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February 18, 1990

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Stonewall Riots (Natalie)Jennifer Camper
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Nightniare of the Week
Kramervs ...
GLAAD Tidings

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Common Ground
It would be comforting to claim, as some have, that any
disharmony between Black, 4tino and gay AIDS groups during
the recent Myers debate was manufactured by the media. But
sadly, it seems there are some real disagreements which need to
be openly debated. Such a debate was impossible in the heatedatmosphere surrounding Myers' appointment. As the dust settles,
however, it would be useful to begin a realistic appraisal of thedifferences which threatened to spin out of control during that
episode, and could again in a future crisis.
To start, it's important to recognize certain facts that continue
to haunt our struggle.
As it is everywhere else, racism is a major problem in the gay
community. It would be utopian to think that the illogic of oppression which white 'gays and lesbians experience has helped themquestion and challenge their racism more than straights. Perhaps
some have. But that's not saying much in a culture where racist
attitudes permeate every aspect of life. The opinion expr~ssed bysome people of color that white gay criticism of Myers was inherently racist was not without basis. Its basis is the bitter experienceof racism that gay people of color undergo at the hands of whitegays and lesbians every day.
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Conversely, homophobia is as prevalent among people ofcolor as among whites. The fact that those leading the Black and
Latino fights against AIDS tend more often to be straight than gay
is causing many in our community to charge that minority AIDS
organizations run by straights are unsympathetic to our issues.
While some in the gay AIDS community believe we must compromise with such homophobic realities, clearly most disagree.
All of these unhappy facts contributed to a rapid unravelingof unity during the Myers debacle, and it's unlikely they can beeliminated soon. In such an inherently troubled situation, it's useful to search for the common threads that can stitch our disparate
groups together. In the fight against AIDS, those threads arestrong, binding and near at hand.
They include the basic search for a cure, the struggle to educate about safer sex and drug use, the fight against AIDS discrimination, the battle for funding, the search for a vaccine, the ri8ht ofaccess to affordable health care, the right to decent housing for
PWAs and equal access to drug trials that are humane for all people. These mutual interests swamp whatever disagreements wehave. If we focus on them, while working to find common groundon our differences, we can hope to roll forward not as a series of
weak and disparate streams, but as a powerful river in the fight .
against AIDS.
Every person involved in this fight needS to engage in .thestruggle for unity. No one can pass the buck. But perhaps thosemost able to assist in this healing are gays and lesbians of color.
Living in, and sometimes buffeted by, both worlds, they personify
the bridge both communities need. This healing task adds to theirburdens. But it also illuminates their unique nature as a people
twice, and in the case of I~sbians of color, thrice blessed ...

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February 18, 1990

LETTERS

Job of New YorkCity HealthCommissioner are by nomeans undisputed. The writers from,GMHC, however,are silenton these addI1IonOI

Myltl OpposHlonvery disturbed by the reckI·was very disturbed by less labellingof Myers'oppofhe Iefter In last week's Outnents as people fighting for
Week from eIght people of their own Interests at thecolor who work at GMHC. expense of other people
The writers expressed their and communities affected'
dismay at the recent
by AIDS.
'attacks"
on Woodrow
The authors of the lefter
Myersand TimSweeneyfrom also ask, 'Were he (Dr.
the members of ·the white Myers) not a Black man
gay community." In partlcu- appointed
by a Blacklar they state, 'we are tired mayor would you have felt'of those of you In the white so compelled to criticize
ana-whlch has fhe highest
gay community who purport him?" For myself I canpopulatton of Afrtcan-Amerlto speakfor an AIDSagenda answer, unequivocally, yes, cans Inthat stat~the Infantthat does not Include .., I opposed Myersonly when mortalityrate among people
human rights.economic sta- I read of his AIDSpOliciesIn of color rOl8 70 percent durblilty. access to housingand Indiana, such as contact
Ing Myers'term In offtce to aquality health care ..,lt Is tracing and quarantine; his lev.1 comparabl.wlth thatapparent ..,that a collective lack of Interest In securing of som. Third World counagenda Is obvlouslynot your AIDS funding; his failure
tries, a level far above-thatconcern:even to spend CDC AIDS found In New York City. In
As a white member of money already allotted to .other worda, AIDSaside, Dr
ACT VP who opposed
Indiana; and his suggestion Myers' quallflcatlons for the
Woodrow Myers' appointthat gay sex eStablish- i
ment as health commission- menta (but not straighter. I want to express my ones) as well as gay bookdismay at the way In which' stores be closed In order tocrltlclsniof MyersIsequated .prevent gays from making
with working only for the contacts that might leadbenefit of a prtvllegedgroup to sex. With that last Idea;
of PWAs(presumably gay. Myers showed himself towhite. mIddle class) rather be a homophobe. Perhaps
than working ·to make a dlf- hIshomophobIa stemsfrom
ference for all people wIth Ignorance; perhaps not. In
AIDS." Many of the loudest eIther case. It Is unacceptvoices In ACT UP opposIng able In the health commlsWoodrow Myers are the sloner of New York CIty. I
same voIceswho have been am extremely glad thatcalling for natIonal health
DInkIns. a long overduecare. for wider access to Black mayor of New YorkclInIcaltrtalsand experlmen- CIty. IsappoIntIng so manytal treatments for all people people of color to Impor(partIcularly poor people.
tant offices In the city govpeople of color.women and ernment. ButJustas I would
children). for money for oppose a commIssIoner. explicIt. culturally sensItive who dIsplayed racist Ideas
communlty-basedAIDSedu- and tendencIes (whether
catIon and for medIcallythrough Ignorance or not).
appropriate housing for I opposed this commIssioneveryone who needs It. A!. a er because of his homomember of ACT UP who has phobIa.
conSistently pushed for an
Myershas also been serlagenda for the group that ouslycrtl1c1zed
on Issues suchaddresses the needs of all as Infant mortality and drug
PWA!.. and who hasseenthe abuse. Issuesof great conmajorityof the group support cern to communitIes ofthis type of agenda. I am color. In fact. In Gary. Indl-criticisms.

Racism Is too Importantan Issueto be used In theway the writersfrom GMHC
use It In fhelr Iefter.One did
not have to be racist to
oppose the appointment ofMyers. Surely a person of
coIorcoUdhavebeenfoU'ld
for fhe job who didn't display
his fauts,lnoIucIng homophobla. If that Is not true, If the
clty'a chc:rter made the poolof applicants too IITICIII,
then
the charter IhoUd be reviled.
But to brand as.racl.t andcallo\.lly MIf-inteiestedfNfJrygay white person who
oppolld My.rs' nomination
II divisive In a way that Ilncere and honeat crltlcl.mnever can be.
DavId Robinson
HobokenFebruary18. 1990

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A New DIalogue.
ContInued ...
In his column, -Toward a
New DIalogue on 1he Health
CommIssIoner,· Ray Navarro
COf1l)letely misses 1he point.
The Issue Is more than contact tracing, It Is homophobia.
Woody
Myers
advocated closing all gay
bars and bookstores In Indiana, 1he majority of 1he cui1\xaI and socIallnstlMlons ofmost U.S. gay communities.
When he was appointed to
the PresIdential Convnlsslonon the HIV Epidemic, Myers
was denounced by NGLTF as
a notorious homophobe.
Would someone describedby 1he NAACP as a notorious
racist, or by the ADL as anotorious anti-Semite beappointed to a commissioner level position In the Dinkins
administration?
Hopefully
not, and If ACT UP were to
support such a nominee wewould be justly condemned,
regardless of his position on

any other Issues.
Fraser-Howze's deliberately
courage to take a similar
Yet, Instead of condemmisleading statements werestand. Coalition bulldlng.ls
nation, Ray offers an apoloplaying to the media's divi- when ACT UP marched In
gia for Debra Fraser-Howze. siveness by separating Issues Bensonhurst with those
Fraser-Howze deliberately
like drugs and Infant mortalI- . protesting the murder 01
cast the Myers conflict as ty from AIDS.
Yusuf Hawkins. Will Debra
According to Ray, Fraser- Fraser-Howze or David Dinkone between poor'peopleof color and white gays who
Howze feels that the conIns march with us today on
are not Interested In Issues cerns of lesbians and gays
Staten Island when we-were more than adequatethat concern anyone but
protest the murder of Jamesthemselves. She told thely taken Into account dlJlng
Zappalortl? Judging by theirpress that the process was the (selectIon) process.·
conduct SO far, Idoubt It.
Intended to choose -a comWould she soy the same of
Tom KeanemIssioner of health, not a the concerns of people ofManhattan
color If a racist had beencommissioner of AIDS: andappoInted over the unanishe Indicated that she wantA KInder. Gentler My..
ed to talk about Issuesthat
mous objection of every
On December 6, 1987,
she claimed no one was d&- Black member of the search Woodrow Myers, Jr. reviewed
cussIng, like -drugs andcommittee? Coalition buildRandy Shilts' And the Band
Infantmortality.·Fine,
Ing Is about mutual respect,
Played On for the Los Angeexcept that It was ACT UP not about apologizing for
les Times Book Review.
that Informed the searchsomeone who just slapped
Though he was identified ascommittee, at a meeting
you In 1he face, Ray. CoaliIndIana's state health comattended by Fraser-Howze, tion building Is when themIssioner and as havingthat Infant mortality rates In Black and Puerto RIcan cau- recently resigned as vice
Indiana had actually risen cus of the state legislature
chairman of the President's
during Myers' tenure as refuses to aUow sexual orienCommissIon on the Human
health commissioner. Funny, tatIon to be dropped fromIl'TIfnunodeflclency Virus epithat doesn't sound like no the hate crimes bill. Fraser- demic, this review may repone was talkIng about It. Howze should have had 1he resent one 01 his few

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OUTYWEEK_~bruary 18, 1990

statemenfs on AIDS made In
a context free of Immediate
political pressures or publicpoley consequences.
If only as a footnote to
the recent debate In New
York, OutWeek readers may
find the following excerpts
relevant.
-Even though I alreadyknow this long story well,even though In my professional life I have cared for
AIDSpatlenfs and fought virtually all the public health
poUey battles ShIHsoutlines, I
am left wHh an emptlness.-I know at least half thepeople mentioned In thisbook, and Shilts has Interviewed all the right ones.-I have not seen a moreaccurate description than
ShIHs'of the budgetary polItics on Capitol Hili, the Inexcusable
delay
and
subterfuge that continues tocost U'i so catastrophically In
doHors and In lives... The picture of a White House staff
and a president unwilling tolisten to their own healthexperts, unwilling to demonstrate compassion for the citIzens the disease has
devastated and unwilling toallocate the dollars necessary to avoid offending themoral minority Is creatively
Intertwined with the humanstories of men and women.
wiNing to give, In some cases
until death, of their compassion, Intellect, political savvy
and leadershlp.. -ShIHsmakes It clear that
although he has been on- the battlefield, he has neverbeen In uniform. Decision
making In public health Is
exceptionally difficult, themore so when the public Is
afraid and the media are
Interested. We are a societythat expects Instant medical
gratification; when we can't
get It, when we can't cure,
we deny and we blame.-Shilts makes his fiscal
point effectively: AIDSefforts
have Indeed been underfunded. But to Imply that
other efforts were overfund-ed or lessImportant Is simply

piece, I apologize.
Otherwise, I do not feelwrong.-

Stuart Byron
LosAngeles, CA
Chlc-ar ThanThou?
I was saddened to readthe bitter letter from several
GMHC staff members who
ridicule AIDSactivists by callIng them "so ultra-chic at
the moment. - The battle toforce society to take the epidemic seriouslyand to find acure Is neither trendy nor
Insignificant.
Hal Bramson
Manhattan
Bellweather of the County
If Cliff O'Neill's concem Iswith "the reason for which theaction was called(InAtlanta) rather than "thenuances that more often leadto shouting matches amonglesbian and gay drdes- (OutWeek, Issue 31), why does heengage In an edtorlal example of the latter?
A stereotyped accountof life down south does notreality make.
. Perhaps Mr. O'Neill could
do a swift ethnography ofthe ~Idwest for your next
Issue, using his Insights andjudgments. Fromsuch a privileged posltlon-no doubt hebelieves he could.
Having some familiarity
with both Atlanta and New
York, I would venture to saythat arrogance overrides
hu!"nilltyIn both places. There
does not seem to be much. difference
between thenumber and content of sensibilities Qnd approaches
that can be found In the fwo
communities.
Alas, qs they say downsouth, Mr. O'Neill's commentary lost track of Its state<;fpurpose "from the get-go. - Itread like a meta-narrativeon the problem rather than
the solution.
David Knapp Whittier
Brooklyn
Cliff O'Neill Responds:
It was neIther my IntentIon to qUflstfon the reason
for the Atlanta
sodomydemonstratIon, nor was It togive a Stereotyped accountof life In the South. If that Is
what
Mr. Whlttlef
hasthought was the crux of mythat I placed myself In a
posItton of being an expert
on the South (whatever thatmeans), but felt a need topoint out a problem where I
saw one: In this case, wellIntentioned gay and 16sbIan
activists.taking on theappearance of carpetbaggers from the North (WhateV$r that means) telling
Georgialawmakers(In
hardly the most effectIvemanner, I felt) how theyshould run their state.

BalJ of Fax?
I have been a devoted
reader of OutWeek since Hs
debut. However, It Is withgreat alarm that .I havewatched your latest. Conrroversy unfolding. Your ongoIng crusade against an
upright and compassionate
community leader strikesme
as the epitome of divisiveness and cannibalism wltHn
our already fragile world.
No, I'm not talking about
GMHC. I'm talking about
Bradley Ball.
. These are trying times forall of us. Mr. Ball has been avoice of reason amidst acacophony of confusion. Hissensible, honest and, above.
all, sound meditations onlife, love and liberty havebeen Inspirationsfor a community desperately In need

February 18,1990

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I speak as a reader andas a former managing editorof a New York weekly-I
know what a miracle It Is jllSt
to get the ISSlJe ollt.
Michael Longacre
Manhattanof them. I I,Irge, no, I
demand, that ftl8 war being
waged against Bradley Ballcease a'lCI desist.
Otherwise, -M.S., - thenext Gossip Zap may be
fou'ld 0\JtsIde the OutWeek

offtces.
G.Brody
Manhattan
Keep It Up~khas achieved astature In Its very brief lifethat Is astonishing andseemed neai1y Impossible ayear ago. You've createdthe gay voice (pun half
Intended) that has neverexisted here. The level ofprofessional competence In
OutWeek Is equal to or
exceeds that of the dailies
a'lCI the \-blce.
Your levelheadedness
a'lCI evenhandedness makeIt. an example, not just an
advocate, of Hberation. Thatyou regula~y run the lettersof all stripes of gay Is a profound contribution to theconcept of gay communHy.
That people who are deeply
critical of you are allowed
the .. time Is a Very provocatlve demonstration of commItment to tolefa1ce.
The last Issues, examining
the Myers dlS(!ster and the
RItter aIegatIons, really show
a consolidation of everything I'm tal,kll1g abollt. We
mIglt hate to admit It, but I
think It's really a significant
recognition that the TImes
referred to OutWeek as asource a'lCI described Its or\entation In clear and fairly
poItIcaIly correct language.

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O~EK

CoppedOuf
On JanlJOry18th, charges
stemming from my arrest at
Mr. Dinkins' Inal,lgl,lratlon
were redlJCed from c~mlnal
trespass to three COI,lr)tsof
disorderly condlJCt.
It's the police who were
disgustingly misbehaved.
When I was In custody, thepolice coerced me to sign
blank doclments which had
spacesforweapons
charges. I was fingerprinted,
photographedand forms
were prepared for the FBI.
They sold If I didn't sign, I
would be put through thesystem, and that would
have amounted to threedays In Jail. Under this coercion, and stili dizzy from myarrest, I signed -Martin Robl~son, under duress:
It's a privilege to struggle
as we do, but It's not easy. I
hope that I don't get lost, orb\xIed In the shuffle.
Marty Robinson
Brooldyn

Party has a long way to go
on gay Issues. But the gay
voter cannot Ignore theRepublican Party anymore
than the Republican Party
can Ignore the gay voter.
The Democrats wereeducated on gay Issues In
the 70sand 80s, the decadeof the 90s m\JStbe the period
when the Republicans are
made aware of our needs
and rights.
Our organization Is workIng to serve as a communication link between the gay
community and the GOP.
We urge all gay voters to
support the concept of a
two-party strategy on gay
r1ghts-not just a one party

strategy.
BrIanBrooks
Republicans for Individual
Freedoms
White Plains,NYBoy Polloi
Michael MlISto seems not
only to have had misfortunes
with homophobic advertisers
snatching additional famefrom his fingers. He nut also
have been unlucky with
whoever taught him Greek.
No handsome Adonis whose
good grammar he'd remember (Not even a cute OutWeek copy editor)?
Just for the record, weordinary boys and girls are
not the hoi polloi, as Michael
has wrttten. We are unredu~
dantly less:simply hoI polloI.
It means the many.
BlIt even If the few (hoI
arlstol) have abandoned
him, we stili love Michael.
There are thousands (millions?)of us who won't buy Tshirtsfrom The Gap until he's
getting paid to wear one.
Tom Healy
Manhattan

Gay Old Party
In the last election for
Mayor of the City of New
York,gay leaders were failingover themselves to support
the Democrat, Dav1dDlnldns.
. And now, one of Dlnldns'
most Important appointments Is that of Dr. Woodrow
Myers as health commlsslorr
er, a man who faVorsthe useof quarantine when It comes
to AIDS.
When will the gay commJnlty wake up to the real!ties of the PoUtical process?
When you put all of yourGladdened
eggs In one basket, as was
I want to say thank you
the case with Dinkins, you for the -GLMD TIdings- artiore taken for granted.
cle In the January 28 Issue.
Gay voters must work In Since your magazine Is theboth political parties-not
best source of Information
just one. We will be the first for our community, I would
to admit that the Republican really like to see this become

February18, 1990

a regular feature.
Many, If not most, lesbians and gays I come In
contact with have no Ided
what sort of discriminationand defamation Is being
hurled at us. By Informing us,
It raisesour consciousness.By
providing the addresses of
those who ere out to get us,
It provides us a means foraction.
AIDS Is one Issue facing
our community. HomophobIa Is the central one. We
m\JStnever let anyone ewn
try to push us back Into thecloset. This Is why GLAAD's
goals and principles need
your coverage ood support.
Carl Anastasio
Forest HHIs, NY
Wockner Wopper?
OufWeek's Jan. 28 news
articleon the recent
debates In Boston andChicago over women-only
space struck me as curiously
biased.
When I checked for thebyline, there was none. 'Nos
this just a typographicalerror, or a willful omission of
the reporter's name?
If, as I suspect. RexWod<ner submitted this -newsstory-one In which he figures quite largely, I might
add--perhaps It would havebeen more {9sponslble torun It as an opinion piecewith Ns name attached thanmasquerading as news, sansbyline.
Alison Bechdel
Minneapolis, MN
Cursesl You're rIght as
usual, Alison. We never getaway with anything arourid
here.-Ed.

Kramer vs. BordowHz
Thisletter Is In response to
the Kramer vs... column In
OutWeek (Issue 31, January
21). In this article, Larry
Kramer states that -If It (theAIDS epidemic) were happening to Jews, (It) would beoverrrow.Larry-as one HIV antl-•

body positive Jew to another, what does one's Jewish
IdentHy have to do with AIDS
actMsm?
Certainly, for me, myJewish Identity has been asource of pride. It Is among a
number of aspects of mysubjectMty that establish me
as marginal to the Sl,ppOS9d"general pUJllc:
But, you think that the
AIDS activist movement
should In some wa(S parallel
the actions of Jewish group.
It's obvious frOm your lack of
specIftcIty that you have very
RttIe knowledge about recent
Jewishhistory or ZIonIsm.
When you refer to yourmythiC conception of theJewish past, do you mean
Zionism? It's Impossible toanalyze what you do mean
because your lhInklng Is convoluted and ahlstorlcal.
Do you really think that It
Is the fault of all the communities affeCted by AIDS thatthe epidemic has contln-

able to become united
eslzlng that If and when aenough to fight In a unitedtrue and total devastation
fashion, when necessary, In like AIDS were to hit thea way that the gay commu- Jewish community, theynity has not been abie, yet, would be able to orgarne
to do. Yes,the Jews are now
and mobilize themselves,(and probably always havedraw/ng from 0/1these CX9!JS
been, as most people usual- of strength, with exceedingly are) splintered over manyly swift speed and results. I
Issues. But they stili have
don'fthlnk my conclusions
been able to elimInate, pretare particularly controverty much, official. anti- .' sial, certainly not to theSemitism (most specificallyextent that you make themthrough the Anti-Defamation
sound. And I don't think
League); they have been
many would disagree with
Larry Kramer responds:
able to get an Impressiveme when I say that the QOY
I have wrltten-at great
number of laws enacted
community, havfng a great
length--answers to the questhat protect them; they
many smHar strengths andtions you raise, In my book ofhave been able to raise
vlduols with a lot of money;
essays, Reports from thehuge sums of money for,alotof~peo~,~
Holocaust, partfcularly In theamong other things, theirof them In positions oflast essay, 'Report from the " hospitals and universities
power; numerous organizaholocaust. - The pOint I am
and medical centers; theytions; lots of gay doctors),
trying to make, again, (andhave been able to electand coming from a similar
your dragging In 'Zlonlsm,many Jewlsp candidates;
position of both ostracism'Jewlsh Identity- and 'Pales- they have been able toand Internalized self-hate,tlnan self-determlnotton-Is a place the/,. people In posihas not been able, yet, to
bit much) Is that the Jewish
tions of power In Industry
produce anywhere near thecommunity has, since the "and educotlon and governsame restJts. I do worry. thatend of World War II, been
ment. From this I am h'lPOth- recently you seem tooued? That Is what you Imply.
Of course, It Is not the fault of
those of us affected by AIDS.
Rage Is not a substitutefor Intelligence. Guilt does
not motivate people. We. need fresh, pontlcally savvy,
Intelligent analysis of an
Increasingly" complex situation. We don't need hollow
rhetoric founded on a false
sense of moral Slp9rforlty.
Gregg Bordowltz
Manhattan

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drawn up In what you
accuse me of: "hollow
rhetoric founded on a false
sense of superiority.' I think
you analyze so exceedingly,/Tom a point of \/fewof a history you have read about
and not lived; while I am
probably guilty of thinking
that history has taugnt theworld, and those stfR Hv/ng In
It, very very Ilttteand, for themost part, has been and Is
being written by historians
who are full of shit. (By theway, guilt certainly does
motivate people, probably
better than anything going:
look at the Catholic Church;
and JudaismIsn't so bod at
It either.) Rage may be no
substitute for Intelligence,but they surego well together. And I think we con both
plead guilty to being Intelligent and angry. In clOSing
may I say that I am very
fond of you and that It took
us both too much time, In

our busy lives, to compose
these letters to each other.
Don't you think the time
could hove been much better spent writing them tothose who reol/y do stand In
our way?

about that decision emerge.
After reading letters from the
GMHC
gang
In Tim's
defenseIn this' week'sIssue-<J numbing parade ofarrogance, Ignorance andIndifference (with a wealthof dataO provided by numerTim Sweeney Pro and Con, III: ous GMHC party-llners thatTh. Empire StrIkes Backultimately built up a horrifyThank you for your brlOIant Ing picture of bureaucratic
coverageof the Woody
hauteur)-lt's
unlikely thanMyers nightmare. His failure
any lesbian or gay person
to disperse the AIDS funding
with any self-esteem could
at his disposal mode his total donate to them again wlthunsuitability for the positionout a clear changeofclear to any unbiased
colls9 on GMHC's port.
observer. That his contempt
It makes me very angry
for human rights was as prothat someone with AIDS.
found as It was (shutting
might not have a meal delivdown bookstoresl) .should
ered because
I can nohave sealed his disqualificalonger contribute to GMHC.
tion for any sane person with
It makes me even angriera claim to friendship of thethat the decision of GMHC's
lesbian and goy community
leadership to Ignore realityof New York.
and acquiesce to the holoTim SWeeney must resign. caust being orchestrated by
His role becomes more Inex- the political establishment In
plicable the more the facts
the United States makes thisnecessary.
Complon React M.D.
Manhattan.
I feel this letter of thanks
for your reportage of the
Woody Myers attar Is appropriate. Your handling of YOll'
Joumallstlc responsibilities has
beenadmirable.
I amaware, that were It not foryou, the truth about Myers
would not have come tolight: Certainly not In themainstream press; certainly
not from the city government; ald certainly not fromour "representatives' on the
searchcommittee
whoapporently didn't think who
Dr. Myers was mattered.
Maybe he didn't mean It.
Maybe he would change.
Maybe we could educate
him. It seems to only havebecome an Issue for themwhen It become one for you.
In the case of TIm
SWeeney,lt.seems he Is reallya nice, well meaning guy;
committed
as It were. So
was Nixon; so was Ollie
North. It seems when you
consider the big boord, that

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It's OK to sacrificethehuman rights of a couple offags here and there. Whochooses which ones, Mr.
SWeeney? You? Or sho8l?
Let me tel you something .
about GMHC that may hove
been lost along the way. I
was there at the beglmlng.
We used to meet In PhD Lonzarrata and John Lunnlng's
loft. GMHC was formed by abunch of guys who were
faced with an epidemic on
one hand, and an uncaring,
Inept bureaucracyon theother. We bonded together
out of a simple need tomake It better, and to makeIt coring. It seems we hove
managed to create the very
monster we formed to c0mbat. How sad.
Through all of this lost two
weeks, I have been helping
yet another friend try to getthrough. He sat home, withmenlnjltls, for six days awaitIng a bed at St. VinCent's. He
flnoDy went to the emergency room, where he lay for
two more days. The emergency room at St. Vincent's
was fUl of people with AIDS.
Maybe Mr. Sweeney would
like to go to St. Vincent's
and explain to these people
why It doesn't matter. Perhaps he would Oketo explain
It to me.
Mark Johnson
Manhattan
If It Is In faCt true that
GMHC phoned dozens of
AIDS service organizations to"biltz' OufWeek with lettersattacking your call for Mr.
Sweeney's resignation, thenwe sholkJ at least be tha'lkf1.jthat after about eight years
they've finally shown someenergy. Unfortunately, that'energy Is directed against
their own community, andnot against the "real enemy":Those forces In our country .
that want to see PWAs and .
the gay ald mnortty corrm.r
nltles die. Certainly, anyone
who donates
to GMHCshould ask whether haossng
OufWeek Is an appropriate•

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U'I8 for GMHC's flme, money
CJ'ld energy.
Many people In looking
at 1he role that our -leaders·played In getting Dr. Myers
appointed are assunlng thatthey operated out of venal
motives. One could speculate that what was really
going on was Ingrained
homophobia. We live, atter
all, In Q'l almost totally h0mophobic society; even gay
people have within 1hem 1heseeds of that homophobia.
When the gay people on theMyers search committee
found themselves with the
choice of forcefully defendIng the rfghts of PWAs andgays, or going along withstraight bigotry, they presunably did not have thestrength of character to do
the former and so Insteadchose the latter. Sweeney's
subsequentcommentsabout
the -need·for-restricting· -recalcitrant·
PWAs Indicatesexactly
where his (perhaps unconsCious) head Is at.
Here In New Jersey wealready have contact tracIng and name reporting; thispract1ce Is growing throughout the country. We all knowwhat the next step Is going
to be; this country has a long
history of genocides andcrimes (the destruction of
the Native Amerfcan popuICitlons, slavery, Jim Crow,Japanese concentration- camps). Sfruggle (not being-good victims·) Is our only
defense.
Steve Peduto
Jersey City, NJ

that you call for the resignaFlrsf of all, I want to find
who steps on them. I also
tion ofTm Sweeney.
out how Sweeney gained
want a health commissioner
There Is a serfous healththe title of -representative·that will confront this tragedy
cae crisis In this city that has of the gay community. Oncewith an understanding of 1hebeen exacerbated over the
I find that out I can express gay community, not one
last several years .by a racist my anger to whoever gave
who considers a quarantine
CJ'\d homophobic city admin- him that authority. I am furf. to be an option. Remember,
Istration. The Infant mortality
ous because he asked me
FIGHT AIDS, NOT PEOPLE
rate In this city surpasses thatand my community to give WITHAIDSIof many poor countries andMyers a chance-o chancer think we should aU exerthe average life expectancy
which people with AIDS andcise the rfght that we wereof Black males Is 40 years.
those concerned
about
denied. let's vote Sweeney
Now the AIDS crisis threatens them cannot afford to give.
and Myers out.
to bring this healthcare crisis
Doubtless Sweeney Is a
SomlrKalli1
to devastal1ng proportions. It very daring man. He dares toManhattan
Is the poor and oppressed,
suggest that Myers Is going
the Black and latino commu- . to do a good Job as the new
I thought I'd try and connities and lesbians and gay
health commfssloner. I know nect some of the events ofrnEm who face tough battles
people change, sometimes
the past month and offer aahead.
-for the better,· but my few suggestions that I feel
The potential for unity Is frtends and I don't have the could constructlvely.help thegreater than ever; the time
time to see If 'Myers will
AIDS community, the gay
to reach out Is now.
change -for the better. ~community (I'm being politiJohn-Peter Daly
I have lost too many
cally optimistic here) andTrudy Rudvlck
good friends to AIDS and I start some dialogue thatlesbian and Gay Focus;,
don't want to lose anymore.
could eventually help everyAll-Peoples Congress andI want the person that will one In this dty committed to
Peoples Anfl-War
represent me to be one who fighting AIDS.
'
Moblllzal1onfights for my rlghtr-not one
First there
was St.

