEN presents Prlnny Alavi's
C,',bfltlng
Wom,n, a photography
exhibition. Alavi will be presenting her
poster, "Her" Erection at the reception.
119 W. 57th St, suite 420. Mo-Sa from
12-6:30 pm. Reception: May 7 from5:30-8 pm. Info: (212) 757-8651.
Through June 30.

•.and Mrs. Cuomo, Mayor ,and Mrs.
on Sun,,', a new play by'and star(ingDinkins, Kathie L.. and Frank Gifford,
Charlll
Busch. creator of Vampire
Herb Alpert, AmFAR founding co-chair
Lesbians of Sodom and P.ycho Beach
Dr. Mathilde Krlm, Ginny and Henry
Party. Directed by Kenneth Elliott.
Starrring Ralph Buckley, Roy Cockrum, ' Mancini and Michael TIlson Thomas,
artistic director of the New World
Andy Halliday, 'Julle,Halaton,
Mark. Symphony. Entertainment provided byHamlllo,n,Judith Hanlin,
Arnie
Karen Akers and Kid Creole and the'Kolodner. 519W. 23rd St Tu-Th at 8 pm
Coconuti. The evening will 'benef1t
and Su at 7:~0 prn---$22. Fr and Sa at 8
THE CARNEGIE HALL MUSEUM presents
AmFAR,
the National Fouridation forpm and $u at 3 prn---$26. Reservations:its Inaugural Exhibition, featuring memAdvancement in the Arts and the New(212) 206-0523.
orbili.a of gay Russian composer Petar'
World Symphony. $250-$500 for entirelIylch Tchalkovsky. Included in the exhi,
evenlngl$100 for champagne, dessert and
CHERRY LANE THEATREpresents David
bition are pages frOm Tchaikovsky's origidancing only. Passenger ~hip terminal.
nal manuscripts, some of his diaries andSt"elll' 111.$um of U.. Starring Robert
55th Streetat Twelfth Avenue. Cocktails
Lanllng and ~ell M"ffln. Dlrected'byletters, and letters to him. 881 Seventh,
begin at 6:30 pm; dancing begins at 9
Kevin Dowling. By the writsr of Breaker
Ave" at 57th Street 11 am to 4 pm. Info:pm. Reservations: (212) 719-0033.
Morant. this play Is about a father who(212) 903~9750, Through June 30,
tries ,to help with hie son's gay relationTHE CASTILLO CULTURAL CENTER re- . ships while looking fOJ a new wif,e. 38 ,MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER
Mambershlp Commltt .. Milling. 7:30,
presents Jamas Chapman's Our Young Commerce St $27.50-$32.50. Tu-fr at 8
pm. Call Chris at (212) 601-0806 for
BlICk M,n Ar. Dying and Nobody
pm, Sa at at 7 and 10 pm, 'Su at 3 andlocation.
7:30 pm. (212) 989-2020.
. 'Seem. to C'fI. a look at some 'of thosemen whose lives and deaths are reflected
THE FRIENDS OF ALICE,AUSTEN HOUSE WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY,In drug-abuse, crime, police-brutality,
CENTERpresents Friendly Ears,DIICUs~present Alice Austen: The La", L1f•.
alcoholism, poverty and AIDS statistics.
slon and Support Group. WACC. Weilt, $20. 500 Greenwich St, suite 201. Th-Sa
From her bio. Alice Austen sounds like
Hempstead, NY. 7:30 pm. For complete
the Gertrude Stei", of Statsn Island. Visitat 8 pm and Suat 3 pm. Reservations:details: (516) 483-2050.
(212) 941-5800. Through Aug. 31.
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her hOUSe.now mu~um. and see pictures that she took of upper middle claes
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRIS
men and women. 2 Hylan Blvd. Statsn
BLUEANGELTHEATERpresents PI., ••COUNTYprellents Womyn'l Network andIsland. Th-Su. 12-5 pm. lrifo:(718) 81&New York's nighUy, audience participation.
Men's RIp Group at 7:30 pm, befote
4506. Througlt, December; ,musical beauty contest. $50 includee show
their Genera' Meellng at 8:30 pm:
and dinner, $30 for show, only on
Tonlghfs discus,siontopic is "Gays andMONDAY, MAY 13
Tu-ThI$32.50, for show only on Fr-Su. 323,
Lesbians as Fostsr o,rAdoptive Pcu;ents.'
W. 44th St. Tu-Fr at 8:30 pm, Sa at 7:30
THE AMERICAN FOUNDATIONFORAIDS' Joy Nol'IWol,1hy and Sue Kullman of theand 10:36 pm and Su at 3:30 and 7:30 pm.
New Jersey Foster Parents Association
RESEARCH presents a Docllslde Gala
Reservations: (212) 262-3333,
will be on ha:nd. 21 Normandy Heights
Benem Party aboard CarnIval Cruise
Rd. Morristown, NJ. Info: GAAM'C Gay
Lines' the Ecstasy. Guests include Gov;
THE WPA THEATREpreeents R.d Sc,,,
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ACT UP Genaral Meeting, Cooper Union.
Fourth Avenue at 7th Street. 7:30 pm.
Info: (212) 564-AJOS.
•HERITAGE OF PRIDE Ganeral Memb.rIhlp Mlltlng. All intereeted persons
invited. The Center. 208 W. 13th st. 8
pm. Info: (212) 691·1774.
THE CUT CLUB presents a Benefit Party
for Stonewall 25, a "global celebration oflesbian and gay pride and protest."'Jocelyn Taylor and Julie Tolantlno present live performances by Shally Maraand Woman of Colo~ from Washington,
DC. $10-$20 sliding scale. The Pyramid.
101 Ave. A. 8 pm to 2 am. Showtime is
10 pm. Info: (212) 40&-1114.
CELLBLOCK, 28 presents a New York
Strap and Paddle ~soclatlon Party. 28
Ninth Ave., downstai.l'8, between 13th and14th streets. Doors open 8 pm. Info:(212) 733-3144.

TUESDAY, MAY 14
THE DUTREACH USING COMMUNALHEALING presents a Benefit Dinner .
TOUCH provides a weekly dinner toPeople With AIDS in downtown Brooklyn.
Bargemusic. 5:31H!:30 pm, Info: Audrey
at (718) 788-6763, Shirley at (718) 2843640 orDavid at (718) 857-6297.
LESBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE OF CDLORSTEERING CDMMITTEE
GeneralMlltlng. 15 Park Row, 19th floor. 6:30
pm. Info: Bert at (212) 505-0506.
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER
Political
Actlonn/Medla
Outreach
Maellng.,319 W. 13th St., #3B. 7 pm.'
Info: (212) 206-9~59.
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JUDITH'S ROOM presents Judith, Banlngton reading wiIh,A1mltra David, oneof four winners of the 1990's Room
Emerging Talent Competition. Seating Is
limited. Wheelchair accessible. 681
Washington St 7 pm. Info: (212) 727-7330.

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GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents a
Health Seminar: Insurance Information.
129 W. 20th St.. third floor. 7 pm. For
more information, call the GMHC hollineat (212) 807-6655. TOO (212) 645-7470
for the hearing Impaired.
LAVENDERHEIGHTS Speaker Series Pr:!l'sents Jawelle Gomez. author. poet. critic
and activist Her book. The Gilda Storiee,
was just published by Firebrand Books.
$7. The Cornerstone Center. 178 Bennett
Ave., one block west of Broadway at
189th Street 8 pm, (212) 304-2471. ,SECONDTUESDAYS presents Jamas M.
Saslow. art historian. gay activist andprofessor, reading from his new book,
The Poetry of Michelangelo:
An
Annotated Translation. $3 donation. The
Center. 208 W. 13th St 8 pm.
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THE EAGLE presents Out In the 'gO.
Night. A portion of the bar proceeds will
benefit GBS and Out in tile '90s, The
Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave., at 21st Street.
10 pm. Info: (212) 691-8451.
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Francis 01Assisi AIDS Ministty. Bring threecans 01food. three pair 01socks or three--pair 01 underwear. 2-4-1 drinks available(limit two). There will also be Ii raffle for a"basket of cheer." The Spike. 20th Street at
EleventhAvenue. 10 pm to midnight

sents Ben'l of SoHo PllZI Night at 6:30
pm. Join SAL at the newest pizza joint in
the Slope. Seventh Avenue at 3rd Street
Then, at 7:30 pm, it's Dlal·a-DltalDlal·a·friend Party, offering Iree match-making
the SAL way. Please call 24 hours inadvance 10 confirm all SAL activities:(718) 965-7578.

7:30 pm. Inlo: Charles at (212) 3783497.
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Wrlllng For Expreilion at the Center.
208 W. 13th St. 10 am to 12 pm. For
complets details on all events and to join
WQmen About, call (212) 642-5257.

DIXON PLACEpresents David Clla. perlorming new selections including "YourSLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre·Ambivalence" and "Bigloot" S5 or TDF.
sents Bronx Zoo Trip at 10 am. Call lor
37 E: 18t St, between First and Second, carpooling or subway rldlHlharing. Then.
avenues. 7:30 pm. (212) 673-6752.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15,
at 1 pm, it's Colleclabl,el and Delec·'
tablel. a shopping and brow81ngspree in
THE ANSWER IS LOVING WomenJUDITH'S ROOM presents Jag Hardy and
THE NEW YORK ADVERTISING AND
the 810pe.Anally, at 7:30 pm, it's a Ani·
Talking Women'l Talk, a8klng can you
Joan Nulle,
reading Irom Wanting
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK'Generalllmen Party, for all new SAL Gals. Bring
Women: An Anthology of Erotic LeBbian , take care 01yourself and be considerate
Meellng. Tonight's topic: "Preview andof othere, and live together? Some topiC;S 8nacks and beverage8. Please call 24
Poetry. Seating is limited. Wheelchair
Help Shape Two New TV Documentaries."
hours in advance to confirm all SAL
01discu88ion: "Do you !all allover youraccessible, 681 Washington St. 7 pm.
With Marina Alvarei Jonathan Lee, Teoactivities: (718) 965-7578.
- 8eH making it work?
Into: (212) 727-7330.
ManiaCI, Francine Rezeznlk and Ellen, Does it come easy,
to you? To be or not to be, is that a quesSpiro. The Center. 208 W. 13th St.
tion and is there an answer?"S1 O. 1964, GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents
SOUTHERNERS Slaering Committee
Networking begins at 6:30 pm, program
K.. p It Upl, a workshop on reaffirming
E. 35th Sl Brooklyn. 7:4510 pm. Inlo:
Maellng. At Ralph Jones' apartment 250
is at 8. Info: (212) 517-0380.
the commitment to saler sex. Topics
Ruth Berman and Connie Kurtz at (718)
W. 24th St., 12CE (enter al255 W. 23rd
inclu~e: what lead8 to unsale sex, how to998~2305.
St) 195 Garfield PI., unit 4J. Brooklyn. 7
BODY POSITIVE presents an Altemallvehandle unsale 8ituation8 and how to get
pm. Into: (212) 674-8073.
HIV ,Forum, featuring panelists Johnback on track and stay there. 10 am to 5
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER pre·,lIndlalh. author 01 Introduction to thepm, For complete details and to regi8tsr:
sent a Perlonll Awaren ... Seminar.
HEALTHEDUCAllON AIDS LIAISON pre,Healing Nature of Chinese Herbs, Richard(212) 807-6655.
Topic: "Going Home." The Centsr.2Q8 W.
senls a Forum. asking "Is HIV the sole
Plerc8\ di8cussing ~ow eating con13th St 7:45 pm. Into: (212) 222-9794.
sciously can support well-being; Carol , cause 01 AIDS?" Led by Drl. Luc
INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE present8
Monlagnler and Shyh-Chlng Lo. Astor
Reynoldl, teacher and.creator of theHalha Yoga ClalS. Hatha Yoga refers to
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY
Banfoom. Mariott Marquis Hotel.
Body Dynamics Course. which "8traightthe physical posture8, deep relaxation
CENTER present8 Wonderful Older,
Broadway and 46th Street. 7 pm. Inlo:en8 connectlon8 between emotions,and breathing practices which revitalize
Women. WACC, West Hempstead, NY. 8
Gene Fedorko at (212) 674-HOPE or
thoughts and phY8icai expression." 236
and strengthen tHe body and calm thepm. For complete details: (516) 4~3Robin Haueter at (212) 971-9488~
W. 73rd St, 4th Iloor, off BrOadway,7 pm.
mind. Thi8'cla88 is especially for those2050.
,
who are HIV-p08itive. IYI. 227 W; 13th
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents
GAY MEN OF THE BRONX General
S1.12-1:30 pm. (212) 929-0586.
SPOKE THE HUB presents Javier De
Think About II: Deciding to Take the Test
Meellng and Orlentallon.
HostosFrulol' TrIlDI1, a serie8 01 three 8010
For those thinking 01taking the HIV-antiCommunity College. Grand Concourse,
ACT UP AGAINST THE NEW WDLRD
dance periormances that "creats a multibQdy test, this workshop is designed to
Building A, room 227. 7-9 pm. Inlo:'
ORDER presents a Teaell-In on the rela,Iay.ered portrait."
Gowanus Arts
give you the knowledge and declslonJimmy at (212) 365-6239. Charle8 attionship between AIDS and US lorelgn
Exchange. 295 Douglas SI. Brooklyn. 8
making skills to make an inlormed(212) 378-34397 (Spanish) or Ed atpolicy. Speakers include 11111
Rosenblum,pm.lnlo: (718) 596-5250. [See May 18]
choice. The Center. 208 W. 13th St 7 pm.
(212) 792-8078.
Annl Simon, Calhy Acay, Ellal Guerrero
Registration: (212) 807-6655 or (212),and Gaor.ga Carter. The Center. 208 W.
RUTGERS GAY AND LESBIAN ALUM·
645-7470 for the hearing Impaired.
CONGREGATIDNBElli SIMCHAT TDRAH
13th St. 2 pm. Inlo: George Carter at
NI/AIE pre8ent their Second Adnual
presents a Jewish 'Women'lRosh(212) 673-2531.
Reunlon'Party. Entertainment provided
QUEER NATION Weekly Meellng. The
Choduh/New
Moon Celbrallon.
by the Notables. Light buffet 8erved.
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah is Ne,w Center. 208 W. 13th st. 7:30 pm. Inlo:
TRI
NITY BOOKSTORE pre8ents a
University President Francis Lawrence(212) 9788-8720.
York's lesbian and gay synagogue. 57
Publication
Parly lor A Book ofJwill attend the event.S4. Graduate
B~une St 7:30 pm. (212) 929-9498,
Revelations:
Lesbianand Gay
Student Lounge on College Avenue. The'WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY
Episcopaleans Tell Their Own Stories,
College Avenue Campus jn New'CENTER presenls Allarnallve Commu·
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents
edited by Louie Crew, who will be on
Brunswick. Inlo: (908) 247-0515.
nlty Dilcuilion Group. Tonighfs Topic:
Erollclzlng Saler Sex, a workshop. No
hand. 175 Ninth Ave. 2 pm. Info: (212)"Hera productions jam." WACC. We8t
registration required, The Center. 208 W.
645-1984.
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BODY POSIllVE presents a Friday Night
Hempstead, NY. 8 pm. For complete
13th St. 8-10:30 pm.'lnlo: (212) 807Gay Social. lor all HIV-posltive individudetail8: (516) 483-2050.
6655 OR TOO (212) 645-7470 lor theals and their Iriends. Middle Collegiate, , SPOKE THE HUB pre8ent8 Javlar De
hearing impaired.
Frutol' TrIlDI1, a 8erie8 01 three solo
Church. 50 E. 7th St.. off Second Ave,
THE LESBIAN AND GAY TEACHERS
dance periormances that "creats a multi·
8-10 pm. (212) 721-1346.
ASSOCIATION Planning M.. llng. The
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS prerayer~d portrait."
Gow;mu8 Art8
Centsr. 208 W. 13th St8 pm. Info: (718)serits Pool Night. Featuring free pool,
Exchange. 295 Douglas st. Brooklyn. 8
SHOCK OF THE FUNNY presents Sareh
258-4102 or (718) 626-4699.
ping pong, billiards, air hockey andpm. Into: (718) 596-5250. [See May 17]
Schulmin'l
Fall';" and Joel Marks'
shooting hoops at Brown8tone Billiards.
Anoth" Country and Su,,, and C"am.
TOWER BOOKS presents David Trinidad,
Seventh Ave. at Flatbush. Afterwards,
FailuTl is about ·competitivism"
In a , lliE GIRlli AND MIRTH CLUB presents a
reading Irom his book, Hand Over Heartrelax at the RoolI, Seventh Avenue at 8thClanlc Dllco Parly. For completeromantic relationship. Another Country is
Susie Timmon8 will also be reading. 383
Street. The evening begins at 8 pm.
about a woman',' coming to term8 with_ detail8, contact G&M at (914) 699-7135.
Lafayette Sl 8 pm.
Plea8e call 24 hours In advance to conher brother'8t1eing gay and HIV-positive.
firm all SAL activities: (718) 965-7578.
SUNDAY, MAY 19'
In Sugar and Cream, !Ill anarchisf8 ideal·
FRIDAY, MAY 17
i8m
is challenged by a man with no
A DII1FERENT LIGHT presents Jewalla
GAY MEN'S HeALTH CRISIS pre8ent8
pants. $8. St Malks Studio. 94 St Marks(;ONGREGAllON BETH SIMCHAT TORAH
Gomez, l'!l3dingfrom The GDdaStoriea 548
AIDS Walk New York, a lund-rai8er to
PI. 8:30 pm. Reservations: (212) 722presents a Jewllh feminist friday Nlghl
Hudson St,8 pm. Into: (212) 989-4850.
benellt GMHC. Lincoln Centsr. Broadway
2275. [Ses May 24]
Shabbal Service, loll owed by Oneg
at 66th Street. 9 am. Info: (212) 807·
Shlbbat. Congregalion Beth Simchat
THE EAGLE presents Movla Night.
GAY MALE S/M ACTIVISTS pre8ent a
WALK.
Tonight's leature is Bride of the Re- ,Torah Is New York's lesbian and gay synMixer. There'lI be a 'new '8Urprise contest
agogue. 57 Bethune St 6:30 pm. (212)Animator. 142 Eleventh Ave. at 21st
SLOPE ACllVITIES FOR LESBIANS visits
and,other Ice-breakers.' The Eagle's Nest
929-9498.
Street 11 pm. (~12) 691-8451.
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Bloodroot in Bridgeport, Conn. Call ahead
Eleventh Avenue at 21st Street 9 pm.
,
for carpooling inlo. At 11 am,. SAL visits
Inlo: (212) 727-9878.
BRONX LESBIANS UNITED IN SISTERTHE BANK presents Shelly Man, hosting
the Fifth Avenue Slr .. 1 Fair. Call for
HOOD presenl8 Molher'l Day Special.
The Big TeaBe,an evening 01erotic permeeting place. Then. at 2 pm, If8 a Gall
SATURDAY, MAY 18
asking, How do we relate to our female
formances by Mars and scandalous stripand Pall Game Picnic at Prospect Park.
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lamily members' a8 lesbian8? The Center.
pers, OJ Sliler Dlmenllon. $5/$10. 225
Bring Irlend8. games and lood. Please
208 W. 13th St 6:30-8 pm. Inlo: L1ea-at WOMEN ABOUT presents a Poelry
E. Houston St, at Essex Street Midnight
call 24 hours in advance to conllrm all
Reading. Come share your poems with(212) 829-9817 in English or Irma at'Inlo: (212) 505-5033.
SAL
activities: (718) 965-7578.
others. Also today, Hike through Pine(212) 409-1131 in Spanish.
Meadow Lake. Also. Beginning Back·
THURSDAY, MAY 16
WOMEN ABOUT. presents Brunch andpacking OVernight Trip at Harriman SlateGAYMEN OFTHE BRONX present Dinner
BrowlI al Bloodroot. AI80 today, Vl81t
Park. Finally, loin them for Creative
al Pine Tavern. 1918 Bronxdale Ave.
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SOUTHERNERS preeen18 a Quilting Bie,for those who know how to quilt or wantto learn. 400 W. 47th St.. #2A. 1-5 pm.
Info: (212) 674·8073.

