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1V Independent Focus

at the Black and

Theater The Taming of the Shrew
Performance Mr. N.E. Drummer Contest
Music Madame X Speaks
Anti-Censorsb;p Movement
Books The Way WeLive Now

White Men Together Conference: p. 22

Photo: Jim Marks!
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DEPARTMENTS
Outspoken (Editorial)
Letters

Stonewall Riots (Natalie)
Blurt Out
Sotomayor
Jennifer Camper
Obituaries
GIAAD Tidings
lookOut
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Gossip Watch
Out on the Town (Tracey and Pokorny)
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Recognizing the Right
he recent decision by the National Endowment
for ,the Arts and its chair, John E. Frohnmayer,
to cancel the grants of four artists because of the sexual content of their work is a chilling demonstration. of the success of the right-wing agenda. In canceling the grants,
Frohnmayer went against the recommendations of a rigorous
NEA peer-review panel and, by way of explanation, invoked the"political realities" that compelled him to deny funding to theartists, three of whom are gay and all of whom c::reatecontroversial and sexually explicit art. The clear message was that rightwingers -in Congress, led by· Republican Sen. Jesse Helms ofNorth Carolina, have suceeded in their campaign to force thenational arts establishment to nix the funding of erotic-in particular bomoerotic-art.
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That such puritanical repression of worthy artists is now afact of life in America should frighten and enrage everyone whovalues artistic freedom. As. repr.ehensible as this act of censorshipis, there remains another, more dire issue to be confronted. The
silencing of gay and erotic art is but the tip of the iceberg of aconservative agenda that increasingly threatens to sink the legitimate aspirations of all minorities, not just gays and artists.
The right-wingers have been effectively consistent in theiropposition to all·the social gains of the '60s. These include Black
civil rights, women's rights and gay and lesbian rights, as well as
the expressions of popular culture exemplified by music, art,
performance and literature. It's no accident that rap, a phenomenon of contemporary Mrican-American culture, is the rustart form in a generation to feel the heavy hand of official censorship, and that artists exploring openly gay and lesbian subjects
are the ones being systematically denied funding by the NEA.
People of color, gays and women, always marginal andoppressed, were ~e main beneficiaries of the social relaxationsof the '60s. We are the main threats to the hegemony of thestraight white males by whom our culture has ever been dominated and whose selfish interests are represented by the
Republican and religious Right.
One hopeful aspect of this sad struggle is that the numbers
are. on our side. The extreme right wing has always constituted
only a small proportion of the population. Opinion polls consis.tently show that most Americans favor abortion rights, civil rights
foc- ethnic and religious minorities, equal rights for women andeven gay and lesbian rights. Yet the vociferousness with whichrigl;lt-wingers engage in successful consumer boycotts, anti~abor..tion demonstrations and the like often seems to be lacking on, our side,·giving the impression of unequal power to our enemies.
This need not be the case. People of color, women, lesbians
and gays and other oppressed groups fighting for human liberation and peace dominated the nation's agenda in the' '60s andearly '70s: Many thought that we had won the primary battles,
and so they relaxed.
Given the reversals of the past few years, ~ch relaxation
was premature. But by recognizing the nature of the threat andrededicating ourselves to the struggle, we shall overcome.
Numbers, time and justice are all on our side.,.,,.
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OutWeek's
editorial,"Queer Money and Public
Television" (July 11, no. 54),
was fabulous. But where
were you, GlAAD and othercommunity activists, when
the board of trustees of the
Educational Broadcasting
Corporation(owners of
WNET)held a meeting, open
to the public, In June? WhenI saw the event listed two
weeks In a row In OutWeek's
terrific "Going Out" calendar,
I knew I had to be there tojoin others to protest public
TV's condescendingandIndifferent attitude towardlesbians and gay men.
When I arrived shortly
after the meel1ng had begun,
I looked for familiar faces In
the audience and foundnone. Zero. I was the only
activist there. But I was
stunned by the array of
power and privilege seatedat the conference table. The
trustees Included: Mrs. Felix
Royhatan (wife of the Investment banker whose stolen
purse becamea majormedia story), Mrs. Cyrus
Vance (wife of the former
secretary of state), Mrs.Abraham Rlblcoff (wife of the former senator and governor ofConnecticut and yes, theirname plates use their husband's first names) and Morl1merZuckerman (realtor andowner of U.S. News andWorld Report), though hisseat was empty.
I listened and watchedas the officers of WNET/Thlrteen and the trustees used
first names while discussing
financial and programming
Issues and became angrier'and angrier. It was all very
civilized, respectable andclubby. I knew I had to dosomething, so I took a deep
breath and held high myposter: "Falmess Demands a
Weekly Lesbian and Gay Pro-

gram and PBSKnows It:
Heads turned to readmy sign. (I was the only person standing.) But no one
acknowledged
my presence. There wasn't a single
thumbs-up, nod of the. headnor even the beginning of asmile. They made me Invisible. I was a symbol of how
television's decision makers
perceive the lesbian andgay community
exceptwhen they deign to throw us
a bone. Eventhe public spec:tators at the meeting ovoided eye contact with me.
I lett atter holding thesign for more than an hour.
Did I hear a sigh of relief fromthe room? The two security
guards who soon appeared
were delighted to direct meto the exit. One even calledme "Sir: (Unfortunately, hewasn't my type.)
WNET/ThIrteen was lucky
this time. I was alone andkept my mouth shut. The next
meeting of WNET'sboard oftrustees Is In September. I'll
be watching OutWeek's calendar for the date. I'll be
there. Pleasejoin me.
Ha/Bramson
Manhattan
And Now a Word From
Somebody Who
Totally Fucking Hated
the Pride Coverage ...
Yourso-called coverageof Lesbian and Gay Pride '90
Is pathetiC (July 11, no. 54).
The entire section Is so boringand so safe, It could haveappeared In the New YorkTimes. (In fact, It did.) I suppose the Idea was to spreadyour writers out to get maximum coverage, and thatsounds like a good Idea. But
what we get Is minimalist"sound-blte· -type coveragethat Is so bland It makes theweekend sound like a picnic
at a congregational church.
There Is not one line that

captures the passion andexhilaration of what happened In the streets with thereal people. Even your selection of photos Is so evenhanded and politically correct they have no Impact.
ThisIsthe most Important andthrilling weekend of the year
for lesbians and gays on the
East Coast, but one would
never know from OutWeek.
What happened to thatmagazine that exploded on
the scene only one shortyear ago? You remember,the one with the anger, theedge and the fuck-you attItude. The one with the nononsense coverage of Issues
Important to the lesbian andgay community. It breaks myheart to open the only gay
weekly In New Yorkand see It
running uptown to see a heterosexual, yuppie play. Ever
since the brouhaha over the
Malcolm Forbes piece (notnews to gay New Yorkers,by
the way) OutWeek has been

taking Itself awfully seriously.
In case you hove forgotten,
those In mainstream publishIng you seem to be frying to
Impress hate you, ridicule
you and are our enemies.
They are the very reason
OutWeek came to be. Thesevery people you tiptoe
around are the same ones
who would step over yourbleeding bodies to get totheir limos to take them tothe next consclence-soothIng AIDSbene1lt.
Take off the gloves. Stopworrying what Channel 9thinks. OutWeek Is for queersl
And only queersl Stop wastIng time defending yourselves to detractors andarguing with other publications. Get back to the streets,the courts and the Legislatures and give us the news. It
Is our opinions you should
value. I don't need anotherwimpy popular
appealweekly. I went OutWe6k, theway It used to be. Make peo-

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pie mad, and make themthink. What Is the point of
having w~ters of color when
you can't teU the difference
without a by-lIne? Wake up
folks. You are In danger of
Idlllng YOU'Seives off. Let's getback at It. We need you.
Lon Lowry

Manhattan

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Hated the PrIde Cover
About the cover. The
Special Pride Issue's cover,(June 27, no. 52) was espe-

clally revolting. I think ourstrength lies not In gazing
beyond stars-and-strlpes tosome remote happy future·but In our gazing at eachother and finding our magnifIcent gay present.
II11thRosenblum

TaskForce, was one of many
speakers to address thecrowd.
Gay pride Is alive andgrowing In the Midwest. ThIs
has been an Important year
for Missouri's gays and lesbians. The Prfvacy RIghts EduManhattan cation Project, a local prlvacy rights group, began a
Meel Me In
campaign to repeal a state. Sf. louis
law that specifically targets
As a falth- gay and lesbian sexual activful reader of Ity as Illegal and criminal. The
your magalaw Is often used to JusHfy diszlne, I was dis- c~mlnat/on against gays andmayed thatlesbians or to deny custody
OutWeek ex- to gay parents. In January,cludedmy over 80 members of PREP
hometown
lobbied for the repeal bill atfrom your artl- the state capital. Consequently, the bill has been
cle listing thecities hosting
sponsored and Introduced In
gay p~de ce~ both the Senate and theebratlons. This House and almost ten thouyear, St. Louis sand signatures have been
In the petition
held Its largest collected
event ever. A drive. Thistype of IeglslaHon Is
thousanda firstfor Mlssou~.Another firstgays, lesbians for this state Is a"I openly gay
and friends
man running for state l.eglslomarched
ture. Tim Cuslk Is campaignthrough the
Ing for the house seat of thecity's west end, and five64th District.
thousand attended the rally
There Is stili a long way
afterwards. A former St. Louis . to go In Missouri to remove
resident, Sue Hyde of thethe many repressive condiNational Gay and Lesbian
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lesbians. However, more andmore ,Mlssolllans are coming
out of the closet and dema"ICIIng cha"Ige. Gay pride
Is certdlnly maldng a difference In rTf.( commU'lIty.
,. Gregg StoHnsId

St. Louis
Stralghtophobet?
Du~ng the rany on PrIde
Saturday In Union SquarePark (great rally) I was handed a paper. One of the artlcles had ., Hate Straights·
written across It. My first reaction was rage. OK. True-we
do -suffer a great deal
because of many people
within the straight community. I have. All of us have;
either directly or Indirectly.
But what about writing
another article In the same
paper thanking those Inel'9d7
Ibly beautIf\J straight people
who have made homosexualliberation a huge part of theirlives. My straight sister, Usa,
calls me up from St. louis totell me of the huge argument she had with the rest of
my family about how wonderful the gay and lesbian
comrrunlty Is. She organized
an eight-week Bible class In
her somewhat conservative
Washington D.C. church
where she Invited homosexuals to come and talk to thesepeople who were ·unexposed.· By unexposed, I
mean they never had ahomosexual sit down andtalk to them. Yes, she
received flack from a few
members, but more Importantly, how much light did
she spread within thatchurch? Maybe this soUnds
naive, but I think a lot of heterosexuals Just need one of,us to patiently expose themto the Idndness and warmth
we have so much of In ourcommunity. That's been alarge part of my expertenee·
while coming out to the pe0ple I've known a"lClloved foryears and years. I haveanotherstraight friend,
Bobra, who started Reality
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educates Junior high school of course you would Join
people on AIDSby attempt- P-FLAG-you're my fucking
Ing to set up an a1mospher'e parents and friends. You are .
where kids aren't afraid to gMng me nothing more thanask scary-to-ask questions what I deserve.· Our resabout sex, drugs or whatev- ponse to any straight person
er. These are just two exam- who ever joined a pro-queer
ples out ot so many homo- group or march Is that wephlilc heterosexuals.
owe you nothing more for
11Hri< we need to remem- these few hours out of your
ber to thank the straightsthat secure livesduring which you
In our world
spread so much light tor us participate
because they love us so than we owe our queer
much. We need to unite. not brothersand sisterswho have
exdude,ln the sensitivecom- II
munl1y that makes us up.
ErikMortensen
Manhattan

put their lives on the line
since the beginning of timeand do so at every Instanceof their lives.
If straights who callthemselves pro-queer truly
are, they will recognize In the
Instance of this essay thatsometimes queers just needto have a sense of community, common experience andlanguage without being
apologetic and without havIng to give Homosexuality

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The queers who can'ttolerate the article are asource of sadness. By notowning their anger, by makIng nice to straights, theyremain vlc11ms forever, at themercy ot all the manifestations of homophobia so brilliantly encompassed by the
essay and Impervious to theaffirmative truths expressed
there as well: that queers ere
Immeasurably valuable. That•I

The Truths of Queer Uvea

We recently read theunsigned "Queers Read ThIs,·

distributed on Gay PrIde Day,and we are Including It alongwith our letter for your attention. Although we did notwrite It, we would have been
proud to have done so, andwe congratulate Its authors
for their vision. clarity andIntelligence. It Is Inspiredand
Inspiring.
We have heard widelydifferent reactions on thecontent. from Irate m:::I WOlnded heterosexualswriting diatribes In protest. to groups ofqueers In restaurants talking.
defending. analyzing andfinally agreeing with every
syllableof the essay.
We are not surprisedthat straights reject the
essay. Such a well-written expression of just anger could
do nothing but bring to lighttheir most deep-seatedhomophobic and Insecure
responses. ThisIs the homophobia that teaches queers
to shut up and be gratefulthat straight women andmen devote their time togroups like ACT UP and PFLAG.Straightsteach queers
to want their approval but tofeel undeserving of It to theextent of forgetting to thinkthat "of course you would
work for ACT UP:How could
a decent human being witness 80.000 deaths without
reacting
pOlitically? And,..;.

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we have a right to feet angryand defend ourselves. Thatthe fact that we as alive at
all In this stralght-run world Isa miracle. That the fact that
we fuck Is a political act.
- That It lies within only us tofight back and reclaim ourpersonhood rather fhal payIng the price of assimilationor surrendering our Identity.
Every queer must realize thatan attack on a drag queen
In the Bronx Is an attack on acreative director on Perry
Street Is an attack on awoman In Pal< Slope. All wecan !lope Is that we will all
learn this soon and leam wehave an obligation t9 eachother to own the truths ofqueer lives.
It would be In the service of the community toprint the essay In I1s entirety.
Ornor Andrade Robert McVey
Manhattan

the groups established -to
l!shedand so-very professionWin the Circle Be Unbroken?
Though otten said, It Is ald· the homosexual. A spark al gay-and-Iesblan-rlghts
stili Ignored that those who struck; a fire lit. Time passed. movement Is confused, In
pain and bewildered. -Perhave not learned the lessons The Infant begotten by thatof history are bound to movement has now reachedsonal validation should be
repeat past errors. Thiswas adulthood. Gay rights gay tied up with what the groupbrought to mind by Rotello's liberation: one and thewants and Insls1supon.· -It's
article (July 4, no. 53) about same. Or IsIt?
deja vu all over again.·
Recently, as In 1969, a
the Canaan Conference.
I wish that the lessons
Twenty-one years ago, different voice has been
had been learned. I really
heard In the land. Signs don't look forward to doing It
a then-small band entered
Into conflict with both the appeared at a Provincetown again; the last 28 years havemarch proclaiming -Queers, taken their toll. But I fear thatestobllshed
homophile
movement and with the sod- Dykes, cock-sucking andIt wlll be necessary.
ety at large. Thisband with cunt-Iapplng (sic).· Shockl
I wish the new movetemerity named Itself Gay
Horrorsl Didn't these people
ment well; I hope that thisUberatlon Front; It declaredknow that It Is only correct to time around the lesson willthat I1s members were -gay speak In modulated tones
be.leamt. Gay rlgh1sand gay
and proud.· Complaints
about -ac1s of personal Inti- llberatlonl
were heard far and widemacy, In private, with conMIchael J. Lavery•
about those who
would rock sentlng adults of the same
Manhattan,
the smooth-sailing boat of affectlonal
preference?·
progress Into acceptance;
Later In time, there arose
SirenStarters
the ragtag members of the another band calling Itself
The Sirens Motorcycle
Frontwere loud, prash and 111- Queer Nation. Shouts of Club of New YorkCity led the
dressed; they confronted"We're here, we're queer
New York Pride Parade thisand embarrassed both the -get used to It (snap ... year for the fifth consecutive
stanchions of society and of snap)" fill the air. The estab- year. We were dismayed that•0" ~EARGOD.ll1 T~I~
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cessful push. Most Importantly, we should all be proudthat an International symbolof New York was lit lavenderto celebrate pride In ourselves and each other. It Is alight we can all, afford tobask In.
The, Executive Board
Heritage of Pride

We ~Iyexpect to maintainthis relationship.
Anally, the members of
Heritage 0.1 Pride were
extremely delighted to see
the Empire state Building lit
lavender for Gay and Lesbian Pride Weekend. HerItage of Pride tried toqccompllsh this feat on morethan one occasion and wecongratulate
G'LAAD on
making the final and suc.

we were mlsldenflfled as the We value her hard work as
Lavender Jane Gang In a general member and In several board positions, InclUdNew York Times article but
Ing RallyChcir.
we did not expect OutWeek
GLAAD and Heritage ofto make the same error (July
Pride support each other11, no. 54). The Sirens welcomes visiting riders to Join ood work together. We both
work for the common good
us In the parade and weof the gay and lesbian
were honored this year tocommunity,
whether qs
have women from themedia watchdogs
or asLavender"' Jane Gang ofRockland County and theorganizersof the events of,
New York's Pride Weekend.
Moving Violations Motorcycle Club of Boston, as well ,as some Independent riders
and a few men from Empire
City and the Pocono Warriors. It Is the Sirens,however,
who lead the parade andthis fact should haye been
noted In Paul Rykoff Coleman's parade coverage elf
God Is a lesbian, she's prob;ably plssecn.
Cheryl Stewart,

Manhattan•

DfannMele
Manhattan•

HOPping GLAAD
In the last few weeks,
IndMduals In our community,
Including one member of
Heritage of PrIde, have written to this publication
expressing opinions regardIng the lavender lighting of
the Empire state Bulldng and
Gay and Lesbian Prideevents this year and In thepast. In order to dear the air,the executive board of HerItage of Pride would like tomake 1Iie foBowing statemenls.
We believe that everyone has the right to his or her
own opinion and pOints ofview as well as the right toexpress them freely. However, we wish to make clearthat the opinions of an Individual member of Heritageof Pride do not necessarilyreflect the position of theorgalizatlon as a whole.
The writer of a letter previously published In OutWeek
did not have all the facts
regarding some of Karin
Schwartz's actions taken as amember of Heritage of PrIde.
Karin Schwartz has been amember of our organlzatlon
for more' than three years.

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Pallone Pal
I have never beenmuch of a baseball fan, but
If there were more hand.some homophllesllke Dave
Pallone In the field, I'd beone. Hurrahfor the gay teaml

P.B. Griggs,

Arlington, Va,

Censoring Lesbian Art
As lesbian writers, we
protest current right-wingattempts to censor art that Is
about sexual.Issuesand thathas sexual content; In particular, we protest the congressional ban on funding of
homoerotic
art by the
National Endowment for theArts. Thesecensors are definIng lesbian and gayexlstence and any art thatsprings from our experienceas obscene.
Because being lesbianor gay Is not obscene bydefinition, we must be able
to make art about any partof our lives-goingout todinner, back-paddng withfriends, raising our children or
attending a political demonstration. There Is nothingobscene about that art,
whether or not It has expUdt
lesbian or gay content. The
art that we create from thesubstance of our lives Is not
obscene. It Is about different
ways of creating lOving relatlqnshlps, families and communities. To the censors,
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struggle about censorship ofIn art, explicit sexual
Information Is happening notdescriptions and depictionsof women by men-both lov- just at the level of the federal
Ing and hateful-have long government, but also within
been acceptable. However, private corporations, public
lesbian celebration of our schoolsand universities.
The current· struggle
own bodies and relationships
In art challenges sexist about sexual censorship Is
part of an Intensifying cliassumptions that women's
lives matter only as they are mate of .repression that tarIntertwined with men's, that gets many groups African
women's bodlesexlst only Americans, AsIan Americans,for male pleasure and use. Latinos, Native Americans
and all people of color;
Lesbian art presents thepower and beauty of female Arabs and Jews; poor peosexual pleasure, the possibili- ple, women and the disabled; the young and thety of sexually autonomous
women, ald corrpIe>dly of !vas old; lesbian and gay peo~
which are not constricted by ple-groups that have beencalled "special Interesf.
heterosexlstand sexistroles.
groups" but that are, In fact,
Lesbian and gay art,
which showsthe complexities the majorHy of "the people"of same-sex love, challenges In thiscoun1Ty.
SOCietallyconstructed definiPlease raise your voice,tions of sexuality,gender and within-the context of this largnature. It Is no aCcident that er struggle, against censorthe forces of censorship are ship of lesbian and gay art.
being led by Senator Jesse Contact your congressperHelms of North Carolina; he son Immediately to demandhas made a political career re-authorlzatlon of the Naof passing off as "truth" such tional Endowment for thesocial myths as that a per- Arts with no restrictions.Work
son's gender, race or religion In whatever capacity you
makes her/him superior or can In your community toInferiorto another.
ensure we do not lose
In fact, Senator Helms access to the Informationand other censors fearthat we, and others, needleblan/gay
art precisely
about the realitiesof our lives
because public viewing,as gay and lesblan people.
reading and discussingof our
JudlfhMcDanlel
work leads to a questioning
Elly&Jldn
Chl}lStos (Mlnominee NatIon)of so-called "normal" patterns of power and hierarchy
AudreLorde
Minnie Bruce Pratt
In U.S.culture.
The current attempts to
Manhattan
censor sexually explicit I~s(Ed. 's note: The last
blan and gay art are tied to three writers recently reattempts to control Informa- ceived grants for their workfrom the NEA.)
tion about safer sex arid
AIDS, about contraception
Ditching the Democrats
and abortion and about lesAs a member of thebian and bay sexuality. thiscensorship Is being Imposed New Alliance Party, I was
not just In the art world but In very much Interested In sevradio programming, repro- eral of the articles thatappeared In the June 20thductlve-'rlghts counselingand classroom teaching. The Issue of OutWeek. Larry

July 25, 1990

Kramer's statement that"even If a cure (for AIDS)
were found tomorrow, there
Is In place only an unyteldlng
system that will not test,
approve and make It available fast enough to save
most of us" rang altogether
too true. Then there wasMark Harrington's article In
which he quoted one longtime AIDSresearcher assayIng, "I get nothing out of thesystem.We just don't think Its
workable: Finally,there was
Barbara Seyda's artide, "Vlolence, Silence and LesbIalS,"
In which she writes, "It's time
we get It together girls: Get
out of the closet, get ourguns, find a leSbIanAI
ton and kick some ass If weneed to and love ourselves;"
In short,. . there were
three committed activists
and writersof our commU'l1ty
admitting that, despite their
dedicated and even heroIC
efforts, the system •hasremained Intransigent. Wh<:rt
must happen before we realIze that things ae not getting
better, but that things are
getting worse? The Democratic Party had demonstrated again and again, by theirlast choice of presidential .
candidate, by their party's
refusal to even Include thewords lesbian and gay In
their platform, by their utter,gross cowardice In failing to
oppose Jesse Helms, thatthey are unwilling and Incapable of doing what Is necessary to ameliorate thesocial problems facing us.
If the Democrats aren't
going to work for us, they
don't deserve our vote. We,
as gay men and lesbians,
must know who our friends
are and who our enemies
are. I am tired of defending
the New Alliance Party
against ridiculous claims that
we are a cult or that we ae

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suggestions of who to supaccusing Rev. AI Sharpton,with whom we work closely, port Instead has often
of being an opportunist or been limited to pleas tofraud. Poor Black people are support advertisers-who
mayor may not be worthy
not stupid. We In the Newof gay dollars.
Alliance Party grieve over the
Therefore, I ask that thisfact that the actlvlst$, who so
angrily and righteously conmagazine create the "Outfronted Cuomo In Albany this Week Squeal of Approval·
spring, will go give the bas- for companies that deservetard their vote In November.
support for pro-gay and prolesbian actions.
Demonstrating Is an Important tactic, perhaps even an
I arrived at this Idea
obligation for gay men andwhile a friend was dying of
lesbians tOday, but demonAIDS.Hislover was able to be
strating Is not enough. If It at his side because of thewere, Larry Kramer would not generous understanding of
be exhausted and disilluhis employer, Camouflage
sioned. We need to build(8th Ave.). They did not havesomething; we need politto understand. They did not
Ical power for ourselvesl
have to be supportive. But
What Malcolm X said In his they were. The gay commuday remains true: "You put
nity can say, "Thank you:the Democrats first, thewHh patronage.
Democrats put you last: The
Curtis L. Cole
New Alliance Party Is a BlackManhaffanled, women-of-color-Ied,
multiracial, pro-gay, pro, Sacrificial Lambssocialist, working-class party.
Last Friday, June 29,
Dr. Fulanl, our chairwoman, Is John Frohnmayer, the Chairrunning for governor thisman of the National Endowyear. WIth the help of the les- ment for the Arts, announced
bian and gay community,that he had taken thewe can gamer enough votes unprecedented step of overto send a clear message to turning four solo perforthe Democratic
Party: If mance art fellowships thatyou're not going to do your had been strongly recomJob for us, then you're notmended for funding by thegoing to get our vote.
peer panel. The artists whose
Christopher P. Henry fellowships were denledKaren Rnley, John Reck, Holly
Manhaffan
Hughes and Tim Miller-ali
Another Good Idea
create work that deals with
What is the opposite
the politics of sexuality. Threeof a boycott?
of the four are out and highly
I pose this question tovisible queers. We believe
remind us that there are twothat the overturning of thesesides to the productive use of grants was John Frohnmaygay and lesbian economic
er's and George Bush's
power. Just Os PAC money Is attempt to appease theused to fight our foes, It canhomophobic, misogynist andbe used to support our
racist agenda of Jesse Helms
friends.
.
and company. Frohnmayer
Boycotts are traditionalbelieves he can make sacrifily one-sided. We are asked
cial lambs out of visible
not to drink Coors. But Is an
queer artists and no one willalternative. like Bud really a core, no one will speak up
friend of gays and lesbians?
for us.
As a new leader In ourAnd, unfortunately, hecommunity, OutWeek has may be right. Where was theoutcry when the word
done a good Job of keep-

Congress, the President and"homoerotic· was Included
the NEA Chairman. The gay
In the restrictive language
passed by Congress? It Is and lesbian community
knows from their experience
only the gay and lesbiancommunity that will speak up Ion the AIDS crisisthat lobbyIng, I.e., letters, postcardS,with an Informed voice.
We ask the gay and les- telegrams to Congress, arenot enough. Jesse Helms
bian community to embracemust be confronted--loudly,
this Issue.There Is no radical
direct-actiongroup In the, rudely, queerly.
Further, gay men andcluster of arts organizations
to do this work with us. We lesbians must confront thearts InstItuHonsof this country,
don't claim to represent thegay community, or even all from the galleries to the thelesbian performance artists aters, form the downtown
alternative spaces to the
who live on st. Mark's Place.
But the Right sees us this way. most mainstream museums,
to demand: 1) that theseIn attacking
the lesbian
poets Audre Lorde, Minnie
Institutions publicly support
Bruce Pratt, Chrystos (In Jesse these blacklisted artists; 2)
Helms' direct mall camthat
theseInstitutions
paigns) and defundlng theIncrease their presentations
above-mentioned
perforof open-and
we meanmance artists,they are trying open-lesbian
and gay
artists; 3) that these Instituto blacklist all of us. They
tions condemn the NEA
want to force all of us backInto the closet, wherE;!they
Chair's actlons and demandhope we will suffocate andtheir reversal. To do anything
die In silence.
lesswould be compllcltous.
Some people say "Well,
In our dealings with themedia, we have had to Insist
Richard Elovlch Is an openly
gay artist, and he got fundagain and again the homoed.· We believe that this was phobia be addressed when
discussing the NEA crisis. We
part of a deliberate strategy
need support. We ask you,to disguise the Right's homothe gay and lesbian commuphobic agenda. Thisagenda
nity to support the various
Is obvious If you look at the
antl-censorshlp organizations
restrictive language; theword "homoerotic·
leaps
and Insist that they openlyout. No other group was so Include the Issue of homophobia In their efforts. These
blatantly targeted.
We need your help. We organizations are on our side,
need to direct our outrage
but they must be educated.
at Jesse Helms and anyone
HQI/y Hughes
else who would appease his
Richard Elovlch
agenda-andthat means
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NEW YORK-A
gay man washave made no arrests inbeaten to death with a hammer in theJackson Heights section of Queens last the case.
week,· but police in the area have not
Vaseline Alleyclassified the murder as a bias-related•
The area of thecnme.
At approximately 3 am on Monday attack is hard by a shortstreet known within themorning, July 2, Julio Rivera, 29, wasJackson Heights gay
attackedin an elementary
schoolcommunity as "Vaseline
playgroundat 77th Street .and 37th
Alley," where men who
Avenue. The assault was discovered
have sex with men
when a friend, Brian, 21, who wascongregate and meet.
walking on 37th Avenue, saw Rivera
staggering out of the schoolyard. At first The neighborllood also
he thought that .the man was a drunk, but contains a number ofgay bars within a few
after he recognizedRivera, he apblocks along Roosevelt
proached him and saw that he was
Avenue.
covered in blood. .
According to OUtAfter catching Rivera and easing him
to the ground, Brian, who asked that his . Week sources, police at I'
last name not be used, ran to the nearby the 115th Precinct havehouse of a mutual fri~nd. That man, Alan classified the incident
not as a bias crime but
Sack, 38, who is also Rivera's former
lover, had spoken with Brian just minutes as a drug-related robbery. Drug sales occur
before Rivera was attacked.
openly on Roosevelt
Sack told OutWeek that he andanother friend ran with Brian to Rivera Avenue between 79th
and 81st streets, neighand then called 911 for an ambulanceborllood residents said,
and for police assistance. Sack said
and drug users arethat he asked Rivera if he knew who,
blamed for a rise in
had attacked
him, but Rivera wasstreet crimes and asunable to speak.
i ,isaults locally.
Rivera was taken to Elmhurst.tII'
But residents scofGeneral Hospital, where emergencyroom personnel worked for three hours fed at the idea thatRivera's murder was
to resuscitate him. He was pronounced
either a mugging ordead at approximately 6:30 am.
According toreports, Rivera drug-related, pointing
had been bludgeoned in the head ten to out that such crimes are GONE BUT NOT FORGOmN
Photo: OutWeek
12 times with the claw end of a hammer. rarely so vicious arid Julio Rivera, about a year before his death
He had also been stabbed four or five . that the attack occurred
times in 'the Chest and back with a knife away from the main area of drug sales. head and walked away," Sack said, "notthat punctured his lung.
Also, they said, few of the drug dealers in spent ten qrinutes beating him to deathwith a hammer."
Witnesses are said to have reported
the area are white~were the three"The community here definitely feels
to police that three white men one
men seen running from the scene. "Ablond and two dark-haired-wereseendealer would have shot him once in the it was a bias attack," said Thomas
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Fund-raiser and Vigil
The Magic Touch has already held
two fund-raising events following theRivera murder. The money collected is to
be used both to post a reward forwitnesses to the attack and to assist;nembers of Rivera's family with funeral

expenses.
Rivera's former lover, Sack, said that
he feels the Jackson Heights gay
community is "up in arms" over themurder, the latest of many such attacks
over the past ten to 12 years. "I'm just so
goddamn mad, I can't even begin to tell_you," he told OUtweek after the murder.
"Ten days ago we were all at the fair on
Christopher Street for Gay Pride, andthen yesterday I was burying him."
He concluded bitterly: "I hope thepolice are giving this the same attention
they would if it was a straight whitelawyer living on Central Park west who
was beaten to death with a claw
hammer. The fact that he wasn't-that
Julio was a young gay Puerto Rican from
Queens isn't supposed to make any
difference. But their calling it a drugrelated crime--that makes me think it
does make a difference."
The Magic Touch will hold anotherbenefit to raise funds for a reward on
Thursday, July 19, starting at 11 pm. The
address is 73-13 37th St., at theintersectionof Roosevelt Avenue,
Broadway and 74th Street. The nearest
subways are the 74th Street-Broadway
stop on the 7 line and the Roosevelt
Avenue-Jackson Heights stop on the E, F,
G and R trains.
A candlelight vigil is also planned
for that night at 9 pm at the schoolyard, where the murder occurred.
Rivera's friends and family plan to lightcandles and place flowers at themurder site and release 29 whiteballoons. Others are welcome to. attend, but Sack stressed that all attendees should be mindful that theevent is a commemoration rather thana rally or a protest.
. Anr,one. with information about theRivera murder can call Detective
Sackman, . of the N.Y.C. Police
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several key judicial and legislativedecisions have demonstrated the slow
but deliberate strides the traditional gay
and lesbian civil-rights movement has
taken in the last few years.
In Massachusetts,
the state's
highest court decided that a referendum question on the new gay andlesbian civil-rights bill woiild not be
alloWed on the ballot.
!n Illinois, the state Legislature.
voted to amend the state hate-crimes
statute to include sexual orientation,and in New Jersey, existing law waschanged to include increased penalties
for people found guilty of committing
crimes motivated by hatred, ill will orbias. Passage of the Illinois legislation
marks the rust time in the country thatsexual orientation has been added toan existing hate-crimes law, while thevictory in New Jersey continues thetrend of including lesbians and gay
men in legislationthat creates aseparate category of violent crimes
motivated by bigotry.
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Meanwhile,
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state anti-discrimination protections to
lesbians and gay men was defeated ina tie'vote, although advocates of the.
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Even New York's hate-crimes bill,after passing in the state House for thethird year in a row, escaped fromcommittee in the state Senate for the
first time this year, which caused someobservers to express guarded optimism
for its fate in the future.
Gay men and lesbians also scoreda victory in Illinois, when legislation
designed to prevent public display of aposter showing same-Se;x: couples
kissing died when the Legislature wentout of session before l'assing the· antigay measure (see sidebar).
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recent legat and ju'diOal decisions show
the divi4ends of increased organizing
and lobpying for. t~aditional lesbianand gay-rights issues.