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'Thls letter Is In response to
your editorial from January
28, regarding Mayor Dinkins'
choice In appOinting Dr.
Myers as NYC Health Commissioner.
Unity among the lesbian
ald gay COITlI'Tl\.IVty Is Impoifalt rIglt row. F1ghHngcrnong
oll'S9lves Is a betrayal to our
movement and It makes us
look weak and divided. We
find It extremely unfortunate

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Patrick's. Then there was
Woodrow Myers and Tim
Sweeney. Then there was
Larry Kramer's article on thelack of leadership In thegay, er."AIDS."ergoymovement(that)
was
excellent and thought-provoking. It made me look atthe "leaders" In the community, the leaders thatcondemned the St. Pat's
march, the leaders of
GMHC and then, logically,
the leaders of ACT UP.
Ooopsl My mistake. There
are no leaders of ACT UP.In
trying to be so politicallycorrect, they forswore any
type of elected offlclalthat would smack of establishment. Where Is the
responsibility?
I think It
would be In the best Interest of the er ...communlty
for ACT UP to hold elections. Who's doing all thecomplaining?
Who Is not
being Invited to be on
Mayor Dinkins' sec:irchcommittee?
But I digress. ACT UP
wants Tim Sweeney's reSignation. Act-,er ... OutWeek
wants Tim Sweeney's reSignation. Yoo-hoo, ladles andgents, at least he stuck hisneck out. He wasn't elected,
though, was he? He had towork his way up. You know,
have quallftcatlons, all thatkind of stuff. Well, leaders
don't necessarily have to beboth qua lifted and elected(e.g., Jesse Jackson), andyes, some elected officials
are anything but leaders, but
ACT UP could begin and at
least ELECTSOMEBODY TO
SOMETHING.
Then, "we" can blame
him or her. He or she can beeasily accessible to themedia and even to OUR
mayor. And It needn't be justone person. You coud havefour elected slots and call It"collective leadership" (Isthat better for everybody's
politically correct consciousness?). How about "TheGang of Four?" Above all,this would lend credibility

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and responsibilityto a groupthat deserves to be heard
despite (sometimes) Itself.
There Is a teeny tiny problem with all this, I know.
Because dong with qualifications and electtons there usually Is power. And ACT UP's
power Is In the Community
Center main room on Monday nlghfs, and In each andevery committee every othernight and out In the streets.
What kind of power would
this elected of1lclalhave?
Well, Larry Kramer begat
GMHC, and GMHC begat
TIm Sweeney. What lovechild or children could bearfNlt from Larry'sloinsthroughACT UP? It's an Idea. It's achallenge,
Oh, and OutWeek, without going so far as callingyour magazine a houseorgan of ACT UP, at least
you are allowing some of
the best minds In ACT UP,
like Mark Harrington and
Jim Elgo, to be read andjudged by your readers(not that all good minds
want to be leaders, youunderstand). You are doing
your part to encourage
dialogue and at the sametime let your readers meet
the thinkers and doers In
the community. Hopefullysome of these people canand will become leaders.
Of the entire community?
No. But a responsible leader goes a long way to
Improve the Image of all bf
us. ALL OF US.
John Sefakls
Manhattan
Thank you for the Impor~tant activist role OutWeek
continues to play In ourcommunity. Engaged journalism Is exactly. what Is
needed to Inform and provoke us In these Increasingly
homophobic times.
I too spent a week In thestreets around the Myersmess(and yes my work, relationship and friendships suffered ...but not terminally).
Mathilde Krlm and her

February1B, 1990

staff must bear the full bur- an "off-wlth-hls/her-head"den of responsibility for
attttude.
Jim Fcx..rattelecting Myers to the AmFAR
board and for nominating
Manhattan
him as health commissioner
to the search committee.
Regarding a few letters to
Why AmFAR would have the editor In OutWeeksuch a person with hisprofes- 2/4/90:
sional record on their board~ to Fraser Gill's closing
when his actual practice has remcrk, "1i00i<forward to thebeen, concretely, a dlsser-. day when our 'gay leaderI'
vice to people of color and rise to the moral level of ~to PWAs Is a question that· pOliticians.' May I plealemust be answered.
direct him to yw cover story
OutWeek Is correct In With Derek Jarman (2/4/90)
your very harsh critique of who states, regarding h0moboth Tom Stoddard (who dld phobia In Great Britain,
not think that matter Impor- "What Section 28 did waltant enough to return from a give cort. bk:Inct» to reP'W
vacation In PariS) and Tim gay work",' SectIon 28 • legSWeeneyfor their role In IUpo 1,latlon which ban, public
porting Mathlld.
Krlm'sfundi from promottng homoselection without Input from sexuality,
either the gay and lelblan
As to Nom. Withheld',pOlitical community or the(Manhattan) remar\<, "Know
AIDS activist community
what they're doing now?
(ACT UP) either here In NYC CeIling ~ 35 headI of the 35
or In Indiana,
biggest groups, asking themBut please remember that to writ. to ~&Heeney,prior to Tim Sweeney's
Pathetic, eh?' And al toappointment to the staff of Name WIthheld', (Brooklyn)
Gay Men's Health Crills,
rerncrk, "It It'l really true that
GMHC had practlcaly no out- GMHC aeked other ~toreach to the IVDUcommu"II1y,write letters In ~of Timno outreach to the non-gay
SWeeney, they should go to
AIDSgroups and behaved In hell," May I please directa very aroga'lt "we-wa'lt-dlthem both to YOII GLAAO Tldthe-fI..ndIng" maYl8I'.
Ings (2/4/90) where the
Sweeney has done anaddress of Star magazine
excellent job In both sensitizappeas foIlowhg the closing
sentences, "1h1s Is all the moI8
Ing Internally the organization to racism, sexism, accessreason to praise the ecltOlS at
and hiring practices andthe Star for their sensible
client service delivery. He acMce to paents WIth gay or
has also gone about the task lesbian children. Write toof coalition building withthem at..." This request to
non-gay AIDS groups, pro- write encourages OutWeek
moted GMHC's sharing ofreaders to write to someone
resources and Information
to support a particular view.
with those groups and learn- In a slmUarway, phone caDs
Ing from the experience of were used to rally written q:>port for Mr. Sweeney. Are
their outreach.
But I cannot support a Messrs. Names WIthheld hurlcall for the ftrlng of the per- Ing "pathetiC" and "go toson most of uswho have put . hell" at Henry Yeager?
In time fighting AIDS sinceAlso, regardingMr.
1982 believe to be the most . Lochevsky's letter, I almost
progressive and anti-racist
forgot to mention thatwhite gay man at GMHC.
although It may still be outOutWeek needs to· conside his etiquette some do,tinue to speak the truth andstln,stoop to conquer.
realize that our leaders needRobert Simpson
critical support rather than
Manhattan

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Hate Crimes Bill Passes
Senate By Landslideby Cliff O'Neill
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Senate
Feb. 8 passed the Hate Crimes Statistics Act by a landslide 92-4 margin,
overcoming an anti-gay amendmentfrom Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) by asimilarly lopsided vote.
The bill (S. 419), which passed
the House by an overwhelming margin last year, would direct the U.S.
Departmentof Justice to collectstatistics on violent crimes motivatedby bias based on race, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
Themeasure now goes on to the WhiteHouse for the signature of President
George Bush, who has already given
it his support.

lWO RIGHTS DIDN'T MAKE A WRONG

phobic skinhead
bigots, violent
racists, anti-Semites and other perpetrators of hate crimes," she said.
"When myths stir hatred and fear,then great harm can be done," statedSen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.), the leadsponsor of the bill. "Hitler is an illustration of that, and history is loadedwith other examples of unprincipled'people, troubled by hates and fears,
who sometimes lead others to hateand fear. The ultimate result of
hatred and fear is violence."
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), thebill's lead Republicansponsordescribed a series of anti-gay andother hate-motivated crimes, stating,"I think these incidents are disgusting

photos: Patsy Lynch

Sen. Orrin Hatch fl.} and Sen. JeBSe Helms"Today the U.S. Senate sent astrong signal to the bigots and bashers in our country.that
violence
against lesbians and gay men is as
intolerable as violence against racial,religious and ethnic minorities," said
Urvas!1iVaid, executive director of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
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and outrageous. I think every memberof the Senate thinks these incidents
against homosexuals are disgustingand oµtrageous."
The vote in the Senate came after
lengthy debate onamendments
which sought to clarify the bill's'
stance on homosexuality. By agreement, the bill's lead sponsors, Sens .
Simon and Hatch, would only intro-

twoduce one amendment to that effectand Helms, another.
As Helms repeatedly insisted thatthe bill would manifest the "imprimatur" of the Senate on homosexuality, sodomy law repeal, lesbian andgay rights and the "teaching" ofhomosexuality in public schools, both
Hatch and Simon sought to preempt
the North Carolina Republican with
their own four-part amendment.
After being delayed for a lastminute re~write when lesbian andgay lobbyists expressed
concernwith the original
Hatch/Simon
amendment's
generous use of theterm "traditional family life," it wasadapted to state instead that the government should support "American
family life" and emphasize that thebill does not "promote or encourage" homosexual behavior.
Surprising many who expected
Helms to oppose the Hatch/Simon
measure as preempting
his own,
Helms quickly declared the proposala "nice statement" and asked to cosponsor it himself.' It went on topass 96-0.
Helms, however, did not back offfrom introducing his own amendment, a four-part, non-binding "senseof the Senate" rider. His amendment,
the chief reason for the bill's being
delayed in the Senate for almost ayear, declared the "homosexual mQvement" a threat to the American family,suggested that state sOdomy laws be
enforced, opposed any and all gay
and lesbian anti-discrimination laws
and stated that school programs
should not describe homosexuality as
an "acceptable alternative lifestyle.". After Helms spoke Singularly insupport of his amendment, mostly byagain describing his rider as a campaign year referendum on homosexuals and sodomy law repeal, he went
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Ritter Steps Down
From Covenant
House
by Gabriel Rotello
NEW YORK-The
Rev. Bruce
Ritter was forced to step down as thepresident of Covenant House lastTuesday by the governing board of
the Franciscan
Order of Catholic
Priests. His removal is described as atemporary leave of absence pending
the completion of a Franciscan investigation into charges of sexual abuse.
The charges stem from accusations
by at least four men .that Father Ritter
initiated sexual relationships
withthem when they were clients ofCovenant House, the country's largest
shelter for runaway youths. Two of
the men were under the legal age ofconsent when the alleged sexual acts
took place.
.
Father Ritter founded Covenant
House and has been its president
since its inception in 1968, building it
into an organization with an $87 million annual budget. While highly
praised by national advocates for runaway youths, he has been consistently criticized by gay leaders as an
unrelenting homophobe whose organization frequently abused gay andlesbian teens. AIDS advocates havealso criticized Ritter for opposing theteaching of safer sex practices toteenagers under his charge. AIDS is
spreading rapidly among runaway
teens, who frequently
engage inprostitution.
.
But Ritter is also given highmarks for his programs for people
with AIDS. And for the past few years
he had allowed the Hetrick-Martin
Institute, a private agency for gay andlesbian youth, to conduct a program
sensitizing Covenant House workers
to gays issues ..

New Investigations Begin
Ritter's troubles began last fallwhen Kevin Kite, 'a 25-year-old client,accused Ritter" of initiating a sexual
relationship with him. In interviews
with the New York Post and Out Week,
Kite maintained that Ritter lured him
into a sexual affair in return for anapartment, gifts and a college sCholarship. Ritter denied the charges.
Last month the Village. Voicepublished excerpts from an interview with John P. Melican, 33, ofSeattle, who also alleged that Ritter
had a sexual relationship with him.
The Melican interview had been
conducted many years prior to Kite's
accusations.
This week a third man, DarrylBassile, 31, of Ithaca, also went publicwith charges that Ritter had sex withhim when Bassile was 14 years old.
Those charges were said to be particularly damaging because Bassile had
discussed the alleged sexual episodes
privately with his therapist before thecurrent controversy broke. The therapist is reported to have detailed noteson the relationship.
The Post is now reporting accusations from a fourth man, Paul Johnson, 33; who claims a six-year sexual
relationship with Ritter, and WABC-TV
is reporting that seven others aremaking similar charges.
The ongoing controversy
hasignited three separate investigations.
The longest,by
Manhattan District
Attorney Robert Morganthau, is focusing on whether financial laws. werebroken in Ritter's relationship with
Kite, and whether Covenant House
broke the law in providing Kite with afalse identity. The false identity they
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Dinkins, Pols Scramble toCondenm Gay Slaying
Jackson Sends Telegram; Gays Post Reward;
400 Protest on S.I.

MOSAIC ON THE MEND?-Dlnklns Sf bppslDI1i ",.mDt/.,

by Michelangelo Signorile
STAlEN ISlAND-What was aiticized at the beginning of last week bymany in the gay and lesbian· community as a sluggish reSponse by politiciansto the anti-gay bias murder here of 44year-old James Zappalorti turned into afull-fledged outcry from city and national leaders. who reacted vehemently tothe murder by the week's end.
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and in light of strong pro-gay responses from other city officials, and fromthe Reverend Jesse Jackson, Mayor
David Dinkins visited· Zappalorti's
elderly parents, Mary and Michael, attheir home on Staten Island Feb 2.
Dinkins did not ane~d the victim's
funeral a week prior. Just moments
before Dinkins' arrival, the family wasread, over the telephone, a telegram ofcondolences from Jackson, which had
arrived for them in care of the Gay

Photo: Ben Thornberry.
and Lesbian Anti-Violenc;eProject.
Hours later, a protest, endorsed
by 25 lesbian and gay groups citywide, took place outside Staten Island
Borough Hall. The demonstration was
aimed at State Senator John Marchi,
who. has opposed anti-bias legislation,
and at Staten' Island Borough President Guy Molinari who did not mention anti-gay bias in his response to
the murder. Neither attended Zappalorti's funeral.

i~That same day, the New YorkState Gay and Lesbian Lobby inAlbany joined the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights and other local
New York City groups in calling on
Governor Mario Cuomo to appoint a
special prosecutor, citing that Staten
Island. District Attorney WUliam Mur,phy has shown his opposition to antigay bias legislation in the past.
On the following Sunday, Dinkins
attended and gave a rousing speech at
an interdenominatinal religious service
on Staten Island, at which various
politicians and religious, civil rights andgay leaders were present
On Tuesday of last week, City
Council President Andrew Stein held
a press conference with councilmembers, members of the Zappalorti family and gay leaders, to condemn the
brutal slaying and to announce that
he and Councilmember Miriam Friedlander had introduced a resolution
before the council urging state lawmakers to end opposition to the antibias bUi stalled in the State Senate.
And on Thursday of last week Matt
Foreman, .executive director of the New
York City Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project, announced that the agency was posting a $3;000 reward for
informatiOn leading to the whereaboutsof 26-year-old Philip Sarlo, one of thetwo alleged murderers of Zappalorti
who Is still being sought in the brutal
multiple stabbing which took place on
the Arthur Kill beach across the street
from Zappalorti's home in the Olarleston
sectial of the Island on January 22. The
other suspect, ~year-old Michael Tayior,is in aJStody and has told police that he'killed the Navy Vietnam veteran"because he was gay.n

visit the Zappalortis.
"Each of us in our city needs tobetter understand other people," Dinkins said at the Zappalorti home, according the the Daily News. "There are some.
very fine people who happen to be gay."Protest at Borough Hall
Just hours after Dinkins left the
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island, some 400 demonstrators gathered in a freezing drizzle Friday evening
in front of Staten Island Borough Hall,
where they protested the slaying andcalled for passage of the anti-bias bill.
Commuters coming off the ferry
looked on in amazement. at the public
display of political protest, rarely seen
in staunchly conservative Staten Island"'"

Dinkins Comforts family
Dinkins incurred the wrath of
lesbian and gay leaders when he chose
not to attend Zappalorti's funeral two
Weeks ago. On the Wednesday following the funeral, Manhattan BoroughPresident Ruth Messinger held a jointpress conference with activists, condemning the murder and announcing
the protest on Staten Island.
According to sources inside city
hall, it was the pressure of gay andlesbian leaders, as well as the actionsof Messinger, that moved Dinkins to

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News
"They have every right to be out
here. The murder was terrible," said
Leslie AzzareIli as she waited for a local
bus near the ferry dock in St George.
"They are fighting for what is right.. .I
hope this bill gets passed, because it's sonecessary."
But not everyone was sympathetic.
One resident, who wouldn't give
OuIWeek his name, said, "Allthese gays

Meanwhile, Tara Quillinan, director of the New York State Lesbian and
Gay Lobby in Albany, was urging
Governor Cuomo to appoint a special
prosecutor.
"This crime, like theHoward Beach incident, calls for suchan appointment," she said.
Cuomo's Commission on Selectionof Prosecutors opened up a review of
the case in response. And Cuomo.DEATH '# SILENCE-PmtestelS
st S,L BDrough Nsff
photo: Ben Thornberry
can protest, sure. I mean, nolxxiy Iik;es . spokeswoman Karen Polk confirmed
a murder. But why can't they do it in that the governor's office is reviewing
the Village? We don't want them out the case. But, according to the Staten
here. Besides, we don't go marching
Island Advance, "Cuomo officials familand yelling where. tbey live."
iar with the case said it is unlikely theAmong the Islanders who came to governor will take the case out of [Statshow their support for the demonstrators
en Island District Attorney William)
were Zappalorti's brother Robert, and his
Murphy's hands-particularly
given
children Kelley, 25, and Robert Jr., 23.
Murphy's opposition. The governor in"I knew he was gay. I loved him the past has expressed his reluctance toand I accepted him for being him- supersede locally elected prosecutors."
self," Kelly told OutWeek. ·"There. are.
Memorial Service Packed
some very cruel people out there, butlast Sunday Mayor Dinkins received
Jimmy was not like that. I'm here to
support these people. That was not a standing ovation for 'a speech he gave
at a crowded interdenominational
the first time people had harassed
memorial service held at the Bethel UnitJimmy. If the bias bill were passed,
ed Methodist Church in the Tottenvillemy uncle might be here today."18

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section of Staten Island. The service wasorganized by the Staten Island Humaq
Rights Council. Also speaking at the service, which was in sharp contrast to the
Roman Gltholic service held one week
before, were: Rabbi David A Katz, Temple Israel Reform Congregation; Reverend Willard Nichols, United Methodist
Church; Elizabeth Holtzman, New York
City Comptroller; Carolyn Goodman,mother of slain civil rights worker
Andrew Goodman; Peter Arthur c:i Dignity/Staten Island; Robert Kirk, presidentof I..aI$da Associates of Staten Island;
Tom Naples, President, Staten Island
Alliance for the Mentally lll; Margaret
Marlow, sister c:i James Zappalorti; Reverend Juanita Green, Shiloh African
Methodist Episcopal Church; Reverend
Terry Troia, Brighton Heights Refonned
Church and Lt. Commander Bernard R
Wtison, a chaplain of the United States
Navy. Manhattan Borough President Ruth
Messinger and City Council member
Susan Molinari of Staten Island also
attended the service.
All of the speakers spoke about
Zappalorti's homosexuality and spokeout in favor of the bias bill.
"We must make people understandthat homophobia is just as terrible as
any other form of bigotry," said Liz
Holtzman. "That means getting the State
Legislature to pass the anti-bias bill.
That means getting federal legislation
outlawing discrimination on the basis ofsexual orientation. That means making
the campaign against AIDS really serious and well-funded. That means overturning the Hardwick case. That means
teaching and preaching against bigotry
everywhere. That means bringing those
responsible for this murder to justice."
Molinari on Gay Rights
After the service, Counci1member
Susan Molinari, daughter of Staten
Island Borough President Guy Molinari,
told OuIWeek, "I'm not here as a politician. I'm here only to see the family andoffer my condolences." Molinari, who isrunning for her father's former congressional seat in.an upcoming special election, had voted against the New York
City gay rights bill. "We let that debate
get out of hand," she said. "Looking

back now, I realize there was no probIem." But she firmly said she would not
vote for a federal gay rights bill if she
become a congressperson. "We don't
need it," she claimed. About the bias
bill, Molinari, clearly ill~-ease, said, "I
guess if people want it, and if it will pr0tect gays and lesbians and women, I guess,then, I have 00 real (X'Oliem with it."Asked why her father, the Staten
Island borough president, did not attend
the seM::e in light d the faa tim the Manhattan borough president, as well as themayor, were present, Molinari exclaimed,"My rrother is sick! She is not well! That
is why my father gave up his congressional seat And that is why he did notattend the funeral as well as this service!" Iiii
The elder Molinari had said aweek earlier that the reason he did
not attend the murder victim's funeral
was because "I don't go to funerals of
people I don't personally know."
Reward Posted
And on Thursday, Matt Foreman of
the Anti-Violence Pro~ said that thefunds his agency would offer as areward· for fugitive murder suspect
Philip Sarlo would be raised to $5,000
over the weekend.
It is the opinion of many in thegay and lesbian community that thereason Sarlo has not been caught isthat there is a lack of commitment fromthe police department.
But unlike
every other borough, Staten Island
does not have its own homocide division. Only two detectives, sent from
Manhattan, have been put on the case.
Sources inside the police department confirm that Sarlo is thought tostill be on Staten Island They say he has
communicated with family and friends
and has even been seen at a nightclub.
Before offering the Violence Project's funds, Foreman repeatediyasked
the mayor's office if they would post a.rewaro, as has been done in many casesin the past. But, as OutWeek went topress, city hall had not yet responded.
"The mayor should have posted areward long ago," said Foreman.
"We've given up waiting for a
response-every
day that passes
increases the chances' that the murderer will get further out of reach. "-David Kirby contributed to tbis
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Cffi Suspends Andy Rooney
After Racist andAnti-Gay Remarks
ing the statements.
In announcing the suspension, CBS News Division
President David Burke said, "CBS News cannot toleratesuch remarks or anything that approximates such comments, since they in no way reflect the views of thisorganization. "Gay leaders were quick to point out that Rooney had
recently made several offensive and,homophobic remarks
in print and on the air which did not elicit media attention
or cost Rooney his job.
"The timing of the suspension is very bad," said Karin
Schwartz of GLAAD,the gay media watch~og group which
had met with CBS to protest Rooney's homophobic statements. "This sends a message that CBS responded decisively only after allegations of racism. Our issue is thathomophobia alone should have been sufficient."
However, a source at CBS News and others told
OutWeek that Rooney was about to be suspended
because of complaints about his homophobia. According
to these sources, Burke was wavering on whether to suspend or fire Rooney after a highly inflammatory letter
Rooney wrote to the Adt>ocate was published in the magazine .. In the letter, Rooney "apologized" to the gay community in a way that is widely considered more offensive
to gays than his original comments. The CBS source told
autWeek that GLAAO's efforts had been decisive in forcing CBS's hand.

LOONEYTOONEY?-Andy RDDneyby Gabri,1 Rotallo
NEW YORK - CBS News has suspended Andy Rooney
without pay for three months after racist remark~ heallegedly made to the Advocate were widely reported in
the media. The move came after CBS appeared to resist
calls by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance' Against Defamation
to suspend the veteran 60 Mtnutes commentator for previously publishing and broadcasting' anti-gay remarks.
The statement that immediately preceeded Rooney's
suspenSion appeared in an interview with reporter Chris
Bull in the Feb. 27 issue of the Advocate. Bull quotes
Rooney as saying, "... blacks have watered down theirgenes because the less intelligent ones are the ones
who have the most children. They drop out of school. early, do drugs, and get pregnant." Rooney denies ~k-

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Gays Offend.d By Comm.nts
Rooney's current troubles began in October, when hewrote in his syndicated column, "I feel the same abouthomosexuals as I do about cigarette smokers. I wouldµ't
want to spend much time in a small room with one, butthey don't bother me otherwise."'Then, in a Dec. 20 1V special, he said that "...the ills
that kill are self-induced, such as too much alcohol, toomuch food, drugs, homosexual unions."
When both comments elicited calls from the gay community for Rooney's dismissal he ~nt an "apology" to the
Advocate in which he further inflamed the situation.
"Do I find the practice of one man introducing his
penis into the anus' of another repugnant? I do. Is it ethically or morally wrong and abnormal behavior? It seems so tome ..." He called homosexuality a "behavioral aberration
caused by some kind of trauma or caused when a male isI~born with an abnormal number of female genes, or viceversa." And he continued, "I think of gay men as victims ..."
Following the letter, he agreed to an interview with the
Advocat~s New York reporter, Chris Bull, to clarify hisviews. It was in that interview that Rooney allegedly madethe remarks about Blacks. Despite his suspension, Rooneycontinues to deny that he is a racist.
"I did not say, nor would I ever have thought, that
Blacks have watered down their genes," he said in an interview in the New York Times. "It's a know-nothing statement
which Iabhor."

homophobic sentiment is the last outpost of acceptablebigotry." Referring to two recent scandals in which public figures were forced to resign. for making racist
remarks, he continued, "It wouldn't be far-fetche~ to saythat if Jimmy the Greek or Jackie Mason had made offensive remarks about gays, there wouldn't have been abrouhaha and the powers that be wouldn't have beenpressured to take action."
Phil Reed, a Black gay man who is an elected Democratic district leader on the Upper West Side, said "weshould be outraged" by the media's coverage of the Rooneystory. But referring to the 1987 gay and lesbian march, on
Washington, he said, "The mainstream media ignored

Dinkins' Statem.nt W.lcomedIn remarks that were warmly welcomed by gay and
Sa. ROONEY on ..... 21
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comments about African-Americans.
I find it difficult to believe that anindividual who is apparently willingto embrace prejudice toward one
group would not be capable of making prejudical
comments
about
another. Before he is reinstated, CBSNews ought to be certain it will not
be embarrassed
by Mr. Rooney inthe future.n
GLAAD's Schwartz praised themayor, saying that, "Dinkins addressed our points beautifully." But
GLAAD was critical of mainstreampress coverage of the controversy.
Schwartz pointed
out that many
newspapers
dismissed the homophobic element of the story, focusing exclusively on Rooney's racial
remarks.
"The media is very upfront about
the racial stuff," Schwartz said. "Theyopenly refer to Rooney's 'racist comments'. But they're very careful to say'comments that the gay commuftity felt..were offensive'. They fail to say thatthe comments were indeed offensive."
Schwartz asserted that "the media
still thinks there's a legitimate debate
on whether gays are abnormal. They
think that to report on us in a fair fashion is the same as advocating homosexuality."
Prominent gay people of color
agreed that a different
standard
seemedto app}y in the press
between Rooney's racist and his
homophobiccomments.
KendallThompson,a law professor
andmember of ACf l!P's Majority Action
Committee said, "There's a sense that
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Pleas forhelp for gay
Turks
Amnesty International has sent out
an "urgent action" alert following thearrest of Turkey's most prominent gay
activist.

ate and unconditional release as a
prisoner of conscience.
Write: Prime Minister Yildirim
Akbulut, Office of the Prime Minister,
Basbakaniik, Ankara, Turkey; and Minister of Justice, Malunut Oltan Sungurlu,
Adalet Bakanligi, Ankara, Turkey.
The fax for both officials is 011-9042-30-88-96. Telex information is as follows: 44061/44062/44063 BBMT, 0607
42293, 42099 60561R, 42875 66 K TR.
Copies should be sent to Turkey's
diplomatic representatives in this country
and to Amnesty International in London.
AI's fax number is 011-44-1- 956-1167.
The address is: Amnesty International,International Secretariat, One Easton
Street, London WClX 8DJ, Fngland.
Yesil BariS address is: Lamartine
Cad. 23-6, Taksim, Istanbul; Turkey.
Phone: 011-90-1-150-7602.
-Rex Wockner