ON FULTON STREET presents a Tribute
10 Audrelorde.
Lorde will be on hand,
and will ~presentsuch artis18 as Sapphire,lesbian poet and novelist; writers Nicole
Breedlove, Mallka Cyril, Sandra Marla
EIIevlS and ChrYllol; Gerl Allen, jazzpianist; and Urban BUlh Women.
$10c-$24. 651. 651 Fulton St Brooklyn. 3
pm. (718) 636-4100,

Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory.
Seating is limited. Wheelchair acceesible.
681 Waehington St. 3 pm. Info: (212)727-7330.
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LAVENDER HEIGHTS presents its ThlrdSunday Potluck. Lavender Heights is thethe lesbian and gay neighbors association of Waehington Heights and Inwood.
Bring a dish and enjoy socializing. networking, games and volleyball. This
month's main event is a flea market $2
suggeeted donation. Cornerstone Center.
178 Bennett Ave., one block west of
Broadway at 189th Street. 6 pm. Info:(212) 5,69-2023.
THE FWA COALITION presents a Sunday
Night Social for lesbian and gay HIV-posi,tive persons. PWIvJ and their friends. Meet
and mingle in a relaxed atmosphere withmusic and refreshemts. ,The Uving Room,
222 W, 11th Stl, weet of Seventh Avenue.
6:3(}-9:3O pm, Info: (212) ~2-o568,
THE LONG ISLAND CENTER'presents a. Community Milling to learn about the
L1C.Free coffee, tea and deseerts..Garden
City Unitarian' Universalist Church.
Stewart AVenue and Nassau Boulevard. 7
pm. Info: (516) 379-9017.

REED'S preeents a Benefll for Qut,in the'90s, 8 Christopher St., west of Sixth'Avenue. 8 pm t04 am, Info: (212) 675-

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BRONX AIDS EDUCATORS NETWORKGenaral Milling.
Lincoln Hospital.
Conference room 3. 234 E. 149th St.
Bronx, 9:30-11 :30 am. Info: Janet
Goldberg at (212) 293-2658 or Rosaline
Morales at (212),295-5605.
PROFESSIONALS IN FILM AND VIDEO
presents a Sneak Preview of the New
Festival. $5 members/$7 nonmembers.
The Dugout 185 Chri8topher St, at Little
Weehawken Street N,etworl<ingbegins at,6:30 pm, programis at 7:30.
Reservations: (212) 691-5587.

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GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presenlB a
Health Seminar: Nulrillonalillull
andBenefltl Imormation. 129 W. 20th'St,
sixth and third floors, 7 pm. For more
Information, calf the GMHC hotline at(212) 807-6655. TOO (212) 645-7470 for
the hearing impaired.

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DARTMOUTH GALA presents Pink
lHanglllln Ihe Pentagon, a panel discussion with David Gr8llltll,
Annapolis
cadet; Jamel Holobaugh, ROTC scholar;, 70 OU'TWENTYSOMETHING prssenls a RIp
OnlMp,dlscU881ng·Religlon and HomOsexuallty." The Centar. 208 W. 13th St 8 pm.
Imo: Perry Roth at (212) 242-3038.

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PARALLEL presents a Darice Party to ben·efit the People With AIDS Coalition. WithOJ Michael Fierman. $20. 229 W. 29th St
10 pm to 2 am,lnfo: (212) 532-0290.
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RDOM preeents Michelereading from her book,

OUTMUSIC presents the Coffeehoule.
featuring pe(formances by lesbian andgay musicians Nedra Thomal, playing theeleCtric bass, and Clydle Brown. singing
and playing guitar. The Center. 208 W.
13th St 7:30 pm, Info: (212) 533'-0598.

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Shert Talbott, Marine Corpa seargeant;and
Wllllim Rub'elllliin of the ACLU Lesbianand Gay Rights Project. Admissions
Includile buffet, cash bar, video scrtflnlng
and panel. Business dre88, please. 18th
floor banquet room. Yale Club. 50
Vanderbilt Ave., at 44th Street 5:30-8:30
pm. Imo: (718) 858-7190.

THE COALITION FOR LESBIAN AND GAYRIGHTS Oenaral Milling. The Center.
208 W. 13th St8 pm. (212) 627·1398.
JUDITH'S ROOM presenls a POllry•
Reading, featuring ths judges of the
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER
1990 Judith's Room Emerging Talent
HIV/A101 Concernl Commlltll Mlltlng.
Competition.
Seating Is limited.,
169 Manhattan Ave., #4B, at'108th St 7
Wheelchair acc88slble. 681 Washington
pm. Imo: (212) 932-3138.
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY ' St7 pm. Info: (212) 727-7330.
CENTER presents
FrllndlyEarl
CELLBLOCK 28 presents a Unl,form
olicullion
and Support GroMp. WACC.
Parly. 28 Ninth Ave., downstairs,
Weet Hemp8tead, NY. 7:30 pm. For com·betWeen 131h and 14th atreels. Door8
plete details: (516) 483-2050.
open 8 pm. Imo: (21~) 733-3144.
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRISTHE
E'AGLE presents Dill In Ih, 'go,
COUNTY presents
Womyn..
Netwolll
and•,Night. A portion of the bar proceeds will
Men'l Rap Group at 7:30 pm. b8fore
their General Mlltlng
at 8:30 pm. \ benefit GBS and Out in the '90•. The
Eagle. 142 Elevenlh Ave., at 21sl Street
Tonight'8 di8cus8io'n topic 18 ·Coming
Out to the State Police. ~ Gueets Trooper
10 pm. Info: (212) 691-8451.
Jeff Torno and Sergeant Joe Klrahh.ofer
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
talk about what the troopers are lsaming,from the Awarene88 Training Program
THE EDUCATIONCOALITIONON LESBIAN
they're enrolled in. 21 Normandy Heights
AND GAY YOUTH presents Invillblllty,
Rd. Morristown. NJ. Info: GAAMC Gay
Vlol.nce or Education: Whal Do YIIII
Helpline: (201) 285-1595.
Wanl From Ihe Public Schooll? This
community forum features Amini Abllur
ACT UP General M,IIUng. Cooper Union.
Rahmln, deputy chancellor of the New
Fourth Avenue at 7th ,Street. 7:30
pm.
IYorl< City Board of Education. Marjorie
Imo: (212) 564-AlDS.
Hili of the mayor'8 OffIce for Lesbian and
SOUTHERNERS presents May Polluckln
Gay Concerns will also be on hand. Toplce
Ihe Garden, To maintain a balanced meal.
Include: Inclusion of lesbian and gay cui·Southerners suggee18 Ihe following diviture and hi,tory(in the curricula. anti-lesbian and -gay bias within the school,sions of menu by everyone's lasl name:parental involvement of lesbian and gay
A-E bring vegetablee or eall!ds; F-J bringparsn18and spsclcal needs and programs
potatoee, starches or breads; K--Q bring
for lesbian and gllY yolilh. The GenlBr.208
deserts; and P-Z bring entrees. Iced tsa
W. 13th St 7 p":!.lmo: (212) 788-2706.
and soda provided. $8 nonmembersl$5
members. The Center. 208 W. 13th St 8
INTEG RAL YOGA I NSTITUTE presents
pm. Imo: (212) 674-8073.
PATH Seminara: The Body-Mind Con·nectlon. Tonighfs topic: ·Relation-8hlps
IN OUR OWN WRITE Writer'l Wolllihop
as a Path for Healing." Seminar leader:
for leebian and gay wrilBrs, Workshops arePeter Hendrickson, PhD. psychologist $7
held on the first and third Mondays of the
per claee (scholarships availllble). IVI. 227
month. Please bring work. The CenlBr.208
W. 13th St 7:3<HI pm. (212) 929-0586.
W. 13th St8-10 pm. (212) 620-7310.

CELLBLOCK 28 presents an AIDS Walk
Party. Wear Your AWNY pin and get in for$10, This is a co-sexual event 28 Ninth
Ave" downstairs, between 13th and 14th
streeIB. 2-8 pm. Info: (212) 733-3144.

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MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER pre·sents Newllelter Edlllng. 225 W. 34th
St., #1500. 8 pm. Call before going:(212) 736-5295.

GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE, IN MOR·
RIS COUNTY Ellcullve
Commlt"eMilling. At Ellen's. 7:30 pm. For complete details, call the GAAMC helpline at(201) 285-1595.
GAY MALE SIM ACTIVISTS prelsent
Ravenge of Ihe SIM Quiz Show. Joim
GMSMA at their 200th meeting. $4 memo 'bers1$6 nonmembers. The GenlBr. 208 W.
13th St8 pm. Info: (212) 727·9878.
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help out HOP on Gay Pride weekend, Ihi.
mseting is for you. Fr~s r.frs,shment8,
and a slide show' of past Gay Prlds
parades. The Center. 208 W. 13th St 8
pm.lmo: (212) 691·1774,
THE EAGLE presenls Movll,Nlght.
Tonight's featu.re is Sibling Rivalry. 142
Eisvenlh Ave., at 21st Street. 11 pm;(212) 691·8451. ,THURSDAY, MAY 23
JUDITH'S
Willac.,ROOM pres,!nts Michel.
reading from her book,Invisibility Blues: From Pop,to Theory.
Seating 18IIml18d. Wheelchair acceeelble.
681 Washington St. 7 pm. Info: (212)727·7330.
IN OUR OWN WRITE presenls a
Realling. With Jull. Blackwomon, Joan,,NIIIII, Michelle Pallleraon and Jewell.
Oomez. $3 donation. The Cenler. 208 W.
13th St 7:30 pm. (212) 620-7310.
QUEER NATION Weekly Millin,.
The
Center. 2Q8'W. 13th 'St. 7:30 pm. Info:(212) 9788-8720.
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITYCENTER presents Altarnallve Community olicuilion
Group. Tonighfs Topic:·Women Against Racism." WACC. Wsst
Hemp8tead, NY. 8 pm. For complete
detall8: (516) 483-2050.

