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Republican Hate Crimes
he .recent failure of the New York legislature to enact ahate-crimes bill is a sobering example of homophobia at
the highest levels of government. Although the bill had
widespread support from a substantial cross section of the population, although opinion polls consistently showed that the public
supported it, although mOst newspapers and oommentators editorialized in favor of it, and although the governor strongly
endorsed it, the hate-crimes bill failed for a single reason--thebill mandated increased penalties not only for hate crimes basedon race and ethnicity, but also for hate crimes based on sexual
orientation. The predominantly straight, white, male legislature
had no problem endorsing the concept of enhanced social andlegal condemnation of crimes based on racial or ethnic hatred.
But they could not stomach the idea of offiCially voicing thestate's disapproval for the crime of gay-bashing. Since the
Democratic sponsors rightly refu~d to remove gay-bashing fromthe bill, and since the homophobes in the Republican-dominatedSenate refused to pass the bill if the sexual~rientation clauseremained, the entire piece of legislation was defeated. The only
logical conclusion to draw from this series of events is that gaybashing continues to carry the New York.state seal of approval .
•It's useful for lesbians and gays to take note of who was
responsible for this nasty piece of work. While the Democrats drafted the bill and insisted. on . the inclusion of sexual orientation in its
protections, the Republican party organized and lobbied heavily
against the sexuaI~rienta~on clause of the bill. In so doing, theytreated the public to a rare example of raw Republican ethics.
For mo,re than four decades, the Republican party has stoodfor greed, for selfishneSs, for niilitarism, for the suppression of freedom and for hatred of minorities. Yet under leaders like
Eisenhower; Reagan and Bush, the party has managed to mask itstrue motives under the patina of concepts like fiscal responsibility,
national se~rity and tax reform. After all, to say that we want
lower taxes is much more popular than to say that we don't give adamn about poor people; to say that billions of dollars wasted onmilitart gadgets are necessary for defense sounds more compellingthan to say that we couldn't care less about national health·insurance.
Somehow the American people continue to buy this cyni.cal, greedy disgrace disguised as a party. And incredibly, there
area few'deluded, self-hating closet cases who call themselves
gay Republicans and who buy this philosophy as well .
It's always .instructive when ftascos like the hate-crimes bill
put things in ·perSpective. The Republican effort to defeat a billcontaining penalties for gay-bashing is an unusually clear example of where queers rank on the agenda of the GOP. Rememberthat the next time you fmd yourself in a voting booth .....
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••Jlnfair Attack
Regarding a letter In yourJuly 4 Issue (no. 53) fromMichael Meyerson, we find It
necessary to make a response
to both Mr. Meyerson and
OutWeek magazlne.
Arst,to Mr. Meyerson. Your
allegations that GIAAD "tooki;' all the credit" for the Empire~ State Building lighting are
o patently
false and 111~ Informed. In virtually every~ Interview GIAAD gave on the~ subject, we referred to Herif itage of Pride's six years of
spadework. Our staff evenreferred reporters to HOP's
co-chair, Janice Thom, which
Iswhy she was quoted In theNewsday article.
As for your assertion that
GLAAD makes "exclusive
claims of victory for the gay
and lesbian community: we
frankly don't know what
you're talking about. Yes,
GIAAD does take credit for Its
work, primarily to let our community know what we're
doing with their money andvolunteer time. But the only
person guilty of 'belittling theeffect and credibility" ofmovement groups In this scenario isyou, Mr. Meyerson.
Now to OufWeek magazine.We question the proprietyof publishing Mr. Meyerson's
letter In the first place . At thevery least, hisfalse, misleadingand extremely vicious statements about a talented andcapable member of both ourstaff and Heritage of Prideshould not have been allowed
to stand without Immediate
rebuttal.
GLAAD Board of Directors
Manhattan
Where's Carol. This letter Is written In thehope that OutWeek's reportersor readars can help locate a
missing person-Caucaslan,
female, approximately 50years
old. Her name is Carol Greilzer.

Lastfall she was re-elected to
the N.Y.City Council seat forthe 3rd DIstrIct (Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Gramercy Park
ald perl of the EastSIde). She
hasn't been seen since.
Although OutWeek, the
New York Times and Gay
and Lesbian Independent
Democrats all supported
gay district leader Tom
Duane, Ms.Greltzer was able
to procure an endorsementfrom the Stonewall Democratic Club and ran on her
alleged support for Issuesof
concern to the lesbian andgay community.
While Ms. Greltzer hasapparently
been missing
since last fall, It was really only
last week, as a result of themultitudeof Gay Prideevents, that anyone noticed
that Ms. Greltzer should beclassified as a missingperson.
Ms. Greilzer was conspicuous In her absence from theannual Garden Party of thelesbian and Gay Community
ServicesCenter.
On Friday night, June 22,
GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation)sponsored a party to celebrate the lavender lighting of
the Empire State Building.
Many public officials attended Including the boroughpresident and Mayor Dinkins'
liaison Ma~orie Hill. The local.
N stations even had reporters
and a camera crew. But
nobody saw Carol. (And boththe party location and theEmpire State Building are In
her district.)
These and other recent
events forced the realizationthat Ms. Greltzer had disappeared. For example, thisspring did anyone see her at:1) any concert by the Gay
Men's Chorus, 2) the AIDS
Resource Center's annual
awards dinner In support of
Bailey House and ARC's otherprogrcms, 3) the Hetrick-Martincooking meals for God's LoveWe Deliver.
. So, has anyone seen Caol
Greitzer at a gay or lesbian
event recently? Has she contacted Ou1Week with a statement or posIt1on Oat alone, hast.,,___".":._"""'.':::::;~:::~::::~~~:::~::::::~~':::~;::':_:::::::':::':,:;;,::::::::;.
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she taken any newsworthy
action) on aNy of the Issues sowell covered In the magazine,e.g., bias crimes, domestic
partnerships,pricing and availability of life-saving drugs?
Why Is she Invisible as other
pWllc flgu-es Oncludlng members of the U.S.Congress, N.Y.
State Assembly and the N.Y.
City Council) endorse one ofus, Deborah Glick, for the N.Y.
Assembly seat representing
the Village?
Or will we see Ms. Greltzer(BaIley House,the Havey Milk
School, the H.M. Institute's
only at the time of the next
drqp1n center ald the GMHC election?
building are all In Corol's disMichael C.P. Ryan
trlct.) Somehow, It's unlikely
Manhattan
she's been too busy working
at the Herstory Archives, JogBrave New Worldging with the Front Runners,
Didn't Coors fire a lesbian
attending ACT UPmeel1ngs or because she was a lesbian?
Institute's(J"lnud awads ceremony, which featured Mayor
Dinkins, or 4) GMHC's 1990
AIDS Walk (over 25,00) pcrIiclpate d) or numerous other
GMHC events? And why Isn't
she a sponsorof these even1s?

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Didn't Donna Summer say
J'God created Adan and Eve,not Adam and Steve" and'AIDS Is God's punlstment on
homosexuals"?
Why then, at one point
atter the Lesbian and Gay
PrIde Day Parade, was I stuck
In a crowd on Christopher
Street between the Coorsbeer stand ald a stage with a
Donna SUmmer Impersonatoringlng her songs?
For a moment I thought I
was at a Jesse Hem ftIlc:koIser.
S"ane on dl who encolJ'aged this.

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I am sure that the New
Yqrk Post will not respond to
my letter about their hypocrlllcal conspiracy with this formof Insane censorship, but,thankfully, much of the Post
staff reads 0uMeek (for wtich
Michelangelo Signorile deserVes much of the credit).
Maybe some of the closetcase staffers at .the Post will
Insert this copy of OufWeek
Into Peter Kallkow's box.
DIck Murro of Time Waner
has slunk CNla{ Into rellrement
without responding to mycomplaint. That leaves cochair steve Ross and 37-yearold TIme Waner president Bob. PIttman to cary on the company's sleazy tradition, nowthat they have suckered thecity Into signing yet anotherfranclise agreement with theircable conspiracy.
RIck X, Producer
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misinformation so that lesbianvisibility conthJ9S to grow and
1IouIsh In Brooklyn.
Usa Parrish and I were theprimary organizers for thedance. Brooklyn Lesbians
Together and Slope Activities
for lesbians were not Involved
In the event. Currently, Usa
Parrish Is the fund raiser for
Deborah Glick's Assembly
campaign.
LIsa and I lastworked together In April 1988,
when we and Denise Alexander pulled together a forum
on lesbian sexualHywhich wasmoderated by Jewele Gomez.
From this event Brooklyn Lesbians Together-asocialgroup-was formed. Though
the women from BLTare on a
hiatus, they can be reachedby wrftlng to their box office,located at 541 80th Street,
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209.
Slope Activities for lesbians'Is another lesbIcn social group.
Although they did not take""~"-'<~" '.
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port In organlzlng the dance,
Deborah Jane SeHzer,one of
SAL's founders, was kindenough to Include the dance
In their wonderful calendar of
events,which
can bereceived by sending $5 for a
year's postage to: SAL, 267 9th
St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215.
Brooklyn Women's Marffal
Arts was also key In p\bIldzlng
Glick's fund-raiser, and although they are not speclftcalIy a lesbian organization,
many lesbians, myself Included, train In their space and In
their fund-raising events. For

example, BWMA's second
annual Boatrlde Dance on
JLr19 13 brought together 225
women on a cruise around.
Manhattan.
(And did we
cruise I) For more Information
about their Karate, Tal Chi ald
self-defense dasses, or to learn
about their next fund-raiser,
cdl them at (118) 788-1775.
Thanks for the opportunlfy
to provide OutWeek readerswith InformaHon on Brooldyn's
lesbian community. We lookforward to seeing you at other

Brooklyn lesbian events.
Angela Chr/stof/desBrooklyn
Companion Clarification
I read with great concern
your review of Longtime Companion In OutWeek (no. 46,
May 16). It was darmlng to me
that you perceived the film
the way you did. I consider
OutWeek to be an Importantfonrn within the New York gay

COl'Tll'nJnIfy, and for this reason

I would like to answer severalof YOll specIflt accusations.
The scene In the waiting
room with WIlly, DavId ald theothers was Indeed Intended to • .."point out the economic and §ocolor divisions between these ~•two central characters and ~the city they Inhabit; they
have been IMng In a predomncnfly white, gay, middle-classghetto, as you point out. That
was one of the 'Intentionsof,the scene. The characters' discomfort, howev~r, does notstem primarily from that; atthat moment their best friend
Is serlously III. He dies quiCkly
thereafter. Foryou to Insistthat
their discomfort Is mainly afunction of their racism and/or
an attitude of assumed superlorlty Is to see only what you
want to see. TheIr reacffon to
the working-class and Black
characters sltffng across fromthem Is Intended to make two=, ,. ANb '"\~ l"R\BE.,OVER HE"E, STILL
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poIn1s:that It Is hard to face a a reallzatlon that "1he epidemsudden mortal Illness, often
Ic might erase the social andcausing us to look for dlstrac- economic difference whichttons as a form of denial, andhave (sic) maintained their limthat 1hese characters hove \..p Ited privilege' Is madness .
.to tHs point been leading very Where did you get that?
protected Uves.These themes Someone tells you your dearare developed later In thefriend might be dead soon,
movie. Their ability to copeand you think you're worried
with 1he, disease, to take their about your condo? Are you
own lives Into their hands, to sure that's what you ~educate. themselves-theseWilly's scene with Hs clientare dl dranattzed. And three Alberto Is not Intended to conof the pivotal characters, the vey what you desc~be-theultimate survtvors, do become
comotatlon of "a missionary
polltlcally Involved (WIlly as a spreading the good news to
GMHC buddy; Usa and Fuzzy the heathen.'as employees of the legal
Willy does not threaten to
department
at GMHC; all quit; he Is fired by his client.
three are last seen prepa~ng
Youweren't listening.Willy very
for an ACT
UP action to take
mJCh warns Alberto to discov,place In front of CHyHall.)er Hs own powers end to take
For you then to suggest
his future In his own hands.
that the horror on their faces, And Alberto, as you perhaps
upOn learning from the Indian -have discovered If you've
doctor that their friend might
ever done any buddy or otherIndeed have a suppressed
volunteer work, Is mired In his
Immune system, Is caused by own rage. and depression,

unc:iJle to esc~ the cage of
those feelings without taking It
out on someone close athand. He punishes Willy, whothen triesto shore his own feelIngsof Inadequacy with Alberto. And they move on, bothgrowing up a little bit. That Is
what we tried to convey. I
regret that you got "rheto~c
reminiscent of Republicans
complaining of 'lazy' welfare
reclplen1s: If that's what you
saw, does that mean that's
what was redly there?
When you 1st the ways gay
men "attempt to empowerthemselves'-PWA
theatergroups, community services.
and ACT UP-clttng these as
our sins of omission,you are nstIng the various forms of
Involvement which we actually dramatize In the movie. A
story which ends with all the
SlIVIving characters discussing'their ACT UP Involvement
hardly seems, as you cldm, to-reduce ACT UP to a "fashion
statement: And I guess (Involvement with GMHC) doesn't
count as community service.
You wtn have to tel us what weshould have done. Howard,
the soap actor, stands center
stage at a benefit performance entitled "Uvlng with
AIDS: No, It's not "AIDS Nve:but It Is 00 ac1Ive, seIf-otllnTtlg,
p.bIc, ~CJ'ld poStIva dlc:nneUngof his acHng tden1s.
You then InSstthat safe sex
Is not menttoned In the movie .
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Harlem hospital, distributing

being careful aren't you?
You're havtng sore se'XJ" Ar't(one who sees this movie In
1990 who Is not aware of theneed for safe sex Is not going
to be converted by our rowIng condoms being rolled on
and being rolled off, even If
we could have devoted theentire 90 minutes to that one
Issue. The problem, of couse,
was that we could easily havedevoted the entire movie to athousand and one Issues,
Including the excellent ones
you fa\Jt us for not ac:IdressIng.
The movie you wanted to see,about gays bridging the gaps
between themselves ald theBlack ald latino colTVTU1ltles,
would be an extraordinary
and powerful statement, onethat should be made. S0mehow we thought the lives ofgay characters
banding
together In the face of Insurmountable odds and contll'lJIng to love one another andprovide for one another waspretty valid by HseIf. Yourargument seems to boll down to
this: If we had Included
straight people and many
more people of color In themain focus of the film, then
you wood have been able torecommend It to your primarily
gay readeJstip. Don't you see
any homophobia In that?
FhdIy,I beUeve It Is a rnIslndelstanctng of the natue andpurpose of at to m:intdn thata flc1Iond chaocter's oplrion
Is that of the author, the intended statement bet'ind the overan work HseIf. If a 111m shows acharacter killing someone,
does that meal It Is advocatIng murder? Good God, If all
the characters In fiction anddrama had to be exemplary,absolutely perfect In every
regard, art would be duller
than most of It already Is. If acharacter grows to someextent, learns something, butdoes not quite embody theheroic Ideal of hunan attainment you ~ we hcx:I dra'natlzed-that perfect, poIltlcdly
committed kind of guy who
voILrlteelS two days a week at

cIecrI neec:Ies on tis WOI home,
catching the bus to Albanythat night to get CII9Sted In 1hemorring, then wille In jdI sews
another two panels for the
Qullt~ that character thennot worthy of our attention?
BeIeve me, If Norrna"I Ren6
and I had wanted to print a
pamphlet, we would have. I
an acIfVeIv MMJd In helping
ITlCJ'T( glOl.pS which afterT'pt tobIIdge the very social chasms
you denoU'lC8; I an not ~ous to thes sI4J&"
fylng Inactivity, nor are Willy,
Usa and Fuzzy by the end of
the movie. The characters In
this story do some brave anddifficult things, Including In
some Instances facing theirown deaths. Do they aso haveto fit your particular political
agenda to a ·t" to be valid
dramatically? I think we mustall beware of the politics ofpowerle8aness.If George Bush
won't listen to us,we i'lO\Jd be
careful we don't start seeing
hm ~behind the faces ofour colleagues. You and I
might ftnd we have oU' differences, but we are not eachother's enemy. I would be
deeply ashamed If I felt thismovie In orr.t way con1Ttbuted
to the racism ald
which already exists In thisCOU11ry.
Cra/gLucas
Manhattan
Peter Bowen Responds:

thank Craig Lucas for his
detailed elucidationofwhat he Intended Longtime
Companion
to represent.
But while well-Intended, thefilm's one question on
being ·safe· hardly suggests new safer sexual possibilities. And characterswearing "Read My Lips' Tshirts on the beach Is notexactly AIDS activism. And,
finally, portraying the one
person of color living withAIDS as "mired In his own
rage and depression'
hardly contests the historically oppressive ways In
which people of color have
conSistently been cast In
such despairing and powerlessroles.