Ibrahim Fren, leader of the Twkish
Radical Green Party, W<!S taken into custody Dec. 7 following a press conference at which transvestites protested
regular mistreatment by police.
Eren was charged with violating
Law No. 2911 on demonstrations andassembly, and with "the illegal distribution of leaflets in public places," aviolation of Article 536 of the Turkish
Penal Code. He is being held at the
Bayrampasa Prison in Istanbul.
Eren's arrest comes on the heelsof previous run-ins with police resulting from the publication of the "Gay
Liberation Page" in the Green Party's
newspaper, Yest1Baris. The newspaper has been repeatedly conflScatedin past months and Eren and Yestl
Baris editor Abdul Kadir Denir Ozu
were finally charged with "spreading
BOSTON-The
National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays has
homosexual information."declared the last Sunday in FebruA trial on those charges wasscheduled last November, but details ary-February
25 this year-to be aof the outcome are not yet known.
National Day of Remembrance for
Gay activism in Turkey, particularly Black lesbians and gay men. Institutamong transvestites, has come into its " ed for the first time last year toown only in recent years. In Istanbul, memorialize the life of legendary
the cross-dressers are concentrated in writer/activist Joseph Beam, the day
celebrates. and honors the lives of
Cihangir in the Beyoglu district, where
they complain of frequent police harassBlack gays and lesbians who havement and of ill-treatment at the Beyoglu died. Beam died in December of1988.
Police Station.
The Green Party led hunger"We deCided to use [Beam's]
strikes by gays and transvestites in death as a catalyst to declare our1986 to proteSt bar raids where police history and our loved ones,"
dragged gays into the street, beat
explained Angela Bowen, co-chair ofthem, shaved their heads' and forced
NCBLG's board of directors.
"Wethem to be tested for sexually trans- kind of do it in the spirit of callingup our ancestors." .
mitted diseases.
Ultimately, the group would likeAmnesty International has called
for telexes, faxes, telegrams, express
to see the National Day of Remem-.
letters and airmail letters to the Turk- brance incorporated into nationwide
ish Prime Minister and the Minister of celebrations of Black History Month,Justice, appealing for Eren's immedi- each February. "We need to makeRentemberingwho weare

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that crossover," Bowen said.
NCBLG invites groups and individuals to celebrate
the Day of
Remembrance
in any manner,except as a mechanisQl for raisingmoney, and to forward information
about the event that was held to:
NCBLG, PO Box 19248, Washington, D.C., 20036.
-Nina Reyes

New Russian
word for"gay"
Unbeknowst to authorities, theSoviet Union's first-ever international
conference on hom,osexuality is set for
May 1:l-?:IJ at the University of Tallinn
in the Baltic republic of Estonia.
Gay historian Teet Veispak andlesbian ,historian L. Kotter, co-organizers of the gathering, hope to attract
researchers and journalists worldwide
to discuss "Sexual Minorities and Society: Changing Attitudes Toward
Homosexuality in the 20th Century."
According to David Murphy, theStockholm-based information secretariat for the International Lesbian and
Gay Association, Veispak and Kotter"wonder how the local authorities aregoing to react once they get wind of
the conference."
Homosexual acts in the Soviet
Union can lead to five years of forcedlabor in Siberia, although there havebeen recent reports that the sodomy
law will be deleted from the new
penal code now being drafted.
In a conversation with Murphy, ,Veispak said most Estonian gays
remain closeted for fear of possiblearrest but he also noted that "a veryloosely organized group of yo~ng
activist-types may eventually form agay organization in Tallinn." According to Swedish journalist
Dodo
Parikas, who travels to Tallinn frequently, Estonian says presently meet
only through private contacts.
The newS' from Estonia comes on
the heels of a letter to ILGA from
"Moscow Fr;iends," a group of gays

I~and lesbians who say they are now
meeting on a regular basis. ILGA
responded to the letter but has not
yet heard back from the group.
Other new information
from
Moscow, primarily gathered by aDanish exchange group, included
reports that "goluboi" which means, "light' blue," has become the Russianslang expression for "gay." Some Russian gays believe the usage emerged
from the 1960s ftlm The Amphibious
Man in which the obviously gay protagonist wore a light blue costull,1e.
The Danes also report that despite
glasnost and perestroika, Moscow gays
are still frequently arrested by KGB
agents and held in "abominable circumSlances" until they identify other homosexuals. Some of the arrestees are sent
to psychiatric hospitals and given drugs
to deaease their sex drive, according to
the newspaper PAN.
Finally, Moscow gays told theDanes that condoms have not been
available in Moscow pharmacies formore than a year.
For information on the Estonian
conference, write: T.A. Ajalooinstituut,ners, and to the increased emphasis
Attn: T. VeiSpakIL. Kotter, Riiiitii 28,
on legislation and court decisions that
SU-200001 Tallinn, Estonia, USSR.
recognize and give legal rights to rela-Rex wockner
tionships between lesbians and gay
men. "It's also something that reallyhas not been discussed in an open
way," Nisonoff stated.
NEW YORK-On
February 15,
Panelists will include:
Paula
noted gay and lesbian activists will
Ettlebrick and Tom Stoddard, both ofgather at the Lesbian and Gay ComLambda Legal Defense and Education
munity Services Center to tackle aFund, who argued opposing sides ofsubject that some activists see as
potentially divisive in the lesbian and . the debate in a recent issue of
Out/Look, the national gay and lesgay community: gay marriage. Entibian quarterly; Veneita Porter, former
tled:"Legalizing Gay Marriage:
Should We Get Hitched?" the forum
director of AIDS Discrimination Issues
at the New York State Division ofwill begin at 7 pm and will offer
Human Rights; Bill Rubenstein, staff
attendees the opportunity to question
panelists and make statements on theattorney with the American Civil libsubject.
erties Union, who successfully argued"I got the idea in October last
before the New York State Court ofyear when there was a series of artiAppeals that lesbian and gay couples
cles all at once on the issue in theshould qualify as "family" for the purpopular press-The New York Times,
pose of the New York City' rent conTime magazine and others," said
trol regulations; and Maxine Wolfe,
attorney Mitchell Nisonoff, who orga10rig-t1me feminist activist and memnized the forum. Nisonoff also point~
ber of New York's AIDS Coalition to
ed to Denmark's passage last year of
Unleash Power.
a law that allows gay men and lesThe forum, sponsored jointly bybians to marry their same-sex partSAGE, Lambda and the Bar Associa-'

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Out Takes
tion for Human Rights of Greater New
York, will be moderated by NisOnoff,
who serves on the board of SAGE andchairs the legislation committee of the
BAHRGNY.
~ina
Reyes

NYS

dom.estic
partners bill
ALBANY-State
Senator Franz
Leichter and Assemblymember William
Passanante introduced a bill on Jan. 16
to create a legally recognized status ofdomestic partnership in New York.
If enacted, the bill would allow
domestic partners to establish a formal, legal relationship by ftIing a form
with the county clerk of the county
where they reside.
The bill would amend the state's
Human Rights Law to provide that it
would be "an unlawful discriminatory
practice" for the state or its politicalsubdivisions (counties, cities, towns,
authorities,etc.) to "discriminate
against domestic partnerships in any
way. " The bill explains that wherever"marital status" is used as a factor in"any decision, policy or practice"domestic partners must be given thesame status.
Domestic partnerships
can beformed provided that both partners
18 years or older, are competent tomake contracts, declare that they areeach other's sole domestic partner,
reside with ea:ch other and agree totake responsibility for each other's
welfare. People who could not lawfully marry each other if they were of the
opposite sex. cannot become domestic
partners. To achieve legal recognition,
the partners would have to sign a form
under oath setting forth their eligibility.
County clerks could require a fee ofnot more than $50 to file the form.
A new form would be required
to terminate domestic partnership. No
member of a terminated partnership
could establish a new partnership
until at least six months had passed.

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In addition to forbidding discrimination against domestic partnerships,
the bill would amend the insurance law
to allow insurance companies to treat
domestic partners as family members
for purposes of eligibility for insurance.
The bill has been referred to the
Judiciary Committee for consideration.
The sponsors have been meeting with
community representatives under theumbrella of the Family Diversity
Coalition, which includes representatives from the Coalition for Lesbianand Gay Rights, Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund, the Bar
Association for Human Rights, theAmerican Civil Liberties Union's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project and Disabled in Action. These groups andothers are continuing to meet withNew York City councilmembers
todiscuss municipal partnership legislation, which is seen as having a betterchance of passage at this time than
the state legislation.
Co-sponsorsof the state billinclude Senators Galiber, Jenkins,
Mendez, Ohrenstein, Paterson andSmith; Assemblymembers Nadler, Sullivan, Brennan, dark, Daniels, Diaz,
Feldman, Gottfried, Greene, Sanders
and Seabrook. -Arthur
S. Leonard

Gay

guidelines
for judges
BOSTON-The National Lesbianand Gay Law Association is claiming a
victory in its campaign to convince theAmerican Bar Association to includeanti-<liscrimination protections for lesbian and gay men in its model code of
judicial conduct. The NLGLAannounced
January 16 that the ABA had agreed toinclude a ban on discrimination basedon Sexual orientation in one portion of
the draft of the revised code.
The new anti-disaimination c1a1,l5e
will be added to the section of the codethat states that "a judge shall not, in theperformance of judicial duties, bywords of conduct manifest bias or prejudice." This provision will apply tostatements such as those made by Dallas Judge Jack Hampton, who told
reporters that he had given convictedmurderers lighter-than-usual sentences
because their victims were gay. When
Hampton made those statements in
1988, the ABA had no explicit policy on
anti-gay discrimination.
However, according to NLGLA
co-chair Katherine Triantafillou, theorganization failed to bring about achange in another portion of thecode, which deals with judges' behavior outside the courthouse. Among.actions proscribed because they may
create the "appearance of impropriety" is membership in private clubsthat discriminate against women andethnic and racial minorities. The
NLGLA's recommendation that judges
should not join clubs that discriminate
against lesbians and gay men createda whirlwind of controversy, and thedrafting committee ultimately rejected
the change, said TriantafIilou.
The code draft must be ratified
by the ABA House of Delegates at theassociation's convention in Los Angeles next month.
While the ABA's power to discipline judges is limited, explained Triantafillou,
the code "is a very
persuasive document."-Masha Gessen

N.J. PWAs
get support
HOBOKEN, New Jersey-While
New York's lesbians and gay men haveorganized AIDS services targeted particularly toward gay men almost since thebeginning of the AIDS epidemiC, acrossthe river in New Jersey, Hyacinth Foundation, New Jersey's largest AIDS service and education organization, hasonly recently established a support
group specifically for gay people withAIDS or HIV infection.
. In the Garden State, where gay
and bisexual men constitute approximately 30 ,percent of the state's AIDS

~
caseload, according to Nancy Scerbo,
a spokesperson
for Hyacinth, "thecaseload in New Jersey in terms ofthe gay population is really fragmented across the state." Gay men, lesbians and bisexuals who live incounties that border Manhattan, ScerbO says, have traditionally looked to
New York's AIDS service organizations for information and support.
Scerbo cautions, however, that
New York AIDS service organizations
were established to serve New Yorkers, and that when New Jersey residents become ill, they need services
in their own state. Hyacinth is a fuilservice, statewide agency with a $1
million budget, 28 full-time employees and over 500 volunteers.
Although
the new support
group-which
will meet Mondays
from 7:30 to 9:30 at the Parish
House of All Saints Episcopal
Church, 707 Washington Street, in
Hoboken-is
the first support group
to approach AIDS. issues from a gay
perspective and gay issues from aperspective informed by AIDS, Scerbo says that some of the support
groups formed by Hyacinth "havebeen sort of de .facto gay groups."
She characterizes this new group asa kind of outreach to New. jersey's
gay people with AIDS, a "getting-toknow-you" effort, to acquaint people with the services that Hyacinth
Foundation and the Garden State toprovide to people with AIDS.
For more information on the gay
support group in Hoboken, call the,toll-free Hyacinth Hotline: 1-800-4330254.
-Keith Miller

New groupfor K.C.
rightsmonth. In addition to adding sexual orientation
to the list of categories protected by the ordinance,
the amendment
will also state
explicitlythat people with lilY
infection are protected under thedisability provision of the law.
.
The votes of seven city councilors will be required to pass theamendment.
According to HROP
organizers, several city councilors
have already expressed support for
the effort, and one has endorsed theamendment.
Twenty-six organizations, including the city Human Rela- ,Itions Department and th. \ National
Lawyers Guild have also endorsed
the HROP.
The Kansas City amendment willcontain a broad deflOition of sexual
orientation, which will extend the
law's protections not only to homosexuals, bisexuals and heterosexuals,
but also to ,transsexuals and transvestites.
Most of the country's 46
cities and 13 counties that alreadyprohibit sexual-orientation discrimination have more limited ordinances,which do not apply to transsexuals
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Boston Journal

Undercover

UNDERCOVER DYKE Photo: Nina Reyes

by Masha GessenW

hen I signed up for
the Truth Squad, I
knew nothing about
the outfit--except that it was all part of
the War.
The War was declared the day after
the Massachusetts gay and lesbian civi1rights bill was signed into law, because
an organization calling itself Citizens for'Family First- 'pbobes, in War lingoimmediately filed a petition to put thelaw on this years ballot. To do this, they
had to gather almost 3Q,OOO signatures
before the end of January.
So I joined the Truth Squad, which
was described to me as an entity thatwould some.how interfere with the'phobes' attempts to gather signatures.
Although this mission de$Cription was
hardly thrilling, the refreshingly nonalphabet-soupy
name conjured up
images of strength, determination, victory. I Visualized scores of tastefully uniformed hOll105eXUa!smarching throughsuburban shopping malls eight abreast,
picking up converts as we went along,leaving deflated 'phobes in our wake.

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The name was helpful, too, in
counteracting the feeling that what ourside was trying to do in the War was, inspite of all our righteousness, not entirely honorable. There are few battle cries
more compelling than "Take it to thepeople",..ood that was the call of the
opposition.
I recognized the reason we were·
trying to block the 'phobes from taking
it to the people-who,at the last count,supported gay rights two to one. We
feared that the 'phobes would work
their family-values magic, which has
resulted in a defeat for gay rights wherever these have been put up for a vote.
Still, a voice in my head kept questioning where their rights ended and mine
began. So the name Truth Squad wasreassuring because it connoted a clear
hierarchy where I was a foot soldier, butsomeone else was responsible.
"Wear polyester-or
college drag,"
instructed one of the organizers over thephone. "You see, they threw our truth
squad out of the mall, so we need pe0ple who can go there and pretend to beinterested, and engage the 'phobes inconversation for as long as possible. We
need people who can keep their cool.
We can't have anyone who would be
confrontational. So I thought of you. "There was a crack in the moral
high ground, and I was falling in, slipping away from reality, away from mybeliefs.---.the belief that I should not misrepresent
myself, the belief that I
couldn't if tried, the belief that suburban
shopping malls are hazardous to myhealth, the belief that avoiding any andall contact with heterosexuals is healthy.
"I'll be there as soon as I can," I

promised.
Contrary to what I expected,'phobes did not jump out at me as soon
as I entered the mall. In fact, looking
around, I could not pick out the'phobes. So I walked to the center ofthe mall and looked around for gullible'phobes. A young man with closelyaopped red hair approached, shining abuck-toothed smile.
"Hi, my name is Peter."

He could have been a straight ~trying to pick me up, or he could havebeen a 'phobe. It was a close call. I
smiled.
"And I'm just walking through themall right now, talking to people andinviting people---adults--to-"He could have been inviting me toan orgy or a petition signing.
"A Bible-study group."
1knew that I had left my identity in
Boston. And I knew that there werepeople in this world who did not recognize holllOOeXUalitywhen it was staring
them in the face. But I was not ready toface someone who could not see that I
was Jewish. Unless, of course, thatsomeone was a 'phobe-in which case
I would simply have to swallow it.
"Because, when you look around
today, how many people do you see
really living Ouistianity?""I'm Jewish, so I don't look atthings that way.""well, that's OK. There is a man in
our Bible-study group who is Jewish.
He says it was quite a transition for him
to find Christianity. Because it's pretty
different, eh?"
"Yeah.""So, do you think you might beinterested?""I'll have to talk it over with myhusband.""Is your husband Jewish too?""Yes.""I wouldn't want him to be jealous.
He'd be jealous if he saw me talking toyou,eh?""Insanely. "Walking away from the center ofthe mall, I ftna1ly spotted the 'phobes.
They were a man and a woman in their50s, standing at a table marked "CitizenS
for Family First~
the 'Gay-Rights'
law" and "Registered Voters Only." Theman was giving a speech to an elderly
woman; his bleached-blondpartnerlooked bored and slightly disoriented. I
walked up to the table and looked at
her questioningly.
"Would you like to sign the petition?""What petition?" I asked, staring at
the signs on the table.
"To let the people decide on thegay rights law.""What law?""Here, read this." She thrust at me
two sheets with lots of small type above
which somebody
had scribbled:"Read--Gay Agenda." The 16-point list
below, photocopied from Out of the'Closet: Voices of Gay Liberation,
described some basic objectives of thelesbian and gay rights roovement: theabolition of the bourgeois nuclear fumj..
ly, the abolition of age-<>f-oonsentlaws,
the abolition of the existing judicial sys,'I tern" the abolition of the penal system,
the abolition of the police, the establishment of a revolutionary socia1ist society
and a couple of other things.
"They want special rights," thewoman explained.
"What rights?"I persisted.
"Special privileges.""What privileges?""Wouldn't we like to know," sighed
the woman, clearly exasperated"Here,
he'll explain to you." She grabbed theman by the polyblend sleeve of his
jacket and pulled until he was facingme. "The lady would like to know
about this gay rights law," she barked.
"They want special privileges," theman offered.
"What privileges?""We're all protected by the Consti1Ution," he began. "They want special
protections. It's like if you said that you
wanted a law that said that nobody candiscriminate against )QU because you'rea housewife."
lbat did it. This assignment had
already stomped all over my sexual orientation, and insulted my ethnic identi'ty-but now this man was making
presumptions about my ambitions andcareer choices. Ie'I and people like mewere truly invisible to him, how could
he be so passionate about denying us
our rights?
Apparently registering a look ofhorror on my face, the man rushed intoa speech: "'They-want-to-influence-ourchildren-tbey -want-to-Iegalize-abortionmy-wife-couldn't-conceive-we-adoptedshe-conceived-that -very-month-that'sthe-way-they-want-abortion-on-demandtwo-gay-women-in-our-neighporhoodare-raising-three-boys-what-kind-ofinfluence-are-they-there-is-a-six-and-ahalf-year-wait-to-adopt-it's-another-axblow~~AmeriaIn-fumily""But what does the law say?" I
asked earne&1ly.
He looked at me as though hewere about to accuse me of dealing afatal ax blow to the American family.
"111 sign!" I took the pen handed
me and wrote "Radclyffe,"then paused
to consider what would happen if herecognized the name and knew I was afraud I decided to muddy the waters
and wrote, "Sackville-West. "The commander
called thatevening to give the next day's assignment.
"I can't Say that I really enjoyedthat today," I confessed.
.
"Really? Wh;lt was wrong?" Shesounded so innocent--QS though shewouldn't think twice about going to a
shopping mall to shoot the breeze withsome 'phobes.
"It was creepy,. I whined, knowing
as I uttered it that this kind of excµse
would get me nowhere. I tried to add
substance to my complaint. I tried to
explain that I felt slimy, dishonest, invisible, scared of being found out andscared of being mistaken for someone I
was not-tbat I felt all the things I have
tried so hard not to feel since I came.out. I tried to articulate that if it was allabout our dignity, then these tactics
weren't worth it
None of it came out quite like itshould have.
"So, it was icky," she summed up.
"Yes," I sighed. "I'll be there assoon as I can."This time I found the table imniediateiy. There were at least a dozen young'phobes there, flanked by members of
our Truth Squad AVOidingeye contact
with the 'sexuals, I headed for the table.""Masha!" It ca[Ile from my leftwhen I was about ten feet from thetable. "I didn't know you were coming."
I walked over to the. Truth Squadder who clearly hadn't been briefed.
"You blew my cover," I hissed.
"Your cover? You?" she laughed.
"You look like a dyk~.".
"I did it yesterday," I retorted.
"Hal"

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ROONEY from page 21

750,000 people on the Mall in D.C., so
I'm hardly surprised about this."
When asked if the presence ofBlacks in the workplace helped topressure
the press to take racism
more seriously than homophobia, hesaid, "Yes, and it's all the more reason
for us to come out of the closet. I'm
curious to know where CBS thinks
they'd be without the gay folks ontheir staff."
CBS Reticent About Homophobia
And CBS itself was strangely
reticient on the connection between
homophobia and Rooney's suspension. Roy Brunett, a spokesperson
for the news division, said, "For any
person to make an association that
Rooney's suspension was due soley
to his racist remarks
is clearly
unwarranted,"
and he pointed to
Burke's statements about Rooney's"remarks" and "comments" as proof
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not the only issue. But CBS would
openly state that the homophobic
statements played a role in Rooney's
suspension,and refused to comment further.
A power struggle neverthelesshas reportedly broken O\H at CBS
over the Rooney scandal. Major
players such as Walter Cronkite
and former news chief Dick Salant
are strongly
defendingRooneyagainst charges of racism, maintaining that he was misquoted.
They are silent o~ the issue ofhomophobia.
Their defense hasreportedly
persuaded
Burke tomerely suspend
Rooney, rather
than fire him.
GLAAD, according to its Executive Director Craig Davidson, 'isextendingan olive branchtoRooney. They are inviting him toaddress their first annual media
awards dinner this spring, hoping hewill use the opportunity to repudiate
his homophobic comments .....

HATE CRIMES from page 14

on to lose by a vote of 19-77.
The floor debate was marked
most Visibly by Helms' repeatedattacks on the bill, and on the "homosexual-lesbian" community, as Helms
called it.
"We don't need this legislation
which won't do anything," statedHelms.
"This bill won't do any
good."
Calling the legislation "deceptive," Helms described the bill as the"flagship of the homosexual-lesbian
agenda" quoting three times fromth'e New York Native, which hecalled the "official organ" of the"homosexual-lesbian"movement.
Helms .cited gay opinion that the
Hate Crimes bill is the first step
towards passage of the federal gay
and lesbian rights law.
Helms also described in passionate detail the December demonstration
where"thousandsofmilitant homosexuals," as he put it,"slithered"into New York's St.
Patrick's Cathedral and called thelack of national media coverage ofthe event a "conspiracy of silence"to censor negative news stories
about homosexuals.
Neither did Helms spare gay andlesbian groups of direct attack, mentioning the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force half a dozen times andblasting the Human Rights Campaign
Fund and New York City's Gay andLesbian Anti-Violence Project. likewise, individual
gay activistsNGLTF's Kevin Berrill, Boston's Gay
and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders' Kevin Cathcart and the Anti-Violence Project's former director David. Wertheimer-werealso derided by
the Tarheel Conservative.
Leading the anti-Helms challenge
was Hatch, who· opposed Helms
repeatedly and with seeming great
conviction.
While acknowledging
that he is not in favor of lesbian and, gay civil rights, in impassioned tones
he stated, "I know I can agree withthem [lesbian and gay rights activists]
on one thing, and they're right on
it ...They deserve to be treated likehuman beings,"
Voting against the bill were Senators William Armstrong (R-CO), Gor-,.;
don Humphrey CR-NH),Trent Loti CRMS) and Jesse Helms.
The bill is now headed for acongressional conference committee,
where differences with the House
version, which passed last June 368
to 47, will be reconciled ....
RITTER from page 15

provided was that.of Timothy Warner,a child who died in 1980.
The second investigation, whichsuspended Ritter, is being conductedby the Franciscan Order. Although
Covenant House is independent of I
the Franciscans, Ritter takes directives
from the head of the Franciscans, Rev.
Conall McHugh.
The third investigation has beenlaunched by the State Attorney General, Robert Abrams, and is looking into
Covenant House's finances. Abrams
has jurisdiction over charitable organizations in New York.
Gay LeBdersReact
The announcement that Ritter was
stepping. down elicited generally favorable responses from gay leaders in New
York. Many expressed concern, however, that the media would use the scan·daI to support the concept that gays arechild molesters and shouldn!t beallowed to work with children.
Joyce Hunter of the Hetrick-Martin Institute declined to characterize
Ritter as a homophobe, but she maintained that he long had a problem
with professionalism. "He did things
that would have gotten him fired fromany other agency," she said, referring
to his reputation for favoritism andpersonal involvement with youthfulclients. Hunter maintained that Ritter"crossed the boundary frequently."
Craig Davidson, the executive
director of the Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation said, "I
support his removal." But Davidson
maintained that "it will probably lead to.
scrutiny that's misplaced. The issue
here is pedophilia, not homosexualtiy.
And pedophilia is a much bigger problem with straights than with gays."
When asked what ,effect Ritter's
problems are likely to have on gay
and lesbian youth, some of whom
have personal. experiences
with
ll

-LI

He's a victim of much larger social
forces that affected many people hisage."'
Covenant House announced
Wednesday that former New York
City Schools Chancellor Frank Macchiarola had taken over as acting
president. Macchiarola, who is amember of the board of Covenant
House, said in a press conference that
he would like his stay as president tobe "as ·short as possible." But hedecl ined to answer a question as towhether Ritter would ever return tothe agency ....

Covenant House, Joyce Hunter said,"We emphasize to the kids that Ritter's
problems have much more to do withprofessional ethics than homosexuality. If the accusations are true, theywould be equally serious if the kids
involved were male or female."
Ritter has long been an outspoken oppOnent of gay rights. He has
supported the anti-gay and anti-safer
sex stands taken by Cardinal O'Connor. GLAAD's Davidson maintainedthat "the real problem is Ritter's life
being screwed up by homophobia,
particularly internalized homophobia.

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In ()ur ()\vn Hands

Lesbians in the AIDS Crisis
Lesbians Have SIX: Aatllingby Zoe Leonard
Note:_The following is excerpted
from tbe lesbian chapter of Women,
AIDS and Activism, by ACT UP/New
York's Women and AIDS Handbook
Group, fortbcomlng tbis spring fromSoutb End Press.

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esbians are not Included In
most discussion on HIV infection. But lesbians are infected by AIDS In many ways. There
are lesbians who have AIDS. Woman
to woman sexual transmission
hasbeen documented. We are confronted with the Increased homophobia
and bias-related violence that Is occurring in response to the AIDS crisis. Many lesbians are dedicated andoutspoken AIDS activists. Some of us
have watched close gay male friends
die.
The idea that we are not at risk
for HIV Infection Is based on a numberof deep-rooted misconceptions about
the way dykes live and how we havesex. As an example, Dr. Charles Sch- .
able of the federal Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) in Atlanta, recently told
VlstbtllNes magazine that it isn't necessary to study lesbians because "lesbians don't have much sex".l In fact,
lesbians who engage in risky behavior
are as much at risk for HIV infection as
anyone else.
Lesbians ate not a homogenous or~ isolated community: there are lesbians who shoot drugs and share needles, who have been married, who arein prison, who have children, whohave seX for money, who get raped.
Lesbians are at risk through alternative(artificial) insemination. And many lesbians have Sex with men.

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Our Risk

According to a KInsey study, 45 percent of the lesbians surveyed reported
having sex with a man since 1980.2
Among women IV drug users, as manyas 17 percent report having sex wi~
other women in one study.3 Some lesbians have sex with gay or bisexual men,and have reported very high risk activities such as unprotected anailntercourse.
Women have sex with women that
can Involve the exchange of bodUy fluids and pass infections such as chlamydia, trichomonas and yeast. HIV has
been found in healthy and Infectedvaginal secretions and in menstrual
blood. Many lesbians have oraVvaginaisex (cunnilingus). We may use our fingers which have have small cuts orabrasiOns; we share sex toys, or have
sex that draws blood.
One 1983 study comparing thesex habits of lesbians and straightwomen showed that the lesbians were
far more sexually active, and most had
been with 15 or more partners. In
1979, Pat Callfla studied 286 lesbians
and reported that one in four had experienced S&M, half preferred nonmonogamy and 60 percent had either
engaged In group Sex or wanted to.4

Lack of Information Ind RIs.arch on
Woman to Woman Tranamlalon
There are 100 women with AIDSin the CDC's records who report having had seX with other women.S However, the CDC compiles its data fromthe reports of physicians. Most womenare assumed to be straight and are notever asked about having sex withother women. Further, the CDC lists
women's risks for exposure to HIV "hierarchically.» A lesbian IVbu would
only be counted as an IVDU. Men's
categories are now taking into accountmultiple exposure risks (j.e. "gay male
IVDU"). Without multiple exposure
categories for women, it is impossible
to accurately track our exposure risks.
A 1986 case involved an IVDU

and her· female lover. Both had AIDS,
and all routes of transmission. except
sexual contact between
the two
women were ruled out for the sexual
partnei'.6 A study was conducted at theCommunity Health Project in New
York of 31 HIV positive lesbians. Twoof the women In the study had no risk
factor other than sex with HIV positive
women.' Other cases have been reported In medical journals. In addition,a case was reported of HIV beingtransmitted from a woman to a man
through cunnlllngus.8 Although thecase InVOlves a heterosexual couple,
the Implications for lesbians are clear.
Another factor complicating thecollection of data on lesbians with HIV
Infection Is the high chance of womenbeing misdiagnosed, or diagnosed withAIDS very late lp their Ulness. Doctors
often faU to consider HIV Infectlon In
women, and may believe that lesbians
are "low risk." Women's symptoms areoften overlooked by both clients andproviders.
Transmission of HIV by lesbian
sex cannot be ruled out. Educational
materials and safer sex guidelines must
Include Information pertinent to lesbians. WhUe It Is true that presently the
number of lesbians with AIDS Is small,
we need to learn from the history ofthis epidemic, and work towards prevention In the lesbian community.