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts'
Perhaps, the most important
victory in the past few years for gay
men and lesbians nationwide was last
fall's' passage of a statewide antidiscrimination 'statute in Massachusetts
that provides protection for lesbians
and gay men in the areas of housing,
employment,
credit and public
accommodations.
The Bay State is
only the second· in the 'union, after
Wisconsin,
to extend
anti-discrimination protections
togay men.
and lesbians.
Unlike the judicial arena, wherehigh court decisions have a quantifiable bearing on. cases being con:~sidered ~n entirf!'l.y separate juri!,dictions, legislatfv.e actions provide
only a faint reflection of shifts inpublic perceptions and opinions.
.But on a psychological level, theMassachusetts legislature's willingness
to grant anti-discrimination
protections to the gay community may wellinfluence legislators in other states
who are considering similar measures,simply because, as one supporter of,theMassachusetts'
law put it,"legislators hate to feel like they are
sticking out their necks all alone."
In fact, many activists already see'a signal' that enactmentof theMassachusetts
law has had someeffect on legislators in Rhode Island's
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The recent
victory on lesbian and,gay rights in Massachusetts' highest
court,. however; provided even longtime opponents of the<legislation witha clear view of the new tolerance forlesbians and gay men. On July 5, thecourt affirmed the state. attorney
general's opinion that because the law
contains a clause that substantiallyalters the existing exemptionofreligious iristitutions and organizations
from various provisions of the state'santi~discrimination
statute,andbecause the Massachusetts Constitution specifically bars laws that deal
with religion from being put on theballot, the lesbian and gay antidiscrimination
law could not be
placed on referendum.
"I think the court ruling wasn't
just based on the technicality of thereligious amendment," commented
David LaFontaine, a member of thestate's Coalition
for Lesbian and Gay,
Civil Right~,,' which formed to fightfor the statewide anti-discrimination
bill through grass-roots organizing
and constituent lobbying. "Underlying the decision was the sense that[the court] thought it was inappropriate to put anyone's civil rights on
the ballot. There just wasn't sentiment for. trying to repeal anyone's
civil rights." •.
According' to LaFontaine, theorganizationthat sponsoredthereferendu~ repeal effort, Citizens for
Family First, now seems to be turning
its attention to the upcoming exhibitof Robert Mapplethorpe's
work in
Boston. Meanwhile, at least until thenext statewide elections are held in
1992, the commonwealth's new antidiscrimination statute is safe.
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The news from the nation's
smallest state is as dour as the bulletin
from'its Northern neighbor is encouraging. Nonetheless, some activists thinkthat the legislation'S near passage thisyear may be a sign of changing times.
For the first time ever, this year, theRhode Island Senate passed the bilt,
prompting national anti-gay groups•
such as the Eagle Forum and the
Coalition to Preserve
Traditional Values•
to send representatives to lobby in theHouse against passage of the legislation.
This mobilization of anti-gay forces
was particularly disturbing to advocatesof the measure because the bill underconsideration was not a comprehensive
civil-rights measure. In the House
Judiciary Committee, the bill was
stripped of provisions that would havebarred discrimination in the areas of
employment and housing, leaving only
credit and public-accommodatioris
protections for lesbians and gay men.
The Rhode Island • civil-rights
legislation was defeated on June
28 in•the House of Representatives by a 45-45
vote.
The bill's failure also aroused
activists to plan for political hardball innext year's civil-rights law offensive,
which may include, according to sOme
reports, an attempt to out. one of thelegislation's most vehement opponents,
who some activists believe is a closeted
gay man.
•Illinois Hate Crimes
After rancorous debate in which
sexual orieQtation was repeatedly•
knocked off the bill and subsequently
reinserted, the Illinois Legislature passed
a measure that extended the existing•

hate-crimes law to include sexual
orientation as well as several othercategories. It also increased the penalties
to violators of the law. The amendment
to the existing hate-crimes law has not
yet been signed by Jim Thompson, theDemocratic governor of llIinois.
The victory was particularly
exhilarating for lesbian and gay activists
because it represents what may be thefirst time the Legislature voted
affirmatively
on a measure that
included sexual orientationin apositive context. "For years we've been
clubbed in Springfield any time sexualorientation issues are part of thedebate," one activist told Chicagobased Outlines.
The pro-gay legislation improves
the state's Ethnic Intimidation Act,
which was enacted in 1982 and signedby the current governor. While activists
have had no assurance that the recently
passed amendment will be signed into
law, observers expect that the govemor
will not oppose the legislation.

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the measure passed the Assembly overwhelmingly by a vote of 69-4.
"I think it was really a surprise for
the Assembly, too, that it was on theschedule," laughed Heidi Jones, vicepresident of the New Jersey Lesbianand Gay Coalition and co-chair of thestate's Anti-Violence Project. She explained that the bill's sponsors had•
anticipated getting the bill to the floor
for a vote no earlier than September.
However, Jones pointed out,
activists are now concerned about thefate of the state's civil-rights bill in thewake of the hate-crimes legislation's
passage. "I am an optimist, so I think ,.
•its great," Jones explained. "But [theymay] think they threw us a bone.
. [They] could now say, 'We gave you
this bill to shut you up,'" Jones added.
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•bV Nina Reyes andColumbia prohibit certain sexual activities
between consenting adults, and the laws
· WAYNE COUNTY, Mich.-A trial
are being challenged both legislatively
court
here has.. struck down a state
and through test cases in. the judicial,
sodomy law, ruling that a prohibition on
system in a number of those jurisdictions.
~me forms of consensual sexual activity
In Kentucky, on June 8, a circuit
violates the state's constitutionallycourt judge in Fayette CQuntyaffirmed aguaranteed right to privacy. The decision
district court judge'S ruling that thecame only weeks after a Kentucky circuit sodomy law violates the commoncourt issued a similar ruling on thewealth's constitution, and just last week,
commonwealth law prohibiting "deviate attorneys for the state asked the
Sexual intercourse. h
Kentucky Court of Appeals to review the
Circuit Court's decision.
· "The Kentucky and Michigan cases,. as well as the political organizing going
If the higher court upholds thelower court's decision, the case may go
on in several other states, should be
before the Kentucky Supreme Court. A
encouraging to all of us because it
ruling against the anti-gay Kentucky
proves that these laws can be attacked
on' a state-by-state basis," commented
sodomy law, which penalizes sexual
conduct between people of the same sex
Sue Hyde, director of the PrivacyProject,a program of the National Gay and . without equally penalizing conduct
between people of opposite sexes,
Lesbian Task Force that focuses onwould change the law for the whole
efforts to repeal existing sodomy laWs.
eommonwealth.
In 'deciding the Bowers v. Hardwick
The Michigan ruling declared thatcase in 1986,' the U.S. Supreme Court
the state's constitutional right of privacy
upheld the constitutionality of Geotgia's
extends to the conduct prohibited by thesodomy law, forcing the fight to repeal
sodomy and gross-indecency laws.
similar laws back into state courts.
"This is an important victory for
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everyone concerned with privacy rights
in this country," said David Piontkowsky,
lead attorney
for the Michigan
Organization for Human Rights, astatewide gay and lesbian advocacy
group and one of the plaintiffs in thesuit. "The Michigan ruling is a good
example of the growing trend around thecountry to challenge and overturn theseantiquated, oppressive laws."
Altogether, 12 plaintiffs, including a
75-year-old lesbian, a gay male couple
and a lesbian mother, banded together tochallenge the Michigan law on the
grounds that fear of prosecution under
the sodomy statute, which made sodomy
a felony, had unconstitutionally affected
their behavior and violated their privacy.
Ifconvicted under the law, individuals
faced up to 15 years in prison and a$5,000 fine.
While the decision affects only thosecourts and law enforcement agencies
within Wayne County, activists point out
that it paves the way for a case that could
land in the state's Supreme Court, whichis the only court in the state that can
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STOCKHOlM, Sweden-A Brit and. a former Chicagoan living in Austria were
elected July 7 to lead the International
Lesbian -and Gay Association for the nextyear, at the conclusion of the group's
week-long 12th World ConfereQce inStockholm, Sweden.
John Clark, a U.S. citizen who has
resided in Vienna for 17 years, and
Usa Power, of London, were selected
overwhelmingly by the 287 delegatesin attendance.
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organization in the United Kingdom, said
that she arrived at the conference"completely fed up" after two years as
ILGA co-secretary general but wasleaving the gathering "totally renewed.""You are all so wonderful,· she added.
It is Clark's fU'St term; he replaces
Jean-Claude Letist, of Cologne, West
Germany, who died of AIDS-related
complications this year.
Robert Bray of the U.S. National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force wasnominated for the co-secretary general
position but withdrew, saying NGLTF
was not prepared for the commitment
this year. NGLTF was, however, elected"backup" ILGA financial secretariat byan overwhelming margin, following a
vocal contest with the Norwegian

TOP OF THE WORLDILGA co-secretaries general Lisa Power andJohn Clark.
photo: Rex Wockner/OutWeeknational gay organization Det Norske
Forbundet ay 1948. (ILGA "secretaries"•~are individual persons, while "secretariats" are organizations.)•

Allendance Record Smashed
ILGA's 12th World Conference wasits largest ever, smashing last year's
record in Vienna by nearly 50 delegates. Representatives were on handfrom 32 countries, including, for the
first time, the Soviet Union.
By the end of the week, eight
Soviets had straggled into Stockholm:
three from Tallinn, Estonia; one from
Moscow; two from Leningrad; and two
from Vilnius, Lithuania.
The woman from the Moscow
Union of Lesbians and Gay Men
proudly displayed the first issues of thegroup's newspaper,Tema, whichmeans "fag" in Russian, but nonethelessthey gave reporters a pseudonym.
Only the Estonians have alsoorganized formally. They recently placed
an ad in the state's largest newspaperand have received 50 responses. They
were eager to have their full names
printed in Western newspapers.
"Lilian [Kotter] and I have done
special broadcast news on Estonian
radio, telling about the situation withthe gay and lesbian movement," said
Fred Fjodorov. "We expected hatredfrom society, but it was quite different.
There was no negative reaction at all."In May, the Estonian government participatedin a privatelyorganized
gay conferencein
Tallinn-the first formal gathering ofhomosexuals in Soviet history.
A second Russian-language gay
newspaperis currently
underdevelopment as a joint project of the
Dutch gay paper De Gay Krant, theFrench magazine Gat Pted and theGerman gay magazine Magnus. The
new publication will be "smuggled"
into the USSR.
Valery and Alexey, the twodelegates from Leningrad, said thatthey each spent four-months' salaryon visas and plane fare.
In addition to the eight Soviets,
ILGA organizers were excited by thepresence of Nicaraguan lesbian and
AIDS activist Rita Arauz, who said the
new non-Sandinista mayor of Managua had promised to cleanse thestreets of homosexuals.
Under the old Sandinista regime, a
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Soul Searching and Celebration 'at the Anniversary
Meeting of the Nation's Multi-Racial Gay Men's Groupblood on the floor:" said Charles
Stewart, BWMT's frrst Black co-chair,and the man who had organized theafterI).oon workshop.
Overall, the tenth BWMT national
convention,
which
drew
250
participants the last week in June, wasmore of a love-in than a slugfest. But
while the workshop didn't typify theconvention mood, it was indicative ofan organization taking theoccasion of
the Black gay community. About•
its tenth birthday to reflect on its
fifteen members of Black Gay Men's
identity and f.uture.
Exchange accompanied Managa to the
In some ways, the NABWMT(theworkshop, and as they added theircomments, and members of BWMT NA, members call it) is at a high point.
A bequest from the late founder of
responded,discussion sometimes
BWMT, Michael Smith, will provide
grew heated.
approximately $250,000 to shore up"I was just glad there was not real<;"~':;''''~'·Y«~~;.·§:~':;:::::':;''~:'i*,:;:::-<':i:;'~::::~:':~,,xm:::,,:;..'&<
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precarious
finances.
The
group's National Task Forceon AIDS Prevention, recipientof a five-year, million-dollarplus Centers for Disease
Control grant, made national
headlines June 13, when it
released a survey revealingthat only 53 percent of Blackmen having sex with othermen practice safer sex.
The organization'sco.. .. ...--.-.- ..-chairs, San Francisco's John
Teamer and Memphis' Michael
Warner, ran unopposed· for
their second, two-year term,
indicating an organizational
steadiness in sharp contrast to
the turmoil that disrupted theNA's leadership in 1983 and'84. Unlike 1987, when thegroup was embroiled in a
TEN YEARS OF LEADERSHIP
Photo: Jim MarksjOutWeek
bitt~r, divisive struggle over
BWMT co-chairs (left to right) John Bush, Jerry Mallon, Charles Stew/l1t, tim Wilson, Michaelchanging its name to the more
Warner, James Creedle, John Teamer, and Tom Horan.
inclusive Men of All Colors

by Jim MarksSAN FRANCISCO-The cold lateJune air on the campus of San
Francisco State University was richwith the scent of young eucalyptus
leaves. But inside the Burke educationbuilding, at a workshop of the Tenth
Anniversary
conventionof theNational Association of Black andWhite Men Together, the atmosphere
was not at all calm and sweet.
The workshop
was entitled,"BWMT faces its critics." Calling thegroup "the baby doll of the white [gay]community," Black gay AIDS activist
Cleo Managa accused BWMT of
encouraging racism, attempting toposition
members
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spokespeople for Black gays, and ofundermining the work of Black gay
activists like himself.
Brandy Moore, a top aide to
Democratic
California Assembly
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Together, there were no major issues
polarizing members. The old debate
over whether the organization was asocial or a political group seemedmothballed. Even the charge, irksome
to some members, that BWMT was"just a sex club" was treated as a jokein the title of a workshop led by AIDS
activist Phil Wilson.
But the 10-year-old organization
also faces real problems. National
membership is only 1,000, down from1,200 at the ftrst "national gathering"in 1981, which was also held in San
Francisco. In open violation of theorganization's rules, less than a thirdof the Atlanta chapter's members
belong to the NA, and there wereominous rumblings from New York's
Men of All Colors Together, theorganization's
largest and mostpolitically
active chapter, whose
members balked at the size of theircontribution to the NA
The AIDS Task Force, a steadilyexpanding organization with a yearlybudget approaching $500,000 and apaid staff of 12, dwarfs its parent,
which has a budget under $8,000 andno paid staff at all, but which istechnically responsible for the CDC
part of the Task Force's efforts.
Despite good will on both sides,
membersof both organization's
acknowledged tensions inherent in therelationship. "It's not so much the tailwagging the dog," said Los Angeles'
Colin Gibson, "but rather that the dog
hasn't grown into the tail."
The Task Force's clear goals of
AIDS education and research among
men of color stood in sharp contrast
to the vague and general goals
outlined by Teamer and Warner. In his
report to the membership, Warnerspoke of his frustrations at being theleader of an organization
which·
provides little support. "People are
tired of the bitching," Warner said. "It'sbeen ten years and we still don't knowwhat we're about." In turn, Teamer
and Warner were fiercely criticized ata candidates forum: "Co-chairs should
be proactive, not reactive," said former
co-chair John Bush.
The current dissatisfaction and. soul searching reflects, in part, theorganization's history, which began in
January of 1980, when Michael Smith
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interested in' for:ming an interracial gay
organization.
The response, says
Charles Stewart, was "miraculous.
Chapters formed everywhere."Those independently
formedchapters met together in 1981, and set
the roughguidelines
for theorgani~ation. One thing they insisted
on was chapter autonomy, and that,says former co-chair Jerry Mallon ofPhiladelphia, "has. been a problem. If
the national says 'this is the program,'
chapters don't have to· adhere to it."And beyond coming up with astatement of purpose committing theorganization to "fostering supportive
environments
wherein racial andcultural barriers can be overcome," theorganization had no specific agenda.
The consequence has been a nationalorganization that sometimes appears
to be a perpetual debating society
hosting an annual, week-long party.
Organizational structure and theNA's purpose have remained issues.
Mallonlaid
theinstitution's
groundwork in 1982 and '83. From
1983-86, Bush and. co-chair Tim
Wilson replaced the unwieldy, one-ayear national House of Delegatesleadershipbody with a morestreamlined board of directors, whichmeets twice yearly. Initially, Charles
Stewart, one of the first co-chairs, tried
to make BWMT into a national"bridge" organization, taking theorganization's concerns with fighting
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as the Black Congressional Caucus.
Bush, a charismaticand often
controversial Massachusetts professor,
also tried to raise the group's public
profile and continue Stewart's work offorcing gay organizations to deal with•
racISm.
While James Creedle and Tom
Horan, the co-chairs from 1986 to
1988, continued the organization's
direction (Creedle in particular stresses
the work· he did to insure minority
participation in the organization of the1987 March on Washington), theirtenure was marked by a strong focus
on the AIDS crisis. Several chapters
had already been active on AIDS as it
affects the minority communigy:
Philadelphia had produced an AIDS
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largelywhite
emergin'g
AIDSbureaucracy sensitive to minority
issues; Phill Wilson and the Los
Angeles chapter were pioneering
minority-sensitive AIDS education. All
these efforts came together in thecreation in 1987 of the Task Force andits five-year CDC grant awarded in thefall of 1988.
Although Teamer and Warnerwere h~ppy with the NA's AIDS
efforts, they complain that theorganization was in structural disarray
when they took over. Warner says thatthe two had to spend their fIrst year
cleaning up the mess, including
locating and closing bad accounts.
"There was not one sheet of paper
telling me about my job,· Warner says.
"No manual for the convention, no
guidelines for awards there has to be a
set of policies and procedures.
Otherwise, each new co-chair has toreirivent the organization."
If ten years give an organization
time to grow, the time also provides
the opportunity for grudges and feuds
to develop. For instance, Atlanta, oncethe organization's largest and mostimportant chapter, is now somethingof a pariah. Members of other chaptersdate the feud to 1984, when Atlanta
hosted the convention and waved
confederate flags during the welcoming presentation. The flags sparked an
immediate controversy while manydelegates regarded them not as
symbols of southern heritage, but of
unregenerate racism.
Since then, one Midwestern
chapter member said, Atlanta has"rotted on the vine." It no longer plays
a significant
role in its local
community and has virtually dropped
out of the national organization. Of
approximately 60 members, only fouror five Atlantans attended
theconvention, and the estranged chapter
was a subject of contention. "Whyhaven't you gone to Atlanta?" Bushgrilled Teamer and Warner at thecandidates forum. "Forget Atlanta,"
Tom Horan commented. "I wore mybutt out on airplanes to Atlanta. It's
not worth it."
The tenth anniversary
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grams, the c1~ims they were making
Reggie ,Harris, a former
Fund
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employe.e who began his career at
Additionally, Fund employees were
the organization as· an administrative
enraged that the Gay and Lesbi~nvolunteer.
Crisis-Line,a national
toll-free·"1 feel it's the end of the organiresource that has had hundreds ofzation," Harris continued, in an interthousands of callers each year, hasview held after a press conferencerung unanswered for months, • and•that the former employees held atwhen staff asked for permission tothe' Gay and Lesbian Community Seranswer the crisis-line phol)es, they
vices Center to announce their job
were refused.
After the Staff rlotifled
the directoI: , action. "I don't want to say that itshould be, although it .sbould be,
Robert Brading,that they would . because those board members are
not resume work , lunatics. "until the crisis-line~Joa~
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steps were takenby the. board to
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the board of directors at the Fund for
He added that the board was
Human Dignity ended in late June"close to hiring new staff members,"
when the executive director of the
including a crisis-line director, and~rganization fired 12 of the group's~eni~. any,~t;ld-ra~jng imprPJ)rieties
13 employees.
. "l've thought about resigning,"." Only the. secretary and his boss,
Brading admits. "I'm not crazy. But
the heterosexual executive director,$everal people at the Fund who
whose appointment to the $47,000opposed my appointment
agreed. per-year job generated the most cripthat it would not be helpful to the, piing controversy, remain at the gay , organization
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could get any worse. "I think that it. terminated had staged ,a ,walkout,
was unfair that because we refuseda,rguing that because the money they
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were raising was not. immediately
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Maryland youths pled .guilty June 29 tocharges that they assaulted Democratic
Rep. Gerry Studds of -Massachusetts on
a Washington, D.C., street last month.
The men, James E. Byrne of Silver
Spring, Md., and Thomas E. Carter ofGaithersburg, Md., ~y face up to ayear in jail and a $100,000 fine. Sentencing is set· for Sept. 7. The guilty
plea was entered before U.S. Magistrate
Patrick J. Attridge after an agreement
was struck with prosecutors to lower
the charges from felonies to misdemeanors. The original felony charges
of assault on a member, of Congress
carried a maximum ten-year ~ntence.
Studds, who suffered bruiSes andlacerations to the head and neck as aresult of the attack, returned to workdays after the incident. '. ,In a brief statement released by
U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens' office,Thomas and Byrne admitted that theyassaulted Studds without provocation
after they spent the evening drinking
at Chicago's, a Dupont Circle nightclub frequented by heterosexuals.
"We wele unable to locate ourcar," the statement read, "and thus, due
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became angry and frustrated. Congressman Studds said nothing to us,
and he did nothing to provoke us. •The men apologized to Studds andto their own families for the incident andpledged that "this type of behavior will
never be repeated" by either of them.
The statement added that the men
were not aware that Studds was a congressman until informed by the police.
Although not mentioned in the men's
statements, the Wasbtngton Post reported that before the attack the pair werealso not aware that Studds was gay.
"All the witnesses and the defendants agree that nothing was said ordone prior to the defendants assaulting'Congressman Studds,· read Stephens'
statement. "The evidence showed thatStudds was .the unfortunate victim of arandom act of violence.·
The incident, which occurred in
the early morning of June 8, took
place in D.C.'s heavily gay Dupont Circle neighborhood, directly across thestreet from ].R.'s, a popular D.C. gay
bar, causing onlookers to suspect thatthe attack was bias-related.
In the weeks since the attack, aStudds aide reported that several calls
have come into the congressman's
office from gay activists nationwide,
who have charged the openly gay
Studds with "covering up· what theysuspect was an anti-gay attack.
The aide countered that if there
had been any suggestion that theattack was in any way motivated byanti-gay bias, Studds would have publicized it widely.
Studds' office released only a brief
statement on the guilty pleas: "I amrelieved that the matter is closed andlook forward to spending more timeon the coast of Massachusetts on July
4th than on the streets of Washington,"-Cliff O'NeW
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aganizations, and that the country's first
AIDS demonstration was held this spring.
Hungary's gay movement faced asetback this past year when the
ground-breaking organization Homeros
Lambda self-destructed· after internalfighting. But a core group of 12 gay
men recently formed Lambda Budapest
and are publishing a newspaper called
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lesbian and gay collective had worked
closely with the government to distributesafer-sex information in gay malecruising locations and elsewhere.
Also hounded by reporters was
Natee Terrarojjanapongs,
Thailand's
leading gay and AIDS activist, and key
South Mri<;an campaigner- Sheila
Lapinsky, who gave the conference's
opening plenary address.

lbe United S1at8s Discovers ILOAThe United States made its strongest
showing ever at an ILGA conference,with almost 40 activistsand individuals in
attendance. The largest contingent camefrom the North American Man! Boy Love
Association,a fact that privately
distressed more'
activists.
For the ftrSt time,' two of America's
largest gay-rights group-NGL1F and theLambda Legal Def~nse and Education
Fund---6ent representatives.
NGL1F's Bray and Lambda's Paula
Ettelbrick organized ILGA's first "Americas Caucus," incorporating delegatesfrom North, Central and South America.
. Eastern Europe made a strong
showing for the second year in a row.
East Germany and Poland now havethree gay newspapers
each, andHungary and Czechoslovakia havelaunched their first gay publications.
Poli$h delegates arrived with theshocking news that Solidarity party.leader and presidential candidate Lech
Walesa said that he would "eliminate
homosexuals and drug users" from
Polish society if he is elected (seesidebar).
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vote on issues that affect only men.
Lesbian presence at this year's
conference, estimated at 35 percent of
the total delegation, was at an all-time
high.
In other plenary
decisions,delegates voted against commercial
advertisingin the ILGA bulletin,approved the formation of a project towork with conservative political parties
aroundthe world(calledtheInternational Lesbian and Gay Democratic Union), welcomed an ILGA flag
designedby Scottish
activists,
expressed support for the boycott of
Marlboro cigarettes, denounced U.S.
immigration policy and passed several
measures favoring
ILGA's twinning•
program, whoreby gay groups fromrich • countries provide moral andfinancial assistance to groups fromdeveloping nations.
Scores of protest letters were faxedaround the world. Among the troubling
developments: The Netherlands seems
headed toward exempting religious
institutions from anti-discrimination••
laws and East Germany
seems
prepared to. accept anti-gay and antiabortion laws already on the books inWest Germany.
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Latin America made a strong but
uneven showing at the conference.
Energetic delegations arrived in force
from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru andMexico, but not from the region's 2O-odd
other countries.
Two groups in Guadalajara,
Mexico the Homosexual Liberation
Pride Group [GOHL! and the Patlatonalli
Lesbian Group--will host the 1991 ILGAWorld Conference June 16-23. It is
ILGA's first gatpering both outside
Europe and in a third-world nation.
GOHL and Patlatonalli members say
the hysterical hostility to the conference
from the mayor of Guadalajara haspetered out in recent months and thatfederal and Jalisco state officials havedeclared their support for the gathering.
During a gala reception at the
Demo Targe1s lren
Stockholm City Hall, the city's chief
A rowdy demonstration was held inexecutive promised GOHL members that
downtown Stockholm in protest of Iran's
he will contact Guadalajara officials toformal policy of executing those whohave homosexual relations.
urge that they roll out the red carpet for
ILGAnext year.
In a letter to the Iranian ambassador,
Three delegates attended from thethe conference wrote: "We have read ofLima Homosexual Movement in Peru,
the savage executions of homosexuals
proudly telling of their office space, theirthat have occurred in your country. It isfull-time employees and their aggressive shocking that such ignorant, sadistic and
AIDS education efforts.
blood-thirsty behavior can be associatedArgentinians continue to battle awith any religion or group of people. "homophobic police campaign that leads
Plenary votes also reaffirmed ILGA's
dedication to several ongoing projects,
to the arrest of an estimated 30 gay men
including campaigns to extend theeach night. At present, Parliament is
considering the repeal of the law underprotections of the European Convention
on Human Rightsto gays and lesbians, towhich police can pluck men off thestreet and take them in for a "records
convince Amnesty International to adopt
check."
individuals imprisoned for being gay andto achieve homosexual consultative
status in the Council of Europe and the
Policies Set. Proiects Launched
United Nations.
Among the scores of resolutions
International Human Rights Day,
passed and. projects launched by
Dec. 12, has been targeted for ILGA
delegate-voting at plenary sessions was afund-raising events worldwide. ILGA
controversial measure that will allow
women to call for a women-only vote on
faces a constant cash-aunch, due in part
ILGA issues that affect only women but
to the poverty of member groups inwill not allow men to call for a men-only developing nations.