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by Duncan Osborne•

ALBANY-Three years of lobbying,politicking -and coalition builwng came, to a dramatic and, for gay lobbyists,
disappointing close last week when thestatewide bias bill was defeated on thefloor of the state Senate. The failure of
the legislation, which lost by only four
votes, has left supporters angry_andvowing to end Republican control of the
Senate this election year.
"The only way any piece oflegislation that deals with the lesbian
and gay community will get throughthe Senate is for us to change the faceof the Senate and for the· Democrats totake control," declared Libby Post, cochair of the New York State Lesbianand Gay Lobby. According to Post, thefight over Governor Mario Cuomo's·
Bias-Related Violence
and, Intimidation.
Act began three years ago with thebill's introduction following the racist
gang attack in Howard. Beach.
Others reacted more angrily.
"Instead of allowing senators to votetheir consience, Senator [Ralph] Marino
showed no conscience at all when it
came to crimes of bigotry and hatred,»said Matt Foreman, director of New
York City's Gay and Lesbian AntiViOlenceProject, referring to the senatorfrom Lbng Island who continues to be
the bill's chief opponent.
While the Democrat-controlled
Assembly.has passed
the bill
twice once in 1988 and again thisyear-theSenate has kept the billstalled in the Codes Committee for,three years: Though Republicans denyit,' observers have attributed the bill's
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The June 29 vote was the fIrSteverby the full Senate on the anti-bias bill.
"What happened this year, morethan any other year before, is thecoalition we had been working toform for three years really gelled,»
explained Post. That coalition, the BiasBill Task Force, has approximately 60
organizationalandindividual
members, who represent the diversityof New York's population. Post credits
the Task Force with creating thepolitical pressure that forced last
week's Senate vote.
The bill was also vocally supported
by a number of local city officials,
including Manhattan Borough President
Ruth Messinger, who sent a delegation
to Albany to lobby senators the day ofthe vote.
The bias-bill vote came when
Senate Republicans
brought
an·alternative piece of bias legislation,
which supporters of Cuomo's bill view'
as an unacceptable compromise, tothe floor. According to Pauline Toole,a spokesperson for Senate Minority
Leader Manfred Ohrenstein,theSenator from Manhattan, moved toreplacethe provisionsof theRepublican bias bill with the text of
Cuomo's bias bilL The 29-to-25 voteon that motion split along party lines,
and Ohrenstein's motion failed.
"The [RepublicllO] bill had noteeth whatsoever in terms of bias
ctime," explained Post. While Cuomo's
bill creates a separate category ofcrime for bias-related offenses andmakes it a criminal offense to threaten
or commit violence against a personon the basis of his or her race, creed,color, national origin, sex, disability,
age or sexual orientation,theRepublican-supported bias bill has no
similar provisions.
Cuomo's bias bill also allows
sentences for bias crimes to runconsecutively with any other sentence,
while the Republican bill merely
directs a judge to determine if bias
was a motivating factor in an assault
in a pre-sentencing investigation, anddirects the judge to consider thatfinding in imposing a sentence.
Curiously, while the Republican
bias bill mentions bias only in its
preamble,the bill would havemandatedthecollection
anddissemination of statistics concerning
bias crime even though the text of thebill does not recognize that such acategory exists.
Three Republican senators, Guy
Vellela
from
the
Bronx
and
Westchester,Mary GoodhueofWestchester and Putnam, and James
Seward from Oneonta County, walked
out on the vote and were describedby one lobbyist as "too weak to votetheirconsciences."
Manhattan
Republican Senator Roy Goodman, asponsor of Cuomo's bias bill, was the
only Republican who voted in favor ofOhrenstein's motion to strike the textof the Republican bias bill and replace
it with the body of Cuomo's bill.
After defeating
Ohrenstein's
motion, the Senate then passed theRepublican bias bill; but because thatlegislation has no companion bill in the
Assembly, work on the bias bill remains,
as one source put it, "at an impasse.»'
AlthoughRepublicans
havecontinually denied that the inclusionof sexual orientation in Cuomo's bias
bill has motivated them to stall the
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PHILADELPHIA-An
AfricanAmerican pre-operative transsexual andan African-Americanlesbian and her son
were murdered in separate incidents ofanti-lesbian violence here last week.
Two of the murders
werediscovered on the same day that thePennsylvania legislature rejected ahate-crimes bill that would increase thepenalties for hate-motivated crime,
including those directed against gay
people. That bill, introduced for the
first time this year and backed by anumber of Pennsylvania gay groups,
was defeated 118-80 in the House.
In one of the most gruesome hatecrimes in Philadelphia history, 36-yearold Bertha Oliver was murdered,allegedly by her former boyfriend,
George Slater, who, police said,slashed Oliver's throat with a six-inch
kitchen knife. Oliver bled to death.
Slater also allegedly hammered in
the skulls of Oliver's two children, 19year-old Natina Oliver and 18-year-old
Ephraim Oliver. The boy died; the girl isin critical condition at Northeastern
Hospital in the Kensington neighborhood
where the murders occurred. Police said
that the murders were witnessed by
Natina's 3-year-old son, who was notinjured in the alleged attack.
Slater then al1egedly tried tocommit suicide by drinking paintthinner and left a note at the scene of
the murders which read in part: "Onthis day, I, George Slater, have decided
to take my leave of this world ....They
say, hope keeps one going. But whatelse is left when all hope is gone?"
The killings, which occurred June25, were not discovered until Slaterwent to his job and reportedly told aco-worker that he had "killed myfamily." He was then taken to the local
police. station where he al1egedly
confessed to the crimes.
Police said that Slater told themthat he had committed the murders
out of despair over Oliver's affair witha woman. Although she had told
Slater she wanted to end their nineyear relationship,
she had nevermentioned the other woman. Slater
discovered the relationship by readingan allusion to it in a letter in Oliver's
possession, police said.
Police have withheld the name of
the lover, but it is known that she andOliver worked together at a nearby
retail store. The woman, who was not
at home at the time of the murders,
was taken, "shaken and screaming,"from the home of a neighbor by police
when the bodies were removed,
according to local news accounts.
Slater, who was on parole, wasinvolved in a similar crime in 1980.
According to police sources, in June
1981 he was convictedof theNovember 28, 1980, murder of aformer girlfriend. Slater attemptedsuicide after that murder by grazing
himself with a bullet. Slater pled guilty
in the death of the woman, whose namewas not immediately available, and. wassentenced to three and one-half years to
ten years in prison. He served three andone-half years of the sentence.
After treatment for the suicide
attempt, Slater was charged with twocounts of murder, aggravated andsimple assault,
two counts ofpossession of an instrument of crimeand reckless endangerment.
At press time, the district
attorney's
office had no further
information concerning the date of
Slater's trial. A spokesperson for that
office who declined to be named said
that the case would come underconsideration for the death penalty,
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NEW YORK-When the WhitmanWalker Clinic in Washington, D.C., faced
a 50-percent increase in employee
health-insurance premiums July 1, thesole option was to get the local
government to intervene with a subsidy.
Legislation introduced in the city council
June 26 may provide just that.
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Whitman~Walker is insured by Blue
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the clinic's Jim Graham said,
Experts agree that Whitman-Walker's
problems maintaining comprehensive
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in New York City areexperiencing· sharp premium increases
and are being forced to shop for othercarriers as insurancecompanies
abandon their health-care businesses.
Blue Cross/Blue 'Shield offers one of thelast remaining products on the shelf.
The 'insurance business is regulated
by each state, with rules differing
widely. In New York, insurancecompanies must have rate increases
approved
by the state insurance
department. While some say that AIDSis devastating the insurance industry,•
forcing companies to continually raise
their premiums, others say that theentire health-care system is at fault.
Private carriers are indeed dropping
their clients, but the clients are also
fleeing from their carriers.
At Gay Men's H~lth Crisis, healthinsurance premium~ doubled July 1.
"We were surprised by the extent of
the increase, but we weren't surprisedby the increase," said GMHC's deputy
executive director for finance andadministration, Michael Burris. "Unlike
Whitman-Walker, we seemed to -bemore fiscally prepared for it." The
AIDS services provider had budgeted
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WASHINGTON-In
a series ofcompelling cases dealing with the rights ofthe state over the rights of the individual,
the U.S. Supreme Court handed down
several decisions this term that have dealt
the most severe blows to civil liberties yet
encountered through the Rehnquist Court.
The Court has blurred the divisions
between church and state, broadened- theaccess of police, all but negated previous
rulings regarding unreasonable search andseizure, allowed states to further restrict
access to abortions and given states
control over the individual's right to die.
Both separately and as a composite,these rulings would seriously impact on
the already-limited and eroding rights oflesbians and gay men across the nation.
The most obviously damaging ofthese decisions is the Court's June 25
decision regarding the case 'of Crnzan v.
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Court stipulated that 32-year-old Nancy
Cruzan, who. has been in a "persistentvegetative state" since a near-fatal auto
accident eight years ago, may not have asurgically implanted feeding tube removed
by her family.
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Cruzan's
doctorshavestated that while
there is no hope for her recovery, she could
live for at least another 30 years in a coma,
Chief Justice William Rehnquist
stated in his majority opinion that withsucp cases, the "state may assert its•. . interest in protection and preservation ofhuman life" regardless of the stated. . wishes of family or guardians. Objections, - were raised in disSenting opinions writtenby Justices William Brennan and John
Paul Stevens. The 5-4 decision was the
Court's ftrst ruling on a right-to-die issue.
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Court had "forgotten the person who was
Nancy Cruzan," and Brennan also wrotethat the ruling "transforms human beings
into passive
subjectsof medical
technology."
The American Medical Association
voiced its disapprobationof the ruling and said that itleaves up to state governments the question of who
can decide on extreme medical treatment for
those who can't decide for themselves. The
AMA also noted, through spokesperson Dr.
Nancy Dickey, that the decision erodes therelationship between patient and doctor anddoes damage to trust and privacy within the
doctor/patient relatio~hip.
The ruling in this case is bound tohave tremendous impact on the right-to-die
movement nationally and, by extension, on
people with AIDS. Civil-rightsactivists andphysicians interviewed for this article
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would now be treated differently at theoutset of illnesses that may eventuallycause coma, such as encephalitis, toxoplasmosis and various other opportunistic
illnesses associated with AIDS.
Said one Philadelphia physician who
specializes in the treatment of people with
AIDS: "This decision is appalling. It
essentially tells the doctor that either
treatment cannot be started or it cannot
be stopped. That quite simply flies in theface of everything we've been taught
about how to prolong and sustain human
life, Physicians quite probably may
become reticent with treatments becauseof how the patient may end up, as anatural course of their disease." Anotherphysician who treats both AIDS patientsand those with terminal degenerative
ailments suggested •that "now, unlesS you
have lawyers and papers and signed
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alive for decades when you are reallydead. I fmd it criminal that we will spend
thousands of dollars a day to keep people
like Nancy Cruzan alive-bankrupting
families and our entire health-caresystems-and
we can't spend a few
dollars to care for those who are able toask for what they need so desperately.
This is one of the worst decisions ever forthe medical and patient community."(Both physicians fear potential malpractice allegations and so would not allow
their names in this article.)
The case was brought in Missouri,
the same state that gave the country its
most chilling anti-abortion decision todate. State Attorney General Webster,
who also argued the abortion case,
Webster v. Reproductive Rights Services,
last term, stated that the Court's ruling in
Cruzan affirms that "states have always
had an interest in taking care of those
who are not capable of taking care ofthemselves. The Court has said that thestate has a compellinginterest inpreserving life and said that this is a stateissue, not a federal one."
This issue of states' rights has been amotivating factor in many of the decisionsof the Rehnquist Court, and three of its
most conservative justices-Rehnquist,
Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scaliaare scholars in that area of judicial
restraint. It is the emphasis on the rightsof the state over the rights of theindividual that has formed that basis foreach of the most important constitutional
decisions of the past few terms.
And in the cases related to abortion
that came before the Court this term,
there was a similar affirmation of therights of the state. In Ohio andMinnesota, laws requiring teenage girls
to inform one (Ohio) or both (Minn.)parents before they can obtain an
abortion were challenged.
Another
unrelated abortion case refers to Title Xof the Public Health Services Act andstipulates whether a woman can receive
information about abortion in public
facilities such as municipal public-healthcenters or hospitals. That case will not beheard until next term.
The impact of these cases, whichwere decided in favor of the states, isclear: The further erosion of privacy
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NEW YORK-8an Francisco recently
put a gay-supportive program into placein the municipal school system, making!:pe city one of a handful in the couittrythat openly acknowledges and affirms
lesbian and gay students. Meanwhile, thelargest public school system in the
country, here in New York City, continues
to more or less ignore its gay and lesbianstudent population.
On June 12, San Francisco's Boardof Education unanimously
passed aresolution that will install a supportservices program for lesbian and gay
youth in that city's schools, according toMario Chacon, special assistant to San
Francisco's superintendent of schools.
The program
was passed despite
opposition
from the city's school
superintendent,
whose
objection
prompted charges of hypocrisy fromsome quarters based on their contention
that the superintendent is gay.
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Dubbed "Project 10" by supporters,
the new San Francisco program seeks to
educate every adult working in the
district about "sexual-minority youth" andwill attempt to make those adults more
responsive to the needs of lesbian andgay students. Project 10 asserts that all
students have a right to an education in a"safe ·and nurturing environment" andexplicitly recognizes that gay and lesbian.students are at greater risk for assault,
suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, failure•and dropout than heterosexual students.
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to Olacon, the Project 10•
programadoptedin San Francisco
mandates the creation of a position for a. part-time resource specialist, whose
annual $35,000 salary ·represents the total
amount of funds San Francisco hascommitted
to the program.
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Arch-bigot Dr. Paul Cameron speaks against project 10as ACT UP members tum
their backs at an SFschool-board-meeting last month.
including: the development of programs , is a counseling program in every junior
to educate staff about lesbian and gay
and senior high school in the LA school
youth, the creation of a resource library. system. Uribe now coordinates Project 10
for teachers, review of instructional
part-time and teaches part-time.'materials to ensure that lesbians and gay"[My] gut feeling is, the closer we getmen are included and the establislunent
to gay and lesbian kids, [the more]of a switchboard where gay and lesbian
successful we are in getting them tostudents can obtain counseling andgraduate," Uribe explained. Adding thatreferrals.
her efforts had recently been rewarded as
San Francisco's program is drawn
she watched two Project 10 participantsfrom the original Project 10 in Los
graduate from Fairfax, Uribe said, ''If you
Angeles, which boasts the nation's
can save just a few kids from killing
second-largest
school system: Thatthemselves or dropping out, you haveprogram began in 19&1when its founder,
done a great deal."
Dr. Virginia Uribe, started meeting
While Uribe's program has no
informally with· self-identified lesbian andbudget, its annual costs are estimated atgay students at Fairfax High School in$25,000.
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Uribe
Meanwhile, New York City's effort
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to reject -the funding award she, received from the NEA and another todonate a portion of his grant to analternative artists' fellowship fund.
"An artist has a big responsibility
in these troubled times, and when agovernment gets too big for its own
wingtips and tries to tell its citizens
what to think and feel, it is the job of
the artist to speak truth," asserted Tim
Miller, one of the four artists denied
funding; in his statement to Congress
entitled "An Artist's Declaration of Independence."
The other three artists rejected by
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Altogether, 18 performance artists
were recommended for grants by thesolo-performancepeer panel, butMiller, Finley, Hughes and Fleck weredeemed too controversial by Frohnmayer and struck from the list of grantrecipients.
According to several
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produceobscenities. This is insulting anddegrading," said Rachel Rosenthal.w...:.--..
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lowship he had been awarded.
New York perf<>rmance artist
he disclosed that Harvard University will
Richard Elovich has stated that he will probably cancel the 1992 conference,
donate a portion of his .grant to a fund scheduled to be held in Boston. Essexestablished to support artists blacklisted and his colleagues at Harvard have set aby the NEA. Through this support,
November 1 deadline by which the u.s.
Elovich said, "we are restoring theimmigration and visitation policy must be
peer-review process short-circuited last altered. No alternative site for the 1992
week by FrohnmaYer." .-:...Nina Reyes
event has been proposed.
In a letter that called the U.S. policy
barring people with AIDS and HIV
infection from coming into the country"misguided," Essex disclosed his plan toLars Kallings, president of the International AIDS Society. "It has become
increasingly clear that many delegates tothe 1992 International AIDS Conference
will not attend unless the U.S. policy ischanged, thus jeopardizing our ability to
BOSTON-Unless
the United States..
organize a conference that addresses theeliminates discriminatory immigration
concerns of all who are engaged in the
restrictions that effectively bar people
with AIDS and HIV infection from enter- fight against AIDS," Essex wrote.
Implicit in the letter is criticism of. ing the country, there will be no EighthInternational
Conferen'ce on AIDS, the U.S. public-health establishment,
which has failed to take a leadershipaccording to the conference's 1992 host.
"We cannot ethically host a confer- role in fighting for.the repeal of the HNrelated travel restriction put in place inence in a country that subjects thoseattending to restrictions based on uncon- 1987 by North Carolina's conservative
scionable public policy with no relevance Republican Sen. Jesse Helms. Though a
to public health," commented Max Essex, special ten-day visa, which does notchair of the Harvard AIDSInstitute, when require disclosure of HIV status, was,.,,'"..
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created recently for people who enter
the country to attend gatherings deemedby the secretary of health and humanservices to be in the public interest, that
putative easing of U.S. travel restrictions
has not appeased
advocatesforreformed AIDSpublic-health policy.
The announcement, came just one
week before the Sixth International
Conference on AIDS, held June 20-24
in San Francisco, which was boycottedby more than 100 organizations fromaround the world.
-:-Nina Reyes/New York

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WASHINGTON-The Bush Administration has officially declined to take aposition on a bill which could lead tothe removal of a standing U.S. policy
banning people with AIDS or HIV
infection from entering the country.
. At a June 27 meeting of the House
Subcommittee on Health and tile Environment, the chair, Democratic Rep.
Henry Waxman of California, said, "The
Administration was invited to participate
in this hearing, but they declined to testify." Elaborating, Waxman added: "So,we don't know where they stand. The
purposes of congressional hearings ar~.to get the matter on the record and to cometo some conclusion. They seem to be paraIyzed.. They seem to have concludedor at least decided-not to decide."
Administration officials also declined
to offer a written statement on a pending
bill on the matter, Waxman said.
The hearing, the flfSt ever on U.S.
AIDS immigrati,on policy, which wascalled to discuss a bill sponsored by
Georgia Rep. J. Roy Rowland, a Demo-crat. Roland's bill which would direct
the secretary of health and human services to review and revise the Immigration and Naturalization Service's list of
diseases that may serve as the basis fordenying someone entry to the U.S.
, AIDS and HIV infection wereadded to the INS list of "dangerous"
diseases that automatically ban foreigners from visiting or immigrating to the U.S.
by a 1987 amendment, sponsored by
North Carolina Republican Sen. Jesse
Helms. That amendment was attached
to an unrelated appropriations bill.
The amendment, which passed the
Senate by a lopsided vote, was approved without the benefit of a single
congressional hearing.
Since then, the policy has been thesubject of intense political debate in
Washington and unanimous reproachfrom the scientific, health-care and
AIDS communities.
The policy also was the flash point
for numerous demonstrations and aboycott by over 85 nations and organizations of the Sixth International Conference on AIDS, held recently in San
Francisco. Testifying before the subcommittee, officials representing people with hemophilia stated that now
the policy has lliso led to an international boycott of the upcoming World
Hemophilia conference, scheduled forAugust in Washington, D.C.
•A cloud of gloom hangs over thisoccasion," said OlarIes J. Cannan, presidentof the World Federation of Hemophilia.
In Washington,
the matter has
been a political football for both
Congress and the Bush administration,
each of which has insisted that it is up
to the other to repeal the provision.
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with AIDS out of food-handling jobs was
still undecided when Congress left town
June 28 for i~ Fourth of July recess.
The provision, an amendment to alarger disability-rights bill sponsored by
Democratic Rep .. Jim Chapman ofTexas, was struck from the Americans
with Disabilities Act by a House/Senate
conference committee June 25. The
House had added the rider to the billby a narrow margin during floor
debate. The Senate later put its seal of
approval on the provision in an equally close vote.
The measure is set to be voted on
a'gain in both chambers,
whenCongress returns from its July recess,and ,key House and Senate supportersof the Chapman amendment have.expressed their inten~ions to !\send thebill back to' the committee with instructions to put the rider back in.
In the conference
committee,
Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy of
Massaachusetts
staunchly opposed
including the measure in any final version of the bill, despite the Senate'svote to support it.
House members of the conference, however, were largely split on
killing the proposal, eventually ,voting
12-to-l0 to drop it. Republican Rep.
Steve Bartlett of Texas, a ,conference
member and the leading proponent ofa, number of limiting amendments to
the ADA, led the unsucoessful fight toretain the amendment. He ptedictedthat striking the proposal could lead toa major delay in the enactment of thebill and could even kill. it for this ses·sion of Congress.
--Cliff O'Neill,•.Science. d's1am.JIle
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tutes of Health for excluding women
ft:om a wide variety of medical research
protocols, including AIDS investigations.
"This is not a question of legal
access or affirmative action; it is a question of health and well-beiong,' stated
Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman of California, chair of the House Committee
on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
During the hearings, which werecalled as part of the NIH reauthorization process, Waxman cited a recent
report from the General Accounting
Office which concluded that the NIH
has done little to implement a fouryear-old policy to include women in
medical research protocols.
The report concluded that the NIH
routinely studies only men and thenmust struggle to determine if theresults also apply to women.
Waxman used the example of a
recent study that determinedthataspirin ingested daily helped prevent
heart attacks in men as emblematic of
the problem. How the drug would
affect women, who have different biological systems, could not be ascertained by study, Waxman noted,
because women were not studied.
AIDS activists have also criticized
the NIH for the same reason. Despite
the fact that women die from AIDSrelated complications much faster thanmen, women and the infections that are
more likely to strike them have been 1argely ignored by the agency, activistscharge.
While acknowledging the scarcity
of women and minorities in research
protocols, Dr. William Raub, NIH acting director, stated that the agency has
been working on repairing the inequity
by recruiting women and people ofcolor as subjects and as researchers.
Still, Raub noted, .there . is someresistance within the NIH to solving
the equity issues in reearch protocols.
"Those that received the word
about the policy," stated Raub, "don't
all seem to understand it. And most
distresSing of all, ... some of those thatapparently received the policy andunderstand it, have demonstrated somearrogance or indifference with respect
to it. We view that as very serious."- Cliff O'NeillHouse
follows
Senate inpassage ofDS funds
WASHINGTON-The
U.S. House ofRepresentatives on June 13 approved,by an overwhelming 408-14 margin, abill channeling $873 million to areas
hard hit by AIDS. The bill, the AIDS
Prevention Act of 1990, would fund aseries of AIDS prevention activities aswell as authorize grants for support
services and emergency financial assistance for people with AIDS. f... slightly
different version passed by the Senate
in May will be m~rged with the House
bill in a conference committee.
The White House has not yettaken a position on the 'legislation but
has expressed concern about the bill's
disease-specificapproachto thehealth-care crisis.
"Some people speak as if thewhole epidemic were over, as if the
problem was only in the 1980s," stated
Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman ofCalifornia, the bill's chief sponsor.
"AIDS is not over. We have in fact only
seen the beginning. Having missed an
opportunity to provide an ounce of•preventIon,
we must now prepare to
pay for pounds and pounds of cure."
Much of the debate on the bill
centered around an amendment intr<r
duced by Republican Rep. WilliamDannemeyer of California, a prominent
proponent of anti-gay policies. This
amendment would have ordered allstates benefiting from the bill to record
the names and addresses of individuals
testing positive for HIV, and to contact
the sexual and needle-sharing partnersof those infected.
After protracted and often rancorous debate, a substitute amendment
gutting the Dannefueyer proposal wasoffered by Democratic Rep. Roy Rowland of Geor~ia, one of two physicians
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in Congress, and was accepted by a
250-167 vote. The Rowland substituteamendment,
rather than impose
mandatory testing, would leave thematter for the states to decide.
Dannemeyer argued that a handfulof medical societies have come to support his names-reporting measure as atheoretical means of reaching those
infected individuals for counseling andtreatment, as is done with curable sexually transmitted diseases. He eschewed
charges that the collection of names
and addresses by the states would be, used to discriminate against the infected or prosecute those who acquired
the disease by means of outlawed
activities, the two most commqn, ofcourse, being unprotected anal intercourse and N-drug use.
"We have a major health crisis on
our hands," he stated. "We federal taxpayers are being asked to pony up
about $4 billion to fight this epidemic_ this y~. If we are going to be asked to
expend that kind of money, we should
also require that those that are HN carriers be accountable to the system."
Although most of the discussion of
the Dannemeyer amendment opposed it,some supporting the proposal took theopportunity to target the gay community.
"If the homosexual lobby were notas powerful as it is today, I think thisamendment would pass by a voice
vote," stated Republican Rep. Clyde
Holloway of Louisiana. "It is because of
the powerful lobby that there is herethat we are not likely to approve this.". "This has nothing to do with powerful lobbyists," countered Democratic.Rep. Eliot L. Engel of New York. "It has
something to do with people and compassion. We need to show compassion.
We need to show compassion and help
people with AIDS, not throw obstaclesin . their path.".
. Early in the debate, on a voice.vote following virtually no discussion,
the House brushed aside an amendment from Democratic Republican Rep.
pan Burton of Indiana which would
have ordered that every American betested annually for HIV.
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Dannemeyer did finally vote forpassage of the bill, despite his
defeat on the names reporting
amendment.
AIDS activists expressed tentative relief upOn the defeat of theDannemeyer proposal. The. votecame on the heels of the recent
passa.ge of an amendment to adisability-rights bill, sponsored by
Democratic Rep. Jim Chapman ofTexas, which allowed restaurants
to reasSign employees with AIDS
to non-food handling jobs, andAIDS activists and lobbyists had
worried about a, backslide undermining House opposition
toDannemeyer's AIDS proposals ..
Gregory King, communica~
tions director for the Human
Rights Campaign Fund, the Washington-based
gay-rights lobby,
suggested that some House members may actually have fought to"make up for" their votes on the
recent food-handlers amendment B H.
ea ansonby opposmg Dannemeyer.
Ph T L L'
The process of merging theoto:. . Itt
House and Senate bills is scheduled to"A lot of organizations don't breakcommence by the end of June.
down violence by HIV status," said
-Cliff O'Neill
Hanson. Noting that even the district
attorney's office doesn't seem to consider the possibilities, Hanson added, "Iwant to see more organizations ask
people if it's HIV-related."
According to Hanson, the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force, in monitoring lesbian and gay violence, has discovered that approximately 15 percent ofbias-related violence cases involving gay
people are AIDS-related. And, Hanson
said, she thinks that the incidence of HNrelated violence is rapidly on the rise,
NEW YORK-The Gay and Lesbian
The AVP has also recorded an
Anti-Violence Project has appointed
increase in domestic violence in which
Bea Hanson, a social worker, to the
newly created post of coordinator of one partner is HN-positive. The organization has found that some landlords use
HN-related violence services.
. Hanson, who graduated from the HN status as an excuse to harass tenants.
Previously, Hanson developed a
Hunter College School of Social Work,will research HIV-related violence in resource guide for New York City's
Managers on public
New York City, develop a manual for Intensive Case
assistance entitlements and a technical
HN service providers and community
groups, educate those groups about the assistance manual for the Women's
resources available to crime victims and Housing Coaliti~n, She has been active
alert them to the particular needs of in tenant organizing and is a volunteer
HN-affected crime victims.
with the Alliance of Women Against

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Racism Everywhere and ACf UP, where
she has worked on the resource sectionof the forthCOming book Women, AIDS
and Activism. Hanson received herundergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
In her role as coordinator, Hanson
said that she hopes to teach HIV-related crime prevention and intervention.
Salary for the ten-month contractposition is $18 per hour for a 30-hour
workweek. Hanson, 29, lives in Brooklyn with her lover, Cynthia Chris.
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have joined the suit, underscoring theplaintiff's allegation that police tookcharge of the largely gay neighborhood
brutally and without discipline.
The suit alleges that the overly
zealous law enforcement that night waspart of a pattern of police attacks onpolitical protesters, and that the police
command has attempted to cover up
improprieties and illegal actions on thepart of officers.
"There appears to have been a conspiracy among the police ...to retaliate
against the activists for three earler AIDS
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INSURANCE from page 12bill-, one Republican senator from'
Queens, Serphin Maltes~, has "C,ome
out of the closet" on just that point.
According to Post, Maltese reasons that
because homosexuality is a chosenorientation, lesbians and gay men
invite violence.
"You people makea choice, so.
,
why should we protect you?" Maltese
reportedly said' in a conversation withlobbyists from the Bias Bill Task Force.
While Maltese's office had no commenton the quote other than to term it
volatile, one lobbyist said pointedly,"At least he's an.honest bigot."
A bias-legislation
coordinatorretained by the New York City Gay
and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project andGay Men's Health Crisis, Howard Katz,
and Mitch Nisonoff, chair of theLegislation Committee of the Bar
Association for Human Rights ofGreater New York, both echoed Post's
opinion that enactment of Cuomo's
bias bill will. occur only when the
Republican majority in the Senate has
been removed.
"It all depends on election returns,"
commented
Nisonoff, calling thelobbying work "a very frustrating
experience." Nisonoff characterized, Republican inaction on the bias bill thatgay and lesbian advocates support "acontinuing homophobic response to agood piece of legislation," adding that
future lobbying on behalf of the billwould be "fruitleSs as long as we havea Republican Senate.".. "We can guarant~e passage [of thebias bill] by changing four seats in the
Senate to get a Democratic majority,"
Katz agreed, calling this first debate
and vote "a significant step.". Currently, there are 34 Republicans
and 27 Democrats in the Senate, and all
61 seats are on the ballot this year.
Both Post and Katz contend thatseveflll.J{epublican seats are vulnerable,
and Nisonoff pointed out that the
Democratic push to elect pro-choicecandidates will be an important factor
in overturning the Republican majority
in the Senate.
. Governor
Cuomo, too, has
expressed a desire to see Republican
control of the Senate come to an end.
At a recent press conference, according
to a spokesperson for the governor,