FRIDAY, MAY 24,

MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER presenls Y·MACT 3D-Ind·Under CluC1I1
consclou8n88s·ralslng se88lon at 6 pm.
Then, at 8 pm. It'8 a MACT Conicioul'
nlll·Rillln,
SI .. lon, di8cu88lng ·Who
Do You Sleep Wlth?-Sex-P08Itive
Activism In Interracial and Intraracial
Experiences." The CenlBr. 208 W. 13th St
Imo: (212) 222-9794.
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WOMEN ABOUT presents Explore IheChild Within. 7-9 pm. For complete
details and to join Women About, call(212) 642-5257.
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THE LESBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE OF
COLOR COMMlm pres.nle Everybody
Dance Now" a joint fund-raising dance
party. $5/$10. The limelight.
Sixlh
Avenue at 21et Street 7:30-10:30 pm.
DIXON PLACE presents olvld Call, performing new 8eiectione including ·Your
Ambivalence" and ·Blgfoot" $6 or TDF.
37 E. 1st St, between Firsl and Second
avenues. 8 pm. (212) 673-6752.

A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents olnnll
Coop.r, reading from Frisk. 548 Hudeon, , SHOCK OF THE FUNNY pre8enls Sirah.
Schulman'l F.l1ulI and Joel Mlrkl'
St8 pm. Info: (212) 989-4850.
AnIlMIT Cllllntryand 'lI,lftnd CII.m.
Failure is about ·compelilivism"
in a
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS preromantic relationship. Another Country isaents Pool Night. Featuring ,free pool,
about a woman's coming to terms withping pong, billiarda, air hockey andher brother'8 being gay and HIV-pQ8itivs.
shooting hoops at Brownstone Billiards.
In Sugar and Cream. an anarchlsfa Ideal· '''-_
Seventh Ave. 'at Flatbush. Afterward8,
Ism Is challenged by a man with no, relax at the RoolI. SeVenth Avenue at 8th'panIB.
$8. St Marl<s Studio. 94 St Marl<s
SIreet. The evening begins al 8 pm.'
PI. 10:30 pm. Reservations:, (212) 722·
Please call 24 hours in advance 10 con2275. [See May 17]
firm all SAL activities: (718) 965-7578.
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Outreach Socili. If you're interested In 'volunteering 10 marshall or otherwise

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System. Butch Peaston. 178 Seventh Ave., suite A·3, NYC 10011.(212)243-1570)
GCN (Gay Cable Network. Loo Maletta. 32 Union Square East, suite 1217.(212)477-4220) GUI (Gay and Lesbian Independent Broadcasters. (212)473-1689)
GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis. Jean Carlomusto. 129 W. 20th St, NYC 10011.
(212) 807-7517) HI PHOD (Robin Byrd Productions. P.O.Box 305, NYC 10021(212)988·2973) WAlC-TV (77 W. 63rd St, NYC 10023(212) 456-7m) WBAIFM (505 Eighth Ave., 19th floor, NYC 10018 (212)279·0707) WeIS·TV (51 W.

8:30 AM SHO Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Starring Keanu Reeves
and some cute dishwater blond. Watch for the hug scene,,
9:30 AM WBAI99.5 FM Ghosts in the Machine This radio show is hosted
by OutWeek Features Editor Victoria Starr. 2,5 hours.
10:00 AM WABC- TV Sally Jessy Raphael Sally tekes advantege of what
SFhas to offer. Today: female imperso!1ators perfonning. CH 7.
Midnight RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers, livecall~in show; Manhattan Cable, CHV/35,

THURSDAY, MAY 16~~~:2.S~I~~~~~4)(2:'~i.~~~~-~,(~Oy~OI~~~~II;~~I:::a:;
1:30 AM HBO The World According to Garp Did I say that there are two

WNYW-TV (Fox. 1211 AV/AM, NYC 10036. (212) 556-2400) WPIX-TV (220 E.
, 42nd St, NYC 10017.(212)949'-1100)

MONDAY, MAY 13
9:00AM WCBS- TV Geraldo Scheduled topic: Michael Jackson. Notethat he's the topi!:, notthe guest (Now that Madonna's outed him, I
wonder who else'li do the same.) CH 2.
9:00 AM WABC- TV Regis and Kathie Lee Speaking of that mad maven of• pop, she'll be chatting with Rege and K.L today and tommorrow. CH 7.
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Repeated at 3:3D on CH 8.
10:00 AM WABC- TV Sally Jessy Raphael She's in San Francisco all thisweek. My bet is that the studio audience will be more fun than theshow. Take today for example: The topic is fights between women asa sp,ectetor sport. CH 7.
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1:30 PM· WUSB 90.1 FM The Word Is Out Marc Gunning hosts a weeldy
lesbian, gay and bisex'ual variety show.
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1:45 PM HBO VictorMctorialrefuse to believe you don't know what thismovie isilbout. Repeated Fnday at 9:45 am on HBO.
2:00 P~ WUSB 90.1 FM Lavender Wimmin News, songs and music produced by women for women.
2:30 PM WUSB 90.1 FM Thts Way Out More queer news.
8:30 PM MlI,nhattan Cable The Brenda and G/ennda Show CH 17
9:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: community news, discussion, interviews,,
BQ Cable, CH 56 (1:00)
9:00 PM' GCN Gay USA paragon Cable. CH C/16 (:30)
11:30 PM Tomorrow/Tonight live. entertainment Manhattan and Paragon', Cable, CH 0/17 (1:OO)
Midnight CCTV The Closet Case Show. K10set K1ips; Manhattan IParagon
Cable, CH C/16 (:3D)<,<

TUESDAY, MAY 14,

6:00 AM WIND-TV Siske/and Ebert The two bozos (whose thumbs, I
think, are attached to strings pulled directly by the major studios)
review that little bit o'lesbo lust, Switch, sterring Ellen Barkin.CH 11.
7:00 AM WCBS- TV This Morning La !larkin in person. CH 2.
9:00AM WABC-TV,Regis and Kathie Lee Part two with Madonna. CH 7.
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Catch her again at 3:3D on CH 8.
10:00AM WABC- TV Sally Jessy Raphael From SF: flirtatious husbands.
Airting with whom, we wonder. CH 7.
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10:30AM De Aundra Peek's Hi Class Hall 0' Fame A regular Georgia
peach. Manhattan Cable, CH 16.
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11:45 AM TNT The Rose Tattoo Art parTennessee Williams.
Noon SHO A Chorus line There are two 'gay' movies you can catch on
cable: Victor/Victoria, on yesterday, and this one.
2:30 PM HBO Nobody's Perfect Holy gender-confusing, Batmanl A boy
dressing up as a girl to win the giri of his dreams.
10:00 PM RB PROD The Robin BYrd Show. male and femalelstrippers;
Manhattan .Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)",
11:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: news, infonnation and interviews;
Manhattan/Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:OO)
Midnight WNET- TV The Other Faces'of AIDS. CH 13.
1:00 AM WNET-TV The Forgotten People: Latinas with AIO,S. CH 13.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
2:00 AM WIND-TV J. Edgar Hoover The subtitle of this biography could
be, '1 teught Roy Cohn everything he knew,' CH 11. .''gay' movies that cable shows? Make it three.
1:00 PM WBAI-FM This Way Out, the international gay and lesbian news
magazine; 99,5 FM (:3D),1:30 PM WBAI-FM An Afternoon Outing. Local news aboutthe gay andlesbian community with Larry Gutenburg. 99.5 FM (:30)
4:00 PM WNBC- TV Phil Donahue Ratings-starved Phil plays p.c. queen.
Today's topic:'homosexual marriage. CH 4.
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5:00 PM Cristina Tema: mujeres casadas con bisexuales. CH 41.'
7:00 PM MAX The Poseidon Adventure I'm listing this just because I'm. mean, and wanted to tell the Shelly Winters-stuck-in·a-portholejoke.
10:00 PM WNBC-TV LA LawThe season finale features a segment on
experimental drugs as AIDS therapy. And what's going on with C.J.
and Abby? Inquring minds \IIIantto know, CH 4.
10:00 PM GCN Be Our Guest: entertainment for and aboutthelesbian!gay_,community; Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17 (:3D),
10:30 PM GMHC living With AIDS Health and politics. Manhattan Cable,
CH V/35 (:3D)
11:00 PM GCN Gay U.sA.: news and entertainment from around thecountry; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00),
11:30 PM WIND-TV Arsenio Hall The, creep du jour is Andrew Dice Clay.
Maybe those Outposters are right CH 4.
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Midnight GCN Men in Films: male erotica, interviews with adult filmstars;
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:3D),'
12:30 AM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male pornostars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:3D),,',FRIDAY, MAY 17,

9:00 AM WCBS- TV Geraldo Geraldo jumps on the talk-show bandwagon
with his own show about 'transvestism.' (You know, what Sally Jessy
calls 'female impersonating.' CH2.
2:30 PM WBAI·FM Rompiendo el Silencio Todos los viern~s, Gonzalo
Aburto con temas y no1icias para la comunidad latina gay y lesbiana.
99.5 FM (:15)
7:00PM WBAI99,5 FM AIDS In Focus, Michael A1i:alay, producer.
12: 15 PM TBS Love at First Bite The ultimate bad disco movie, featuring
Alicia Reynolds' (was that her name?) I Love the Night Life.
1:00 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers;
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00) ,,SATURDAY, MAY 18
8:30 AM WBAI·FM Any SaturdayWith David Rothenberg; live call-in; 99.5
FM (2:00)
7;00 PM GCN Gay USA News and entertainment from around the country. BQ, Unity, ACV Cable, CH 56 (1:OO)
11:00 PM Gay 7VMaie porn; Mllnhattan Cable, CH V/35
1:00 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers.
Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00),
1:30 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers.,
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)

SUNDAY, MAY'19
7:30 PM WBAI-FM Outlooks. Alternates with The GayShoW. 99.5 FM.
1....30 PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male porno
sters; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)
11:00 PM GBS Way Outl Mark Chesnut and Michelle VanVoorhies hostRich Volo is the producer. CH C/16 (:3D)
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MondayLimelight (Gregg C.'s Heaven. Live performances. DJs Sister Dimension, Seth K andBill Coleman. Go-go angels and a live
acoustic band. 10 pm.) Sixth Avenue at 20thStreet (212)807-7840.
Private EYII (Marc Berkley's Kool Komrads.
Strippers, downtown crowd, studentS, professionals. 2-4-1 drinks till midnight .$7) 12
W 21 St (212) 206-n72.
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Alternative music with DJ Bad Taste. $1)
Pyramid. 101 Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.

Tuesday,I+ Clit Club (Drink specials till midnight Lesbianerotic videos and slides. Go-go girls Doors
open at 8 pm. $3 b,efore 11/$5 after.), Pyramid. 101 Avenue A. (212)420-1590.
+i\-Club Edelweiss (TVs, TS,s, gays, bi's, singles" couples; Tuesdays are especially for
lesbians, but everyone is welcome.) 167 W.
29th St (212) 868-6989.
Danceteria (Chip Duckett's Gay Tuesdays.
Doors open at 10 pm. ) 29 E. 29th St. Info:(212) 353-8n5 .
• Grand Central (Women'~ night) 210 Merrick
Rd. Rockville Centre, LI.(516) 536--4800.
Jack Officer's Club (DJ Craig presents cruising,bruising, drinking and carousing. $3) 505 E.
, 6th St.,between avenues A and B.
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cover.) 515 W 18 St (212) 645-5156.

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Thursday
The Bank (For fags, it',s Sperm Bank, with hostess Hapi Phace, DJs Craig Spencer andVictor Anonymous? For dykes, it's Egg Bank'in the Jodie Foster Lounge. Guest DJs,
. sleazy giri action.- $'10/$7)225 E. Houston St,
at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
i\-COp8C8bana.(Susanne Bartsch. Last Th of themonth, Iffy door) 10 E. 60th St., at Fifth'
Avenue, (212)755-6010.
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Dancateria (Coming May 2. Shescape presents
Every Thursday for Girls. Guest DJs. Doors'open 6-11 pm. $5 before 7/$7 after.) 29 E.
29th St (212) 645-6479.
Excalibur ($1 drinks.) Lllcated at the comer of
10th Street andJefferson behind footballstadium. Hoboken, NJ. (201)795-1161.
+ Pyramid (Alternating Thursday parties: Moe
Gonzalez' Fuego, with reggaie, house andand hot women, or Deetour Productions; Eat,Your Heart Out, with live perfomrancesby
women for their women, Doors open 9 pm.
$5.) 101 Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.
Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators.)
126-10 Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens, Queens.
(718) 261-8484.
More Men (Tony, Keith and Dominic present DJ,Tommy Richardson, go-go boys, videos, billiards. $10!$1 with invite.) 239 Seventh Ave.
(212) 518-3283.
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The ,Pump Room (Dallas presents go-go boys, alight show and a large danc,e floor. $12/$8.)
515 W. 18th St (212) 645-5156.
Stingray's(New club, new sound system,
everything else is a surprise. No covertonight) 641 W. 51st St (212) 664-8668.

i\-Channal69 (Drag Extravaganza, with Linda
Simpson. Go-go stars,DJ Dany Johnson.
Sexy, upbeat, East Vililige fag and dyke crowd.
,, $5.) Pyramid. 101Ave. A. (212)420-1590.
Tha Boys RoolJI (Hosted by I;)allas. Cheap Thrillspresents Hous,e music, downtown crowd,
go-go boys,Three floors. 60-foot ceiling.
, $71$5.) 51 W. 26th St (212) 576-1890~
Tha Bunkhouse (Club .Trash, a night of WDREalternative
musi'c, with Freddie and DJ ',Kamakazie. Mav 8: guest hostess Cherry
Vanilla.) Montauk Highway. Sayville. (516)567-BUNK.
•+ Excalibur (Ladies Night, $1 drinks.) 10thStreet andJefferson behind football stadium. Hoboken, NJ. (201) 795-1161.
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i\-Limelight (Disco 2000, with Michael Alig andLarry Tee. Doors open at 10 pm. $10.) Sixth
Avenue at 20th Street (212) 807·7850.
i\-Limelight (Queer'U. DJs Andy Anderson andKeoki. $5/$10) Sixth Avenue at 20th Street.
(212) 807-7850.
+ Cadillac Bar (Gini DeSantis presents Pure
Party Production Dances for Women. Freebuffet from 6-8 pm. Renee Cooke, bartender. $5.) 16 W. 22nd St., between Fifth
afd Sixth avenues.
+Prlwte Eyes (Shescape Afterwork Party from, ~10 pm. 2-4-1 drinks before 7, $5 before 7
Friday.)pm!$7 after.) 12 W. 21st St Shescape: (212)'ABC (Chip,D,uckett presents DJ Merritt and'.
645-6479. Private Eyes: (212) 20&-n72.
dancing in the ballroom and balcony. $101$7
Private Eyes (yr.nVA N'ight. Students, profesw. invite.) 17 Irving Place at 15th Street, sional and women. $7.) 12 W. 21st St (212)
The Bank (Nightmare on Wax: Alternative music
206-7n2.
"hosted by Lee Chappell and Michael T. DJ
Silver lining (2-4-1 drinks,) 175 Cherry Ln. Aoral
Ralph Duncan. Mixed crowd. $101$7.) 225 E.
Park, LI. (516) 354-9641.
Houston St, at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
. Stutz (2-4-1 drinks.) 202 Westchester Ave.
+Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie present Clit Club,White Plains, NY.(914) 761-3100.
West With go-go girls and lesbo videos. $1,

drinks between 8 and 9 pm. Doors open at 8pm. $5) 432 W 14th St (212) 406-1114.
Columbia Dances (First Friday dances. 10 pm to2 am.) Columbia University Earl Hall. 116th
Street at Broadway. Daytime phone: (212)854-3574.
+ Hadield's (Women's night) 126-10 Queens
Blvd. Kew Gardens, Queens. (718) 261-8484.
*Loony Bin,(Hosted by Page and Don. DJ,
Patrick Butts. 'Deviant' crowd. $5.) Pyramid.
101Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.
Mea Culp. (For men, with dancing, video andlive entertainment. $7/$10.) 47 W. 20th St.
(212) 807-7840.
Meat on Friday (Xclusive performances at 1:30
am. DJ Nqbody's Pussy. $5.) Pyramid. 101
Avenue A. (212)420-1590.
+ Millennium (Ladies Night) lnO New York Ave.
(Route 110)Huntington, LI. (516)351-1402. 'Parallal (Lincoln Palsgrove IV, Scott Currie and'
Chauncy present Satyricon.
Featuring
Matthew Kasten's beauties. DJ Johnny
Dyne". $12.) 229 W. 28th St (212) 563·9292.
Private Eyes (YMVA Night, for students and professionals.) 12 W.21st St (212) 206-n72.
$fingray's (Free before 10 pm. $7 after.) 641 W.
51St St. (212) 664-8668.
+ Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd., Woodside,
Queens. Club: (718) 899-9031.