•Elections
In other elections, the ILGA London
Support Group was named financial
secretariat
and Nigel Warner willcontinue as financial secretary.
The Gay Liberation
Front in
Cologne, West Germany, will continue as
action secretariat, with backup from

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independenceof which has taken
away aJocus for the organization's
energies. The current co-chairs' pushfor organization building-they
have
traveled to 18 chapters so far, andwant to hire a paid staff member. For
the time being, though, the NA willfunction primarily as an umbrellaorganization
serving the chapters,
rather than as a strong policy-settingorganization.
There were, however,signs that the group was looking forways to reinvigorate its anti-racism
effort. It set up a committee to revise
its 1985 "Resisting Racism" handbook.
Some level of politicalaction isimportant, said Atlarita's Ken Marshall,because "it generates publicity, attracts
members;
after awhile the social
aspect gets hold."
Even among the group's most vocal
critics, however, there was a consensus
that it remained a viable institution. It
continues to attract young leadership,such as 30-year-old Calvin Lowry, chairof the populous San Francisco chapter.
"Oh yes, I think it will survive," said
John Bush. He was echoed by Charles
Stewart, who three years ago publicly
called for NABWMT to disband. "I no. longer think it should cease operating,"
Stewart said, "but then, I am not as
ambitious for it as I used to be.", Given the debates over leadershipand direction, the conference theme,"Family: the seed grows," seemed distantto the convention's
real concerns.
Although Paulette Goodman, presidentof Parents and Friends of Lesbians andGays, received
strong, emotional
applause when she addressed theconvention, her talk generated little
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Gay and Lesbian Task Force. head
Urvashi Vaid got a big response when
she stressed that gays were opposed to
the kind of families that produced
battered wives and abused children, but
it was her portrait of a gay and lesbian
movementpoised between
major
victories and "the worst kind of obstacles
and terror" that resonated most.
On the final day, however, thefamily theme did seem to come into
focus. The day began with.Rev. Renee
McCoy leading a memorial service in apine grove overlooking Lake Mercedin the south of the city. McCoy, pastorof Detroit's
Black gay Full Truth
Fellowship of Christ Church beganwith a joke ("wait 'til I tell my
congregation I went into the bushes
with a group of men"), and then, in an
impassioned
oratory,took
theassembledgroup through all thechanges of love and loss that is thelegacy of AIDS. Following a trip to
Oakland to witness Nelson Mandela's
fmal American appearance, there wasa rousing banquet and boat cruise
around San Francisco Bay.
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For many, the week came together
that day. Looking at the mass of people
dancing ecstatically as Oakland glided
past, Tun Wtlson said, "You know, every
time I come to a convention, I feel likeI'm at a family reunion." A big, extended
family, often quarrelsome, NABWMT
often seems to run off in all directions.
But it is also a family with a talent for
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personal matter," wrote Circuit JudgeJohn A Murphy in his decision.
However, Murphy rejected anargument that the statute should beinvalidated on the grounds that it is toovague. "The judge attempted to limit the
law's reach by excluding [consensual
anal and oral sex performed in privacy]
and then concluded that therefore it was
not vague," explained Evan Wolfson, an
attorney with Lambda Legal Defense and
Education Fund, which joined theMichigan Organization. for Human Rights
to bring the suit "We are going to haveto study that part of the judge's decision
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Michigan decision, although it wasissued by a trial court, represents the first
victory the lesbian and gay community
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e hiked nine miles into University (AZf is being tested in combin- now in trials have been tested using
the Sierra Nevada at the ation with other drugs bY the ACfG), and irrelevant strains of HIV with which
no one in the United States is infected.
height of summer. Spring _Margaret Fischl, of Miami University
Concentrations of drugs like CD4 willcomes late up there. The (AZT and alpha interferon are being
used against Kaposi's sarcoma and mv have to be increased from 100 times,lakes were glassy andto 1,000 times to see any anti-viral efdisease), the enfant terrible of retroclear, the meadows lush and green.
fect. This may be technologically posThe air was swarming with millions of virology, David Ho, took the podium.
In December, Ho published an ar- sible, b'\lt it would be unimaginably
virulent mosquitoes. My vacation from•in the New England
Journal of expensIve.
AIDS·(the week after the San Francisco ticle.
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Finally,
HIV resistance to AZT is
Medicine,
conclusively
demonstrating
conference), gave me plenty of time to
far more common than anyone susthat:think about the persistence of parasites
pehed, occurring in many people who
1) HIV in the blood (plasma
and the helplessness of humans intheir presence. Hiding in our tent, sip- viremia) increases
ping rum poured over snow with mar- as people progress
garita mix, the biological !easons for towards AIDS and2) plasma viremia
AZT resistance became stunningly
decreases
after
clear. Emerging from the tent, andsmeared with insect repellent, I imag- starting AZT therained the evolutionary advantage a re- py. This came fivepellent-resistant mosquito would have years after that er-AIDS Activist Garance Franke-Ruta
publicity
over its kin.·1t would ignore the nox- ratic
Robertious, greasy lotion and plummet for the hound;blood it lives on, and it would be that Gallo, confused many researchers by have never even taken AZT. A specter
has been haunting the AIDS elite formuch more likely to make it back to the ftnding less HIV in the blood of people
mating rites over the swamps, to lay with AIDS than one would expect. It about a year now: the failure for CD4,
the fITst product of "rational" drug-deturns out that his viral-isolation techseeds for thousands of resistant progeny.
sign against my. It looked great in the
Luckily, the in,sect parasites do not niques just weren't a match for Ho's.
Some were suspicious about Ho's test tube, blocking viral attachment tomutate as rapidly as HIV. I thought
ftndings. They seemed too accurate to vulnerable T4 cells and protecting them
about David Ho, who gave the best
be true, showing 100-percent sensitivity against infection. Harvard's Martinpresentation of. the entire conference
before it even began, in the California (everyone who had mv antibodies had Hirsch showed remarkable synergy in
Fascist 1930s Masonic Temple, on Nob virus in their blood and in their T cells). the test tube using combination ofCD4, alpha interferon and AZT.
Hill, Wednesday afternoon. The scien- It was a stunning confirmation (andThen came the phase I clinical tritists, under the sponsorship of Roche revision) of centrality of HIV in theals. The drug seemed well tolerated,
immunosuppressive process.
Labs, were broadcasted live via closedThus, it was notable, that Wednes- with few side effects, although it wascircuit 1V to a roomful of researchers
day in San Francisco, to fmd Ho chal- inconvenient to inject a syringe, every
and activists, because panel chair
Jerome Groopman, of Harvard, preferred lenging some of the most-cherished sa- few hours to maintain blood levels.
The problem was that the drug just'to··abandon the stage, rather than con- cred cows of the AIDS elite: high-tech
didn't lower p24 antigen levels (acede five minutes to activists wanting to wonder-dud-drug CD4 and AZT itself.
First, the good news: Ho and his marker of virus production) or help thehighlight Hoffman-LaRoche's criminally.immune system. Virtually the only efinadequate limited-access program for techniques are going to revolutionize
all phases of mv drug testing. His plas- fect on the immune system was that
ddC. Ironically, the panel was entitled"The Challenge of Combination Anti- ma viremia assays, if standardized, will some 10 percent to 20 percent of subretroviral· Therapy." Considering Roche's allow drugs to be· proved effective in jects developed antibodies to the drug.
program and Groopman's response, it· weeks rather than in years, as is now This didn't stop the AIDS Clinical Trials
Group from proceeding with five ambishould have been called "1be Challenge the case. His test-tube studies of potential new drugs will speed up pre-clini- tious 199D trials of CD4, its offspringof Getting Antiretroviral Therapy."
cal testing and enable better doses to (CD4-IgG, CD4-exotoxin, etc.) and
After three boilerplate lectures
combinations with AZT.
worthlessfrom Groopman (blood-boosting drugs be selected sooner-and
Last fall, Larry Callahan of the FDA
like EPO and GM-CSF alleviate AZT's drugs to be discarded sooner.
showed in the Lancet that the addition
The bad news: Almost all drugs
toxicity), Thomas Merigan, of Stanford"Ifs impossible to overestimate
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of blood from HlV-positive people pre- taken AZT compared to those who strains, which predominate in people
vented CD4 from doing its job. HIV have not. The results are scarf. Thir- on AZT even those who are clinicalantibodies seemed to bind with more teen people had never taken AZTj of ly stable. Of 11 patients on AIr who
were deteriorating clinically, everyavidity to the virus, but HIV still got these, ten had moderately resistant
one had AZT-resistant virus, andinto cells and killed them. Rather than virus in their blood cells, although,
going back to the drawing board, the none had resistant virus free-floating many had all resistant strains,
ACTG went ahead. Companies likein the blood. Three had highly resisHo concluded acutely: "There is
Biogeo, Cambridge Bioscience, Genetech tant virus. Eight patients were on AZT an urgent need to quickly develop
and its new owner Hoffman-laRocheand clinically stablej plasma viremia other drugs for HIV disease." Perhaps
had a lot riding on "rational"drug-design. assays were done on five, and four his research tools and approach will
NOW, Ho has shown that the test(80 percent) had resistant virus circu- make this task easier.
tube studies of CD4 are irrelevant to its lating in their blood. Inside their. I'm just glad that those mosquitoes
clinical use. This is because most test- cells, seven out of eight had resistant aren't as devious as HIV.•tube studies since 1984 have used I\
HIV/lITLV-IIIB, the strain of the virus
which turned up in Gallo's lab oneday. That strain is seen often in France,
but not in the United States. Further,successive culturing of the virus in thetest tube selected a mutant which is especially fond of the CD4 receptor on
the cancerous T-cell lines used in vitro.
As Ho stated, "To culture is to disturb." What would CD4 do in the presence of viruses from people with
AIDS?He took some blood and foundout: CD4 must be given at 100 times to
1,000 times the previously estimateddose to have any anti-HlV activity. The
results were the same whether he used
Biogen's or SmithKline Beecham's CD4.
So it's back to square one for est}mating the proper doses of virtually all .
anti-HIV drugs now in clinical trials. I"
With classic understatement, Ho concluded, "Many of these studies shouldhave been done before clinical trials
and not after." From now on, let's
hope that researchers will test anti-HIV
drugs against primary clinical isolates
from real people before wasting millions of dollars and hundreds of people in expensive clinical trials. And thestudies should compare the results inthe presence or absence of antibodies
in people with HIV.
Ho also spoke much of AZT resistance, In 1989, Douglas Richman ofUniversity of California San Diego andBrendan Larder of Wellcome UK showed that HIV becomes resistant to AZT
within 6 to 18 months of starting AZTtherapy. They discovered the genetic
mutations which make this resistancepossible and 'developed a test, using
PCR (polymerase chain reaction) to detect resistant viruses in the test tube .
. David Ho has applied these tools
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agaiilSt our entire community ..
;(. .Gay ,apd lesbian media activism
took. off during the 1980s, prompted inlarge part by outrageous coverage ofthe .AIDS epidemic. In New York, theRupert .Murdoch-owned New Yom PeN
iespoiided to Rock Hudson's death in
1985:'with weeks of scandalous, homophobiC; he~dlines and news stories.
Our community fought back and infact made some..headway with the PeN
ap,d:y.rith the media in general .
..' , .Now the Post is at it again. And
people allover the country should
brace
themselves for what could be.
.
a trend.
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.On,the Monday and Tuesday following JIlew",york's Lesbian and Gay
Pride parade, 'the Post published two
edltor<ials~'"the,Returnof High-Risk. .'.,.."'.,,
S~"·a!t~ qGay Pride Parade's ·Missing
Message/which,taken together, ac. ¢Used the' gay community of engaging
in':"massive promiscuity and unsafe
s6;"and asserted that nobody at thePride parade'was promoting safer Sex.
'. This claim of "massive promiscuity
and unsa£e sex" is a classic defamation
the entire. community based on the
conduct 01 a, very few. AIDS organiza~ons around the country identified thepossibility-of, ·relapse long before the~ediad.id and are actively working to
do Something about it-without federal
funding, o£ course.
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untrue. GMHC distributed tens of thotrsands of condoms, pamphlets and buttons promoting safer sex. Other groups
did the same. The editorial department
at the PeN relied uncritically on news
reports that didn't
mention this fact.
,That's sloppy journalism motivated inlarge,part by vicious homophobia.
It is vital that we react quickly andpowerfully to thiS new wave of homo-

and who goes to Chicago to visit old
friends, and the narrative does notflinch from revelations about fear andanger and betrayal and friendship. The
story deals honestly with certain issues-likesex with strangers andpromiscuity-thatgay people havebeen addressing for a long time andabout which many straight people•
remalflqueasy.

phobic AIDS coverage. To express youroutrage, write to: Eric Breindel, editor,
the New York PeN, 210 South St., New
York, NY 10002.
We would like to bring to your attention favorable developments at the
New Yorker, a magazine widely respected for its highbrow fiction, cultural criticism and far-flung essays.
First, the June 4 issue contains an
extraordinary piece of gay fiction by
Alan Garnett, from his new book, The
80dy and Its Dangers. This short story
is about a gay man from New York
who has been diagnosed with AIDS

The publication of Garnett's story
is not the only gay-positive development at the New Yorker.. Last year .thatmagazine won the National MagazineAward for Fiction on the basis of threeparticular pieces. One of those pieces,a short story by Ethan Mordden, wasabout a gay man's relationship with his
brother's family. Subsequendy, Mordden has become one of the New
Yomer's regular "critics at large."
Magazines with a liberal bent, likethe New Yorker, should be supportiveof lesbians and gay men and so, when
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The. group
participated,byknows that our natural allies in politics
invitati9n, in South Mrica's recent
and. culture often don't come through.
Conference for a Democratic Future,a major gathering of all reform-minded
The New Yorker is coming through,forces.
and we urge you to applaud that
happy fact by writing to: the editors,
Most recently, GLOW conducted a
the New Yorker, 25 W. 43rd St., New masSive fund-raising drive to send Nkoli "York, NY iOO36.
and'.. GLOW vice chair Donne Rundle to
These developments at the New :1 the, 12th World Conference of the InterYorker are an example of the inclusion national Gay and Lesbian Association,of lesbian and gay experience in main- which will take place July 1-8 iO Stockstream culture without our differholm, Sweden.
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ences being diluted. A quite different
GLOW may be reached at P.O. Box
example of this occurred recently in 23017, Joubert Park 2044, Johannesburg,
Portland, Oregon, where, at the city's South Africa. ---Rex Woclm.er/Chicago
annual Starlight Parade, the lesbian andgay float (covered with rainbow flags
and pink triangles) took top honors.
How could it not? The top prize Is 1mown
as the Queen's Award.
Please extend your congratulations
for this singular achievement to: theLesbian Community Project, P.O. Box
5931, Portland, OR 87228.

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straight following a police raid.
Known as GLOWBAR,the pub had
been home to the Gay and Lesbian
Organization of Witwatersrand,theactivist organization
foundedby
key Blade gay-rights
campaigner
Simon Nkoli.
'According to Nlmli, police raided.
the club and charged the owner, Maria
Phadi, with possessing an unlicensed
shotgun. Two bar employees were alsoarrested because they knew that Phadi
had the gun, Nkoli said
Management of the club has since
been taken over by a white man from
Johannesburg, who, according to NImli,"is anti-gay and has made it clear to us
that the bar is no longer gay.""What could we do?" Nkoli said.
"We left. We 106t the bar. We are now inthe process of looking for a new gay
place for Soweto people.". GLOW's groundbreaking work has
been ceI)tral in the struggle of South
African • Blackgays
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BenShalom, the lesbian former drill
sergeant whose discrimination caseagainst the U.S. Marine Corps wasdenied a hearing by the Supreme
Court. earlier this year, has announced
the formation
here of a nationalorganization to fight discrimination
against homosexuals. and .bisex,uals by
the U.S. military.
The group, Gay, Lesbian andBisexual Veterans of America, willserve as an umbrella organization
coordinating the worlc of a number ofregional groups for gay, lesbian andbisexual vets as well as performing
advocacy and support servil;:es forveterans and current military personnel
victimized by the homophobic policiesof the U.S. Department of Defense.
Accordingto
Ben-Shalom,
GLBVA's immediate
agendaisthreefold: to work with members ofCongress to overturn Department of .
Defense policy no. 1332.14, which
excludes homosexuals and bisexuals
from military servic~; to assist student
groups and university administrations
around the country in their effort toeject ROTC programs from college
campuses
unlessthe Defense
Departmentchanges
it policy
regarding sexual orientation; ana
to.

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Socialfriday, July 20
Authors Book Signing
6:30-9:00 pm at Lambda Rising,,.

Gay 90's Clean & SOberDanceS6.00 at the door
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Gala Banquet8:00 pm-! :00 am.
S55.00 (tickets available at Lambda Rising)
Featuring:
Harvey Fierstein of Torch Song 7t'11ogy
Sen. Lowell Welcker
The Star Theater of New 'tbrk City
The Lesbian and Gay Chorus of
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establish a "witch-hunt strike force" oflegal observers to protect the rights of'.
servicemen. and women
underinvestigation on charges of homosexual activity.
Although Be-Shalom is painfully
aware of how extensive and deeply
entrenched homophobia is within the
military establishment, she is optimistic
about the clout she expects GLBVAto
muster.
"Within a year we are definitely
going to be a force to be reckoned
with'" she said in a telephoneinterview with OutWeek.
She said that she is convinced, forexample, that the push to eliminate
ROTC programs from colleges anduniversities that have military antidiscrimination policies stands a goodchance of forcing the military to accept
lesbians and gay men within its ranks.
"If every college that has an ROTC
program would get rid of it, you would
see the rules change," she said, citing
the fact that the armed services recruitas many as 70 percent of new officers
through ROTC. So far, more than 30
institutions of higher learning havejoined the anti . . . tion effort.
In addition to this agenda, GLBVA
has' several long-range plans, according
to Ben-Shalom. These include thesetting up of a legal archive for use asa research tool by attorneys and others
working on military disc:;rimination
cases, establishing a legal defense fundand developing a referral list of lawyers
willing to take on discrimination suits
on a pro bono or reduced-cost basis.
The group will also work closelywith national
lesbianand gayorganizations, including the Lambda
Legal Defense and Education Fund andthe National Gay and Lesbian Task·
Force,
that deal with anti-gay
discrimination by the military.
Ben-Shalom
estimatedthat
GLBVA's membership embraces about
20,000 veterans, including both member of groups under its umbrella andother vets not affiliated with regional••orgamzatlons.
Further information
on Gay,Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans ofAmerica can be obtained by writing to
GLBVA,1350 No. 37th Pl., Milwaukee,
WI 53208, or by calling (414) 342-6543.
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t has now been eight months since the Berlin Wallcame toppling down, and euphoria has given way
to the drudgery of daily routine and the incredibly
complex task of unifying two very different German
countries. As all Eastern Europe catapults throughbreathtaking
political and economic changes,
nowhere is the impact of these changes felt more strongly thanin East Germany, the only Eastern European country to have a
Western sister shoving it along the road to a free-market economy. West and East Germany are currently drafting contracts
which outline the details of unification under West Germany's
constitution, effectively signing the death decree for 40, years ofEast German socialism. On July 1, the two Germanys consummated a full economic union, and at the stroke of midnight, East
Germany threw her scruffy socialist slippers into the closet andput on the diamond-studded
high heels of the West, turning
instantaneously into a capitalist country.
Overnight, inefficient East German businesses and industries
have been forced to compete on the world market. Millions fear•
unemployment while remaining uncertain whether the West Ger-man social-welfare system is as sturdy as Helmut Kohl has
promised. Citizens worry that rent and food prices will soar whensocialist subsidies vanish, and they have no idea whether the newsalaries and pensions they will be earning in West German marks
will cover the cost of living. They also fear eviction from theirapartments by West Germans hungIy to reclaim the property thatwas confiscated from them by the East German government afterWorld War II. The news magazine Der Speige/ has rather accurately
labeled East Germany "a nation in panic."
Life as East Germans once knew it is disinregrating. Socialism
may have been repressive and colorless, but to many it scoredhigh points for its security. While East Germans still desperately
desire change, the collapse of familiar structures has caused atremendous uncertainty in East Germany's fledgling lesbian andgay community. While the collapse of the socialist regime hasbrought with it a flowering of gay culture as well as the opportunity to organize openly gay political and social groups, the lesbian
and gay community in the East faces many complex challenges.

Kurt Klotzle is an American free-lance journalist who has resided in East Berlin for the past five years and works as a deejay inmany of East Berlin s underground nightclubs.
john Goetz is an American writer currently living in East Berlin
and working on a book about the collapse of the German Democratic Republic.

Germany's rigid socialist regime and the now-unavoidable unification with West Germany will have their positive aspects. A year
ago, unlimited freedom of travel was something that East Germans
could only dream of, but such freedom now gives lesbians andgay men access to gay organizations in the West which are able toAbove: A view of the Berlin Wall from the east near Brandenburg Gate.
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mation 00 everything from AIDS to the
Although the film attempts somewhat
over-ambitiously to cover every conlatest feminist SIM debates. "My main
ceivable aspect of coming out and thus
occupation is esttblishing contacts withinternational lesbian organizations,"
coughs up more than a few platitudes
states Petra Wunderlich, who eo<hairsin the process, it has still struck a very
the Committee on Lesbian Issues forresponsive chord with mainly heterosexual audiences. The play MtlnnerlJithe CJnabI?llngigerFmuenverband, East
Germany's
Autonomous
Women'sografien: Ich Bin Schwul (Men's
Association, which is also an estabBiographies: I Am Gay), by Jiirgenlished political ,party. The grass-roots
Lemke, East Gennany's best-known gay
women's party has its offices in thewriter, has been a steady sellout among
Haus der Demokratte,which before laststraight theatergoers. Mtlnnerbtograpbten is not playing in some inaccessiNovember was the Communist party
headquarters. Where stuffed bureauble theater-it's showing in the Palacecrats once lorded over a cowed peoof the Republic, East Gennany's parIiapie, young lesbians in sweat shirts now
mentary building. Lemke's success has .
push women's rights in an inexperigiven him the opportunity to present
gay issues to an even wider public
enced ri~democracy. "Our contacts, with West Berlin women's organizaarena: He is currendy writing the script. tions and a large lesbian archive infor a television movie, scheduled to be
Amsterdam have provided us with anaired this fall, which focuses primarily
incredible amount of information on
on a gay relationship. Says Lemke, "At·lesbian politics, history and literature
a ,time like this, when ,power structures
things we never had access to before,"are in such a state of flux, it is muchsays Wunderlich. "The lesbian moveeasier to get away. with provocativements in the West are obviously more
projects that might otherwise. have been
met with more res~tance at. anothersophisticated than ours, and we areable to learn a lot from their experitime." \ences. They've fought many of the batOne would be mistaken, h~evtles we still have to fight, because' even
er, to credit this minor eruption of gay, ,though women and men had equal.01lture in East Gennany entirely to the 'fall of the socialist go:vernment. Both ~e'splay and th~,fil~rights under socialism, an actual women's movement is a newphenomenon here."'Coming
Out had ,been officially sanctioned by, the socialist gov, While the socialist government's attitude toward homosexuernment before it collap~_ (ironically, Coming Out had i1$ prenight that thousan~.of East ~~ers,_
ality became much more open in the 19805, and gay groups
miere -on· November 9, th~were finally allowed to otganlze, these groups could exist only came out to west Berljn). ,Neues Deutschlat:Ui; theone-time .offi- ...
under the auspices of the Protestant church, party-sponsoredcial Communist party. newspaper, even .re<;oIl11llended.Coming .
OUt as "a film: all'good c:;e~des,should 5e$!." II} fact,.theoffichµ
youth organizations or the government-controlled Free Thinkers
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many's recently established Sch ' ",ri{J,a.gay men's pql~t-.· repreSse4 gay groups,' 6fiep: Qa.hning. open lesbJans and ga,ys
partieS and t;h~ . from tli~ir prof~io~:aOd·tilxiu~tly
subjecting them to psycho-,ical organization lobbying f<>rgay intefests''M~a(the hands of.the se,cret·police. By
government, told the West Gennan gay.Jie.ri9di~ Magnus j:ha~ . logical and·physi~:abuse"due· to the democratization process in ~ 'Qer!n;mY., it ispOSsi- . the late'l9&\)$; J$I?~.
and gay af:tiyism.had paid ojf: Anticipating ,ble for gay political and social orgariiZatiPrjs' t9 :~.which. a,re, tl:ie conung AJDS¢iS~' ::ind ffiindful. ,~t the East Ge!'rnan poputhe 'offi<;ialgovem~ ,indePendent of the almighty party, .and which.can pursue 'their',' late waS quite'igno'niRtabOut homo~ality,
causes without having to fallon their knees before the estabment newspaper published several, articles promotin,g Q.!olerant.· .
lished powers. In the past, the churCh gave us th~ opporiU~ty'to·
attitude toyvard homosexuals in wha~·µlany saw as :µla~empt to .
come together" but. now the church touldonly h;lve an inhibiting. ,prevent a severe anti-gay backlash if AIDS became a ~ial emergency. Not many governments; East or West,. have eyer pffic~ly,
effect on an independent gay movement. ...There y.r~ certain
minorities. within the church whichd~d. suppqrt ~~, but the." yoic;eda tolerant attitude toward .gay ~ople, and, ~y.WestGerman gays expressed admiring j~alousy of their .brothers and, ,majority of the. Protestant church· is definitely anti-hdniosexual."
Independerl:t lesbian ap.d gay groups now c:;xist ~ 25 East ,Ger- '~~in the.East. Still, the gov~t's
tolerance W~n,ot just a
man cities. In. addition, there are indepeildent
leSbianand.gay..r~1!l>Ilrdf'humaneenlightenment;,
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publicati9flS, and most leftist East German political parties' 'have . opportuniSm. involved as well: For years, lesbians and. ga}'& had 'their cotifltiy:.:,,established liaisons with the lesbian and gay cOmml!nity.· ~"".: _ ~,pµe of the, ~largest socia, ~ups ,a~dp~8.meant an. import:atlt.loss of prof~.'
Queer themes not only, have eStablished themselves more for the West. Their.
but also have made a sionals and skilled wOr~~;f\1rther,crippling ,an atready-strap~'.
fumly in the social and politicaldramatic entrance into the East German cultural mainslream. Com~ economy. To encourage lesbianS and gays to .stay,,in East Gt:r- .. ,ing Out, East Gennany's first feature film to deal openly with gay many, the government needed to placate them.
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But while some might describe the East German government's changing attitudes towards queers as revolutionary, it isuniversally agreed that the country's standards in the areas ofcommunication and technology are archaic. At the moment,
ordering a private telephone in East Germany is easy, but receiving one may take up to several years, rendering coJ:?ffiunication
between the newly founded lesbian and gay groups a bit difficult,to say the least. In addition, placing an "international" telephone
call between East and West Berlin seems to be as difficult as traveling to Uranus. Most East Germans do not own a private telephone, and the few lines connecting East and West Berlin seem~ to be permanently busy. Appointment-making is nothing short ofa drag just try to get hold of that cute dyke with the wooden
clogs you met on the streetcar last week! "More than advice, weneed copiers, printers and telephones, not to mention something
like computers," says Karsten Friedel. West Germany isn't called
the "rigid pillar of efficiency" for nothing. After unification, East
Germans will have their copiers faster than they can say "Heft,
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unification front.
, Many East German lesbians and gays simply do notwant unification with, or as Petra Wunderlich phrases it, "annexation" to, West Germany. This sentiment is easy to understand when
one considers that many lesbians and gay men, in any country,
stand to the left of the political spectrum and are sympathetic tosocialist politics. East Germany was a socialist country. Sociologist
Ursula Sillge, one of the founders of the Sunday dub, a weeklysocial forum for lesbians and gay men in East Berlin, reflects a commonly held thought: "We knew the state was unacceptable as it was,but that didn't mean we wanted to have a capitalist country. We
wanted to take a third route a reformed, more humane socialism."
But the original East German revolutionaries' dreams of a separate,
reformed socialist East Germany have long since been swept under
the rug of history. East German leftists feel that Helmut KoW and theconservative West German political machine mercilessly exploitedthe political naivete of East Germans for their own ends. Shocked
by their first glimpse of West Germany's incredible wealth-andwith KoW dangling the West German mark in front of their noses
like a piece of magical· marzipan--most East Germans completely lost faith in their country
and began clamoring for unification. Conservative
parties
emerged as the victors of East
Germany's frrst "free" elections
and the "October revolutionaries"
were largely left out in the political cold. "With unification proceeding at a breakneck pace, pe0ple have had no time to consider
what other possibilities exist for
East Germany, and I resent that
bitterly," Sillge explains.
But with German unification
now inevitable, there will be amajor challenge to the future liberation of lesbians and gays in boththe East and West. It is the East German queers, however, who will
have to fiercely fight for what few rights they've already won.
East German lesbians and gay men will suffer a setback in their .
legal standing if East Germany unconditionally adopts West Germany's Constitution, an eventuality which appears certain. The West
German Constitution contains the controversial paragraph no. 218,
which states essentially that abortion is illegal, except in three exceptional circumstances: when the mother's. health is in danger, when
the baby's health is in danger and when the mother's social welfure
prevents her from being able to support a child. No such paragraphexists in the present East German Constitution, which provides
women with full freedom of choice regarding abortion within thefirst three months of pregnancy. Lesbians--as do all women-fear
an increased attack on their traditional rights to employment, childcare and control of their own bodies.
The West Gemian Constitution also contains paragraph no.
175, which sets the legal age of consent at 18 for sexual intercourse between gay men,. in contrast to 16 for heterosexual intercourse. Paragraph no. 175 is a legal remnant of Nazi Germany,
which the West German courts have still not deemed necessary toeliminate, despite years of petitioning on the part of West German
gay activists. Its retention in West German law is the key toapproximately 120 legal convictions per year against gay men. No
such paragraph exists in the East German Constitution, which sets
the legal age of consent at 16 for both gay and straight sex.
East German women and gay men may have to swallow
these setbacks whole. "Unfortunately, the women's and gay men's
movements in the E:ist ~d West don't seem to be loud or strong
enough to stop these paragraphs from becoming law in East Germany," says Petra Wunderlich. "Besides, politicians are so
obsessed with the unification process that they can't be botheredby these so-called minor issues."
Gay-bashing, too, is a more profound reality for those in theEast. The newly gaine<:!freedom of expression in East Germany isobviously not limited to queers. For the first time, right-wing radicals have the freedom to spew their reactionary viewpoints without
fear of repression. life in socialist East Germany was characterized
by extreme isolation and provincialism, and most East Gennans,remained sheltered from any sort
, of political, social or ethnic diversity. The present atmosphere of.extreme uncertainty in East Germany has only contributed further to the suddenly burgeoning
skinhead movement, which now
tends to be even more violent
than its West German counterpart. Incidents of skinhead violence have risen dramaticallysince last November; with thevictims usually belonging to atleast one of three chosen groups:
leftiSts, foreigners or lesbians andgay men. "Attacks against gay establishments have become almost a weekly phenomenon,"says Lothar DOnitz, a member of_,,,:""'''''-,,1 the Sunday dub's advisory committee. Most attacks on gay peo-

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pie are limited tobeating up a few
faggots and dykes infront of gay bars anddlscos, but recently alesbian community
center was forced to-close down after receiving numerous
threats from, neofascists. The most severe incident of antigay violenceoccurred on April 20,
Hitler's 10Ist birthday. A group of
more than 400 skinheads ~vegedonAlexander Platz in
East Berlin's city center, har:assing leftists,
calling old people"Jewish swine" andshouting
sloganssuch as "Happybirthday, Adolf" and"Foreigners out of Germany." Fmally they attacked the Mocca-Bar,a well-known gay caf~. WlOdows were smashed, patrons were
beaten up as they attempted to escape from the cafe and one man
was left severely injured before the police finally got their timid act
together and dispersed the skinheads from the square. "Since April
20, whenever soccer games [a gathering place for skinheads] arescheduled, there's a line of policemen in riot gear standing in frontof the Mocca-Bar," says DOnitz. "This used to be a safe place to go
to, but now you have to walk past riot police to go have a coffee.
It's just horrible."
As politial borders dissolve, sexual borders are disintegrating
as well, and many AIDS advocates believe the HIV~infection rate
will rise dramatically In East Germany. If the Wall prevented East
Germans from tra~eling to the Western world, it also served as
something of an effective border against the spread of HlV. As of
November 1989, there were only 16 registered cases of AIDS in
East Germany, compared to 4,749 cases reported, as of April 1990,. In the West. "But an Increase In AIDS cases Is Inevitable," remarks
Donitz. "East Berlin gays naturally want to explore the scene Inwest Berlin, and there are things that they've never seen before~" bathhouses, leather bars, porn theaters ....They're goingto. want ·to try things out, and it's difficult to say how informed
they are about safe sex." Although AIDS was declared a medial
science priorhy In East Germany in 1987, and anonymous HlV-t~tn8 Is available, there Is stlll no AIDS education specifically directedto the n~of gay men or, for that matter, of lesbians .. Condoms. are readily available, but they are of poor quality. And neither
extra-strength condoms nor lubricants are available for gay men.
. . The Issues of safe sex and whether or not.. to be tested for HIV
antibodies remain confusing and controversial for East German gay
men. Dr. Niels ~nnichsen,chair of the AIDS advisory group for the
East German Ministry of Health, has been instrumental in bringing
AIDS information to the general public, but recently he has been
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individuals testingHIV-antibody-positive. Gay men thus responded with understandable suspicion
when Sonnichsen
publicly declared that"every means must be
used to prevent the
spread of HIV infection." (Is it pinktriangle time again?)SOnnichsen has also
stated recently thatsince condoms do
not provide enoughsafety against the
HIV virus, gay men
should completely
avoid anal sex. "Thiswas a catastrophic
statement which willcause a lot of confu~
sion," said Rainer
Herro of the churchsponsored East German AIDS Task Force in an interview with Ma~us,"especially since
we have been reporting just the opposite, based on information we
have received from the West German AIDS Foundation."
In addition to the AIDS Task Force, there is a new East
German AIDS Foundation which caters primarily to the concerns of gay men. "But the AIDS Foundation still hasn't published any educational material on AIDS," says DOnitz. "There
still has not been any concerted effort to bring information on
AIDS into the bars here. Whatever printed information we dohave has all come from the West."•. Until now, the gay community's discussion of AIDS has
focused entirely on men, indicating that a discussion regarding women's specific vulnerabilities to AIDS lies even further in the future.