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employed for some time dropped thelegal-services organization because theinsul1Ulce company was getting out of
the health-insurance business. Lambda's
deputy director, Ruth Herring, said that
she was "exploring options."
The scenario is the same for the
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had the.
same private carrier since 1983. On
July 1, AVP is also switching to Blue'
Cross/Blue Shield for health coveragefor its five full-time employees.
Gay and AIDSselViceorganizations
cannot avoid paying high premiums.
Increases of 50 percent to 100 percent
are commonplace. "I don't doubt Blue
Cross/Blue Shield has serious claims
with us," said Whitman-Walker's
Graham. In contrast, according to the
Health Insurance Association ofAmerica, a trade group representing 320
private insurance companies, theaverage increase in 1989 for employers
with group coverage was about 20
percent. "That's huge," said an HIAA
spokesperson, Donald White.. "It reallycaused hardship on their businesses."In New York, Blue Cross/Blue
Shield offers something- private insurers
do not: group health plans that require
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experiencing,according to a gay
insurance broker who requested
anonymity. His clients are able to keep
their coverage with their private
carrier. He said that in more than 25
years of selling insurance, he never••saw a company raIse
a premIUm
because of risk associated with a
specific group of people. Rather, hesaid, rates are raised due to across-theboard general conditions.
"rve never had a group discontinued
because of high claims," he said, "and I've
never, never had premiums increase
because of AIDS." Unlike service
organizations, businesses can stay in thecloset. "There's no reason for the
insurance cqmpany to know," thebroker said.
To blame increased premiums on
AIDS or HIV infection is folly, both thebroker and HIAA's White claimed,
because private insurance is in thebusiness of making money. Accepting
high-risk applicants, whether they have
AIDS, a heart condition or backproblem, or they are in therapy, means•that the business loses on the deal.
Therefore, priv~te insurance companies
don't accept such applicants. "There's
no law that says the insurance company
accepts the risk," the broker said.
Except, perhaps,with Blue
Cross/Blue Shield, which was set up toprovide insurance for those who
couldn't obtain it privately. HIAA
estimates that about 31 million
Americans-about
15 percent of the
population-lackhealth insurance.
"The government
does have a
responsibility to provide health care to
those below the poverty level andthose who are medically uninsurable,"
White said.
Meanwhile, the Whitman-Walker
Clinic may have found a way out of its
problem. On June 26, legislation was
introducedin the city council
proposing that the city pay a portionof its premiums because of the clinic;saltruistic work for D.C. residents. Last
year, Whitman-Walker had over 6,300
patient visits for AIDS-related medical
services, free of charge. A clinic
spokesperson,
Scott Sanders, told
OutWeek that 11 of 13 councilors
sponsored the bailout bill, and its midJuly passage seems secure.
How does " someone who has HIV
infection go about getting insurance? If•July 18. 1990
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will be denied, experts say. In New
York, an'HIV-infected person can buy aBlue Cross/Blue Shield policy and bitethe bullet' when paying the premium.
But as White said: "If it's available, andyou can't afford it, then it's worthless."
For the future, there's national
health insurance. HIAA is pushing a. variation on that idea, lobbying states to
set up risk pools for the uninsured,similar to those that insure high-risk
drivers. Twenty-three states have alreadyapproved such a plan, White said. T••

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AIDS epidemic and a large uninsured
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adopts a national catastrophic plan, we
at the local level will continue toshoulder an unfair burden of what is at
the heart of a national burden."Supporters expect passage of thebill by mid-July.
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Slater's prior history.
In an unrelated case, a culprit has
not yet been apprehended in the deathof 37-year-old Sherrie Ransom. Police
report that he was killed in his
apartment in Bucks County, outside
Philadelphia, the day before the Oliver
murder. Ransom, a pre~perative maleto-female transsexual
whose birthname was Lawrence, was not robbed,
and there were no signs of forced entry
into the apartment or of a struggle.
However, Ransom's car, a .t984 red
Pontiac Fiero, was missing.
The Bucks County district attomey's
office has released
only limited
information regarding the killing, but
District Attorney Allan Rubenstein notedthat it is presumed that the attacker was
known to the victim because there were
. no signs to the contrary. Rubenstein said
that his office was "investigating aU
possibilities" in the murder, but that thepossibility of the crime being related to
Ransom's transgenderism "had not been
excluded."Unconfmned reports from sources
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••abortion-meansthat there is less andless chance of gaining 'full enfranchisement for gays and lesbians through the
Court. The 1986 Hardwick decision on
sodomy was centered around the Eighth.Amenqrnent's privacy issues, and Justice
Harry Blackmun's dissenting opinionand later denunciationof the Court's
majority opinion-referred
repeatedly tothe constitutional protections to privacy
explicit in Roe v. Wade.
Cases that impact negatively in thearea of privacy rights, which are notconstitutionally guaranteed but have been
constituted over the years through various
legal decisions, have great potential todamage persons with lflV-related disease.
If the state can essentially be' given theopportunity to "take over" in specificareas of medical ethics such as thoseraised by the Cruzan case, then thoserights can be extended as the Court
allows states more latitude in the decisionmaking process regarding righHo-die andright -to-life debates.
The extension of the rights of thepolice can have a similar chilling effect forgays and lesbians. In one case, the Court
ruled that anonymous "tips" alone could bereason for ~topping an individual forquestioning or even for arrest; in anothercase, the Court allowed evidence "sighted"
by police making inquiries to be used forlater arrests. Although both cases related todrug offenses, they could easily be
extended to written' materials, politicalmaterials, pornography and the like toimplicate members of the gay community
in possible crimes. Indeed, the use of "tips"
almost invites abuse.
UlVlIShiYaid, executive director of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force andan attorney, told' OutWeek: "The biggest
problem this year, and what is going to
cOntinue to be a looming problem for futureterms, is that the Court continues to constrict
the ·domain of individual autonomy andexpand state control over private lives.
What we see in the Crnzan case this tenn
and in Webster [last term's abortion
restriction casel and.in Hardwick is thiserosion of privacy .. The Rehnquist Court
simply continues to rend the Constitution."
Yaid said that as an attorney she
believes ."passionately" in the Bill of Rights
and that the Court has "decimated the
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maximizing
the autonomyof theindividual's rights within the state. Yet we
see the line between church and state
blurred and the right to privacy eroded. It'svery dangerous when individuals arehaving their rights gradua1ly taken away, as
is happening with this Court. Not everyone
sees that happening.".
But Yaid said that there is a deftnite
pattern of what she termed "civil rights
erosion" of the Constitution .and the Bill of
Rights. She said that compelling arguments
for this erosion have been made andallowed because "lawyers can rationalize
anything-that's what we're paid to do." She
added that there are those who are looking
for positive aspects to the decisions inquestion, but that they need to see thepattern of expansion of state rights overthose of the individual that is thefoundation of the Rehnquist Court.
"Earlier Courts took a more broad view
regarding civil rights," Yaid explained, "suchas those decisions involving remedies toracial discrimiriation or sex discrimination.
The Court has undercut all of this. It's forthat reason that the number-one priority of
the Civil Rights Conference this year has
been the Civil Rights Act of 1990, which will
help to remedy the damage done by thisCourt's ruIing<;."Yaid clarified, however, that it is not
only nonwhite minorities and women who
are affected by these decisions and thispattern of reversal. "These decisions have
had a disproportionate
effect on
disenfranchised voices-gays and lesbians
as well as minorities, the disabled women,"she declared. "This Court has allowed itself
to be politicized by the far Right, who aremasters at double-speak and at creating
divisive agendas. The result is that thisCourt has sabotaged the flow of civil rightsthat is supposed to happen when there is aconjunction of the Constitution and the
Court. This just stands justice on its head!
The Court is supposed to vindicate therights of the individual-that was what itwas created for. But that is certainly notwhat we're seeing. And I think, with therulings in both Cruzan and in the abortion
cases, we can see what's down the road forlesbians and gay ~enfrom this Court."
Representatives
fromPlannedParenthood and the National Abortion Rights
Action League agree that the Cruzan caseand the Ohio and Minnesota abortion
rulings are all of a piece and signal a retreat
by the Court from any earlier attention to
medical rights to privacy, Kathryn Kolbert,••. the attorney who argued Pennsylvania's
pivotal test to Roe three tenns ago for theAmericanCivil Liberties
Union's
Reproductive Freedom Project, stated thatthe abortion cases signal clearly the
direction the Court is taking. "What this law
says is that a teenager is not old enough tod~de whether to have a child, but that she
is old enough to be a parent."
The inausion of the High Court into thehomes and cars of individuals (through therelaxation of police restraints), the bedrooms
and doctors' offices (through the abortion
rulings) and now even the beds c:i the braindead does not signal anything positive forcases involving gays and lesbians. Said v.tid:"We have to recognize that our rights arebeing taken.away from us. This Court is antiindividual, anti-woman, anti-gay and antiminority. It has said quite clearly that theindividual should not look to the Constinuion,as interpreted by this Court, for help." T
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1989. However, according
to Andy
Humm, educational
director at the
Hetrick-Martin Institute, an advocacy
group for gay youth, and a member ofan advisory committee that is working to
implement the multicultural curriculum,
virtually nothing has been done to
implement that resolution.
"I would characterize members of
the committee as frustrated at this point,"
Humm said of the advisory committee toChancellor of Schools Joseph Fernandez.
Ideally, the multicultural
curriculum
would promote and foster tolerance fordiversity in the public school system.
New York City, together with HetrickMartin, also operates the Harvey Milk HighSchool, a last resort for gay and lesbianstudents who, because of harassment, areunable to function at other city schools.
Housed in two rooms at Hetrick-Martin,
the program enrolls between 20 :l!ld 30
students each year.
Lee Hudson, director of the Mayor's
Office for the Lesbianand Gay
Community under former Mayor Edward
I. Koch, was instrumental
in getting
sexual orientation
includedin themulticultural curriculum resolution andlater, in creating educational materials
for the les.bian and gay component ofthat curriculum.

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written up after his diagnosis, was dearly attributable, at least in part, to a desire to avoid these medical expenses.
(At the time of the discharge, the symtr
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It is likely that discharges of HNpositive workers can be challenged in thesame way under Section 510. One of themain advantages of using Section 510 isthe possibility of speedy resolution
through a demand for temporary injunctive relief. A person who is suffering acontinuing injury due to unlawful action
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since it appears that federal courts havelargely accepted the medical evidence
showing that HN-infected persons do notpresent a significant public-health risk in
the workplace, and in at least one important case, a federal appeals court has ordered an employer to restore a personwith AIDS to his previous job as a highschool teacher through this kind of temporary injunction proceeding. The highschool teacher's case (brought under federal disability law because the school district was a federal-funding recipient) resulted in a, positive decision within a few
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wenty years after the first Lesbianand Gay Pride celebration, the annual parades and rallies in most major
cities and many small towns around the.country can boast all the spOntaneity ofa Chri!!trnas sale at Macy's. Participants
would probably be hard-pressed to articulate the differences among celebrations of the past few years. For µtany
lesbians and gay men, Pride Day is the
only time when they come in contact
with the organized gay anc:l lesbiancommunity
a community to whose

inner workings they remain happily
oblivious.
But for the few women and men
who spend a large part of the year
planning for the cel~bration, Pride Day
is the most heavily negotiated, politically laden 24 hours of the year. As the
day nears, the letters pages of gay andlesbiari newspapers become battIegroun:ds for activists squaring off overthe controversial choice of rally sight or. parade route, marching order or starting time, admission price or corporate
sponsor. But the most contentious arguments alwayS center on the choice of
speakers for the rallies that precede or
folIow the parades in many cities.
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facets of the comml,mity as yc:m can,"explains Jeff Weiser, chair of the committee that organized Our Voices, New
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Months before the event, members of
the committee compiled a "wish list" of
speakers. "But there is alwayS anotherlist in your mind," notes Weiser. "Youask, Do we have a woman of color.?Do
we have a person with AIDS? Do wehave it's very easy to get caught up inthat. So at one point I just threw that to
the wind."
Wtimately, the New York committee settled on the idea of a community
lottery. Members of the committee selected the keynote speakers and several other representatives, leaving five
three-minute slots open to individuals
who entered a lottery.
Weiserlarity contest. We have a long history inthis country of not electing minorities,
minority lesbians, people with AIDS-people this community really needs tohear from." Indeed, the 1,500 ballots
cast in the Pride Committee election
did not ensure slots for a lesbian ofcolor, a person with AIDS or a bisexual person .
. Accusations of responsibility-shirking were perhaps loudest in Washington, D.C., where the organizers. of thePride festivities solved the politics of
speaker choice by eliminating speakers
altogether and restricting post-parade
fare to entertainment. In fact, the capital's Pride organizers seemed to work
diligently to de-politicize the Pride cel-"It's an insult to the intelligence of the community. It

notes withpleasurethat the resulting roster was as diverse as any list of speakers the committee may have devised:
The two women and three men who
spoke included a person of color and aperson with AIDS,' and presented
speeches ranging from a radical call toarms to a declaration of love.
Not everyone regarded the speakers as representative and the selection
process as democratic, however. Someobservers accused the Our Voices committee of shirking its decision-making
responsibility-acharge also leveledagainstthe
Boston Pride Committee,
which held an' election to choose thisyear's rally speakers.
"Since last year was a disaster and.they took so' much heat, they decided
to abdicate all responsibility by holding
an 'election,'" explains Boston AIDS activist Steven Busby, who emphaticallyobjects to this method of choosing
speakers. "Ldidn't.think it was a popu-

ebration. A measure of the committee's
success is best articulated by the Washington Post Pride-coverage pull quote:"This is not a political rally," noted organizer Vernon L. Strickland Ill. "This is
our 'day.""I think it's an insult to the intelligence of the community, " counters
Roger Doughty, president of the. D.C.
Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance. "I
think it completely forgets what PrideDay is all about. Pride Day is an inherendy political event, whether the Pride
Committee wants it to be or not.". Pride organizers defend theirchoice by pointing to the impossibilityof scheduling all local political organizations and candidates for office to
speak during one rally. Doughty dismisses this argument as "pseudo-rational" and hypocritical on the part ofpeople who have no qualms aboutchoosing between entertainers, poten-

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"If you ·are going to spend a year
planning something, and you are goingto take criticism for it no matter what
you do,· echoes Busby from Boston,"you might as well do what you believe in. Do the right thing, and then,at least, you can counter the criticism.·
The right. thing, to Busby, is "that wegrow up and accept our responsibilities
to the community, that when 50,000
gays and lesbians get together, even if
it's 'just for a party,' it is indeed apolitical act." 'Busby sees ominous Implications,"a kind of macabre frivolity,· in thegradual and not-so-gradual lowering of
the political note in Pride celebrations incities as different as Washington, Los
Angeles (where the post-parade celebration was also limited to entertainmenO,
Boston and New York. '1 do hope that
Gay Pride, or Freedom Day, or whatever you want to call it, does not justmove into a massive celebration andcompletely lose sight of the fact that westill are an oppressed minority."
While the activists in the big
cities debated the politics of their
15th or 20th Pride celebrations, handfuls of celebrants gathered to commemorate lesbian and gay pride inSouth Carolina, in Boise, Idaho, andin Wichita, Kansas. These crowds
were addressed by staff members of
the National Gay and Lesbian Political
Task Force, whose home base of·Washington, D.C., was c.elebrating
Pride with song and dance.
In Boise and Wichita, "they are notafraid to have empowering, hard-hitting political speakers,· declares Task
Force Public Information Director
Robert Bray. Meanwhile, in New York,
Jeff Weiser spent a week in front of the
Lesbian and Gay Community Center,asking people what they wanted from. a Pride rally, and hearing: "More entertainment and less speakers.· Perhaps
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and residences for more than 30 minutes. During the scuffle, the suit also
charges, police used their nightsticks
illegally, striking both demonstratorsand bystanders with overhand blows.
, One 'plaintiff, who was allegedly bludgeoned by police as he waited for afriend near the demonstration, told alocal newspaperthat he required
stitcheson his face to treat the
injuries he received.
The October 6 demonstration fromwhich the charges arise took place inconjunction with actions all across thecountry. San Francisco's action drew
nationwide attention because of whatobservers called the worst ,police violence since the 1979 "White Night" riots
following the acquittal of Dan White,
the assassin of Harvey Milk and George
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Simpler•technique·checksfor PCPNEW YORK-Need the phone numberof the Radical Faeries? The address ofthe Women's Center of Brooklyn College? Wonder if there's a gay boxing clubor any Spanish-language gay church services? Can't remember what the Salsa
Soul Sisters changed its name to?
'Don't fret. The answers to theseand many other questions can be foundin the June 1990 New York Metropolitan
Area edition of the Lesbian and Gay
Directory of Services and Resources,
published by the office of the New York
City comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman.
.. Continuing a six-year tradition
pegun by her predecessor, Harrison
Goldin, and his gay liaison, Wayne
Steinman, the "new and expanded"resource guide with over 450 listings, is
now available.
.
"As we celebrate Lesbian and Gay.
Pride Month, it is especially importantto highlight the diversity and creativityof the organizations listed in the directory, which provide opportunities forsupport, counseling, networking and34

education," Holtzman said in a prepared statement.
Five thousand. copies of the 52page
booklet,which is crossindexed by contact
name, subject matter and geographic
area, have alreadybeen published.
_Copies are available at the city's
lesbian and gay
bookstores or by
writing to Alan
Fleishman, Office Kowalski and Thompson accapt.tha NOW awardof the Comptroller, Photo:Darlene/PhotoGraphics
1 Centre St., Room
Hospital in Boston, according to Blau.
839, New York, NY 10007.
of aGroups wishing to be listed in future In the past year, development
staining technique has enhanced theeditions may write to the same address.
accuracy of sputum analysis and-Duncan Osborne
allowed the outpatient procedure toleap to the fore in terms of diagnosing
PCP, which strikes morethan half of•people infected with HIV at least once.
The u-aditional diagnostic tool for
PCP is bronchoscopy, or the insertion
into the lungs of a flexible tube throughwhich bronchial' fluid and a biopsy arewithdrawn. Sputum analysis requires
only that the patient inhale a nebulizedsaline solution that induces the coughing by which the sputum specimen is
NEW YORK-An outpatient facility
obtained. The procedure usually takes
offering a noninvasive technique used
about 15 minutes to perform and yields
to diagnose a deadly AIDS-related
results within a few hours.
.
pneumonia has opened here, making
For more information about sputhis city the first in the world with a
tum analysis, call (212) 691-6384, orclinic that offers the procedure. Unlike
visit the Downtown Pulmonary Center
the diagnostic test currently used to
at 314 W. 14th St.
- Nina Reyes
identify Pneumocystic carinii pneumonia, or PCP, as the often-lethal opportunistic infection is commonly known,
the new method is easy to perform andis approximately one-tenth the cost of
the traditional diagnostic procedure.
"Not only is the test very sensitive,
but it's specific," explained AnthonyBlau, director of the Downtown Pulmonary Center, which has made the newpneumonia-detecting technique available
recently. "Having a test available liketheir firstthis, [a primary-care physician] may be SAN FRANCISCO-In
national public appearance together,able to rule out PCP fairly confidently."
Sharon Kowalski and Karen ThompThe procedure, known as sputum
analysis, has been used regularly with son continued to make lesbian andgay history when they were presented
excellent results at San Francisco
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July 18. 1990

Kowalski,Thompson•receive.

NOW award•~for Women's "Women of Courage"
Award for 1990 at NOW'S annual cone.
'."
vention here last month.
In a hall packed with more than
2,000 people, NOW President Molly
Yard praised Thompson and Kowalski's
courage and strength over the past several years of struggle in securing bettercare for Thompson and for fighting to•remain together under a legal system
which dose not yet acknowledge gay
and lesbian relationships.
"You are such an example to any
woman---any person in America who
has a problem," Yard said, praising thepair because they "would not give in."Thompson and Kowalski's story,
which became a national test case forthe' rights of gay and lesbian life-partners, began in 1984, when Sharon
Kowalski, then 27, was seriously
injured in an auto accident involving adrunk driver. Although Kowalski andThompson had been lovers for four
years and shared a home together near
St. Cloud, Minn., Kowalski's family had
not known the true nature of theirdisplay and classified, includes special issues
daughter's relationship with Thompson.
The Kowalski family initiallyworked with Thompson in their daughter's best interests after her lesbianism
was revealed to them by Thompson.
But in 1985, Sharon's father fought forsole guardianship over his daughter incourt and won-because
he wasdeemed by legal authority to be "family," and Thompson was not.
Within 24 hours, Mr. Kowalski
tried to deny Thompson visitationrights, and she was subsequently
barred for more than three years fromvisiting her lover. Thompson has since
spent more than $175,000 fighting forthe right to care for her lover.
At the award ceremony, Thompson stood onstage with Kowalski
beside her in a motorized wheelchair.
As Thompson spoke, she let her arm
rest on the back of the partner's chair, •.
and Kowalski frequently gazed up and•smiled at Thompson.
In her brief but moving acceptancespeech, Thompson thanked NOW for
its support and said that she hopes July
1:7 will be her last court appearance inher fight to secure guardianship ofKowalski. She said that they have"turned the case around, and Sharon's
rights will be protected. It's not over,
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biomedi-advancing.Rapidly,research suggests thatcal,homosex-uality occurs in the -fetus during pregnancy. Suchhypothesizing has led to a new "illness··theory.

dthat/-of course,:has led to a new search for a c'cure.
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By Dr. Charles-Silversteinn 1,973the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders. It was an importantday for gay men and lesbians, one that we had worked
toward for many years. I know, because I made the presentation to the psychiatric committee which helped lead to theremoval. Little did we know, however, that, at the same time, adifferent group of medical specialists was working on a new "ilIness" theory of homosexuality.
This new threat to gay people is the work of researchers in
the United States and East Germany. Working from a biomedical
model, they have developed a whole range of theories and treatments to prevent the development of homosexuality in children
and to "cure" it in adults: All of them attempt to identify thephysical cause of homosexuality and then to eliminate it.
Historically, three methods have been applied in attempts to•eradicate homosexuality: surgery, treatment with hormones and,the most r~cent, prenatal intervention. The frrst two have been
total failures. It's the research on prenatal hormones that is new
and frightening, mostly because these treatments presume that
biology is destiny.
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••n East German scientist named Steinach was, in 1917,,the first to use a surgical technique in an attempt to,,"cure" homosexuality. He would partially castrate ahomosexual man and then transplant testicular tissue from a.heterosexual man into the castrated patient. He did this in the.belief that homosexuality· was a form of her-maphrodism, constituting the so-called third sex, (In fact, Steinach was a goodfriend of the German writer Magnus Hirschfeld, who promµl. gated the theory of "the third sex.") About a dozen men were.
"treated" between 1916 and 1921. Complete castration was not
performed, in the hope that after transplantation of the "normal" testicular tissue, the man would be cured, marry, father
children and lead a normal (i.e., heterosexual) life. The experiments were a failure,
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In 1962, a new surgical technique was introduced in East Germany. Seventy-five men considered sexually "abnormal" were
subjected to hypothalamotomies. In this operation, part of the
hypothalamus is surgically destroyed. Most of the men subjectedto these operations were either imprisoned or involuntarily committed to a mental institution. The majority were diagnosed aseither "pedophile" or "hypersexed," although some were simply"homosexual." (One of the patients was selected because, at theage of 37, he masturbated daily.) No evidence exists that the surgeons changed the sexual orientation of any of these men. Before
long, other East German sex researchers became so outraged bythese surgical mutilations that b;ain surgery as a technique tocure sexual problems came to a halt there.
At the time, homosexuality was generally identified withinadequate masculinity in men and hypermasculinity in women.
From this simplecminded notion evolved the curious idea that
one can "cure" a man of homosexuality-make him heterosexual-by injecting him with androgen, or "male" hormones, andrestoring the proper androgen/estrogen balance. The many
attempts to use testosterone to "cure" homosexuality also failed.
What actually happened was that the testosterone increased thelibido of the patients. Instead of "curing" homosexuality, theexperiment produced some very horny gay men! Today, no sex
researcher in the United States advocates the use of hormones
after puberty to change sexual orientation.
ut the desire to eradicate homosexuality from the generalpublic has not ceased. Indeed, it continues to be an obsessive ambition of many scientists. The attention of biomedical researchers has now moved to the influence of hormones
during fetal development. Currently, in East Germany, thework of Gunter Doerner, and in the United States, the work of
Heino Meyer-Bahlburg, dominate this new research into the biological origin of sexual orientation .. It is the work of these twothat has caused the greatest controversy. From the point of viewof Doerner and Meyer-BaWburg, their approach is an importantscientific advance. From the point of view of their critics, it is a•appears to be his intenpolitically motivated endotion. In a response tocrinological euthanasia
attacks on his work, heof homosexuality.
published the following
In a series of animal
in 1be Archives of Sexustudies, Doerner investial Behavior, a leading
gated the influence of
sex-research
journal:prenatal hormones upon
adult sexual behavior.
It was concluded
He claims to have idenfrom these data
tified a "dual mating-centhat...it might betern in the brain of the rat.
come possible in
One part of the hypothathe future.---.6t least
lamus is said to control
in some casesmale sexual behaviorto correct abnormounting, intromission
mal sex-hormone
and ejaculation. A differlevels during brainent part controls female
differentiation insexual behavior-lordoorder to prevent
sis, a female's allowing a
the development
male to mount her. He
of homosexualimaintains that if prenatalty. However, thisandrogens are high, theshould be done,
male center of the brain
if at all, only if it
predominates,
but ifis urgently deandrogens are low, the fesired by the pregmale center predominates.
nant mother.
Having identifed thisVolkmair Sigusch, a"dual mating-center,"German sex-researcher,
Doerner next attempted
has been one of theto influence adult sexual
leaders
in attacking
behavior in the rat by
Doerner's work. He also
administering sex horled the protests againstmones around the time
the use of brain surgeryof birth. He claims thatto "cure" sexual variamale rats experimentallytions. In the' same jourdeficient in androgens
nal, Sigusch wrote:
showed lordosis, and•that female rats treated
It becomes parwith androgens
soon
ticularly evident•
Illustrations: S. Nikolsky
after birth demonstrated
how closely all
mounting behavior.
Doerner's experiments on the subject of homosexuality
MakiOg a peculiar theoretical leap, Doerner then claimed
collude with the social prejudice that demands thethat the same prenatal theory would explain adult sexual orienrestriction and control of homosexuality.
tation in humans. If the "female" center of the brain of a genetic
Aslde from the many knotty issues (ethical, moral, political, .
and somatic male develops, a homosexual orientation results. If thesexual) raised by such research, there are quite a few scientific"male" center of the brain of a genetic and somatic female develops,
lesbianism occurs in the adult woman. A bisexual orientation is problems with the endocrine studies. The facile analogy
between' rat studies and human behavior is obviously the first
explained as the effect of an intermediate level of androgens.
conceptual problem. Mounting behavior in the rat is assumed to
Doernermaintains that sexual
differentiation of the brain occurs.
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be analogous to human sexual behavior. This obviously follows
between the fourth and seventh month of fetal life. He further
from the assumption that a rat's "mating center" has a counterstates that a study relating the effects of maternal stress during
part in the human brain. But. we might, more productively, ask
pregnancy to adult homosexuality supports his hypothesis.
the question: Can a rat be a homosexual? The question sounds
Going even a step further, Doerner's most recent claim, which
remains unsubstantiated, is that he has used the drug Iisuride to absurd because while an adult rat performs sexual behavior, one
would be hard-pressed to claim that a rat has a sexual identity,
turn pup rats from a homosexual to a heterosexual orientation.
Is Doerner actu.ally trying to eliminate gay people? That a gender iaentity or romantic attachments. It would be impossi-