HIving S')J Slftly
Because lesbians are repeatedly
told that we are not at risk, very feW
dykes have adopted safe sex techniques. Rather than panicking or seeking false reassurances,
we need tolearn how to assess risk, how to practice safe sex and how to talk about oursexual practices.
Some l¢Sbians and bi women decide to practice safer sex all the time.
Totally safe sex means never allowing
blood or vaginai secretions to. enter
your body. If this is your option, use
latex gloves to touch her cunt, anddental dams (6" x 6" squares of latex,
or a cut-open condom) for oral sex.
Don't share sex toys, or cover themwith latex. These practices are especially important if one of you has her
period or a vaginal infection, as mv
has been found in both of these flUids.
Other women feel that the possibility of woman to woman transmission is small, and that safer sex isonly necessary if there is a history of
IV drug use, sex with a man or a
blood transfusion. This presupposes,of course, that you feel comfortableenough to ask these questions, andcan get an honest answer. It presumes that the sexual history of
every sexual contact of both women
i$ known.
Still other women in monogamous relationships want to engage
in "risky" behaviors, and choose to
use the HIV antibody test to decide
what's "safe." The antibody test is
only accurate from six to at least 18
months after your last' possible exposure to HIV. A negative test is unreliable if not enough time has
elapsed since your last risky activity.
It's also important to remember thatwoman may have a hard time being
honest about behaviors such as sex
with men and IV drug use that areoften not accepted within the lesbian community.

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New York, New York 10011
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are prOVidedbasically for and by gay
men, so women can be more isolated.than men.
Lesbian PWAsare also faced withhomophobia and discrimination.
Painful and humiliating problems arisearound visitation rights, property
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Anger Is Not Enough'W'

GMHC's Tim Sweeney, as poor a negotiator as Krim is a politician, compromised too much; Lambda's Tom Stode ,were on a roll.
We defeatedthedard refused to dirty his hands andkrappy Koch. No
took a trip to Paris; Ron Johnson had
more Wretched Ronnie and Nasty
to face the tormenting and unanswer-'
Nancy. The welcome mat In WashIngable existential question each Black
ton finally had our name on it. We
gay faces: am I Black or am I gay? I
plucked new drugs from the sky. We
don't know where Marie WtIson was.
were put on important national comWhen we lost our fight and themittees.
The media liked us for acity won Myers, we went crazy. Wechange. We were ·compared to' Greenalso forgot the years of good, solid
peace, the anti-war and anti-nukepublic service of some of the accused,
movements, the freedom uprisings in
as we tried to squeeze the pus out ofEastern Europe.
our sores.
"We".are the newly militant gays:
The one person we didn't yell at
brave soldiers on the front line, fightmust be laughing.
Ing for our lives.
The mayor we gave our love to
Suddenly things have turned shitty.
has, so far,. turned out to be an unNew research and experimental
grateful bastard and a deceitful prick.
drug trials have almost ground to a
I've even considered that he has INhalt. (Is Dr. Fauci powerless; has he
TENI10NAllYand very craftily turned
lost control at NIAID?) We know
us against each other. The Times
what has to be researched, but it isn't - called him "decisive."
I call him a
researched.
We know what new.
wimp. Because of his wimpiness indrugs must be tested, but we can't get . making a decision about the Myersthem tested.
We know which new
Mess for some two weeks, he poured
statistical' methods for testing experion the gasoline and we blew eachmental drugs and what new tests forother up. We fell into his trap, gOawviral efficacy will produce results in' ing at each other like the wounded
six months instead of three years, but
warriors we are.
we can't get these shorter systems apAnd Dinkins has done nothing toproved and started.
offer succor. To hear him referred to
And now there are all these pettyas the "great healer" is a sick joke.
.putrid articles and books about the
To think we might have to deal
myth of heterosexual AIDS. And mywith four more years of being treatedBlue Cross is going up from $2,381.40
so shabbily by yet another mayor
to $3,072.00 a year.
makes me want to puke.
So what do we do about all of
this? We have a local bloodbath. Our
Own sold us out so we turned on
I've recently talked to Dr. Robert
them, like starving buzzards circling
Gallo and Dr. Samuel Broder, two ofover the only available flesh. Neither
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all wrong, yet we all forgot each other.
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is a mess. The ChicagoTribune exco,questionable
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February 18, 1990

prize winning journalist, John Crewdson, followed by a Nal10nal Enquirertype guillotining by Randy Shilts In the
San Francisco Chronicle, has justabout done him In. All he can think ofis .clearing his name. Broder confirmed this. "Bob is being tied up In
knots. I can't talk science with him.
His mind is distracted and he can't
focus on it. Enough is enough already.
We can't treat Bob any better or worse
than anybody else. He's not productive. We've got to get rid of non-productive scientists. Productivity's thename of the game."
Jeffery Braff, the new head at
GMHC, has defended Tm Sweeney. "I
will not fire him," Braff has said mostemphaticallyon several occasions,even going so far as to elicit letters ofaffection and support of Sweeney fromthe numerous AIDS and social service
organizations that GMHC does business with.
For all his aaziness, for all the scientific chicanery that probably went onin his lab, Gallo still knows more
about AIDS than almost anyone
around.
He may even be essential.
But he's been rendered useless. In away, we killed him. A lot of us went
after him including Randy, the Native,
Charles Ortleb, Katie Leishman, Spin
Magazine; I've gone after him myself .
When Gabriel Rotello asked mewhat I thought of calling for Tim
Sweeney's head, r answered that I
thought it was too extreme. If we'regoing to ask for the resignation of everyone we disagree with, no one will
be around for very long.
In our. headlong rush to chop offheads, we never ask the question:
who else is there to do Tim's work?
To do Gallo's work?
GMHC is experiencing difficulties: volunteers attrition is at an all-time higb, forcing them to advertisefor volunteers for the Arst time in their
history (the pool of volunteers now
gravitates toward ACf UP); also, for
the Arst time, contributions and grants
are dwindling and the fiscal reserves
they've enjoyed in the past are dwindling, while the cost of their programs~ntin\le to grow. This Sweeney business has not helped.
But who else is there to do
GMHC's work?
Broder delivered a monologue onwhat he says is the biggest stumbling
block to an AIDS cure. (Fauci gave
me a similar answer in 1987.) The answer is this: Lack of scientists. Particularly the young ones, who do the hard
work, willing to put in aU-nightersseven days a week. "We have an incredibly small pool of people able andwilling to do the work," Broder said.
"People are certainly making a decision not to go into science. People areeven leaving science. Med students
are now saddled with such incredibledebts they can't afford it. We have tohave a commitment to have more people go into' it. One or two good young

scientists can_ make a big difference ina place like ours."
Twq or three years. New drugs
will be out in two or three years. New
tests will provide results in two or
three years. New programs will befunctioningin two or three years.
New labs will be open in two or three
years. Vaccines will be ready in two or
three years. Combination therapies
will control AIDS for a natural lifetimein two or three years.
We're stUl waiting for all of it. For
ten years.
And it 'makes us very, very angry.
And we take this anger .out oneach other.
We ask for Tim Sweeney's resignation and we destroy Robert Gallo andwe boycott the Native and we exile
Andy Humm and Tom Stoddard andwe carry our petty internal squabbling.
Who are we hurting here? Not ourreal enemies.
.
We throw stones at the easy targets and we are afraid of the real ones.
George Bush is our' enemy.
Mario
Cuomo is. our enemy. Daniel Patrick
Moynihan is our enemy. AlphonseD'Amato Is our enemy. Jesse Helms Is
our enemy. William Dannemeyer is
our enemy. Perhaps now-end it saddens me to say it so early- David
Dinkins may be our enemy.
Howmany ofihese have we gone after1 Really gone after? .
Don't get me wrong. I think Gallo
did awful things. And I think Tim
made a few bad mistakes. And I think
the Native can be a rag. And I think
Andy should shut up about the Church
action.
But it takes an awful lot of energy
to scream and yell and fight. And after
ten years, we only have so much energy.
Our troops are dying off fast. We've really got to be more sensible and prioritize;
So let's go after our real enemies.

* * * **And ANGER at our real enemies is
not enough. Anger is only the flr5t attack, the beginning. Stage One.
. NEGOTIATION
is Stage. Two.
Sending in the experts. To negotiatewith the other side. To tell them what
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Political Science

Eating Where They...
by Mark Harrington
Nearly all of the AIDS Clinical Trial
Groups (AGTG) princtpallnvestlgators
have some industrial consultative arrangements. Such consultations facilitate, rather than impede, proper conduct of ACTG trials by serving as achannel for communiCation and concernsfor both industry and government.
-Martin Hirsch, M.D., Principal
Investigator,
Harvard ACTU Chair,
AIDS Program Advisory Committee(APAC) Member, AIDS Clinical Drug
Development
Committee (ACDDC) ,ACfG Executive Committee, ACfG Primary Infection Committee.1

T

he U.S. biomedical researchestablishment maintains its
dominance in this country
by harnessing
the ambition of researcher physicians into the massive
bureaucratic funding mechanism of
the National Institutes of Health. During the last four years, the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACfG) of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID), has become virtually a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Burroughs-Wellcome Co., (makers of
AZT, Acyclovir, Pyrimethamine, Leuc;ovorin and alpha interferon) withseveral smaller franchises for othergiant pharmaceuticals
like BristolMyers (ddI, d4T) and HoffmanLaRoche (ddC, alpha interferon ... ). A
total of 9,206 people have enrolled in
ACTG trials in its first three years.

Over 80 percent of them were In AZT
trials-though
AZT was approved
over two-and-one-half years ago!
A genteel form of intellectual andmoral·corruption
is the driving force
determining which drugs the ACTG
tests and how. Examine the committees
on which Dr. Hirsch, for example, sits.
In December Hirsch testified against
proposed Nlli rules which would haverequired the disclosure, and in some34

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February 18, 1990

Let us examine the implications for
the ACfG of Hirsch's admission that"nearly all of the ACfG principal investigators rulve some industrial consultativearnmgements." What could this possibly
cases the abandonment, of industrial
mean? Are tbe hundreds of mtllions
fees given to researchers receiving federal funds. As chairman of the APAC, doled out annually by NIAID not enoughfor these PIs to do their job? Do they need
Hirsch is supposed to help oversee
funds from "consultative arrangements"
NIAID's AIDS Program. As a member
from companies whose drugs they're testof the ACDDC he helps select which
ing to complete the trials? Do the fees
drugs are most worthy of testing. As amember of the ACfG Executive Com- go into the PIs' pockets directly, or dothey subsidies laboratories, assistants,
mittee he helps determine which prototravel, publication fees, etc.? Do the feescols are "priority." As a member of thePrimary Infection Committee he tries to affect in any uoay decisions made by thepush for drugs having to do with mv ACI'G about which agents to test?
Do members of the AIDS Clinicalspecifically (as opposed to opportunisDrug
Development
Committee
tic infections, cancers or neurologicalcomplications). As a principal investi- (ACDDC), which awards drugs "high","medium", "low" priority or "not recgator (PI) he tries to make sure as
many of his o~ studies, or those of ommended for testing at this time" also
engage in "consultative arrangements"
his friends, are funded and prioritized.
And as a consultant for pharmaceuticals
with private sponsors?
No wonder people from small
he has his hand in the pockets of someof thQse whose drugs he's ruling on.
companies like Imreg, Integra, TNI, etc.
encounter such difficulty getting their
All in all, a decidedly messy situation.
drugs into trials! No wonder BurroughsIn December, the reseachers did
their best to scuttle the conflict-of-inWellcome has such an easy time! It's
terest guidelines. The APAC issued a those consultative arrangements theyreport saYing:
have with the ACfG PIs - the people
we thought, for the last three years,
In some circumstances tbe privawere only subsidized
with publiC
cy or other interests of investigators,
funds.
Publicly-funded
researchers
key employees, consultants (etc.)
shouldstrive
to
avoid
even
the suspiwoUld be jeopardized by tbe breaches .
cion of conflicts of interest. This wouldof confidentiality called for by tbls
make it unwise to accept, as they have,provision of theproposed gUidelines.2
money from corporate sponsors whose
Certainly disclosure would· emdrugs they are testing through NIAID.
Hirsch claimed that these· fees "facilibarrass those who are subsidized byboth public and private sectors.
tate, rather than impede, proper conWhat if sponsors were paying investiduct of ACTG trials by serving as agators who were supposed to mainchannel for communication." Is there
tain objectivity when they review pronot enough communication between
tocols for approval and for priority
industry and government
through
ACfG channels? Do PIs need to getstatus? The very existence of these"consultative
arrang.ements"
casts
paid just to pick up the phone? Before.another round of ACTG grants are
doubt upon the pose of objectivity
with which these fee-receiving PIs set
awarded, the public deserves to learn
ACfG research priorities. Their conhow much more the beneficiaries ofpublic largesse are receiving from pritinuing concealment jeopardizes theintegrity of the entire publicly-funaed
vate sponsors. ~AIDS research effort.
Notes
Ever attuned to the cries of corpo1. AIDS CJxIaIe 2:24, 12.25.89, p. 2.
rate i9terests, the federal government
2.
ibid., p. 3.
rescinded the proposed rules.

LElIIANS AND AIDS from .... 131

Although we are understudied,and virtually Invisible to the public,
dykes have embraced the AIDS activist
movement. lesbians have a long history of being politically active, and wehave brought tremendous energy to
the movement. There are some feminists, in .fact, who feel that we havedevoted too much energy to AIDS, that
It draws energy away from lesbian issues; But AIDS is a lesbian issue.
By bringing our agenda to the
AIDS movement, we broaden It. We
address the need for universal healthcare, and for responsible sex education and informed decision making.
We stand for choice and control over
our own bodies.
Lesbians are perhaps most at risk
through our denial of risk. Our active
involvement Is crucial to our survival.
More research into lesbian sex.
More research into women's body
flulda.
Condom companies must produce
better latex barriers for women.

Nota
1. Lee Chiaramonte, MLesblan.Safety and AIDS: The Very Last Palry Tale,·Vfs1b1Jutes, Jan.-Peb. 1988, p. 6.
2. Donna Minkowltz, "Safe andSappho: An AIDS Primer for lesbians,"
Wlage Votee, Peb. 21, 1989, p. 21.
3. John Waters, Urban HealthStudies, personal epmmunlcatlon, Jan.

1990.
4. VistbIIU1es, Ibid.
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GLAAD
TIO'INGSR

ec~nt developments
have
us wondering
If Toys R
Us should
changeits
name to Bigots R Us.
You may remember reading that
ABC-1V lost over a million dollars
worth of advertising revenue on an
episode of tblrtysometblng that depicted two
gay men sitting In bed.
GLAAD tried to unearth those companies
that canceled their ads.
While we were notsuccessful. (ABC has
Invoked a dense cloak
of secrecy to protect its
advertisers), we havesince learned that although Toys R Us advertised on the gay.themed episode, it ispulling its advertisements from future
episodes of the program.
The following is an excerpt of aletter that Toys R Us is sending to people upset about the company's sponsorship of the gay~themed episode:"At the time we make our commercial buys, we are not aware of thecontent of the individual programs.
While we strive to monitor the appropriateness of each program, the individual content of each episode is notavailable to us to review. Needless tosay, we were very disappointed with

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the content of the episode in question."
The company's decision to cancel
future sponsorship of tblrtys0methlng
appears to be a direct response to aletterwritlng campaign initiated by theAmerican Family Association (A.f.A.).
The campaign is directed against all
the companies that advertised on the
gay-themed episode. Toys R Us has
failed, so far, to disassociate itself fromthe homophobic views of the A.F.A.
.Consequently, the right wing group is
claiming that Toys R Us' action is acomplete victory for the A.F.A. against
tile evil forces of homosexuality.
Programs with non-stereotypical"positive" lesbian and gay charactersoffend the religious right wing only because they are offended by representations of the objective truth that the vast
inajority of gay people lead happy,
productive, loving lives.
Write to Toys R Us, and demandthat they Issue a public statement affirming that they do not avoid showswith positive gay or lesbian characters
In choosing television programs on
which to advertise. Suggest to themthat they demonstrate their commitment to quality. programming, regardless of gay and lesbian content, bysponsoring gay-themed programs in
the future. .It would also be appropriate for the company to give money tosocial service programs like Project 10
in Los Angeles that are directed at gay
and lesbian youth.
Write Robert Nakasone, President, Toys R Us, 461 From Road,
Paramus, NJ 07652. Or tall him at(201)262-7800.

Our second item is also about advertislng-thekind we wish wouldn't
happen. The subject is a bigoted onepage ad that Dodge Truck is placing inmagazines such as Outdoor Life.
According to AdverHstng Age, oursource for this item, the ad plugs theDodge Ramcharger 4 X 4 and stresses
how macho it is. Specfically, the adstates that the truck is "not a trendy
toy ...not built for the"beautiful people."
The ad concludes, "...it snacks on gravel and lumbers over logs. The only
thing it can't deal with is pansies.".As GLAAD has discovered throughits Reference Project, there are many
thesauruses
that will tell you that"pansy" Is a synonym for homosexual.
(We disagree but that's another story.
The point Is that many people In
America believe It.)this ad attempts to use bigotry tosell trucks by tapping Into the stereotype of gay men as silly and weak.
The subliminal message Is, If you
don't want to be like that, this is thetruck for you.
Besides its obvious bigotry, the adis troubling for another reason.
It
seems oblivious to
the fact that there Is ahuge, gay and lesbian consumer group
to be wooed. Recent
studies have shownthat gay people earnquite a bit moremoney than the national average. And
that gay people are
more likely than thegeneral public to be
influenced by advertising when deciding
on a purchase (which, in itself, might
not be somethingof which to "beproud). We deserve respect Simply forbeing who we are, and we also deserve respect as a significant consumer
group. Money is clout, whether welike it or not.
To complain about this ad, write:
J.L. Hickey, Manager, Corporate Advertising, Chrysler Motors, CIMS 416-1430, 12000 Chrysler Drive, Highland
Park, Michigan, 48288. Or call (313)956-5741.
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angry about. To tell them face to face
what we want from them that will
make us less angry.
Stage Three
is FOLLOW7HROUGH: seeing that the results of
the negotiations are obtained as quickly as humanly possible. Staying on topof each situation on a day-to-claybasis,never letting up the pressure.
Anger-the protests and the zaps
that ACf UP has mastered so beautifully-must continue through stages twoand three. Anger, threat, embarrass~ment-all comprisethe muscle that makenegotiationsand follow-throughwork.
Acr UP is not very good at stage
two, negotiation.
Nor is anyone else. in the gay
community.
Additionally, we don't have any
designated team of negotiators. That's
why there was such anger at Sweeney,
Stoddard,Johnson and Wilson. No one
had empowered them to speak for everyone, to give away our store. That's
also why there is always such fury
whenever GMHC makes a sweeping,major decision for all of us, without
having had the courtesy to ask ouropinion. We resent them playing theMother Church, being SO haughty andsuperior.
Acr UP, and everyone else in thegay and AIDS communities, including
GMHC,is wretched at stage three, follow-through.
I think this reason alone--that weare unable to follow-through-can prevent us from making any real progress,
politicallyor in ending AIDS.
All Acr UP knows is how to be
angry.
But it does not know how to use
this power. And it seems reluctant to .
learn.

Acr UP has plenty of smart street
troops.' But we have very few negotiators. And no experts at all in followthrough. (The few negotiators wehave-on our Treatment & Data Coinmittee-have changed history, not justbeen angry at it.).
. Can it be that Acr UP is' only interested in being angry?
Acr UP now welcomes some 500
men and women each and every
week. This is unprecedented. It's a lotof magnificent person-power, most of
it underutilized. And because we are
dreadfully organized and dreadfully
disorganized and because of our callous disregard for putting our house inorder and our equally callous disregard for negotiation and followthrough, Acr UP could very easily
piss away everything we have accomplished and all the power we've
achieved. We were children three
years ago, when we were born. Now
we should be growing up.
Will·we do it? Can we do it?
It will be a tragedy if we don't, or
can't.
(P.S. THE GAY COMMUNITY
MUSTFIND A WAYTO SPEAKWIlli
SOME PRETENSEOF UNITY. The
Myers Mess has brought this lesson
home yet again. How .are we goingto achieve this? How can we empower leaders who in tum networkwith us before they speak for us?·How can we form a reasonable rep~resentative government, if you will?
I know fellow OutWe'ek columniSt,
Art Leonard, is noodling over a few
ideas. Anyone else?) T

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,funded by th~ National Institutes of Health, has reported acontinual drop in the rate of new lflV infections among its
participants. Yet seroconversion (becoming HN-positive, as
indicated by the presence of antibodies) still occurs becausesome men in the study have not changed their risk behavior
even 3fter receiving preventive education and counseling.
The Chicago MACS study reported in 1988 that 63 percentof the more than 1,00.0 participants conSistently avoided
unprotected anal intercourse. The rest reported that they either
practiced safer sex intermittently or had made no changes intheir unsafe behavior.
Last December the Archives of Internal Medicine reported
that of more than 800 Los Angeles area gay and bisexual men
surveyed in 1987, 21 percent engaged in unprotected anal sex, at'least once during a two-month period, despite their knowledge that such behavior put them at high risk for contracting
AIDS.

An average of seven percent of rectal gononheal cultures
taken last year at eight New York City SID clinics frequented
by gay and bisexual men (including CHP) came up positive,
according to the Department of Health's Office of Lesbian and
Gay Health Concerns. Although that figure represents il four
percent decrease from 1986, when statistics were last compiled, it nonetheless indicates high-risk behavior that may
result in new AIDS cases.
It's important, however, not to draw a skewed conclusion
about gay sex in the age of AIDS from the bad news. The
belief that gay men are well-informed about safer sex and arepracticing it is not a pollyana-ish, self-congratulatory myth.
Safer sex education campaigns, devised and implemented
mainly by the gay male community itself, have brought abouta dramatic decline in the rate of new lflV infections.
Gay men, in response to AIDS, have made "perhaps themost dramatic health behavior change in recent history,"
according to a recent rePort by the Citizens Commission on
AIDS for New York City and Northern New Jersey, a nongovernmental, foundation-supported group that makes public
policy recommendations.
'
But the Citizens COmmission also decried the belief that"continued AIDS education for gay men is not necessary
because they have all adopted 'safer sex' practices." Although"gay men in general" have cut out high-risk sex, "some havebeen unable or unwlliing to do so and others have difficulty inmaititaining behavior change over long periods."

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Commercial sex establishments play a mixed roll in theprevention wars. Manhattan's two remaining bathhouses, theEast Side Club and its little brother, the Wall Street Sauna, distribute free rubbers and lubricant to patrons. At both clubs••..
taped messages regularly play over the loudspeaker system to
FRAGMENTARY INFORMAnON
Photo: Ellen B. Nelpns
remind men that "this is a safe sex establishment" and that
GMHC's Maggie Reinfeld
anyone found violating "the safe sex guidelines" posted on the
Two studies of continuing high-risk behav,ior among gay walls will be kicked out. Staff members make sure there's noand bisexual men were presented last June at the Fifth Inter- sex going on in the hallways, steam room or sauna or any
national AIDS Conference in Montreal. Research conducted in other "public areas" of the club.
',San Francisco found .that some 15 percent of a sample of 453
Neither the East Side nor Wall Street 'bathhouse can keep
men occasionally went back to having unprotected. anal sex tabs on what's going on in private rooms (except when exhiafter having adopted safer sex practices. A. study of 279 Aus- bitionists leave their doors open), but both places, throughtralian men found that more than 70 percent acknowledged
attitude and action, create a safer sex-supportive environment.
engaging in high-risk sex at least once during the previous
The East Side Club goes one step further, inviting GMHC outyear.
reach staff to give safer sex talks and show videos to th~ men
Similarly dismaying news has come from New York City. in towels.
,
A research team led by John L. Martin of the Columbia' UniverAt other pay-to-play establishments that are not gay tersity School of Public Health found that nearly 20 percent of a rain, such as the many ostensibly straight porno ,theatres
sample of 357 gay and bisexual men continued to engage in' where men meet men, there is little or no attempt by manageunprotected, receptive anal intercourse ~ late as 1987.
ment to discourage unsafe sex. My friend who frequents one
Rectal gonorrhea is ~onsidered an "indirect marker" for such place reports much unprotected buttfucking. There's one
possible lflV transmission. Late last year Morbidity and Morregular,"a beautiful boy," who drinks beer until he's hightality Weekly reported ,a surge of new gonorrhea cases among
enough to drop drawers and present his sweet ass to anyone
Seattle-area men-the first rise in these infections since 1982.
who can make it feel good, with or without a rubber ..
; At New York's Community Health Project, "We see rectal
No doubt many "men who have sex with men" go to places
gonorrhea all the time," says Jeff Engel, manager of the CHP 'like that theater. But there are two formidable barriers to educatnight clinic, where gay men can receive testing and treatment· ing porno-house patrons about safer sex. Management won't
for sexually transmitted diseases. "We're also seeing people
allow it because
they'd nave to acknowledge
theWho might not necessarily have a sexually transmitted disease
inadmissible-that gay sex actually occurs on the premises. And
but who've come to us for testing because theY've had unsafe
the patrons, many of them self-hating closet cases, will resist any ,~."attempts to get them to acknowledge their homosexual behavior.

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"We needed to fmd out what were the personal and social
Individual personality and social environme~t shape seXu- barriers to staying with safer sex over the long haul," says
al behavior, but there's much mystery in the dialectic of psy- ReWeld. "It was unrealistic to assume that everybody would
che and society. "We don't really know why people do what simply follow the safer sex guidelines once they've learned
about them. Emotions rise in contrast to what the mipd
they do sexually," says Maggie Reinfeld, Director of Education
knows."
at Gay Men's Health Crisis. "We have hints, good guesses andReWeld and Michael De Mayo, GMHC's Assistant Coordisome fragmentary information."
Reinfeld and other AIDS educators and researchers are, nator for AIDS Prevention Program Development, devised a
new program they called "Keep it Up." GMHC's earlier workhowever, learning more about the circumstances and situations
shops, says De·Mayo, "disseminated information in a safe andin which men are likely to slip into unsafe sex.
With AIDS being no short-term crisis but an epidemic of fun environment," but "Keep it Up" was deSigned to "go deeper"-to encourage men to acknowledge and confront their difuncertain duration, people at risk must make permanentchanges in their behavior. In time some men apparently suffer ficulties in sticking with safer sex.
Last December I participated in "Keep it Up" at the lesa kind of battle fatigue which leads them to let down theirbian and Gay Community Services Center. There were about
guard and have unsafe sex. They may rationalize risk by thinking, "he looks healthy," or they'll believe a partner who claims 60 of us gathered in the Center's vast third-floor meeting hall,i·to be mY-negative.
Cynicism about the efficacy of safer sex practices and asense of powerlessness to change long-standing patterns ofsexual behavior can spur risk-taking. And for some men who
suspect they're infected, or even know themselves to be, fatalism might overpower their better judgment: "I'm gonna get it
anyway, so why bother with rubbers?".
Drugs also have been implicated as contributing to unsafe
behavjor, either through impairing judgment or their purported
aphrodisiac effect. New York researcher John Martin foundthat "...the link between drug use and risk taking appears to
be a direct one, whereby stopping the use of drugswith sex isfollowed by dear and significant decline in rates of unprotected anal intercourse and risk of mY infection."
Love and intimacy, touted as the life-saving antidote todangerous "promiscuity," can actually be co-factors for AIDS.
A haIf-dozen men in the Pittsburgh MAGS study had unsafe
Photo: Ellen B. Neipris
sex (and later became mY-positive). because they fell in love -A SENSE OF BEING POWERLESSRonBld
Johnsonofthe
Minority
rat
Force
on
AIDS
with their partners, and felt that insisting on safer sex would.
somehow betray the trust between them. Or, because theya group that waS overwhe1minglywhite, middle class and "gaywere "swept away" by passion, they readily accepted theiridentified"---GMHC's traditional constituency. De Mayo, who,
partner's claims to be uninfected.
with ass~tance from two GMHC staff members, led the work"Love defmitely changes the picture," says Anthony]. Sil- shop, urged us to be candid and not censor ourselves, to use
vestre, a sociologist and research specialist with Pittsburgh"lots of 'I' statements" and not be judgmental of others.
MAGS. "It's easier for some men to practice safer sex with
After watching a brief (and to my taste, unerotic) safer sex
tricks or anonymous partners than to negotiate it when they'revideo, we mingled for a while, shaking hands and introducing
becommg intimate with someone."ourselves. A friendly, if not particularly cruisy sceI:le. Theil we
What's needed, says Silvestre, is preventive education that split up into smaller groups of eight or ten men for the day's
helps men deal with the impact of emotions on sexual deci- business, which turned out mainly to be making lots of lists.
sion-making and resist pressure from partners who want . What's safe, what's unsafe. What we liked, and didn't likeunsafe sex.
about condoms ("They taste like shit!"). We listed the gay organizations and activities we participate in, as well as "whatmakes us proud" of the gay community, the point being that
.Gay Men's Health Crisis pioneered risk reduction educainvolvement in a community whose norm is safer.sex provides.
tion programs for the gay male community. GMHC's first safer support for individual behavior.
When we yveren't making up lists we collectively createdsex· workshops were geared towards teaching men the basics
about AIDS and mY transmission, and how to protect themsafer sex scenarios (writing them on paper, that is) andengaged in role-playing exercises in which two men. "negotiatselves. In the early years of the epidemic, when terror anded"· safer sex .. De Mayo gave us the basic premise for each
uncertainty were rampant, this "primary prevention" education
was essential to promoting immediate behavior change that role-play. I was to persuade my "boyfriend," a cute, curly-haired ~d student, to let me fuck him rubberless.
could save lives.
"We've been together for a while now, we're a couple," I
Equipped with safer sex knowledge, many gay men
adjusted to the ongoing threat of AIDS by eliminating high':risk pleaded. "I swear I'll pull out before I come, whatsa matter,
don't you trust me?" My putative paramour would not besex. But for those 'who found it difficult to sustain behavior
swept away by my pleading, and he denied me entry. I, equalchanges over time, new prevention strategies were needed.