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extremisril and AIDS are all very tangible phenomena, there Is
another more subtle Issue which causes some lesbians and gay men
concern: the loss of a more familiar, intimate Eastern gay subculturein the face of a commercialized Western gay scene. With unlflcation
proceeding solely on West Germany's terms, East Geimany has noother choice but to become "West Germany: the Sequel." All of East
Germany, including the gay subculture, threatens to be capsized bya tidal wave of Western culture. "Some subtle, valuable qualities oflife that are special to East Germany will be wiped out," says JUrgen
Lemke. "It's true that the gay scene will become more varied andlively-gay bathhou5eS will open, there will be mo~ sophisticatedbars and discos ...but it will all ~ a permanent cultural import fromthe West." Lemke harbors deep skepticism about what the W~ hasto offer: "I find that the gay scene in West Berlin is extremely commercial and object-oriented. Each person defines himself more orless within a certain category-leather,fem, pretty boy, trendy,
alternative-and to some extent wears the uniform of his chosen
category, judging others and letting himself be judged according to-external presentation. Western gay men make themselves into
consumer objects. They may have a better-developed subculture,
but they aren't as free as they think. To a large extent, they are victims of a culture obsessed with competition, categorization andconsumption, and this mentality doesn't really exist in the East. I
remember taking two West Berlin acquaintances of mine out to thegay scene in East Berlin. Well, in East Berlin bars, people sit down
. at a table, have a drink and talk comfortably with their friends fora whole evening. But these acquaintances of mine didn't want tosit down. They just stood and stared silently at everything. And they
complained about the unattractive men and the boring atmosphere.
We probably spent about ten minutes in every bar. They nevermade an attempt to talk with me, to try to get to know me better.
Their attitude was very strange to me and is something I havegrown to find typically Western."
Not only do East Germans find the West more commercial,
they frequently characterize West Germans as being more'reserved and distant. Actor Dirk Kummer, who stars in Coming
Out, stated recently at a panel discussion: "When I go to a gay bar
in East Berlin, I always have the feeling that I can find someone
to talk to or take home if I feel like it. In West Berlin, it's very difficult to get to know anyone
in a gay bar." His remark fUlds
echoes in the verdict on theWestern lesbian scene. "There
never have been any purely
lesbian bars or cafes in East
Germany, so I can't compare
East and West in that respect,"
remarks Petra Wunderlich. "Ihave a feeling that this coolness is more of a problem formen than for women. But':
from my experience
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women to be more reserved.
I guess that's just the way theyare."
While the description ofa friendlier, more relaxed
Eastern gay scene may seem
somewhat reminiscent of thecloseted subculture of preStonewall America, the quall.
ty of thiss~ne also has a lot
to do with the type of dissiin
dent.
, culture that has arisen.
all East European countrie,s. A
repressive social atmospherenecessarily forces any critical
mlnqrity sexual, artistic or
political-to tread a fUle line
between legality and illegality. In the East, most social
contact took place in people's
apartments, allowing partners-in-dissidence to develop
more personal ties with eachother, in stark contrast to
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where an open subculture is so widespread and diverse that it Is .
rare to learn anyone's last name--Qfld even rarer to be invited tohis or her apartment. Still, it is impossible to know whether thedifferences between East and West can simply be attributed tovarying degrees of SO<alled freedom and repression or to a genuine difference in value systems.
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If, like statues of Marx and Lenin, East Getman gay subculture
is condemned to the garbage heap of history, maybe it's time for aswan song. For a Western-born homo, East Berlin bars are intense
places. The interior decor is classic Eastern bloc, with the obligatory color scheme of orange and brown, cheap lace curtains,
psychedelic op-art wal.lpaper. Waitresses with artificial-looking
bleached blonde hair serve the drinks" and elderly women sit inback by the bathroom doors, collecting ten pfennigs from anyone
who goes to take a piss. Since East Gennany is not exactly famous
for its fashion industry, the men are dressed very plainly in grays,
browns and blues stone-washed jeans are still a status symbol.
No matter what one's political persuasion, no matter how
deep one's understanding of the complex nature of socialism andcapitalism, these places are fascinating to the Westerner. Are they
really going to be permanently erased from the face of the earth?
Is our only hope that a Western entrepreneurial vulture
will have enough foresight toat least preserve one as
kitsch?

Da·wind changes which haveoccurred in East Germany
over the past months, lesbians and gay men havebeen able to capitalize, on
the resµlting vacuum ofauthority and take a muchin
more active, visible role,society, politics and culture.
In addition, the .looqllng
threats of discrlmln~to~:ylaws, nCQ,-Naziviolenc~ an<i
AIDS have forced them 'to
stand up for themseive.s ~ddemand their rights. The ,sl~uation can. be likened to' akind of coming o~t of theentire homosexu~l .popµlation in the East..
"Wh~t
we
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sti.ll need to learn mo(e th~anything else,· says Petra
Wunderlich,"isto, practice,democracy. It's tra~c. to see
how four decades. " of arepressive g6vemmc;nt havetransformed
us •into an
uncritical authority-ob~~d,people with so little sense of
self.,esteem., It fills me withboundless sadness .tq see
how naive my si;sters can be.
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and valid concerns for lesbianactivists. Prior to the collapse of the Communist party, les- Women at the Round Table, and she was also selected as its
bian-only groups were organized under the auspices of the Berlin candidate in the regional elections. Schenk is a physichurch. Many of the women's groups that originated out of cist and a doctoral candidate at Humboldt University in East
the church went under the name of "Arbettskreise," or Berlin. Her thesis is on the sociopsycha,logiCal aspects of"working group." Today, lesbians like East Berliner Christina homosexuality .
Schenk are assuming new initiatives at self-organization,•
including the formation of the Autonomous Women's Asso- What possibilities existed for lesbians to organize before [theciation (Unabhangiger Frauen Verband). An umbrella organopening of the borders on] Nov. 9, 1989?
ization of women's groups in East Germany, the Association
Before Nov. 9, 1989, there was no open organizing. It wascame together in East Berlin last December in a public
only possible to discuss lesbian issues under the cover of themeeting attended by more than a thousand women. Its slo- church. There was one official women's group-the Democratic
gan is: "The Autonomous Women's Association for a Social- Women's Union. It has existed since the beginning of the German Democratic Republic [GDR].This organization and its activist Alternative: Cooperation, Ecological Awareness andMulticulturalism Against Sexism, Social Cuts and Cuts in itieshad to be approved by the Communist party. It could notPay." The Association ran on a slate with the Green party in act autonomously. However, the Union has had some positive
the March 18 national elections. Regional candidate lists role. The GDR Constitution says that men and women are equal.
The Union took positive action to bring women into the trades
were also drawn up, and an election caravan toured various
cities. The Association also had official status at the Round and professions. In 1972, the Union pushed through the legalization of abortion in the People's Chamber, where it holds 60
Table, .where its representatives sat on such key commisout of a total of 540 seats.
sions as the media, equal rights for men and women,
national minorities and the new national Constitution. Proposals put forth included the establishment of a position in How did the church facilitate lesbian activism?
The church gave meeting space for everyone, including
charge of equal opportunity. Although the Round Table nolonger exists, the guarantee of economic security and state those with non-Christian views. These included lesbian andgay working groups, ecologists, human-rights and peacesubsidies remains a priority of the Autonomous Women's
AssoCiation and, given current plans for unification, has activists. The church was only allowed to produce literaturefor its own internal use. So whatever we did had to comeacquired a new urgency.
, In addition to the Association, women's cultural initia- under the auspices of the Women's Department of the
Church. Otherwise, we would have required the permission. tives hav:e proliferated in the past few months. Last Decemof the state.
, ber, the first Autonomous Women's Center was establishedon the Shonhauser Aile. Open one night per week, the Center is for all women in the general area of East Berlin and .What type of network exists among lesbians in East Gerincludes an information center, a counseling serviCe and a many?
Lesbians got to know each other through the church. In
child-care' service and network. Organizers of the Center
want to establish a literary archive and offer courses in sev- the last two years, we tried to connect up with each other inother cities. We used the Frau Anders (Ms. Different) leseral areas, including self-help, philosophy, auto mechanics
and sports. There is also discussion of establishinga bian newsletter to make contacts. The first lesbian workshop was held in October of 1988. We also held a workshop
women's resort and retreat.
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thought that we needed one every two years and then realized that there was more demand for another meeting. So
we held one in 1989 and are planning another this spring.
Lesbians also met in mixed groups of lesbians and gays,
which met in the churches. The lesbian groups met every
two weeks with specific themes for discussion. Different
types of issues were also raised in the gay and lesbian
groups.
What is the official position of East Germany on homosexuality?
The official attitude is one of nondiscrimination. In 1968,
the paragraph in the constitution which made homosexuality
punishable by law was struck. Before 1968, homosexuality was
generally forbidden, although the law only specified men and1985 aQd 1987. These discussions were important
bringing about the change in the law.

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reality what types of discrimination do gays and lesbians
face in thp East?
As in the United States, it's a problem of attitude. It's ndt .
a problem, for example, for me to do research on lesbianism
at the Academy of Sciences. But lesbians do encounter proqlems in teaching. Attitudes vary from situation to situation.
There is no problem in housing. In Berlin, it is possible forme to live with another
woman and for two .'women to look.
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did not mention women. After 1968, homosexuality WIlS only
punishable for men if it involved a male adult with a maleyouth under 18. For heterosexuals, the age of consent was set
at 16. Since July 1989, this discrepancy in the law no longer
exists. At that time, the age of consent was set at 16 for both
men and women.
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Who initiated these changes?
The homosexual movement started to make thesedemands at the beginning of the 1980s. In 1984, scientists
complemented the movement and added to this its legitimacy by stating that homosexuality and heterosexuality
are equal variations of human sexuality. Workshops on
the sociopsychological aspects of sexuality were heJd in

Photo: Jorg Metnernate against housing applic~tions made by gays and le§~ians. ,Everyone must subI!lit an ilPplication. Housing is b~d. foreveryone. Sometimes it takes up to five years,'. to getan.
apartment. It's easier to just. exchange apartments. Insurance
is not a problem be'?luse everyone is insured. .
'How are tod interestsof lesbians
bang repr~sented'
at the,.
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RoundTable. discussions?
One of the commissions of the Round Table discussion is the·conunission for .EqualRigh~for Men and Women. I
the ,representative of the Autonomous Women's Associationon this com.
mission. We are rais.ingthe issue of equal rights for women in all
fields: in politics, in the economy and in culture. We ;are also
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They' often seem to be more
preoccupied with trips to Paristhan worrying about whether,
after unification, they will evenhave ~ job to pay for the planeticket/!. I wish nothing morethan that they learn to think forthemselvesand not believeso,.
much of the dishonest politicalpropaganda
that surrounds
them these days."
W:~nderlich speaks for theentire lctsbian and gay community
when she says that these aretimes of extremes: "On somedays I feel like rejoicing to theheavens, like when a mayor froma town "In the provinces cameinto my office to tell me that theAutonomous Women's Association rep,resented the strongest
faction itt her town's parliament.
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But on Cj>therdays, when I readabout .skinhead
violence, the,incredible fears of East Germans
and ,the Ilway the conservative
capitalist machine has taken overpolitics without giving us a·chance to think about what isreally bei,st for our country, I
could just !jump out the window.",
Berli~ has ·had the dubious
privilege, I of being a city of
extremes for many decades. This
status has r-0t changed. In West
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flowing with goods, crowds ofPolish men stand around thetrain station selling cheap cansof beer and Marlboro cigarettes
and lines of Easterners stretch
for blocks in front of grocery
stores. Traffic is jammed all day.
In East Berlin, border guards
who used to delight in scaring
tourists with that cold, evil
Communist stare no longer givea shit about anything and wave
people through with a smile.
Western cigarette and beer ads
cram shop windows. This is theother picture of freedom that
Berliners see every day-touching perhaps, but it's not always
the glamorous and romantic celebration that the media hurls
out to the world. One wonderS
how much outsiders really
understand about the complicated nature of past events, not tospeak of what's to come.
Indeed, there is a sectionof the Wall along which theremnantsof Nazi torturechambers have been excavated. Today, at this site, which ispregnant with fascist and Cold
War symbolism,
Americantourists mill about, laughing,taking snapshots of each otherwearing the East German military hats they just bought fromvendors who sell the memorabilia of a fading regime. T

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demanding quotas for women's political representation. Prior to
the new political situation, there was no open discussion of theofficial view that women had equal rights with men. Women
thought that problems they encountered were personal.

What steps are you taking to raise women~ consrimL<m~?
We distribute fliers and copies of a statement by Lll.OA [aBerlin women's group in the Association! in demonstrations. We
also raise women's issues in the Round Table discussions, and weare encouraging East-West exchange in the media and in culture.
Copies of Frau Anders are also being distributed at the Center.
What would be the consequences for women of unification and thetnflux of western capital?
Investments of Western capital and unification are the samething. Under capitalist conditions, equality between men andwomen is impossible. We are concerned that we will lose kindergartens and child-care centers because they don't bring a profit.
.These services are the foundation of women's equality.
We are also concerned that women will be excluded fromcertain types of jobs. Now they are only excluded from the mines.
On West Germany, by contrast, there are many trades that womenare strictly forbidden to train or work in.) Still, women earn only
75 percent of what men make. There are different reasons for this.
Women can't work the shifts that give bonus pay because of
their child-care responsibilities. For the same reason, they don't
have time to get the same kind of training as .men. Women contin-

ue to do three-fourths of the household work. But there is noeral recognition of this fact. WOmen here know that women are :disaiminated against in the West, but they always thought it was !
different here in the GDR The publication ~or four years ago . !Iof statistics which reveal the unequal position of women and men \brought about a new realization of the problems faced by womenin the GDR We are bringing up the need for more research and!
publication of this kind at the Round Table discussions.
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What can femtntsts.from the East and west Iearn.from each other?
The situation in the East and in the West are different, so it isdifficult to say. In the West, women have a much more developed
consciousness. On the other hand, women in the East are more
professionally active, and they have better conditions which facilitate equality. Ninety-one percent of all women in the GDR have ajob. It's not unusual to have women scientists in the university. It's
amusing to us that women in the West are so happy to pushthrough a demand for a female professor in the university. That isnormal for us. There is so much in the East that we take for granted. In the West, there is an awareness of women's oppression. But
in the East, such awareness is usual ....
Thanks to Peggy Mead and Gudrun Schwonke who acted astranslat01S and helped to prepare the text of this tnteTVlew. Contributtons can be made to the Autonomous Women~Association.
Send a personal money order to: Frauen Netzwerk Catchword
Goldrausch East, PostdameTStr. 139, 1000 Berltn 30, Federal
Republic of Germany.

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for work-not to mention threedays overdue with my Dining
Out! review of that new wine bar
on Second Avenue, the Cask ofAmantillado. As these things go, repair
work was being done on the water
main outside my apartment, so there
was no water nµlin outside myapartment, so there was no water. The subways weren't running. The heat could
be measured only with a candy thermometer. Yet none of these developments came anywhere- close tocomparing with the discovery, madeby each of us in our own stunned
turn, that the OutWeek building has
no air conditioning on any of thefloors below. the executive penthouse
suites. ,In a week which had alreadyseen the installation of a time clock,the circulation of a memo detailingthe new dress code and a new spateof transferals to the mail room.thiswas perhaps the last straw. A sweatstained note was surreptitiously
passed from cubicle to cubicle informing ,everybody (in. the secret code of
my own devising, I'm proud to say) ofan. emergency
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We congregated in the buildingmaintenance locker room during ourhalf-hour lunch interval. After electing
Three facilitators, a timekeeper and asecretary (all of whom were to serveon an ad hoc basis for that meeting
only-elections for permanent officers.
will be held at next Wednesday's
meeting in the Ronald Firbank Roomof the Community Center, and everyone is welcome to attend) we settled
down to a protracted argument over
the agenda. Presentations were madeonce again by the Names' Committee,
and that issue was tabled once again
for the next meeting (bring a friendO.
The Merchandise Working Group
requested a $2,000 appropriation to
pay for the dog whistles that we'll beselling at Sheridan Square next weekend in order to raise funds for thesatin baseball jackets which will beembroidered with the name of ourgroup (once that bridge is crossed)
and retailed in lesbian and gay,bookstores across the country.
With only three minutes left todiscuss this air conditioning business,
an ideological debate broke out as towhether or not we really wanted air
conditioning due to its contribution to
the destruction of the ozone layer.
While some very sound arguments
were posited from each side, I

couldn't help but notice that the factions seemed to be dividing along
personality lines, and the true issue at
hand seemed to be more about wresting control of the group than the prevention of global warning.
I was about to suggest as much,when suddenly, Edelweiss,the personnel liaison, burst into the room withher fearsome minions, Blossom andSnow. We were more than a little terrifled to be discovered, since company
policy forbids any unauthorized gathering of four or more contributing
writers, and the building-maintenancelocker room is strictly off-limits tononrepresented employees(which is•
to say, just about everybody but Daisy
and her staff of five), but surprisingly,
Edelweiss' did not threaten us with
exposure. Instead she very sweetly
announced that management wasacutely aware of the disturbingly highheat index within the building andwanted to buy everybody a free icecream bar, whereupon the meeting
quickly broke up with a frantic
stampede in the direction of thecommissary. As I was one of the last
to leave the room, Edelweiss drew me
aside and informed me that in orderto herald a new era in employee
relations, management was instituting
a "Getting to Know You" policy,of which I was to be the first
beneficiary. Accordingly, I have been
invited to lunch in the executive
dining room next Monday-jacket
and tie required, needless to say.
Despite a vague feeling ofuneasiness which could be attributed
to the weather, I am deeply honoredby this request, and I have to run
now to shop for a new dress shirt .
Naturally, you, the readers, will also
be subsidiary beneficiaries of thiswonderful new policy when next
week's Dining Out! takes you along"on this experienceof a lifetime. In themeantime, keep coo!!.

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proof-straightfromthe
Vanityhorse's mouth-about
Fairs Tina Brown and how she enthusiastically licks the balls of every powermonger in Hollywood (as professed inthis column many times regarding Diller,
Geffen, et al.). In the August issue ofSpy, as recounted by New York, a letteris reprinted which was written by Brown
to the big-time agent Michael Ovitz.
Desperate to get an interview with theelusive power broker (who has steadfastly refused to talk to the press in thepast), Brown brings herself to orgasm,
oozing her sweet juices all over his face
as she commends his "aura of leadership" and "gifted sense of talent, material, timing and taste, plus, of course,
extraordinary business acumen." Then,guaranteeing a puff piece, she assures
Ovitz that if he'll let her pawn, the writer Jesse Kornbluth, interview him, she'll
be "watching over [the article] and shaping it every step of the way."
And you thought I was crazy.
Shame on you. In all fairness, however,
we must throw Tina a biscuit thismonth. The current issue of Vanity Fair
recounts "The Holy Terror of Cardinal
O'Connor" in an interview and profJ.1e
by Leslie Bennetts which-in
one ofthose rare Vanity Fair moments is avirtual hatchet job of a right-wing homophobe. Perhaps responding to incessant
prodding, even Brown's monthly "Letteris all about O'Connor's
from the Editor",
deadly effect on the AIDS crisis and his
unwavering stance on abortion.
, Maybe. there truly is ,a fiber of femi•
nism left in Brown's bones which canoccasionally overcome her compulsive
social climbing urges. But what about
critic lesbian gossipist Liz Smith (Daily

News)? Only a few days after she sponsored the ,Ms. Foundation's and Lambda
Legal Defense's tribute to the polar
explorer Ann Bancroft (who, incidentally, was outed as a lesbian herself in
Minneapolisby the GLC Voice lastmonth), liz wrote a kiss-ass item about
Esquire magazine's upcoming "Women
We Love" issue, noting that "the women
you love, love you guys at Esquire rightback." Well...no, they don't. What "thewomen Esquire loves" are actually doingis planning a boycott of the mag, regarding the blatant sexism of the "American
Wife" issue. To Liz's embarrassment, thevery day that she sucked up to esquire
the National Organization for Women
announced the boycott in a cover story•
Where
seXism rears
its head.
omophobia
is around theCorner•in Publishing News. I alerted Liz's assistants, St. Clair Pugh and Dennis Ferrara,
who, as the column noted, were in "collaboration" with Liz on the column last
week, since she is tecimkally on vacation (I sometimes wonder if these two
are really as sleazy as she is or if, a la
the wicked witch's guards, they'll sing
"Ding-dong" once some Dorothy throws
a bucket of water on her). NOW also
notified Pugh and Ferrara about theglossed-overtreatment
they gave
Esquire, But, alas, Liz and her collaborators(as of this writing) have not addressed
the issue, making that column yet again
a place where Esquire . like every othermagazine which Liz caresses inher constantquest for approval and positive writeup~n
get trumpeted to the max .
. And of course, where sexism rears
its ugly head, homophobia
is justaround the corner. I was quite perturbed'

to read Edward Hoaglund's whiny piecein esquires July issue where he lamentsthat American writing has gone tohell-with pieces like his own, it's nowonder. He complains about writers'
responses to AIDS and what, in his
moralistic tone, he sees as its cause: ""The extremes [of promiscuity] were
outre, suchas fist-fucking,or
marathonejaculatory
frenzies performed through holes bored in a barroom wall; but milder modes, too,
employed the excretory orifice in a manner that mammals had all but stopped
using seventy to a hundred million years
ago and that tore lesions in the recta1lining through which the strange, savage
virus entered. Writers in numbers witnessed all this, but forbore to commentfor fear of becoming unpopular."
PUCK YOU, YOU POMPOUS PIECE
OF SHIT.
First d all, Hoaglund, lOIS d right-wing
reactionaries including many so-called
writers did take such a fInger-pointing
position, as did the American
THAT'S WHY NOTHING WAS DONEABOUf TInS DAMNED CRISIS. SecOndJ.y, I
don't know what mammais )a.I'm ta1kingabout, but I still see that 10 percent of alli-including humans--are queer.
But, gee, Ed, following your logic, maybe
we should kill off every man who has an
overabundance of hair aawling up his oock.
After all, mOlt humans had all but stopped
growing fur a few millions years ago.
WHAT AN ASSHOLE.
But one wonders how, after an asshole spews his homophobic garbage, itgets past the editors at Esquire and into
print. I mean, this is a publication forwhich Jean Genet and William Burroughs
covered the 1968 Democratic convention.
It's a magazine that was 'Once owned bycommunications tycoons Chris Whittle
everyone in
and Phillip Moffitt-and
Knoxville tells s-s-s-simply fa-a-a-abulous stories about those two and their
festive antics!
But things have changed at esquire.
The pages that once bore the genius of
Burroughs and Genet are now splatteredwith Pete "you're a guido" Hamil.'s diarrhea. And in the upcoming August issue
this moron has a virtual enemal With
perhaps the most anti-gay piece I've
read by a wolf in white-liberal clothing,
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liz: Channel 69's Fourth of July wasa celebration of national proportions-thebest place to celebrate (or bemoan) thestate of Gay and Lesbian America. In
keeping with the holiday spirit (which insome neighborhoods consisted of walking down streets which resembled combat zones to wait out the evening's
stupidity)_the show was "Gay Love American Style." The premise went like this:A lesbian alien from Mars (the planet, notthe club) lands in Tompkins Square Park,
while 1V reporters Unda Simpson andKaty Crocodile seeking fag and dyke
responses to the question, What is Gay
Love? unwittingly interview the alien anddiscover a sister from another planet.
Katy Crocodile is our new fave lesbian. In addition to helping with the showsat Pyramid and appearing as the only sanelesbian in most of them, she has also done
perfonnances with her friend Shelly Mars.
(Look for Katy at '69--the one in thesequined dress who isnit a man.)
Sydney: It looked like paparazzo,
promoter and consummate host John
Simone was holding court as he sat at
the head of the dinner table. He later
decreed that his birthday party reminded
him of a Fellini film. The rather subdued event at MK seemed more like a
Luis Bunuel flick--you guessed it, theDiscreet' Charm of the Paparazzo. Dinner guests included John'S good friends
among them, the noble Quentin Crisp,
a smattering of press and various performers.
Amongthe performers,
Suzanne Goulet, a real woman Liza
Minnelli
impersonator
who carries
around' a mannequin head with a Lizawig (the new 'do) and sings "Losing My
Mind" in front of a backdrop-video of
the tune. . A "distant cousin" of RobertGoulet,she just returned from Barbados,
where she "did Liza for six months" andbecame, certifiedin scuba rescue.
(Hmm ... l wonder who is losing her
mind.) Never one to judge, cable tv star
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We asked Robin about her scandalous
party for Sandra Bernhard's Witbout You
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reported that the party spontaneously
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shocked Drew Barrymore. Robin said
Tbe Star report was inaccurate (no surprise). The party was not an orgy andDrew was not on stage with strippers,
although the 16-year-old recovering
addict admits to being a Byrdwatcher.
The tabloid also neglected to mention
that the party was a benefit for AmFAR
and misspelled Byrd's name. The reported "orgy" is nothing compared to herplans for her August 18 benefit for theCommunity Research Initiative at the Ice
Palace on Fire Island, which will include
hunky men (for the boys) and busty
women (for the girls). At dinner's end,
Robin got up from the, table to "smother"John. Our hoSt:jokingly protested as she
pushed his face into her chest.
Uz: Maria, the Madonna of Hong
Kong, performed at Quick! last Thursday
to great, if puzzled reception. Sydney
and 1 had assumed that she was going tosing Madonna songs a la Chinoise, andwhen, instead, Bizet's aria L'amour d'unoiseau.. commenced with a decidedly
salsa beat in Cantonese, we were notdisappointed .• A member of one ofHong Kong's big pop bands, Grasshopper came on stage to dance with Mariaand created a small mellting pot in theheart of Tribeca.
Her final number,"People" (the Patti La Belle song, not
Batbara Streisand's), won the audience
when it was prefaced with a call for"unity among all people." Her appearance was part of a tour of Hong Kongpop stars that climaxed at the Palladium.
Sydney: A promo party for thatshrill, neo-punk, house-music version of"I am Woman"-"I'm a Bitch" by A Bitch
Named Johannaand featuring moans
by Wendy Wild-was held by the Panty
Girdles crew at Quick! The singer, themoaner and something known as theVogueing Nation filled the tiny stage andperformed the X-rated version. "I'm a
Bitch," a song (as performance art) thatcan never be performed in Florida is astreetwise feminist track about sexual liberation that tells it like it is: ("Ladies, at all
times you carry a condom").
Anotherrecent record release and the dance hit of
the summer which has yet to have a
promo party, is Deee-Ute's "Grove Is in
Your Heart/What is Love?". Touted as thenext big group to spin out of the club
scene, Deee-Lite includes Lady Kier,deejay Dimitry and Towha and has performed everywhere from Wigstock to
BoyBar. Clad in retro '70s/B-Boy fashions,
their music is a "dee-lightful," dee-groovy"
mixture of house, hip-hop and Laugh-In.
Liz: The first anniversary of Love
Machine was a sight to behold-a dance
floor so jammed it took two hours for us
to be able to walk around freely. While
the toilet-paper throwing so popular in
its first weeks wasn't resuscitated for theparty ("bathroom tissue" is now kept
under lock and key), the crew (Larry
Tee, Lahoma Van Zandt, Ru Paul andSee 1&S on pege 64