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to show that a. rat's.
sexual behavior
isinfluenced by. moral
and social standards,
factors that' know aprofoundrole
in.human development.
Homosexuality forces
us to look at behavior
that is also social, even
if there is a biologicalor genetic predisposition. The social context
of behavior is ignoredby those who hold that
biology is destiny.
The second' conceptual problem is
Doerner's definition ofabnormality. What criteria do he and his colleagues use to discriminate between normal
and abnormal endocrinological events, andaccording to what standards is behavior in thehuman adult to be classified as healthyor pathological? None of Doerner's research touches
on these questions.
Let us assume thatthe prenatal hormonaldifferences
he describes do exist. Since•
they do not lead toanatomical abnormalities, his basis fordescribing the results. as abnormalities canonly be that he, like thesociety in which helives, disapproves ofhomosexuality. Without this cultural condemnation, the development of "male andfemale centers" of thebrain becomes nothing
more ·than variations innormal deveiopment ofbrain differentiation.
Doerner assumes a
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between sexual orien-•lo~many
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tation and gender behavior. From his point ofview, homosexuality inmen is comparable tofeminine behavior, and in
lesbians to masculine
behavior. It is the scientificequivalent of the social
opinion that gay men are"really" women and lesbians are "really" men.
But suppose, for argument's sake, that Doerner's results were accurate.
We would then be able tosay, for instance, that acertain hormonal event
led to "feminine" behavior
in an adult male. So what?
It is a noteworthy event
only if the adult behavior
has been prejudged as
undesirable from a social
perspective. Doerner andhis followers are merely
restating the oldest unexamined belief in theworld-thatmen should
act like men and womenshould act like women.
Research on the prenatal influences on later
sexual orientation is also
being conducted in the
United States. MeyerBahlburg, at the Psychiatric Institute of New
York, has been attempting
to trace the influence of
prenatal hormones onadult sexual behavior.
More sophisticated than
Doerner, Meyer-Bahlburg
does not believe that gender identity is determinedby prenatal hormones.
Instead' he thinks that acomprehensive
theorythat
combines
both
endocrine and social factors will explain the originof sexual orientation.
Some analysts c1aitll
that Meyer-Bahlburg ismore "liberal" than Doerner, but is he? He claims to••be looking for "endocrine
abnormalities"
which may lead to thedevelopment of homosexuality. So the important question is, Whatwould Meyer-Bahlburg
do if he believed that hefound the endocrine key
to sexual orientation?
Would he, like Doerner,
offer a treatment to pregnant· women to preventthe development of homosexuality in their offspring? He has not responded to this question,and until he does, his
motives remain suspect.
o gay people andto many sex researchers, the workof. DoernerandMeyer-Bahlburg has
only one object: to identify the "cause" of homosexuality
andthenreverse it. Indeed, gay
men and lesbians ..view
such a project as a' newattempt at genocide.
The implications ofbiomedical research are
If suchfar-reaching.
research efforts were to
succeed in unlocking thebiological component of
human sexuality, would
parents have the right toinfluence the fetal development of their children?
Would such scientificknowledge advance society, or would it only pander to society's fears? Wehave no reason to expect
the masses to refrainfrom interfering with theprenatal development of
their children; if given
the opportunity. On thecontrary, we have. every
reason to expect that parents will want children
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characteristics, including
body type, intelligence,eye and hair coloring---Qlld,of course, sexual orientation.
If past research suggests any pattern, biomedical research will, inthe end, be an utter failute. Dr. Smith may one
day have to inform Ms.
Jones, who is sixmonths pregnant, that:''Well, Ms. Jones;
I know you requested a malewith blue eyes,
blond
hair,
white skin, highintelligence andheterosexuality,
and I'm pleased
to tell you that
our tests showthat you' will
give birth to ahandsome boyof high intelligence. However,
we had a little
problemwiththe colors. It
looks like he'll
have blue skinand blond eyes.
And, oh yes,
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Of 'course, biomedical research may fail toprevent the development of homosexuality.
Even so, prenatal treatment may still· be offer-'ed. Quite obviously,
therapeutic treatment forhomosexuality represents punishment inflicted on people who havetransgressed the sexualrules of our society. The
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the efftcacy of suchtreatments has rarely
been the criteria governtng their uses. In the
19th century, torturous
devices were .invented
to prevent children
from masturbating.
Women who wanted
abortions were subjected to clitoridectomies(1'emovalof the clitoris).
Steinach tried to eradicate homosexuality
throughsurgery in
1917, and in the 1970s
and 1980s, surgeons. performed
brain
surgery until prohibited-not because theirexperiments
were afailure, but for moral
and ethical reasons.
Psychologists andpsychiatrists have, inrecent years, attempted .
to "cure" homosexualsof their "affliction" by
various means. Though
it was proven completely unsuccessful;aversion therapy (electroshock treatments)•
ended only because its
use was. no longer fashionable in the egalitarian. 1970s. psychoanaly.
sis has had an evenlonger life, and after
years of failing to "cure"homosexuality,
most
psychoanalysts
stillmaintain that homosexuality is.a pathology.which can be "cured"with "years of treat~
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teers. The problem withbiomedical research is thatit has eschewed moral andethical considerations andthereby reinforced society's fear of uncontrolled
sexual desire.
Many lesbians and gay
men support a theory
asserting that sexua:l orientation has some biological foundation. The disagreements arise over theextent to which social
learning
shapesany
innate predispositions. A
biological factor in thedevelopment of sexual
orientation will probably
be identified some day.
Will the gay movement
and the women's movement be united in thepositions they take on theimportant question of•
influendng sexual orientation during fetal development? For a long time, theliberal opinion has. defended women's rights tocontrol their own bodies.
But suppose Ms. Jones istold that the fetus she's carrying will grow up to begay. And suppose that Ms.
Jones decides to abort the
fetus because she doesn't
want any~ inherfumily.
This troubling scenario
is not yet a pressing reality. There is still no test thatcan predict future sexual
orientation.
No oneknows how soon or how
accurately the biomedical
researchers will solve theriddle of sexuality. But asresearch endeavoring to"prove" the biologicalbasis of sexuality continues at breakneck speed,
now is the time for gay
people to begin to address
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work no such mischief on this column.
I've long subscribed to a theory whichholds that birthdays spent in a country
other than one's country of origin are
null and void, and to this end I havetraditionally and merrily skipped
across the border during the fll'Stweek
of July, thus maintaining a putative
age of 17. This year, however,Canada's. failure to ratify the Meech
Lake Accords has put the very borderin question, and I suddenly foundmyself stateside and faced with thechilly prospect of an 18th birthday. To
be quite honest, I never in a million
years thought that I'd live to see theday, and in fact, operating under thatassumption just ftve years ago, I
incurred some rather hefty debts,
which now remain to be settled (or, ina more humane
world,
forgiven).
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Putting the best face on a potentially unpleasant situation (which is,after all, th~ hallmark of ourGemetnscbafl), I decided to mark theoccasion by arranging a super-special.Dtntng Outl Party hats were ordered.
Reservations were made at that
Mycenian restaurant in SoHo, The
International House of Atreus (which,by the by, has a most intriguing children's menu.) Reservations of theother sort were expressed by those of
my acquaintances who also neverthought that they'd live to see the day
I'd be celebrating my 18th birthday
think that Alvin spoke for everyone
when he· said, "You've got to be kidding") and who unfortunately had
made prior arrangements to spendthat evening rolling their pennies. I
went down to the copy room toextend a personal invitation to myfriend, Ernst, only to find an entirely
new staff on duty, no~e of whom
seemed to have any knowledge ofErnst or his whereabouts. Discreet
inquiries around the OutWeek bunding
yielded averted gazes and haStily muttered replies, and after a while itbegan to dawn on me that there might
be some danger in pursuing the question of J;:mst's mysterious disappearance. This suspicion was borne' out
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"outside the executive health club andwhispered something about the man
room. Needless to Say, my blood ·ran
cold-all right, coldm<-when I heard
this. Nobody here has actually seen
the man room or, for that matter, evenknows where it's located, but tales
that circulate are enough to givenightmareS to the Devil himself
In light of this development (andmy acquaintances' aforementioned
previous engagements), I felt that·perhaps a big birthday party was no'longer viable. I canceled the restaurant reservations (don't worry, I'll be
reviewing it in a later issue) and went
instead to the revolving cocktail•
lounge of the Marriott'Marquis Hotel,
where the pianiSt was playing "Love,
Look in My Window." I was at first
tempted to feel uncharacteristicallysorry for myself, but as luck would
have it, I fell into conversation with avery nice visitor from Cleveland who'
gallandy refused to believe that I was
18 and ordered us a bottle of champagne. (In his rather endearing
Midwestern fashion, he almost madethe error of ordering Korbel, but I
tactfully convinced him that Mumm's
was the appropriate, that is to say,the New YOrRchampagne of choice.)
The evening turned out to be quite
pleasant: I regaled my new friend
with amusing anecdotes of my freshman year at Henry Wisewood HighSchool, the pianist played the charming but neglected score from Milkand Honey and we ordered magnum
after magnum until we could nolonger feel the bubbles tickle ournoses. In fact, we got so downrightgiddy that I forgot all about Ernst andmy birthday anq the party hats. I
even forgot where I lived and wound
up going back to that goodSamaritan's room, overlooking theglittering panorama of Broadway. I
must say, 'if this is what 18 is like, I
can hardiy wait to turn 19! •by Michelangelo Signorile
veryone's got a story.
Word from the Almighty
Coast has it that EVERY bigtime queer actor and actress in
Hollywood Is petrifie~
inscared sbttless-of OutWeek, of this colof mot. Of course, instead of sit, , umn,
ting around cowering, these pea brains
could all come out, stand proud (thereby deeming me and anyone else powerless),challenge
the hideous
homophobia in that town and do theright thing for humanity. These people
are selftsh sewer rats, pursuing theirown gluttonous needs, lying around in
the sun and waiting for another million-dollar check, while their own
friends die. Though I won't ever consider them halfway-decent
humanbeings until they come forward for thiscommunity, they should know that,while I can't speak for the Nattonal
Enquirer, Star or even the gossips at
the major danies (all of whom call mewith excruciating frequency), the constant worrying about being "decloseted" by me is vastly exaggerated.
In fact, I think it's all pretty silly.
In the confusion of the media swirl,so many things get lost. Por the record:
Though I see nothing wrong in openly
writing about ANY AND EVERYlesbianor gay man as such, this column does
have certain parameters. As a media column of sorts, it is mandated to speak
specifically about people who control,
participate in and actively shape thepopular media. What that means is thatrm much more inclined to write about,., and to expose the hypocrisies of, thepowerful colUmnists, producers, recordcompany honchos, editors, publishers
and everyone
else behindthescenes-the'power
people. Of course, if
you're a secretly queer perfonner actively and publicly engaged in homophobia

schedule, and it is unlikely that it willbe." Of course, there's no tellingwhether Diller will sell the ftlm to another company-andmake some cash on
it, while it gets released anyway or,simply kill it.
But what we should really concem
ourselves with is what the fuck Diller
can do for us now. 'No, we won't becontent with his dropping a fum withsome homophobe screaming out offensive remarks, We expect that. 1HE ASSHOLE SHOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN
SIGNED TO BEGIN WITH (as lots ofother offensive acts are not signed
because 20th Century Fox has certain
standards and ethics). We're not asking
for censorship. We're merely asking fortreatment equal to that of other groups
which Fox is mindful of and tries not tooffend. What we want now is for Fox toscratch people like Roger Ailes andother homophobes
whom they now
have producing 1V shows on
the Fox network. What we. want is for Fox to develop,
back, distribute and release
ftlms about us about the lesbian and gay community andabout this horrific crisis we've
suffered through for ten years.
(Why did it take Craig Lucas solong to get a movi(:!company
to distribute Longttme Companicm--it was, after an exhaustive
search, finally picked up by theSamuel Goldwyn Companywhile his soul mate Barry
Diller is sitting up at Fox, andhis fellow gay David Geffen issitting up at Geffen Pictures?),Word leaked out last week that
What we want is for Diller to stand up
Diller has decided not to release one of for this community. WHY DOESN'T HE
the ftlms in a three-picture deal he'd
GET TOGETHER HIS FRIENDS DAVID
signed with Dice Clay. The film, which GEFFEN AND IlZ SMITH AND MERV
is a live concert of Dice Clay's, was GRIFFIN AND HOID A PRESSCONFERapparently so offensive that Diller felt ENCE IN WHICH THEY COUID ALL
Pox s.':touldn't handle it This could very- DECLARE THEMSELVES, HOLD THE
well mean that Diller has suddenly
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR
developed a conscience and feels that ITS ACTIONS AND TELL THE AMERI-.
he must be accountable to his own com- CAN PEOPLE WHAT IS RIGHT AND
munity or, rather, it could have some- WHAT IS WRONG? Why don't they sunthing to do with the fact that Dice Oay ply say that they won't stand for homObillboards around Los Angeles havephobia and won't back homophobeS?
been spray-painted in recent weeks with None of these people is going to lose
the words: BROUGHT TO YOU BY A anything. Two are among the richest
aoSET CASE,BARRYDillER.
people in America. The other two rule,
All that Diller's spokesperson,
the entertainment industry. No one is
Dennis potroskey, has to say is: "The going to stop them. IT'S AMAZING
concert movie is not on the release
See GOSSIP WATCH on page 47
and/or ardently trying to pass yourself
off as hby having your publicist match you up with faux het lovers,
you will, without question, wind up
here at some point. And, even if you're
someone who is not necessarily doing
anything bad, you may simply' get mentioned in passing sOme time, since I see
it as perfectly fine if not my duty-to
say that someone is queer if I happen to
be writing about that person and if hisor her homosexuality is pertinent to thestory. But for the most part, just becauseof the way the chips fall, it's the big
media fish who are fried up here.
And boy, do those fish squirm once
you pull them out of the water. 20th
Century Fox head Barry Diller, thesupreme self-hater whom you all know
has been heavily pounced on in this column regarding his movie company's
rim-job of Andrew Dice Clay, seems to
be flapping just a little bit.

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BOY'tllb,nd SI"If D'm,n"on "., It with' kill .t III. Cop',
Sydney: The last weekend In June, the mistress of ceremonies. As shewhen, for better or worse, the most mar- announced the wedding procession, Ru
tlage ceremonies take placel witnessed entertained the crowd with fun Copa facts
thetilarrlage of the '90s. Southern belle and, when the moment arrived, yelled,
SlstetDlmenslon
and a shYI slightly "We're gonna have a fasgot wedding? Are
ovezwhelmed homeboy named Boystab there any faggots In the house? Everywere joined In gay wedlock by a large body say 'faggot.' All right, goddammitl",,Uz Taylor Impersonator, who dispensed , After the husband/wife and the husband
perfume bottles before the ceremony at exchanged vows, the ever-resilient Lady
"Auntie" Susanne Bartsch's Copacabana. Bunny shoved the happy couple offstage
Probably the only wedding party in and performed "It Should Have Been
, recent hlstQry to boast an "official" glitter Me," while the crowd and the performer
girl, bridesmaids sporting yellow chicken alike were bathed In a never-ending
outflts and a lesbian "father" of the bride, stream of champagne and glitter. A monIt also featured "Big Bad Mama" Ru "I'm strous wedding cake was wheeled out.
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lacked the social grace to pick flieces of
red·and-blue glitter out of the frosting. As
the crowd returned to the disco heat, allthat was lacking was a girl with big hair
In a tacky dress singing a slightly ,off-key
rendition of "Peelings."
UZ: Word on the street has it that
Sunday's Roller Fashion Show at Roxy last
week (held before their "official" gayparty) was quite the event. One attendee
told us, "The real fun was watching club
kids in outfits on roller skates for the firsttime." (I guess they missed the Roller
Boogie craze.) While Sundays on wheels
aren't yet set in stone, you can also getyour bearings greased on Tuesdays, theirregularly scheduled "Men on Wheels"the communities affected by HIV/AIDS,
gay-roller night. David Leigh told us that and for some people, their publication,
Roller Derby Night (not just for lesbians)
the News/tne, is the ftrst source of AIDSpresented by Bella Bolski and Pat Field
related information they have. Chronicallyis in the offing.
underfunded, PWAC has gone on with theSydney: If you blinked, you proba- fight even when confronted with the
bly missed La Palace de Beaute's
mounting numbers of people in need of
moment. in the limelight. Spunk, the Sun- services. If you haven't already, now is the
day night parties for gay men, has ended,time to give something to them. Therewith most of the crew moving to Roxy. will be a benefit for PWAC on Thursday,
Palace hopes to find an audience for July 12, at the Sound Factory. It cameThursday through Saturday, without the together very quickly so the details were
sustained input of the creative team of not available at press time. We suggest
Larry Tee and the genius behinej, Love that you call PWAC for updates. If you
Machine, Michael AUg, who are, accordhaven't been to Sound Factory, here's
ing to the management, "too extreme."
your chance without having a really lateThe. riotous and wildly successful Tues- night-and if you have, then you know
day-night Love Mac~ine will remain , what a great night you're in for.
unchanged, since, as Larry put it, "Why
Sydney: A budget cut we are glad to
fix what isn't broken?"hear about was the one that decreased the
IJz: The return of Dean Johnson
size of the Social Club Task Force. In(sans the Weenies) was a pleasure to overzealous attempts to "protect" the pubbehold: He's tall, he's bald, he's in a lic, this task force temporarily or perma- dress. And this time, it's personal. After nently closed or harassed sex clubs, dance
the Fag Bar/Pyramid situation (whichclubs and other spaces which were bothwas detailed pretty lengthily here; suffice safe and legal. Just one of the victims of
it to say, the rabid Ron Dobrin has left the ~force was Ia Escuelita, the latin
Pyramid for frothier pastures), Deandrag club which has gone undergroundwent away for a while. Appearing at (ask around for the new address) .•Mars last Sunday, Johnson sang "Planet
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WHAT
TIlEY OOUID DO!
about a lesbian nirvana) to an appreciaDid
I mention Merv Griffin?
tive audience
except for five 16-yearOh, I guess that was because he's
old girls (plus one boy), who clung tobeen on my mind.
each other asking, "Is it a boy?" "Is it a
Last week I got more than one callgirl?" "What's Planet Muff?" "Why is thatabout roIling-in-dough honcho Merv
girl smiling at me?" (Whoops .. .1 was!)and his appearanre on CNN. Asked by
Dean and his new band, the Divatrona
CNN reporter about his longtime relaics, including members, Connie Girl
tionshipwith Eva Gabor, Griffin reportand former Fag Bar go-go boy Denick,edly replied, "At. our age, what would
can be seen around town soon, andyou call it?" (Well, I'd call it a boy andmaybe that girl in the day-glo green will
his beard. I'm reminded of the old jokebrave it back.
that used to circulate among young
Sydney: Former Garage deejay andactorswho wanted a break in Hollyhouse-music legend Larry Levan recentwoodatthe time when Merv had his
ly returned from Japan reportedly with
1V talk show: "The only way to get on
backers for a new membership-only
Merv Grifftn is to get on Merv Griffin.") I
warehouse-type dance club. He is alsobegan thinking back to a few months
scheduled to deejay an ACT UP benefitago
in Vanity Fatr, and how, up to theiralong with deejays John Hall andusual
tricks, they presented Merv andMichael Wilson at Palladium on July 22
Eva and their "romanre" to their readers(tickets are $10, available at A Different
without question. Why, I asked myself,
Light, Oscar Wilde and ACT UP meetwould
Vanity Fatr a publication whichings). The fearsome dominatrix of pop
prides itself on being someone's version
Grace Jones is also slated to performof cutting edge choo~ to dabble in. and hopefully will warm your leatherette.
this mundane,
heterosexual(andUz: The PWA Coolition is an organiuntrue) love-up, when it could have,zation formed by and for people withreally revealed the mouth-watering
AIDS (and their families, friends andexcitementof Merv's numerous antics
lovers) for social, medical and support
with chocolate candy bars and young,needs. It has done inuneasurable good forcute things?
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love affair with Tom Cruise and his face, may be
a problem for anyone who saw the last installment, Born on the Fourth of July, as Cruise's
break$rough to "~rious actor" status. Da)1.5of Thunder isformula stuff, a bull's-eye straight back to the packages thatmade Cruise the golden boy of the '80s. (The director is
Tony SCott, the man who gave you Top Gun, and his. productioncrew
wore trucker caps labeled "Top Car".)Dependably phallic, the major prop this time isa stock car,but the context is generic Cruise: The misunderstood maverick with the father ftxation and the conspicuously taller girlfriend finds both himself and the pot of gold. Your response