Saturday.

The Bank ( Controversy. DJ Patrick Butts. Dragqueens, drinking and dancing. $15/$101$7.)
225 E. Houston St, at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
, Barefoot Boogie (For adults, kids Qn 2nd and 4th
Saturdays. Smoke- and alcohol-free. May 13
is 'OIdies Night· 8:30 pm to 12:30 am. $5lkids
free.) 434 Sixth Ave., 4th floor, between
Ninth and Tenth avenues. (212) 857-5152.
Center (2nd and 4th Sa, 9 pm to 1 am, $8. DJ
KariIllWard.) 208 W. 13th St (212) 620-7310.
+ Center (Women & Friends. First Sa. DJ Karin
Ward. 9 pm to 1 am.)208W13
St (212)620-nlo.
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Clit Club (Erotic le~bian videos, slides and gogo giris.Doors open at 10 pm.) The Pyramid.
'- 101Ave. A. (212) 420-1590.
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Club West End (Michael Fesco's Saturdays.
12-9 am) 547 W.,21st St.
Columbia Dances (Third Saturday dances withDJ Karin Ward. 10 pm to 3 am. $5.) Columbia
University
Earl Hall. 116th Street at
Broadway. (212) 629-1989.
419419 N. Highway, SoUlhampton, U. (516)283-5001.
Love Zone (dancing & perfonners) 70 Beach St
Staten Island. (718) 442-5692.
_+Girl Saturdays (Shescape presents SaturdayNights for Women.With go-go girls and aguest DJ. $8 before 10:30/$10 att8r.) 20/20.20 W. 20th St., between Fifth and Sixth
avenues. (2J2) 645-6479.
Meat (OJ Aldo Hernandez. Go-go boys, videos
and a slide show. $51$7.) 432 W 14 St
Parallel (John Blair and The Athletic Complex
present New York's hottest go-go boys. DJ
Tommy Richardson. $15.) 229 W. 28th St(212) 563-9292.
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i\-Roxy (Locomotion. Gay men, straight women, .....", some lesbians.) 515 W. 18th St:, between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) 645-5156.
+Silver Lining 175 Cherry Ln. Floral Park, LI.
(516) 354-9641.
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Serious House music. No alcohol. Doors,open at 11 pm.) 530 W. 27th St., between

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present an after-hours party. Doors open at
midnight) 254 E. 2nd St, atAvenue C.

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SundayThelBank (Her,bal Tea Dance. Early evening
dancing and drinking:,DJ Victor. Free fruit,, free admission from 4-7 pm. $5 till 11.) 225 E.
, Houston St,.at Essex. (212) 505-5033.
The Bank (Pump, hosted by David Leigh, withOJ Micheal Fierman. Free admission with, Chelsea Gym 10. $7/$10.) 225 E. Houston St,
at Essex. (212) 505-5033. 'The Men's Room (Dallas presnts muscle men
and boys. Go-go boys, three floors and 60I
foot ceilings.) 51 W. 26th St (212) 576-1890.
.Clit Club (Jocelyn and Julie's Tea Dance. $1
drinks from 6-7 pm. Go·go giris and free finger food. OJ Usa Legendary. 6 pm to 12 am.
$5.)432 W.l4th St (212) 406-111~• Crazy. Nanny's (Sunday evening Tea Dance.
Free before 9 pm/$5 after.) 21 Seventh Ave.
South. (212) 366-6312.
<\RJCKI (DJs Craig and Victor. Industrial, house,
bass, soul and disco. Downstairs, the Lesbian Luv Lounge. OJ Lori E. Seid and 'guests.
$5.) Pyramid. 101 Avenue A. (212) 420-1590.
The Highway (Presented by, Tony, Keith'and
Dominic of More Men. $7/$10.) 113 Jane St(212) 924-JANE.
• Kelly's (OJ Moaning Lisa spins the records
for dancing dykes. Doors open at 8 pm. $3.)
46 Bel\ford St (212) 929-9322.
Moniter (Sunday Tea Dance at 4 pm.) 80 Grove
St at Sheridan Square. (212) 924-3557.
Parallel (Michael Fesco presents Sunday Tea
Dance. Open bar 5--7 pm. Free hors d's at 7.
'Go-go boys. $6.) 229 w. 28th St (212) 563-9292.
• SOBs (Leticia Montalvo presents The Lust
, House. First Sunday of the month, beginning
June V'DJ Marlow. $5.) 204 Varick St" at
Houston. (212) 243,4940.

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Cellblock 28, 28 Ninth Ave., 733-3144(M-w) ,Chelsea Transfer, 131 Eighth Ave. (bet 16th and'17th) 929-7183 'Eagle's Nest. 142 Eleventh Ave. (21st St) 691·8451
Lavender and Lace, at the Vault, 28 Ninth Ave.,
255-6758 (Fr, 7-11 pm andSu, 3--8 pm, women)
Private Eyes, 12W; 21st St (bet Fifth and Sixth
avenues) 200-mO'
Rawhide, 212 Eighth Ave.,, (21st St.), unlisted
Spike, 120 Eleventh Ave., 243-9688
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Badlands, Christopher and West streets, 741·9236
Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St, 929-9684,
Crazy Nannys 21 Seventh Ave. 5., 366-6312 ~(women) ,',D.T:s Fat Cat 281W. 12th St,243-9041
Pandora's Box, 70 Grove St (Seventh Ave.) 242,1408(women)
Dugout, 185 Christopher St, 242-9113
Eighty-Eights, 228 W.loth St,924-0088

The Hangout(J's) 679 Hudson
St,242-9272,
IJulius, 159W. 10th St,929-9672
Keller's,384 West SVChristopher, 243-1907
Kelly's Village West. 46 Bedford St,929-9322
Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St, 243-9323
The Monster, 80 Grove St (Seventh Ave.) 924-3558
New Jimmy's 53 Christopher St, 463-0950
Ninth Circle, 139W. 10th St,243-9204
Reeds,
8 ChriStopher St, 675-7333,
Sneakers, 392 West St, 242-9830
Two Potato, 145 Christopher St, 242-9340
Tys, 114 Christopher St, 741-9641,,
Uncle Char~e's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255-8787
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Altar, .161W. Broadway. 571-7272.
G·spot, 50 Warren St, 219-2588 (Fr and Sa, women),West Side
Candle Bar, 309 Amersterdam Ave., 874-9155
Cat's,, 730 Eighth Ave., 221-7559
Don'tTeli Mama, 343 W. 46th St, 757-0788
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12l Woodfield Rd. West Hempstead, L1.(516)486-9516.
<\Club Edelweiss (Tuesdays are for lesbians,
but it's open to all Tu-Su.) 167 W. 29th St(212) 868-6989.
419419 N. Highway (Rte 27). Southampton, L1.
(516) 283-5001.
Grand Central 210 Merrick Rd. Rockville Centre,
L1.(516) 536-4800.
Magic Touch (Anglo/Latin/Asian) 73-13 37th Rd.
Jackson Heights, Queens. (718) 429-8605.
Moniter 80 Grove St, at Sheridan Square. (212), 924-3557.
• Pandora's
Box Sheridan
Square 8& 7th
Avenue. (212) 242-1408.
The Pyramid (~ook under daily listings for individual parties and themes. Also check GOing
Out for special events.) 101 Ave. A. (212)420-1590.
Spectrum (Look under daily listings'fof'individ, ual,parties and themes. Coors served.) 802
64th St" at Eighth avenue. Bay Ridge,
Brooldyn. (718) 238-8213,• Tad's (Night club and restaurant.
Mostlywomen, but menare OK.) 2 Georges Rd.
New Brunswick, NJ. (201) 545-8990.

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Kiss, 161 Farmardie Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273
Club 608,608 Sunrise Highway, W. Babylon, 661-9580
Millennium, 1n0 New York Ave., Huntingdon, 351-

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Playroom,
590 Nepperhan Ave" Yonkers, 965-6900,
Stutz,202 Westchester Ave" White Plains, 761-3100

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The Bar, 68 2nd Ave., (4th St.) 674-9714,Pyramid, 101 Ave. A,420-1590
Tunnel Bar, 1!61stAve" (7th St) 777·97Z1.

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Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead,
486-9516 (women)•
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Grand Central, 210 Merrick Rd., Rockville Centre,

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Pal Joey's, 2457 Jerusalem Ave" N. Bellmore, 785-

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Silver Uning, 175 Cherry Lane, New Hyde Park,354-9641
Station House Pub, 3547 Merrick Rd" Seaford, 785-!mI'

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

Nassau6906(area code 718)
,After Five Plus, 5,Front St, 852-0199
Spectrum, 802 64th St, (Eighth Ave.), 745-9611
Sweet Sensations, 6322 20th St, 435-2580"-,

Staten Island(area code 718) ,Sand castle, 86 Mills Ave., 447-9365'

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

Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd:, Jamaica,657-4885'
Love Boat, n-02 Broadway, Elmhurst; 29-8670
Magic Touch, 73-13 37th Rd., Jackson Heights,
429-8605

Bogart's,320 E. 59th St, 688-8534
Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St.,650-1944
G.H. Club, 353 E. 53rd St,223-9752
Johnny's Pub, 123 E. 47th St,355-8714
NY Confidential, 306 E. 49th St.,308-8390
Rounds, 303 E. 53rd St., 593-0807'South Dakaota, 405 3rd Ave., (29th St) 684-8376 .
Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St.,688-4710
The Townhouse,
236 E, 58th St, 754-4649,
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Trix, 246 W, 48th St, ( 664-8331
The Works, 428 Columbus Ave. (at 81st), 799-7365.

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Charlie's West, 536 Main St., E. Orange, 678-5002
Feather's,77 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge, 342"
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Friendly's, 6310 Park Ave., W. New York, 854-9895
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III&NSCounty Social Seriveces Education • Bµddies. Coul188ling • sup..
port Groups VoIunlMr Opportuniti.. (718) 896-2500, (voice) (718)896-2985(tDD)

and church and uph!llding thecivil rights of Lesbian and Gay
Atheists. Meetings the firsts
Sunday Community Centar, 1 to
3 P,M. Dial a Gay Atheists(718)~1737, 24 hours.
ARCS (AIDS-RElATED

ACT UP (AIDS COAUTION TO,
UNLEASH POWER)
498A Hudson Street, Suite G4
NYC 10014'(212) 564·2437 A
diverse, non-partisan group of.
individuals united in anger andcommitted to direct action,toend the AIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Mon. nights 7:30, in The
Great Hall, Cooper Union, on
Cooper Square between Astorand St Marks Place·s.

c:omn.nty Sani_)

for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster andWestchester
counties. AIDS
education, client services, crisis
intervention, support groups,
case manag&ment, buddy andhospital visitor program. 214
Central Ave., White Plains, NY
10806 (914) 993-0806 836 Broadway, Newburgh, NY 12250 (914)562·5005 AIDSline (914) 993·
0607

ADULTSURVIVORS OFSEXUAL ABUSE(SponlO ... d by SAGE)
Mondays, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m,
, Sage Room at the Center
Experimental T~erap, Groupfor Woman (Ages 21 and up) to
support the re'covery process
and free yOu from the pain andsilence of sexual abuse. In asafe setting, -we share feelings,
develop relationships witli innerchildren,and explore andrelease beliefs and patterns
that block growth, This re·intergrative process
as<sists inuncovering your self worth andinner strength. Psychotherapists Joyce Z. Meyers, CSW"
~nd Robbye Stuart·Russell,
MlA. facilitate the group.
AFRICAN AMERICANWIMMIN UNITED FOR
SOCIETALC~GE
Lesbian. Gay Community Centar 20B West 13th Street,'NY., NY
Meeting every Thulllday 8:00 P.M
AIDS RESOURCE CENTER (ARC)
Supportive housing for homeless PWAs (Bailey House andapartments). Non-judgmental
pastoral care for PWAs andloved ones, Volunteer opportunities. (212) 481-1270, 24 West
30th St, NYC 10001
ALOEC/APlN·NY(A,ian Le,bian,of the E.. t
Coa,t/A,ian
Pacific Le,bianNetwork-New York) We are apolitical, social and supportive
networkof Asian Pacific les,bians. Planning'meetings on the
1st Sunday and social eventson the last Friday of eachmonth. Call (212) 517-5598 formore information.
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AMERICAN GAY/LESBIANATIlBSTS
AGA, IncJ701 7th Avenue, Suite
9W/New York, New York 10036
A non-profit, educational organization dedicated to preserving separation betwaen state