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Hentoff, Jimmy Breslin and Andy
Rooney.
Right at the start, Hamill talks about
an anti-violence
march through theVillage in which the protesters, rightfully
angry, are screaming "Bash back!" asthey decry gay-bashers who were suspected of planting a pipe-bomb at Uncle
Charlie's, the West Village gay bar. "Themarchers paraded off," writes Hamill,"and the man beside me said: 'Tell ya
the truth, I'd like to bash a few of thesebastards
myself.'... 1 felt an odd
uncomfortable
solidarity
with theman ....What rose in me that night wasn't
an instinct to hurt anyone in some
homophobic spasm. It was more thansimple irritation, and it was not new. In
some fundamental way, I was bored by
the exhibition of theatrical rage from thegay movement. I am tired of listening topeople who identify themselves exclusively by what they do with their cocks."'Ignore, for a moment, the fact that
Hamill, in essence, develops an argument here for bashing bad gays-those
who scream and shout in the streets forlaws and governmental protection-as
opposed to good gays -those who
don't protest and who are also angry at
the militants' behavior and who, welearn later in the piece, are some of his
friends. Ignore, for a moment, the factthat while we are literally fighting for
our lives, Pete Hamill is "bored," and thefact that his last line, about "cocks,"omits lesbians entirely. But contemplate
just for a moment about the statement
about gays "identifying themselves bywhat they do with their cocks." Isn't
Hamill, by his own defmitions, identifying himselfby what he does with his
cock? After all, isn't he talking about
being heterosexual (the title of the pieceis "ConfessiOns of a Heterosexual")? The
truth is that, in Hamill's pea-brain world,
talking about being straight is "normal,"but talking about being gay is "identifying yourself by what your do with yourcock."
This is the basis of Hamill's entire
piece, and that' is why it is completely
flawed: Here is yet another straight man,passing judgment on queers and tellingthem what's best for them. Such a critique' is equivalent to the white person
tellirig the Black community that it's misbehaving, the gentile telling the Jews
how wrong they are in their approach,the male columnist telling women that who described all Italians in thoseneighborhoods by using the derogatory
their complaining makes him "bored."term "guidos" in the New York Post.
Hamill goes on to tell us that he"When the gay militants in ACT UP
was once homophobic-backin hisgo to St. Patrick's Cathedral arid one ofgood old working-class days growing
up-and that as an adult he got over it them crushes a communion host on thefloor as protest against the Church's traafter much thought and after meeting
and working with many gay people. But ditional policies, I'm revolted," writes
Hamill. "This ~ cheap blasphemy andnow, he says, it's all coming backeven worse politics." OH, SPARE ME
because of these militant queers whoare just really getting his goat (how sim- THE BULLSHITI YOU HYPOCRITES
plistic!). "I've lost patience with the para- 'FIND BLASPHEMYWHEN IT'S CONVENIENT, Han:iill, when I asked you on thenoid oratory of gay radicals. I can't
telephone if you believe in a women's
abide their self-pitying aura of victimhood." EXCUSE ME, YOU BASTARD. right to an abortion and if you believe in
SORRY I RAINED ON YOUR PARADE. the use of condoms, you said that ofBut, see, my friends are dying, and the course you do. Funny, the last time I
checked, O'Connor considered the use
only way we've figured out how to keepof condoms a major no-no and called
them alive in this shitty world is toabortion blasphemous, murderous and amortal sin. What is the difference
between you and those who snappedthat cracker?
Hamil1 had no answer to that challenge. In fact he had no answers to a lotof my challenges, He even admitted to
not having researched most of what thecolumn was about.
"1 only read the story you wrote in
the Voice," he said, regarding the highlycomplex issue of outing and referring toa piece I wrote about how the media at
first would not write about my OutWeek
story on Malcolm Forbes' homosexuality. And yet, based on that one story"
which wasn't even directly about outing
scream and yell! I would think that you(while, during a three-month debate,would understand that, Mr. Workingthere were literally hund,reds of stories
Class, the way you milk your upbringing
written about the issue) Hamil1 staunchfor all its worth and the way you speak
ly condemned outing in his piece but
to the average New York Post reader as if then told me on the telephone, conyou're the guy down the block who's
demned "You have a point" and "you'realso struggling with that paycheck Oittle right"-in some instances. He told me
do they know •that you make a few hunthat his Esquire piece was writtendred thousand dollars a year and havebecause he feels that yelling andtwo phone numbers, one of which is in screaming and "barging into offices"the 914 area code). You-like Breslin
doesn't get anything done and only
and Rooney-havebecome nothing
angers straight people more, but then hemore than a caricature of yoursel(, sell- said that he didn't know-until'Iing some long-lost image that holds noinformed him-that ACT UP, by using
more wisdom in the the '9Os. The very
those exact tactics, had revolutionizedworking-class values and points of view
medical research in the United States
you guys espouse'(which none of you , inside of two years (though it's been
can possibly say is your current experireported everywhere from MacNeilence) are the same ones that seethe in Lehrerto Nightline).
Here is this misinformed, unehatred out in Bensonhurst and Howard
Beach. Oh, but in a telephone interview
ducated man writing things like:
you told me that it's ridiculous of me, to"Their leaders irritate me with theirgeneralize about those communities.
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he average American spends over seven hours per
day staring at television, and if we're lucky, a couple ofmilliseconds is devoted to gay and lesbian lives. But
even those few-and-far-between moments consist of
straights either "explaining" or exploiting us. The
wealth of work created by independent gay and lesbian
media-makers
whether "experimental" or conventional inform--is nowhere to be found. Well, almost nowhere. One
corner of the broadcast universe featuring work by independent filnunakers, and regularly including work by gay men
and lesbians, is Channel 13/WNlITs Ii
Focus, which
will air on Sunday nights at 11 pm for the rest of the summer.
Billed as WNET's "longest-running forum for independently produced ftIms and videos," Independent Focus islocally produced and programmed by a well-respected
panel of ftImmakers and curators. This year's panel includes
lesbian ftImmaker Su Friedrich (Gently Down the Stream,'Damned if You Don't), which may account for the series'
strong presence of work expressing the concerns of gay
men and lesbians. Most of the showcased work is short,from two minutes to 28 minutes, but there are a number offeature-length ftIms, including Shelia Maclaughlin's She Must
Be Seeing Things (July 29), about the ins and outs of a lesbian love affair, and Gus Van Sant's Mala Noche (Sept. 9), a
delightfully quirky mm about one gay man's desire.
If you're not inclined toward afternoon screenings at
MoMA or late nights at the Collective for Living Cinema', consider Ii
t Focus a crash course in the state of contemporary experimental work (gay, straight or indeterminate).
Among the gems to be uncovered are A Knowledge They
Cannot Lose (Aug. 12), Nina Fonoroff's elegant exploration ofher father'S influence on her life after his death; Her FragrantEmulsion (Aug. 26), Lewis Klahr's unique homage to Mimsy
11NY TRUMPElER
Farmer, a star of 60s "B" movies; and Peggy Ahwesh's
Mattina's Playhouse (July 22), a compelling series of docu- ' ,Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin' Women airs June 29.
tableaux centering around 5-year-old Martina, her mother andMany of the series' offerings will be familiar to those of us
the filmmaker's interaction with them. Ahwesh's film shares who do scour the alternative-cinema venues of this city inthe bill with a group of equally provocative ''women's films," search of any film that rises above "Teenage Mutant Ninja"
mentality. Ii
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Strosser's Rape Stories and Chris Hill's Reproductive Histories and-onto-the-screen weight to it-it's incredibly powerful to
update, the combined effect of which must have WNET's watch radiaH work in a medium that usually possesses no
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vixen, you've ever known. Further, Hortensio rewritten as
the local sheriff and Gremio as Walter Brennan grant theactors a more readily available mythology-our own, notthe second-hand stuff of English clowndom. They know
these clowns, and so do we. Best of all, the actors are

by Otis Stuart,•!rca 1990, a "problem play" a term generally
assigned to the later, uncategorizable Shakespeare,~ la Cymbellne or tbe Winter'sTale also describes one of his
earliest, most unabashed comedies, 7be
Taming of tbe Sbrew. The tradition of afemale frrebrand whooped into shape by ,her man dates back to Aristotle. That theatrical legacy may seem anathema to us,
although as far as Sbrew is concerned, theproblem is ours, or more precisely, ourreceived reading of the play. Prom the top,
Petruchlo makes many a suggestion toKate cunnilingus, for ch~rming example("My tongue in your tail?")-but the nastiness he visits upon. her is cued by exactly
what she inflictS, from the top, on everyone
in sight. Certain women, as Noel Cowardwrote, "should be struck regularly, likegongs" certain men, too. Kate, in fact;swings fust,' and as staunch a feminist as
Germaine Greer ftnds Sbrew "not a knockabout farce of wife-battering, but the cun" ning adaptatiQn of folk-motif to show theforging of a partnership between equals.", Sbrew is currently receiving its own•
cunning' adaptation' as the' operiing numberof the New York Shakespeare Festival's~ual,summer
season of free Shakespeare
at the Delacorte Theater in central Park. THE SHREW BASHES BACK.
Photo: Martha Swope
Tracy Ullman and'Morgan Preeman;~the Tracy Ullman and Morgan Freeman
stellar sparring partners in a staging by A. J.
freed of the responsibility
to be Shakespearean
andAntoon, who has booted the 'play .from .its Italian
become Elizabethan instead-loud, lusty and more than a,Renai~ce
setting to the, Oklahoma frontier of a John
Focd fantasy. Sbreuls ,string, df strangers drifts into town ,little loony. This rowdiest of farces-Sbrew is definitely
the pre-poet Shakespeare-gets
into riot gear, assisted
introducing a :heaJthy Qleasu~e of Southern accents ~ty'all doin' in Paduah?"-ang , the cockeyed combirultion is by Antoon's liberal license with the text. He, butches
almost as blissful as Antoon's 1972 account. of Mucb Ado up the local geography (Pisa becomes Chester), extends
Bianca's dowry to include "ftve fringed surries" and via
About Notblng againstturn-of-the-century Americana.
careful'insertions, takes potshots at the rest of the canon,,
The transposition is libera.tingonallfronts.
Youreye,brows may arc.h during ardent young Lucentio's fll'st drawl- especially Hamlet.
The main event remains the main event. Ullman anding scene with his wiseacre serVant, Tranio; three hours of
this? But; when Graham Winston (the young leading man Freeman are worthy rivals. The man is, in a word, hot, andpar excellence) hits Lucentio's ftrst paean to Bianca, this Freeman's Petruchio strides across the stage with a sexual
Sbrew is home free: Southern boys do go on. The rhythms assurance that explains why Kate iSn't the only person toand cadences of the American dialects complement, rather get nervous around him. Ullman's Kate spits tobacco, uses

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hat becomes leather most? According to thejudges of the Mr. Northeast Drummer '90
Contest, the answer is Justin Charbonneau.
Hailing from New York City, Charbonneau
walked off with the prestigious title at the
Roxy in a competition against eight other leathermen. The
Fellini-esque decor that night seemed somewhat at odds
with the raw and straightforward aesthetic of the leather
community, yet surprisingly, the glitter-littered floor of thenightclub, inconjunction with the stage lights, magnificently
highlighted the strapping studs in their black leather.
Representatives from the Golden Shower Association, theEmpire City Motorcycle Club, Gay Male S/M Activists(GMSMA)and the Chicago Hellfire Oub mingled with nonpartisan audience members, admiring tattoos, piercings,
chaps, boots and biceps. This troop looked undeniably ominous, though in reality, the men were more civilized andgenial than the ,usual crowds at BoyBar or Quick!. The contest
itself would testify to their curiously refined sense of humor.
The flI'St segment (following some introductory remarks
and country-western entertainment) required each contestantto saunter down the runway, while the emcee read his vitals(top or bottom, hometown, fetish) to a campy live lou'ngemusic (:1 la Miss America) accompaniment. I would haveappreciated it had a few vital measuri!menl.s been included,
but as it was I could pretty much guess at them. After completing his runway walk, each contestant was lightly grilled(interViewed, that is) in sessions that provided a wealth ofleather information and other personal data. I now knowmuch more about chubby chasers, bears, New Jersey State
troopers, isolated cabins with rafters, German leather bars;,
cigar fetishes and sound probes (ouch!).
The next segment of the show presented public displays of the contestants' fantasies in three-minute "simulations." (Cops and rubbers were de rtgueur in thesescenarios, demonstrating-intentionally?-theleather community's concern with protection and safety.) One of themore intriguing fantasies was that of contestant no. 3, John
Paul Weir, who, on a dimly lit stage, worked over his bottom's thighs with, a device resembling a stun gun. In thesemidarkness, the blue electricity coursing between the
instrument's tines glowed threateningly; when it made contact with the flesh, the gun zapped like an outdoor bug
lamp, and the bottom writhed uncontrollably. Other fantasies involved a can of Crisco, self-executed head-shaving,
four bodybuilders supporting a guy in a leather sling, a copwith a cigar, a cop in an alley and a cop at the beach. The
winner, Charbonneau, was the cop at the beach who forcesa tan young lifeguard to oil his hairy, macho chest (among
other things). The representation of, and allusions to, tortur~
ran the gamut from low camp to high Sade.
The third and final segment of the contest was the jockstrap competition. The studs modeled their jocks with poise
and authority (to the tune of"Inna Gadda Da Vida," no less)"answering randomly selected questions, while decked out inso very little a sure test of macho aplomb if ever there wasone. The straining jockstraps ranged from the basic soiled
white Bike ,brand to chrome-covered leather to a white Lycra
strap with matching body-harness to other creative handmade variations on the traditional theme. The final questions
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Farmer Jobn, I'm in love with your daughter/The
one with~theshining green eyes.

by Madame X
nough, enough, enough Madonna!1!I've had enoughof everybody uncritically sucking up to, a corporate
dream, and enough of this very magazine slavishly'reproducing every fart the Blond Ambition produces
in her sleep. Give it a rest, OK? So, Madonna is making
money-huge
heaps of it. But she represents everything
that's wrong with theAmerican way: thedestructiveness andsterility' df the almighty dollar, JeanPaul Gaultier reduced
to a garter maker.
Hey, Madonna may
show up at a club! Big
deaL Hey, Madonna's
dancers may show up
a canine expo at the
Javits Q:nterl Om I geton the list, please?
Maybe I don't
understand Madonna.,'
They say it's all justfor fun, and she
knows exactly what
she's doing, and she's
manipulatingthemedia, and she's incontrol of her sexuality. They say she's an
American icon love, that one), and thatsh~ plays with gen-

It sounds even better when you know that this issung by the Delmonas, the British female answer to '60s
retro-chic. The Delmonas understand what "garage" wasmeant to be: rehearsing in the back yard and forgetting
outdated notions such as self-consciousness and a senseof harmony. The Delmonas take their cues not from theglamour of the Supremes but rather from a suburban
world of jealousy and "Dangerous Charms." Sure, thealbum as a whole is a paean to heterosexuality, but its
tongue is so firmly anchored in its cheek that it reaches•aII' ' ',.
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der roles (it's getting GODDESSES OF THE ENUGHTENED FRINGE
better) ... There'snoJapan' '.S S'h'onen I\nltfl
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way you can e a'dyke theSe days and ,,say that you don't like Madonna. Hell, no, I don't like new heights of campiness. Let's face it, we can all identiMadonna or the herd mentality. As long as we keep on fy with being dumped, being cheated on-KIt seems,
adopting the symbols we are told to like, we won't get any- baby, I just can't win," and so on.
These women speak straight to those who always prewhere. Madoopa's thing with Sandra was nothing but a,promo coup, and we all fell for it (including me, for a time). ferred Gloria Grahame to Marilyn Monroe, Ann-Margret to
Meanwhile Madonna was sitting in her Beverly Hills dun- Jane Fonda, two people for whom the '60s were a time not of
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Music•,The Anti-Censorship Struggle Moves Forward
by Victoria Starryear ago, there were people in the music industry
who naively perceived the censorship issue to benothing more than a passing trend. Just throw a
sticker on the record jacket alerting parents andretailers to the album's "explicit language," andeveryone will be appeased. Or so they thought. But what
began as a compromising gesture on the part of therecording industry has become nothing more or less thana guilty plea. Now, not only are retailers getting jailed for
selling "pornography" (records with lyrics describing any
number of activities which the government deems unfit
for public expression), but the artists themselves are also
being pursued, harassed and arrested.
While the arrest of Miami-based rap group, 2 Live
Crew, is old news, it is precedent-setting
not only
because it is the fIrSt time an artist has been arrested-yet another step in a widespread and systematic attempt

by a small but powerful group of morality crusaders to
dismantle America's pop culture--but also because it
has finally sounded the alarms in the various sleepy
camps of the music industry, uniting and politicizing adisparate group of artists, journalists and businesspeople
in an unprecedented way.
On June 26, an urgent press conference was held in
downtown Manhattan to discuss the current trends
toward censorship and possible counteractions on thepart of the music industry. Interestingly, the conference
took place in the Wessel O'Connor gallery, which is currently hosting new work by artist Dread Scott, who wasembroiled in controversy last year over his Chicago
exhibit, "What is the proper way to display theAmerican flag?" The one hundred or so attendees also
stood surrounded by gay, lesbian and feminist art,
which (by no accident, I'm sure) seemed to reflect thedeveloping message: The topic of the day was 2 Live
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,'IIII-Of "the seven other selections, only two are full-length
plays: the already-anthologized
As Is by William M.
Hoffman and Harry Kondoleon's Zero Positive. Two others
are one-acts, and three are fragments. One fragment is the
middle section of Christopher Durang's Laughing Wtld, an
extended sendup of Louise Hay in which AIDS is menby Michael Paller tioned only incidentally. It would be difficult indeed tomake a case for Laughing Wild as a thoroughgoingbe Way WeLive Now is (to my knowledge) the first col- response to the epidemic.
The excerpt from Tony Kushner's Angels in America is
lection of AIDS plays to be published in America. As
such, one wants to welcome it as the beginning of a nec- tantalizing, but it ends just when if has barely begun. In it,
the late, unlamented Roy Cohn denies, in little more thanessary and important endeavor, but it is a curious collection.
M. Elizabeth Osborn, who selected and edited the con- one fantastic breath, that he is either ill with AIDS or gay.
tents, acknowledges that while a plethora of AIDS plays exists, But those of us not familiar with the entirety of the play
discovering them and obtaining copies of scripts is often diffi- from which this scene is taken can't judge if it has any more
cult. Nonetheless, she admits to having obtained many more to do with AIDS than Laughing Wild does. The same is trueof The Baltimore Waltz<---andworthwhile plays than she f1!1allyhad space for ineven the fragment we do get
this volume. By and large, however, her selections
seems beside •the point.
are written by well-known playwrights whose
Worse, it leaves dne uninternames will help sell the book, even if their' work is
ested in the rest of the play.
not, strictly speaking, about AIDS even if their
Harry Kondoleon's Zerowork happens not to be a play.
Positive had a rough time at
The title piece, Susan Sontag's "The Way We
the New York Public TheaterLive NQw," is a short story that appeared origiin 1988 when it underwent
nally in the New Yorker. Edward Parone
cast and director changes dur"arranged" it for a series of readings at Los
ing rehearsals. Its language
Angeles' Mark Taper, Forum by assigning actors
and,action are highly artifito read it exactly as written. As he emphasizes incial-an acceptable premise,
his introductory remarks, it is indeed a reading
had the artifice revealed someof a story, not a play. This might seem a niggling
thing authentic about the charpoint if there were not the number of worthacters. The play may have
while plays presumably by openly gay playsomething to do with thewrights-that
OSDorn claims to have found.
Sontag is an estimable eSsayist and novelist, but in this first lengths people will go to in order to deny a desperate situacollection of AIDS plays we ought perhaps to see the work tion. On the other hand, it may not. Determining what theplay is about is as difficult on the page as it was onstage.
of our community's seif-acknowledged playwrights.
Any anthology of plays by gay playwrights would not be
There are two genuinely fine works here, both one-acrs.
Each in its way exemplifies the various styles playwrights can official without a Harvey Fierstein, here represented by Safe
utilize in an attempt to deal theatrically with AIDS. Lanford Sex. Terrence McNally has contributed Andre's Mother, a, brief'Wilson's A Pasler of the CasmaS'is a simple monologue deliv- one-act expanded into the PBS drama of the same name. It
ered by a middle-aged man (a baker by trade) following his 'measures the distance that can exist between gay lovers andarrest by the police. Using the Simplest language and surpris- biological furnilies. McNally is well known as a polished craftsing imagery, he builds the details of his story to a climax that man whose plays rarely dare to deviate from conventional, is as shocking as it is quiet-andthen the story is over emotions and situations. Andre's Mother is no exception.
What does this selection of plays tell us, other thanindeed. If Gertrude Stein, James Joyce and .Igor Stravinsky collaborated on a theater piece, it might sound something like that there is a nation of writers out there trying, often in
Jack, by David Greenspan. Unlike Sontag's New Yorker sto~, difficult circumstances, to give some artistic form to thisJack--a choric chamber play for four voices about a man epidemic? It suggests that if there's a problem with this
it isn't inclusive enough, if it lacks good
who is born, grows up and dies from AIDS-related complica- anthology-if
plays by playwrights not deemed commercial enough-thetions-is a theater piece, and it is meant to be performed.
Over the last few years, Greenspan has been working out a solution is to publish more plays. This is one problem wecan solve by throwing plays at it. •new theatrical language in a series of plays.

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Bul/etin, went public with his diagnosis in 1986 on theby Steven A. Sayre
aving recently seen the documentary Common
Threads, I was struck by the similarities between
its subjects and those of Steven Petrow's
Dancing Against the Darkness. The most remarkable aspect of these works to me is the overriding focus on the fundamentals of living with AIDS Oess soon activism or anger concerning the AIDS epidemic). Facing the specter of death in very different
ways, the individuals interviewed for the, ftIm also
appear to be struggling for survival in the midst of
the current health crisis.
So too are the people we encounter in Petrow's
book. They are PWAs, their spouses, lovers and families--all discussing the disease and how they havesought to manage and understand it. Some areangry, others are confused, yet they all speak very
simply about how they are coping with AIDS.
Alternately painful and refreshingly funny, there ismuch with which the reader can identify.
Petrow interviewed hundreds of people forthis bQok and then selected seven situations on
which to focus. Dancing Against the Darkness contains reports on three gay men, three women and
one family---all affected by AIDS. Throughout thebook, the author mixes his own insights with thoseof his subjects, although he seems most comfort-',able in letting his subjects speak for themselves.
Petrow's inclusion of certain incidents-suchas
Eddie's editing (or fantasies) of his past ao,dJennifer's denial of her husband's sexual activities places each portrait in some perspective andhelps to illuminate important biases.
These stories are about ordinary people who aree~raordinary because of the way they talk about AIDS.
'The Rays made headlines several years ago when theirthree hemophiliac sons-all of whom were HIV-infected,-were
not permitted
to attend public schools in
Arcadia, Fla. After their home "mysteriously' burned to
the ground, the family moved to Bay Minette, Ala., and'then to Sarasota, Fla. With each move, they tried to convince their new neighbors that their sons' medical situation was not dangerous to others efforts that were only
'partly successful.
The three gay men interviewed in the book are radically different. Michael, gifted and accomplished, died at

front page of the Labor Day issue. Eddie, perhaps themost pitiable figure in the book, was relieved to find outthat he had AIDS, and his painful portrait is filled withregret and self-hatred.
Thankfully, Petrow also pays attention to the much-ignOred
effects of AIDSon women. The three portraits of women in'thisbook are strikingly dissimilar. Janice; an IV-drug user, andMeredith,the lover of someone who used IVdrugs, reflect situations that are typical of the emerging proftle of women with thedisease. Impoverished and alone, neither woman has more than
token means of support. But we also meet Jennifer, an uppermiddle-classwoman
whose life falls apartwhen her "perfect"
husband-handsome, wealthy and"very straight-looking"-contracts
AIDS.At one point,
she remarks glibly,'We both looked forward to a materialistic future. " But whenrecounting her husband's last days, shereports sadly, "I'veseen a lot of people
who are very ill withthis disease ... .I·ve
se,en so much courage ...but I did not
see this courage in
my husband."

Dancing
Against the Darkness inspires with
its simple words
from ordinary people. Louise Ray, the mother of threehemophiliac sons, is remarkably articulate when the subject
turns to her Childrenneeds:
I think that touching and loving are so important tothem right now. ,There was this guy from ABC News
who...!putl his arms out, and the kids just immediately ran
to him and hugged him and loved him. I think that's all
they're seeking right now somebody to love them and toaccept them for who they are and not for what they got.
Every ~DS-related death is a tragedy, and it's ;ilso a
tragedy that we have to learn about life from the dying, but
Dancing Against the Darkness .shows also that these arewords to live by .....

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destroyed. His nubby canvases show through the thinly
applied paint, which suggests human skin tightening
against the cold. Bacon's great sense of color seduces theeye, while his subject matter repulses. At his direction, all
the paintings are framed in gold and under glass--thebygold adding grandeur and the glass folding the viewer's
ining the walls of MoMA's chilled subterranean galleries reflection into the painting.
The best :work occurs early in the show, where the variare 59 Francis Bacon paintings. Beginning with his
ety of portraitS and the handling of color are strongest. One
post-World War II eruption into fame at 35, the show
documents the British painter's career up to the pre- painting to note, an icon of modern art, is "Triptych-Maysent. Most of the paintings are portraits, although there's also June" (1973), depicting the suicide of his lover, George Dryer.
Bacon has influenced a generation of painters. Aftera landscape and a couple of baboons thrown in for good
admiring the male nudes in a 1960 show at London'smeasure. Bacon's primal visions have earned him a reputation as a difficult and disturbing artist. Painting directly off Marlborough Gallery, David Hockney commented, "One of
the nervous system, the first chamber of this retrospective is the things I like about them was that you could smell the. filled with silent screams. Based on classical portraits and balls." Bacon's portraits are naked, raw and true. In addition
medieval altars, his pictures depict the modern condition as to male nudes, they include a truly shocking painting called
misery. The subjects sit in what could be electric chairs, their "Two Figures in the Grass" (1954), which appears to depict
peeled skin exposing muscle and teeth. In "Painting" (1946), two caged men, apparently having sex in a ',zoo. Thougha pope sits on his throne flanked by hanging sides of beef .. the figures have a sensual stretch, it's difficult not to be
Cotton wool added to paint on "Fragment for a Crucifixion" troubled by the claustral, angst-ridden setting.
Bacon turned 80 this year and continues to paint in a(1950) makes the image appear consumed by mold.
studio littered with empty paint tubes and never cleaned. "I. Before becoming a painter, Bacon was an interior
decorator specializing in modern chrome furniture. Many am an optimist-but about nothing," Bacon frequently says,
and this succinctly states the paradox that surfaces in manyof his subjects are contained in a room of his own design,of his paintings. Yet there is a violence underlying these picone that has often been referred to as the "universal room"
or a "soundproof booth." These howling figures are set tures as well: Bacon's ideal portrait would be painted, heagainst a background painted in vertical stripes, like a says, by picking up a handful of paint, throwing it at the canblack rain falling. Self-taught, Bacon paints directly on raw vas and hoping that a portrait would appear. As critics havenoted, although this work is a measure of post-war European
canvas, using large brushes and rags a technique that
hardship, it is also a personal history of pain ....
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-these albums gather a bunch of
DIAL from page 55
yet mischievous
smile didn't hurtalternative artists and fare well on
matters, either).
more daring than AI Bundy farting on
the college radio waves. What these '.
Married Witb Cbildren. Watching
The judges' tabulations finallyrecords have in common, besides
arrived. The second runner-up was
Ii
Focus is a reminder of thethe fact that they all feature S'onic
John Paul Weir (the stun-gun fantasist).
potential of the small screen to shape,
Youth, is that it's supposed to be
The first runner-up (a very important
public perception. One viewing of Carlfun to hear classics faithfully reinterGeorge's DHPG Mon Amour-a 12" position should the winner be unable
preted, or utterly destroyed in theto fulftll his duties) was a New Jersey
minute intimate look at two gay lovers"creative" process. It's assumed thatengaged in their daily routine of GanState trooper named Jack (no last
everybody knows the original songs.
cyclovir infusions provides a worldname given). And Justin Charbonneau
Shonen Knife is a Japanesemore insight into living with AIDS than
was named Mr. Northeast Drummer offemale trio that got its very own triba week's worth of Peter Jennings' pon1990, a title which bestows on him thelast year eventifications from the International AIDS privilege of representing his region in ute double-album
though they're so cultish in the United
Conference. (Now, if we could only get
the tenth annual Mr. International
it shown in Peter Jennings' time slot...)Drummer Finals in San Francisco dur- States that only a handful of people
had heard of them before. That fans
Asked to explain why the series
ing Leather Pride Week this September.
has been given the late-Sunday-nightHe will be competing against 19 other ' were able to hear 33 bands on Every
Band Has a Sbonen Knife Who Loves
time slot, WNET publicist Jackie Iochim
leather studs from around the worldThem is astonishing; what's even betsaid: "There's sort of an audience on
a formidable task indeed.
Sunday nights where we maintain thatter is that within less than six months,
Although the contest is a celebration of the gay leather lifestyle, it is also the Shonen Knife cult i}ew all our ofsort of fringe prograrnming-like Alive
proportion, turning the hapless band
something more. This year's Mr. NorthFrom Off-Center and Independent
members
into goddessesof theFocm-series that are out of the maineast Drummer Contest was presented
enlightened fringe.
by Shaftway Productions for Desmodus
stream but have a strong audience ....
Sisters
Naoko
and Atsuko
Inc., the publisher of Drummer magaPeople know where to look for it." That
Yamano (vocals, guitar and drums)
reasoning begs the question, Whichzine, and was supported by various
came first, the programming or th~leather and S/M organizations and c0m- and their friend Michie Nakatani(vocals and bass) started their bandaudience? One filmmaker, a friend,munity businesses, to benefit the People"as a hobby," but before long theyrefers to Independent Focus as "televiwith AIDS Coalition, an organization run
sion's experimental ghetto." Experiby and for people with lllV-related ill- were releasing records on a tiny
mental filmmakers
especially thoseness to foster the principle of self-em- Japanese label called Zero (some ofwhich were available in the United
who deal with issues of sexual politics
powerment. With supporters providing
States for a short time). This new selfthe prize and travel money for the winin the age of Jesse HeJ.ms.--.need moremainstream exposure, not marginal
ner, the proceeds (over $9,000) go dititled album is a compilation of tracks"time slots." Although WNET's Iochim
rectly to the Coalition. So who says aotherwise scattered on previously
fetish necessarily evades the realities of released records and tapes.
"doesn't want to encourage a letter-writmaterial, social and psychological relaing campaign," she does note that theYou've never heard anything liketions? Obviously, MaJX and Freud neverthis band before, although some critics
station responds to viewer feedback
attended a Drummercontest. T
about programming. Fans of Indepenmention them in the same breath
dent Focus may want to test them out I
I as "the Shaggs' and the Velyet
NON-AMBITION from page 58
on this one. In the meantime, set yourUnderground. And while the threetruth and justice but of comics. In
VCR and watch this important series
women are barely proficient on their"Delmona, the Temptress of Love," weinstruments, they know what rock 'n'when you want to-maybe even during
meet the niling archetypical "B" movie' roll is all about, and could giveprime time. T 'I
I queen: "She captures men like a spider
le~ons to 90 percent of New York'~
catches a fly. Her embrace isn't of love,bands. Most, of the lyrics are iti
LEATHER from page 57
her kiss is of death." I dream of Annette Japanese (translated on the inne.t
were entertaining and topical: "Which
Funicello wrapped in the Robe, being
sleeve), with the occasional occurof tonight's contestants would you
taken away in the mines of King
rence of English garnering mindmost like to make it with?" and "WhatSolomon.
olowing results. Some people takeis your response to people who say
And those twangy guitars, anddrugs to achieve
this level ofthat safe sex is boring?" among others.
the "oooohhh"s exhaled by her syminspiration,and then they call i(
Justin Charbonneau was asked whatpathetic girifriends, ..I was born 15 "naive art"! The beauty of Shorten
he' would tell America were he on
years too late.
Knife is that you know that Michie,
Donabue discussing the gay leather
Atsuko and Naoko came up,wit~
scene. His answer, combining thetitleslike "Cannibal
Papaya;"Every other week, there's aissues of community, brotherhood, car"Flying Jelly Attack" and "Parrot
new "tribute" album on the market:
ing and consent, would have done any
Polynesia"
without
help fromMiss America contestant proud. It Neil Young, Walt Disney, Nino' Rota,chemicals of any kind. T
the Beach Boys, you name it. Usuallycertainly did him well (his charming,