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ing into u~esex because we're still trying to get them to
Iy intransigent, insisted on not rubbering up, "just this once."
have safer sex in the fust place,» says Ronald Johnson, ExecuThe upshot was no nookie, but my partner made the righttive Director of the Minority Task Force on AIDS. His twopoint: in all encounters always insist on safe sex.
year-old Harlem-based agency provides preventive education,
This seemed to surprise some of the guys. One, a young. Frenchman, said he thought you could interpret the safer sex counseling, legal assistance and other services to its BI~ck andguidelines more liberally the better you knew your partner. He Hispanic clients.
Johnson says gay men. of color "tend to be a disjointed
was startled to be told otherwise. Another man, a latino from
Queens who had said 'little during the entire workshop, con- community, they're not as cohesive as white gay men." This
group sense, he says, makes it harder tofided to me that he and his lover of five years never used rub- underdeveloped
bers for fucking. When 1 told him that could be dangerous, he "build a community norm for safer sex."
looked stunned.
Poverty, racism and homophobia, observes Johnson, areHis and the Frenchman's admissions were, however, the formidable obstacles to community-building. These socia1 ills
only instances of self-revelation 1 heard all day. The men at converge to "wreak havoc on the self-esteem of gay men of
the workshop were smart and articulate to the point of glib- . color, and foster a ~nse of being powerless to change one's
ness, but surprisingly reticent about their own sexual activity life, to protect one's self.»
The Minority Task Force offers two types of prevention
and how they felt about it. 1 didn't hear anybody own up toprograms for homosexually-active men. Focus groups, confeeling angry or depressed about having to give up or change
ducted in a task force volunteer'S home with ten to 20 men,
educate participants about HIV transmission and safer sex
techniques. Johnson says the small, informal focus groups
work well with men of color "who don't necessarily identify
with the gay movement and may feel uncomfortable in large,
overwhelmingly white forums.»
The one-time focus groups are followed up with continuing support groups that try to reinforce the lessons about safer
sex. "The message ~, 'Okay, now we know what safer sex is,what are the psychological hang-ups that might prevent us.from practicing it?'" says Johnson.
To men whose self-esteem may be damaged by racism
and homophobia, "we stress the importance of taking care of
one's self, and that safer sex is part of the definition of that."
Culture greatly complicates prevention efforts among
Hispanic men, according to Luis Nieves, coordinator of
Entre Hombres, a project of the Hispanic AIDS Forum that
-NOT OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT SEXPhoto: Ellen B. Neipris
targets gay and bisexual men. Latinos who are connected
Luis NiB"B. of thB Hispanic AIDS Forumto the larger North American gay commuriity-"aminorityfavorite sex practices. Nor did 1 he:l! any acknowl~gement of of a minority"--are more likely to practice safer sex construggles with safer sex along the lines of "I try to keep it safe, Sistently than those who are less gay identified
and
but it's tough and sometimes 1 fuck up."adhere more closely to traditional, religious-based moral.
De Mayo was obViously frustrated by our unwillingness to values.
let our hair down. Several days later he totd me that of theTell some latinos they should always use condoms andfour "Keep it Up" workshops he'd let ours was "the most resis- they'll think you're suggesting they're promiscuous. "I'm notant" when it came to "revealing and admitting."
puta (whore)," they'll say. "I only go with one person at a"'
"People were more interested in knowing why rubbers
time.» Says Nieves, "That person may go to a disco, meet somebreak than in dealing with their feelings," he said.
one and stay with him a week. Maybe he'll do that every week
But maybe· all that compulsive list-making provided a and have 52 partners a year, and say, 'I'm not promiScuous.'
handy distraction from dealing with emotional business. Could .
"I would say to that person, 'look, promiscuity is not-thebe that the workshop design itself needs some re-thinking.
issue, it's whether you're engaging in high-risk behavior' by
Reinfeld says "Keep it Up" is "a tool for identifying issues, one
not using condoms."
piece of a long~r term strategy." The workshop is the first ofAccording to Nieves, many homosexually-active latinos
its kind, she notes, and it is still evolving.
are married to women and are having anonymous gay sex in"We're in uncharted waters here," she says. "We're invent- theaters, parks and public bathrooms. "It's very hard to get
ing a field as we go along.~
them to talk about what they do," Nieves says. "And because
they don't identify as gay, they don't see themselves as members of a high risk group." Preventive education for thesemen should "just deal with the issue of having sex-the mesGMliC would like to see other AIDS organizations adopt
sage should be,-'if you are having sex, you have to take care
"Keep it Up" as a model for their own safer sex continuing-ed.
efforts. Some of those groups, however, doubt whether a pro- of yourself. '"Nieves, echoing Ronald Johnson, doubts a large, "Keep itgram geared mainly to middle class, openly gay whites isUp"-style workshop would appeal to many latino men. "Theappropriate for the people they serve.
latino community in general is not open to talking about sex,
"We can't really talk about preventing people from relapsn&:{',x,'.-.-.·

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which is seen as very personal." Entre
Hombres, like the Minority Task Force,
conducts small, at-home focus groups
that loosen inhibitions and get people
talking. But these groups, says Nieves,serve a more profound end by "helping
to create a sense of gay community"thatsustains a commitmentto safer sex.

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AIDS educators agree that innova. tive new prevention programs are needed for men who have unsafe sex forreasons other than a lack of information.
Without such efforts, there'll be newcases of HIV infection among those'who've already been educated.
The next wave of AIDS educationmust focus on more than sexual behavior. It will have to, address the inipact ofemotions and intimacy on .risk-taking,and how to re$istpressure from partners
to behave unsafely. Drug users andheavy drinkers, and self-destructiveand
depressed 'people, will need counselingto supplement safer-sex education. For
these and other gay men at risk, preventive education may have to be ongoingto reinforce changes.
Meanwhile, basic risk reduction
informationhas yet to fullyreach substantial numbers of those who need it, including men of color,bisexualsand youths.
Who's going to pay for these
efforts, the innovations and the catchup work? The federal gove~nment has
the most resources at Its disposal, but
Its history of support for preventive
education aimed at gay and bisexual
men is a dismal one. Thanks to Jesse
Helms and other congressional reactionaries, no Centers for Disease Control 'CCDC)funds can go to programs.
that "promote or encourage" homosexual activity. The only acceptable message Is, "just say no."Local and state funding for creativeeducation campaigns, Including safersex maintenance, is far more likely thanfederal support. But the prospects for
public funding are gen'erally poor
because most government monies for
AIDS go to health care delivery-andeven those appropriations ~e notoriously inadequate.
When it comes to saving livesthrough education, the gay community
today is pretty much' in the same position it's be~n in throughout the AIDS
epidemic: forced to rely on its own creativityand commitment. T
Photo: Michael Wakefield

February 18, 1990

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Photo: Michael Wakefield.... t time .... IInded on the WIcked Witch of the list. this time It'I the One Hour Photo on URI Strut.
--M.S.

February11, 1990

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BY

DearBrad:. After a discouraging encounter
some time ago with a man who
claimed to be peripheral
Germannobility and, to prove it, saddled mewith an intimidating bar tab, I've been
understandably
reluctantto getinvolved again socially. Still, loneliness got the better of reason and I
found myself making a date with thisperson, Arthur, whom I kept running
into at the deli. He didn't want toexchange phone numbers -b\:lthe told
me instead to meet him at the theater
where he works.
When I arrived there that night
Arthur said he hoped I wouldn't mind
but friends had dropped in unexpectedly from Australia and he'd invitedthem and some other people along.
This date suddenly burgeoned into
one of those unwieldy groups that
can't decide where to go. We walked
over to Sam's restaurant, picking up a
23-year-old actor named Travis along
the way and losing the Australians
entirely. Sam's was, of course, too

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crowded and we ended up next door
at Barrymore's--except
for Arthur'sother friends who'd spotted somepeople they knew at the bar.
By the time we were seated at
Barrymore's there was only Arthur andmyself and this kid, Travis, whoordereda whiskey
sour
andannounced that he'd been called backfor a revue of Barry Manilow songs.
Arthur asked me where I was from. I
said Houston and Travis announced
that he had just broken up with someone from Houston and that it would
all be in his book one day. Arthur
admitted that he, too, was in the process of breaking up with his lover
who was also his roommate who wasalso from Houston. The conversation
came to a halt and our waiter asked if
we'd like another round. Travis
announced
that he'd like a Tom
Collins and a plate of fried calamari.
Arthur, as it just so happened, is anactor as well and the two of thembegan a lengthy comparison of scene
study classes followed by an extensive

and highly critical dissection of Grand
Hotel. Travis ordereda Brandy
Alexander and the waiter asked to seesome 1.0. About this time I becameaware that Travis and Arthur were
holding l)ands under the table. The
waiter brought the Brandy Alexander
and insisted we settle the bill. Travis
suggested going downtown to EightyEights and I was just'about to decline
when I realized that I hadn't been
included in the invitation. Arthur andTravis each gave me five dollars andArthur told me to stop by the theater"sometime." They both vanished while
I made up the difference.
Frankly I feel cheated. My funds
are not unlimited and if every man I
meet is going to skip out on the bill I
think I'd rather stay home.

-BurnedDear Burned:I understand, perhaps better thananybody, how difficult it can be toresume social activities after anunpleasant experience (and, really, isthere any other kind?) with German
aristocracy. You must, however, makethe effort, though as you!ve learned,
this does not mean falling in with performers. Nobody said it better than
Irving Berliil when he wrote, "there's
no people like show people" unless,of course, it was Joan Didion when,in another context, she wrote about"people llloved by strange, conflicted;
poorly comprehended and above all,devious motivations." What you need -.
to do is seek out more essentiallyrealiable sort of people, like businessaffairs administrators or political science majors or, yes, even advice
columnists,
Warning:under no circumstances,. if you're tired of getting stuckwith the tab, should you go out todinner with activists. They'll not only
stiff you but they'll call you a Nazi
war criminal and demand your resignation as their date in the process ....

By Michelangelo Signorlle
There it was on the newsstand: the
National Enquirer W,ith the homophobic
headline, "Branded a Gay, Cher's Daughter
Chastity Fights Back." It was an "exclusive
Interview· which promised "the truth
about Cher, men and Chastity," and reported that "Chastity Is raging mad overbeing branded a gay In recently published reports." This, of course, comes
just weeks after Star reported, oCher "Shattered as Daughter Chastity Tells' 1
Her: I'm Gay.·
What exactly Is going on here?
,Well, what we're supposedtobelieve Is that the sleazy tabloid Star j
once again ponted misinformation,
namely that Chastity Bono Is a lesbian.
And that, In the spirit of competition,
the other sleazy tablOid, ~atlonal, jEnquirer, got an exclusive interview
with Chastity, who wanted to set the 'record straight, so to speak, and let 'everyone know that she 0/ coune likes
men and Is not one of them.
But a few phone calls, some dlg- ,glng, some tip-offs and lots of yellingand screaming have revealed the real
story, which Is much more sordid, withlots of sleazy characters.
Sadly, It .
seems Chastity Bono Is yet anotheryoung leSbian being victimized by powerful forces. Making her decisiOns, pushing~er around are: a homophobic
recordcompany, a manipulative, powetful, internationally-recognized public relations finn
where gay Is a dirty word (even though'half of the staff Is queer, of course), a
mother, who, at worst, wants her daughter
to be depicted as a heterosexual because
she's worned about both their careers, and. who, at best, doesn't care one way or theother, even while her daughter Is being
victimized by so many people; and aslimy, sensationalist, money-hungry media
which loves to feed a homophobl~ society.
To flesh out the story we go back to
Jahuary 2. That's when Star first printed Its
piece about Chastity coming out and
Cher's reaction. Whether or not the story
was true, gay media analysts commendedi'I

the Usually homophobic Star for the way
they had handled It. "When we first read In
Star that Chef Is going with Chas to a therapiSt, we figure the worst-that
they'regoing to mess with Chastity's mind and try
to change her. But the therapy Is fOI:Cher,
It turns out, to help her adjust to herdaughter's
sexual orientation,"
writesHenry Yeager In OutWeek's
GLAAD
ndlngs column a few week's later (No. ,32,
Feb. 5). Yeager also points out that there Is
a' sidebar published next to the article
offering helpful information for parents
who may find out that one of their children Is gay or lesbian. The editors thenpresent a series of the "most often asked
questions·with answers by Paulette
Goodman,president
of Parents a'nd
Friends of lesbians and Gays.
Although it goes without saying that

Ism pro/esslonally, and feels that It does
hurt careers If It Is known). The two, I'm
told, have a fairly good relationship.
Chastity became somewhat of a pop
hero In the gay and lesbian community In
the next few weeks, her lesblanlsm being
so public.
Then all of the demons began to knockheads.
A couple of weeks later a little Item on
Page Six (New York Post) appeared:·Chastlty Bono-perhaps
reacting to stories In Star that she prefers the company ofwomen-hasbeen seen around towrt with
two guys lately."
The following week-lastweek~thecompletely hqmophoblc Enquirer story hit
the stands. But In its ·excluslve Interview,"
Chastity said lots of things and refuted lots ofthings, but never stated, "I 3m not a lesbian. "She called the Star article ·phony· andsaid it was packed with "lies." She said
that she and her mother were never In
therapy. She said that she and her motherhave a great relationship. She said her
mom Is not pregnant, as had been reported. She even said she "dates' men.' But
nowhere in this misleading article does
she refute her homosexuality. Why no!?
According to Enquirer, ."Chastity's sofurious over the' gay reports that she
refuses to even dignify them with alengthy denial. 'Why be so blatant? It
will just add fuel to their phony stori~,'she fumed." (Give me a break!) Even
Cher is quoted ,in the article making
vague statements. And her publicist, lois
Smith of the huge publicity finn PMK,
also Interviewed for this piece, said,'oCher is sick and tired of the vicious
rumors and outright lies contained In
published reports about her and her- daughter." But darling lois r:tever alludes
to exa-ctly which rumors. And I doubt
she ever will.
the piece was sensationalist, It wasn't all
The biggest question here is: Whothat homophobiC and was, I'm sure, helparranged this? Who set up this Interview?
ful}o many people across the country try- Given Chef's antagonistic, even violent
Ingtoaccepttheir,'
chlldren's
relationshipwith the tablOids, (herhomosexuality. It also was Interesting thatboyfriend once hit a Star photographer)
the story centered on Cher's not accepting
which regularly rip her to shreds, why on
her daughter's homosexuality, rather thanearth would she have her daughter speak
simply the fact that Chastity Is a lesbian.
to National Enquirelf Why would she 'berThis fact was actually taken for granted, as
self speak to them and give such wretched
if most people knew already, which has,tabloids-whichhave given her so manyof course, been the case in many circles in headaches-any
credibility? Why would
New York City for severiU years. The real
, Cher's publicist, being a professional who
inaccuracies In Star's story may actually lie handles the media, let her client talk to
in Cher's reactions.
. these very tabloids? (ThInk about It. This Is
According to several sources I ,spOke
CHER. International superstar. Icon of bilwith, Cher has known of Chastity's lesbianlions. She does not give intelViews to justIsm for about two years and has no probanyone. She, in fact, at this stage of thelems with It, personally. (l say perSonally,
game, rarely gives any intelViews.) WHY
because other sources claim that Cher
TIlE PUCK WOULD TIlE PUBUCIST HERthinks differently about Chastity's lesblanSII GOSSIP WATCH on pall 49

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With Liz and Sydney

Out On the Town
Uz and Sydney:

If you have VCRs and/or cable 1'1, you probably had more fun
this week than we did. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't keep
reading. The best gossip usually comes from the strangest sources.
Sydney: This week, we were given the choice of attending
two X parties; Shescape's X-Party, which, to my surprise, required
attendees to bring or meet a former lover, and David Leigh and
Lee Chappell's Locomotion, an unofficial X-travaganza at the
Ro-X-y. We figured the Roxy would be slightlY more hospitable
than a small room filled with jilted ·and possibly hostile lesbians. I
reconsidered this decision once we arrived at the club and greeted by a certain doorperson most ungraciously, gesturing towards
us, asking, What are these?'
Uz: I would have gestured back, but I'm a nice girl. Afterbeing lied to (Sydney: We were supposidly on the guest list, a
not uncommon procedure when having press at your eNent), wewere sent inside with discount tickets, and essentially made to pay
for the prMlege of covering this party. We were not the only people who had a "misunderstanding:" we later learned that a twotime (not two-timing) Miss Boy Bar and this year's runner-up werealso blown off at the door.
Sydney: O1ce inside, we noticed the ao\oVd did not justify thewait at the door. Basically, a knock-off Copa, Locomotion featured
glitter and club kids crammed in eNery empty spot. The eNening was,at times, schizophrenic; the most memorable eNents being a dragqueen (with a seemingly endless set of wardrobe changes) and a lesbian feigning sex on a swing, and a boy and a girl (horrorslll) attempting actual sex under the stairs to the sort-of VIP room.
Uz: Suffice it to say, it was only when a fine looking young
man approached a friend of ours, asking to be introduced to the~cut~ blond bo! he had had the door people pull out of thecrowd, did reality finally come clear:Once again, I was being mistaken for a gay Ilian.
Sydney: I am rea/tired of being treated like riff-raff because I
left my miniskirt and heels at home. In an effort to educate insensitive club people who profit from gay or gay friendly eNents andyet exclude lesbians and gay men not deemed "hip,' liz and I are
preparing a PRcampaign. We are currently snapping photos ofdifferent dyke types. Press kits will be mailed to all promoters anddoor people (Uz: Along with the correct spelling of Sydney'sname), so that any party targeted to gay or mixed crowds will also
admit lesbians without harassment.
Uz: I'm sony to SlfI that the Wednesday night parties, a k aClub Couture, at 21 Hudson, have stopped. The night it closed
was very fun; eNetYOne knew each other and drank for free; at least
one of those things always guarantees a good party. The scheduled performer, Sister Codle, instead of her act, shot a mean gameof pool, displaying an amazing knack for accuracy while draped! hotly on the table.
.
~
Listen up: Kenny Kenny, Bella Bolskl and Sister Dlmen(• J slon's pansexual Panty Girdles has moved to Sunday nights. Fasten your corsets, it's going to be a bumpy ride .•F'lVeReasons Why There Aren't Enough Lesbian Personals in OutWee!<:
1. There aren't enough lesbians, period.
2. The word "cunnilingus" costs $10.00 to have in the ad.
3. The lesbian community in New York City is so small, eNeryone will know it's your ad.
4. Who can compete with "HOT STUDCOP"?
5. Lesbians don't feel comfortable buying into the heterosexist, patriarchal idea of stating "Photo: a musr. (Except, of course,
for Liz, who would ask for measurements.)

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GOSSIP WATCH from page 47
SELF SPEAK TO THE PAPER AND GETHERSELF QUOTED?
The answer isbecause publicist Lois Smith is muchsmarter than you think.
Star and Enquirer are at the same
"credibility level," as I like to call it. The
Globe, The Weekly World News and the restof tyhe tow-headed-aliens-give-birth-tothre~-headed-humanpublications are at,much lower credibility levels, while People
is at a much higher one. If Smith, for whatever reasons, wanted to refute the fact that
Chastity is a lesbian, she would not go to
People magazine, for instance, because thatwould be elevating even the notion of
Chastity's lesbianism and also would bringin a whGle new audience.
No, it's best to stay within the sameaudience market as Star. That way, most of
the same people who read the Enquirer
story will be the same ones who read theStar story and will, hopefully realize thatStar wasn't telling the truth. Everyone else
wouldn't pay attention, as they normally
don't to those papers anyway. It's a' smart
idea: Just let the sleazy tabloids battle
it out. It's worth it because, frightening
or not, millions of people read thisshit and they believe what they readand you simply cannot have themthinking this hideous thing about yourclient. Of course, you'd have to get
the clients-Cher and Chastity-to talkto the publication because it's the only
way you'll get the story in and get it
the way you want it. There's a .big
payoff in supplying an "exclusive
interview' to these sleaze rags. You
can, for instance, tell them EXACfLY
THE WAY YOU WANT THE STORYFRAMED. YOU CAN DEMAND CERTAINQUESTIONS NOT BE ASKED. YOU CAN
DEMAND THAT THEY UNCONDITIONALLY ACCEPT CERTAIN THINGS AND STILLFRAMETHE STORY THE WAYYOU WANT
IT. It's totally fme with them. They are notjournalists.
They don't care about thetruth. Their attitude is, "Great, fme, whatever you say as long as you get me theinterview and I can slap your client on thefront page and make millions and ffiillions
and millions of dollars."
I have it from two different sources at. Enquirer, on conditions of anonymity, that
Lois Smith orchestrated and facilitated thearticle in that paper in which Chastity gives
her exclusive interview. Smith is out of thecountry, and could not comment eventhough I was told that they actually havephones now in Paris. I ~ad lengthy talks
with her assistant, Mara Buxbaum, andwith PMK Vice President Alan Eikorn, who
said, "I don't know if Lois had anything to

do with that story. I haven't even read it
myself." But most of what I discussedwith both Buxbaum and Eikorn was ofanother matter entirely-awhole othertwist in this seemingly endless tale.
It turns out that the men Chas was seen
with-andwrittenabout
on Pige
Six-were guys in her band. But rumors
started circulating that one of them wasactually an employee of PMK who was
otdered to be her "beard"--escort
heraround, get in lotS of piaures, act as her
boyfriend. Of course this could have beena silly rumor. We all know how things startand then spread like wildfire.
But this thing was coming from all different places. It was coming from people outside the eniertainment business who justhappened to know some of the' principles
involved and it was coming from people
inside PMK itself. Soon columnists at thedailies (at least, every one that I'm on speaking terms with at this poir:it) had heard thestory and each had a different, new fact toshare. Some had heard that Chastity'S record
company had started this whole thing, andthat they wanted her lesbianism sql!elChed

l!Illl1edtately. Others heard it was all Oemg
done under Cher's orders. Others had been
told who it exactly was in PMK who was
the alleged beard. None wrote about it
because, for the dailies, homosexuality is ano-no to play around with.
Mara Buxbaum, Smith's assistant, flatly
denied that these allegations were true andseemed quite upset at my questions. She
never refuted that Chastity is a lesbian,however, and even" at one point said thatas the gay press "I should understand"
Chastity'S predicament,
implying that I
should help her hide. I said that I precisely
understood her predicament and saw that
she was being victimized by everyone elsearound her, including Ms. Smith. I also told
her that if PMK were responsible for thehomophobiC story in Enquirer, that particular publicist should be flCed instantly ..
PMK vice president Alan Eikorn "and I
got into a long, sometimes heated, philosophical discussion of my tactics; one
which eventually had us discussing Barry
Diller, David Geffen and Liz Smith (Daily

News). I told him that I thought Cher
should have a press conference
andannounce that her daughter is a lesbianand say it's wonderful. He accused me ofall sorts of things from playing God tobeing just like the Enquirer. But he didlater say that he understood my political
agenda. And he even said this was all making him think about a lot of things. "It'sdifficult. It's not easy. But I understartd."
He of course still denied that the company had given Chastity a beard, evenwhen I mentioned that certain rumors had
it that it was bis assistant who was said tobe the fake boyfriend. "Absolutely false,"
he said. "My assistant's never even met
Chastity. Look, we are not a pimping agency. This is not Hollywood of the 1940s. It's
the 199Os.We don't do things that way."
Of course, I didn't have to tell him thatthings haven't changed. He knew that. Just
as he knew that there were some reallysleazy elements to his job; times when he'dbe at Odds with who he is,"Yes, in our 20minute conversation I figured ber story out.
Not more than two hours after I got off
the phone with him, a close, dear friend
called. He told me the story of how he
had met this guy, in a place where gay
boys always meet, and it was someone
he knew-someone
he knew who
worked for PMK. The guy told him of
how he WllS supposed to go out onenight with Chastity Bono. The guy said
that he was told to just escort her andbe "vague-not to actually say he washer boyfriend, but not to actually refute
it . But, he said, the date fell through.
The guy's name is Robert, my friend
said. I called PMK and asked for Alan
Eikorn's office. I then asked for Robert,
and was told that Robert wasn't in-but
there is a Robert and he happens to be,
you guessed it, Eikorn's assistant.
. This all makes sense now. The guy
obviously has a big mouth, and has told
lots of people this story. It got 'all over theplace before he actually had the date.
Therefore it was all canceled. And therefore Eikorn is not lying when he says his
assis,tant doesn·t. know Chastity. Theynever had a chance to meet.
But I say to Eikorn, PMK and the rest
you slugs: THE TIME HAS .COME. WE .
WILL NOT ACCEPT BEARDING ANY
LONGER. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVEYOU FUCKING SELF-LOATHINGQUEERSGET OTHER SELF-LOATHING .QUEERS
TO BEARD STILL OTHER SELFLOATHING QUEERS. And I suggest everyone call PMK at 212-582-1111. Tell them
you're calling regarding Cher and Chastity,then just keep repeating:"STOP THE
BEARDING, STOP THE BEARDING, STOP
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but it's not because of anything that's contrived or intended; it's the' nature of. theway things get made." And the way things
get made is cheaply-usually Super 8 film
stock, and locally~ot
in one's apartment
or neighborhood with mends as cast andcrew. It's a mode of operation one ftImmaker has labeled "availabist"-using
what's available to make art.
Jack Waters started Naked Eye
Cinema with fellow filmmaker Leslie Lowein February of 1985. Coming from a dance
and perfonnance background, Waters had
begun using film as a medium of expression and wanted somewhere to show his
work. He and Lowe created Naked Eye asa sort of floating film venue--a constantly
changing program popping up at' various
sites around New York. It quickly expanded beyond their own work. "We were.".~"".'.
" interested in seeing films that other people
GEITING CHESTY IN JACK WAlFRS' MALE GAYZE
were making ...as well as ftIms that had ahistorical reference," according to Waters. Early screenings
included fJims by Sergei Eisenstein, Hollywood classics andwhat Waters calls "the academic stuff." But the focus remainedon innovative, independent films.
This open attitude attracted gays, iesbians and straightwomen to Naked Eye, a make-up which still characterizes
many of the screenings. Though Waters shuns such labels
as "gay mm collective" or "feminist collective," he will conceed a general attraction to ideas that challenge dominantculture, as well as an interest in paganism, which seems tolink much of the work included over the years. "It's justabout wanting to get away from a patriarchal perspective
on culture and wanting to get back to a point in history
by Karl Soehn1ein
where matriarchy was a strong influence ...and examining
how that relates to contemporary life."t'seasier to talk about what Naked Eye Cinema isn't
The latest incarnation of this complex of interests andthan what it is. It's not a mm coUective. It's not a pro- ideas can be seen this weekend at the Anthology Film
duction company. It's not an exhibition space. It is, in Archives. Waters has curated a mixed bag of work with elethe words of its founder, Jack Waters, "a screening vehicle." ments of horror, camp" theater, poetry and politics. On Friday,
More precisely, Naked Eye is a gathering of filmmakers, a group show includes veteran underground filmmaker Mike
mostly from the Lower East Side of Manhattan and mostly Kuchar's aptly titled Splatter Movie, an over-the-top spoof thatmaking short, eXperimental work. Describing what constitutes manges to be both a real gross out and a guilty pleasure; The"experimental" is also often eaSier to do in the negative: not Golden Bird of Paradise, by Philly, a filmmaker who desaibes
mainstream, not professional-that is, not polished,' slick or her style as Neo-Sharnanism-A-Go-Go (as Waters says, "If you
made easily accessible by narrative filin codes. And, as Waters have to have a label, it might as well be totally ridiculous");explains, it's not always successful: "We kind of learn by mis- and Miss Kilt by Carl George, which intercuts a couple doing
takes and by observing and by helping each other."
the tango with footage of the New York City Cat Show'in a
The "we" Waters refers to is a core group of filmmakers vague homage to Eartha Kitt (fragments of her feline voice
who have exhibited with Naked Eye consistently over the provide the film's soundtrack). These films come off as simyears. Though often lumped together by criti<;s,Waters and ple, silly fun-not necessarily great cinema but certainly free
his cohorts adamantly resist attempts to define their style. from the rigid predictabl1ityof most filmgoing experiences.
"That's something we're really very strongly against," he says.
Two of the fums on FridaY's program deserve special"ObViously it's convenient to describe things in groups and mention. DHPG Mon Amour, also by Carl George, andcategories. There are similarities and relationships between the Elegy in the Streets, by Jiin Hubbard, powerfully document
films and the mmmakers that seem to be somewhat consistent
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M