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will be relative to your tolerance level for the specifics. If
you're into cars, run. If you're into repressed homoeroticism,fly. If you're into Tom Cruise, wear a raincoat.
To be sure, the cars are hot, although earthbound(they're no F-l4). Cruise's private passion for racing, kindied
by his association with Paul Newman, was the ftIm's genesis,
and make no mistake it reads. These boys are into their engines. Cars are the only subject on which they are even remotely articulate. According to the ftlm's troubled and wellchronicled production saga-plagued
with weather problems, frantically extended, completed at the last millisecond-the extensive racing-sequences reached a level oftechnical complexity unrivaled since the chariot race in BenHur, to which, in fact, they consistently refer (and we allknow what was really going on between MessaIa and Hur).
Scott may have worshipped the F-14 from afar, but his obvious intention here is to put you in the driver's seat,albeit
kicking and screaming, and Da)1.5of Thunder adds at least
one moment to your collection of breathless screen-takes, thehead-on ascent of the wall encircIing the racetrack, which reminds you why cars are genuinely deadly.
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problems begin when the motorized metaphor gets character-specific, like the name of Cruise's character-Cole
Trickle. A dream of a driver, he teams up with Robert
Duvall (in the role of his coach, of course, an older man
who hasn't a single female-friend) and becomes the hottest
thing on four wheels. The screenplay by Robert Cbtnatoum
Towne, from a story by Towne and Cruise, spices his routeto the brass ring with all the right problems. Complexities
snap into place with a predictability bordering on desperation. There's the father who betrayed Cole, the dark secretin his coach's life, and there's the demon competitiontwice fll'St in Michael Rooker, who meets Cruise with athreat to remove his balls, and then in Carey Elwes (theblond objet de destr from Another Country), whose girlfriend, a white Grace Jones, is the definitive Eurodyke.
Sexual complexity, obviously, is more seen than heralded--the logo for Cruise's championship car is "Mello
Yello," which may have lost two w's since Donovanbut, at least for me, none of the sUbtext-and Daysof1bundercomorms wholly to the rampant andcliched masculinity traditional to the Cruise oeuvre. A hero who roars on to the screen with a
big black motorcycle between his legs is butchdom you couldn't circumcise with a machete.
The raceway is an exclusively male preserveand the film's favored fevered fetish. (The sexual intensity of it all was capsulized by an offscreen incident: Cole, of course, has a spectacular, near..fatalcrash, after the filming of which,,according to Scott, the fstuntman walked awayfrom his demolished vehicle with "a raging hardon. ") The men talkdirty-"This bitch is readyto roll"-as the p~ic verticality of Top Gun gets. down and horizontal. In
bed, Cruise explains a rac- "ing maneuver to his girl-,
friend by placing two pink '.
,'~packets of Sweet "n' Low~,'?n ~er prostrate calf and~;. e";"'I:K
mching them up the long- ,',.~;:-..:"-,." Wi',-:::-M~mg length of her leg to the "'>'<}il" "'1"valley of success" (his.,,\~,.,....
",. ~,"'-":-.:.-·x'·'.,.
phrase). And there's an;f;~i\affectionate little question- ..<1~i".
and-answer game in histi'1:!&
I last, exultant exchange.>,with Duvall that brings .>;f",
the ftIm's homoerotic sub- Eflfl. text full circle.
True to the ~ory .of f"~,"all-male escapades In mam-I ."w"",....
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justify themselves in specifically functional roles. Cruise's gal isalso his doctor---« brain specialist who rides a motorcycle
without wearing a helmet-and the only other woman who
speaks more than one line is up to her elbows in babies .• ,Unholy tendencies all but surface in scenes such as Cruise's
roadside tryst with a hooker in state-trooperdrag(!),
arranged by his coach, and in full view of the pit crew:
Who's getting turned on here? Towne's script is less openly
suggestive than Top Gun's winking asides, although Duvalldoes offer Cruise a choice of pickled fruit in his moonshine,
and his selection cherry-is
telling-but
boys will beboys. The liquor loosens up the horseplay, and Duvallmounts Cruise from behind pronto.
With good reason. It's an awesome sight, that butt, and, if
Days of1bunder knows anything other than cars, it's on
whose backside its bread is buttered. (The film coStan estimated $55 million, of which Cruise's salaryalone accounted for one-sixth.) Our boy Tom is
onscreen for perhaps 30 seconds before he's
leaning over his test car in airtight jeans. Scott's
careful composition of the scene angles Quise's
gluteus-lnost-ma:dmus sky-highward from thedead center of the screen.
From then on, the experience could be,
described as religious in the pagan sense.
Never mind that Quise is a head shorter thaneveryone else. The whole point eX this kind of. servia! is to bt: on your knees. Ward,Russell's-_._,. --. ,'camera
licks after
Cruise's every angle.
" Even. the father lament,with Cruise stretchedout on a couch, is shot
either straight up his
crotch or hovering, over a white T-shirt
stretched tight acrosshis chest. It's the film's
most persistently homoerotic impulse: Everyone's hard, all the way
to the bank. For all ofCruise's magnetizing"~," "',,; sexuality, however, thatj face is still the trump ..
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got no closer to Garbo.than it does to thisnice boy with a smilethat will probably sell
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ive tiny head-shots compose aphoto of Stephen Patterson inelaborate makeup and costumes for his one-man show,
What Do White People Be
Tbinktn'? aut the largest portrait in
the composite is just Stephen, smilinginvitingly, his head slightly turned asif he knows something we don't.
When he takes the spotlight (there
being no real stage at Club
Funambules), this. is the man we firstmeet-no guise, merely a man gearing up for another evening of roleplaying comedy. When the sketches
begin, just-Stephen disappears notbehind the makeup in his press photos but behind a facade of histrionic
illusion, characters conjured out of•manner and attitude. He is aided"onstage" only by the clever Ellen
Mandel, who sits off to the one sideand play'S a synthesizer, sometimes
setting the mood musically, sometimes
silently letting Patterson's creations go
it alone a charming presence.
Just-Stephen returns entr'acte, a ·SODOM AND GOMORRAHIdisarmingly personable young man Stephen P~ttersonacts out
who tells a casual, comic and pathetic saga of being the wrong kind of tainment. "Agents come and see me
actor in a merciless business. "I'm a perform and say, 'That's amazing,gay Black man who actually believes but what is it?" They're not an imagithat he will make it in a business that native lot. They want H to be very
isn't interested
in either gays or clear: 'Are you Goldie Hawn, or are
Blacks," Patterson says in an inter- . you Eddie Murphy? Who are you?
view later.' Although much of White Tell me exactly who you are. '" When
People is scripted, Patterson's back- he explains that he can't answer that,ground is improvisation, a form of they rephrase the question: "Well,
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Patterson rightly answer that he's
not "like" anyone. His show is madeup of seven characters each somewhat warped by the effort to prevail
against a society that would prefer tocategorize and dismiss them-plus theinterludes with just-Stephen. Our hostis an easygoing guy who observes andappreciates the ironies of thinly veiled
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years of professional
The multicharacter structure of the "There were nights when he got six-plus
show is reminiscent of the Broadway hissed offstage which I loved. I ate improvisation.) The show's finale
shows of Whoopie Goldberg and Lily that up, because that's how I felt has the only obviously gay character
Tomlin, but Patterson's approach is about him: "Ooh, isn't he gross?" But of the evening, a drag queen who
calls herself Pearl Harbor and hosts
he's walking around [in the~orld);
less sweeping, less calculated and,a public-access cable-TV cooking
particularly because he's also present he's out there."as himself-more intimate. And quite
In fact, the most "out there" seg- show called Dtshtng Wtth Pea:rl.
ment of the show is called "Born to Pearl is brassy, opinionated .~nd aoften it's just as funny.
Fret," and it's fueled by the com- survivor even as thecOQkir~g,sqow
The night I saw him perform,around her. Again.
Patterson
seemed to need the bustible nervous energy of the char- self-destructs
Patterson flirts with stereotype, yet
stretching required by his first two acter Paisley Moose, a drug-relatedcharacters in order to warm up for casualty of the '60s. He evokes the he is clearly creating Pearl from thethe .rest of the show. The Rev. best comic image of the evening, in .inside out. Drag isa release for thebitterness she lives with when not
Cleophus T. Ramsey, a televangelist the form of a hilarious nightmareprotected by a wig and sequins.
with a new and uproarious fund-rais- about Dan and Marilyn Quayle.
ing gimmick,and Nannoonga
Paisley is followed by the centerpiece She's a riot of wit, of irreverence
Oshooba', a Black man brought up of the evening, the title segment, fea- and of repressed desperation.
As an improvisation, "Pearl wasby whites he thought that his skin turing a character named Buzz, who
would fade as he got older-are the can't figure out why white people act the outlet for me to say anyth,ing I
thinnest characters Patterson does. the way they do around him. It's wanted," Patterson says. Indeed, he I
They're laughable, even pitiable, but Patterson's most poignant piece, and has taken some flack for what Pearlthey're clearly objects of, rather than it comes closest to the overt social has to say about Barbara Bush and I
participants in, the laughter; they're commentary of Goldberg or Tomlin. Coretta Scott King,among others.
not sympathetic.
Yet Buzz is clearly a person, not a "Other gay people are not all in agree"I don't like Nannoonga,"
symbol. That's the point, after all; it's ment about whether drag queens are
OK. But Pearl was inspired by dragPatterson says frankly. "I. was going his individuality that white people
queens that I hung out with for a
to cut him from the show, but my can't seem to fathom.
director [Hal Bernstein) and my stage
In vivid contrast to Buzz is the good little while when I was first commanager [Chuck Loesche) and the character who follows him, a woman ing out in Denver [where I went topianist [Mandell said, 'You can't. We named Hadassah Schwartzbaum who college). They would say anything
won't do, the show if you cut him.' has, for lack of any other inspiration in they wanted, anything, and they were
Nannoonga is not unlike the kind of her life, turned into a self-parody.
so outrageous, and yet they wereBlack people that I have difficulty Hadassah is a chancy creation, toying doing all the work. They'd say, 'You
not strangling, the Black people who with a racist Jewish stereotype, but think that you. can just sit back andhave been raised with such privilege undercutting the potential for offense it'll be OK, but it [homophobia) willthrough a brittle combination of exag- come after you. So we're not going tothat they have no understanding
whatsoever of what it is really like to geration, pathos and even a hint of wait. We're going to run after it andaffection. Her tirade can be very funny, grab it by.the ass and tweak it.' Thesebe Black in this country, because
enough cash will make you any yet Patterson's performance makes it men made a tremendous impact oncolor you want. nclear that it's all a front, and beyond me. Pearl is my way of saying that I
The story of Nannoonga's origins lies a profoundly sad emptiness.
respect them and I appreciate them,"Even now, Hadassah and Buzz because they changed me."is one tale that may have been just alittle too real for inclusion in the are always improvised," Patterson
Patterson is thoughtful whenshow. "I went to a private high school says. The initial settings and the thrust asked why Pearl ,is the only apparent[in Chicago)," Patterson explains. "I of the segments don't change, but the . ly gay character. "Paisley is gay, but
was smart enough to get in, but I characters' actions and monologues
nobody cared," he. says, and so that
didn't have the cash ever to be wel- do. "Buzz tells different stories, differ- bit of background was cut fromcomed by the other Black students. It ent nights. Sometimes it's based on a Paisley'S appearance. "But· I still
was the weirdest thing-they formed true story, about ~hen I walked into thought the show was gayer than it
a Black students' association, and they Helmsley Palace after a long day at turned out to be. Then I realized I
would talk about advancing the race, work, my hair in braids that were all h,aven't not gotten work because I'm
and there wasn't any food at my standing straight up, and security sur- gay-yet. That'll come later. I have nothouse. They didn't get it; they were so rounded me. That has become a story gotten work because I'm Black, andout of touch." Nannoonga, with his that belongs to Buzz."that was what I wanted to say. After
After Hadassah comes a quick all, I am the show, and I am gay-it's
exaggerated snobbishness, is despicavisit with Wilbur, a fast-food worker nothing that I ever hide or ever wil.l
ble, and audiences have reacted
accordingly. When Patterson per- and the only character Patterson cre- hide. For me, being Black and being
formed this with the First Amendment, ated specifically for this show. (The gay are inseparable, and r exist, I'm
an improvisational troop, he recalls, others were developed during his here. I'm right in front of you." •~.

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Madonna and backup singer/dancer

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••by MayerRusor months before I was scheduled to see Madonna,
my household was placed on a 24-hour Madonnawatch, cataloging any and all news of the sinningsiren's doings, in preparation for what I expected to be
ot1eof the great watershed events of my life. Of all thenews clips, articles and concert reports that were processed
during those heady, anticipation-ftIled days, one of the most. interesting ~as a half-hour MlV program, Breakfast with
. . Madonna, in which the' great lady deigned to share her, . I thoughts on a number of concert-related issues the morning., after her kickoff gig in Japan.
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time in preparation for the interview. "It has a beginning, a
middle and an end. There's something cathartic about it. It'san emotional journey." After hailing her for her utter pretension, I foolishly wrote off the comments as Madonna simply
flexing her newly acquired vocabulary and artiste status assurely as she flexes her newly acquired musculature.
. Foolish indeed. Having finally seen her show on June
21, and basked in the light of her eminence, I can only saythat I don't think Madonna went far enough in describing thepurifying qualities of Blond Ambition. Not by a long shot. As
I left the sanctified confines' of the Brendan Byrne Arena,amidst scores of overly coiffed maIl-queens and their deli-.
ciously muscle-bound escorts, I couldn't help but think thatwhat I had just witnessed was the very embodiment ofWagner's concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk-the total, organic, multisensual work of art.
But let me spare you any trebly pretentious, overly.'~ous concerts, because I knew precisely what her costumes
and sets looked like, because I was forced to consult thegiant video screen due to my alternately sufficient and prohibitive stage-side vantage point, I felt as if I was back at the.
Madonna control-center, sitting on my roommate's ftlthy sofa. .
The confusion was only exacerbated by the aforemenµoned
video screen, which offered complex, MIV-style cuts, fades
and dissolves, ~ opposed to the traditionally straightforward
rock-concert fare one expects from other artists. The effectwas .not unlike watching a movie with subtitles, where it
takes a few minutes to coordinate your consumption of theimage and the teJ!!into an easily digestible, coherent whole.
And, in fact, a few minutes were all Madonna neededto draw me into her inescapable web of fabulousness. As
many critics have pointed out, the whole concert-18 songs
divided into four thematic sets is flawlessly mechanized
and computerized, with elaborate set and costume changes
occurring with such speed and efficiency that the theater
analogy becomes ever more apt. It is also true that every
aspect of the production, down to the smallest detail andapparent ad-lib, is planned and rehearsed so thoroughly that
there is no possibility· for deviation from the highly produced program. When Madonna comes out for her final
encore, there's no question that she will sing "Keep It
Together." When Madonna addresses the audience directly,
there's no question that what she says has been preordained. But while this has led certain critics to fault the concert for being devoid of the spontaniety that makes ~ live

intellectualized account of the concert. Beyond any postmodern or sociopolitical exegeses, the evening was a com. plete joy, a glorious festival in which Madonna answered
her critics, delivered the goods mUSicallyand visually andconsolidated her position, once and for all, as the reigning
empress of the galaxy. Long gone were the days when
Madonna was just a slightly zaftig pseudo-hussy, belting out
the silly but endearingly infectious lyrics of her string of
number-one hits. Long gone were the days when she
looked like a painted chippie; when her favorite means ofexpressing herself was writhing on the floor in an unseemly
display of overactive hormones. (Who can forget her embarrassing live performance at the 1984 MTV Music Video
Awards which MTV replays occasionally, to Madonna's
horror, I'm sure when she mopped up the stage with hercheesy wedding gown.)
It now appears that all of the floor-writhing was simply
Madorma's way of marking her territory, leaving her indelible
scent wherever she journeyed, in order to claim the venues
as her own. Well, Madonna no longer needs to mark her territory. The world is hers, and nothing stands as a more
assertive testament to that fact than the Blond Ambition tour.
The concert began on a somewhat disorienting note.
After a seemingly interminable period of waiting, when
Madonna finally emerged with her call to arms, "Hey, New
Jersey! Do you believe in love?" there was a strangely disjunctive feeling that I was not actually standing just several
hundred feet away from the goddess herself. Because I had
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new multimedia exhibit , at theCastillo'-Cultural Center in
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Related Treasures), which.
opened Gay Pride Week, HOLYMYmRlE~,•
brings together the work of Edward Hochschilds crucifixes.
11 .artists who either have AIDS or are HIV positive, or friend of Ztijkowski, who helped· organize. tbe spow andwhose work directly confronts the issues of AIDS. was gready responsible for the excellent catalog. But .less
Surprisingly, for a show that includes both established and than a week before the show opened, Zujkowski-alreadyemerging artists, there is a sense of harmony and consis- , blind in his left· eye from lin AIDS-related infection-losttency that unites the diverse perspectives on AIDS. Some, the sight in his right one. On the day the show opened, helike Elyssa Rundie's portraits of people with AIDS, evoke
was in a QlIifornia hospital with the fate of his vision in
feelings of soothing warmth; others, like Edward A. doubt. Yet what is certain, as Sarnat pointed out, is that his
Hochschild's crucU"ixjab.bed with dozens of hypodermic"will and determination and inspiration are what areneedleS, bring to mind much darker thoughts. (Since the . responsible for this show."
AboutAR.T. is a deliberately emotional exhibit. Stepping
Castillo does not receive government or corporate funding,•we will be spared Senator Helm's erudite interpretation of out of the elevator of Castillo's second-floor galley, the viewHochschild's art.).
er is immediately confronted by a mirror printed with the"Our show," said Edward Zujkowski, who conceived
words "You Fucking Homo." Garrett Chingery's two-dimenAbout A.R.T., "is individuals .speaking out, through art, about sionaf piece entitled "How Does It Feel?" is a warning to
the effects AIDS has had on our lives." Zujkowski, a painter viewers with delicate sensibilities that they may wish to tum
who has also been a dancer with the Martha Graham Dance away and get back. on the elevator. His piece is not all
Company, came up with the idea after a friend, the sculptor anger a campy element is articulated by the four gold-paintRonald Williams, died from AIDS-related complications last ed plaster cherubs on the mirror's frame.
. Chingery explained that this work was the result of ayear. Zujkowski was bequeathed a huge number of sculpturesthat haCinever been. properly displayed, and instead of otga~ brainstorm a week before the'show opened: "It's about connizing a show around Williams' work, he decided that it was fronting homophobia. I've been called ["You fucking homo"]
important to include as many artisticresponses to AIDSas po&- numerous times, and the anger aroused in me has been sosible. This came o\.!tof Zujkowski's belief that artists with AIDS powerful and immense." In "Checking for a Pulse,"
were not receiving adequate support in the Commercial art Chingery, of Hoboken, N.]., "snatched three photos fromworld, and that there should be a permanent home or series male porno magazines to create a multipaneled oil painting .
of ongoing exhibits for the work.
, . whose subject is the idealization of flesh. Of his other painting in the exhibit, which tackles AIDS more directly,"Ed wanted to, make sure that the work of artists withAIDS didn't get thrown in the trash," said Jerry Samat, a
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fort. HI\( tilt coun .. llng trllnlng; ela .. - St (#1/19 to 11l1/Bwlvl; IVery dlY. 9 1m at 8 pm. Ilso SAT It 2 pm; extrl .how
IIIgma of FWAS. confidentially; workshops
II at 348 BWlY. btwn Worth/Leonard;
to 9 pm; HOP 891-1774 (thru JULY 121
Wednlsday. June 13. 8 pm; 279-4200 on cultural
Invt.ible homOllXlllI/ly.
586-7105 for cltllog(Editor'. note: Then go up to the bell (open runl
women Ind AIDS. flmlly flnl'nclll Ind
tower Ind dig thlt vlewll.
amotlon.11ssues; closlna remarks bv CaatGAYlAXIAN SCIENCE FICTION SOCIID.......
WaodnIw MwIIIi Fordham Un!RAPP ARTS THEATER pr .. ents presponsoll.hl.2O
S.pllIdc ..... a .cl- CASTILLO CULTURAL CENTER ART: viewing TIIonI. M. Disc ..•• III•• COllI- vel1lty'. McGlnlay. Cantar, Fordhlm ReI ~fllnd flnts.y convention for glV people AIDS ReI.... ,.....,..
I collection ofo••• ct.
C.rdl•• , D.ten,. 3rd Ave. the Bronx; 8 am to 4:15 pm;
Ind thalr friends; with guilt of honor works bV Irtl.ts touched bV AIDS;
starring George McGrath; ·a chillinil
RIchard or Sandra. 212J2l15-1i1Di .
Mill
Scott. artist gUlst of honor
pllntlng. portraits. computer art. poetry. look Inside the hlerarchv of the modem
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SMld. £11M KaII_
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crime. and homo.exuailty'"; 11.0 Disc.'.
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presents ".." J! 224 E 88 $I; F &. SA. 1- Alldhlo" official opening Is MAY 31; 7/f1afterwards; Info 845-8479. club_
reception; rtldings.
pool & jlccuzzi.
8 pm (other times by appolntmentl; 288- THU &. FRI It 8 pm. SAT at 8 &. 10 pm; 7772 (EdJtor's note: Door proceeds
n41.2 (thru JULY 28)
con suite; panels on world building.
tonight from 5-7 pm will go to 011I.1•..
SUN st 5 pm; $10; 529-5921 (open runl
feminist issues. alternative religions.
WI c.lIl. ,"ow. A different gavlles,
fan(lticls; costumes encouraged (no CENTER NATIONAL MUSEUM OF LES- Longtim, ComPlnlon. I feature film fol- bian group benefits each week throughwelpon.~ Tewksbury/Andover HolidaV BIAN & GAY HISTORY lWJ_dlt:••• d lowing the lives of eight glV men In out the summer.)

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ASIANS AND FRIENDS1NY Members
Meet Members at Wang's Oriental Cui·sine (718/5~6·8888), 114 Henry St,
Brooklyn Heights; followed by Stroll on
the Promenade with view of downtown
Manhattan, then a stop at After 5+
under the Brooklyn Bridge; 6 pm; $20;
info/rsvp, John 718/596·9696