ASIANS .. FRIENDS- N'Y
A, not-for-profit organization
which promotes friendships with
Asian/Pacific Islander, AsianAmerican, and non-Asian gay
men !hrough social, cultural, educational, ind service activities
and programs. Call our Hotline:
212-e74-5638, or write to: P.O.Box
8628, NY, NY 10163-6023.
ATR(AIDS TREATMENT 'IIESOIlRCES,IIC.)
Publishes a quartarly Directory ofclinical trials of experimental
AIDS/HIV treatments in NY/NJ,
and Philadelphia, and has educational matarials! seminalll for trial
participants. ATR also advocates
for improvements in !he trial systam, 259 W. 30th St, 9th fl., NYC,
l!Dll. (212)28&-4196.Publications
free/donation raquested.
BAR ASSOCIATION FOR, HUMAN RIGHTS
Lawyers Referral Service for!he Lesbian and Gay Community
Full Range of Legal Services(212) 459·4873 Free Walk-in
Legal Clinic. Tuesday 6-8 pm.
Lesbian • Gay Community
Centr, Ground Roor
BIDS (BISEXUALDOMINANCE.. SUBMISSION GROUP)
Share S/M experionces
andfantasies with o!hers in'a positive, non-judgmental
atmosphere. First Sunday of the
mon!h,4:45pm at !he Community
Center 208 W. 13 Street, NYC,
This group is part of the New
YorkArea Bisexual Network.
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BIJOUX (THE BISEXUALJEWISH GATHERING)
Comel Noshl Schmoozel Meetother Jewish bisexual (andalii as) and shara your interests
at a 'show- and-tell.' SecQnd
Friday of ea ch month; 6pm at
The Community Center 208 West
13th Street. Part of the New
York Area Bisexual Network. formore info. Call (201)44G-3902:

BISEXUALINFORMATION..
COUNSEUNG SERVICE,INC.
A professioll8l1y staffed, non·profit organization for bisexuals, their families and partnelll,facing problems of a psychological or medical kind. We also
work with !hose in doubt about
their sexuality. Confidentiality isprotacted by law, For information phone: (212) 496-9500
BISEXUALPRIDEDISCUSSIONGROIWTopical discussions on issues ofinterest to the community in acongenial atmosphere,
followed by an informal dinner ata friendly local restaurant.
Every Sunday, 3:00- 4:30pm at
the Community Centar 208 W, 13
Street, NYC. Part of the New
York Area ,Bisexual Network.
BISEXUALWOMEN'S
SUPPORT GROUP
Discussion.
CR Group meets~very 2nd. 4th Wednesday,
6:30 - 8:00 pm at thl', Community
Center,208 West 13th Street,,Part of NYABN.
BIWAYS NEW YORKMonthly social events for the
Bisexual community and friends,
Cill NYABNfor details of upcoming events. (212)459-4784
BIPAC (BISEXUAL POUTICALACTION COMMITTEE)
Political action on issues ofimportance to !he Bisexual /lesbian/Gay community. Monthly
meetinw' potluck held 8:00pm on
fourth Thuraday of the mon!h atmembers homes. Call NYABN
fOr this month's location. ((212)45H784BiSEXUAL YOUTH
Infonnal social. support groupfor Bisexual kids/yo\rth. Mon!hly
meeting/potluck
lunch held
1:00pm on fourth Sunday of themonth at memb.ers homes. Call
NYABN for !hismon!h's location,
This group is psrt of !he New YorkArea Bisliiwal Network.
BLIIS.BRONX LESBIANS
UNnEDIN SanlBHOOO~s an active, visible, multicultural membership organizationthat is ~ddressing the socialand political needs of !he Bronx
Lesbian community. Regularmeetings, the 3rd Fri, 6:30-8 pm
C 208 W. 13 th St. and the 2ndWed, 6:30-8pm at One Fordham
Plaza, Bronx. Call Lisa 212-8299817 (English) or Miriam 212400-2692 (Spanish))
BODY POSITIVE
If you or your lover hlis tested
HIV+, we offer support groups,
seminars, public forums, refer·ence library, referrals, social

activities
and up-to-datenational monthly, 'THE BODY
POSITIVE' ($25!year). (212) 7211346. 2095 Broadway, Suite 308,
NY, 10023
BROOKLYN'S LESBIAN ANDGAYPOLITICALCLUB lAMBDA
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
Ll.D. endorses and works
for,candidates in local, state andnational elections, lobbies for legislation, and conducts community
outreach !hrough street fairs andmeetings on special topics. Join
us. 336 Nin!h St., Suite 135 Brooklyn, NY11215 (718) 966-8482
CENTER FORANTJ.VlOLENCEEDUCATlOf(IBROOKLYNWOMEN'S MARTlALARTS
a non-profit organization teaching self-defense and karate for 17
years. 5 week courses in selfdefense for women, Community
workshops in self-defense. Ongoing classes in karate. tai chi for
women. Coullles '. workshops in
SD for lesbians. gay men. Sliding fee scale according toincome. Call for more info. 7187J!8-lnS. 421-5th Ave., Brooklyn,
NY11215.
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CIRCLEOF MORE UGHT
Spiritual support and &haring in e
gay/lesbian affirmative group.
Wast-Pali< Presbyterian Church
165 West 86tIl Street Wed: worship service 6:30 pm, program
7:30. Marsha (212) 304-4373 Charlie (212)691-7118.
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COMMUNITY COUNSEUNG

Teen HOTT-LiNEfor Healthl Call
Monday to Thursday, 7pm to
9pm. At o!her times, leave a message and we'll call you backl, COMMUNITY RESEARCHINITIATIVE,NY (CHI)
Tha Community Research Initiative of New York ('CRI NY' is
a not-for-profit,
communitybased center for AIDS and HIVrelated clinical research. Createdin 1987 by people withAIDS an,d their physicians, CRI
NY tests promising experimental treatments
which many
restore or sta bilize immune
unction, lind treatments
andpreventions for AIDS and HIV·
related opportunistic
Infections,There is no change for •participationin CRI studies,
Many laboratory'tests
lindphysicals are provided free ofcharge to participants.
Childcare can also be provided, All
Id~ntifying information is kept
confidential. Call (212)481-1050, CONGREGATIONBETHSlMCHATTORAH
NY's Gay and Lesbian Synagogue Services Friday at 8:30pm
57 Batiwne Street For info, call:(212) 929-9498,
CONGREGATION
B'NAI JESHURUN
Mon!hly Spiritual Gatherings andfrae catered festive luncheons for
all People Wrth AIDS, !heir IOvellland families. Program includes
music and discussion led by Qur
Rabbis. Call (212)1'01-7fIJJ

CENTERGay Affirmative Psychotherapy
for Individuals, Couples andGroups by licensed clinicalsocial workers and psychologists. Special experience e inaddictions, stras;; management,
depression, care~r counseling,
relationshipconcerns, AIDS
anxiety and coming out issues.
Sliding, fee scale. Insurance
accepted, Village location. For
immediata appointment, call 212353-2888. A staff member will
return your call within 24 houlll.
COMMUNITY HEALTIIPROJECT
208 West 13th Street, NYc, NewYork 10011 For Appointments andInformation(~12) 675-3559(TTYNoice)PROVIDING CARING,SENSITIVE AND LOW COSTHEALTHCARESERVICESTO THE,LESBIANAND GAYCOMMUNITY,COMMUNITY HEALTIIPROJECT's H~
INFORMATION UNE FORTEENS'Do you have questions about
your health? Your Body? Coming
Out? Safer Sex? Feel like you
have no one to talk to? Not any
morel Now you can call the
HOTT-LiNE. 212-2S5-1517The, DIGNITY-BIG APPLE
A community of Lesbian and Gay
Ca!holics. Activities include liturgies and socials every Sat, 8:00
pm, at the Center, 208 W. 13
Street, NYC,Call(212)818-1300DIGNITYNEW YORK
Lesbian and gsy Catholics andfriends AIDS Ministry, Spiritual
Development The' Cathedral Project WOlllhip Services. SocialSun. Eves. 7:3Opm-St.John's Episcopal Church 218 West 11!h Stroet
CWaverly-e7S-2179
DROp·IN COME our
RAP GROUPS 'For L.. bians and Bisexual
Women. Fridays starting April
5th 6:30-8:30 p,m. For Gay andBi.exual Men. Saturdays start·
ing April 6th 11:30 a.m,-1:30 pm*$5,00 Donation R.p Group for.... bi.n and Bi-Sexual Woman
over 40 1st $ 3rd Saturday 8-8
p,m. *$5,00 Donation Rap Groupfor Lasbian and Bi-Sexu.1
Woman Every Satur-day 2:30·
5:00 p,m. "$5:00 Donation Rap
Group for gay and Bi-Sexual
Men Every Sunday 2:30 - 5:00
p,m. *$5:00 Donation

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For the physically disabled Lesbian and Gay Community, P.O.
Box 305 Village Station, New
York, NY 10014l

THE RfTH NEW YORK LESBIANAND GAYEXPERIMENTAL
RLMfUTlVAL
will be held at Anthology Film in
September 1991. Submissions
will be accepted until June 30.
Plesse send your 16 or Super - 8
prints or video transfer (only film
will be show at the festival) withreturn postage to Jim Hubbar,
503 Broadway, Rm 503, New
York, NY 10012 Early applica, tioils a nd premieres will begiven priority. For further info
please call (212)925-5883.
FRONT RUNNERS
A running club for lesbian andgay athletes of all abilities. Fun
Runs of 1-8 milas hald every Sat
at lOam and Weds. at 7pm inCentral Park and every Tues, at
7pm in Prospect Park. For information: call (212) 724-9700.
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GAYAFRICAN AMERICANS OF" WESTCHEmR(THE G.A.A.)
is a community base~ support
group formed in Westchester
County. Various activities areplanned fo~ the coming months.
Call 914-371H1727for more info.

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Health, provides linkages batwn
NYC Health & Human Svcs, andthe Lesbian & Gay community,
focusing in AI! health concerns;
resource information for healthservices'
consumers,andproviders. 125Wo,rth Street, Boxff1, New York. NY 10013. For infocaU(212)~GAYMALE81MAC1'Mm
Dedicated to safa and rilsponsible
SIM since 1981. Open meetings
wlprograms on SIM techniques,lifastyle issues, political and social
concerns. Also special events,
speakers bureau, workshops,
demos, affinity groupa"n8W8letlllr.
more. GMSMA· Dept. 0, 4911A
Hudson Street; Suite 023 ,NYC
l0014~212) 71J-fIflB.

for meeting schedule or' more
information., 208 West 13thStreet, NY, NY 10011. .
INSTITUTE FOR LESBIAN ANDGAVYOUJH.,
CounsaIi1g.drop.jn cenlBr(M-F, 38pm), rap groups, Harvey Milk
High School, AIDS and safer sex
informatiori, referrals, professional
education. {2121833-8920 (voic,)(212)833-8928 TIY for deaf.

raising, education, support andemPower-ment for Latino gay
men. We ara inclusive of Latino
gay men of all nati,onalities, col·ors an~ ages. We meet waekly
and publish a monthly calenderof events. For mora information
call (718) 834·8n5 or write to
P.O. Box 7108 Grand Central
Ststion N.Y.,N.Y. 10163.
LAMBDA LEGALDERNSE
AM) mUCATlON RINDHISPANIC UNITED GAYS & LESBIANS,
Ed,ucationallervices,
political
action, couns,eling and social
activiti88 in Spanish and English !Iv
and for1helatir1!l Lesbian and Gay
Conmunity. G_ral maatil,l!lS 8:00
PI1\4th Thu!lday of avery month atPrecedent-setting
litigation
nationwide for lasbianl, gay
men and people with AIDS.
Membership ($40 and up) inc.
newsletter ,and invitations to
special events. Volunteer nighton Thursdays. Intake, calls: 24pm Mon thru Fri (212) 995-8585.

208 Wast 13th Street Cl!II'201-863-

GMAD (GAYMENOFAFRICAN DESCENT)
80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 a
support group of Gay Men of
African Descent dedicated toconsciousness-raisingand thedevelopment of the Lesbian and
Gay Community. GMAD is inclusive of African, African-American, Caribbean and Hispanicl
Latino men of color. Meetings
a re held, weekly, on Fridays. For
infonnation, call 71&-802-11182.'

7824 or write H.U.G.L, P.O. ~ 228
Canal Strast S!ation, New York,NY
10019.

''·IDENTnYHOUSE ,'.
Now in our 2011!yaar.
providepear counseling"the~apy referrals and groups fo~the lesbian,gay and bisexual coml))unity.
Call us at (212) 243-8181; Visit us
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151hStre,elll, Manhattan. f,

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VISUAl,. ART
Call for slides for Lesbian ArtislII'
Exhibition, Gay & Lesbian Com·munity Center; NYC. For more
information, send SASE to :Miriam ,Fougere, 118 Fort Greene
Place, Brooklyn, NY11217.
LESBIAN AND GAYLESBIAN. GAYTEACHERS
AS~OClATlON- NYC
The LGTAhas been in, existence
since 1974."We pr!lmote theneeds and righlll of Gay/Lasbian
educators, students and par'enlll. We re currently ip8,ctive
negotiations with the Board of
Edl!callon concerning the multicultural curriculum, sansitivity
training of guidance councilors,social workers, and teachersand many other issu88; We also
have a friendly working ralationship with the U.F.T. For moreinfonnation ca11.(718) 62&-4899(718)596-1884~,

LESBIANS AND GAYSOFRATBUSH,Brooklyn's soc,ial organization
for both gay men and lesbians.
P.O. Box 106, Midwood Station
Brklyn, NY 1123", (718) 859,9437,

LESBIAN H~STORY ARCHIVE$
P.O. Box 1258 New York, New,York 10118212/874-7232Since
1974, the Archives has inspirad,shaped and reflected Lesbian
lives everywhere.
Call toarrange a visit pr to volunteer
for Thursday worknighlll.