They waste millions of tax 90ll~ in an
incomprehensible attempt to turn the
crumbling town into a tourist trap. With
Moore's. acerbiC wit to guide Waugh
this stupifying civic vaudeville, 'Roger &.
Me is the funniest movie of any genre
in 'recent memory:. But Moore returns
repeatedly to the deputy whose fulltime job it is to evict people from theirhomes. The humQr evaporates in a
flash. Roger &, Me is also the mostcategorize. It's relentless and willfully
one-sided. As a "documentary,· themovie's disregard for chronology
seems to undermine its integrity, andcritics feel personally betrayed when
they learn "the truth. n
But Roger & Me is not 60 MinUtes.
Moore never claims to be fair. He's
honest, though his honesty is at theservice of his point ·of view. To. his
mind, no denunciation of GM can be
too strong or too skewed. His chief
weapons are his sense of injustice andhis sense of humor, and he brings bothto bear with a vengeance. To highlight
GM's unresponsiveness to the havoc

ichael Moore is a big
man full of big contra.
dictions. His docu-tragicomedy, Roger & Me, is a merciless
indictment of General Motors for having eliminated 30,000 jobs in Flint,
Michigan, thereby reducing the city toa virtual ghost town. Moore seems achampion of the little man, the common worker. Yet the average Joe is
not exempt from his scorn. On The
Tonight Show, he mocked the local
gophers who drive him around on
movie publicity tours-workers
of adifferent ilk th;m UAW members, certainly, but a harmless group anddecidedly on his side. Why make funof them? Because he can't standphonies of any ilk.
On the other hand, Moore himself is somewhat two-faced. #-e has
the unthreatening
demeanor of an
out-of-work clown, but his appearance sugar-coats a deep cynicism andON TOP OF THE WORW IN FLINT
bitter sense of irony. One of the readepressing film in recent memory---allthey've caused, he builds the movie
sons he never got past P.R. and securitrue, and no happy ending.
around his futile quest to talk to GMty people while making his movie
But the most glaring contradicchairman Roger B. Smith. The effect of
may be that no one took his
tions became obvious only whenthat structuring device is to make it
disheveled teddy bear too seriously.
Film Comment editor Harlan Jacobson
seem that events that occurred in 1982That's also probably why air-headed
85 took place after 1985, when the lastcelebrities like Pat Boone and Miss , confronted Moore 'with the way themovie modifies the' sequenceofround of lay-offs were announced andMichigan launch so easily into dopey
events. Moore makes it appear thatwhen Moore started filming.
platitudes on camera. Newlywed Gamethe deterioration and governmental
If we're misled, howev~r, it's only
host Bob Eubanks is so comfortableidiocy of the last decade all occurredby that false sense of narrative com'talking to Moore that he proceeds toduring the last two or three years. He
pression. The source of Flint's troutell a joke that Simultaneously insults
deplores the dishonesty of GM andbles is equally true in any chronology:
women, Jews and gays.
city officials, yet he too has apparentin the greed-dominated Reagan era, a'The internal contradictions extend
ly pulled a fast one on the audience.
big corporation saw nothing wrong
to the film itself. It's an outrageous,Is this another example of his secretwith ruining thousands of lives simply
hilarious parade of human stupidity on
to increase already huge profits. Thea grand scale. As Flint is'dying, city offi- contempt for the little people?
Not really. In fact, it's a nonissue.
parade of public idiots glossing overcials pay feel-good snake-oil salesmen
Roger & Me, is a kind of advocacy
the destruction would be no less dislike Robert Schuller and Anita Bryant tofilmmaking media critics can't easily
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responsibility, as well as the possibilityof an implicit questioning of the importance SOciety places on blood ties:
Unfortunately,such questioning neverreally occurs. Instead the film becomes
more and more of a Freudian fantasy
that ultimately only reinforces conventional images of women as inevitably
repressed and borderline hysterical.
If Sweetie's arrival is something of arelief, it is because she is initially the
antithesis of her controlled, and controlling, sister. Way out of control, Sweetie's
role shifts in the film from the unwanted
guest to the physical manifestationof
Kay's own' repressed fears of losing control. If Kay's phobia is of trees (a phobia
played out in dreams), it is appropriate
WEIRD SISTERS SWEmE (GENEVIEVE LEMON) AND KAY (KAREN COLSON).
that Sweetie consistently pretends to bea dog, an anim?U for whom trees are
something only to pisS on. It is the alternately dog- and child-like nature of
Sweetie that is completely absent in Kay.
And though it is sometimes so extreme
as to be pathetic in Sweetie, it can berecognized as necessarily so, if seen as arepresentation of Kay's imagined fears ofher fear of lrees, a them! that is SIrongly
her own desires.
reinforced in the first part of the fJim,. Reinforcing
the Freudian drama,
even before Sweetie appears. When
Sweetie also fills the role of "daddy's litKay's boyfriend, Lou ('Ibm Lyros), plants
tle girl." Showing a lot of promise as a
weetie is a film you verya baby elder, Kay uproots the (family)
girl with her singing and dancing, it ismuch want to like., The firsttree in the middle of the night Not quite
implied that the pressure on her to fulfill,
full-lengthfeature by New
sure what to do with it, she hides
that promise is in some way reSponsible
Zealand born, Australian-based director
it-strangely,
yet significantly-underafor her present state. But if Sweetie
Jane Campion, Sweetie has a distinctive , bed. When Sweetie (Genevieve Lemon)
never quite lived up to her father's
and seductive style. It is a visually beaushows up unannounced
at Kay andexpectations(her mother, is somewhat
tiful film despite many shots of not very Lou's place (her presence first signified
effaced as the only conSistently sanevisually beautiful
objects or scenes.
by a broken window, a forced entry),
person in the film), Kay never had
More than its consistent calling-atterithey find her in that bed with her wouldexpectations to live up to. Sweetie is nottion-to-itself camerawofk (point of view . be producer boyfriend. What is left ofwhat she could have become, but neishot after point of view shot, strange
the tree has been pulled out from under- . ther can Kay be that Sweetie's response
angles and cropping), it is the use ofneath it and Kay anxiously conceals it
is to remain something of a child, in ancolors that immediately stuns and captiagain before Lou comes in. Sweetie is,effort to continue to please her father
vates. Combined, these things initially
immediately established as a disruptive(Jon Darling).
In a not very subtle,
succeed in disrupting conventional cinepresence, although her appearanceisprominently labeled "Significant" scene:
matic narrative codes and our expectavery welcome, her energy a sudden andSweetie gropes between her father's legs
tions of them. This, we think, is going
sharp contrast
to Kay's perpetuallywhile bathing him (to retrieve the soap
to be a film that questions and undersomber, at times tedious, nature.
she has dropped)
while Kay watches
mines conventional modes of represenKay initially denies that Sweetie isher do so. Kay's voyeuristic pleasure intation, in tum leading us to question
her sister, explaining to Lou that she is
the scene is checked only by her recogour own mental constructs. By the end
just a friend. Her refusal to acknowlnition of the very visible pleasure thatthough:we feel mostly frustrated.
edge this blood tie is interesting, if inefSweetie· is having. "Despite its title, the film centers not
fective (for Kay's characater is such that
Such scenes reinforce the idea ofaround Sweetie, but rather her sister, Kay
where she could have a sister like
Sweetie as a manifestationof Kay's(Karen Colston,). It is Kay who delivers
Sweetie, she could not have a friend
repressed desires and fears. Constructed
an opening voice-over monologue about
like her). If her refusal is a rejection of
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All theWorld's a lecture Hall
illating (even if Rosalind is really- a .man, etc.); and, at theend, the pairing off of the lovers as same-sex couples may
be provocative, but for all the director's striving, makes
nothing clear.
The same is true of the wrestling motif which is pronounced through the first of the play and then vanishes. Tom
Kamm's squared circle of a set is economical and interesting,but it surrounds this richly emotional play with the cold logic
of geometric pattems-as if the patterns humans make could.be so tidily arranged and explained.
.
In his desire to show us something about what underlies the surface hijinks of As You Like It, ·Grabowski has'·leached all the life from it. The actors do very little thatsprings from any impetus other than a director's plan; their.actions have virtually nothing to do with what· the characters might want to do. The Fool's constant offstage laughterConventional wisdom says that As You Like Ii is a pastoral comedy. But conventional wisdom, more con. ventional than wise, is wrong. There is no doubt thatAs You Like It is a comedy, but it is also rife with subterranean.
rumblings; very odd things go on in the forest of Arden. The
relationships between Rosalind, Celia and Orlando reverberatewith meanings and implications just beyond the reach ofunderstandin~. Indeed, the play' owes its special effect on us to
the fact that it occurs in the rea1m of the experienced, rather
than the understood. To do the play
as if it were only a pastoral comedy
is to lose what makes its sunlight
peculiar.
On the other hand, to stage
only the sUbterranean rumblings is,equally,
to miss the point.
Christopher Grabowski, the young
director who has. fiercely adaptedand directed Shakespeare's text for
the New York Theater Workshop;
titling it A Forest in Arden, has virtually lifted the subtext from the playand staged it by itself. He has gone
about his work with a puritanicalzeal-we are going to see the darkness and oddness whether we wantto or not, and we are going to see it
because there is nothing else to
see-andthe comedy has been
completely excised, along with the . <t. . .,joy and wonder. What is left is a SUIT IN' HEADS.
Photo: Bob Marshak
grey grimness, and the cold wind of (I. to r.) Michael Liani, Susan· Knight, Michael James-Reed, Fanni Green
intellectualmttion: everything will be·revealed.
occurs because the director has called for it, not because
When subtext is dragged into the light it loses its potency.
anything funny or ironic is occurring (Green, alas, dressed
It's point is that is in the dark,Jike our unconscious and ourfrom head to foot in black, is as grim-andt.herefore
di-eams. Grabowski seems to be more interested in exegesis unwise.--a fool as Shakespeare never invented).
than in the creation of a fully realized imaginary world-as if
Subjugated to the director's intellectualmttion, the actors
he wanted to be a bad critic rather than a good director.
are indistinguishable from each other. There is nothing sponHe experiments, for example, with gender-bending.
taneous in the acting, and little to indicate that the actors were
Rosalind, who' disguises herself as a young man because
allowed to make discoveries through a rehearsal process.
this will make her safe in the forest, is played by a young
These characterS are not people in a situation, but paragraphsman (Michael Liani); Michael James-Reed plays Phoebe as
in a"director's outline.
well as Orlando and others, while Touchstone (here called- 1bat Grabowski is an intelligent young man there is no
The Fool) is played by Fanni Green, who also plays Oliver
doµbt; he has many ideas as to whar As You Like It is about.
and Corin-and 0thers. The sight of Celia (Susan Knight)
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MusicSend Them,Running ...Scaredhome, on a four-track machine. What you Bet are highly em0tional slices of her life, of our life, set to simple but imaginativeammgements. The only frustrating thing is that I'd love to see
Linda Smith get all the recognition she deserves, but in orderto get it she would have to change her way of working, andthat would definitely ruin the whole thing. Plus, I certainly
wouldn't want to share this friend with people I have no
by Madam X
respect for. I'm sorry, but some people don't deserve dreamy,
ethereal vocals, light percussions and a cheapo otgarl.
On her latest tape, Love Songs for Laugbs, Linda
ock is about ·resistance. Because women in gener- Smith covers the Raincoats' "In Love," dislocating it soal, lesbians in particular, have to fight constantly much that it would take at least a minute for. even thein their daily lives, they are the last great, authen- most rabid Raincoats fans to recognize the song. The
tic rock purists. And that's why the old guard of rock crit is, whole thing is typical of Smi~'s mood on this tape: anand rightly so, scared shitless.
almost funeral organ punctuatesa slowed down,
Linda Smith stubbornly and heroically'refuses to play th~ extremely melancholic, and extremely intense, song. The
game of rock as commodity. She puts out only cassettes. 1hat's cassette is a very unsettling excursion into Smith's life,
right, you won't find a Linda Smith album, let alone a CD. which seems to be full of things waiting to happen,
Furthermore, ber cassettes are not available in any store; you m,issed opportunities and love affairs gone astray. "Findhave to write directly to her ~d she'll diligently send you your someone
who you really like and you will bevery' own copy, with a friendly little handwritten note. As you estranged/think more of her than anything else and you
might have guessed by ,now, Linda isn't in it for the money. will be estranged" ("Estranged").
But wait, it gets better! Linda records evetything herself, in her
But Smith is not a whiner, and if you happen to
empathize with the egotistic creeps on tbirtysometbing,then Linda's not for you. She's not begging for our pity,
she's simply absorbed in contemplation and reflection,
and we happen to be around. And although her earlier
tapes showed a gift for observation and an uncommon
attention to women, Smith isn't really a storyteller. Rather,she chisels perfect bubbles of emotion and blows them inour direction.
When you write Linda, as I know you will, ask also forher two previous tapes, The Space Between the But/dings and
Do You Know the Way...?($3.50 each, $5 for the new one.)
Ut is ¥l.PYter example of resistance. They also refuse tocompromise, althOugh they choose a radically different way to
do so. Based in London, Sally Young, Nma Qmal and Jacqui
Ham (recently joined by a male drummer, Olar!ie) reach alevel of abstract furor which is a1most frightening. &cetic survivors of the late 7~ "no wave," Ut have been savagely pillaged by later bands which literally cashed in on the kinds ofsound they had pioneered; bad they been three guys, theywould be as big as Sonic Fucking Youth among the college
crowds today. But wherever you tum, you find reviewers andDJsr most of them male (a sad reflection of the state of rockcriticism) bewildered by Ut's music and attitude (or lack,thereof). And since women just don't go out to concerts asmuch ~ men O'm tired of being the only woman in a room
full of men), who the hell is going to understand what Ut is allabout?! Certainly not the fearful, who Want women to play
only "Luka," "Fast Car" or some other victimizing anthem.
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Stop the World
medicine cabinet sculpture covered withlesion-like lenses, Tomaselli examines
post-modem humanity as it is "plowed
under by the media-induced inSanity
and sheer pace"of life, as well as 'disappeared' by misinformation and AIDS."
byJonNaUey
The sculpture simultaneously represents
our society's very narcissism and thesubstance-induced distortion in whichh, the vagaries of living in the we navigate our daily' maze-like roupost-modern
worldan tines. Influences remmds us that while
existence which is given
poking into and spying on the lives ofvoice in Diurnal Experiments, a show others, our voyeurism will give us a
curated by Cornelia Butler. Nurtured (if 'much closer look at ourselves thanthat is indeed possible) in Orange
those we watch.
County's sprawling suburbia and conSociety's analgesic dependency isservatism, artist Fred Tomaselli's sculp- impliCit in Remedy (1989) where 7{)()ture synergisticallycombines theaspirin are carefully stacked into aver- .
influences of that notorious California tebrae. We see that the very nerve of
locale's simulated lifestyle with those of urban living requires that senses are put
his present New York City living envi- on pilot-light or turned off completely.
ronment, and utilizing generic, everyday
An amalgam of the dangers andobjects both found and made, manages complications lurking beyond ourto explore the spectacle of commerce to very doors-indeed
our pleasures
find metaphor in the everyday.
and routines-Pararysis(1989) is a
BEHIND DOOR NUMBER 1
8 Hour IV (1989) exemplifies this door through which peepholes spy
Fred Tomaselli. Para/yri ..
Mixedmetaphor and juxtaposes the meaning into 35 mm slide images of dangerMediaof life to the mundane realities of the signifiers.
"Whethera pack oflife cycle with which we cope-even
Marlboros, a stack of books includvival in this environment,
without
survive-in spite of our alienation. This ing authors Kafka aQd Foucault, an
which we'd all be sleepinginmakeshift IV, in which water passes
appetizing cock hanging between
Tompkins
Square Park-money,
through a surgical tube and collects in anonymous legs, a pint of Haagen
honey. This, while an untitled piece
hard plastic, office-use five-gallon
Dazs, a newscast of a gas explosion,has .parafin melting" and getting"mountain spring" water containers,
all remind us that we are not truly
clogged one-third of the way down arerrunds us that our labor keeps us alive safe anyw:here, not even our own
stepway, just as our bodies are
and that time is marked by schedules
apartments. Other images remind us
clogged with cholesterol and chemiand toil, sickness and death.
many things are not so. innocuous ascals, and just as cOmmunication
The IV, an object representing
we once thought....;.,a radioactive
breaks down within our global village
the anxiety of mortality in our deathl:'iesta Ware plate,. an apple, aof faxes, pc's and other technolOgies.
phobic and age-denying youth cul- church steeple (no, not St. Patrick's,
The artist's low-tech, kinetic senture, is esp~ciallyconvulsive
to but you get the idea), milk, meat
sibility is clearly seen in his series of
those from AIDS-affected communiand eggs. Tomaselli's work hits hardprisma color drawings on paper.
ties who have seen friend after loved
at our environment, an environment
Speaking to Tomaselli's scientific
one after friend hooked up to gur- . so polluted with misinformation and" obsession for bodily systems and thegling life support systems, dependhysteria that fear 'Of disease has, intrauma of everyday life are Heat f!lnd
ing on technological sustenance as itself, become a disease. Everything"
Hot Water (1987), in which a radiator
they barely hold on to life. Tomaselli
is suspect-under
scrutiny-in
a- is fused to human intestines, Cabbage
has shown our "indepeI:ldence" for society in which even the body "hasand Vegetable (1989), also organ-likethe illusion it really is-a reality we become a carrier, a radioactivein perspective. Whether" of steel or
attempt to ignore.
thing, and sex _and ideas are now
flesh, our physkal components are
Our eight-hour day on the tread- thought to contaminate." .
just part of an .ever-continuing regimill of life is captured again in Influence
Respirator literally shines a spotmen-aregimen breaking down(989).
Constructing
a mirrored
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Wrap It Up"I'll Take It
Relocation Center/ Utah/USA." Themediatized illusion; Beverly Singer's
flag's stars cover one corner of thepiece on the internment of Native
seven-inch by seven-inch art bomb,};ffiericans on "reservations" utilizes
while through the white part of thexeroxed photographs of ancestors
stripes you can see "Made in Japan"
fenced in by desert dust and tumbleprinted on the hidden, inside containweed. Then there's a less tangible o~er. Quarantine, relocation and isola- , cle, portrayed with broken mirrorstion by any other name, must not go
shattered and strewn about-in Mai-Iy
unannounced, forgotten or ignored.
Pham's The Search ForAn ldenJtty.
The seen and the unseen, the hidIn one way or another, mostby Catherine Saaifieldden and the exposed, these are consisboxes celebrate the survivors and thetent themes in the group show called
known as much as those that must
"Ancestors Known and Unknown: Box
be re-created and re-membered. In
he appointment
of Woody
Works." .At Art In General, a Tribeca
Homage to the Middle Passage, Carole
Myers as New York City
gallery located at the edge of
Byard illustrates the effects of slavery
Health Commissioner initiatChinatown, "Ancestors" is over a"on all of us." She says, "I thought ofed a scare leaving many of us simutahundred boxes (using ~t term generthe known and the unknown who
neously terrified and venomous
ously) and involves hundreds of differsurvived the journey [across theent materials, from cowry shells
A.tlantic], so I thought of the thouand mirrors to kente cloth andsands and thousands of people who
pinecones to tampon wrappers
died in transit, so that's wh~lt this box
and camera negatives to wishis about." A relatively tall, five-sided
bones an<!.human hair. Sponwooden construction which hangs onsored by Coast to Coast: National
the wall, Homage is really an altar.
Women Artists of Color, the show
Byard says that although this piece
represents women artists whose
was created specifically for the show
bloodlines are Native American,
it also falls in line with her other
Asian-American,
Latina andwork, "Not everything I do is directly
African-American, who live anyrelated to slavery, but the materials
where in the country, and who,[of my other work] are similar toas professional artists, work in all
this."
different media.
Byard 'and" anotherartist,Reflecting the rich diversity , Clarissa Sligh, are the co-organizers
of such a group, the references inof "Ancestors." Both are members of"Ancestors" reach to bright,
the ten strong East Coast Committee
sparkling windows and f\lsty,of Coast to Coast, a group foundedbarbeq wire fence at the same
by Faith Ringgold. Although thetime. Isis and the Gift of the Braidboxes speak for themselves, I wanted to talk with some artists b'ecause
celebrates a strong ¥1d powerful.
link to the artist Johnetta Tinker'sof Coast to Coast's specifically proidentity; Takahashi's brilliant repfound work and because the boxes
resentation of the horrific U.S.
curiously betray volumes of unspoMary Lum. Untitled, 1989.Chinese-English
internment of Japanese-Americans
ken thought
and experience .
.dictionary piges and JOIl paper
during World War ITfunctions as
According to one woman, Lotus, thetoward the idea of quarantine. A one necessary excision in this show.
ma,ndated medium of boxes meant,small box, wrapped in an American
Genocide has literally occurred in the''"Women weren't making art to sell,flag by Masako Takahaski, wrenches
decimation of whole colonized peoples
but for the pure idea of it...which is
the government's approach towards
and is then metaphorically perpetuateda new and refreshing approach inits "undesirables" into a blisteringly
by history books through the teaching
the art worid." Her box is a gentle
clear reality. The labeling card tied toand mysterious altar piece to herof falsifications and ignorance. Thus,
some boxes "re-member" ancesto1'S
the flag's knot reads, "January 29,
paternal grandmother, "an ancestor
unknown or ignored by collective,
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never met her."
Lotus talks about the East Coast
Committee as a place extending far
beyond the production of artwork: "In
the meetings, we talk about ourselves
as artists and as women of color.
We've developed a dialogue with eachother and we want [Coast to Coast] to·be an organization
supporting all
women of color who are artists SO they
won't have to work in isolation. We've
created a forum of strength and support and celebration."
The box idea emeiged a year anda half ago, on the heels of the first
Coast to Coast show in 1988 of artists
books. Sligh says that they settled on
the theme and" the medium simultaneously because, "We were looking forsomething that would challenge theartist in terms of their thinking and interms of their doing something theywould not normally do. Same with thebook project ...something to get people
excited about who they were." This isalso achieved in a complimentary modeof expression the group considers an"anti-panel." According to Byard, this25-women performance
named "It
Matters Who We Are From Coast to
Coast," combines "formal art" with testimony, -movement and other kinds ofcommunication,
sounds, body language, the spoken word and instruments."
As with the performance,theboxes involve many languages, many
ways of communicating, communing,commenting. Some use the printed
word, like Lisa Bradley's "Read it andWeep," which finishes, "...[A]rm ourselves and become intellectually dangerous Yes arm ourselves and bedangerous." Other boxes are totally
abstract, and open to a different kindof personal interpretation. One of myfavorites is a structured box without
sides and two pieces of slit rawhidein the middle with huge screws
pulling them to the edge although
they remain interlocked like two pairsof legs. The artist Maria Gonzalez
says, "The piece is about tension ...theinterior space is of primary importance. It's more of a showcase than abox because you look into it. You
don't open it. It has no top, but it's athree-dimensionalframe suspendedby, or quite literally, pulled by eachof the comers ...So what is in the center" is the tension."
Although there are no explicitly
lesbian images (whatever that mightmean) in the show, lesbian artists are
involved. Because of the multiple
identities of lesbians of color, different
aspects are foregrounded at different
times. Coast to Coast, it seems, is a
comfortable atmosphere in which an
extremely diverse group of women
can uphold oppositional
political
strategies while empowering themselves and their sisters with the toolsof varied experience.

Sligh's impressive two-part wallpiece, Echo, welcomes you when you
get off the elevator. Althoug~ she usually works with photographic images,
and there are lots of those in thisshow, she uses drift wood, shavingsand smooth cedar edges in Echo. Her
stated desire for the piece sums- up
much of the f~ling of ancestors." "I
wanted to represent eternity," shesays, "and I wanted to think in termsof the whole stream of human consciousness. Even before the beginning. I wanted to evoke the spirit ofbefore the beginning." •

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individual
responses
to AIDS.
George's film is a day in the life of a
PWA taking the drug DHPG, andHubbard's is a poetic vision of AIDS
activists. Both fUms are clear examplesof the personal as politiCal, as .Waters
sees it, "The AIDS crisis has caused a
lot of very strong feeling and one of
the most constructive ways of dealing
with those feelings is through what
we call politics. Films like DHPG andElegy are not so much concerned with
politics as an institutional thing, butthey come from very personal points
in both filmmakers' lives."
Saturday night's program is an
open screening; what Waters hopes
will be a "film happening." It's analmost completely uncurated, firstcome, first-shown process, an open
invitation for filmmakers not just to
screen their work but to· also meeteach other-an
antidote to the often
isolating process of making personalcinema. Waters also hopes to bringnew fUmmakers into the Naked Eyefold, and possibly share future curating responsibilities
with them. He
worries that "the same person being
in the same position for any amountoftime kind of adds to a stagnation."
The weekend ends with a nightof Water's own work, including thepremiere of '/be Male Gayze, a film
inspired by the writings of Andrea
Dworkin-oneof the original architects of feminist anti-pornography legislation, and a controversial figure
herself-and by his own observationsof S&M culture. Waters' discussion of
the film at a panel at the Lesbian and
Gay Experimental Film Festiva1last fall(and in a letter to autWeek criticizing
an S&M phone-sex ad) have stirred
debate in the gay male community
more commonly found in lesbian-ferninist circles. Waters explains, "Andrea
Dworkin is someone who's often criticized by people who haven't read her
directly. 1 did. read her wQrk andfound it to be very sensitive andinspiring." He recognizes the volatilityof such issues in the gay community.
"It's something people are very sensitive about. It brings up questions
about freedom and intrusion that Warrant observation. The film is more
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cism [of pornography or S&M]."
to be Kay's savior, it is depressing to
Rounding out the weekend withrealize that that does not mean she canpotential political fireworks doesn't
be her own. ~seem to phase Waters; it's merely t-A--------------l
another facet of what Naked Eye
FORESTfrom pagl 53
Cinema is about. And again, it thwarts
play never has a chance to make an
attempts to attach a label to the proentrance. However, were Grabowski toject. Waters takes a simple historicallimit hiImelf to one or two ideas, theapproach to it all, "I think in 30, 40,
production would still strike one as
50 years froin now. there'll be a term
cold and manipulative as long as itsthat will accurately describe the crepurpose were to explicate. The theater
ativity that's ~oing on now." ~is not primarily about ideas or intellectualization; Shakespeare certainly is not.
ROGERfrom pall 51
What we 5ee in this production
might be more useful as an essay, or,tasteful had Moore been clearer about.optimally; if it were to be folded into a
the order of events.
production of As You Like It. Then we
It's true he debunks common peomight see the pastoral and the dangerpie as well as public figures- security
guards, a womari driven to sell Amway
ous and the remarkable reconciliation of
the two that only Shakespeare can manproducts, a tourist bureau official. Butage. As the intellectual notions pile up,
the pathos is often so strong that we feel
A Forest (n Arden becomes inexplicable;.more pity than disdain. These people
it is unlikely that someone who doesn't
have been degraded by powers beyond
know As You Like It could follow it.
their control. The most poignant segTake the lectern away and the piecement is a straightforward interview witha woman who raises rabbits for "pets ordoesn't stand on its own-unlike
As
YouLike It. ~meat." She butchers one cute bunny on
camera-an action Moore clearly sees t---------------I
metaphorically- and any humor in her~NNINGSCARmfrompalll54
situation is quickly squelched.
Sure, entering In Gut's House
Moore lmew that he was making (their '87 double EP) isn't easy, but
an entertainment as well as a docuthen, what is? Ut's cold and unrelentmentary. He knew that audiencesing exasperation oozes out of jagged
would feel the injustice more deeply if guitars, dismembered rhythmic patthey laughed a lot amidst the litany of terns and snarling vocals (they havecalamity. ('That's a point some of the a song titled "Wailhouse" and it's
more deadly-serious activists among us exactly as you suspect it is.) As soonmight consider when defendlng actions as you think you have a .grasp on athat alienate much of the media audi- melody, they take It by the neck andence.) He made his point by making a twist. On the other hand, their latest,
teirifically enjoyable, provocative fUm. and most accessible, album, Griller
Beyond that, he couldn't care less what. (Blast First-now that's a name for aanyone else thinks. ~labell), is tighter and more compact,
and some tracks are the closest theband has gotten to straightforward
SWEmEfrompalleSZ
rock-which in their case isn't saying
as such, it becomes evident that Sweetie much anyway.
must die if Kay is ever going to live. And
Rememberwhat they said
dle she does, in a scene that unexpect- about the Velvet Underground? Not
edIy literalizes (in an appropriately vam- many people heard them at thepire-li!<:eexchange) the familial blood tie time, but they all started a band.
between the sisters.
.,
That's ·exactly what the next step is:
That Sweetie has to die in order for· there won't be many of you who'll
Kay to be (hetero-) sexually active again buy Love Songs for Laugbs or(after the funeral, Kay and Lou sleep
Griller, but if it makes you want to
together for the first time in a long time) go out there and start a band, thenis perhaps the most dlsturbing,~
dis- the straight white males who rule
appointing aspect of the film. Wl:iere it on music criticism will have plenty
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NYU OFFICE OF STUDENT LIFE andMETRO NY NAMES PROJECT ViewIng of Panels of the (AIDS Memoria"
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SAGE Workshop for Women: Identify Barrie" to Chan,. ."d OWlreome
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JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH presents AI Caminits and David Vaughan: A Bou,uetof Son,.
for. Valentine" Day, featuring -heartwarming renditions of old songs, from the turn of the century throughthe 1940s, celebrating
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CONGREGATION BETH SIMCHATTORAH Talsday Nlgllt Video FilII
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JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH presents AI Camln .. 1IId David Vaugll·
an: A BOI,.etof Son,.
for
Valentine" Oa" see FEB 12
NEW YORK lllEATRE GROUP Staged
Rladlng: Le.anlo, -after a not-so
fictional encounter with Machiavelli,
Leonardo da Vinci' and his young
assistants awaken to the realities ofRenaissance court politics .nd ultimate betrayal"; at the Center, 2~ W
13 St; 8 pm; $5; 7181624-4680