arice, dealing with doctors, other
Nude Belch Outing to Sandy Hook, NJ, ICE PALACE and ARTS PROJECT
OF•
issues; with Laura Pinsky and Paul meeting at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 8:30 CHERRYGROVE Benefit for Metro New
Harding Douglas, 111.Ess.ntial AIDS .am; 222·9794 (Drivers: NJ Tpke South, York Nali18s Project. a display of panels
Fact Boole; at GMHC, 129 W 20 St, 3rd Exit II/Garden State Pkwy South to Exit made for the Quilt during 1990;.info from
Floor Classroom; 7·9 pm; free; 807·6655, 117/Route 36; Parking Lot G)
Danny Garvin, 212/627·3372,516/597·9727
TOO 645·7470
ICE PALACE and ARTS PROJECT OF CONGREGATION BETH SIMCHATSLOPEACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Field CHERRYGROVEBenefit for Metro New TORAH Museum Outing to 111.Jewish
Trip to Lesbian Herstory Archives, to Yolk Nama Projeet, a display of panels Museum to see the exhibition In the
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Din· see artifacts, photos, literature, comic made for the Quilt during 1990; info from Couff of the Sultan: Sephardi JIIWS of
Ing Out at the Santa Fe Grill, Tex Mex books, more; on Manhattan's Upper Danny Garvin, 212/627·3372, 516/597· the Ottoman Empir., with o~er 100
Food with Georgia O'Keefe decor and West Side; 7:30 pm; info 1181965-7578
objects on view: intricately 'engraved9727 (also tomorrow, JULY 151
Margarltes;
62 7th Ave (at Lincoln
silver ceremonial objects, multi·layer
Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn; 6:30 pm; SOUTHERNERS (LESBIAN AND GAY BODY ELECTRIC,HNling the Body Erotic, embroidered costumes, jewelry, prints
info 718/965·7578
MEN IN Ny) FonIm: Sodomy LIIw RMHm a ·weekend of erotic explorations with and photographs; 1109 Fifth Ave at 92
EffDrtI Inth.South, what we can do h."Joseph Kram'er and Matthew Simmons ...• St; meet in front of the museum at noon;
CULTURAL POLITICS DISCUSSION
that will make a difference
fea1Ur- experiment with sacred sex rituals based Info 929-9498
GROUP discusses China Ach.be's
Ing Sue Hyde of the N~tlonal Gay and on Tantric, Taoist and Nativa Amer1can va·
Anthll/, of the s.vannlh, ·a novel which Lesbian Task Force's Privacy Project; dltlons...1t11s hends-on class Is done nude"; GAY MEN OFAFRICAN DESCENT Annuforegrounds Issues of politics, love, the Nan Hunter, formerly 01 the ACLU Lesbian In NYC;9 am - 6 pm, 1Ddayand 1Dmorrow; Ii Prospect Palk Picnic, with volleyb. II,
I'ole of the Intellectual, the transition from end Gay Rights ProJ.ct; Evan Wolfson, $195; 2121929-4019,
41W653-1594
poetry reading, wheelbarrow races, biktradition to (post)modernity, genQer-a
Case Attorney for Lambda Legal D.fen.e
Ing, frisbees, "lot. of eligible man";brilliant exposltlon of contemporary life and Education Fund's current challenge GAY MEN'S HEALllI CRISIS, HIV CENTER Pro.pect Park Picnic House, 3rd St &.et In Africa"; at Poets House, 351 W 18 01 the Texas Sodomy law; 8tthe Center, OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, UPPER Prospe.ct Park West entrence (718/9115·
St; 8:30-8:30 pm; 827-4035 (Part I 01 two 208 W 13 S1; 7:30 pm; $3; Info from David, MANHATTAN TASK FORCE ON AIDS, 8900); noon till 11; $10 (all are Invited toparts; discussion finishes Wed, JULY 18) 674·8073(Editor's note: Yall comel)
ALiANZA DOMINICANA, LUCHANDO bring an extra dish, and friends)
ONIDOS CONTRAL EL SIDA (LUCES),'GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS Men Me.,. DIXON PLACE presents Reno: Out AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATERNY SAGE Woman's Sunday Drop·ln, air-conIn, Men Worklhop, at the Center, 208 There Without a ""yer, a show In present Loveditioned, .11 welcome; at the Center, 208, In the 1be of AIDa an II ...
W 13 St; 7-9:30 pm; free, no pre-reglstra·developm.nt;
37 East 18t St (btwn
day recreldonll .nd educational evant W 13 St, SAGE Room; 2·5 pm; 741-2247
tlon required; 807·6655, TOO 846-7470
1st/2nd Aves); two show.: 8 & 9:30 pm; for die whole fllnlly; with music, theater,$6 or TDF; no rsvp, so arrive a half hour prizes, BYO picnic lunchea; In the Inwood SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS PicSLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Pool early; Info 673-8752
Hili Park (Seaman Ave blwn 207/214 Sts); nic In BrOOklyn, 2 pm, 7181965-7578
Nighd, during the free hour lor women;
11am - 4 pmifrae; GMHC8OHI855,Allanzaal.o air hockey and ping pong; at Brown· WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVES COMMUNI·
Dominican. 927-6818,HIV Center 74G-7300 20120 presents FJM', HI-NRO Ttt, with
SlOneBIlliards, 7th Ave entrance, near Flat- TY CENTER W .. kly dl,cu"lon
group
OJ Sus.n Morabito, free- Bloody Marysbu.h Ave, Brooklyn; pool et 8 pm, drinks for women: Mlkln, Thin,. Hippen: SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS& Mimosas from 5·7 pm, buffet at 8 pm;
and .nacks 8t9:30 pm; Info 7181965-7578
RI.k Takln, for Women; In West Hemp- Brooklyn HIIghfil Field Trtp, visiting the 20W 20 S1;• 5 pm· 2 am; $6; 727·8841
stead, LI; 8:30 pm; $3 more If/less If; Brooklyn HlslDry Museum at 1 pm or blk·
GAY AND LESBIAN AWANCE AGAINST 516/483·2050
Ing to and .round the Helgh1sat tha same LESLIE COHEN and MICHELLE FLOREADEFAMATION Monthly Meedng/DllCu,time; meeting for lunch at La Traviata
open Sunday Tea Dlnc .. at Bourbon
lion: Uv/ng Crlilll": Comedy or CIJIItrO.
Cafe, 139 Montague St (btwn Henry Str.. t; on Tuckahoe Lane (next to the.,.,.,., (Whan is s8tire no longer funny?);
SVMoore PI),at 2:31 pm; info 7181966-7578 Hess St.tion), Southampton, LI; 5·10
at the Center, 208 W 13 SI; 8 pm; 966-1700 WOMEN ABOUT Camping at Watchpm; $5; 516/283·8801 (men welcome,(Editor's note: GLMD usually meets the HIli Campground, Fire Island, thru Sun· FIRE ISLAND BUDDIES Support Ind
parties contlnue thru Labor Dav)
first Wednesday, except for holidays.)day; member Info, 2011481·0440
Soclll Group for HIV+ Men, Women &Frlenda, tonight and every Saturday In ASIANS AND FRIENDS/NY Theatr.
EAGLE BAR Movl. Night: The Llttl. SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS C July and August; Fire Island Pines Com- Night: M.n of Manhlttan, John Gllnas'
Mlnnlld; 142 11th Ave (at 21 51); 11 pm; NI,ht Poduck and DI.culllon, where C munity House; 7:30 pm·scanea of New York City gay life" at
891-8451. stands for Concept, Clubhouse, Casual,
the Courtyard Playhouse (889-3530), 39
Creatlv .... and bring Canettes; Chow MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NY Grove St; $15; Inlo/rsvp 874·5064(food/beverages) should all begin with JaD OudngliO ... member/pllnl"Don
the letterC, Conv8llldon: Rrrt Low, In Pullen and hla TrIo, at the Village VanNATIONAL LESfllAN CONFERENCE Park Slope; 7:30 pm; Info 718/985-7578 guard, 178 7th Ave South (265·4037); 8Metro ArH Infonnadon Meldng, tonight. lEdltor's Input: Don't forget the c.vlch.
pm; $12 covar, Info 222-9794
BODY ELECTRIC~.Ol.t Erothl M .... '.,and avery second Thursday, to build the with corlonder and Qycumber.)"learn to both to give and receive an
April 24·28, 1991 Conference In Atlanta;
SLOPEACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Pllk
hour-long erotic massage ...thls handsallle,blene Invited; In the Center'. SAGE MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER 2nd Concert: Loup Oerou &Implcto
Val· on cia .. I. done nude"; In NYC; 9 am - 8
Room, 208 W 13 S1; 6·8 pm (Info: SASE to COlllOlou.n811 Railing .... Ion on SeJlg- I.neto, free outdoor mualc .t the pm, today and tomorrow; $80; 212/929·
NLC, Box 1999,Decatur, GA3(031) .
allty: Can ~ TaIlt.JIonntIy7; lit tho Con· Pro,p8ct Park Bendahell, BYO .eata
4019,41~-1594
ter, 208 W 13SI; 7:411pm sharp; 222-9794
and .nacka; SAL member. will wear
GAY EXIT POLLING COMMITIEE 01'llll11lz.
SAL button. to find each other; at BRONX AIDS COMMUNITY SERVICE"'" MMllIIII1D create a gay/leablan exit poll WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVES COMMUNILal,yette Statue (8 St/Prospect Pa rk PROJECT T.. k Foro. Meeting, .. rvlng
operation forth. September primary, wlun- TY CENTER Shlbblt
C.I.br.tlon,
West); moot at 7:30 for 8 pm concert;
at an opportunity "for Informationt"ra needed for.EJectlonDay polling; attho ·come cal,brato a wltchy J.wlsh
Inlo 718f981j-7578
oxchange and networking b"tween
Ce(1lllr, W 13 S1; 7 pm; Inlo 348-0662
Shabbat, bring your favorite 81cred
Bronx based programs, ".Idente and
2W20 pr... nte FrM'. Eftnlng of D.no.,oblect. or lucky charms; /III women
the CSP"; at BACSP, 1 Fordham Plozo,
8113 APPLE SOFTBALllZAGUE Auction at welcome"; In West Hempttud, LI; 8 with DJ Michael Fierman; 20 W 20 St; Suite BOO; 2-4:30 pm; Sandra or Richard,
the 9Ih Clrole, 139W 10 St; 7 pm; bar 243- pm; $3 more If/leu II; !l1W483-2050
10 pm - 8 am; $10; 727-8841.. 212/295·5605 (n,xt Task Forca Meeting Is
9Z04 (Editor's note: The BASL gave us the
Monday, SEPT 17)
COQrS booth at the June 24 Chrl$topher
S1re1lt Festival.)GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE/MORRIS
DIFF'RENT SPOK'S Biking through
SLOPE ACTI~TlES FOR LESBIANS
SunCOUNTY, NJ Milling/SOCial:GAY MEN'S HEALTH. CRISIS HIV Pre- ... tem Long 111!lnd,exploring beeches, Jon .. B.ach Trip, bring your novel,
dano., at Morristown Unitarian Felftlttlft
H"lth Semlnlr, with .lnforma· wildlife preserves, vineyards, IIghthilus- c ron word puzzle, au nb loc k, and low.hlp, 21 Normandy Heights Rd,
tlon on Immune system monitoring,es; arrival by LlRR; may become a Irlends;7:30am; Inlo 7181965·7578
Morrlstow~,
NJ; 8:30 pm; 201/265preventlon!treatment of PCP and other camping weekend; Tommy, 212/673-0485 .
1595 (Editor'S note: GAAMC meets
opportunistic Infections, antl·viral and
BODY ELECTRICH.allnll the Body Erot· every Monday at this time for a meet·
Immune modulating drugs, health insur· MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NY lie, 9 am, contlnued from JULY 14
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GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HIV H.. lth, Seminar: Benefits Information
andNutritional
Issues, tonight and every
3rd Tuesday; 129 W 20 S1; Beneftts, 3rd
Floor & Nutrition, 6th Floor; 7 pm; free;
807-6655, TOO 645-7470
SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
Melissa Etheridge Music Night. not live,
but on cassettes and video; in Park Slopearea, Brooklyn; 7:30 pm; 7111I965-7578
COALITION
FOR LESBIAN & GAY
RIGHTS Forum: ~esb;an and Gay
Righer, Co~or~
MVnJng.(cacnbat6ng
Job discrlminadon),to plan strategies
and actions and to collect on thepromises ofthe NYC Human Rights Law
and corporate a!1ti-discrimination policies; moderated by Andy Humm; withArt Leonard, expert on employment discrimination law; Don Mitchell, Lesbian& Gay Employment Project of InterfaithCenter on Corporate Responsibility;
Ruth Berman'" Connie Kurtz, plaintiffs; In gay/lesbian teachers' suit against
NYC Board of Education; atthe Center,
208 W 13 S1; 8 pm; $3; 627-1398
LONG ISLAND GAY MEN'S GROUP Bi-

Weekly Discussion: Outing (What is it?
Should it be?); meats in Garden City, U;
8 pm; info 516/694-2407
WOMEN'S
ALTERNAtiVES COMMUNI,TY CENTER Discussion
Group for
Women In Education; in West Hempstead, L1; 8 pm; $3 more if/less if;
516/483-2050
HOME FOR CONTEMPORARY THEATRE
AND
ART
(with
PEGGY HILLROSENKRANZ) opens Joe Plntauro'slIaftoIthe Medu.a, directed by Sal Trapani; "the play focuses on a group therapy session of people with AIDS after amember of the group dies. 12 young
people facing 'death unite, and in an
explosion of anger, humor and compassion, act out against their destruction";
44 Walker St; $12; TUES-SUN, 8 pm;
431-7434 (thru AUG 4)•. Tuning In: A TV/Radio Guide for OutWeek 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.
ME (Arts & Ernenainmant,!Hi RfIh Pw. 101hA. N'r't 10017;911-41m) 2:30 PM WBAI-FM AIDS: Paths to Self-Empowerment &CCTV (Rick X. Box 790, NYC 10108)
Living. Bob Lederer and Jim Fouratt discuss alternative
GBS (Gay Broadcasting System, Butch Peaston, 1787th
treatments, self-empowerment, politics; with interviews
Ave, Ste. A·3, NYC 10011; 243-1570)of health practitioners, PWAs, activists; 99.5 FM (1:00)
GCN (Gay Cable NetwOrk, Lou Maletta, 32 Unio'n Square
4:00 PM WCBS-1V Geraldo: interview with Joel Steinberg,
East. Suite 1217; 4n-4220)
convicted slaughtarer of Lisa, is scheduled; CH 2 (1:00)
GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis, Jean Carlomusto, 129 W 20 7:00 PM Way Outl: Mark Chesnut and Michelle VanVoorhies
St, NYC 10011; 807-7517)
host a lesbian and gay entertainment shoW; tonight
RB PROD (Robin Byrd Produ~1ions,Box~NYC
10021;983-2973)
Raven Hall perfonning GIitt8rOyfce,lish and Snooky perWABe-TV (7 Lincoln Square, NYC 10023; 456-nm
forming You Don't Own Me in which an inflatable doll is
WBAI-FM (505 8th Ave, 19th FI, (IIYC 10018; 279-0707)
whipped; Paper liger TVs Transformer/AIDS, Rich Volo,
WCBS-TV 1524W 57 St, NYC 10019; 97~1).
producer, 254-7685; Manhattan Cable, CH J/73 (:30)
WNBC-TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 10112; 664-4444)
8:00 PM WCBS-1V 48 Hours: "Simmer in the City": focusing
WNET-TV (356 W 58 St, NYC 10019; 560-3000)
on the tensions created by the Korean grocery boycottin BrOOklyn; Spike Lee is interviewed; CH 2 (1:00)
MONDAY, JULY 9
9:30 PM GMHC Living With AIDS: health and politics; Man9:00 PM WNBC-WPoor
Uttle Rich Girl: The Barbara Huthattan Cable, CH J/73 (:30)
ton Story. Part t. Farrah Fawcatt as the Woolworth
10:00 PM WABC-TV Primetime Live: a live interview withheiress (finishes tomorrow at 8 pm); CH 4 (2:00)
Andrew Dice Clay; a look at Earth Firstl, the activist
10:00 PM GCN Be My Guest Sybil Bruncheon hosts a panel
environmentalists ~o believe in causing property
game show with surprise guests; Secret Passions, thedamage if it means saving the planet; CH 7 (1:00)
original gay soap opera; Manhattan Cable, CH J/73 (:30)
10:30 PM GCN Pride & Progress: news, health, sports; Man'11:30 PM Tomorrow/Tonight Livet. e~rtainment;
Manhathattan Cable, CH J/'1:3(:30) (For Paragon Cable, see SAT)
tan and Paragon Cable, CH 0/17 (1:00)
11:00 PM GCN The Right Stuff: media, entertainment,.
midnight CCTV The Closet Case Show. Underwear Special:advice; Manhattan Cable, CH J/73 (:30) (For Paragonboys in briefs in Channel 69's NAMBtA Playhouse at theCable, see SATURDAy)
Pyramid, underwear lewdness & nudeness at Chip's
11:30 PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay
Mars Needs Men, Jake Corbin shaves in his Snoopy
male porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'1:3 (:30)
underpants; Manhattan Cable, CH C/16 (:30)
11:30 PM GMHC Living With AIDS: health and politics;
1:00 AM Gay Tv. gay male porno clips; Paragon Cable, CH
Paragon Cable, CH J/'1:3(:30)_ J/'1:3(:30)

TUESDAY, JULY 10

FRIDAY, JULY 13.

9-.30 AM WWO~- TV Everyday. sexual addiction; CH 9 (:30)
2:30 PM WBAI-FM Rompiendo el Silencio: todos los

8:00 PM WCBS- TV Baseball All-Star Game: baseball is theworld's most boring game, but hunky Steve Sax plays
viernes, Gonzalo Aburtp con temas y noticias para lasecond base forthe American League team; CH 2
comunidad latina gay y lesbiana; 99.5 FM (:15)(approx. 3:00)
7:30 PM The Gay Dating Game Show; Manhattan Cable, CH
8:00 PM WNBC-TV PoorUtt/e Rich Girl: The Barbara HutJ/73(:30),
ton Story. Part II: Farrah Fawcett as the Woolworth
10:00 PM WABC- TV 2t:V2tl Hugh Downs and Barbara Walheiress (conclusion from last night); CH 4 (3:001
t~rs remember James Dean, who died 35 years ago this
8:00 PM WNYN-TV (Fox) The Odd Couple (1968): the real
September; clips and interviews; CH 7 (1:00)
one, with Lemmon and Matthau; CH 5 (2:00)
10:30 PM WNET-TV American Experience: the rise and fall
11:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: community news, discussion,of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Harlem minister turnedinterviews; tonight a special live call-in Roundtable
Congressman; narrated by Julian Bond, this 1989 docuwith Vivian Shapiro discussing the NEA censorship,mentarygot an Oscar nomination; CH 13 (1:00)
guests include Everett Quinton; Manhattan/Paragon
11:00 PM Gay Tv. male porno clips; Manhattan Cable, CH
Cable, CH C/16 (1:00).
J/73 (:30)
midnight The Brenda and Glennda Show. "The Out and O,ut- 1:00 AM RB PROD Robin Byrd Show. male and female striprageous Bus Ride"; Brenda Sexual and Glennda Orgasm
pers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable, CH J/73 (1:001
take over the 9th Street crosstown bus with a troupe of
1:00 AM USA Andy Warho/~ Frankenstein and Draculadrag queens and queer activists; Manhattan Cable, CH(1974): the 3-D twin flicks, back to back, slightly edited,
0/17 (:30) (repeats Monday, JULY 16, 3 pm, CH C!16)
but those red and blue glasses should still work with'the TV picture (4:00, 2 hrs each)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11

9:30 AM WBAI-FM Ghosts in the Machine: women in pop,
SATURDAY, JULY 14,
with Victoria Starr; 99.5 FM (2:30)
6:30 PM GCN Pride & Progress. news, health, sports; Paragon
10:00 AM WABC-1V Sally Jessy Raphaet white women
Cable, CH J/73 (:30) (For Manhattan Cable, see THUR)
raising black children; CH 7 (1:00)
7:00 PM GCN The Right Stuff: media, entertainment, advice;
4:00 PM ESPN U.S. Olympic Festivat. water polo gold-medal. Manhattan Cable, CH J/'1:3(:30) (For Manhattan Cable,game, live from Minneapolis; hopefully, the underwater
see THURSDAY)
cameras will be in use (1:30)
11:00 PM RB PROD The Early Byrd: Robin Byrd presents
8:00 PM WNET-lV lJve From lincoln CenlBr. Mostly MozartFestimale/female strippers; Manhattan Cable, CH J/73 (1:00)
vars 24th season; included are Elfie Kleine Ntichtmusik. Piano
Concerto No. 25 in C, a concert version of the comic-opera
SUNDAY, JULY 15"The Impresario"; CH 13(2:OO)(simulcastonWNCN-FM, 104.3) . 4:00 PM AIlE American Playwrigltts Theater: "Third and Oak:
10:00 PM WNET-TV Ivan the Terrible: The Oemjanjuk Dossier.
The Pool HaU"; Marsha Norman's Purrtzer-Prize-winninga report on the Israeli trial of the alleged murderer atTreplay about a sharp young OJ (Mario Van Peebles) who
bli,nka, with testimony, archival photos; 5O-minute presenma1x:heswils with his friend's dad (James Earl Jones) (1:001
tation followed by a 4O-minute update; CH 13 (1:30) .
7:30 PM WBAI-FM OutLooks: news and information about
midnight RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female
the lesbian/gay community; every other Sunday, alterstrippers; Manhattan and Paragon .Cable, CH J/'1:3(1:00)
nating with The Gay Show; 99.5 FM (1:001
11:00 PM WNET- TV Independent Focus: "Shattered
Dreams: Picking Up the Pieces: Victor Schonfeld's
THURSDAY, JULY 12
1:00 PM WBAI-FM This Way Out; the infl gay/lesbian magchronicle of the struggles in Israel and what has hap. azine; 99.5 FM (:301
pened to the dream for a I!eaceful country; CH 13 (2:10)
1:30 PM WBAI-FM An Afternoon Outing: local news and11:30 PM GCN Men & Films: male erotica, interviews withinfonnation about Gay/Lesbian Pride Month; 99.5 FM (:30)
adult filmstars; Manhattan Cable, CH J/2.3 (:30)•

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....... r Days ijJrilJ!arily gay men of color} 316 W 49 St (819Avest, 245-8925The.Building (Club Bad's The Men's RQom, students, profeSSionals,.
.
Tuesday,.
." . 'men; 99-go boys&: 6O-ft. ceiling) 51 W 26 St; 576-18!Kl
I.e Palace (M. Fesco's Power Tea, 4 pm - midnt; $6; hi-NRG gym hunks;-Love Machine lLarry Tee &: Lahoma Van Zandt, young &: exotic crowd}
free Mimosas &: BMs, 4-6; buffet at 7) 34 E 18 St; 228-8009 .
860 Bway, at 17 St; 254-4005-La Palace de Beauta ($punk: drag queens, hunks, go-go guys, gay
4Iftoxy (Gay Rolleroxy, roller skating; starts 8 pm) 515 W 18 St; 645-5156
kids; midnight - 4 am) 34 E 18 St; 228-8009.
-Mars (Chip Duckett's Mars Needs MerT, 5 floors, go-go boys, perfOrm-Better Days (primarilY gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (819 Aves); 245-8925
ers, and a roof) Westside Hwy and 13th St; 691-6262.
.
Private Eyes (Dallas's Club Bad; students, professionals, men; $7) 12 W
-Pyramid (Junior's Taa Dance 6-10 pm, Gay Cabaret at midnight; $5) 101
21 Sf. btwn 5th/6th Aves; 200-7772
Avenue A, btwn 6/7 Streets; 420-1590-Pyramid (Linda's Channel 69 party, OJ &: live lesbian/gay shows; East
-Roxy (Rollers kate Tea Dance 7-10 pm; A Groovy Kind of Love party at
Village crowd; $5) 101 Avenue A, btwn 6/7 Streets; 420-15!KJ· 10; students, club kids, hunks, men) 515 W 18 St; 645-5156"Ouickl(Rudolf&: Nelson; mellow straights, low-key gays, their women
2UI2O(FTM's Hi-NRG· T8B, caters to Saint crowd, 5 pm - 2 am, $6; freefriends; gayer later} 6 Hubert St; 925-2442
Mimosas &: BMs, 4-6; buffet at 7) 20 W 7lJ St; 727-8841
4Iftoxy (~roIerskating; mixed straig!1Vgay;stalls 8 pm) 515W 18St; 646-51$
Every Niaht (or almost)Silver Uning (2-4-1 drinks, alsO open Tues-Sun, women SAT) 175 Cherry
419 (nightlY Gay HDuse Party, opens 6 pm) 419 rI. Highway (Rte 27),
La., Roral Pk, LI;516/354-9641.
Southampton, LI; 516/283-5001".
Stutz (2+ 1 drinks, also open daily) 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains;
Grand camal (closed Man & Tues, 2-4-1 drinks Thursday) 210 Me~ricrt
9141761-3100.
· Road, Rockville Centre, LI; 5161536-4800
Thursday.
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Magic'fouch (ethnic mix: Anglo/latin/Asian)~ 13 37thRd, Jackson,-Boybar (BoyBar Beauties new wave drag show) 151/2 St Marks
Heights, Queens; 718/429-8605.
Place, btwn 2nd13rd Aves; 674-7959
MOnster (West Village} 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq.; 924-3557-Copacabana (last Thu. of the month Susanne Bartsch party, next is July
Spectrum.h:losed Mon-Tue, WED free, THU free &: 2-4-1 drinks, FRI m/f. 26; iffy door) 10 E 60 St, at Fifth Ave; 755-6010.
strip, ~T record stars, SUN variety show &: free 9-10 pm; Coors
Excalibur ($1 drinks, also open Tues-Sun, women WED) comer 10th/Jefsen.ied) 802 64th St @8th Ave, Ba Rid e, Bk n; 7181238-8213
ferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161
Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators; also open nightly, women•
on TUE &: FRI) 126-10 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens; 7181261~8484 I!!!Tuesday.
.
-Mars (OJ Patrick's Wonderland, mixed TVs/gay/straight; on small 3rd
Hatfie!d's126-111 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718/261-8484
Floor) Westside Highway and 13th St; 691-6262
Grand Central (women's night, also open Wed-Sun) 210 Merrick Road,:-Ouickl (Chip Duckett Thursdays) 6 Hubert St (on Hudson, 5 blocks
Rockville Centre, LI; 5161536-4800.
below Canal); 925-2442
Love Shack (Stelia &: Ray's Alternativa Musik, with DJ dancing, $5) at ,New Usma,r, 411st Avenue at 2nd St; 777-9477
Friday-BoyBar (students &: local East Village crowd) 15 1/2 St Marks Pl., btwn
Wednesday
2nd/3rd Aves; 674-7959
Bedroc~ 12J Woodfiela Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 5161486-9516
Columbia Dances (tst Friday of every month, including summer, next is
Excalibur (Ladies Night, $1 drinks) comer 10th/Jefferson behind football
August 3) 116th St &: Bway; 854-3574 days
stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161-La Palace de Beaute (Larry Tee &: Lahoma; straight, gay, TVs, collePrivate Eyes (Shescape Afterwork Party, 5-10 pm; $5 before 7 pm, $7
gians, club kids), 34 E 18 St, off 5th Ave; 228-8009
after) 12 W 21 St; info 645-6479, club 200- m2 'Octagon (Patrick's Friday Night Jam Session, primarily gay men of color;
Thursday.
free muchies; opens 11 pm) 555 W 33 St; 947-0400
Bedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 5161486-9516'
Private Eyes (YMVA Night, students, profeSSionals, men) 12 W 21 St,
Pyramid (Jenny's GirlBar, 8 pm - 2 am) 101Avenue A (blwn IV1 Slst,$5;415-D
btwn 5th/6th Aves; 200-7772
Fridav'-Ouickl (Panty Girdles; TVs, gays, straights) 6 Hubert St (on Hudson, 5
Bedrock 1:ll Woodfield Rd, W.Hempstead, Lr; 5161486-9516
blocks below Canal); 925-2442 .
Hatfield's 126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 71$1261-8484
Reds (-drink free 10 pm - 1 am-; also open THU; women SAT) 6096 JeriMillennium (Ladies' Nig!r41770 NY Ave (Rte 110),Huntington, LI; 5161351-1402
cho Tpke, Commack, LI;5161543-4740
V"lSions 56-01 Queens Blvd, Woodside; info 7111t'846-7131, club 7111I899-903'"Zest (The Twins' Just BoyS; also open Wed-Sat) 108 W 43 St; 354-7348
Private Eyes (~arc Berkley's KoolKomradsw/ Razor Sharp &: strippers;
students, professionals; $5) 12 W 21 Sf. club 200-m2••~ednesday.