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Crew, but the broader issue wasgovernment oppression., And finally,
the oppression of lesbians and gay
men was being included in this
discussion.
For those who aren't familiar
with the case of 2 Live Crew, thegroup was arrested while performing a concert, in an adult venue inFlorida. It is important to note that
Jack Thompson, the local lawyer
who launched the crusade leading
to the band's arrest, is a member ofthe right-wing group Focus on the
Family, as well as being connected
to Donald Wildman, who, as leaderof the American Family Association,
led the movement to have Madonna's
Pepsi commercial taken off the air.
'Conferen<j organizer Bill Adler
worked as a publicist for RushManagement and represented bands
like Public Enemy before starting
his own PR flllll. Historically a.vocal
critic of 2 Live Crew, he opened theconferenceby explaining:"Forthose of yOU who don't know; 2
Live Crew is a rap group who writes
and performs smutty lyrics, to my
way of thinking, and they write andperform misogynistic lyrics ....But I
don't agree that they are being persecuted for their misogyny or for
their smuttiness.
They're being
attacked as an easy target in the cultural war that's going on, andthere's a racist element to this."
Adler intoned the name of Jesse
Helms in connection to this issueof censorship,emphasizingtheneed to defeat him and quoting one
of Helms" own advisors who said
that "what you,' have opposing
Helms is another coalition of homosexuals, artists, pacifISts and every
other left-wing group.". "If that's where' we draw theline," exdafmect Adler, "I know
which side I'm on, and I'm honored.", Carmen -Ashurst -Watsoh, presi, dent" of Def Jam Re,cords, further'"ciarifiedthe iSsue. "let me just ~ay•th::tt we're, not really here to be insupport of 'z' Live Crew. We keep
, saying that, but it's not really accurate. We're here in support of theFirst Amendment."
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statement by Russel Simmons, the and gay community invited to speak
chairman of Rush Associated Labels, at this press conference. But theinclusion of our issues in the overall
which is a group of seven recordlabels (including Def Jam). Simmons discussion was an historic first step,
commented in part: "When asked if and we can only hope that it will
I am surprised by the recent censor- lead us closer to the ultimate goalship issue surrounding 2 Live Crew, of defeating Jesse Helms and bringing freedom of speech to all of the
my responsemust be a firmno ....The outspoken Andrew Dice diverse members of our society ....
Clay was originally signed to Def I
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SHREW from paga 5&
Jam, and even his blatant, verbal
attacks against women and the gay baby sister for target practice andcommunity never managed to get bites Petruchio's nipple.
The success of the partnershiphim censored. His records still sit on
the shelves, even if Nora Dunn and begins with the contrast between two
styles of performance, both polished
Sinead O'Connor refuse to buy
them; {He] is controversial and in to a high, hot gloss. It's Kate andpetruchio in clO5eUp.And when Freeman
my opinion could be consideredtakes stage, Ullman grabs it. He's as
more offensive than 2 LiveCrew."
centered as she is wired, and the balThroughout
the press conference, rap artists, activists, record ance they achieve by curtain--despitecompany execs and even Stu Gins- the wretched subservience of Kate's
berg from the National Academy of last speech, she does not disappear-bespeaks
the kind of harmony
RecordingArts and Sciences(responsible for the Grammy Awards) Greer suggests as the play'S strongest
support. Kate's problematic farewell
addressed the need to fight the
oppression of censorship, and the aria, in which she indicat~ that theneed to defeat Jesse Helms. But place for a wife's hand is beneath her
more than any other speaker, David husband's foot, is in fact her final
coup. The position, Ull~howsus,Cole, a Center for Constitutional
actual1ygives better leverage.
Rights staff attorney who represented both Dread Scott and David I
I
Wojnarowicz, succeeded in linking
Kenny Kenny) was there to jog
the complex web of relevant issues. your memories about what was so funCole explained: "I don't think' in the fust place-perhaps the steamy,
it's any accident that the people
hormones-on-feet effect of the club.
who are being prosecutedfor Standing in a back stairwell, a hunobscenity today are not pornogra- dred shirtless men and women in brasphers. Rap groups, the Robert walked past us, and our assemblage
Mapplethorpes of this world, the was on cruise control (as in "Control
David Wojnarowiczs of this world, yourseJf!"). As sparklers were lit dur[are] people who are bringing new ing the second show to celebrate both
voices out in controversial ways and the anniversary and the Fourth of July,challenging our mainstream society. Lahoma recited her version of the Bill
[The authorities]
don't go after of Rights: "We have the freedom topornographers, because pornogra- have as much safe sex as we want onphers don't challenge our main- the piers, and to watch as much 'sex
stream society. Pornographers know as we want on Channel J. And
their place essentially, and they remember: This ~ntry was founded
serve a function in our society. But by men in wigs!"
tho~e points of view which havebeen suppressed in the past-the
points of view of rap groups, thepoints of view of gays and lesbians---those are the points of viewthat the ]esseHelrqses of this world
are seeking to suppress."
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11,19!11 offers a free Info/Accommod.·thaceiling leaking again? Is there a , York during the AIDS crisis; Eastsida Cine·
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SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
M.II ... Eth.rldge MUllc Nlgllt, notliva, but on cassettes and video; in Park
Slope area, Brooklyn; 7:30 pm; 7111I9657578
COALITION FOR LESBIAN & GAY
RIGHTS Forum: Lelb/a •• lId Gay
CII"orate(combettlllg
lob dllOrlmln.doal, to plan strategies
and actions and to collect on thepromises of the NYC Human Rights law
and corporate anti·discrimination poli·cies; 'moderatad by Aldy HUJlm; withArt Leonerd, expert on employment dis·
crimination law; Don Mitchell, Lesbian& Gav Employment Project of InterfaithCenter on Corpqrete Responsibility;
Kart%, plaintiffs
Ruth BelRl.n •in gay/lesbian t88'chers' suit against
NYC Board of Education; et the Center,
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HOME FOR CONTEMPORARYTHEATRE
AND ART (with .. PEGGY HILLROSENKRANZ) opens Jo. Pllt .. ro',Raft 01 the Mad" .. , see UVELY ARTS
(thru AUGUST 4)
LONG ISLAND GAY MEN'S GROUP BI·
Weeldy DllOusslon: Outln, (What is it?

Should it be?); meets in Garden City, U;
8 pm; info 51&/694-2407
WOMEN'S ALTERNAllVES COMMUNIlY
CENTERDltcUSllon Group far Womaa I.
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5thI8th AvIS); 5-10 pm (you may atay on
for Dallas's Club Bad at 10); $5 bafore
7/fl afterwards; info 645-6479,club 2087772 (Editor', note: Door proce.ds
tonight from 5-7 pm will go to GlY •Lealliin AlII.no. ",.1 ... D....... o••
A different gay/lesbian group benem.
each weak throughout the summer.)
CULTURAL POLITICS DISCUSSIONGROUP discusses China Ac •• II.',
Ant""" IIftlle Sa"annalr, -a novel
which foregrounds issues of politics,
love, the role of the Intellectual, thetransition from tradition to (postlmoder·nlty, gender-a brilliant exposition ofcontemporary life set In Africa"; a~Poets House, 351 W 18 St; 8:30-8:30 pm;
827-4035 (Part II of two paru whichbegan last Wed, JULY 11)
GAY & lESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINSTDEFAMATION Volunt •• r Op.n Ho... ,to give people an opportunity to learn

portion of proceeds going to the New tion in fllm ...the media and theatr.:
Jersey AIDS organization; with works especially on Fox's In Livln, Color, at
the Center, 208 W 13 St; 8 pm; 820-7310
of fine and animation art, sculpture,jewelry; artists Include Erte, Rene (Editor's note: Damon Wayans. one ofGruau, Caiman Shemi, Victor Vasa rely, the two diva reviewer. on In Livln,
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tionship, letting go ofthe parenting role,
BROOKLYNWOMEN'S MARTIAL ARTS forming a creative rearrangement of BODY POSITIVE Frld.y Nlgbt Socl.l,
SeN Derense COu.... : Second Week, for relationShips and endings that carry for HIV Positives'and friends; at Rutgers'
those who took July 8's class on "effec- potential for new beginnings"; at the Church, 236 W 73 St (off B'way); 9 pm tive physical techniques to use in vio- Center, 208 W 13 St, SAGE Room; 6-8 midnight; free; info 721-1348 (Editor's
lent confrontations, plus safety and pm; 741-2247(Editor's note: this forum is note: Body Positive holds socials IVery
prevention strategies, role plays, dis- also for co-parents and estranged par- first and third Friday, including JULY 20,
AUG 3, AUG 17)
cussions"; 421 Fifth Ave, Park Slope; 7-9 ents)
pm; sliding scale, $5-$50 (free childcare); 718/788-1775 (Editor's note: ASIANS AND FRIENDS/NY Discussion
Groop, a "forum for discussion of topics
BWMA is a year-round organization.
which are relevantto our lifestyles, culCall for the next class.)tures and relationships; space is limit- Nortb.mptllll Outdoor ...... l.n Festiv.1
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS Workshop: ed"; at a member's home in Elmhurst. and Creftfalr in Amherst Town Common,
Eftlf/eizln, Safer Sex, "learn how to Queens; 7:30 pm; info/rsvp, Jacques Amherst, MA; arts/crafts, massage,
food, musicians, performers, jugglers,play safely while meeting other men"; 718/565-6789
clowns/mimes, psychics, guerilla theno pre-registration
required; at theCenter, 208 W 13 St; 7-9:30 pm; 807- WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVESCOMMUNI- atre, ASL interpreters, childcare, flat
6655, TDD 845-7470
TY CENTERWeeldy Discussion Group terrain, accessible porto-jane.; sliding
for Women: Rell,/on and Spld"'allty; in scale entrance fee; all day; info fromSLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
Wast Hempstead, LI; 8 pm; S3 more Diane 4131586-7954,Zizi 413(586-8251,
Melinda 413(584-9295
Pool Nlllhtl, during the free hour for if/less if; 516/483-2050
woman; also air hockey and ping
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
pong; at Brownstone Billiards, 7th
Jock DIY, with a variety of activities:
Ave entrance, near Flatbush Ave,ho.... ".ck riding In Prospect Park, 10
Brooklyn; meet at 7:30 pm; info
am; "Ib rid. to Coney Isla.d, via the718/965-7578
ETY sponsors Gayl.xleoll W, a sci-fi Ocean Pkwy bike path, 1 pm; .wlnunlng
BODY POSITIVE presents an HIV and fantasy convention for gay people at Coney lsI.nd, meating the bike riders
A1tern.tlve Tre.tment Foruin for HIV+ and their friends; with guest of honor in front of Nathan'. at 3 pm; roller IUtpeople, their lovers, friends and sup- Mell.1I Scott, artist guest of honor Inllin Prospect Plrte It 5 pm; Dinner at
Henn.b M. G. Shepero; other guests 200 Fifth, 200 5th Ave (btwn
porters; dealing with holistic treatments, acupuncture, stress reduction, Include Us. lIarnett, Nina Boal, HII Berkeley/Union Sta), at 7 pm; or FI.ld
Clanieat. SteveJl Gould, Illen Kushnar, TrIp to Ma.h ... , for non-.moklng les·biofeedback, psychoneuro-Immunology, nutrition; with Nick B.mforth
Barry Lon" •• r. Robin Rowl.nd, J.F. bians over 35 (flexIble), at 7 pm; SAL
Info, 7181965-7578(AIDS and the Hea/.r Within), Dr. Rivkin, Della Sherm.n; with workFr.nk Llpm.n (acupuncturist); A"dlshops, reception; readings, pool & jacA.. adl (biofeedback
and stresscuzzl. con lulte; panel. on world, FIRE ISLAND BUDDIES Support and
SaoI.1 GrolP for HIV. Men, Women.
reduction .peclallat), others; at the building, feminist Issues, alternative
FrI.nds, tonight and every Saturday In
rellglonl, fans; costumes encouraged
Cent.r, 208 W 13 St, Sandy Mon
Room, 3rd Floor; 8-10 pm; Info 721- (no weapons); Tewksbury/Andover Hol- July and Augu81;Fire Isllnd Pine. ComIday Inn. Tewksbury, MA; $25 at the munity House; 7:30pm
1348,Center 620-7310
door (GSFS, Box 1052, Lowell, MA
01853)ASIANS AND FRIEND/NY 3rd Saturd.,
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
Soolll:Wilite a.d B'"e 01110
Mld-W .. k Br.ak at Rex Bar. Grill,
222 7th Ave (at 3 St), ParteSlop., Brook- SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS O,"e., where you wear the -colors of
thl_ US fllg Ind c.lebrate the US IndePlanning BBO, G.rd.n • Slum".rlyn; 9 pm; SAL Info, 718/965-7578
Party, to talk about future activities,
pendence Day; at the Center, 208 W 13,
EAGLE BAR Movie Night
FabulGIII watch horror movies with popi:orn, St. 3rd Floor; 8 pm; 820-7310•
B.lter Bo~142 11th Ave (at 21 St); 11 share spooky stories and gossip; bring
PJs and sleeping bag to stay the nlgl11; DIXON PLACE pre.ents G.o., F.lts:pm;
891-8451,, In Park Slope, Brooklyn; 7:30 pm - 11; "we.tern entertllnment for special-men'who like their Dixon Plice"; andTHE PYRAMID presents Linda Simp- SAL Info, 7111I965-7578
SheiIyMII'I, who "performs obsesslvl
IOn's Chann.l89: I Want My Gay M1'Y,
with homosexual versions of your MEN OFAll COLORSTOGETHER3Id Celt- behavior In preparation for the '90s"; 37
favorite songs; 101 Ave A (6/7 Sts); 1 scIouIness liaising Seai__ Sexuality. East 1st St (btwn l~nd Aves); 8 pm; $8
Gay MM,
1IIItI1nl/nrat:y, at the or TDF; 110 rsvp, .0 arrive a h!llf houram; $5; 420-1590
Center. 211IW 13~ 7:45pm sharp;222-9794 early; Info 873-8752
about GlAAD, Its activities, its committees, and how to gilt involved; at
GlAAD's office, 80 Varlck St. Suite ,3E;
8:30 pm; 988-1700

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WOMEN ABOUT C.noelnll

WOMEN ABOUT Brunch .ad Book
Bl'OWIIng at BIoodIOOf, Brldlleport, Cf;
member info, 201/481-0440
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
Welldl, Tour of ProIpect Hellllds, history, uchitecture, shopping, eating,stop-off at a member's home; 11 am;
718,1965-7578
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVESCOMMUNITY CENTERPlcalc at H_patudlib
SIala Park; on Long Island; 11 am todusk; $3 more if/less If; 516/483-2050
LONG ISLAND ACT UP D.monstratlon
at State Senator Ralph M.rlno's ..
ia MatIDntoWn, U to protest his homophobic blockage of the New York Stateanti-bias bill; noon; Tom 516/742-1587
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
Brulcb at G.rdea Cafe, 620 Vanderbilt
Ave & Prospect Place; 1 pm; 718/9657578
GAY
WOMEN'S
ATHLETIC
CLUB/SIRENS Send·Off P.rty for
Wo •• n Athl.t .. Going to tb. GlY
G__ , a baach party with food at theEagle,21 St &. 11th Ave; 2-10 pm; $2
GWAC members/$5 non-members;
Eagle 891-8451
SLOPEAC11VIllES FOR LESBIANS see
Pat Cannon.
b.r Foot Ind Fiddle
Band, in Central Park, near the boat
rentel.; maet at Wollman RInk at 3 pm
(wear your SAL buttons); 718/985-7578

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PYRAMID presents Canllll's
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VI.w 8Ig So".n FlIlll/Vldlo S.rl .. ;with the' beet of the Ga, Calli.
N.twork, Cookln, with Esther and"much, much more"; 101 Ave A (817Sts); 9 pm; $3 (stay all night); 420-1580•

ACT UP Benefltand Kllth Haltna Celehratlol, of hi. life, art and activIsm;
wIth .peclal performance by Grac.
Jon .. ; cuh bar; OJI John Hall,
Mlchlll Willon .nd (the Garlge'.)
Larry Levan; at Plilidlum, 128 E 14 St;
doors open 10 pm, Grace Jones at midnlgl11;$10 by 11cketron, 947-5850;al.o at
Different Light, Olcar Wilde, ACT UP
meatlng. (now at Cooper Union, Astor
Place, In the Great HIli, 7:30, Mondays)(25% of proceed. go to the' Keith Harln\lFoundation; 27 and over with 10.
pi""); Info 459-4278,ACT UP 989-1114

MONDAY. JUlY 23

SLOPE ACTIVI~IES FOR LESBIANS
I .. nlng Fun Run In Proapeet Parle, one
slow lap Iround the park, liquid
refreshments follow; 7 pm; 7111/985-7578, ,SUNDAY, JUlY 22
THURSDAY,JULY 19 cUlllon M •• tlng: 7Wo '"ap.
CIRCLE GALLERY holds a Benefit Art ,,,,.,,.,.1 til Blaelt aay Mell Film,toSal. for Hyacinth Found.tlon, with a.a.', Ferry, P.llaylvilla,a ten-mile .
day trip with Slope Activities for Lesbian.; novices oksy, but must be able tofloat/swim; 8 am start; $25 (approx.);member Info, 201/481-0440 (Editor's
note: Reservations were due JULY 10,
but there may be openings If you cln
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Tuning In: A TV/Radio Guide for OufWeek Readers
Information must be received by Monday to be included in the following
week's issue. Send items to Rick X, Tuning In, Box 790, NY, NY 10108.

989-1114
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE/MORRISCOUNTY, NJ Meetl.g/Soclal:
aa,a.e
Show, at Morristown UnitarianFell~wshlp;21 Normandy Heights Rd,
Morristown, NJ; 8:30 pm; 201/285-1595(Editor's note: GAAMC meets every
Mondayat thistimeforameeting/social everit)

1:30 PM WBAI·FM An Afternoon Outing: local news andinfonnation about the gay/lesbian community; today.
CCTV (Rick X. Box 790, NYC 10108)
Larry Gutenburg and GonzaloAburto report live fromaBS (Gay Broadcasting System, Butch Peaston, 1787th
Provincetown; 99.5 FM (:30)
Ave, Ste. A-3, NYC 10011; 243-1570)
2:30 PM WBAI·FM AIDS: Paths to Self·Empowerment &GCN (Gay Cable Network, Lou Maletta, 32 Union Square
Living. Bob Lederer and Jim Fouratt discuss alternative
East, Suite 1217; 4n-4220)
treatments, self-empowennent, politics; with interviews
aMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis, Jean Car1omusto, 129 W 20of health practitioners, PWAs, activiSts; 99.5 FM 11:011)
St, NYC 10011; 807-75111
RB PROD (Robin Byrd Productions, Box~ NYC10021;9118-29731 7:110PM Way Outl: Mark Chesnut and Michelle Van·
Voorhies host a lesbian and gay entertainment show;
WAlC-TV (7 Uncoln Square, NYC 101123;456-n771'
tonight ACT UP rapper Tony Malliaris; "Sidelines: a
WBAI·FM (505 8th Ave, 19th FI, NYC 10018;279-0707)
scene from Bill Cosgriff's 0 Sapphol/O Wilde/; Paper
weBS-TV (524 W 57 St, NYC 10019; 975-4321)
liger Ws Ti'ansfonnsr/AIDS, Rich Volo, producer, 254WNBC·TV (30 Rockefellir Plaza, NYC 10112;664-4444)
ACT UP welcomes Prasident George
7685; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'l3 (:30)
WNET·TV (356 W 58 St, NYC 10019; 560-3000)
Bash to New York, at a Republican
11:0O PM WCBS·TV 48 Hours (repeat): "Don't Touch My
fundraiser It "'e Waidar-AltDria; 49 St
Child," focusing especially on heterosexual child
MONDAY. JULY 16
Park Ave; S pm; 989-1114 (Editor'smolestars; CH 211:00)
3:110PM The Bre~Ja Bnd Glennda Show. "The Out and Out·
note: More info available at the JULY 23
9:30 PM GMHC LivingW/th AIDS; health and politics; Man·
rageous Bus Ride"; "Brenda Sexual and Glennda
ACT UP M~nday meeting, Cooper
hattan Cable, CH J/'l3 (:30)
Orgasm take over the 9th Street crosstown bus with a, Union, Astor Place, the Great Hall, 7:30
10:30 PM GCN Gay U.S.A.: news and entertainment fromtroupe of drag queens and queer activists"; Manhattan
pm. ACT UP notes that George Busharound the country; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'l3 (1:011)
Cable, CH C/16 (:30)
opposes universal health insurance in a
(For Paragon Cable, see SATURDAy)
9:110PM WCBS·TV Miss TfI8n USA PagfllJnt feminists willcountry where 37 million ara uninsured.
11:30
PM RB PROD Men For MefT. Robin Byrd presents gay
adore this tribute to young womanhood, featuring
He has failed to fund effective treat·male porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CHJI23 (:30)
swimsuits and evening gowns; hosted by Sandy Dun·ment programs for substance abusers.
11:30 PM GMHC Living With AIDS; health and politics;
can and Leeza Gibbons; CH 2 (2:00+)
He has failed to implement an effectiva
Paragon Cable, CH JI23 (:30)
10:00 PM GCN Be My Guest the opening of the It Twins'
system for testing promising treat·
party at Zest; Manl1attan Cable, CH JI23 (:30)
ments. He has failed to suppOrt needle
FRIDAY. JULY 20
11:30 PM Tomorrow/Tonight Livel: entertainment; Manhat·
2:30 PM WBAI.'M Rompiendo el Si/encio: todos los
exchanges and bliach distribution for
tsn and Paragon Cable, CH D/17 (1:00)
viernes, Gonzalo Aburto con tamas'y noticias para lalIidnlght CC1V The Closet Case Show. Nasty Spacial:
addicts who put themselves at risk. Ha
comunidad llitina gay y lesbiana; 99.5 FM (:15)
Chip's Quickl boys in chains and shackles; spanking
continues
to' deny U.S. entry to
7:30 PM 7heGayOatiJgGame~ManhatlanCable,CH.vIJ~
videos; Michael Alig makes a mess of Burger King andacknowledged gays, lesbians and HIV+ag,j
PM TBS 1990 Goodwill Games: thru August 5, nightly at
scandalizes limes Square at his Outlaw Party; Manhat·
people. He opposes the AIDS Care Bill
this time, plus at3:05 PM on weekends; repeats nightly at
tan Cable, CH C/1S (:30)
and the AIDS Housing Opportunities
12:05AM; swimming, diving, gymnastics, track & field,
1:110AM Gay 7v. gay mala porno clips; Paragon Cable, CH
Act, has cutfunding'forthe
ADAPT pro·wrestling, figure'skating, volleyball, basketball, water
JI23 (:30)
gram to provide free AIDS treatments,
polo, atc~like the Gay Games, except more closely (4:011)
1:110AM WABC·TV Portrait of a Stripper(I978): Leslie Ann, and denies madicaid/medicare to U.S.
9:00 PM A&E Haywire (1980): Lae'Remick and Jason
Warren is a widowwho,mustsupport
her son by bump·territories including Puerto Rico. And
Robards star in the drama based on Brooke Hayward's.ing and grindi!!g; CH 7(1:55)
I'll add that he sucks up to JesSe Helms
bestseller about her problematic family; part 1 of 2. partwhen it comes to preventing useful sex
2 tomorrow (repeats at 1:00AM)(I:30),
TUESDAY, JULY 17
and AIDS education for our nation's
11:110PM Gayw.malepomoc6ps;ManhaUanCabIe;CH.vIJ(~
10:00 AM WABC·TV Sally Jessy RaphlJflt the benefrts ofImperiled youth. But lie loye,s the flag.)
1:110
AM
RB
PRQP
Robin
Byrd
Show:
male'andfemalestrip·
being shol1; CH 7 (1:00).
'"~".~.. .
pers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable, CH J/'l3I1:00)
3:30 PM WBAI·FM Ce'1sorship in the AIfs, Part III: a fIVe·•
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS'HIV .... 1...
, . part series looking atthe NEA and censorship in tha
SATURDAY, JULY 21
I.it: Medical' Treltllleati, tonight, American art world; 99.5 FM (1:00)
2:00PM, A&E Divine Madness'(sea TUES) (2:00)
9:30 PM A&E Divine Madness (1980): Bette Midler does
and ivery 4th Tue.lIay; 129'W 20 St, 3rd'
Dolores DeLago, Sophie Tuckar, Chapel of Love and The ,6:30PM GCN Gay U.S.A.: newsand entertainment from
Floor; 7 pm; free; 807-6655, TDD 645around the country; Paragon Cable, CH J/23 (1:00) (For
7470.
Rose (repeats at 1:39 ~M) (2:00), Manhattan Cable, see THURSDAy)
10:00 PM WNET·TV P.O. v.: "'tetter to the Next Generation,".
'.
,
9:00 PM A&E Haywire (1980): Lee Remick and JaSon'with Jim Klein visiting Kent State 20 years aft'er the
SOUTHERNERS (LESBIANS AND GAY
Robards, part 2 of 2 focuses on Margaret's problem withmassacre to see hoW cynical today's students are
MEN !N Ny) Potluck Supper In ...e c;e...
the bottle, part 1 aired FRIDAY (repeats at 1:00 AM)'(I:30)'
abo,ut activism; or ifthere,are "small stirrings of things
fer's eaid.1i with entertainment by Lynn
11:110PM RB PROD The Early Byrd: Robin Byrd presents
to come"; CH 13 (1:30)
Lener (her schedule perm~ng), who .
, male/female strippers; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'l3 (1:00)'1:O!1 Pft'! GBS Out in the 90's: community news, discussion,
will discuss her experiences traveling .'intervieWs; tonight a special live call·in Roundtable on
and performing in the South; suggestad "SUNDAY.
JULY 22',safe,(r) sex "slippage" with members of various AIDS
contributions: A·G, desserts; H·M, be)!·organizations; M~nhatt8n/1'aragon Cable, CH C/IS (1:011) 7:30 PM WBAI.ftA' The Gay Show: news and infonnation
erag8'; N·S, ,eiltrees; T·Z, 'appetizars,
about the lesbian/gay community; every other Sunday,
salads, fruits, breads; 2d8 W 13 St; 8 pm;
alternating with Outlooks; tonight a report on the cur·
WEDN.ESDAY,JULY 18'$10 suggeSted;,Daviil 674-8073 '(Editor's'
rent scene in Provincetown; 99.5 FM (1:00)
8:110AM AM Oscar RiHn8l7lbBled. Maxim Mazumda(s intimata
10:30 PM WNET· TV Alive From Off Center. House of Tresand
note: Southerners is dediciltelfto mak· ,,, , 'one-act play about Wilde's life of scandal, part 1of 2(1~)
It Doesn't Wait two looks at "house" dancing in the NYC
Ing the South more livable for our fal·
9:30 AM WBAI·FM.G/lQsts in the Machine: women in pop,clu~ scene, including vogueing and hip·hop; CH 13 (:30),", with Victoria Starr; 99.5 FM (2:30)
low gay~esbi~ns ~ho. Uve, and try, to11:110PM WNET-TV Independent Focu~ Women's Films;
10:00.PM ,WABt- TV ABC NfIWS Special "The Perfect Baby:love,.dlffln ~e(e·l , , • ', ,'.,Skin and Ink: Artists 'and Collectors, exploring the art of, with'Barbara Walters asking how far we should go with
tattooing; Cycles, about a woman's daydream as she
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVES COMMUNI. I ' , our knowledge of genetics, in'cluding whether to tast for
waitS for her period to begin; Reproductive Histories
potentially dangerous genetic' disaases, and how much
1Y CENTER DilCulsiOll-Group foi' Moth·
Update, one woman's personal history with birth con·, to find olll about the traits of spenn donors; CH 7 (1:00)
ers; in West Hlinlpstead,:U; 8:30 pin; S3trol;
Home Avenue, rape remembered a decade latar;
midnig'" RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female
more if/less if; 5161483-2050
Rape Stories, a confessional performance documentery
strippers; Manhettanand Paragon Cable, CH JI23I1:011)
based on filmmaker .Margie Strosser's personalexperl·
3:110AM WNYN·TV (Fox) Shampoo (1975): in which Dickence with rape; Mattina's Playhouse, examining theTracy stavas off an irata husband's beating by pretend·
pre·Oedipalattachmentof a mother and daughter anding to be a queen; CH 5 (2:25)
how it affects adult life; CH 13 (2:00)
11:30 PM GCN Men & Rlm~male erotica, interviews with
THURSDAY. JULY 19
adult filmstars; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'l3 (:30)
1:110PM WBAI.fM 1hif~ll(theill:'lWJesbianma;995FM(:3l)

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Road. Rockville Centre. LJ;5161536-4800
Magic Touch (ethnic mix: Anglo/LatiIllAsian) 73-13 37th Rd. Jackson, Heights. Queens; 7111/429-8605
Monster (West Village) 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq.; 924-3557
Spectrum (closed Mon- Tue. WED free. THU free & 2-4-1 drinks. ~I m/f
strip. SAT record stars. SUN variety show & free 9-10 pm; Coorsserved) 802 64th St@ 8th Ave. Bay Ridge. BkIyn; 7181238-8213

MQ"d~y,Private Eyes (Marc Berkley's Koo/ Komradsw/ Razor Sharp & strippers;
students. professionals; $5) 12W 21 St. club 200-m2

Tultad.v*Love Machine1LarlY Tee & Lahoma Van Zandf. young & exotic crowd)
860 Bway. at 17 St; 254-4005*Roxy (GayRolleroxy. roller skating; starts 8 pm) 515 W 18 St; 645-5156

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DANCING OUT for WOlnen--~*Batter Days (primarilY gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (8/9 Aves); 245-8925'- ..
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Private Ey~s (YMVA Night, students. professi~nals.lesbians and straightGav* wo"!en.~) 1,2W 21 St. btwn 5th/6th A~es, 206:m2.
Hatf .. ld's 126-10 Queens Blvd .• Kew Gardens; 7181261~8484
Grand Central (women's night. also open Wed-Sun) 210 Merrick Road
Pyramid (Unda s Channe/B9 party. DJ & live lesblallIgay shows. East
Village crowd; $5) 101Avenue A. btwn 617Streets; 420-15!Kl
R ckville Centre LJ·51&1536-4800•*Qu~kl (Rudolf & Nelson; mellow straights. low-key gays. their womenfriends; gayer later) 6 Hubert St; 925-2442
Silver Uning (2-4-1 drinks also open Tues-Sun women SAT) 175 CherryBedrock 121Woodfie1it Rd. W. Hempstead. LJ;5161486-9516
La.• Roral Pk, LJ;516/354-9641 "Excalibur (Ladies Night, $1 drinks) comer 10th/Jefferson behind football
Stutz (2-4-1 drinks. also open daily) 202 Westchester Ave. White Plains;
stadium. Hoboken. NJ; 201-795-1161,
914/761-3100
Private Eyes (Shescape AftefWOrk Party. 5-10 pm; $5 before 7 pm. $7,after)12W 21 St; info 645-6479, club 206-m2
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26; iffy door) 10 E 60 Sf. at Fifth Ave; 755-6010 'Excalibur ($1 drinks. also open Tues-Sun. women WED) comer lOth/Jefferson behind football stadium. Hoboken. NJ; 201-795-1161
Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks. female impersonators; also open nightly, women,on TUE & FRI) 126-10Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens, Queens; 7181261-8484*Quickl (Chip Duckett Thursdays) 6 Hubert St (on Hudson, 5 blocks
below Canal); 925-2442

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Pyramid (Jenny's G,,/ Bar, 8 pm - 2 am) 101Avenue A (btwn 617StI). $5.
475-3538,

Prld.,:,"edrock 121Woodfield Rd.W. Hempstead. LJ;5161486-9516 'Hatfield's 126-10 Queens Blvd .• Kew Gardens; 7181261-8484
Millenni .... ·(Ladies· Night, 1770NY Ave (Rte 110).Huntington. LJ;_516/351-1402,..
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ViSionS 56-01Queens Blvd. WoodSide; Info 7111(846-7131,
club 71&'899-9031,

Columbia Dances (1st Friday of evel)' month, including summer, next is
August 3) ~16th ~ & Bw~y; 854-3574,d~ys.
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Octagon (Patrick's Friday NIght Jam SessIon. prlmanly gay men of color;
free muchies; .opens 11 pm) 555W 33 St; 947-Q400
Private Eyes (YMVA Night, stud!!nts. professionals., men) 12W 2l Sf.
btwn5th/6th Aves; 2rYO-7n2, '
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Bedl'OCfk121Woodfield Rd.W. Hempstead, LJ;5161486-9516
Chapel at Umelight (Sh~scape' party. Chapel garden entrance; opens 9pm; $8) ,49W 20 St at 6th Ave; 645-6479
Silver Uning 175 Cherry Lane. Roral Park, LJ;51~9641
Starz .,Grand Boulevlird; Deer Park, U; &161242-3857 'Sund.,,",' " '
BarefootBl1cigie (smoke & alcohol free) 4346th,Ave (btWn 9110SIs); 832-6759 BourlJon S1faet (Leslie & Michl!lIe's TeB Dance. s.: 10pm. $5) Tuckahoe •'urda, -., " -,,"

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BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Lawyers Referral Service for the
Lesbian and Gay Community FuA
Range of Legal Services (212) 4!B4873 Free Walk-in Legal Clinic.
Tuesday 8-8 pmLesbian & Gay
Community Centro Ground Aoor

BODY POSITIVE
If you or your lover has tasted
HIV+, we offer support groups,
seminara, public forums, rafarance
library, raferrals, social activities
and up-to-date national monthly,"THE BODY POSITIVE" (~r~(212)Tl1-1346.