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
presents Christophlr Grallowsld'. A
Fore.t In Arden, an -emotionally~~~ B ,'Rf. . A,,; hY.>" t ,<1%1'31".,., charged distillation of Shakespeare's
f1F:aE"...,.
.., !1: •. J,l\>J. ,,,g. ,_~.~. As You Like 1(' that -explores thl
GREY ART GALLERY Peter H./a~modern gay/lesbian' romance, theExhibit, 33 Washington Place (thrupolitics of love, and terror of sexual
FEB 24)
passion"; at the Perry Strlet The·
atre, 31 Perry St; TUES·SAT at 8 pm,
INn CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY
SUN at 3 pm & 7 pm; $20 ($22 FRI &MIDTOWN The Indomitable Spirit,
SAn;302-n37 (thru FEB 24)
works by 100 artists created in
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AND GAY HISTORY Rlclptionforpm, except THUR till 8 (thru APR 7)
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over twlnty women artists, coinciding with The Women's Caucus for Art
Conference; at the Center, 2~ W 13
St; 10 pm to midnight; exhibit runs
through March 22; 620-7310, 6208120 (Editor's note: this special
reception is for women only)

SAGE Vola .... r Orilntatlon to findout about volunteer opportunities at
SAGE; at the Center, 208 W 13 St. 2nd
Floor SAGE Program office; 6 pm;
741-2247
CENTER OrilutetiOll, -young or old,
new or native, your best introduction
to New York's lesbian and gay community; forty groups represented
with literaure from 400 more-; presentations, socializing, entertainment; 208 W 13 St; 7 pm; $3; 62G-7310
PATH: POSITIVE APPROACHESTOWARD HEALING Slmlnar: Sta,.
I., Foc,;,.dO.r Goal., led byPeter Hendrickson, Ph.D., for anyone
concerned about HIV infection; Integral Yoga Institute, 227 W 13 St; 7:309 pm; $5; 929-0586

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CENTER STAGE sees Phantom 01theOpe,., by Andrew Lloyd Weber; 8
pm; $70; 620-7310
THE GLINES presents SldnlY Morris's The Wind Beneath My Win, .. a
new play about two gay men, acomic and an activist, and their conflicting passions; at the Courtyard
Playhouse. 39 Grove St (at Bleecker);
8 pm; $12; 869-3530 (run extended
thru FEB 25; WED-FRI at 8 pm, SAT at
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JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH presents ~ CamllllS Ind David Vaughan: A Bo.,.etof Son,.
forV./entl".., Day, see FEB 12
NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
presents Chril1lDphlr Grabowskl's A
Forest In AIde., see FEB'13
VILLAGE THEATRE COMPANY pre.
sants the first New York revival of
Larry Kraml(S The Normal Healf,

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279 ·Church St (btwnFranklin/White, 11/19 to Franklin); 8
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WOW CAFE Sox. Urol, •• 1".,.,
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THE GUNES prlsents Slda., Morlie WlINI B• ...,. My WI.",
see FEB 14rI,',

NEW YORK THEATRE GROUP StIIged
IINdIIlof a play; at the Clnter, 208
W 13 St; 8 pm; $5; 7181624-4680
NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
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VILLAGE THEATRE COMPANY prl'sents the first New York revival of... rry Kra.lr·,
No,.,al H.art.
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FI///Ar~~~~<)'~-;li!Vi1~K"BY'NYU OFFICE OF STUDENT UFE andMETRO NY NAMES PROJECT VI_
lli of P.." of tile (AIDS ......
II) 1111111;see FEB 12
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF LESBIANAND GAY HISTORY FI•• I D.y of A
HelHl,." u,.... exhibition of artwork in various mIdi a by PlOp II
with AIDS from across thi country;
atthl Center, 208 W 13 St; 620-7310
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arid 16M films, as WIll as vldlo
tapes, may bl droPPld off betwaln
3-6 pm, for an -almost totally uncu·
rated- Cinlmathlqulwith -vldlobar/coffee-klatchbIg inning at
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SAGE W ....
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the Center, 21M!W 13 Sf, SAGE Room,
2-5 pm, all welcome, 741-2247

POIIIryIleall ... commemorating the

B_1.,_GAY MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENTDIICIIIIIOII:U.I.. , onlove, courage, time, Iffort, commitmInt; honlsty, compatability,
andother c'omponents of a succIssful
rllationship;at the Center, In theCharles AngeVPeople of Color Room,
208 W 13 St; 8 pm; 620-7310
THE GUNES presents Sid • ., MorrI,',
Wlllri B.... tII My Wle, ..
see FEB 14n.

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
presents CllrI..,_a ... HwaId', A
Forest I.AtrIoII, see FEB 13
VILLAGE THEATRE COMPANY prl'sents the first New York revival of... rry Krl .. lr"
Normal H.att,
see FEB·14n.

DIXON PlACE presents JI.
LESBIANS AND GAYS AT TEACHERS
COLLEGE 3rd A .... I S.f.r
S••
Cocldlil P.rty, with valentinls andcandy haerts, AIDS litlraturlandsafe-sax comix, thl latest in explicit
safl-sex vidlos for mIn and women;
Room 179 Dodge Hall, 120 St btwn
Bway/Amstlrdam('1/19 to 116
St/Bway); 8:30 pm; frel; 865-0381.

NAKED EYE CINEMA presents A.
AetllolOlY of FII.,; including Carl
George's OHPG Mon Amour andMiss Kitt· Catsl Catsl Catsl; Philly's
I, A Goddess Part II, The Golden
Bird; Klmbra Pfahler's Straight
Jackie; Jim Hubbard's Elegy in theStreets; Pater Cramer's Premier. Jeffrey Arsenault's Ode to Jode at theSaint Martcs Cineme; Mike Kuchar'S
Splatter Movie; Todd Verow's V Is
For Violet, at Anthology
Film
Archivls, 32·34 2nd AVI (enter on
2nd St); 111'.30pm; $5; 52H815 (otherprograms SAT & SUN, FEB 17 & 18)

Pmvea-

1110, 37 East First Sf, 8 pm, $8 (Edi-tor's nota: I have no idea what thisis, but there was a humpy guy on theinvitl.)
WOW CAFE S.x, Llrol, alld
see FEB 15
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BODY POSITIVE VIII.tlll·,DIy
Dlle.,
wit~ fun, music, refresh·ments, for HIV Positives and friends;
Rutglr's Church, 236 W 73 St (offBway); 9 pm - midnight; $10 (less if);
info 721-1346

birthday of the latl Puerto Rican
poet Julia de Burgos; -read fromyour own work or hers; refreshments; at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 7-9pm; $4; 293-0833
THE GLINES presents Sidney Mor77to Wlllri B... atII My WlII,',
see FEB 14

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VILLAGE THEATRE COMPANY presents the first New York revival ofKr ••• r'1
Normal H•• tt,
see FEB 14... rryn.

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
presents CllrlltlDplllr GrelloWlkl', A
Forestln ArrIell, see FEB 13
MISS. MARLOW directs Jo Jo
Todd', Dial 'ForS.., S88 FEB 15
WOW CAFE S.x, Llrol, allrl ".,.,
see FEB 15
PEOPLE'S VOICE CAFE presents
linger M.rcll
SlIvlltro.nd ,OIl
Kare. EtIIllldettar;
133. W 4 St, inWash. Sq. Church Parlor, 8 pm sharp(doors open 7:30); $6o-r TDF; info
71111426-2183, club 212/777-2528
ASIANS AND FRIENDS NY 3n1 .. t-.nley' SocHlW.ltIIItIH', Dey D.IC.;
atthe Center, 3rd Aoor, 21M!W 13 S1;
8 pm to midnight; $5 members/$8
non-members; member info 673-2596

JUDITH'S ROOM BOOKSTORE pre·sents Cllaryl CI.rk. reading and discussing H•• lrI "Itd, narrativI
poetry; 681 Washington
St latCharles St); 3 pm; frla, but limitld
seating; 7'£1-nlO
NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
presents Cllrlstop_
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Ftnst III ArrIoII, S88 FEB 13

owaId·,DANCE IV Te. D•• ca, a benefit for
Pridl Day's Dance IV on June 24; atthe Center, 208 W 13 St; 4-8 pm; $1;
620-7310
SAGE E.dl" Aw.rlll.. Tr.I.lag,-a free introductory slminar whIrl
you can become awarl of specifictechniquls
you can use for a life·
time-; at the Clnter, 208 W 13 St; 4-6pm; register with Phillip, 741·2247
D.T.'s FAT CAT presents a Boliefitfor
New York i. '94, the effort to bring
the next Gay Games herl; 281 W 12
St; 6 pm - 11; $2 donation; 243-9041
WNET-TV/13 MOYlr,: A World ofIdee, k/.lC. ",wltIIJO •• , Sallr. who discusses AIDS
research; 6:30·7 pm Irllleats THU,FEB 22, 11:31 pm)

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see FEB 14

February 18, 1990

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Monday.

Private Eye. (Kool Komrads; male strippers) 12W 21 St, info 2425646, club 206-m2

Tuesday

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Better Days 316 W 49 St (8/9 Aves) 245-8925*Love Machine at Underground, 860 Bway, near 17th S1;254-4005

Wednesday'
Better Days 316W 49 St (8/9 Aves) 245·8925
PrivatI Eye. (Jeffrey Sanker & Dallas's Club Bacll 12 W 21 St, btwn
5th/6th Aves, 206-7172*Pyramid (Dean Johnson's Rock & Roll Fag Bar) 101Avenue A, btwn
6th/7th Streets, 420-1590
Silver Lining (2-4-1 drink) 175 Cherry La., Floral Pk, LI, 516/354-9641
Spectrum (free admission) 802 64th St@ 8th Ave, Bay Ridge, Bklyn,
718/238-8213
Stutz (2-4-1 drinks) 202 Westchester Ave, Wh. Pins., 914{761-3100
Twenty/Twenty (Kool Komrads, gay men after 10 pm) 20 W 20 St, info242-5646, club 727-8841

ThursdayFriday*Boybar 15 1/2· St Marks Pl., btwn 2nd/3rd Aves, 674-7959*Carmelite'. (Chip Duckett's Boy+Boy & Girl+Girfl 150E 14 St, club
673-9015
Columbia Dance. (1st Friday of every month) 116th St & Bway, 8543574 days
Private Eye. (preppies and young professionals) 12 W 21 St, btwn
5th/6th Aves, 206-7772
Spectrum (male and female strippers) 802 64th St @ 8th Ave, Bay
Ridge, Bklyn, 718/238-8213

Saturday
Bar.foot Boogie (smoke & alcohol free) 434 6th Ave (btwn 9/10 Sts);
832-6759.
*Boybar 151/2 St Marks Place, btwn 2nd/3rd Aves, 674-7959
The Center Dance. (2nd and 4th Saturdays) 208W 13 St, btwn
7th/8th Aves, 620-7310.
Girth and Mirth Club at the Center (heavy men & their admirers; 3rd
Saturdays) 208 W 13St, 620-7310
Pep Boys at Columbia (3rd Saturdays, through June 16) 116 & B'way,
10 pm - 3 am; info 629-1989
PrivatI Eye. (Jeffrey Sanker & Dallas's Club Bacll 12 W 21 St, btwn
5th/6th Aves, 206-n72
Saint At Large (alternate Sats discontinued till further notice; White
Party 2/18) 674-8541
Sound Factory (Acid House, no alcohol, doors open midnight) 530 W
27 St(btwn 10th/11th Aves), 643~0728
Splctrum (guest performer night) 802 64th St, Bklyn., 718/238-8213

Sunday .
Bettlr Day. 316 W 49 St (8/9 Aves): 245-8925*Mars (Chip Duckett's Mars Needs Men night) Westside Highway
and 13th St, 691-6262

OUT~EEK

Every Night (or almost).

Grand tentral (Rockville Centre, LI, closed Mon & Tues) 210 Merrick
Road, Rockville Centre, LI, 516/536-4800
Moniter (West Village) 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq., 924-3557

OUT DANCING.for Women
NOTE:Party events are subjectto change. Always call first to confirm.

Tuesday
Hatfield'. f26-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, 718/261-8484*Boybar (has a new wave drag show) 15 1/2 St Marks Place, btwn
2nd/3rd Aves, 674-7959*Copacabana (lastThu. of the month has S. Bartsch party) 10 E 60 St,
at Fifth Ave, 755-6010*Pyramid 101Avenue A,.btwn 6th/7th Streets, 420-1590*Ouickl (Chip Duckett Thursdays start Feb. 15)6 Hubert St, 925-2442
Spectrum (free admission all night, 2-4-1 drinks) 802 64th St@8th
Ave, Bay Ridge, Bklyn, 718/238-8213

62*Pyramid (Hapi Phace and Drag + Variety Show) 101Avenue A.
btwn 6{1 Streets, 420-1590
Hot Rod (Kool Komrads' Sinful Sundays, open 8 pm; Father Bruce's
friend, Kevin Kite, on the door) 28 St at 11th Ave, info 242-5646*Morrilley (Panty Girdles night; TVs, club kids, mixed "alternate"
crowd) 11th Ave at 26 St, 633-0701
Spectrum (show; free admission 9-10 pm) 802 64th St@8th Ave, Bay
Ridge, Bklyn, 718/238-8213

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Wednesday

Bedrock 121Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516
Twenty/Twenty (Shescape After Work, 5-10 pm) 20 W 20 St (btwn
5th/6th Aves), info 645-6479, club 727-8841

ThursdayBedrock 12fWoodfieid Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516

FridayBldroc~ 121Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516
Cheek. 2000 Long Beach Road, Island Park, LI, 516/431-5700
Roxy (Shescape party) 515 W 18 St, btwn 10th/11th Aves; info 6456479, club 645-5156
Vi.ioni 56-01 Queens Blvd, Woodside, info 718/846-7131, club
718/899-9031.,

SaturdayBedrock 12 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516
Thl Centlr (Women & Friends 1st Saturdays, Feb. thru May) 208W
13 St, 620-7310
Silver Lining 175 Cherry Lane, Aoral Park, LI, 516/354-9641
Starz 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, LI, 516/242-3857
Twenty/Twenty (Shescape party) 20 West 20 Street (btwn 5th/6thAves), info 645-6479, club 727-8841

Sunday··Bedrock f21 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstea'd, LI; 516/486-9516
Cave Canem (Sandwich Sister Sundays) 24 1st Ave at 1st St, 5299665

Every Night (or almost)
Cubby ltole ~ Hudson St@ Morton St, 243-9079·
Duchlll"
Sheridan Sq. & 7th Ave South, 242-1408
Spectrum (closed Mon & Tues; good mix of men and women, seeleft side for different nights) 802 64th St, Bklyn., 718/238-8213

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EASTSIDE

Bike Stop West, 230 W. 75th St., 874·9014,
Neighborhood bar, occasional entertainment.

Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St., 650-1944,
Sing-along piano bar.

Candle Bar, 309 Amsterdam Ave., 874-9155
Friendly leather/western bar.

G.H. ClUb, 353 E. 53rd St., 223-9752, Piano bar,mature crowd.

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

Johnny's Pub, 123 E. 47th St., 3S8714, Neighborhood restaurant and bar.

Older men,

Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St., 757-0788,
Sing-along piano bar and cabaret
Jason's,

Regent East, 204 E. 58th St., 3S9465
Rounds, 303 E. 53rd St., 593-0807,
guys, checkbook romance.

236t8SED

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

South Dakota, 405 3rd Ave., 684-11376

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

Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St., 688-4710

Trix, 246 W. 48 St. (bet. Bdwy & 8th Ave), 6648331,Casliandcarry.

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The Works, 428 Columbus Ave (at 81st), 7997365, Cruisy west side crowd.

Boy Bar, 15 St. Mark's PI., 674-7959, Dancing /Drag shows.

EAST VILLAGE

Tunnel Bar, 116 1st Ave (7th St.), m-gJ.32 W.
Village crowd in the E. Village.

WEST VILLAGE
The Annex (to Cellblock 28), 673 Hudson St. (bet.
13th & 14th), 627-1140, J/O Club.

Friendly
Badlands, Christopher & West St. , 741-9236,
CruiSYwaterfront bar.
Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St, 929-9684,
Funky dive and juke joint.
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The Bar, 68 2nd Ave. (at 4th St.), 674-9714, East
Villagers and ACT UPers.

To advertise in this space,

The Pyramid, 101 Avenue A. 420-1590, Dancing /. Drag shows.

Cellblock 28, 28 9th Ave, 733-3144, J/O club.
The Cubbyhole, 438 Hudson (Morton St), 2439079, Neighborhood bar for gay women & men.
D.t's Fat Cat, 281 W. 12th St., 243-0041, Pianobar. Mixed M/F.
Duchess II, 70 Grove St (7th Ave.), 242-1408,
Women ..
J's, 675 Hudson St., 242-9292, J/O club.
Julius, 159 W. 10th St., 929-9672, Serving Coors,
Coors Lite, & Coors Draft.
Keller's, 384 West St. (at Christopher), 243-1907,
Friendly neighborhood crowd.
Kelly's Village West, 46 Bedford St., 929-9322,
Piano bar.

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The Locker Room, 400 W. 14th St; (9th Ave), 4594299, J/O club.
Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St. (7th Ave), 243-9323,
Sing-along piano bar.
The Monster, 80 Grove St. (7th Ave.), 924-3558,
Piano bar & disco/dancing.
Nimbus 22, 22 7t~1-4826,
ing, pinball, pool, IWJ~"'"

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Ninth Circle, 139 W. 10th St., 243-9204. Younger
crowd.
Ramrod, 185 Christopher St.
Sneakers, 392 West St., 242-9830.
Two Potato. 145 Christopher St., 242-9340.
Ty's, 114 Christopher,741-9641, Cruisy neighborhood bar.

Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255·8787,
Huge video bar.

CHELSEA
Barbary Coast, 64 7th Ave. (14th St.). 675-0385,
Friendly, neighborhood bar.
The Break, 232 8th Ave. (22nd St.!, 627-0072.
Chelsea Transfer, 131 8th Ave. (bet. 16th & 17th).
929·7183, Neighborhood English pub.

SAGE, LAMBPA &BAHRGNYpre,ent"Legalizing Gay Marriage: Should
We Get Hitched?"
An open forum featuring noted. . .gay/lesbian leaders
Thursday, Feb. 15th 7:00 p.m.
The Center
208 W. 13th St
For info call SAGE: (212) 741-2247

Eagle's Nest, 142 11th Ave (21st St.!, 691-8451,
Leather I Levi's..
Private Eyes, 12 W. 21st St. (bet. 5th & 6th!, 206·
7770, Dancing, Video Club.
Rawhide, 212 8th Ave., (21st St.!, Leather I
Levi's.
Spike, 120 11th Ave., 243-9688, Leather & Uniforms.
Tracks, 19th st.&\l8SEDnCing.

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OPEN 1 P.M. - 4 A.M.
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THlIUND POll HUMAN DIIMTY
Ndon.1 a.y .n' LllII/.n Crilil LIn.
'AiDSIIIII'-I·-.808·GAY8
Eduo.tIon.1 RIIouro. Cenllr; PoIIIIvIllIIIlI"
Mldll Contlr; NY 8tIta AI1I Progllm-B'My Slil 410 NYC, NYlCD'12(212).1.

CO_UNITY HEAL'IM.. OJEer
201 W.. t 13111Stre.t, NYC, New York 10011
For Appointm.nII.nd
Inform.llon(212187W181 (TTY/VoIOI)PROVIDING CARING, SENSITIVE AND LOW COlT
HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE LESBIAN AND GAY
CDMMUNITY .

TIll lAY AfIICAN MIIIICANI
OFWllTCIIIITII(1IIe U.A.)'11.,...

.m,...

COMMUNITY IUEAllCilINITIATIVE
pw,.., PWARC. A 1II.lr phyllollftl teldnglllllnltl.·
tIYI to .. lit promillnginterv.ntlon.gllnlt AIDS In •I'IIp.llllnn.r. For mOil Info or to volunte.r.pI ....
0111 (212) 481·10lI0.

LIST YOUR·'.ORGANIZATIONIN·.
OUTWEEK'S. '.COMMUNITY DIRECTORY,..
<:;ALL(212) 337-1223
FOR INFORMATION.
':CONIIEIA11ON
ISH...,.TUUH
NYI G.y Ind lIIbI.n Syn.gogue S.rvlo ..
FrId.y It 1:30pm
17 "lIIun. Strut
For info. 41.lt (212) I2H4II.

Ie •. oommunity b•• Id.upport IlrouP formed In
Wlltoh.ltlr
Co!ll'lty.V.rlou •• otIvhIII.II pI.nned
for 111.oomlnll mon1hL
Pi......
UI1W7100727formolllnfo.
aAAD
1a,1LaaillIII AlII_ ApI .. O..... d••
10 V.rlok 8trMt, NYC 111011(212).17110
GI.AAD oornbltl homophobIIln IhI macII.nd ...
wh.II by promotI"II vItIbIIty of lhllaabI.n .nd lilY
oommunlty .nd 0.... nlzlnggrllll'OOll1'llpolll8111.ntI-g.y lllgalry.
lAY 1 WBIAN HEAL'IMCONCBNI
An offiCI of the NYC D.Pt. of H.. 1th, provl .. InIc·
Ig" batwn NYC H.. 1th , Hum.n Ivoe, .nd lhllA ..
bl.n A GlY oommunlty, fooUling In AI.1 h.. 1th
OOftClIftI; l'IIOurcelnformltlon for h.. 1th .. rvI ...
ooneum.ro Ind provld ..... 125 Worth Street, Box 17,
Naw York, NY 111013.For info 0111 (212) .....
GAY. WllAN PlYCIIOTIIEIIAPY
Slidlng.OII. f_ olneuroncelOo.ptld.
InIti1utl for Hum.n Identity.
(212) .,..8432
GAYMALE 11M ACI'MITI
Dediclted to IIf. and _ponlibl.
$1M Iinc.1.,.
Op." meetifllll W!Pl1l\lrollll on $1M technlquII,
lifIItyI. "'Ula, pollticllind IOcill concelftl. AjIO
'plcial ,venti, .pelkell bulllU. wolklhope, de_.
affinity groupe, nlWllltter, mo .... GMSMA ·Dlpt 0,
498A HUNon Strait, Suite D23 ,NYC 111014.
(212)727-.71.

IMAD(IAY MEN OFAFIIICAN DEiCENT)
10 V.rick Street, NYC l00I".upport
group of G.y
Men of Afric.n D.. c.nt d.dic.1IId to contciouan ....
l'Iiling .nd tho d_lopm.nt
of tho t.e.bi.n .nd G.yCommu~
GMAD i. incluaiv. of Afric.n. Afric.nAm.ric.n. C.ribbe.n .nd Hiap8niolLetino men ofcolor. Mlltingsare
h.ld. weekly. on Frida.,.. For
mora inform.tion. caD 718-802'()182.

lAY IlEN'S HEALTHClUSIS HOTUNEFOR INFORMAnON ON ~R
SEX AND HIV-RElAT·ED HEALTH SERVICES. AND FOR INFORMATION ON
ONE-TIME, WALK-IN AIDS COUNSEliNG SERVICES
Z1J..f111...
Z12~7470
TDD jhr thallMring ""pIIi'"l
Mon.-Fri. 10:301.m. to 8 p.m. S.t 12:00 to 3:011
HEAL j.....

LESBIAN AND lAY liGHTS PROJECT
of the AllleriClln CIwII UIIa'" Unillll
KNOWY_ .am/wnE.ElCPIVIINInBI
j2121844-8800.

.xt. 545

IDBIANI AND GAYSOF RA1BUlH
Brooklyn"lOcialorg.niz.tion for both g.y men andI.bi.nt.
P.O. Box 108. Midwood Station
Brooldyn. NY 11230 oj7181858-8437
WNIt ISlAND ACT-"P.O. Box 281. New Hyd. Park, NY 11040
Support u. for change on long laI.nd.
j518)338-.4882 j5181 987-5238 Na .. n
j5181928-5530 SuffolkliEN OFAU. COLORSTOGETHERNY

Ed_lionAIDS UaI_1

Wllidy info •• nd .upport group for lrI.tm.nII for
AIDS which do not compromiae tho immune &yI1IIm
furth.r. including .Itomative and holiatic approachll.
W.d 8pm. 208 W. 13th St j2121874-HOPE.

A multi-r.ci.1 group of g.y men .g.inlt r.ci,,". Mllting. _ry Frid.y night.t 7:45attheLaabi.n
and Gay
Community Servic .. Cantor. 208 W. 13th Streat For
more info. clll: j2121245-83118 or j2121222·9784.

METlOPOUTAN TENNIS GIOUPIIITGIHETRICK-IIAIITIN INSTIJUTE
for I.. bian .nd g.y youth. Counlliing. drop-in cen1IIr jM-F. 3-41pml. I'IP group8. H.rvey M~k High
Scbool. AIDS and .afer IIX information.
I'Iferr.I •• p~lIional.ducation.
j2121 m.882OIvoicel
j2121833-8928 m for daaf

HISPANIC UNITED lAYS a LESBIANS
Educ.tion.IIIMc... poIitic.l.ction. collllllling .nd
IOcial.ctiviti81 in Spaniah and Engliah by and fortha
Latino Laabi.n .nd G.y Community.
G_ral
mlltings 8:00 pm 4th Thul'ld.y of every
momh at 208 Wilt 13th Straat
Call j2121 1181-4181
or wri1II H.U.G.L, P.O. Box 228 C.nal Straet Station.
New York, NY 10018.

f.AlB)A LEUI. DEFENSEAND EDUCATION RJM)
Prec.d.nt-SlUing
litigation nationwide forlubiant. gly men .nd people with AIDS. Member·ahip jS35and upl inc. mWVllettar and invitationalll'peci.levonta.
Voluntear night on Thu ... daya. Intake
calls: 2-4pm Mon thru Fri j21219115-8585

Our 200 member lubian and g.ytonnia club includu
playwa from beginning 111lIIum.ment I_I. Monthly
tannia parti ... Winter indoor le.gue. Come pI.ywith u.1
For information: MTG, POB 2135, New York, NY 10025.
j2121882-0885.

IIDCA j..... of c.lor AIDS Prwention ...... I'IIILI.
Providu .for.1IX and AIDS education informaticin
111g.y .nd billxual Men of Color; coordinate. a /latwork of pa ..... upport group. for gay and biallXUlI
Men of Color in al15 borougha of New York City.
303 Nimh Ave. New York, Ny 10001
orc.1I j2121 239-1798.
NATIONALGAYAND LESBIAN TASK FORCE
ia tho n.tion.1 gr ... roota political organization forlaabian •• nd g.y m.n. Membe ... hip !a ...,.ar.
laau.·ori.n1lld proj.cta addre .. vioienc •• lOdomy
I.WI. AIDS. g.y righta ordin.nc ... famm ... m.dia.
etc. through lobbying. educ.tion. organizing .nd
direct .ction.
NGlTF 1517 U Street Wi. W.ahingtlln. DC 20009.
j202)332-8483.
NEW YOlK ADVERTISING. AND COMMUNICAnONS NEIWOIKlAVA jLESBIANS Mour VISUAL MTI
Call for alid .. for l .. bi.n Artiata' Exhibition. G.y &La.bi.n Community Centllr, NYC. For more inform.tion. lind SASE 111:
Miriam Foug.re
118 Fort Green. PlaceBrooklyn. NY 11217.