ADUIl' EDUCATORS

UFELlNE,
Meet Ift(ith other lesbians and
THE NATIONALI,ESBIAN AND, INTERNATIONALGAY•
gays who work in adult educa·
GAYTOUo-FREESERV1CE
tion as tea chera, administrators,
WBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ,GAYMEN'S HEAlJH
1.aJlJ.UFE Ii&
counselors, tutors, etc., to dis·
COMMIS.SIONCRISIS HOTUNE
cuss issues such as coming out
works to focus the spotlight of,
FOR INFORMATION ON SAFERLOST PEER SUPPORT
to staff and,$tudents, materials
SEX AND HIV-RE~1ED HEALTH world opinion on the oppression,
SERVICES (LPSS),
and curriculum, workshop andSERVICES, AND FOR INFORMAof gays and leabians 1hroughout
GAYFATHER'S FORUM
conference participation. We
Lost Paer Support Services, athe world. Currendy organizing
A support organization for gay
TION ON ONE·TIME, WALK·IN
meet the first Friday of every
an Inti symposium on,,sayand
new program to provida counsel·
father's, their lovers, and othars
AIDS COUNSELING SERVICES
ing ,and support to the lesbian,mon1h al8:GO pm at the Lesbian
Lesbian issues to be 'held inin child-nurturingsituations.
212·807.212-645-7470TDD
gay and bisexual community ofand~ayCommunity
Center208
Moicow
andbnin·grad
in,JulyMonthly meetings includa a(For the IIMring ...
1Mon.Greater Westchester, is planning
poduck supper, support group's , Fri. lQ30 am to 9 pm. 12:fX11D3:00
West 13th Street Call Bryna Dia·
1991, in addition to many othermond at (212) 932-7902 (days)for • its., first volunteer training. Thosa
exciting projects, For mora,info
on varied specializad topics.
interes.ted in becoming groupspeakers, and socializing,Maetinformation
write IGLHRC, 2978 Eoisom
GAYSTAMP COLLECI10N
facilitators and peer couns!llors
Str8et, SF CA 94110,or callings: 1st Friday each month. 7pm.. One of thll'collectiona on exhibit, THE LESBIAN AND GAY
should call the LoSt switchboard(415)847-11453. , ' "'at The Center, 208 W. 13th St.,
will be Alternate Lifestyle. out
at (914) 948-4922, for further
BIGAPPLE~
West of 7th Ave. Contribution: $8.
of the Closet. This is the only
details. Experiel)ce,and beginGet your instrument out of the, INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN
gay/lesbian stamp collaction ofBring a main course for 4 peopla,
ning
volunteers welcomed.
cl.oset
and
come
play
with
us.
its kind. It has won 9 gold(or pay a $5 food charge.) For',mN1IIYIC
Symphonic,
Marching,
Jazz,
Dixinformation call: 212-979-7541 orawards so far. For information
NewYork's !Jon·profit lesbianialand, Rock, Flute Ensembles
LONG ISLAND ACT-UP
212-28&-3236
and gay psychotherapy center.
on GLHSC, sand a SASE to:and Woodwinds. 123 West 44th
Meats TU88days at8pm at 181Post
licensed pSychologists, psychiaGLHSC, P.O. Box 230940"HartSt Suite 12l New York. NY 10038
Ave. in Westbury, NY.Suppo!'! ustrists, and clinical social workers.
ford, CT 08103-0940
G~AY
6: LESBIAN(212) 889-2922.
for change on Long Island. Mding
Sliding,scale feu. Insurance
AWANCE AGAINST IIEFMWIIN
address: PO Box 514,Wastbury,NY ,accl!pted. ,Individual, couple, and
8O'Varick Stre9t, NYC 10013 (212)
GIRTH & MIRTHLESBIAN & GAY COMMUNnYfamily therapy. Variety of Men's
966-1700 GLAADcombats homoCUlBOF_YORK
ll!i1K1. 51&33&-4662.
,
SERVICES
CENTERand women's groups forming
phobia in the media and elseSocial club for heavy, chubby
208 West 13th Straet New York,
LSM
continuously. 118 W. 72nd Street
where by promoting visibility ofgay men & their admirers.
NY iOOll (212) 621J.7310 9amis a support and infonnation group212-79&-9432
Monthly socials at the 'Center',, the lesbian and gay community
llpm everyday. A placa forfor lesbians and bisexual womenand organizing
grassroots
weekly bar nightS Thursdays at
community organizing and netinterested in fantasy, role-p/a)'ing,
response to anti-gay bigotry. Do
INTEGRlTYJNY
the 'Chelsea Transfer', monthly
working, sociai services, culbondage, discipline, 81M, fatish88,
you have 30Jminutes a month, toLesbian and Gay Episcopalians
Fat Apple Review, bi·monthly
tural programs,
and social
alternate gender identities, cosand friends. Eucharist and pro·fight homophDbia?Join the GLAAD FAR panpals. For more infonnaevents sponsorad by tha Canter
tumes and so forth. Membershipgram every Thursday. 7:30pm. St
tion call Ernie at 914-899-7735 or
PhoneTreelCall (212)-966-1700 for,and more than 150 community
is available, only to women 18,information.
Luke's Church, Hudson andwrite: G&M/NY;Dept 0, P.O. Boxorganizations.
years and older. Actual experi·
10, Pelham, NY'I0803.
Christopher Sts.INFO: P.O. Box
ence is not required but genuine
5202, NYNY10185(718) 72O-3!i4
GUB-GAY AND LESBIAN
inlBrast and an open mind ara. ForLESBIAN AND GAY
HEAL- (Health Education
INDEPENDENT BROADCASTERS
infonnation please write: P.O.Box
lABOR NE1WORKAlDSUai_nl
Gay and'Lesbian Independent
ICLGHKOREAN LESBIAN
An organization of Lesbians and993, Murray H~IStation, New Yortc,
Weekly info. and support group
Broadc,asters invites you to tune
AND GAYORGANIZATION)
NY10158
Gays who are active in theirfor treatmenlll for AIDS Which dointo OUTlOOKS on WBAI·NY, 99.5
II a group of lesbian and ~aylabor unions workingon
not compromise the immune
Koreans who are committed to
FM every other Sunday, 7:30domestic partnership benefits
MARANATHA: RIVERSIDERS"
8upporting'each other, creating
8:30pm and join us eVery Tuesday . system furthar, including alternaand AIDS issues; For-more
FOR LESBIAN/GAY CONCERNS
tive and holistic approaches.
positive visibility and conat 7:30pm to 9pm to become aMonthly program meeting on
information call (212)923-8890.
Wad 8pm. 208 W. 13th St. (212)fronting inti·lesbian
and gaymember of GLIB. No experience
second Sunday fOr'gay/lesbianbias within the Korean cPl1lmuneeded. 505 Eighth Avenue, NY, 674-HOPE.
Christians
and frien~s. Educa·
LESBIAN AND GAY
nity. for more information call
NY l0018'Attn: Outlooks or calltional, political, and social activi·
RIGHTS PROJECT
Gene (212)477-8558
HERITAGEOF PRIDE. INC.
Mack, Allen, (212)473-1689.
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ties scheduled, 12:30 p,m. River-'of the Am.rican Civil Uberti ••Organizars'of New York's Lasside Church. 490 Riverside Drive,
Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTSI
lATlNO GAYMEN OF NEW
bian and Gay Pride events: the )GAY6: LESBIANWE'RE EXPANDING THEM (212)
Sunday w,orship 10:45 a.m .. For
YORK(LGMI NY) ,March, the Rally and the DanceHEALTHCONCERNS
info.,call (212) 222-5900 (ext. 290)
Is dedicated to consciousness- ' 944-9Il00,axt. 545
on tha Pier. Call (212) 891-1774
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A multi-racial group of gay men
against racism. Meetings every
Friday night at 7:45 at the Le&bian and Gay Community Services Centar,208 W. 13th Street
For more info.' call: (21212458388 or (2121222-9794,
METROPOLITANTENNIS
GROUp(MTG)
Our 200 member lesbian andgay tennis club includes players from beginning to tournament level. Monthly tennis
parties. Winter indoor league.
Come play: with usl For informetion: MTG, Suite K83, 496-A
Hudson St., New York, NY
10025. (7181852-8582.
MOC~ (MEN OF COLORAIDSI'REVENnON PROGRAM.I
Provides safer sex and AIDS
education information to gay
and bisexual Men of Color;
coordinatesa network ofpeer-support groups for gay
and bisexual Men of Color inall 5 boroughs of New York
City 303 Ninth Ave, New York,NY l000lor call (212123&-1796,
NATIONALGAYAND
lESBIAN TASK FORCE
is the national grassroots political organization for lesbians
and gay men. Membership is$3OIyea r. Issue-o_riented projects
eddress
violence.
, sodomy laws, AIOS, gay righta
ordinances, families, media,
etc. through'lobbying, education, organizing and direct
action. NGLTF 1517 U Street
NIN, Washington, DC 20009.
(2021332-6483.
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AND COMMUNICATIONS,NETWORKNYACN is the community's
largest gay and lesbian professional group, welcoming all
in communications
and theirfriends. Monthly meetings, 3rd
Wed 8130pm at the Community
Center. Members' newsletter,job hotline, annual directory.
Phone (2121517-0380 for more
info. Mention OutWeek for'one free newsletter.
N.Y.FEMMESSupport and discussion groupfor lesbians who self identify as
Femme and are primarily
attracted to butch women. For
membership information callUsa (2121829-9617.
_ N.V.WOMEN'S SOfTBALLGUILDFor experienced, serious Softball Players, Coaches andManagers. We play mod/fas)
pitch weekends in Manhattan
and Queens. Try-outs begin
Feb. 11 thru April- or until
filled. (2121255-1379 JanetNORTHAMERICAN~OYLOVEASSOCIATION(NAMBlA)
Dedicated to sexual freedom

and especially interested in
gay intergeneF8tional
relationships. Monthly BUlletin
and ragular chapter meetings
on the first Saturday of each~ month. Yearly membership is$20; write NAMBLA. PO Box
174. Midtown Station, New
York, NY 10018 or call (2121
807-8578 for information.
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crime agiinst gays and les·bians. For info and meetingtime for West Village, call
212-475-4383. for East Village
Patrol info, call 212.248-8588.
70 A Greenwich Ave., Box107, NYC 10011
PROFESSIONALS IN
RUINVIDEO
338 Canal Street. 8th Roor, NYC
10013212-645-3351,

NORTHERNUGHTSAIJBIrw:JVES
Improving Quality of Life for
People with AIDS/HIV. THE
AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP:
Exploring the possibilities of apowerful and creative Ijfain theface of AIDS. Can (212125!H!1i54

QUEERNATION
Queer Nation is ~ multi-cultural direct action group dedicated to fighting homophobia,
queer invisibaity, and all formsof oppression that any queers
mightface. Anyone can suggest an action and shouldcome to meetings preparad toorganize and implement it QN,
208 W. 13th St., New York, NY
10011. Call212~978-8720 for
meeting info.

NYC GAya lESBIAN
AN1J.VloLENi:E PROJECT
Counseling, advocacy, and,information for survivors ofanti-gay and anti-lesbian violence, sexual assault, domestic
violence, and other type. ofvictimization. All services freeand confidential.24 hour hotline (2121807-0197

child care and custody, dis·'
crimination, ,housing, healthy
health planning, confidentiality
andemployment.
The
HIV/AIDSAgency Training andAssistance P~()ject provides
technical assistance to public
and private agencies about
legal' and policy issues on
HIV/AIDS and drug abuse.
They provide training, individual consultations, and model
policy guidelines, among otheritems. If you 'have any further
questions, please contact Ms.
'Catherine O'Neil at (21212431313. the A.. ociation of'
Nu' .... in AIDS Care (ANACI
has monthly meetings withspeakers
and networking
opportunities. For meeting info,
plealil conta ct Janet VIrCcariello at (212j34G-8724

DIE OUTREACHUSING COMMUNALHEAUNG (TOUCHI
Community volunteers providSAGE:
ing a weekly buffet supper for,(SENIOR ACTION
the Brooklyn AIDS commuIN A GAYENVlRON~ENT)
nity. TOUCH meets Monday
Social Servi,ce Agency. pro· , eves. 5pm to 8:30pm- at down·
PARENTSIFIIIENDSOF
viding care, activities, & edu, town Brooklyn Friends MeetlESBIAN AND GAYS,
cational services'for gay &ing House (110 Scl1ermerhorn
Let P/FLAGhelp you and yourlesbian senior citizens. Also
St.'near ,Boerum Placel: Um·
family deal with the upheaval ofservel over '180 homeboundited transportation
may beyour coming out Our me8tingsseniors & older PWA's .208
arranged. Info: (7181822·2758.
a re free: monthly on the 4thWest 13th St NYC 10011, (2121
TOUCH welcom8s contribu·
Sunday, at 3:00 pm, in Duane741-2247 'tions of funds;food and vohinChurch,201 West'I31h.lnfo? caD,teers.
Jeanne, 212-483-0629
sETJiIAN GAYS,
lESBIANS AM) BISEXUALSUunERCOUNTYGAYAND
PEER COUNSBJNG FORSURFor aU of us intarested in f!lach· ,lESBIAN AWANCE
VIVORSOF BIAS ASSAULT,
ing out to each other in exuber·
Meets first and third Monday
DOMESTICVIOlENCE AND
ance to spontaneously exploreof each month at 7:30 pm at
SEXUALASSAULT
and expand upon the SatlVJane
the Unitarian Church on
Th, New York City Gey andRoberts -P.hilosophy· as it
Sawkill Road in Kingston. For
L.. bian Anti·Yiolence Prorelates to our lives; personally,
Information, call 914-628-3203
ject (AYPI is offering freesexually and politically. Call AI,
paer counsaling for lesbians(2121~1289,x287
UNITY94
and gay men who ara surNEEQS YOUto become a partvivors of bias assault, domasSUNDANCE OUTDOOR
of it! Organizers for Gay
tic violenceand sexual
ADVENTURESOCIIDGames IV,to be held in New
assault. Trained voluntear
L A non-profit club offering Out·'York in 199.4. Olympic-stylepeer counselors will be availdoor activities for every seasports and cultural event isable from & to 8 PM e.very
son including 'hiking, biking,largest in world. Theme is,
Wedn .. d.y .nd Thursd.y atskiing, water' a ctivities and
INCLUSION,everyone
isthe AYP offic .. , 208 We.tother outdoor a ctivities for theneeded.
SUPPORTTHE
13th Str .. t. AVP offers frea
Gay/Lesbian community. ForGAMES by volunteering, join·counseling, advocacy andinformation or 'complimentary
ing or making a donation. Callinformation and referrals toNewsletter call (2121598-4728.
212-732-3612 or write UNITY
survivors of bias, assault,'94, PO Box 202, NY,NY 10038,
domastic violence and sexualTASKFORCE
assault Call (212\~-0197 for
ANNOUNCEMENTS
YlSUALARTS PROJECT
more inflllRlltiolL
Women's HIVSupport Group at, In Honor at Artistic Vilion
349 East 1491hStreet Room,609,,Effected by A.I.D.S.
PEOPlE WITH
on Thursdays 11:00 - 12:311.This
The Visuel Arts Projects is
AIDS COAUTION
is an on going closed group forinterested in documenting and(212153Z-D29W1-8QG.828-328IV
women who ara HIV-infected.
collecting art work (slidesl by
Hotline (2121 532-0588Monday
2-3 individual consolations arethose people who have AIDS
thru Friday lOam-6pm Meal prorequired before admittanceor Arc. It is the Project's intengrams, support groups, educainto group. No fee. For further
tion to not just focus on AIDS
tional and referral services for
information call Donna Bersch
but on someone' work andPWA's and PWArc·s.
of Planned Parenthood/HUB at
artistic vision. We are inter·(2121585-5001
ested in receiving responses
PEOPlE WITH AIDS•
from those people in the folHEA/llI GIIOUP
lowing disciplines-painting,
TASK FORCE
Undergroundbuyer's clubdrawing, sculpturing, iIIustra·
ANNOUNCEMENT
importing not-yet-approved
The legal Action Center
tion, architecture and environ·
medications and nutritional suplocated at 153 Waverly Place,mental design, interior design
plementa. 31 West 28th St 4th
NY, NY 10014, has begun two
and graphic design. Should
Roor(2121532-021Kl
new programs. All their serbe interested plesse call Eric
vices are free. The HIV/AIDS
Strauss at (7181855-8491
PINK PANTHERPATROL
Legal Service Project proVides
Community street patrol infree legal services to people
WHAMI-WO,MEN'S HEALTH
East and West Village dediwith HIV/AIDS.Their scope of
ACTIONAND MOBIUZATION.
cated to deterring violent
service is wide, encompassing
A direct action group commit•

ted to demanding. securing anddefending absolute reproductive freedom and quality healthcare for all women. We meet
every Wed. at 8:30pm at 105, E
22nd Street. 4th floor. 212·7135968Mailing address: WHAjIIII,
PO Box 733, NYC10009,,

WOMENS ALTERNATIVECOMMUN CENTER(WACCI
A non-profit. Lesbian commu·
nity center serving Queans,
Nassau and Suffolk Co,untias.
Thurs. night weekly discussion groups. 8:30 pm, for otheractivities please contact us at
516-483-2050.