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Saturday••SaturdayBedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 5161486-9516.
Barefoot Boogie (smoke &: alcohol free) 434 6th Ave(btwn !Vl0 SIs}; 832-6759- Chapel at Umelight (Shescape party, Chapel garden entrance; opens 9-BoyBar 151/2 St Marks Place, btwn 2nd/3rd Aves; 674-7959.
pm; $8) 49 W20 St at 6th Ave; 645-6479
419419 N. Highway, SOUthampton, LI; 516/283-5001
Reds (women's party, buffet, burlesque show) 6096 Jericho Tpke, Com-'-La Palace de Beaute (Larry Tee &: Lahoma, mixed straight/gay, clubmack, LI; 516/543-4740•
kids, collegians) 34 E 18 St; 228-8009.. Silver Uning 175 Cherry Lane, Floral Park, LI; 516/354-9641-Mars (Keoki's Drop Lounge, floor varies; small eclectic crowd: TVs,
Starz 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, LI; 5161242-3857
Asians, hi-tech music fans) 13 St &: West Side Hwy; 691-6262
Private Eyes (Dallas's Club Bad; students, profeSSionals, men) 12 W 21
SundaySt, btwn 5th/6th Aves; 200-7772
Bedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI;5161486-9516
4Iftoxy (mixed gay/straight/TVs/clubkids; door often mobbed after 12) 515
Cave Canem (Sandwich Sister Sundays) 241stAve at 1st St; 529-9665
W 18 St (btwn 10/11 Aves); 645-5156
Every Night (or almost)'.
Sound Factory (mostly gay; serious House/Club dancing, no alcohol,
Duchess H (smaUdance floor; G'ootsselVoo) Sheridan Sq. &: 7th Ave S; 24Z~1«11
opens 11 pm) 530 W 27 St (10th/11th Aves); 643-0728
Spectrum (closed Man &: Tues; good gay/lesbian mix, see Every ffightj . ,7lJ/20 (FTM's Evening of Dance, catering to the Saint crowd, 10 pm, $10)
above, for details) 802 64th Sf. Bklyn.; 718/238~8213'.'
20 W 20 St; 727-8841
July 18, 1990

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A.c.a.c.
AIDS CENTER OF QUEENS COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES.EDUCATION·BUDDIESoCOUNSELINGoSUPPORT GROUPS
VDlu..... r Opportuniti ..
(718) 896-25OO(voice)(718) 896-2985(TDD)BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
HUMAN RlmnS
Lawyers Referral Service for theLasbian and Gay Community fill
Renge of l.agaI SeMcee (212) 4!D4873 Free Walk-in Legal Clinic.
Tuesday 8-8 pmLelbian 8. Gay
Community Centr. Ground RoorACT UP (AIDS Coalition to
Unlaa,hP_ar)496A Hudson Street, Suite G4
NYC 10014 (212) 989 -1114
A diverse, non-partisan group ofindividuals united in anger andcommitted to direct action toend the AIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Mon. nights 7:30, at theCommunity Center 2~ W.13th.

BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE
8. SUBMISSION GROUP) Sham SIM experiences and fanin a positive, liontalies wi1h .,.
judgemental atmosphere. First
Sunday of the month, 4:45pm st the
Corrmlllity Cant8r2IB W. 13 S1reet,
NYC • This group is part aI the New
YorkAnla Bisexual Ne1iMHk.

AIDS RESOURCE CENTER(ARC)
Supportive housing for homel88s
PWAs (Bailey House and apart·ments). Non-judgementalpas·
toral care for PWAs and loved
on88. Volunteer opportunitiBS.
(212) 481-1270, 24 West 30th St,
NYC 10001

BISEXUALINFORMATION 8.
COUNSBftG SERVlCf.INC.
A profasaionaly staffed. non-profit
organization for bisexuals, theirfammes and partners, facing problems of a psyI:hological or medicalkind. We also work with those in
doubt about their 88lCIIality.C0nfidentiality is proIBctBd by law. For
information phone: (212)_lfiOO

ALOEr/APLN-NY(A,ian L.. bianl of the Ea.t
eo..'Asion Pacific LNbion PMwork-New YIIIII) We am a political, social and supportive nBtw!lrk
of Asian Pacmc lesbians. Planningmealings on the 1st Sunday andsocial evants on the last Friday ofeach month. Call (212) 517-S698 formom infonnation.

BISEXUAL PRIDEDISCUSSION GROUP
Topical discussions on issues ofinIBrest to the coniliunity in a congenialatmOlphem, foIltlW8d by an
informal dinner st a friendly local
restaurant Every Sunday, 3:004:30pm at the Community Center, 2IB W. 13 S1reet, NYC. Part of the
Now York Area Bisexual Network.

ARCS (AIDS-Related
Community Service.)for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster .andWestchester
counties.
AIDS
education, client services, cri~is intervention, support groups,
case management,
buddy andhospital visitor program.
214 Central Ate. lNhits Plains, NY

BIWAYS NM YORKMonthly social eventa for the
Bisexual community and friends.
Call NYABNfor deta~s of upcoming events. (718) 58245. 118J1(914)~

838 Broadway,

Newb~gh,

NY12250(914)562-!ml
AlDSliM (114) 99UIi07 'ASIANS 8. fRlENDS- NMYORK
A. not-for-profit
organization
which promolBs friendships with
AsianlPacificIslander, AsianAmerican, lind non-Asian gay
men through social, cultural,educational, arn! service activities
and programs. Call our Hotline:
212~4-5004, or write to: P.O. Box6628, NY. NY 10163-6023.
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BISEXUAL YOUTH
Informal social & support groupfor Bisexual kids/youth. Mon!hly
meeting/potluck
lunch held
1:00pm on fourth Sunday of themonth at members homes. Call
NYABN for !his mon!h's location.
This group is part of the New
YorkArea Bisexual Network. .

•. . ATR (AIDS TREATMENTREGISTRY. INC.)'Publishes a bi-monthly'Dlmctory of, clinical trials of experimental. AlDSlHJl/troatmei11Sin NY/NJ,and- has educational materials/seininara for trial participants. ATR also
advoca1lis for improvements in thetrial ¥IBm. P.O.Box 30234, NY. NY
1011-0102. (212) 2Il8-4!96. Publications free/donation mquested.

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BIPAC (BISEXUAL pounCAL
ACTION COMMI1TEE)
Political action ClI'Iissues aI importance to !he BisexuaVLssbialVGay
cormulity. MonINy IIl8IItiVpoduck
held 8:00pm on fourth ThUisday of!he month st members homes. Call
NYABNforthisman'h~ Iocaticn(718):Ii3-8245

OU~EEK

BWS-BRONX LESBIANS
UNITED IN SISTERHOOD
Social, political and support netIII'OIb1g group for WOIllBlland thair
friBllds. Regular social BWntB andmealings onllie filllt and third fridays aI BWI'( month. At The Commlrity CanIo~2IBW. 13 Stroet. fn:m
03HIpm. For ITIOIB info call lisa at(212)B2IHl817.

July 18, 1990

BODY PDSITIVE
If you or your lover has tested
HIV+, we offer aupport groups,
88II1inars, public forums, refinancelibrary, referrals, social activitiea
and up-to-date nalional monthly,"THE BODY POSITIVE" ($Wyaar~(212)721-1348.
.
2IB W. 13th St, NYC, NY 10011
BROOKLYN'S LESBIAN AND
GAY POUTICAI. CLUBLAMBDA INDEPENDENTDEMOCRATS
LlD.endorwsandworbforcanci, dates in local, staIB and national
aiactians,lobbies for legisiatiCll'l,BIldconducts community outreachthrough street mirsand meetings
ClI'I8p8ciaitopics. Jain us. 33Il Ni11h
St, Suits 135 Brooklyn, NY 11215(718)911&8482

CIRCLE OF MORE UGHT
Spiritual support and sharing ina gay/lesbian affirmative group.
West-Pa rk Presbyterian Church
165 West 88th Straet Wed: worship service 8:30 pm, program
7:30. Marsha (212) 304-4373
Charlie (212) 891-7118.
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COMMUNITY HWTH
PROJECT
2IB West 13th Street , NYC, Now
York 10011 For Appointments andInfonnation(212) 875-3559(llYNoice)PROVIDING CARING,SENSITIVE AND LOW COSTHEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE
lESBIAN AND G/IIf COMMlNITY
COMMUNITYRESEARCH
INmATIVE
PWAa, PWARCs & 1heir physicians
taIcing the iriIiativa to seak pro...
ing intervention against AIDS in areap. manner. For mom info or to
voIuntaer p1esse cal (212)481-1CBl.
CONGREGATION BETHSIMCHATTORAH

NYs Gay and Lasbian Synagogue
Services Friday at 8:30pm 57
Bsthune Street For info. call: (212)929-9498.
CONGREGATIONB'NAI
JESHURUN
Monthly Spritual Gatherings andfree catamd festive luncheOllS foraI/People With AIDS, their lovers
and familiel. Program includes
music and discussion led by our
Rabbis. Call (212) 787-7flXJ•DIGNITY
BIG APPLE
A community of Lesbian and
Gay Ca!holicl. Activities include
liturgies and socials every Sat,
8:00 pm, at !he Center, 208 W. 13
Stmet, NYC.Cali(212) 818-1309.

DIGNITY NM YORK
Lesbian and gay Catholics andfriends AIDS Ministry, SpiritualDevalopment. The Ca!hedrsl Project Worship Services & SocialSun. Eves. 7:30pm-St John's
Episcopal Church 218 West 11th
Stroat OWavarty.815-2179
EDGE EtJuc.tiCIII in aD ......
Goy EnviIlllllllOlll
For the physically cisabled Lesbianand GayColI.II~(212)989-1921
P.O. Box 305 Village StatiCll'l, New
York,NY 10014
FEMME SUPPORT GROUP
For lesbians who self identify as
Femme. For info and meetingtimes call Lisa at (212) 82&-9817.
No men please.
fRONT RUNNERS
A running club for lesbian andgay athletas of all abilities. Fun
Runs of 1-8 miles held every Set
at lOam and Weds. at 7pm inCentral Park and every TuBS. at
7pm in Prospect Park. For information: call (212) 724-9700.
THE FUND FOR HUMANDIGNITY
National Gay and Lesbian Crisis
Line "AIDS 800'-·+800-S0SGAYS Educational Resource Can·
1Br,Positive Imagas Media Center,
NY StaIB Arts Program Il!B B'way
SIiIB 410 NYC, NY 10012 (212)52911m
THE GAYAfRICAN AMERICANSOFWESTCHESTER(Tho G.AA.)is a community based support
group formed in Westchester
County. Various activities areplanned for the coming months.
Please call 914-376-0727 formom info.
GAY FATHER'S FORUM
A support organization for gay
father'S, !heir lovars, and athensin child-nurturingsituations.
Monthly meetings include a
potluc!t.supper, support groups
on varied specialized
topics,speakers, and socializing.Meetings: 1st Friday each mon!h, 7pm,
at The Center, 208 W. 13th St.,
West of 7th Ave. Contribution: $8.
Bring a main course for 4 people(or pay a $5 food charge.) For
information call: 212-97&-7541 or
212-28&-3236
GLMO Goy 8. Lesbian AlIiIUlCll
AplIIIt~on

IllVarickSbaet. NYC10013 (212)_
1700GAAD C(ll1im1 hemophobia i1
IhB mecfa and aIseW1em by prllllO!ing visibtily of the lesbian and gay
CIITI1Uity and OIgIIrizil9 !18SS1OOs
I88pOIl88 to anlt-gay 1Xg~Do-,oolvMI:JIrriUls alTU 1f1" igt ....,oc>fhDa?.mhlGAAD(212)81700fori1fDlll

PIn ..TmefCai.. 1ia1.

GUB
Gay and Lesbian Independent
Broadcasters invites you to tune
into OUTLOOKS on WBAI-NY,
99.5 FM every other Sunday, 7:308:30pm and join us every other
Tuesday at 7:30pm to become amember of GUB. No experienceneeded. 505 Eighth Avenue,
19th floor. (212) 749-0405.
GAY 8. lESBIAN HEALTH
CONCERNS
An office of the NYC Dept. of
Health,provideslinkagas
betwn NYC Health 8. Humen
Svcs, and the Lesbian & Gay
community, focusing in ALL
health concerns;
resource
infonnation for health services
consumers and providers. 125
Worth Street, Box 87, New
York, NY 10013. For info call(212) 588-4995:
GAY MALE SIM ACTMSTS
Dedicated to safe and msponsible S/M since 1981. Open nieetings w/progrqms
on S/M
techniques,
lifestyle issues,
political and social con cerna.
p,lso special events, speakers
bureau, workshops,
demos,
affinity groups, newsletter,more. GMSMA -Dept. 0, 498A
Hudson Street, Suita D23 ,NYC
10014.(212)727-9ffl8.

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 HEALTH CRISISHOTUNEFOR INFORMATION ON SAFERSEX AND HIV-RELATEDHEALTHSERVICES, AND FOR INFORMATION ON ONE-TIME, WALK-IN
AIDS COUNSEUNG SERVlCESZ128IINIIiIiI!iZ12'-'74JO 1110 (For the
Hearing Impaired)Mon.-Fri. 10'.30
am. to 9 pm. Sat 12:001o~:OO
GIRTH 8. MIRTHCWB OF NM 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 F.A.R. pen pals.
Fo" more information
call
Ernie at 914-699-7735 or write:
G&M/NY, Dept 0, P.O. Box 10,
Pelham, NY 10803.

HEAL (.... hh Education AIDS
UailOn)Weekly info. and support groupfor treatments for AIDS which do
not compromise the immune.
tern further, including altemativeand holistic approaches.
Wed 8pm.
208 W. 13th St.
(212)674-HOPE.
HERITAGE OF PRIDE. INC.
Organizers of New York's Lesbian and Gay Pride evenl8: theMarch, the Rally and the Danceon the Pier. Call (212)691-1774
for meeting schedule or more
information.
208 West 13thStreet, NY,NY 10011.
HETRICK-MAR11N INSTITUTE
for lesbian and gay youth. Counseling, drop-in center (M-F, 38pm), rap groups, Harvey Milk
High School, AIDS and safar sex
infonnation, refarrals, professional
education. (212)633-8920(voice I(212)633-8926 TTY for deaf
HISPANIC UNITED GAYS &LESBIANS
Educational services, politicalaction, counseling and social
activities in Spanish and English
by and for the Latino Lesbianand Gay Community. General
meetings 8:00 pm 4th 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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DENTITY HOUSE
Now in our 20th year, we provide
peer counseling, therapy referrals and groups for the lesbian,gay and bisexual community.
Call us at (212)243-8181. Visit us
at 544 8th Ave., between 14th15th Streets, Manhattan.
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN
IDENTITY
Sliding scale fees. Insurance
accepted. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy(212) 799-9432
lAMBDA l£GAL DEFENSEAND EDUCATION RIND
Precedent-setting
litigation
nationwide for lesbians, gay
men and people with AIDS.
Membership ($35 and up) inc.
newsletter and invitations to
special evenl8. Volunteer nighton Thursdays. Intake calls: 24pm Mon thru Fri (212)995-8585
lAVA (LESBIANS ABOUT
V1SUALARn .
Call for slides for Lesbian Artists'
Exhibition, Gay & Lesbian Community Center, NYC. For moreinfonnation, send SASE to : Miriam Fougere, 118 Fort Greene
Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217.
THE LESBIAN AND GAY BIG
APPLE CORPS
Get.your instrument out of thecloset and come play with us.
S>jri1phonic,Marching. Jazz. Dixieland, Rock, Flute Ensembles
and Woodwinds. 123 West 44th
St. Suite 12L New York, NY
10038 (212)869-2922.

LESBIAN. GAY
COMMUNITY SERVICES
CENTER

208 West 13th Street New York,NY 10011 (212)820-7310 9am11pm everyday.
A place for community organizing and networking, social services, cultural programs, andsocial evenl8 sponsored by theCenter and more than 150 community organizations.

LESBIAN AND GAY WOR
NE1WORKAn organization of Lesbians andGays IMlO are activa in thair labor
llialSWOIiIilg on domestic pamership benafils and AIDS issues. For
moreilfonnation C811212~,

LESBIAN AND GAY RIG~PROJECTof the American Civil Uberti ..
Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTS/
WE'RE EXPANDI\IGTIEM(212)944-9800, ext 545
LESBIANS AND GAYS OFFlATBUSH
Brooklyn's social organization forboth gay men and lesbians. P.O.
Box 108,Midwood Station Brook·
Iyn, NY 11230· (718)869-9437
l£SBIAN HERSTORY
ARCHIVES
P.O. Box 1258New York, NewYork 10118212/874-7232Since
1974, the Archives has inspired,shaped and reflected Lesbian
lives everywhere.
Call toarrange a visit or to volunteer
for Thursday worknights.
LONG ISlAND ACT-UP
P.O. Box 291, New Hyde Park,

NY l1040Support us for change
on Long Island. (518)338-4882(518)997-5238 Nassau (518)9285530 Suffolk

MEN OF ALL COLORSTOGETHER NY
A multi-racial group of gay men
against racism. Meetings every
Friday night at 7:45 at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center,208 W. 13th Street
For more info. call: (212) 2458388 or (212)222-9794.
METROPOLITAN TENNIS
GROUp(MTG)
Our 200 member lesbian and gay
tennis club includes players frombeginning to toumament level.
Monthly tennis parties. Winterindoor league. Come play withusl For infonnation: MTG, Suite
K83,498-A Hudson St, New York,NY 10025. (718)852-8582.
MOCA(Men of Color AIDS Prevention
Program.)
Provides safer sex end AID'S'
education information to gay
and bisexual Men of Color;
coordinates a network of peersupport groups for gay andbisexual Men of Color in all 5
boroughs of New York City.
303 Ninth Ave, New York, Ny
10001
or call (212) 239-1798.

NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIANTASKFORCE
is the national grasaroota political organization for lesbians andgay men. Membershipis~ar,lsaua-orientad projec:bladdre88 violence, sodomy laws,
AIDS, gay rights ordinances,
fammes, media, etc. through lobbying, education, organizing anddirect action. NGLTF 1517 U
Street NW, Washington, DC
20009. (202)332-8483.

NEW YORK ADVER11SING
AND COMMUNICATIONSNE1WORKNYACN is the community's
largest gay and lesbian professional group, welcoming all incommunications-andtheirfriends. Monthly meetings, 3rd
Wed It.30pm at the Community
Center. Membera' newsletter,job hotline, annual directory.
Phone (212) 517-0380 for mora
info. Mention OutWeek for one
free newsletter.

PEOPlE WITH AIDSCOALITION(212)~l-81JO.828.32l!Cotline (212) 532-0588Monday thru
Friday loa~Meal programs,
support groups, -educational andrefalTalsarvices for PWA's and
PWArC'L
PEOPl£ WITH AIDSHEALTH GROUP
Undergroundbuyer'sclub
importing not-yet-approvad medications and nutritional supplements. 31 West 28th St 4th Roor
(212) 532-0280
SAGE:(Senior Action in a Gay
Environment)
Social Service Agency. providing
ca18, activities, & educational services for gay & lesbian senior citizena. Allo serves over 180
hoilllbomd seniors & older PWA's.208 West 13th St NYC 10011,(212)741-2247

N.V. WOMEN'S
SOFl'BALL GUILDFor experienced, serious Softball Players, Coaches andManagers. We play mod/faat
pitch weekends in Manhattan
and .Queens. Try-outs begin
Feb. llthru April- or until filled.
(212)2!iS-1379 Janel ,SETHIAN GAYS.
LESBIANS AND BISEXUALSFor all of us inIBrestad in mclingout 10 each other iIaxubarancelDspontaneously axpIore and expand
upon the Sa1IVJane Robarts "Philosophy" as it mites 10 our livas,
p8ll1011ally,S8lCUallyand politically.
CanAl(212)~04

NINTH STREET CENTER
Since 1973, a community dedicated to demonstrating that 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 counsalling available. 319
E. 9 Street, New York, NY 10003,
for info call (212)228-5153.

SUNDANCE
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
SOCIETY
A non-profit club offering Outdoor activities for every S8ason
including hiking, biking, skiing,water activities and other outdoor activities for the Gay/Lasbian community. For infonnationor complimentary Newsletter
call (212)588-4728.

NORTH AMERICAN MArWOY
LOVE ASSOCIATION (NAMBlAI
Dedicated to sexual freedom
and especiallyintereted in
gay intergenerational
relationships.
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 (212)807-8578 for information.

THE OUTREACHUSING
COMMUNAL HEAUNG(TOUCH)eoolliUnity w/Un1llalS providing aweekly buffet supper for the
BrookI)'IlAIDS commurity. TOUCH
meel8 Monday eves. 5pm to
6:30pm- at downtown Brooklyn
Friends Meeting HOUle (110 ..
Schennerhom St near Boerum
Place). limited tranaportstion may
be arranged. Info:(718)622-27!i8. TOUCIjwalcomes
contributions offunds,
food and w/un1llars.

NORTHERN UGHTSALTERNATIVES
Improving Quality of Life for
People with AlDS/HIY.
THE AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP: Exploring the possibilities of a powerful and creative
life in the face of AIDS. Call,(212) 255-8554,
NYC GAY. LESBIANANTI-VlOlfNCE PROJECT .
Counseling,
advocacy, andinformation for survivors ofanti-gay and anti-lesbian violence, sexual assault, domestic
violence, and other types ofvictimization. All services freeand confidential.
24 hour hodine(212)807-0197

WHAMI (Woman', H.alth •Action Mobilization)
A non-partisan coalition com·mitted to demanding, securing
and defending absolute repro·
ductive freedom and qUllitj
health care for all women. We
meet every Wed. at 8~pm a1
the Village
Independen1
Democrats, 224 West Fourth
Street (off Sheridan Sq.). We
are not affiliated with VID.
(212)'713-5968.
Mailing address: WHAMI, P.O.
Box 733, NYC 10009
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVECOMMUNITY CENTER (WACC),
A non-profit, Lesbian community center serving Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. Thurs
night weekly discussion grps.
8:30pm, for other activities
pluse contact us at(518) 483-2050.

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ULSTER COUNTYGAY AND LESBIANAWANCE
Meets first and third Monday ofeach month et 73) p.m. at the Unitarian Church on Sawlcill Road in .
Kingston.

For i1formation, cal (914)828-32ll3.
UPPER MANHATTANTASK FORCE ON
AIDS
Education,
Hotline, Supportive Case Minagement,
and Volunteer
Recruitment and Referral.
212-870-3352

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CHELSEA

D.1:'s Fat Cat. 281 W. 12thSt., 243-9041

WESTSIDE

Barbary Coast, 64 7th Ave. (14th St.), 675-0385 .

. Duchess 11,70Grove St (7th Ave.), 242-1408 (Women)

Candle Bar, 309 Amsterdam Ave., 874-9155

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

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

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

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

Eighty Eights, 228 W lOSt., 924-0088

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

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

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

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

Kelle(s, 384 West St. (at Christopher), 243-1907

Trix, 246 W. 48 St. (bet. Bdwy & 8th Ave), 664-8331•

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

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

Spike, 120 11th Ave., 243-9688

The Locker Rool)1, 400 W. 14th St. (9th Ave),459-4299-, Temporarily Closed

WEST VILLAGE

The Works, 428 Columbus
799-7365

Badlands; Christopher & West St., 741-9236
Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St., 929-9684
Cellblock 28, 28 9th Ave, 733-3144-Hopes
reopen by August 1(MortonEASTSIDE

New ~immy's, 53 Christopher, 463-0950

Bogart's, 320 E. 59th St., 688-8534
Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St., 650-1944

Sneakers, 392 West St., 242-9830 .