208W.131h St,NYC,NY 10011
BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE• SUBMISSION GROUP)BROOKLYN'S llSBIAN AND
Shara SIM experiances and fanGAY POUTICAL CLUBtasies with others in a positiw, oon~BDAINDEPENDENTDEMOCRATS
judgemental atmosphere. First
Sunday of tha month, 4:45pm et the ' Ll.D. endorws and works for canci14rrn1l1ityCant8r208 W. 13 SIraat,'dates in local, stata and national
NYC. This group is part II the New
alectiOl'lS,lobbies for lagisla'OI'I,and
YorkAraa Bisexual Network;
conducta community outreach!hrough street fairs and meetingsBISEXUALIMUllMA11ON.
01'1 spacial topics. Jcin us. 338 Ni1Ih
AIDS RESOURCE CENTER
COIII\ISBMG SERVlCf.INC.
St, Suite 135 Brooldyn, NY 11215
A professionaly staffed, non-profit(ARCI(718196&8482
organization for bisexuals, theirSupportive housing for homelessf'WAs (Bailey Houae and apart·fammes and par1ners, facing probCIRCll OF MORE UGHT
mentsl. Non-judgementsl
pulems of a psyIlhological or medical
Spiritual support and sharing inkind. We also work with those intoral care for PWAs and loved
a gay !lesbian affirmative group.
ones. Volunteer opportunities.
doubt about their seXllality. C0nfiWest-Park Presbyterian Church(2121481-1270,24 West 30th Sl,
dentiality is protBC1IId by law. For
185 West 88th Street Wed: worinformation phone: (212) 4594184
NYC 10001
ship service 6:30 pm, program
7:30. Marsha (212)304-4373
ALOEC/APLN-NY
BISEXUAL PRIDECharlie (2121691-7118.
(A.ian La.biansof the e..t
DISCUSSION GROUP
CoafAsian Pacific Lesbian N....
Topical discussions on issues of
COMMUNITY HWTH
wark-N8w Yorkl We ara a poI~ intarest to the comnunity in a conPROJEct'cal, social a!1d supportive network
genialatmosp/lera, foI1lM/8d by an
208 Wast 13th Street , NYC, New
of Asian Pacific lesbians. Planning , informal dinner at a friendly local
York 10011 For Appointman1B andmeetings on the 1st Sunday andrestaurant Every Sunday, 3:00Information(212) 675-3559
social avan1S on the last Friday of
4:30pm at the Community Centar(TTYNoice)PROVIDING CARING,
each month. Call (2121517-!i!i98for
208 W. 13 Street, NYC. Part II theSENSITIVE AND LOW COST
more information.
HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE
New YorilAraa Bisexual Networlt.
LESBIANAND GItIf COMMJNnY
ARCS (AIDS-Related
BIWAYS NEW YORK
Community Servicell.
Monthly social events for the
COMMUNITY
for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Bisexual community and friends.
RESEARCH
Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster andCall NYABN for deta~s of upcomINITIATIVE
Westchester
counties.
AIDS
FWAs, FWARCs & !heir physiciansing even1s. (2121459-4784
education, client services, critaking the initiative to seek proI ....
sis intervention, support groups,
ing intalVention against AIDS in a
BIPAC (BISEXUAL POUTICAL
case management,
buddy andrasp. manner. For mora info or to
ACTION COMMmEE)
hospital visitor program.
voIuntaar please cal (2121481-11B1.
Political action 01'1 issues II impor·
214 Central fw. White Plails, NY tance to !he BiseXU8VlasbiarVGay
lC1D1(91419EB.am
CONGREGATION BETH
COI'II'IUity. Mon1Hy I1'I881i1g'poduck
838 Broadway, Newburgh, NY
SIMCHAT
held 8:00pm on fourth Thursday of12250(9141562-!mi'
TORAH!he month at members homes. Call
AlDSlina (114) 993-0&07
NYs
Gay
and
Lasbian Synagogue
NYABN for1his month's Iocaticn
Services
Fridayat 8:30pm 57((2121459-4784
ASIANS. FRENDS- NEW YORK
Bethune Street For info. call: (212)
A not-for-profit
organization
929-9498.
BISEXUAL YOUTH
which promotss friendships with
Informal social & support group
Asian/P,acific Islander, Asian, CONGREGATION
for Bisexual kids/youth. Monthly
American, and non-Asian gay
B'NAI
meeting/potluck
lunch held
men through social, cultural, eduJESHURUN
1:00pm on fourth Sunday of thecational, and service activities
Monthly Spritual Gatherings andmon!h at members homes. Calland programs. Call our HotUne:
me catered festiveluncheOl1S for
NYABN for !his month's location.
212-674-5084, or write to: P.O. Box
all People Wr1h AIDS, their lovers
This group is part of the New, 8828, NY. NY 10183-8023.
and families. Program includes
YorilArea Bisexual Notwork.
music snd discussion led by ourATR (AIDS TREATMENT
Rabbis. Can(2121'MHfI1J
BWS-8RONX l£SBIANSREGISTIIY.INC.)
UNITED IN SISTERHOOD
Pubishes a bi-mon1hly Diractory II
DIGNITY
Social, political and support netclinical triala of experimental
BIGAPPl£working group for woman and their
AlDS(HlVtreatmen1S in NY/NJ, andA community of Lesbian andfriends. Regular social even1s andhas educational materials/semiGay Ca!holics. Activities include
meetings on !he first and !hird f1j.
nars for trial par1cipan1s. ATR also
Uturgies and socials every Sat,
days of every mon1h. At The C0madwcatas for imprtMlmen1S in the
8:00
pm, at the Center, 208 W. 13
munity Can1B~208 W. 13 Street, fromtrial syatarn P.O.Box 311234, NY. NY
Street,NYC.Call
6::IHIpm. For more info cal/lisa at
101H1102. (212126&4196. Publica(2121818-1309.
(2121829-9617.
tions frea/dona1ion requestod.
Act' UP (AIDS eoalition toUnle .. h Powerl
496A Hudson Street, Suite G4
NYC 10014 (2121989 -1114'A diverse, non-partisen group ofindividuals united in anger andcommitted to direct action toend the AIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Mon. nights 7:30, at theCommunity Center 208 W.13th.

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DIGNITY NEW YORK
Lesbian and gay Catholics andfriends AIDS Ministry, Spiritual
Development. The Cathedral Project Worship Services & SocialSun. Eves. 7:30pm-Sl John's
Episcopal Church 218 West 11th
Straat C WaverIy-f1S-2179
EDGE EdllClllion in a DiHbI.
Gay Envj"•• tJlnt
For the physically cisabled Lesbianand Gay Coillllll'lit¥ (212)989-1921
P.O. Box 3IIi Village StatiOl'l, New
YOIIc.NY10014•

FEMME SUPPORT GROUP
For lesbians who self identify as
Femme. For info and meetingtimes call Use at (212) 829-9817.
No men plesse.
FRONT RUNNERS
A running club for lesbian andgay athletes of all abilities. Fun
Runs of 1~ miles held every Set
at lOam and Weds. at 7pm inCentral Park and every Tues. at
7pm in Prospect Park. For information: call (2121724-9700.

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THE FUND FOR HUMAN .
DIGNITY
National Gay and Lesbian Crisis
Line "AIDS 800'---I-80G-SOSGAYS Educational Resource Can,tar; Positive Images Media Canter;
NY State Arts Program 888 B'way
Sti1B 410 NYC, NY 10012 12121 !iI91000

TIlE GAYARIICAN AMERICANSOFWESTCHESTER(1he G.AA.)is a community based support
group formed in Westchester
County. Various activities areplanned for the coming months.
Please call 914-3711·0727 formora info.
GAY FATIIER'S FORUM
A support organization for gay
father's, their lovers, and others
in child-nurturingsituations.
Monthly meetings include a
potluck supper, support groups
on varied specialized
topics,speakers, and socializing.Meetings: 1st Friday each month, 7pm,
at The Center, 208 W. 13th St.,
Wast of 7th Ava. Contribution: $8.
Bring a main course for 4 people(or pay a $5 food charge.) For
information call: 212-979-7541 or
212-288-3236
GlAAD Gay. Labian Alliance
AgainltDlflmlian
IllVarick~NYC11D13(212117m GAAD canba1S homoP1Obia inthe mads and elsw.tlara by flalding visibtity of the lesbian and gay
COI'II'IUityn!

orgarizilQgrttssr~~ Do.,atI1ISpOI188 to a~

haw31 rriuIs a roo" tl ilttlullOpIma?.blfle!iAAD I'ha1eTraaiCai
12ma18-171llforilfoliia1icn.

GUB
Gay and Lesbian Independent
Brosdcasters invites you to tune
into OUTLOOKS on WBAI-NY,
995 FM avery o!her Sunday, 7:.fJ8:30pm and join us every other
Tuesday at 7:30pm to become amember of GUB. No experienceneeded. 505 Eighth Avenue,
19th floor. (212174&-0405.
GAY. LESBIAN HEALTIICONCERNS
An office of the NYC Dept. of
Health,provideslinkages
betwn NYC Health & Human
Svcs, and the Lesbian & Gay
community, focusing in ALL
health concerns;
resource
information for health services
consumers and providers. 125
Worth Street, Box 87, New
York, NY 10013. For info call
(2121588-4895.
GAY MAll SIM ACTMSTS
Dedicated to safe and responsible SlM since 1981. Open meetings w/pFpgramson S/M
techniques,
lifestyle issues,
political and social concerns.
Also special events, speakers
bureau, workshops,
demos,
affinity groups, newsletter,more. GMSMA -Dept. 0, 496A
Hudson Straet, Suite D23 ,NYC
10014.(212) 727-9878.
GMAD (GAY MEN OF AFRICANDESCENT)
80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 a
support group of Gay Men of
African Descent dedicated toconsciousness-raisingand thedevelopmentof the Lesbianand Gay Community. GMAD is
inclusive of African, AfricanAmerican, Caribbean and Hispanic/Latino
men of color.
Meetings are held, weekly, on
Fridays. For more information,
call 718-802-0162.
GAY MEN'S HEALTII CRISISHOTUNEFOR INFORMATION ON SAFERSEXAND HIV-RELATED HEALTHSERVICES, AND FOR INFORMATION ON ONE-TIME, WALK-IN
AIDS COUNSElING SElMCES2128IJ1.a&iZ12-..74JO TDD (r....
Haaring ~1Ii""')Mon.-Fri.
10:30
am. to 9 pm. Sat 12:00to 3:00
GIRTII " MIRTIICWB OF NEW YORK
Social club for heavy, chubby
gay men & their admirers.
Monthly socials at the 'Center', weekly bar nights Thursdays at the 'Chelsea Transfer',monthly Fat Apple Review, bimonthly FA.R. penpals.
For more information
call
Ernie at 914-699-n35 or write:
G&M/NY, Dept 0, P.O. Box 10,
Pelham, NY 10803.

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I(lIMhh &lUCIIIionAIDS
UailOn)Weekly info. and support groupfor IrIIaIlnantl for AIDS which do
not compromise1he immune sy.tam further, including altama1ive
andh~~capproach8L
Wed 8pm.
208 W. 13th St.
(212)874-HDPE.
HERITAGEOF PRIDf. INC.
Organizers of New York's Lesbian and Gay Pride evants: 1heMarch,1he Rally and 1he Danceon 1he Pier. Call (212) 891- tn4
for meeting schedule or more
information.
208 West 13thStreet, NY,NY 10011.
HETRICK-MARTlNINSTITUTE
for lesbian and gay yoUth. Counseling, drop-in center (M-F, 38pm), rap groupa, Harvey Milk
High Scho~, AIDS and safar sex
inionnation, ref8nala, professional
education. (212) 833-8920 (voice)(212)833-89Z6TTY for desf
HISPANIC UNITED GAYS &WBIANS
Educational services, politicalaction, counseling and social
activities in Spanish and English
by and for the Latino Lesbianand Gay Community. General
meetings 8:00 pm 41h Thursday
of every month at 208 West
13th Street Call (212) 891-4181
or write H.U.G.L, P.O. Box 228
Canal Street Station, New
York, NY 10019.

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DEN11TY HOUSE
Now in our 2IlIh yaar, W8 provide
peer counseling, 1herapy referrels and groups for 1he lesbian,gay and bisexual community.
Call us at (212) 243-8181. VISit us
at 544 8th Ave., between 141h15111Streets, Manhattan.
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN
IDENTITY
Sliding scale fees. Insurance
accepted. Gay & Lesbian Psycho1herapy (212) 79&-9432
lAMBDA l£GAL DEFENSEAND EDUCAnON RIND
Precedent-setting
litigation
nationwide for lesbians, gay
men and people with AIDS.
Membership ($35 and up) inc.
newsletter and invitations to
special events. Volunteer nighton Thursdays. Intake calls: 24pm Mon 1hru Fri (212) 995-8585
LAVA(WBIANS ABOUT
VISUAL ART)
Call for slides for Lesbian Artists'
Exhibition, Gay & Lesbian Community Center, NYC. For more
information, sand SASE to : Miriam Fougere, 118 Fort Graene
Place, Brooldyil, NY 11217.
THE WBIAN AND GAY BIG
APPl£CORPS
Get your instrument out of 1hecloset and come play wi1h us.
Symphonic, Marching, Jazz. Dixieland, Rock, Flute Ensembles
and Woodwinds. 123 West 441h
St. Suite 12L New York, NY
10038 (212) 889-2922.

WBIAN&GAY
COMMUNITY SERVICB, CENTER
208 West 13th Street New Yorle,
NY 10011 (212) 820-7310 9am11pm everyday. A placa for community organizing and networking,social salVices, culturel programs,
and social avents sponsored by
the Center and more1han 150•••
communityorganlzauona.
WBIAN AND GAY WOR
NE1WORKAn organization of Lesbians andGays who are active in their laborllia.waIIi1g on dau88lic pamership banefita and AIDS issues. For
111018 i1bnII1ion cal (212)11'I38III.
lESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTSPROJECTof 1he American Civil Uberti ..
Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTSI
WE'RE EXPANDINGTIEM(212) 944-9800, ext, 545l£SBIANS AND GAYS OFRATBUSH
BrookI'/n's social organization for
bo1h gay men and lesbians. P.O.
Box 101, Midwood Station BrookIyn,NY 11231·(718)859-9437
l£SBIAN HERSJORYARCHIVES
P.O. Box 1258New York, NewYork 10118212/874-7232Since
1974, 1he Archives has inspired,shaped and reflected Lesbian
lives everywhere.
Call toa rrange a visit or to volunteer
for Thursday worknights.
LONG ISLAND ACT-UP
P.O.Box 291, New Hyde Parle, NY
l1040Support us for change on
Long Island. (518)338-4862 (518)997!i238 Nassau (518)92&-!i!i:ll Sutldk
LSM
is a support and informationgroup for lesbians and bisexual
women interested in fantuy,
role-playing, bindage, discipline, SIM, fetishes, altemate
gender indentities, costumes
and so forth. Membership isavailable only to women 18
yea rs and older. Actual experience is not required but genuine interest and an open mind
are. For information pleasewrite: P.O. Box 993, Murray Hfl!
Station, New York, NY 10158
MEN OF ALLCOLORSTOGETHER NY
A multi-racial group of gay men
against racism. Meetings every
Friday night at 7:45 at 1he Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center,201 W. 131h Street
For more info. call: {2121 2458388 or {2121222-9794.
METROPOLITAN TENNIS
GROUp(MTGI
Our 200 member lesbian and gay
tannis club includes players frombeginning to toumament level.
Mon1hly tennis parties. Winterindoor league. Come play withusl For information: MTG, Suite
K63,49&-AHudson St, New York,NY 10025. (7181852-8582.

MOCA(Men rrf Color AIDS p.. ".ntion
Program.)
Provides safer sex and AIDS
education information to gay
and bisexual Men of Color;
coordinates a natwork of peersupport groups for gay andbisexual Men of Color in all 5
boroughs of New York City.
303 Ninth Ave, New York, NY
10001or call (212) 23&-1798.

NYC GAY & WBIAN
ANTJ.VlOl£NCE PROJECT
Counseling,
advocacy,
andinformation for survivor. ofanti-gay and anti-lesbian violence, sexual assault, domestic
violenca, and other types ofvictimization. All services fraa
and confidential.24 hour hotline(212) 807-0197

NAnONAL GAYAND lESBIANTASKFORCEis 1he national grassroots p~itical organization for lesbians andgay men. Membershipis~ar.
Issue-oriented projects
addreaa violence, sodomy laws,
AIDS, gay rights ordinances,families, madia, atc. 1hrough lobbying, education, organizing anddirect action. NGLTF 1517 U
Street NW, Wuhington,DC
20009. (2021332~(212)532-«llIYINEW YORKADVERnSING
AND COMMUNICAnONS
NE1WORKNYACNis the COiI.uUllity'slargest
gay and lesbian profassionalgroup, welcoming all in COITlIiUllications-andtheir friends.
Monthly meetings, 3rd Wed
8:30pm at 1he Community Canter.
Members' newsiattar, job hoIIine,
annual directory. Phone (212)5170380 for more info. Mention OutWeak for one free newsletter.
N.V.WOMEN'SSOFTBALl GUILDFor experienced, serious Softball Players, Coaches
andManagers. Wa play modlfast
pitch weekends in Manhattan
and Queens. Try-outs begin
Feb. ll1hru April- or until fillad.
(2121255-1379 Janet
NINTH STREET CENTER
Since 1973, a community dedicated to demonstrating 1hat ahomosexual lifestyle is a rational, desirable choice for individuals dissatisfied
with therewards of conventional living.
Psychologically - focussed rap
groups, Tues., Sat, 8 to 10 pm.
peer counselling available. 319
E. 9 Street, New Yorle,NY 10003,
for info call (2121228-5153.
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NORTH AMERICAN MANIIIOY
LOVEASSOCIAnON (NAMBlA)
Dedicated to saxual freedom
and especiallyinteretedingay intergenerationalrela·tionsh ips. Monthly Bulletin
and regular chapter meetings
on the first Saturday of eachmonth. Yearly membership is$20; write NAMBLA. PO Box
174, Midtown Station, New
York, NY 10018 or call (2121
807-8578 for information.'
NORTHERN UGHTSALTERNATIVES
Improving Quality of Life for
People with AIDS/HIV.
THE AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP: Exploring 1he possibilities of a powerful and creative
life in 1he fa ce of AIDS. Call
(2121255-8554

UPPER MANHATTANTASK FORCE ON
AIDS
Education, Hotline, Supportiva
Case Management, and Volun"teer Recruitmant and Refarral
212-871l-3352

PEOPl£ WITH AIDSCOALITION(212) 532-«i88Monday thru Friday
lOanHlpm Meal progllms, support
groups. educa1ionaI and rafenaI_\'ices for PWA's and !WAre's,
PEOPlE WITH AIDSHEALTHGROUP
Undergroundbuyar'sclub
importing not-yat-approvedmedications and nutritional supplements. 31 Wast 28th St 4th Roor
(212) 532-0280
SAGE:(Sanior Action in a Gay
Environment)
Social SalVice Agency. providing
care, activities, & educational_vices for gay & lesbian sanior citizens. Also serves over 180
homabollJd seniors & ~darPWA's.201 West 13th St NYC 10011,(2121741-2247,

WHAMI (Woman', Health
Action Mobiliation)
A non-partiaan coalition committed to demanding, aacuringand ~efending absolute reproductive freedom and quality
heal1h care for all women. We
moat every Wed. at 8:30 pm at
thu Village'
Independent
Democrat., 224 West Fourth
Street (off Sherid.n Sq.). We
are not affiliated with VID.
(212) 713-5888. 'Mailing address: WHAMI, P.O.
Box 733, NYC 10009
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVECOMMUNITY CENTER (WACC),
A non-profit, L"bi.n community center serving Queens, N.. •sau and Suffolk counties. Thurs
night weekly discussion grpa.
8:30pm, for other activities'
please contact usat
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COII.nunity volunteers providing aweekly buffet supper for 1he
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meets Monday eves. 5pm to
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D.1:'s Fat Cat, 281 W. 12th St., 243-9041,WESTSIDE

Duchess ,II, 70 Grove St'(7th AVe.),242-1408 (Women)

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

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The Break, 232 8th Ave. (22nd St.), 627-0072.

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

Chelsea Transfer, 131 8th Ave. (bet. 16th & 17th),
929-7183

Eighty Eights, 228 W lOSt., 924-0088
J's, 675 Hudson St., 242-9292

Eagle's Nest, 142 11th Ave (21st St.), 691-8451
Private Eyes, 12 W. 21 st St. (bet. 5th & 6th),
206-mO

Julius, 159 W. 10th St., 929-9672 'Keller's, 384 West St. (at Christopher), 243-1907

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

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

Spike, 120 11th Ave., 243-9688

The locker Room, 400 W. 14th St. (9th Ave),459-4299- Temporarily Closed,

WEST VILLAGE•

The Annex (to Cellblock 28), 673 Hudson St (bet.
13th & 14th), 627-114D-Temporarily Closed
Badlands, Christopher & West St., 741·9236

The Cubbyhole,
438 Hudson
243-9079 (Now for Men)

(MortonSt),

Town & Country, 9th Ave at 46th St., 307-1503
Trix, 246 W. 48 St. (bet. Bdwy & 8th Ave), 664-8331
The Works,799-7365

428 Columbus

Ave (at 81 st),•Bogart's, 320 E. 59th St., 688-8534

New Jimmy!s, 53 Christopher, 463-0950

Two Potato, 145 Christopher St., 242-9340.
Ty's, 114 Christopher,741-9641.
Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave.,

Crazy Nanny 5, 21 7th Avenue South, 366-6312(Women)Sally's Hideaway, 264 W. 43 St., 221-9152

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

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

EASTSIDE

Sneakers, 392 West St., 242-9830.

Cellblock 28 .. 28 9th Ave, 733-3144-Hopes
reopen by August 1

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

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

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

Boots &_Saddle, 76 Christopher St., 929-9684

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

255-8787

Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St., 650-1944
G.H. Club, 353 E. 53rd St., 223-9752
Johnny's Pub, 123 E. 47th St., 355-8714-•

NY Confidential. 306 E 49 St., 30~8390
Regent East, 204 E. 58th St., 355-9465
Rounds, 303 E. 53rd St., 593-0807
South Dakota, 405 3rd Ave., 684-8376
Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St., 688-4710
The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St., 754-4649•

Twenty·Nine Palms, 129 lexington Ave., 686-8299

EAST VILLAGE
The Bar, 68 2nd Ave. (at4th St.), 674-9714
Boy Bar, 15 St. Mark's PI., 674-7959
The Pyramid, 101 Avenue A, 420-1590
Tunnel Bar, 116 1st Ave (7th St.), m-9232

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Sweet Sensations, 6322 20th St., 435-2580

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236-0300
Hatfield's, 126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens,
261-8484
Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, 657-4585¢ 95 per minute,

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Love Boat, 77-02 Broadway, Elmhurst, 429-8670

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STATEN ISLAND
Sandcastle, 86 Mills Ave., (718) 447-9365

WESTCHESTER (.;;.;91;..:J4)~__Playroom, 590 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers, ~6900

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

LONG ,SLANDNASSAU (516L

Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead,
486-9516
Blanche, 47-2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale,694-6906Grand Central. 210 Merrick Rd, Rockville Centre,
536-4800
Millennium, 1770 NY Ave, Huntington, 351-1402
Pal Joey's, 2457 Jerusalem Ave., North Bellmore,
785-9301
Silver Lining, 175 Cherry Lane, New Hyde Park,354-9641

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419,419 North Highway (Rt. 27), Southampton,
283-5001
Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St. Sayville, 567-2865
Cheny's, Bayview Walk, Cherry Grove, FI. 597-6820
Club Swamp Disco/Annex Restaurant, Montauk
Hwy, Wainscott, 537-3332
Ice Palace, Cherry Grove Beach Club, FI. 597-6600

Ki.ss, 161 Fannardie Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273
Club 608, 608 Sunrise Hwy., W. Babylon., 661-9580

DavId.
Michelangelo.

Starz, 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, 242-3857
Thunders, 894 W. Jericho Tpke., Smithtown,864-141O•

NEW JERSEY (201)Charlie's West, 536 Main St., E. Orange, 678-5002
Feather's, 77 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge,
342-6410
Friendly's Bar, 6310 Park Ave., West New York,854-9895•

Excalibur, 10th&. Jefferson, Hoboken, NJ, 795-1161
Nite Lite, 509 22nd St., Union City,
863-9515
Vibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Teaneck,•-836-5518
Yacht Club, 366 Berkshire Valley Rd., Jefferson,697-9780,•..

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THE LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER
invites qualified ,restoration contractors to submit sealed bids for the restoration ofa 1858 brick and sandstone facade, including paintstripping, cornice and pedimentraconstruction, partial roof repair
and other related..details. Sealed bidslII(ill ba opaned ,and'raa.don July 31,
1990 at 10:00 11m. Contractors musthave II minimum of five years
experience on historic structureslisted on the National register of
H,istoric Places 'of locally designatedlandmarks. Elligable' contractors may
obtain contract documents after July
11 at the cost of $70 at the Lesbianand Gay Community Services Center,·
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY
10011. Fees are non"refundable.
Succesful bidderS -must submit forstate approval a ·written Minority &.Women Business Enterprise Utilization plan prior to entering into
contract A pre-bid meeting will beheld on July 16 at 10:00 am at the
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unknown origin instead of the result of either cleaned up their act or were put
personal behavior ...Like AIDS, Uung can- out to pasture.
To you Hamill, whom I fear will
cer and alcoholism] are spread, or controlled, by personal behavior ...But I don't ' never change, I warn you not to become
ever hear about the 'rage' of the cigarette a martyr-especially to the wrong cause.
addict or the stone drunk or the crack- You're messing with a volatile community, And this is all a generational thing.
head ...".
You mentioned in your Esquire piece that
Go ahead, scream: AAAAAAHI
What, does Esquints editor-in-chief, most of the people in the march you
Lee Eisenberg, have to say? After waiting viewed were young. Pr~iseJy. The thing
to do today if you're queer and 21 is tofor four days to hear from him because,he was out of the countty, I received one _get in the street and fight for yourrights just like the thing to do in yourof those "First Amendment" faxedyounger days (which you did) was toresponses, the kind where the company
says that it and the writer are exercising protest the war. You should know that,
this,movement is only going to grow andtheir freedom of speech (Bullshit-they
wOu!dn't print just anytbing in their mag- escalate as is now happening across thewe get want we want.
azine, especially if it was going to offend country_until
respected communities and/or incite peo- AND NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP US.
Your choice is to get yourself
ple to violence).
enlightened real quick or spend the years
Later I spoke to Eisenberg on thetelephone. He's not a bad guy, and he stewing in hatred and bigotty. And one
seemed genuinely interested in my criti- day, 20 or 30 years from now, after
cisms. He agreed with a lot of my points you've been long put out to pasture,and perhaps was sorry that the piece was you'll pick up tbe New York Times andpublished in the f1l'Stplace; he alluded to read "Gay-Rights Amendment Signed" or"Gay Marriages Made Legal" or "Montana
the fact that it was heavily edited andDeclared
Lesbian-Only State." You'll
was even more homophobic in its origigrumble, sip your coffee, grab yournal state. Eisenberg offered that perhaps
a rebuttal could be written in a following donut and angrily shove the whole thingissue. I said that it was a good idea, but in your mouth. It'll get lodged in yourthat the best thing that he could do was throat. And then ...
...you'll croak .•hire an openly gay columnist and even
get rid of Hamill.
And I say this also to Ed Kosner,
publisher and editor at New York (where
Hamill is a contributor) and to Jerry
Nachman (Hamill's editor at the Post),
both of whom I've spoken to on the telephone on numerous occasions and bothof whom have expressed an interest inincreasing their lesbian and gay coverageand certainly in getting all of us off theirbacks: people like Hamill are over.
Kaput. Fini. This whole trend of romantcizing working-class values and hiring. columnists who espouse and glorify themis'a bygone era. They're bigots andthey're offensive. The Pete Hamills are'not much different from the columnists
30 years ago who said, "7bese Blacks are
OK because they don't cause any trouble,
but tbese blacks-theones sitting atlunch counters and taking seats on thefront of the bus, the ones sitting in thestreet and blocking traffic,'the ones interrupting meetings-theyare bad. I'mbored with them, and I'm sick of theirparanoid oratory." I don't know what76

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Looking for a dynamic, energetic
individual to provide clerical andadministrative suipport to this vibrantand growing Mayoral office- the firstof its kind in the country, Recaption,scheduling, word processing andresearch skills preffered. Salary:$10.32+!HR- plus benefits.
CONTACT: Bridget Robinson
Office of the Mayor,
Personnel Division
52 Chambers Street, Room 115B
New York, NY 10007(212) 566-1983

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78 OU~EEKOUTWEEK magazine seeks
bright, dedicated individual tojoin its advertising andmarketing department.
EXPERIENCE PREFERRED.
Equal opportunity employer.
,Reply in confidence to ' ,Matthevv Davis, OUTWEEKMagazine, ' 159 West 25thStreet, 7th floor, New York,Nevv York 10001(212) 337-1200
July25,1990!