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WRESTUNG FORGAYS&WI!IANS
Watch the men of the knighta
wrestling club inaction every
Sunday at 7:30 PM at the GAY
CENTER.The club also conduct training classes on alternate Saturdays afternoon (lst
& 3rd Saturdays for men 2nd& 4th Saturdays for womenl
for more information please
call: 718-639-5141

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W9Uld recognize domestic partnerships; abill that would deairninalize the p0ssession and distribution of needles; a bill thatwould require hotels, nlotels and inns tohave condoms , for sale; and a bill thatwould provide funding for the planting of'. ways stopped.
trees in urban areas.
She has not given up on activism
Former New. York Police Departand is still writing letters, marching inment Detective Brian Dunne, who now
demonstrations and going to meetings.
works at the Spy Store, a West Village
But she admits that "it's very hard
purveyor of, among other items, surveilto be personally involved. I am here anlance and counter-surveillahcegadgetry,,
increasing number of days a week. It
explained that a trap can easily be
probably would have been easier tol detected electronically by measuringthespend the first six months out of sesvoltage on a line with a standard meter.
sion, back in the community, working
To date, the police have riot
with people.".
launched a more thorough investigation
She stays in touch through her
the bias-relatedof the calls, and, despite,
friends who are active in local' politics.
natureof the calls, the Bias Incident,
But her hectic schedule prevents her
Investigating Unit has not ,taken on anyof the complaints.
'from seeing them as often as she would
like, as it keeps her from spending
The women said that, when theyenQugh time with per mother, sisters andfiled aggravated harassment complaints
lOver of five years, Kelli Conlon.
with the police, they were careful to"Even though I have less of a perkeep ACI' UP out of the picture .."I don't
sonailife" I was prepared for it," she said.
feel particularly comfortable dragging a
police investigation into my ACI' UP"I have certain things I want to accomplish. Itight now, I'm new, so everythirig
work," Dorow explained.
is a lot of work, but most of it is very ,One of the women who asked thatengaging and exciting ...
her name not be used is working with a, Like all two-tenn legislators, Glick is . private investigator. However, she noted,
already planning to run for reelection
the professional was hired to ensure her
next year. "You don't ask all those people
personal safety rather thanl to seek out
to put in all that energy and money to get
the perpetrator ....
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In the meantime, she has brought
FLICK,
her singular perspective to a legislativec_ ...
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_cI ...._ •••11body often perceived as ,stodgy anduncaring. Perhapshg most importantly, as
the production crew and on up thestreet to the noisy fete.
o~ memberof ACI' UP put it, "She is an
important symbol of lesbian and gay
Exercising the power of a temporary
rights, right in their face." ...
restraining order, producer Alan Marshallmade citizen's arrests against 35 demon,
strators on two successive nights. To make
HARASSc_ ...
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_cI. ...._ .. 111 .,._9_ 15. arrests binding, Marshall, whose credits,
include Midnight Express, was forced to.
woman in ACI' UP, who did not want tostand eyeba1l-to-eyeba1l with each protester
be identified in the media, received a callaixl individually make the arrest. Marsha1l
from a man who threatened
to
rape
and
said
that arrests were made when "it,became apparent· that filming could notkill her. Still another woman, who also
continue under such difficult circumdid not wish have her name disclosed,
sttnces."said that bullets were fired through thewindow of .her home.
The f()llowing week, in retaliation,,
Throughout all of this harassment,
Gerard Koskovich, one of those activists
the women contacted the police only soarrested, returned and made a citizens
that they could get the phone company
arrest of Marshall himself, on charges of,to place a device on their phones called
false imprisonment. Marshall was briefly,la "trap," which records the numbel\ oforigin for every call placed to a specified
line. Most of the women who spoke to
OutWeek reported that they had, at different times, had traps on their phonelines. However, several noted, as soon as
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detained by police, given, a court dateand, released.
.: 'Demonstrators used the same tactic
on a production' assistant, who shoved awriter and a photographer for the local
gay press. The production assistant waschased, and a citizen's arrest was madeon misdemeanor charges.
The many confrontations at the filming sites created substantial national
media interes:, not only in Basic Insttncts
but in the role of the film itidustry inshaping opinions of gay men and lesbians. "The film industry," said Hollie
Conley, a spokesperson for GLAAD/San
Francisco, "bears a grave responsibility
for the perpetuation of stereotypes andthe dramatic increase in homophobic violence over the last few yeatS."
The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force last year recorded over 1,500 hatecrimes against lesbians and gar men in
six cities alone,' representing an averageincrease of 42 percent in thOse cities over
1989 figures. ,, 'And Hollywood's homophobic legacy, which was lovingly detailed by the'late ftlm historian Vito Russo in 1be CellukJid Closet, prompted OutWeek columnist Michelangelo Signorile to call for a
Qational "March on Hollywood,," a rallying cry that has been gleefully reported
in the gay, mainstream and ftlm industry
press up and down the West Coast.
Basic Insttnct is now scheduled tocontinue shooting in Monterey and thenmove to Los Angeles. GLAAD/Los Angeles is now reviewing several strategies as
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call (212)678-7016/,

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that-have affected your lIIe andshape them to empower yourself.
Through music, movement, trance,
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Formerly of 57th and 2nd Avenue andHotel Sutton. Please contact Bill in Ft.
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For mor8 information call 679-SIGN,,

NYC/PHIL./BALT./WASH. D.C.
Mon. thru Fri. 10-10eSat 10-4t,

IPIRTIIITGIIIIIIS
WORD IS OUT
for the best Iipartment cleaning-Call...WORD OF MOUTH APARTMENT
CLEANERS reliable/responsible!
efficient Tel. 212-645-9197

APARTIEIT RENTAl
NO FEE- BKLN HEIGHTS,
Gorgeous 1bdrm w/loft. huge ElK, 2
wbfp's, brick bathroom, giant porch, wd
flrs, high tin ceiling, Nand S exposure,2 walk-in closets. $835 including heatDays (516) 829-6444/night (718) 6246276. Ask for Michael

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4 bdrm, yard OW, WID. Tons of closet
space hdwd firs, high ceilings, close
NYC transport. pets OK, very comfort, able-available
May 1st $1280-ph (201) 434-5309

IMPROVE YOUR SMILE

RECEPTIONIST / OffiCE MGR.

Bonding, Bleaching and Porcelain
lamates. Call for d~tails.
Eric Mehler, DDS'137First Avenue #407
New York, NY 10003(212) 473-9002

Looking for organized person withgood phone voice, computer skills, typing ability for job in EastVillage Computer Consulting Company 614-9567,

WOMAN BODYBWLDERANTHONY SANTONI\

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

Attorney at Law, Real Estate; COOP/Condo Closing- Bankruptcy; Incor, porations; Wills. 37 E. 28th Street,. Suite
700, NYC (212) 447-0636

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By Appt
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Midtown CallScott(212) 947-06~

HIAl THPIODUCTIZUMBA. ..THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER,
HARD TO RND' PRODUCT IS NOWAVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES.

COITIACTOII 'ARTHUR LOVEJOY
LICENSED ELECTRICALContractor
repairs and New Installations.Commercial and Residential.Courteous, fr~fessional ServiceAvailable Eves. andWeekends.(718) 782-4735

Call Ross J!lcobs(212) 929-0661

STOPI
RESTORE/RESURGE/REMEMBERIThe Male stop
A computer BaS.
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(212)721-4180 Free!
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What if you could eat
whatever you want,
whanever you want I
and still keep yournatural shape?

I' ,This Yohimbine herb and Lecithinbased vitality booster imported
from Germany, contains 6 otherpowerful herbs form around theworld know to stimulate desire
and sexual performance, vigor andphysical stamina. Tested to strict
German Government standards.
$25.95 Visa/MC, check, mo, "Worldwide Health Products,
5525 Canyon Crest Dr., Suite 71-310,
Riverside, CA, 92507, Order 1-800-2889230, Free catalog of other uniqueproducts upon request"

COUllllIlG
CAREER COUNSEUNG,

Find the right work for youl
Experienced Executive Counselor
offers action-oriented consultation.

Justin Hecht. MBA(212) 242-2424

HELPIAITEDr'

SALESPERSON
Leading performihgarts trade weekly
is looking for a salesperson who isexperienced in the areas of theater,
dance and cabaret Restaurant, clients a plus. High commission
arrangementfor the right person.
Call (212) 354-7608
Mo.PA.

Counseling212-989-6006
80 OUTWEEK Mev 22... _ ..
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ILAVENDER & LACE
A private club for women and theirladies or the adventurous lesbian.
Meets atthe Vault 28, 9th Ave bet
13th -14th St NYC Downstairs Fri
7pm-11pm and Sun3pmc8pm
For info 212-255-;6758.24 hrs.
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DEVELOPMENT DIREcTORThe North St'ar Fund, a NYC-based .
multi-issue foundation seeks politically progressive person w/strong
fund raising. PR, writing, & donor pro-gram skills. $30-35,000 + benefits. Cvr, Itr, resume, 2 writing samples, 3 refs
to Marjorie Fine, Executive Dir, North
Star Fund, 666 B'dway 5/F, NYC 10012.
No calls. D,eadline: May 31. People ofcolor, lesbians & gay men encouraged to apply.

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ATTOIIIII"HELPWAITEDAIDS buyers club seeks independent,.
highly organized person to manageinternal agency functions: inventory
control, shipping/receiving benefits,
MIS, publications, bookkepping, etc.
Strong computer(Wp' DB, spreadsheet), admin/mgmt background req.
Writing skills, fam w/AIDS activism/politlcs a 'plus. Salary $3O-35K.
Reply befoTe 10 May to:
PWA Health Group, 31 West 26th
Street,. NYC, NY 10010. EOE/AA,

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NY in '94 organizers of Gay Games IV,
seeks ED withexp. for coordinatinglarge events/festivals, fundraising andfiscal management,. short and longterm strategic planning & public relations. Knowledge of Gay and Lesbian
athletic community prefd. Women"
people of color, HIV +, encouraged toapply. Resume, cover letter & salary ,requirements to: SEARCH COMMITTEE, NEW YORK in '94, TIME SQUARESTA., BOX 20210038, Application
Deadline: May 15, 1991••

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

ART DIRECTOR ',OutWeek, the Lesbian and Gay N~ws
Magazine, seeks full time'art director
to oversee all design aspects of 116
page publication. Must have extensive cover design and magazine
experience. Quark, Illustrator andother design programs also necessary. Send resume and letter to Mr.
Rotello, OutWeek, 159 W. 25 St, NYC
10001, or Fax (212) 337-1220.

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MAN WITH VAN AND HELPERINCLUDED ,Moving & Storage, Inc.

Phones answered personally
212-929~5067, Tbe.finest seroice availob1e at tbe most reasonable rate••

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Prompt and professional, Storage availab!e, ,Last minute Jobs•

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Household • Commercial'
Piano • Antiques • Fine Art ,"TIRED OF HOMOPHOBIC MOVERS?

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VISA &MASTERCARD

212-333-7337
718-275-9521.
Fax 212-265-1742 Find us In the yellow page.
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Professional and reliable. Serving
the Gay Community 15years.
Sensitive, fun people who get the job
done right with no bLilishit Licensed
DOT 10166.Insured. Reasonable
storage rates. Pianos, Art Antiques,
Moving Supplies. Mention Outweek
for Special Discount F,reeEstimates,
426 E. 91, Call289-1511.
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Outweek, the National Lesbian and
Gay Weekly Magazine seeks Circulation and Subscriptions Manager tocreate new promotions and oversee
current distribution. Broad knowledge of direct mail solicitiation witha minimum of two years sub~l;ription/marketing experience required.
Send resumes together with letter
covering salary history and requirements and why you want to join Outweek. To: Offices of the Publisher,
Outweek Publishing, 159 West 25th

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Swedish/Deep lisl!,UeSports Massage
In/Out (212) 586-6149,

TREAT YOURSElfl"S-weet man with great hands" seeksclients for nude nonsexual vigorous
Swedish/Esalen massage. $50 anhour. CA certified.
Gary
212-228-2243. Serious onlyl,

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Pop-folk-countryish
band needs bass,
and ac'oustic rhythm guitar. Call
Steven 212-473-5964,

PUBliCATIONS'UVING A GOOD UFE WITH AIDS
Based on over 7 years of living.Send$9.95 to T.M. Publications P.O. Box \310743, Tampa, FL33680 Allow 4-6
weeks for delivery.

PIINTINI"•

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newslettersbrochures
menus
postcards
forms
posters
catalogs
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135 w, 201h 51., 3rd Iloor. ny, ny 1001 1, MIC
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Luxury Full Serv Hi-Rise
1 BR's & Conv. 2 Brs..
from $1095 ",With spectacular views
and balconies, across from theChelsea Gym ,Rental.OffcApt 2G, Open
SI.It/.Sun 12-5
Wed. 3-6pni; or by Appointment
463-9797 #794-2233
Harrison PropertiesGAY MEN'S WORKSHOPS... Assertiveness Training •• Self - Esteem Improvement·Monthly 14 session Low Fee

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Individual and Couples Therapy..

Dr. Mark Williams 212 - 691-6161
Union Sq. Office 1 Free Consult
Certified 120 yrs experience.,,

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DISnNCnVE DECO APARTMENTS 'Fully renovated apartments in the art
deco district of Miami Beach. Perfectfull time residences or the best inaffordable second homes.'VINTAGE
PROPERTIES, 1601 Jefferson Ave.,
Miami Beach, FL 33139. (305) 534-1424.

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

WEST 17TH STREET 'Grind Chelsea

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Play host to thousands of gay men
and women. Fife's Resort, just north of
San Francisco'in the spectacular Russian River gay resort area is for sale.
Imagine life as liilVner of this world '.
famous resort. Th,e ,opportunities andrewards are endless. $1,750,000 for
this complete successful business on
fifteen beautiful' acres nestledamongst the redwoods and wineries.
, Call Sonoma Properites at(707) 527-5211 for details.