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

The Monster, 80 Grove St. 11thAve.),
924-3558.
.

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

,

to
St),

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

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

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

Ty's, 114 Christopher,74'-9641.

NY Confidential, 306 E 49 St., "308-8390

Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave.,

Crazy Nanny 5, 21 7th Avenue South, 366-6312(Women)Ave (at 81 st),

Zest, 108 W 43 St. 354-7348

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

The Annex (to Cellblock 28), 673 Hudson St. (bet
13th & l~th), 627-114~ Temporarily Closed.

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

RegentEast, 204 E. 58th St., 355-9465,

255-8787

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
liNenty-Nine Palms, 129 Lexington Ave., 686-8299

EAST VILLAGE.

The Bar, 68 2nd Ave. (at 4th 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.), 777-9232

BROOKLYN (718)After FIVe Plus, 5 Front St., 852-0139, Spectrum, 802 64th St. (at 8th Ave), 745-9611•

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

QUEENS (718)Breadstix, 113-24 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills,
236-0300... ,,,", .
•Hatfield's, 126-10 Oueens Blvd., Kew Gardens,
261-8484,¢ 95 per minute,

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$2.00 for the first

Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, 657-4585

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

A.R.T. from page 54

Magic Touch, 73-13 37th Rd, Jackson Hgts,429-8605

Chingery said: "It was done in reSummer Hours
21 W. 17th St.
sponse to the loss and grief of friends
Lunch & Dinner
NYC 10011
STATEN ISLAND
Monday-Friday(212)645-2160
and acquaintances dying. And I tried
to embody in this painting' the horror
Sandcastle, 86 Mills Ave., 1718) 447-9365
ofit all."
WESTCHESTER (914)
In Edwiil Biebuyck's "Self Portrait
With House," the night sky is aflame
Playroom, 590 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers, 965-6900
with what seem at first glance to be
Stutz. 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains, 761-3100
beautiful, if eerie, putple meteors. When
asked about these meteors, the artist
LONG ISLAND NASSAU (516)simply pointed to the Kaposi's sarcoma
lesions on his arms, as if to say, ''What
Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead,symbolism?" It is a terrifying fever dream
486-9516
of a painting, yet Biebuyck revealed that
his style was quite different prior to his
Blanche, 47-2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale,
AIDS diagnosis. "I had been humorous r-:::=====================:;-"l694-6906
in my paintings. But with AIDS I had
DELUXE, 5 COLO~ TEE SHIRTS.
that want ed to speak ."100% heavyweight cotton 'Grand Central, 210 Merrick Rd, Rockville Centre,
stronger Images, Pfl!l" ....'cti
536-4800"But, I'd like to go back to doingsome humor," he added with a smile.
Millennium, 1770 NY Ave, Huntington, 351-1402"I've gotten a lot out of me with these
Pal Joey's, 2457 Jerusalem Ave., North Bellmore.
paintings."
785-9301
Gail S. Goodman's "AIDS Awareness Display" is an entire wall devoted
Silver Lining, 175 Cherry Lane, New Hyde Park,to her close-ups of the Names Project354-9641
Quilt-photographs
so vivid and$20 each· 2 for $35(includes postage and handling)
approachable that the glass frames of.LONG ISLAND SUFFOLK (516)Specify M, L or XL ISAX or LIFE
some bear fingerprints of viewers who
Send Check or M.O. to: Roundbottom,
419, 419 North Highway (Rt. 27), Southampton,
couldn't resist the temptation to touch,
529 E. 6 Street, N.Y., N.Y. 10009
283-5001
5% goes 10 God's Love We Deliver"My work is intimate," Goodman
Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St. Sayville, 567-2865, explained. "You can even see thestitching on the quilts. It's as if you
Cherry's, Bayview Walk, Cherry Grove, R, 597-6820
were on your hands and knees. My
photographs get right into the fabric."
Club Swamp Disco/Annex Restaurant, Montauk
She pointed to one photograph, that
Hwy, Wainscott, 537-3332
of a military patch from one man's
Ice Palace, Cherry Grove Beach Club, FI, 597-6600
quilt, and said: "Too often people forget that gays are soldiers too. They
Kiss, 161 Farmardie Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273
have fought for their country."•
Club 608. 608 Sunrise Hwy.• W. Babylon., 661-9580
In addition, there are fine works by
I
Starz, 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, 242-3857 I Michael Isenberg, Roger Pettyjohn,i Lizette Sonsini, Edward Zujkowski,
Thunders, 894 W. Jericho. Tpke., Smithtown,864-141 0
Ronald Williams and a collection of ten
poems by Salvatore Scali.
.
NEW JERSEY (201)
There is a wall of portraits by I
Elyssa Rundle of people living withCharlie's West, 536 Main St., E. Orange, 678-5002
AIDS, and as we -leave the exhibit,•
above the elevator, we encounter
Feather's,77 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge,
portraits
of
those
who
have
recently342-6410
died. The exhibit is a turbulent jour•
Friendly's Bar, 6310 Park Ave .• West New York,ney that leaves us with indelible
854-9895
images of grief. But as Rundle writes
in the catalog, "Grief is a catalyst."
Excalibur, 10th & Jefferson, Hoboken, NJ. 795-1161
Though we can all admire the art on
Nite Lite. 509 22nd St., Union City, 863-9515
display, her statement suggests that
we must also be moved to action toVibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, 836-5518
end the crisis of which this art is a
Yacht Club, 366 Berkshire Valley Rd., Jefferson,
devastating record ....
697-9780

NYC GAY & LESBIANANTI-VIOLENCEPROJECT(212)

807~0197
24 Hour Hotline~----------------1:•

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referred to a neutral arbitrator.

every case of HIV- or AIDS-related discrimination. Such a' complaint can only
succeed where there is some evidence tosupport the employee's charge that he or
she was discharged for the purpose ofdepriving him or her of benefits, and thecase is unlikely to be successful if the discharge comes at a time when the employee is actua11y·disabledfrom working.
One of the main advantages of using Section 510, on the other hand, is that employees can take their cases direcdy to
the federal court system where they may
get a speedier and better-informed hearing of their case. This varies from place toplace, however. In New York City, theavailabUity of an aggressive AIDS unit at
the City·Human Rights Commission and a
growing l50dy of good precedents in the: trial courts probably dictates first resort todisability law for those encountering
AIDS discrimination.

Fourth Amendment Protection
When it comes to employee-testing
policies, public sector workers may havean additional important source of protection: the United States Constitution's
Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. Mostof the attention on public-employee testing and the Fourth Amendment has focused on drug testing; but there has
been at"1east one significant case inwhich a federal circuit appeals court
ruled that a state-operated mental-healthfacility had violated the constitution byrequiring all applicants and employees totake an HIV-antibody test. The Supreme
Court refused to review -the case, leaving
a powerful, precedent standing. Of· course, in, the governmental context
there are notable exceptions to this ruling, as federal courts have upheld HIV
testing by the military and the State Department's foreign service. The constitutional theory is available, however, to thevast majority of civilian government employees' as.a safeguard against intrusive
employee~testing policies.
Finally, a brief mention of union
contract protections is appropriate. About. '. 15 percent qf the civilian work force na.'.tionwide is covered by such contracts,·.which usually Iiaiit employer discretion,.to discharge' or discipline employees.
· When disputes arise' about such employer actions, they are resolved through a
joint union-company grievance procedure. Unresolved grievances are nonnally66•

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Julv 18. 1990

BIAS from peg. 2&
The handful of published arbitra- Cuomo declared: "I would like verytion decisions on AIDS issues indicates much to see one shot, two years; let thethat labor arbitrators do not consider Democrats do it their way. You would
HIV infection or an AIDS diagnosis,
have had a bias-related violence bill,standing alone, as justification for em- you would have had it a long time ago."ployment termination. From an early
Asked to comment on the extent ofpOint in the epidemic, arbitrators have support Cuomo would offer candidates
required employers to make r~tional opposing
incumbent
Republican
decisions in confronting AIDS issues senators, Karen Polk, the gubernatorial
and to follow normal procedural safe- spokesperson, equivocated, "He is justguards for employee rights.' Employees beginning now to get around the state,
who encounter HN-related discrimina-' " she said, "and that will inevitably
tion- in a union shop should take their include appearances to support various
complaints to the union right away, Democratic
candidates,
includingsince the union is under a statutory Senate candidates."
obligation to provide fair representation
The Democratic Senate Campaign
to all employees fu the bargaining unit, Committee,.too" sees numerous
and many unions have undertaken their Republicans in the Senate as vulnerable,
own AIDS education programs to .sensi- accordipg to Eileen Hickey, executive
tize staff to these issues. A union
director of the campaign committee.
grievance procedure may provide a Estimating that between eight and ten
faster resolution to the problem than seats with Republican incumbents are
any government agency or court.
particularly vulnerable, Hickey then
The next article in this series declared that the Democratic party has
on AIDS law will focus on insur- between ten and 15 "outstanding"ance issues. •candidates stepping forward:.
PROJ 10 from peg. 28 'Hickey also stressed that choice is'd the most prominent issue facing Senate
DavI
or
M
ay
."
. .
H owever, un d er
Dinkins, responsibility for the lesbian can~ldates. People are begmntng tod g
segment of the multicultural realIZe we are one vote away from an
S
"h
. d
an
ay
. ch'
curriculum was moved from Hudson's anti- OIce enate, s e pointe out.
former office to the Mayor's Office of
The Republican State Committee,
Educational
Policy, and Hudson
not su.rprisingly, ~oes not see ~ny
maintainsthat at that point, the R~ubltcan senato~ In dan~of losmg
opportunity
for lesbian and gay thetr seats, according to Eltzabeth Del
advocacy on the subject was lost. "As Tort~, ~xecutive director of that
far as nesbians and gay menl influencing . orgaruzation. In fact, Del Torto asserted
inclusion at every step I did not see that that the Republicans expect to pick up
happening, realisticaliy, in that office," two Senate seats in this fall's elections.•
Hudson recalled.
MURDER from p.g. U
Robert Terte, spokesperson for the
Board of Education, had no conunent that ~ansom was known to fr~qu~nt
on the current status of the multi- certam areas known for prostItution. I
n the ;"'clusl'on and had worked on a regular basis
cu Itu raI currlcu um, or 0
>u
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d
men I'n that as a prostItute m the Trenton area.
o f Ies b lans an gay.,.
. Ium. However, a sourceat the RubensteIns offIce
could
notcurncu>.
•Board of Education told OutWeek that confIrm those reports at press time
the curriculum was in the draft stage but did say that they were being
and had not been reviewed
by investigated, in addition to reports
Chancellor Fernandez. The source that Ransom had been arrested for
added that the curriculum is expected solicitation.
to 'be introduced as a pilot program
The district attorner's office did
this fall in seventh- and eighth-grade confirm that Ransom s body wassocial studies classes..
.
found nude, and that the transsexual
had female
breasts
and malegenitals. The office also stated thatthe case was being investigatedthoroughly, but that no suspects had
yet been questioned .•

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for sincere relationship, EXT 1029

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EXT 1012
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Ibs, 34, br/bl seeks young clea
paSSionate bottom prefer slightly
overweight guy but not nece·ssary.
EXT 1035

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155 Ibs, slache. hairy, healthy,
cenlered,cultured,committed,
versatile top. Sks btJlch bonoms 30·45
for lough and lender limes. EXT 1009

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and promise to help you, Not a sex ad.
Call EXT 1019

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20's and 30's seek cule bonom lor safe
lun. Westchester· NYC & Connwelcome. EXT 1011

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stache. Versatile, fun sks GM 21·32
into music, wildlquiel limes. Goodkisser a H.
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vry gdlkg. very romanlic, nol really inlo bar
scene. You·21·31.
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guy 27·45 onregular bases.
EXT 1026
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Ibs, Irish hndsm aks WM 25·50 10 be
my lover. friend & pal. I enjoy movies,
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EXT 1025

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head looks like 30 cute. inlo.sale·sex,

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blue eyes StM BID 42 yo sks younger
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very'anraclive italian boltom·I'm easy
to like, passionale wilh a fiair, and I
have a good safe sex allitude.
If
you're an experienced top & know Ihedillerence between lun and serious,
call me. cause I jusl wanna have fun.
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(212)'337-1200•

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ONGOING HIV+GROUP.Caring gay male support group seeks.
additional members who havecompleted the Body Positive seminars •We have a positive attitud& and share
ourfeelings. We meet on Thursdays in
Manhattan at 7:30 PM (no fee or
charge). Please send a brief note
expressing your interest along with aphone number and the best time tocontact you. Discretion"and confidentialityassured.
Contact Richard, Box23H
496A Hudson Street NY, NY 10014

MEN'S MASSAGE GROUPE•GRIIPS

Gettogether with a group of men to
give and receive massages. Taught by
TerryW eisser, Licensed Masseur andteacher at the Swedish Institute.
Sundays, 7-10pm, $20.00, call(212) 463-9152.

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to reach 1000's of men every week on
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William De Bonis DDS. Suite 704, 200
West 57 Street, New York, NY 10019,
Office hours by appointment only call
212-333-2650.

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What if you could eat
whatever you want,whenever you want
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EUROPEAN HAIRSTYUST
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ByJoe 212-979-9746 Hair & Makeup &Facial & Bodyr:ub & Cuts & Color & .
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DIRECTOR WANTED
for new LESBIAN AND GAY COMEDYIMPROVISATION TROUP. possibilities
unlimited. Well developed sense ofhumor and/or dislike for Jesse Helms
helpful. Please send resume and/or
letterto: Michael Hyman
605 W. 112m Street, Apt 2-H
New York, NY 10025

1IIIIIWOMAN AND VAN
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Licensed massage by handsome wellhung 6'1' 2OOlb.muscular hunk. Call for
appointment 212-496-0020 at home or
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WANT TO MEET GUYS IN OTHER
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For info send SASE to International Gay
Pen Pals. Ste. 320, Box 7304, North
Hollywood, CA91803

PIIIIIIBIICIIAIDS & VC
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MALEMODElSWANTED.

Top creative pro photographer is .
looking for cool guys with hard bodies
to pose for hot art & male magazines.
Man, I'm f or real. Send photo phone
info to: Cit yboy-B P.O. Box 1978, NYC
10013-1978

PHYSICIAIS
CHP - COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT
208W.13Street,NewYork,NYlooll,
fo r info call (212)675-3559.

ANAL WARTS, FISSURES, HEMORRHOIDS
treated in minutes with lasers. call fora free consultation. Laser Medical
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Studios to lofts + coops to condos, 6th
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Cavendish 924-9316. THE SILVERMANGROUP212-260-39oo.

DISTINCTIVE DECO APARTMENTS
Fully renovated apartments in the art
deco district of Miami Beach. Perfectfull time residences or the best inaffordable
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VINTAGE PROPERTIES, 1601Jefferson
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(305)534-1424.
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THE WOODS

Romantic retreat delights ALL
senses soaring LR/Fplc., lux MBR
suite/jacuzzi, Fplc. & glass wall,
masterful decking, set high in the trees
on 31/2 VERY PRIVATE acres, swim
pond, $183,800. Call Brenda, ERA Metes& Bounds,914-331-2121.

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Indi.."dualWithin 2 hours of hot & humid NYC you
can have mountains & lakes, 4 stardining, great nightlife, music, theater,
cool nights, antiquQs & art, friends &neighbors AND best of all AFFORDABLE
PROPERTY.From cottages to castles,
we can provide you great
escape. Specialists in Woodstock &Stoneridge.
ERA METES & BOUNDS REALTY
914-331-2121

CoupleInlurance

212/903·4033

HIV POSITIVE
and

DEPRESSEDSPIRITUAL MEN

Joseph Kramer and Matthew Simmons, ,invite you to a sacred sex seminar. (Nolecture.) Celebrate our tribal joy witherotic rituals based on Tantric, Taoist,, and Native American traditions; Learn
25 erotic massage strokes and how toenhance and prolong orgasm. Relearn
sex as sacred, playful, non-addictive,
non-compulsive, and non-stop. July
14th & 15th, 9am-6pm. Cost$195. You
are invited to a dayof Taoist Erotic
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brochure and registration, call Body
Electric at 415-653-1594 or Bob Yohn at(212)929-4019.

-Feeling blue. down. !Iopele.. ?

-LOll 01 ale.p. appelile 0' Internla?
- Troubl. coping. conc,nl,aling?
. -Anxloul? Irritable'

1\1 Maybe we can help. To learn more a.boul\ our tree and confidential r.search programs.
call UI al Co, nell Univ Medical Cenler.

(212) 746-3921•.,

David Lindsey GrifTm,

C.S.W., C.A.C.
Gay Affirmative Therapy

SIIIAIIOISIAIIID•HAVING A PARTY?I

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Short & Long Term Ther.pv
N.Y. Slate Certified.SIXIAl HIAlIlG
EROTIC~

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Associates

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Eric at 212-924-2253..

RIAllSJAII•I DISCOVER ULSTER COUNTYI• Individuals I Couples
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse• ACOA and CODA Issues• Career and Professional Blocks• Sexual Compulsion

Fees based on the ability to pay
Liscensedl Insurance Reimbursable(212) 582-1881

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FIRE ISLAND PINES
Spectacular 4 bedroom house available
for short term rental one or two weeks.
Panoramic views of ocean and bay.
Large pool and hottub. Recently
renovated with all modern conveniences. ($4,500 per week)
Call Leslie 516-597-9400
Fax 516-597-9575

Licennd, Ep.rienced Thol'1lpilt offen
Empathic Approach III llllOln Probllll1l
IIIlated III-Male IntimaCy -Depression-Anxiety and Stress -Sau Esteem-Career and Creative Blocks

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Room or bed in contemporary cedar andglass F.I. Pines house with fabulous hottub. Available day, week, or holiday.
Short-term share okay. 516-597-6162.

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Waher J. Alvarez, CSW
8oarr/ C.rtifi"d Diplomat

Soho/Vill•• e [ac.do.
.~(212) 941-9830

VICTORIA SOUWODA MSW, CSW
Lesbian Feminist Psychotherapist For
the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual
Community Svpportive/EthicaV
Professional Approach Ucensed(212)353-2407

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INDMDUALS-COUPLES
sensitive and supportive therapy
to help you enhance your self
and your intimate relationships.
15 years experience helping Gay
men become more fully themselves
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dismembi:lred my
G.I. Joe doll. I
used to put troll
dolrs between mylegs so I'd knowwhat I would looklikewith pubic hair.
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Brooklyn NY
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MADONNA from page 53•••'performance so 'special, the truth isthat Madonna manages to overcome
the precision of the show with herhuge presence-a
presencethatemanates from her tight, a1abasterlike
body and envelopes the entire arena.
. She projects an energy level so intense,that the essential audience/performer
bond was stronger than in any otherconcert I have ever attended. This certainly was not Memorex.
The show is, of course, highly
visual and stylized, with imagery andchoreography borrowed either directly
or in part from Madonna's own videos.
., Since she has built her success on thestrength of those videos / exploiting
the medium like no other petformerthe connection is only natural. Star sibling Christopher Ciccone, the New
York artist who art-directed the show("New York artist who art-directed theshow"? Hmmm ...), has done quite aremarkable job in providing sets that,
although quite complex, read clearly
from all vantage points and deliver thenecessary visual stimuli that Madonna
fartS have come to expect.
'. . For the first set of songs, comprised of five Madonna dance/party
standards, the elaborate stage set takes
its cue from the "Express Yourself'
video:
Madonnaappropriating
Madonna appropriating
Fritz Lang.
Supportedby her crew of maledancers-a
veritable International
Malestrom of delectable cuties andher two ubiquitous backup kittens,
Madonna bumps,' grinds, sodomizes
and kicks her way through the opening numbers. During "Causing a Commotion," she enters into a mock battle, of the razor-sharp tits with her female
backups, smacking them around,asserting her male-identified domi.. nance ("Stop slobbering all over me")and. generally
carrying on like a
Gorgeous
Lady (or Lezzy) ofWrestling. After dispatching the gals
handily, she moves on to ''Wbere's the .
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Party" and eventually.gets to her much•.ballyhooed, Middle Eastern~tyle rendition of ."Like a Virgin." On an
upraised bed of red velvet and gold
brocade, attended by two men in
Gaultier torpedo bras, Madonna works
herself into an apoplectic fit of sexual
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tion of "Holiday" that truly rocks the
beleaguered crotch. For the space ofhouse. She also gives a kick-ass perthat song, she is Robocunt.
formance of "Vogue," which is' set
For the second round of dittiess-against a huge painted backdrop that
Madonna's Catholic set--the stage's
looked, at least from my admittedly
massive, grinding gears are replacedskewed vantage point, like a cross(seemingly without human intervenbetween the work of '20s Deco-eration) with banks of votive candles, aartist Tamara de Lempicka and '70s
row of tremendous
CorinthianNorman Lear-era artiSt J.J. EvartS fromcolumns and a looming cross. She
Good Times. The whole extravaganza
begins the set by petforming ~Like a
climaxes with an elaborately chorePrayer" under a stained-glass version
ographed Bob Fossian version ofof another well-known
Madonna.
"Keep It Together," ultimately ending
More bawdinessensues when awith Madonna alone on stage, without
priest! father/lover figure in a blackmusical backup, charging the audirobe arrives on the scene with aence •to, well, keep it together. I
smoking censer for "Oh Father";, so
noticed a teenage girl several rows intaken is our Madonna by the newfront of me' taking a snapshot of thecomer's presence that she feels comvideo screen at that moment, despite
pelled to jerk off the chain bearing
the fact that we had a petfectIy clear
the incense burner and to initiate aview of Madonna-astrange case of
hypersexual pas de deux. Not justthe privileging of the simulation overwhere you bump and grind it, indeed.
the reality, but that's just Madonna in
Catholic
guilt
seguesinto
the age of mechanical reproduction.
Hollywood lilt as both performer andAs for the risque factor of the constage set transform themselves for the 'cert, many critics have tended to be"Dick Tracy" plug-away segment. Risingrather blase about Mad06na's sexuallyto the stage atop a grand piano, grand
explicit, gender-bending antics, probaMadonna delivers a throaty, emotive
bly as a backlash against the hype surand downright soulful rendition ofStephen Sondheim's "Sooner or Later." It rounding her various, well-publicized
controversies. The concert attendees,
is important to note that she actually
however, were made noticeably uncomsings every last note of "Sooner orfortable, particularly by the overt acts of
Later" one of the toughest songs on
homoeroticism. When, for instance,
the evening's program-without
reMadonna identifies her male dancers ascourse to Iip-synching or even pregay ("You see these guys. They want torecorded backup vocals. But this islook like me, dress like me, be aroundthe set in which Madonna strikes
back•
me. But they don't want me"), the pointat her critics on a number of points,
is hardly lost. It is probably fruitless towith comments like "Lots of people
make records who can't sing, right?"andtry to extract any planned political agen"What's a girl got to do to get a record
da from it all, but the fact remains thatat a time when gays and lesbians areplayed 'in this town?" Getting back toexperiencing an ever-increasing degree
the Iip-synching issue, she announces:"Let's do something really nasty.' Let'sof visibility, Madonna is out there withus, throwing our presence in the faces
Iip-synch," before doing precisely thatfor "Now I'm Following You." This wasof millions of fartS.
"AIDSdoes not discriminate' on theone of my favorite portions of the show.
basis of sexuality," Madonna proclaimed
As Madonna twirls around the stage
at her last u.s. petformance, which was
menily, a legion of Dick Tracys wearing
a benefit for AmFAR in honor of her
only loosely belted yellow trench coats
and black dance belts pair off together . friehd Keith Haring. "Gay~ straight,
black, white-we
all have to bandfor some ballroom-dancing action andthen form a high-stepping chorus line. ' together to fight this terrible disease."
For those who were there, I believe thedearly, these girls are, no strangers to
impact was real. But let's not obscure
throwing their iegs in the air.
the more meaty, sybaritic pleasures of
For the final set, it's back to thethe evening. In the words of the great
jolly dance/party
numbers, with apornographer1auteur William Higgins,
camp version of "Material Girl" set in a
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