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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS LESBIANS?
We know there are more of us. Let'sgather for socializing and support
Send a note with ideas, needs,
convenient times to meet, and acontact number.:.Lat's get this
togetherl Write c/o OutWeek
Box 2815

ONGOING HIY+ GROUP
Caring gay male support group seeks, additional members who havecompleted the Body Positive
seminars. We have a positive attitude
and share our feelings. We meet on
Thursdays in Manhattan at 7:30 PM(no fee or charge). Please send a briefnote expressing your interest alongwith a phone number and the best
time to contact you. Discretion andconfidentiality assured.
Contact Richard, Box 23H
496A Hudson Street NY, NY 10014\•....w.v 1£58I1W5MAr£
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STAFF ATTORNEYAIDS RElATED WORK
Lambda Legal Defense & Educlltion
Fund seeks staff attorney withexpertise in AIDS legal, treatment
and policy issues. Sensitivity to theimpact of AIDS on gay people, people •.
of color and women required. Some
, litigation. Salary DOE; excellent'benefits. Send cover letter detailing
AIDS-related work. resume andwriting slImple by July 25, 1990 toPaula Ettelbrick, LLDEF, '666 Broadway,
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ORDERHUH? PO BOX 5427 CONCORD,CALIFORNIA 94524•...0 .Bverr

WOMAN AND VAN
No job too small
Prompt and Professional
Storage Available
Last Minute Jobs
(201) 434-5309
Beeper (212) 461·2349

lOVERS. lICflSED

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Furnished offices with shared waiting
room in secure Chelsea building. Call
Michael for rates. 206-0045

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PSYCHOTHERAPY OFRCES FOR
RENTPARTY CANDYPRODUCTION DIRECTOR
OutWeek. the national gay andlesbian newsmagazine, seeks
experienced, mature, deadline
oriented prod. director. Ouark Xpress
and periodical experience a must
Responsible for hiring, training,
managing prod. dept; formatting with
Ouark; overseeing production andbringing book in on time and budget.
Excellent salary, isur. Gays andlesbians encouraged to apply. Send
resume to: Mr. Rotello, OutWeek. 159
W 25th St. 7th FI, NYC 10001 or Fax
212-337-1220'

OffiCE SPACEI;IITERIOR DESIGIINTERIOR DESIGNER
decorating and consulting services.
No time? Too busy? Get professional
advice. It doesn't hav.e to be a big
job. I'll design a lampshade.
Talentedl Reasonable rates.
212-883-1254.

LEGALSErVICESTIRED OF HOMOPH()BIC MOVERS?

,.:[ERIC J. DWORKIN 'I
ATroRNEY AT LAWoI

Wills. Estates.
• Co·ops • Condos·• Immi~ration •(212) 929-4478
281 W, II St., New York, NY& Pan Am Big. Ste, 303E

Try Brownstone Brothers instead.
Professional and Reliable.
Serving the Gay Community 15
years. Sensitive, fun people who get
the job done right with no bullshit
Licensed DOT 10166. Insured. Reasonable storage rates.
, Pianos-Art-Antiques
Packing. Moving Supplies. 426 Elll
Call 289-15n, ,Mention OUlWEEK for Special
Discount. Free Estimates.

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a professional practitiener. Certified.
Safe. Sliding scale for PWA/ARC'sJohn 727-3177

Billed to Your Phone or Credit Clrd.
Talk to Other Men from HY.
Safe, Fun. AnonymOUl
No Huge Phone Bill'
Fr.. Information,

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Irs NEVER TOO LATE~
All levels taught by patient, 'expefienced professional. Beginners
welcome. Convellient West Encl
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phQto phone info to: Cit yboy-B P.O.
Box 1978, NYC 10013-1978

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208 W. 13 Street. New York, NY
10011, for info call (212) 675-3559~
ANAL WARTS, RSSURES, HEMORRHOIDS
treated inminutl!s with lasers. callfor a free consu.ltation. Laser, Medical Asso c;, Jeffrey Lavigne,. M.D.,:.' ',call 1~MI}lUSCH.
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Within 2 hours of hot & humid NYC
you can have mountains & lakes, 4star dining; great nightlife, music,
theater, cool nig/rt$, antiques & art,
friends & neighbors AND best of all 'AFFORDABLE PROPERTY. Fromcottages to castles, we can provide
you great escape. Specialists inWoodstock & Stoneridge.
ERA METES & BOUNDS REALTY
914-331-2121

ERO'nC-SPIRITUAL MEN
Joseph Kramer and Matthew
Simmons invite you to a sacred sex
seminar. (No lecture.) Celebrate ourtribal joy with erotic rituals based on
Tantric, Taoist. and Native American
traditions. Learn 25 erotic massage
strokes and how to enhance andprolong orgasm, Relearn SIlX as
sacred, playful, non-addictive, noncompulsive, and non-stop. July 14th
& 15th, 9am-6pm. Cost $195. You areinvited to a day of Taoist Erotic
Massage on July 16,9am-6pm. Learn
to give and receive a 1 1/2 hourtransformative genital massage. Cost
, $60. For brochure and registration,
call Body Electric at 415-653-1594 or
Bob Y~hn at (212)929-4019,

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6th tathe river, 14th to Houston, dedi;, cated to matching qualified ,buyers
with motivated sellersl Contact larry
Cavendish 924-9316. THE SILVERMAN GROUP 212-260-3900.
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Fully renovated apartments in the art
de co district of Miami Beach. Perfectfull time residences or the best in, affordable second homes.
VINTAGE PROPERTIES, 1601
Jefferson Avenue, Miami Beach,FL 33139.
(305) 534-1424.

WOODSTOCK-INTO THE WOODS
Romantic retreat delig/rt$ ALL
senses soaring lR/Fplc'i lux MBR
suite/jacuzzi, Fplc. & glass wall,
masterful decking, sat high in thetrees on 3 1/'l. VERY PRIVATE acres,swim pond, $1'83,800. Call Brenda, ERA
Mates & Bounds,914-331-2121.

SIIIAIIIIS
IAllfDHAVING A PARTY?I
Need a waiter or bartender? Call Ron
Eric at 212-924-2253.

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IIARflRRE ISlAND PINES, Spectacular 4 bedroom houseavailable for short term rental one or
two weeks. Panoramic views ofocean and bay. Large pool and hottub. Recently renovated with allmodern conveniences. ($4,500 per
week)"
Call Leslie 516-597-9400
Fax 516-597-9575
RRE ISLAND PINES
Room or bed in contemporery cedar
and glass F.I, Pines house withfabulous hot tub. Available day,week, or holiday, Short-term shareokay.
516-597-6162.

IlfRAPY•

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GothamPsychotl!erapy
Associates
Insu,."ceSl'Iol1 & long T.rm,Th .... py

N,Y,Stal.Certifled

212/903-4033

SOLID COMMISION

HIV POSITIVE
andSTRUCTURE
EXPERIENCE AND
REFERENCES REQUIRED.

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-LOll 01 e1eep, ePPtlil. or Inlernt.?
-Trouble coping, cOllC.ntr.ling?
-Anxlou.? 'rrll ..... ?

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II Maybe we call help, To te.," more .boutI',:

our Ire•• nd confidenlial .. nlrch p'DII'.rna
Cln u. II eornell Uni. MediCI' Cenl ...

(212) 746-3921

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THIRAPY,CATSKILL MOUNTAINS
Stonewall Acres, 90 min. to NY.
rooms and cottages. pool, 13 acres,Box 556 Rock Hill, NY 12775, 914-791-9474

David LindSey Griffm,
C.S.W., C.A.C.
Gay Affirmative Therapy•• Individuals / Couples
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse• ACOA and CODA Issues• Career and Professional Blocks• Sexual Compulsion

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1Ie1.t8d III;1-Male IntimaCy -Depression-Anxiety and Stress -self Esteem-Career and Creative Blocks

Island House 1129 Fleming Street,
Key We st, FL 33040, for info
,call 800-526-3559 .

"IW. 72ndStr•• t. Suit. 1

Liscensed/ Insurance Reimbursable,.

KEY WEST - REDISCOVER A MAWSRESORT

INSmuTE FOR:~IDENl7TY.li

Fees based on the ability to pay...

Sliding Scale Fees
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B08n1C.lfitied,Diplllmllf

Soho/Vill... location, (212) 941-9830='

VICTORIA SOLIWODA MSW. CSW

The World. Long.' Sand
Bani., /alalld

SUPPQRTJVEGAYTHERAPIST

ENJOY Ou, Ftiend/y AlmtlIp"''','Indlvldual,Couple/Group

Therapy.

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THERAPY FOR GAY COUPLES
Has love become stressful andconfusing? Warm. supportive
psychologists/lovers with 8 and 12
years' therapudic experience will
help you discover your deepest
feelings and mutually creative
energies. Our innovative approach
includes role playing, visualizations
and dream analysis. West Village
location. John-Thomas Alexander,
Ph. D.
Michael Rosenberg, M.A., M.Ed.
(212) 255-2813

HIV POSITIVES
If you are depressed and/or feel you
are sexually compulsive and would
like free treatment in a research
program at Columbia University, callfor information about elegibility.
Dr. Rabkin at 212-960-5762

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

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All rooms with private baths
Most with lireplaces and kitche,nettes
all aircondltloned$85·$100
Now available two bedroom
luxury suites $1401$16<1..........

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VILLAGE HOUSE
32 EIGHTH AVE., NEW YORK, NY 10014
212/20.·0007'RAVllATlANTIC CITY-ROOMS

Conwmlent Air Connections via American
and Continental AIrlIne6

I'I·AICOholism and Substance Abusel:, ·ACOA.and Co-dependency Issues i·Posltlve Gay Male Identity·Relatlonshlps··AIDS·.Anxlety.Dep~esslonisensitive and supportive therapy
to help you enhance your self
and your intimate relationships.
15 years experience helping Gay
men become more fully themselves
Call David Rickey 212/242-2983

j3DIJfIJMIR.III"".", .. and a Day
01Shopping in Old IMI/ico

Michael A. Pantaleo CSW-CAC t, ·Experlenced -Licensed
Lesbian Feminist Psychotherapist For : '\-Insurance Relmburslble
the Lesbian. Gay and Bisexual
Community Supportive/Ethical!
Chelsea Offlclf
212~691-2312/:,
Professional Approach Ucensed-. ,,,..~14 .;::'•., .'.... ~J ea', '. .", ... -~....JiSOU'::"(212)353-2407
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Ocean House, 127 South Ocean
Avenue, A.C., N.J. 08401:7202.
Centrally located. Near Taj Mahal. All
rooms have wash basins. Park on
premises. (609)345-8203. Call or write
for a brochure nowl

GAY COUNTRY 'NN
with 19 lovely rooms, 100 scenic
acres, pool, hot tub, peace & privacy.
We're your perfect vacation choice!
All summer sports & gorgeous fallcolors. Highlands Inn. Box 1180K.
Bethlehem, NH 03574 (603) 869-3978,
Grace & Judi, Innkeepers.

Now in Key West:
ANDRE~SINCENTRA
3051214·7730
A tucked away inn and enchanting garden
villa in the heart 01Old Town

KEVWEST.

"MEMORABLE VACATIONS
Bookings at the best Gay (or non, Gay) ho te!s & resorts! Call Robert
Sea~ury, tra vel agent
718-499-7955 Mornings.

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DOUBLETax Incl.

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Newly Renovatld Brownstone. All Rooms Have
Washing Facilities. Share Bath. Breakfast Incl. •Studio $100 !tax incl.!. Advance Reservations
Suggested. 212·243-9869,

Colonial House Inn
CHElSEA 316 W, 22nd, SI, NYC 10011

lOlli'S
SlllAliTY•.. Celebrate your sexuality.
".. Proudly. Joyously. At
Eve'sGarc:ten, an elegant
sexualHy boutique,created by women for
women. Wegrow
pleasurable things for, your mind, ,body and spirit I,

Executive Director
As a fiscally sound, comprehensive community healthcenter, we've taken a leadership role in providing healthcare for the lesbian and gay
communities of Boston and 'New England since 1971,
Nationally recognized for our.
innovative HIV programs andresearch, we're currently conducting a $2 million capital
campaign for a new facility
that's scheduled to open in
February, 1991,
To qualify, for this vital position, you II need at least five
years senior level experiencein health care administrationor the equivalent, and a, background in fiscal and personnel management, fundraising, community andpublic relations, program de,velopment and planning, You
must be committed to working with communities of color,
We offer a cQmpetitive salary,generous benefits and thesatisfaction of seeing yourwork make a difference, Send
your resume and salary requirements by July 31, 1990.
to: Executive Director
Search COmmittee, Fenway
Community Health Center,,16 Haviland Street, Boston,
MA 02115. FCHC
is committed toequal opportunity employment.
People of color,
women and gay& lesbian candl'dates strongly
urged to apply,•,

eve's,.garden@
119 w. 57th St, Suite 1~,

NY10019212·757.a651

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In resl:1On,Sl!
to two recent incidents of violence Iltainat lesbians on 7th Avenue
in Park Slope, and to the explosion of hate crilnes in Brooklyn, we as anoutraged community will speak out altainst hatred and violence on July 28,
1990, Jom us in OUtrage and Actionl
MEET AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA AT 4:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JULY 28
SUBWAY: 2 OR 3 TO GRAND ARMY PLAZA, 0 TRAIN TO 7l1i AVENUE

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Serious pro-nude w/oil Swede,
Accupressu re, Reflexology, Trager,, very sensual, fluid, deep tissue
massage by handsome yo ung expert
Lower East Side. $55 in, out negotiable.
Call John (212)475-6550.

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27 yo with very muscular build and anice tan line. Clean cut and friendly.
Also available with Damon.
Noonto4am.
CHRIS(212) 496-6710
MORETIME TO RElAX
11/2 Swedish rubdown by
good looking guy.
Deep and relaxing. Reasonable.

In-$50/Out-s75.
Marc.IZ,2)864-0091. ", 'ITAUANBOY
Gives best rub Complete satisfaction
Vinnie(212) 255-2303,
ATHLETIC MASSEUR
Handsome, Clean Cut Into Wrestling and
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By an African Trinidadian Masseur, 256ft. 2ins, 1801bs.
Safe Honest Clean
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Massage
ForYour Mind, Body and Soul In Or Out. Day Or Night
Emmanuel (718)284-9622

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beautiful body and cute face available
f or bodyWork. Very friendly. Call forin/ out appts. 1Oam-4am any day. Also
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Damon (212) 496-6710
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DISCREETMASSAGE
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seeks clients for nude nonsexual
vigorous Swed ish/Esalen massage.
$45 an hour. CA cert ified. Gary212228-2243. Serious onlyl
BOY NEXT DOOR SENSUOUS
BOOYRUBYOUNG, CUTE. SMOOTH
Attractive, Discreet Models Safe,
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THE HOTTEST GUYS AROUND
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for & by the serious athlete and body
conscious. Skillful, spiritual, sensual,complete Certified
757-7579
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$7!iIIN $10010UTCALL BETWEEN 12 AND 7
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trained masseur gives full-bodylegitimate massage, with optional
release at end. All ages welcome. Rex
212-366-0761.
•$40 PLEASURE
Hot & sexy blond 6'3" 28 w 81/2' will
give great massage & morel Out call
$50 & up. Treat yourselftodayl Call
212-677-4705 RAY

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USI Certified
212-518-4844
IN THE FlESH
Smooth Bod
strong build
classic features
will give complete rubdown
Call between 12 and 7
Charles 581-3179
DISCRETION ASSURED
Cute, athletic 22 yr. old Latin provides
full, erotic Bodyrub
Discount for repeats
SAFE FUNI
Digital Beeper:625-0201
Or leave message at 969-8730. TERRY- Out OnlyDISCREET MASSAGE
Massage for the discreet male
Early or Late.
Eric
924-2253-- ..

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IS WHAT YOU GET AND
MUCHMORE!
6', 2OOIbs, 3Oyr.18"A, 50"e.
MASSAGE $125 ~BILL (212)929-7974

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Strong, Safe Bodywork
Handsome Italian(212)721-6718
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No one likes to compromise,
especially when it comes to the last 11 USE A CONDOM WHEN FUCKING.
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sculpted, tanned muscular aesthetbaby oil. Vaseline, CriscO etc., as they ,ics that you've searched for in acan cause
condoms to break. Instead,
straight man, can be yours in theuse water-based lubes like KY.The
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ht, 170 Ibs. All in an attrlctive Italian
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TWO MEN-YOUR BODY
trained masseur and model give great
massage
213-6556

IDOltS/ISCDRISPLAYGUYSCOME & PLAY WITH US ALL TYPES
Young, Sexy, Discreet, Healtl)y $160
per hour Ask About Special Rates
212) 689-1683
NORDIC GOOD LOOKS
20 years, 5'10", 140, blonde, green. Ask
about selected trades of services anddiscounts.
Midtown East Location
City and suburban visits

Kevin 683-8733
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and much more. IN/OUT friendly,Intelligent and HOT
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NEVER SHARE WORKS. This
includes needles, syringes, droppers,
spoons, cottons or cookers. If you mustreuse works, clean them after each "use with bleach, or in an emergency
with rubbing alcohol or vodka, bydrawing the solution into the needle
three times and then drawing cleanwater into the needle three times.

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AVOID FlSnNG, RIMMING, OR
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AVOID POPPERS.

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AVOID EXCESSIVE ALCHOHOL OR
DRUG USE, Many people are unable,
to maintain safer sex practices aftergetting high. '8.

DON'T HESITATE TO: Fuck with acondom, have oral sex with a condom.
Play with, but don't share, clean sex
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SENSUOUSTOMBOY 30
YRS,
seeks lesbian 2535 to date.
Seven-Sisters'
educated. I no
longer drink!
smoke. Outweek
Box 2805
WHAT TURNSYOU ON?
A summer night
on my futon ...westart out in boxer
shorts ...wrestle
over the last biteof ice cream ...1
win ...feed it to
you ...some re•mains
on yourmouth ...it's
mine .. .1 lick it
up ...can't help
it...nibble on yourIip...What turns
you on, sexy
woman ...finish
the tale. Photo/
letter/intrigue/riskgets mine.
Outweek Box
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88 oU~EEK

ANDROGYNOUS?
(Or to the butchside thereof?)
Dangerously'
clever, charismatic, and highly. accomplishedwith at least alittle downtown
sophistication? A
chic, slender,,sanguine, 30ish,
Manhattan
designer (who's
never seen without lipstick andCoco) would liketo swap lettersand photos withyoul I havecomplexity, looks,
charm, heart, art,
depth, downtown
style with uptown
poliSh, and (like• you, I hope) I'm
not the usual
fare. Outweek
Box 2782.

July 25, 1990

SUMMER FUN
I want dates 1835 yrs that want tobe held (short inheight a plus) I'm
a GWF thats
neutral in personality, but a soft
butch in bed. I
guarantee all
around fun times.
Picture of ~ourself
OK No ems.
Outweek Box
2777
FEARLESS AND
SEARCHING,
would-be cowbOY,
crippled by integrity, seeks
similarly insufferable sentimental
jerk for spontaneous combustion.
GWJF,31.
Emotionally
evolved only need
rl:lspond, Letter,
photo, phone.
Outweek Box
2758
WHAT'S LOVE?
I know the wonderof it's beauty andam looking toshare this secretwith someone
special. I knowthat love iscloseness andcaring andwillingness tooverlook things inothers which do
not fit our description of the perfect
lover. Love is also
sharing differences and celebrating them asmuch as we celebrate common alities, for it is thesedifferences whichmake each of us
truly unique andspecial. I am an
open lesbian, 23
years old, 5'6", 'slim, athletic, sensual, funny(sometimes
verging on silly),intelligent, a•writer, somewhat
androgynous but
wear loose cotton
dresses, shorthaired, bl:lspectacled, hate theterm politicallycorrect though it
is sometimes
used to describeme, and very
loveable. You
should be willingto accept thesecharacteristics aswell as some I
haven't described(because nobody's perfect),20-35 years old,
any race as longas you're awoman, securewith yourself andcomfortable inyour body,interested inmeeting someone
to share goodtimes without
fearing where
they might lead.
Please send yourphoto and phone
number with aninteresting letterto:Outweek Box
2747

YOUNG, ANE
DYKE,
unabashedly
sexy, seekssugar-Mama. '25Y.o. GWF tiredof games andpumping up egos,
Looking for a fun
pal to take me out& show me agreat time without
the need forchemicals. You:
woman in 30's,
very much intouch with yoursensuality, in~oodshape &hke to work out,
very comfortablewith yourself, notlooking for someone/something tofill a void-justwant to enhanceeach other. I'm
waiting to hearfrom you, PHIPH
to: Outweek Box
2746
VERY 'CUtE~WF WANTS
MORE DATESthat was DATES not relationships.
I am 5'6" 125#hair in the growthstage ang CUTE
CUTE
UTEI
Enough about
me ...YOU YOU
YOU... uninhibited, any color,any size, we'll
have a great timeex~IOring eachot er. Send a
photo and letterthat show your tru
Iy interesting
character.
Outweek Box
2520,
PROFESSIONALLY CREATIVE
Attractive, romantic GWF into movies, dinners,
dancing and longwalks in the
moonlight seeking
woman 35-45.
Great sense ofhumor and drugfree a must. Send
Photo/Phone/lntriguing letter.
Take a chancel
OutWeek Box
2846
SLEAZY GWF
5'4", 32, GO-GO
BOD, Cute tits,semi-fem.
LOOkin& for young
fem For BiF
bottom for safe
sex. No butches
please. My
fantasy is double
penetration. Also
like to have safe
sex parties forfems. Send
photo + # to OutWeek box 2844•,

GOOD THINGSCOME TO,THOSE WHO
WAIT ...
GW femme, 19,
5'5", large andvery lovely. burgandy browncurls, bright brneyes-sensetiveand sweet,
seeking aromantic latina!
white butch whowill be patient w/
my inexperienced ways.
Why not take achance? Charmme with aletter .., P.O. Box334, New York,NY 10150-0334,
Photo opt.
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FORGET
HOUSE MUSICI
Wake up to therhythms of theworld. Fearlessrenegade/gypsy
sought by adventurous
lesbian Amazon.
All and any
reasponse isgreat. My
fortune cookie
says "You willtravel to many
places." Send
ideas/photos/
phone Irs
OutWeek 2835
LET'S TAKEOUR TIME
GF,37, Hispanic, with loveon her mind, firein her soul,seeks wise andbeautiful GF,
30-40, for friendship, possibly
more. No drugs,roles or bi's.
Note/photo.
OutWeek Box
2828
WHAT THEHELL IS A"BOTTOM"LESBIANIf you do it rightyou roll a round,,~."=1 I 1
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too much to knowl
And why do wehave to conformto fit those dumb
definitions
anyway? ...butch,
femme, lipstick,'
top, granoladyke ... Phooeyl
11lere- now you
know my personality-I'm also cute,
fit all or none of
the aforementioned labels, 5'5",
125 Ibs., Itellectual yet carefree,
short brown hair,brown eyes, 23 yoand very happy. I
am looking for asllllar or, opposite
bean ...fun,_happy,. whatever ...tohang out with andJust be ourselves.
I'm new to thearea and need tobroaden the
branches of myfriendship tree .
and also might beinterested inromance. Please
send me a photothat describes
your personality
along with a shortessay (500 wordsof less). OutWeek,
Box 2827
MAKE ME MELT
Seeking strong,tender woman,
25-35, withcreative, piercing
intellect. Be
adventurous,
playful and passionate about
you r life, jOb and/or hobby. Reply to
OutWeek Box, 2816,•, SINGLE GWF,
25YRS" 6FT,AndrQgynous,
very attractive,
real, ambitious,
honest, gainfully,employed,, interested in a
nonaddictive
friendship/relationship with anolder, preferebly
JewiSh, sexy,voluptuous'
woman who enjoys wearing high90 OU~EEK

heels, and, passionate
weekends In theHamptons.
Please, no
substance abusers, bls or ~lInokIN PRISON
ers, Clear minded "I
I need a friend
emotionally stable
and not just for
women who enjoy
sex or money, but
and are passionfor someone toate about life
talk to. If you willneed reply. All
write me, I might
replies responded
be all you wnl
to. Photo & note
ever need In a
please. I'd love tofriend, Males or
sweep you off
females write me .
.your feet. I'~ a
I'm sexy and verytrue romantic.
mature for my
OutWeek Box
age. Daniel c/o
2812
OutWeek Box
2837
ONCE UPON A
TIMEGOAL ORIAn attractive 27yr
ENTED
old black woman
I saw you in theawoke to discoverparade with yourherself a lesbian.
other brave cop
Immediately,
buddies. I would
while laying In
love to meet you
bed she threw ain or out ofparty for herself.
uniform. You
Believe it or not,were about 5'9"
the celebration
thin, with brown
continues.Want tohair and acome? RSVP withradiently warm
photo. OutWeek
GW face, I'm 5'9"
Box 2514
brown hair, blueeyes, 160 Ibs. ofartsy activist
muscle and bone.
Been arrested for
civil disobedience
twice, but it
doesn't fulfill the
fantasy. I'm sure
you have otherideas, butwouldn't it be nice
if we could play alittle hide thenightstick? I'll
polish your badge
with my...well, Sir,
I'll let you decide.
OutWeek Box
2836

NY 11386
91/2 HOURS ...
You tell me.
OutWeek Box
2825
NO MANNERS
Lock the door,
Loosen up yourshirt and tie.
Break the rules
Really goodlooking guy wants
to meet same.
Safe sex, photo,
discretiQn a must.
OutWeek Box
2824
YOUTHFUL 47
5'8" 150 BRlBL
Former school
counselor now
aspiri ng actor. I
am an avid
swimmer, reader
and lover of films& current events.
I can be very
outgoing yet shy.
You should bearound 30-45,
smart, aware,reasonably
attractive andpossess a senseof humor. Let me, be the leprechaun who canreveal hidden
treasures toanyone who
catches mel
Letter and photo 'get mine.
OutWeek Box,
2820

AND WHATABOUT CAMP,ING?
Attractive GWM,
HIV+ 23 Br Gr
NOW AUDITION5'10" 145 seeks aING
man to play with:For co-star role ina man 25-35 in(hopefully) longgood shaperunning relationphysically &ship. Seek blonde
mentally. We
athletic type, early
30's, w/a sense of ' mujst be able tosocialize or sit athumor. Some'
home in silence
nudity required.
with no preasure
Photo andto make converresume to POB
sation and satisfy
3182, Ridgewood,

Ju1V25,1990

my voracious
libido, Yours? I
am healthconscious; I
refuse to take
AZT. I don't
smoke or drink, I
love to cook or goout. Camping? I'mlooking for goodsex-If a good
relationshipdevelops, great. If
Interested send
recent photo' &phone # to
OutWeek Box
2819
SUN TAN
UNIVERSITY
Sensual, sensitive
GWM, 34, 165,
5'11". Grad
student off till falllooking forsummer adventure. I'm bright.
attractive, athletic,
political, into film
and arts. I prefer areal guy to an
expensive haircut.
OutWeek Box
2818 '
NOT-TOONEUROTIC
GWM, 31, healthprofessional,
classical musician, sincere andfun-loving. I'mlooking foranother calm,
regular man who's
not afraid of, committment.
Please send letterand phone to:
OutWeek Box
2817
COWBOY
Really attractive,
gentle, 'spiritual,
GWM,' 30, wants
to meet tough,raunchy, nasty,
tender cowboy intight jeans and'boots. Bring yourlasso. Photo andletterto ...OutWeeJ(
Box 2814

BELIEVE IN
LOVE?
Attractive andIntelligent GWJM,
27 y.o, 5'6" 140
Ibs. Br/BI HIVseeks romantic,
stable andhealthy GWM for
UT relationship. I
love tennis, folk
music, books andmovies. Hairy a+.
send Itr, phone,
photo to OutWeek
Box 2811
NOT ALL
BUSINESS
creative, sexy,sensitive, handsome GWM 32,
wants to meetcaringl dominant,goodldoking
executive business-man-type.
Let's explorel
Photo to: Outweek Box 2808
FREE TRIP TO
EUROPE:ENGLAND &SPAIN
2 weeks in·
September. Great
opportunity foryoung dude withthe right attitude,
18-35, blond.
Photo a must. No
smOking. drinking,or drugging.
Outweek Box
2806
WRESTLE
Rough andsweaty or slow
and easy. Ring,
mat or mattress.
Or do you just liketo watch it?
Photo, phone andfantasy to
Outweek Box
2800
TEDDY BEAR
is tired of sitting
on the shelfcollecting dust.
Needs to be loved

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• Have your keys in hand when
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• Conceal your money and jewelry,• carry a whistle, and if you feelthreatened, blow it, or shout"fire" to attract attention.
• If you decide to bring someone
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