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Steve in the East Village(212) n7 -q17;Pager ,461-G807

THEIAPYII

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BERGEN,NJ
Prof M wants roommate for 2br garden aptw/micro \iv.cable,laundry,innice suburban area, NY trains at door
$395lnclud, UtiI201-487-4794'MATESITUATIONS WANTEDSECURITY PROFESSiONAl "I am expo if! access control, security,ADM, CC1V & Security operations.!
am alsp available to supervise yourjrrivate security needs.
, ,Ivan Keith (718)692-2129

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DEPRESSED-Feeling blue, down, /lopeless?
-Loss of sleep, appetite or interests?
-Trouble coping, concentrating?
-Anxious? Irritable?

GROUPS CURRENTLY FORMING:, -Women's Coming -'Out Group- Men's "Exploring Sexual Identity"
Group- Bereavement Group- Gay Male CouplilS' Group
Institute for Human Identity(212)799~9432
GAY AND LESBIAN CONCERNS
Depression, Fears, A.A. Issues, Care
Partners Anxieties. I can help.
Licensed for Insurance C.S.w.
Therapist, Upper West Side
212-362-7664)(212) 746-3921·,.
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Gay Affirmative Therapy
FEES BASED ON lHE ABILITY TO PAY, Member: NY State Federation of Alco·holism Counselors. Inc.
Member: NY State Society of ClinicalSocial Work Psychotherapists. Inc.

Gay & Lesbian , 'Individual/Couples•

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Maybe -we can help. To
learn more about our free confidential research prcigr;ams call us
at Comell Univ, Medical Center.

• Stress and Anxiety,, • Alcoholism & Drug Abuse• Sexual Compulsion• ACOAand CODA Issues• Coming Out,Ucensed By Appt OnlyOffices in
Manhattan, WoodstocklKingaton, 212/582-1881•

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firE!place, outdoor hottub. A truly traditional B&B. Weekly'and wk day specials. Contact Rt 1B Box 212 Shaftsbury, VI 05262 or can 802-375-6985.

New York's Non-Profit
Lesbian/Gay Psychotherapy Center _I EATING ISSUES GROUP:

A.ccepleoa,

INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN
IDEN1TIY, INC.

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Chelsea Pines Inn
317 Wesl 141h Sireel, New York, NY 10014(212) 929,1023

COUNTRY COUSINS BED &BREAKFAST. VERMONTTHE OPEN QUEST INSTITUTE
In our community since 1978

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Depression - Anxie,ty - AIDS-related
mentaVemotional problems - Other/
psychol,ogical problems.

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inner resources to modifY neg~live habits, enhance self-esteem,, deal with problems andlive successfully.

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TRAVEl'TRIIAPY
HYPNOTHERAPY* Under·
Bingeing * Purging
Tapping your inner resources
toward transformation 'Dona DandriIli,
Art 1'herarapist
Terri Cramer, CSW
Experienced, Licensed Psychotherapists W. Villiocation.
Modercue Fee. Ins. accepted

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Therapy-Alcoholism-Su'bstance
Abuse,-Self.
Esteem,*Anx,~ty*Dttpr.ession,*ACOA issues-Co-dependency~Ano"ymous ~ex-Health (HIV)".Experlenced ·Licensed.Insurance Reimbursable.Che/sea Office

Chasseur Guest House. Exclusively. Gay. Downtown Free local Gay Map
serve - yourself breakfast till noonsunny' open Air Terrace. Safe & Clean(514 521-2238 IGTA Amex. Visar MC
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couples, men's, andwomen's,

MONTREAL * QUEBEC",

118 W. 72nd Street(212) 799-9432
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sliding scale fee.insurance acceptedlax' Included
Charming, newly renovated Brownstone, Private bath w (refrigerator OR shared balh •Color TV • Telephones • -AlC • Continentalb~akfast • Advance reservations suggested,

TERRI CRAMER, CSW
Empowering therapy by expert
enced licensed psychotherapist for:(212) 243-9669,,

CHELSEA 31B W, 22nd, 51., NYC 10011

DIS~OUNTED AIRUNE TICKETS,

Ins. Accepted. Reasonable Fee ..
West Village location
Call (718)438-2590•

FAX (212) 633-1612

Colonial House Inn• Work conflicts• Self esteem '• Depression,.
• Recovery form addictions• Lesbian/gay identity issues• Problems of relationship'
Eating Issues and Dream GrOup
currrmlly forming.

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

AUNTIE EM'S FARM
Romantic Bed and Breakfast in theCatskills, especially for lesbians andgay men. Created for couples but also
well suited for groups.Jor info call914-439-4237; or write Rd.2, Box 455
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trails, peace & privacy, we're your perr
feet vacation choice I Near golf tennis,
antiquing, summer theatre. Highlands
Inn, Box 1180K, Bethlehem NH 03574(603) 869-3978. Grace, Innkeeper.

TlMBERFELL LODGE•The country's "Finest fully self-contained Gay men's resort."
Heated Pool saunas & Jacuzzi's
1·800-437-0118 or in TN, 615-234-0833
Or Route11, Box 94AAttn: Out,Greenville, TN 37743

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Private bath w/refrigerator OR shared bath
-Telephones - NC - Continental, Breakfast- Advance reservations suggested• •(212)243-9669. FAX (212) 633-1612

COLONIAL HOUSEINN
CHELSEAI

Your all-season res0rt in
the Pennsylvania Poconos,For Reservations,
Call 717-223-8484,

318 West 22nd st.. N, Y,C, 10011
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All rooms with private baths
Most with fireplaces and kitchenelles
all aircondilioned$85,$100

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ttlr rl'~t'rl'afitms, call1-8()(}-.842-3450

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block fmlll Harbor
Great olf -season specials- .'7 \\1nthrop Street
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Deep-,lmd relaxing by good-looking
guy. Als:o do ,couples. Reasonable. $50, IrV0lit$75 Marc (212)864-0091. 'I

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FRIENDLY,CUTE 6' Z'DIR1Y BLOND
22 Year old college guy give's great
massage' 1 to 1 and 1/2 hour sessions
only. Deep relaxing experience .
Physically and psyguily rewarding. Out, Call Only.Call Greg 212-642-50n\$50 an hour $701 and 1/2 'ATHLETIC MASSAGE
by young ,good looking blond at yourresidence or my studio. Call Alex,.' 212/969-8836' .

'.-"HOT TORSO,, AthletiC b~dywork from boyish 150# '5'9" 27 Yi) with very muscular build and "a nice tan line. Clean cut and friendly.
Also available with Damon. Noon to 4.. am.CHRIS(212) 496-6710,
MIDWESTERN BOY
5'10",150# 19 y-o college studentwith beautiful body and cute face
available for bodywork. Very)friendly.
Call for in/out appts; 10am-4am anyday. Also available with Chris.
Damon (212) 496-6710, VOICE-MAU:l HOT MEN I
FREE 10-DAY ACCOUNTI BROWSEDETAILED QUESTIONAIRES FROM
l00'S OF GUYSI THE WORLDS MOST
• AMAZING SYSTEMI TOUCH TONE 'THE AUTH CODE: 6904(818) 566-nn /(213) 370-2266 '.... FOUR STAR MASSAGE
By attractive, sensitive, considerate,
and talented guy in mid,40's. For themassage,you won't soon forget, inbeautiful surroundings in East Chelsea,
call 9:00 am - 10:00 pm, 1days a week.
$75 for 11/2 hrs. $90 for 2 hours.
MARC 212-255-8854

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20 yr old college athlete, clean. cut &attractive. well endowed 5'6' 1551bs.
Anywherel Anytimel
212-287-543~

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

N.Y.C. GUYS
Students
Athletes
All Types
N.Y.'s #1 Agency
Visa / Mastercard
Call Scott: (212) 223-2779$120· $160
In / Out Calls

HOT CHOCOLATE
Experience bliss at the hands of asexy black hunk. Sensuous bodyrub.
By Appt, In Call/Out Call. Call Clifton,(212) 581-3907,
MENS MASSAGE GROUP
Get a massage and learn to give one
tool Every Sunday 7pm-l0pm-$20 .
,Bring a towel.
Call Terry Weiser
463-9152..

MODELS/ESCORTS

POErSTOUCH
Sensual Massage
Beyond Imagination'
212-691-7934

6 FT BLONDE DANCER
Swedish or Tantric Massage
West 14th Street Area
. Robert 212-929-4019 ,,PLEASURING THE HEART
Sensuous, deep, healing bodyworkby handsome young expert
Swedish/Tantric -In/Out
Paul (212) 228-18891,

SUPER MASSAGE
Full Body Professional Swedish
Massge by handsome Masseur.
Release stress and improve
body conciousness.
R8x(212)~61

MASSAGE
Young German Man gives Massage
call Mark beeper 212-713-9339
After you dial the number punch inyour number and I wi)1 call you back.

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Huge,dommant BB 6 '1', 53c, 20a,
, 32w, washboard abs, take charge
S&Mattitude, photos,
Regional Title Holder, 5'11', 218#, 5Oc,
19a, 32w blond deep blue eyes. Playwith'Me. Matt & Kurt (212) 518-3214,
N~YO~SHOmSTTOP.
Fully eqUiped ~lIrrored playroom, Sling,rack suspenSion, elec enema, CBT, IT,
VA,WS, SM, BD. 6 ft, 212, very handsome, healthy, hung, 30yrs dominant
Clete, 212-249.8550. Call Nowl

EUROPEAN

EX FOOTBALL PLAYER
6''1' 220 LBS MUSCULARHUNG 9' + THICKBODYRUBAND MORECALL BRIAN (212) 988-1442
BODYBUILDER MASSEUR
Excellent masage with release, tall
sculptured German Italian, Big Balls
and feet I am very good, not like therestl Call Bruce (212) 922-9186-

PROFESSIONAL MASSEUR
6'1" /35 Yrs / WASP
Swedish Ins ..Grad., In lOut
Reasonable: Village Location
Steve (212)n7-1217,

YOUNG GOODLOOKING RUSSIAN
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I want to surrender
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P.O.Box 610,
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GAY AND
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sensitive and mature
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wet kisses, reading.
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big brother in good, shap,e and goodlooking, 35, wants
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27 5'11-150 BRJBR
PeQple say I'm
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who wants to savor•
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OutweekBox 3843.

GHNl23 YO S'7"
135LBS
Seeks a GHM OR
GBM to be my big
daddy that hung 9" +age between 18-40
to put your hot dickin my juicy mouth "and ass. I will give it, to you like no one
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Outweek Box 4150
GRAD STUDENT

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160, br/gr, into
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BLACK HAIR
BREVES
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have a smoke andspread your strong
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Mike Outweek
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Seeking other handsome hung guys. Dig,

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Rock Center Sta.
NY, NY 10185-0009
HOPELESSROMANTIC?
Love to cuddle,
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I'm 22, 5'6·,150#,
Italian, attractive
and REAL. Try,meon, Imight be thelover that fits.
Ph/Ph. Outweek Box
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mind, humor. Send a
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IWANTABOYFRIEND
Handsome, built
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160, dk bl, stache,goatee; like books,
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lATIN STRIPPER
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P.O.Box 70-1175
East Elmhurst, NY
11370
MARRIED. BUT(T)31,6',155 seeks
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trystw / uncut top in
Chelsea/ w. Village
Areas. Hairy and / orBB a turn-on. Top
body available for 3
ways call Steve 9898597
MONOGAMY,ANYONE?
GWM, early 4Os,
successful professional, 5'9·, br/bl,,moustache, hairy,
healthy, 160 Ibs. witha good sense ofhumor. Enjoys
movies, theater,
good music, dining
out, reading, travel,
good conversation. Seeks GWM,
25-38 who is intelligent, warm hearted,
slim nonsmokerwith a good senseof humor, a sane but
passiol!ate attitude
towards sex, and
who is also seekinga serious relationship. Write to: P.O.
. Box 99, NYC, NY
10028

NEED A GENTlE
PUSH
GWM 25 looking fora man to help me
get my life in order.
I'm not a loser insearch of a daddy. I
just want to meetsomeone who has
the power to heipme end my perpetual struggles. Even if,
only adyiseandmoral support I'mkind, int gd Ikng,sincere.,JuSt needpush in rt direction.
Outweek Box 3737
NEW FRIENDS
WM, 35, 6'1·,185,
handsome, mascu- ,line, works out, andsincere. Career-oriented business professional, but hot &creative; humorous"
probing, and sup-'portiv.e. Seeks similar very tall guy for
explosive action, in, tense friendship, 'and/or canng, longterm relationship.
Call Art,btwn 8pm,12mid, at (212) 675~
7352. •NICE NORMAl. GUY
Ivy prof, 33, 5'1),
br/br, 135,have.n't
broken any mirrors.
Have usual guppy indicators: gym,travel,'
restaurants, theatre,
books hard worker
but love a good time.
(Narcissistically?)
looking for somebody else kinda likethat Box 7427, New
York, NY 101~

NASTY TOP
Really good looking
bottom seeks reallynasty top to explore, all the different
ways you can domiNJ SINGLE
nate me over, make
GWM, 36,;5'1 r,175, I --..
me serve you. I ' has Christmas!~wislT"
wantto,beknockedto '.
behalf of a c,Quple.
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how erotic you canlUantic, si~ceflkatmake being tied up'
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Not looking for any. special "type' orage. Send letter.
Outwee,k Box 3680
SANE & SEXY
Unpretentiously
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ship. Beard, sta'che
desires romance. I
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vidual (35-45 yrsold) who enjoys
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ing a stio,ng senseGBM
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of self, a good grJp
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male of similar buildsen~mental bitch
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ater, arts, books. For
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young GBM, wholooks Latino, College
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man for a friendshipor relationship interests should include'...
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10. Footnote abbr.
14. Distributed, as cards
15. Breathe quickly
16. Sped
17. Queerer
18. Aware of
19. Historic periods
20. People in Trouble author.23. "Tea for"
24. Summer, on the Seine
25. Faucets ',28. Gorbachev's land: abbr,
31. Editor's word
35. Pub quaff,
36. Sink down: obs,
37, Puts on weight
39. "Thl'! Safe Sea of Women" essayist
43. Wait
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45. Japanese admiral
46. Heaven's-,-_47. Sell
48. Irish or Mulligan
49. Norma..--:.
51. Chill
53. "Dykes to Watch Out For"
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60. Fabulist
61. El Camino __62. Roof parts
64. Firenze's river
65. Famed archer ,66. Watergate figure
67. See 66-across
68. Word with "rug" or "code"
69. Campers'shelters

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9. Cousin of 35-across
10. Gossip tidbit
11. Adriatic wind
12. Terrible tsar
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21. Shelter
22. Accountant's need
25. Forbidden: var.
26. Drums _the Mohawk
27. Five: pref.
29. Utters, in the comiCS
30. Glisten
32. Musician's asset
33. Restrict
34. Related on the mother's side
36. Those under the weather
38. 1V interference
40. Baby louse
41. "It's Raining," disco hit
42. Army doctor
47. Gloss
48. Calm
50. Main artery
52. Bureau
53. English river
54. A Turner
55. Branding tool
56. Unit of hay
57. Fitzgerald of songdom, 58. Author Hunter
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