NYACN i. tho community'.I.rgelt
g.y .nd IlIbi.n
profellion.1 grouP. welcoming all incommunic.tions-.nd
their friend .. Monthly milt·
ingl. 3rd Wed 8:30pm .t the Community Center. Mamba...• nawal.ttllr. job hotline •• nnu.1 directory: Phone
j2121517-«1380 for more info. Mention OutW.ek foron. fre. n.waI.tt.r.

THE LESBIAN AND lAY BIG APPlE COIPS

N.Y. WOMEN"SSOFrBAU. aUlD
For .xperienc.d.
llriOua Softb.1I PI.V- .... Co.ch ..
.nd M.n.g ..... We pl.y mod/fllit pitch we.kend. in
M.nh.tlln.nd aulln&. Try-oUll begin Feb. 11 thru
April· or until fill.d. j2121 255-1378 J.net

G.t your inatrumant out of tho clout .nd comi pl.ywith u .. Symphonic. M.rching. J.zz, Dixieland. Rock,
Ruta Enaombl ... nd Woodwinda.
123 Wilt 44th St Suita 121. N.w York, NY 10038
j2121888-2822.

IDBIAN a lAY
COMMUNItY IEIVICU CENTER
208 Wilt 13th Street New York, NY 10011
j212182G-7310
1IIm-11pm everyd.y.
A place for community organizing and networldng.
IOcl.lllrvlclI.
cultul'll programa. and IOclal tv.nII
aponlOl'ld by the Canter and mol'l than 150 commu!
nlty org.niz.don ..

IDBIAN AND lAY WOI NElWOIK
An organization of lubiant and GiY' who .1'1 activ.
in their labor uniont worldng on dom .. tic p8rtnarahip
benalhland

AIDS I.uu.
For mol'l inform.tion
j2121823-8118O.

c.1I

NINTH mEET CENTER
Since 1873•• community dadic.1IId to demonltr.tingthat. homolllXu.llifaatyl.l.
a r.tion.l. deai ... ble
choic. for individu.l. di... tiafi.d with the I'Iw.rd. ofoonvendon.1 HYing. Paychologlc.lly·
focu .. ed riP
groUp8. Tu.... Sat., 811110 pm. peer counnlling.vail·.bI •• 3111E. 8 Stra.t, New York, NY 10003. for info c.1I
j2121228-51&3.

NORTHAIIEIICAN IIAN/IOY
LOVE ASSOCIATION JHAIIBlA)
D.dic.1IId to .. xu.1 fre.dom .nd .. paci.lly In1ll1'11lld
in g.y intergen.r.don.1
reI.tionahipa. Momhly Bul·latin .nd I'Igul.r ch.pter m.l!inga on the fim S.tu ...
d.y of e.ch month. Ye.rly membe ... hip I. $20; wri1ll
NAMBLA. PO Box 174. Midtown St.tion. New York,NY 10018 or callj2121807·8578 for informadon.

NOIITHERN UGHTS ALTERNATIVES
Improving Quality of Life for People with AlDSIHIV.
THE AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP: Exploring the poa.ibmti .. of • pClWlrful .nd craativ.lifo in the f. ce of
AIDS. Call Jack Godby (2121337-8747

NYC GAYa LESBIAN
ANTl-V1OLENCE PlOJECf
Counaaling, advocacy. and information for survivorlof .nti-gay and anti-illbi.n
violance •• lXUal •• ault,
domoatic violanca.andother typal of victimiz.tion.
Allaorvic .. free and confidential.
24 hour hodinej2121807-«1197
PEOPliWITHAIDSCOAUTION
j2121532-G29WI-800-828-328IVHotIina j2121 532-11588
Monday thru Friday 10am-Bpm
Meal programa.support
group8. education.land
refarralaarviclI
for PWA'a and PWArc's.
PEOPLE WITH AIDS HEAlTH GROUP
Underground buyer'a club importing not-Y't-approved
medicationa .nd nutritionallupplamenla.
31 Woat 28th
St. 4th Roor j2121532-Q280
PRIDE FOCUS GIOUP .
Topical·di.cullions
on iaull of intaroltlll the convnunity in • congeni.1 .tmoaphere. foIlowad by .n informel
dinner at a friendly localnlltll u... nt Every Sunday. 3;00
- 4:30pm at tha Commll1ity Cen1llr 208 W. 13 Street,
NYC. P.rt IIthe New York AnI. BilOxual Ne1work.
SAGE: jSaniar Action in a Gay EnYiromnentJ
Social Sorvica Agency. providing care. activitill •.&aducationallaMcII
for gly & IlIbian sanior citizens.
AIao.rvee owr 110 homobound IOniO'" 8. older FWA'I.
208 Walt 13th St NYC 10011. j2121741-2247

SETHIAN GAYS.IDBIANS AND BlSEXUALIFor all of u. in1ll1'111lld in lII.ching outta e.ch otherwith exuberance 111lpontaneoualy axploreandexpand upon tha Sat!VJane Roberti "philoaophy" allit reletea to our livII. plraonally. llXUaUy an,d politically. Call Alj2121979-5104.

THE OurJlEACH
uaNGCOMIIUNAlHEAUNG~OU~
Conmunityvoluntae ... pnMding a wualdy buIfot suppar
for tho Brooklyn AIDS commll1ity. TOUCH moall Monday
IY8I. 5pm 1118::3Oprn- .t cIovvntxIwvnBrooldyn Friends'
Meeting Houao j110 Sch.rmomom Sl nllr Boonm
Place~ Urrillld transportation may be arranged. Info: 17181
822~21!i8.TOUCH WlliCOlll8l contribu1iona of funds. food.nd voIlI1III8....

• ULSTERCOUNTYGAYAND liSBIAN AllIANCE
Maata fim and third Mond.y of .ach month.t 7:30 p.m .• tthe Unitarian Church on S.wlall Road
in Kingaton.
For inform.tion. callj81411128-3203.
WHAMIIW_n·.
H.. 1th Action MOblllation
A non·p.rti •• n co.lidon committed to dem.nding.
'.. curing and defending .b.oIuta reproductive fre ..
dom .nd qu.lity he.lth c.re for all women. W. me.t.v.ry Wed •• t.8:30 pm .t the Vill.g.lndep.nd.nt
D.moc ... 1II.224 Wut Fourth Straet joft Sheridan Sq.l.
We .r. not .ffili.ted with VlD.j2121713-1i11e8.

WOIIEN'I
CO_UNItY

ALTEIINA'nVE
CEN'IU IWACCI.

A non-profit, La.bl.n community center •• rvlng
Qu.ent. N.... u .nd Suffolk countie .. Thu ... night
weeldy diacullion grp •. 8:30pm, for other .ctivltlu
pl.... conteot u•• t j5181483-2050.

February 18. 1990

O~EEK

67

ACCOUNTINGTAX TIME IS
BUDGETWISEBOOKKEEPINQ TIME
Limited Appointments Available
Please call early (718) 726-3847
10% discount with ad

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ART BUY/SELL

BODY POSITIVE" fRIENDS NVITE YOV TO
A VALfNTINFS DAY DANC£I-ART SOURCE UNUMITED-

IfytN're HIV+ ICII'oI,
melt ..........
IftrIdIw people~
feIII'UIry 16th
9pm·1pm
Rutta'. Cburda
1M Waf 7JreI 51.

BUDDY DIKMAN, CPA
BARBARA LI, CPA
YEAR·ROUNDTAX PLANNING AND
PREPARATIONPERSONALFINANCIAL PLANNING
586·3000

AIDS MINISTRYi

INTHESPlRITOF
FRANCIS OF ASSISI...serving

our 11rothersand sisters affected by
AIDS
SI. Francis AIDS Ministry
135 W. 31st Street Manhattan 10001
695-1500

Copyright

for Info., Cau (111) 111·13441 01'11111111.14&6

APARTMENT CLEANING

Atw,..OIIIIr..(. ....,~.~.

ATIORNEYS

AFFORDABLE RENTAlSI. E. 10th St-l BdrnVWBFP & Garden$l500.moW. 65th St.-Glamorous Studio$l200.moE. 8O's-l000 sq. ft. 1 Bdrm
wfTerr $l900.mo W. 19th Street·Tripl&x
wldeck & WBFP $2000. mo **WALSCOTT CO. TONY 212·46().9999.

MICHAEL AlAN DVM, ESQ.

OPEN-MINDED DYKEORFAG
wanted to share our Park Slope pad.
Beautiful neighborhood, close to train.
$300 own bedroom. We are 2 GM
students seeking 3rd beatnick libertine
to complete our groovy gay home. (718)788·2656...John. Need by March.

OutWeek staff person seeks sublet or .
share. Prefer downtown. Need
immediate. Call Raul days (212)685-8671
Eves (212)932-1496.

February 18. 1990........,.,..........,...,..,APARTMENT RENTALCASTLE CARE, INC.

APARTMENT WANTED. OUTTWEEK'

Apartment & Office Cleaning.
Gay Owned. Reliable.
We are available 7 days.
CAU (212) 475-2955

SHARE4 RM APARTMENT WI 8iF
79th and York-S488.00plus security. I
work at home on fantasy line and do
S&M with my friends. Ifthese things
bother you, please look elsewhere. No
perfume/tobacco in apt (allergy). Leave
message w/best time: 459-4811.

68

DONNA.

E.S.P.PsychiceProfeuor of SpiritualismReader and Advisor-Palm and Card
Readingl
I CAN AND WILL HB..P YOU.
Reunite the Separated-Restore Lost
Nature-Unfold the Mystery of the Past,
Present and Future.
(212)-'1.
Sa Hlbla Esplnol

APARTMENT SHARENYC'S FINEST
CALL FORWARDANSWERING SERVICEIS
GAY-OWNEDARTISTS AVAILABLE: Keith Haring,
Robert Longo, ROil Bleckner, Jamel
Rizzi,Andy Warhol, Martine, and _many
more... For infonnation,
call Dan at 255-8680.

ASTROLOGY

C> 1989 Holy Name Province

ANSWERING SERVICES

We buy, .. I~ trld •• nd loceta.rtworb.

Attorney At Law
Artists' Rights Issues.
. Landlord/Teriant Disputes.
Real Estate Closings.
Business Partnerships &Incorporations.
Wills & Estates.
212.932.2034
1250 BrolHlwlY
New York CityCLUBS

FORESKIN LOVERSThe New York City chapter of theUncircumcised Society of America(NYC-USA) seeks new male members(with or without foreskin) to jOin its
swelling ranks. Call for more clubinformation or to make reservations forthe new members party. (212) m.4208.

CHIROPRACTOR
DR. CHARLESFRANCHINO
30 Fifth Avenue,
New York, NY 10011,
call for info (212)673-4331.

COMPUTER DATINGElECTROLYSISHEALTH,AFFORDABLE ELECTROLYSIS

EAnNG AWARENESS 1RAJNING:
Permanenl Hair Removal New AJIfIow . The answer to the puzzle about lating.
Technique with I.B. Probe
Eliminate your weight/eating problem
COMPLIMENTARYCONSULTATION
forever. (212)929-0661.
PROFESSIONAllY OPERATEDGREENWICHVILlAGEQUIET,PRiVATEOFACE
K.nnethHay
HElP WANTED
226 West 4th Street·
New York, NY 10014
A REAL CAREER
Lower Lavel, By Appointment Only.
~c~lIent presentation skills combined(212) m-115O
with a moderate amount of travel are
Certified Bectrolog~
your ticket to a de~nite lucrative career
Member I.G.P.E.
path with a dynamic, major and growing
gay·owned and operated financial finn.
Some typing, good phone mariner andcomputer literacy required. For more on
FINANCIAL
this exciting oppurtunity call Jeff at

THE MALE STOP
A computer BBS.
. Use your modem.

(212) 721-4180 FREE!

CONTRACTORSACE Contractor& Craw

All joh ..... II.r I....
Corp •• " f • Eloclricil • Sh.lIrock •AI' ........ LDIt •• Sto ...

PERSON WITH AIDS?
Terminally ill? Need cash?

1112IlH·1SlZ

BGR(Beat the Grim Reaper)
International pays up to 80% cash ofyour life insurance policy's face value
nowl
Personal, Confidential Service
Call: (718)854-0362/24hour tape.

DENTISTSOUAUTY PERSONAL DENTISTRY
William De Bonis DDS.
Suite 704,
200 West 57 Street,
New York, NY 10019,
Office hours by appointment only call .
212-333-2650.

GAY MARRIAGEEDITING SERVICESBOOMING PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE
Private physician serving St. Louis gay
community is seeking qualified partnerwith HIV experience and interest. Veryhigh salary and fab benefits in very lowcost city. Call Billene, (314) n6-4444.

STORE HELP.

BRAVE NEW COMPUTERCONSULTANTElECTROLYSIS

3,#."1.111.1&&.03• "W""WESW"A LAMBDAaECTROLYSISAj)ermanent Hair Removal
Me!VWomene TV/TS's· All Metl)ods,
Computer Aided. Sterile Conditions
By Physicians' Aid
14 YealJ Experience. Sliding Scale Fee
Ucensed and Board Certified(718)937·3389.
,

MEN'S MASSAGE GROUP
Get together with a group of men to
give and receive massages. Taught by
Terry Weil8er, Uscenled Masseur andteacher at the Swedish Institute.
Sundayi; 7·10pm,$15.oo,, call (212)463-9152.

To OUTWEEK Classlfleds:,.....When we moved here from L.A. we were not sure.
I.
which Gay publication to ad~ertlse In to rebuild our.
clientele. Since we went with you last year we now
d I L A."
have a clientele that excee dswath we han.
-Brian Baird ' Lambda Electrolysis.

February 18, 1990

MOVE TO SAN FRAN AREA
Progressive and aggressive finn seeks
print-media buyer who knows whatmagazine to buy from various products
from blow-dryers to phone sex. Twoyears New York corporate advertisingexperience desired. We pay all moving
expenses. Send resume and cover
letter to Cindy McDowell, P.O.Box 1029,
Soquel, CA 95073.

$22!iIwk. Start. $27!Vwk. after 2 months,
32 1/2 hrs, Blue Cross, 1 week paidvacation, 18 years age min., references
required. Gay Treasures, 546 Hudson
Street, (212) 255-5756,ask for Don.

Professi~nalEditingand Word ProcIssing. Services availableon businlss
documlnts, theses and'dissertationsby
Ph.D.
Negotilble Rates
CIII (718)633-8304 .

OlJTYWEEK(718) 380-2054.

I

This job requires heavy programming of
database applications mostly in dBase
III, Fo.xbase and Clipper. Generalknowledge of PCs essential, the moreexperience, the better. Also helpful aregood communication/interpersonal
skills and good writing skills. You will be
integral to the growth of a company
committed to radical success. Pleasecall (212)614-9587.

_~~~=~~~~~;....-.
CLASSIFIED SALES REP.

OutWeek, New York's," Lesbian and
Gay weekly, seeks a Classified Sales
Rep to join our growing dept. Must be
responSible, articulate, and motivated.
Previous sal .. Ixplrllncl
hllpful but
not required. $18K. Send resume andcover letter to: OutWeek, Attn: Mr.
Winter, 159 W. 25th St., 7th Roor, New
York, N.Y. 10001. OutWeek il an equal
opportunity employer. People of Colorand women are encouraged to apply.

HElP WANTEDADVERTISING SALES,INSURANCEHElP WANTED

CO-DIRECTORj;

INSURANC£ ••OutWeek, New York's 11 Lesbl.n .nd SAGE: Slnlor Action In I Gay Envl·
G.y weekly, seeks ·.n energetic,ronmlnt, Inc. I non-profitorganization,isof~kindmotlv.t.d, .rtlcul.te Indlvidu.1 to join Sllkinll In Indlvidual·whowill havI fullour dlspl.y .dvertlslng sales team. time financlll responsibilityfor this .oclal
BImini G_ram ... (2121_9724
Previous .d sales .xperience helpful. .. rviCIIlilncy carinll for lilY and lesblln
S.I.ry 81commission 81benefits. Ple.sl slnlors. In thl NYmetropolitan area. This
serid r.Sllme 81 cover letter to: plrson must havI thrll Yllts or more
MOVERS. LICENSED
Ol/tVYe.k,Attn: Mr. Kit Winter, 159 W. work explrllncl
In fund-rllslnll
25th St., 7th Floor,New York,N.Y.10001. strataliles, public relations Ictivltl.. and
OutWeek Is .n equ.1 Opportunity prlplration of grant proposals for Ir--=;;;;;;;::;:=;;;;;;;---,
employ.r, People of Color .nd women foundations Ind govlrnmental allenclls.
.re encouraged to .pply.
This plrson must havI previous
a.A1l~.....~.
_experiencI In financial mlnlllement and
PUBUC EDUCATION
budllet preparltion for busln... and/oJ
• •
._ •
.
COORDINATOR
non·profit organizations. SAGE,Inc. Is In -NO IXTIlA '01 rllAVIL TlM;L.mbd. L.g.1 D.fens •• nd Educ.tlon Iqual opportunityImployer.
• ., •• 'UUY IHSUI.D
Fund II looking. for. It.ff p.rson to PlI... direct ill Inqulrt.. Ind relom!lto:
Serving thl GaYCommunity
ov....... duc.tlon.1 publlc.tlons .nd Ch.lr, Search Committee,SAGE;Inc., 208"(211 4475555.v.nts. Must b•• xcellent writer, WIlt 13th Strllt, Nlw York, NY10011.
Calli.,
cr •• tlv., .nd h.v. som.· .xperl.nce
Confldln1lalltyrelplctad.
.
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GF, 20, CROPPED
HAIR,
vegan w/plerced nose.
Skateboard bean. animal lib. artistic, athletic.
seeking similar beans
for correspondence.
friendship. etc. Reply
P.O. Box 20028, c/o
AWot.. Thompkins Sq.

Station, NY, NY 10009.
PIX/_If possible.
GF ANARCHIST
22, vegan semi-musician. politically active. Into music (ska,punk, new music).
animal rights, art, literature, IIIms, etc.
Seeking like minded"beans" (non-smoker
pref_) anyone whoselife doesn't revolvearound . Madonna,
club
comps,or"Pump Up the Jam".
Please write, P.O.
Box 20028 clo Paity,
Tompkins
SquareStation,NY. NY
10009. Photo /phone
if possible.
LAUREN-WOWI
FIVE YEARSII
Imagine that we're
lucky enough to loveeach other in a time
when I can tell you
how I feel about you in
a newspaper adl I will
always love you I You
are the only·woman in
my life. Happy Anniversary, you gorgeous thingl All mylove. Kimberly.
LONELY EX·JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
lesbian searching forother Ex -JW lesbians
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needed.

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WORKING THE.CLASSIFIEDS
Personals-does thisstuff really work? Am
I really going to finda lall, Vivacious, sensous woman withsmarts, wit, and darIng, btwn 28-35, selfsufficient, and moti- .
vated enough to love,cares. dance, dine,discourse (Spanish
speaking a plus) anddo the New York
town from off-oil
Broadway to warm
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1872
UGHTHEARTEDLESBIAN
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BIF SEEKS SLAVE. to' make coffee for me
on clinic
defensemornings. Everythingelse negotiable .. I getof( on silk. leather,lace. whips, chains,
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Times Square Station.
NY. NY 10108.
MOVING TO PHILLY
27 yr-old Lesbian
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NY 10036.
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Outweek Box 1880
I'M COMING OUTI
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LET'S GO METS,
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campfire, and good
old rock 'n' roll. If
you're a GF with similar or complementing
Interests, please write
P.O. Box 7517 Rego
Park, NY 11374.

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who still believe In the
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gent, fun, attractive
and sincere. If you area GWM, age 18-40
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letter, tel.' to LTS
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Heights, NY 11372.
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professional by day,bon vivant by night;
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pla.ygoer In winter. I
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B/W gay couple late
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to Box 697 Contest,
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YOUNG
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living In Westchester
and working In NYC,
tired of the bars andlooking for someone
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livlng life to Its fullest.
If you are se"rchlng
for someone to sharethe excitement of life
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White
Plains,NY10602.
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'248, NY 10011.

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music,
dancing,movies, eating out.
Looking forward tohearing from you.
Thank you. P.q. Box
1993 Madison Square
Station, New York, NY
10159.
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hands, cuddling. I am
looking for someOlle toshare good tlmesanda meaningful relationship. Send letter withphoto. Outweek Box
2059

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BACHELOR
seeks same. I'm a
Wall Street lawyer, 33,
5'6", 130, brlbr, a niceand reasonably presentable guy with fairly
normallikes
andhabits (books, theatre,
dance,
workouts,
squash, food, travel)
looking for somebody
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PO Box 7427, Grand
Central Station, NewYork 10163.
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160 LBS.
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smart, eclectic, comfortable In a gym, andsingle. Late 20's, early
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Muscular,gdlkg WM
40 hunk 5'8" 1601,
HIV-, wants
to play
withstronger,very
muscularstuds.
Wrestling,
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afternoon or evening.
SS, no drugs. Photo?
Phone.
POB 1918,
Old 'Chelsea
Station,NY, 10011.
ROMANCE
GWM, 31,·5'9",175,
healthy,
averagelooks, friendly,
nice
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non-smoker. I'd like tomeet a caring, genUe
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long walks.
Pleasewrite
PO Box 523,
New York, NY 10040.
GWM 30, 5'7",
150 LBS.,blklgr, dark masculine
good looks.
Smart,
outgoing,
healthy
HIV+. Into film, photography, and progressive thinking.
Seek'sattractive peer who Is
fun, reasonably
togetherand single.
Photo/phone
to Out·week Box 2069
ON THE EDGE
music .movies and hu·
mor Intrigue me, but I
like my men down toearth. Very handsome,muscular
27y.o.
GWM, 5'9", 150 solid
Ibs.,
bl/bl,
cleanshaven.'
Lookingforsimilar (age and body)Intelligent
guy Into
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wrestling, politicking. If
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so am I. Photo a must.
P.O. Box 81, NYC, NY
10101.
GAY COUPLE IN
PARK SLOPE
seeks
3rdor
other
couplefor fun andfriendship.
We're '35,
prof., enjoy videos,plays,

music and all
expect. No
drugs, SS only. Send
phone,
photo.
Go
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2071

you would

LOOKING FOR ROMANCE
GWM, blond, goodlooking, muscular, 26.
I like reading,funkypoetry, art, back-packlng, road trips, writing,workingout. Sick ofbar scene, especiallyCharlie's.
You: cute,smart, single, under
30. Outweek Box 2072
GWM 26,. 5'8",
135 LBS.,
brn/brnboyish good
looks, smart fun andwry. Seeks similar orothers.
Photo
andphone to Outweek Box
2068
GWM, 36, 6'2" TALL,
150 Ibs., brown hair,
green
eyes,
I'm
presenUy In prison, but
I'm 'everythlng'
you'dwant in a real partner.
I just need a little help
to getme out ofprison. I'd like to herefrom anyone, especially those in their 50's
and 60's. If you cansend stamps
It will
help. Write very soon.
You will not regret It.
RonnieMeadows,
129027, P.O. Box 126
KY State Pen., EddYVille,
KY, 420380128.
ATTENTION: BODY
BUILDERS
llred of the stereotype
that BBs only like other guys with muscles?
Want to get fucked by. a man who doesn't
work out, but knows
how to work your !xrtt?
GWM,
8', 165, 32,
blklbr likes rock hardbodies and wants tofuck
you until you
squirt allover yourself.
Send ph/ph to POB
7354, NYC, 10116.
WARM·BLOODEDGWM, 25, brlbr, 5'10:',140, grad student, pr0gressive,
Intelligent,
attractive,
energetic,
and very funny, .. ekl
like-minded
GM, 24-ORDER FORM ON
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35, for enjoyable tim ..
and a eollelhealthy ....
latlonahlp. A nice letter, photo, phone (oraddrell)geta samefrom me. Outweek
Box 2075
LOVER AND BESTFRIEND
Compallionate,
upbeat Manhattan WM
wanta to share life withanother good-looking
and earthy guy, 30-45.
I'm <43, 5'9·, 155 and, hope thll might meet akindred IOU I who'drather avoid waitingtime In barl. Photoand note appreclatlvl
to Box 746, NY, NY
11364. Your reply may
make us both happyl
FRIENDSHIP NO
LOVERS
Spanish bI.. xual malemid 40's profellional.
Into arta and claaslcal
music, likes to meet agay or bI.. xual Black
profellional.
Masculine male over age of
45. no drugs, looka I,
unimportant. OUtweek

Box20nPLANNING A
BIKElRlPfor a week + to northern and west-central
Florida at the end of
March and looking fora riding companion.
50-60 miles a day on
flat pretty country
roads. Any age, raee
GM •.P.O. Box 325-B,
NYC, 10108.

dreller wants Occae/onaI cIaI.. with auper
hairy dudeI. An Intereat In the arts. and awell-honed erotlcllm
and IcInk1rM1 (llife 0nly pis.) would alae beapprac/Ided. Box 6637,
Grand Central StatIon,
10163-8022.
ARE YOU UKE ME?
You already have a"friend" but looking fora ·buddy·-thll
II myfll'lt .... ·m muculnevery affectionate andromantic-52
but
friends say 42-6 ft188-Medlt.rranlanhung-hairy'chllthealthy... eo Intaretted
In good talk-good
foocHnd good mualoaend ptIcM-photo lela
Important-let's
talkflratl P.O. Box 20322,
DHCC, NY, NY 1.0017.

HEALTHY HORNY
Handsom.,hung,HIV+, looking for ..,.
fun relatlonlhlp
notneo. 315all American
looks, reply let & ph0-

to. SpecIfy dealras - 11
call you. Outweek Box
1818
YOU'RE RAUNCHYBut also hot-looking,
Imart, verbal and a
pig only when you fHl
1Ik11t.ME too. And I'm
attr, mld-SO'I, hungand Insatiable. Tell me
how you get reallylloppy, buddy. Full /etter/photo to POB 150,
Prince St. Sta., NYC
10012.

UGHTS. ..CAMERA. ..?
I need fotoa to answer
theae ad•• Attr GWM,
5'11·,
190, br/hz,.. eka amtr photog to,hoot both mild & wild
poe ... 1'1 show off mybod, you show off yourdarkroom skills. P.O.
Box 2520,
Tlmll
Square Station, NYC, ,10108.
GJM, 47, 8'1",
170 LBS.
doctor, bUllnellman,
hand lome,
curlybrown hair. Enjoy clu·
,sleal mu.le, rladlng,
Silk younglr, lerioul
GWM to Iharl
IIX
and other mutua/lntlr>elts. I like Inm build,boyllh lookl, Imooth
body. BIondi a ,+' letter, ,ph/ph, Outw.ek
Box 2081
GORILLAS WANTED
Tall, handaom., WASP,
42, hung and Inappy

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February 18, 1990.. NDOVER
MATTERI
Can' I believe that
you'A be true? I'B give
It a try with IOmeone
new. Thll conaIderably
handsoml GBM, 2S,
15'9·, Is looking forsoml fun and action
from you who might be
the right guy.. If you'rea GBM, ag. 18-28,. lend Itr/phone and/or
photo. Outwllk Box
1983
DISILLUSIONED BUT
HOPEFULI
Aren't tharl othlrl
who ItIll believe In the
ImportancI of.fundamlntal valueland
who dallre along-lutIng .relatlonlhlp
b.twnn two loving a.rIng men? I'm GWM,
S5, 14151, 15'8",IntellIgent, tun, attractlvIand Ilncare. If you ..
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for regular explosive
wkday action. Chest
hair a must, your pic
gets mine. Send toBox 306, Brooklyn, NY
11217.
HIV+ PIWARC
GWM 28 8'2· 200 lbe.
bllbl hot horny hungvery attractive Intelligent
professionalseeks safe sex buddy
for great uncomplicated sex. Muscular orstocky men needed forafternoon sex sessions. No fats, fems or
hustlers. Reply to: P.O.
Box 83, 498A Hudson
Street, NY, NY 10014.

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GWM 37, 190#, brownhair and eyes, 5'11".
I'm looking for a GM
with muscles to spare.
A take charge type ofman, for dating, romance, safe sex, possible relationship. Reply with current photo,
letter, tel.# to LTS
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ATIRACTIVE
Prof'l GWM, 28, 175,
6'2". Dark blond withbeard and stache.
Looking for Mr. Tall:
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Outweek Box 2102
GWM 26 5'8"

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through Ichool. I'mcute and fun to be withand I care about you.
You don't need towrite your life atqry or
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answered with photo.
Box 1365. Jackson
Heights, NY 11372.
NAIVE CYNICIADULT KID
GWM, 23, 6'2" withmulti-faceted perlonallty seeks faeclnatlng
GM, 20.30, to enjoy aUsides. Button-down
prqf.sslonal by day,bon vivant by night;
beach bum In summ....
playg0l!r In winter. I
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GWM 30, 5'7".
150 LBS.,blklgr, dark masculine
good looks. Smart.
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healthy
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CHIP DUCICETr,·notorious sex kitten of thescene, Is adding another night to his schedule of fun, fass, dyka and debauchery. this one's at Hew York's latat foreign Investment dub
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