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Going Out Calendar

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THEATER:Indecent Expos~reOtis Stuart (Carefully) Meets
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PERFORMANCE:Bitch! Dyke!
Faghag! Whore! DalePeck
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EDITOR IN CHIEFGABRIEL ROTELLO•..

NAME GAMESNEWlEDITORARTIEDITOR
FEAlUREI EDITOR
STAff REPORTERDESIGN,.

ANDREW MILLER"

SARAH PETTITMICHELANGELO SIGNORILE
NINA REYESMARIA C. PEREZ,

Among the tOOls for ending our oppression, few are as powerful asvisibility. The -self-esteem inherent in announcing and proclaiming ourgayness, and the message that such Openness sends to our closeted brothers and sisters and our opponents, are vital elements of our of liberation.
It's therefore sad that so many lesbian and gay J)lganizations fan toinclude the words "lesbian" and .gay" in their tides. Some say that
euphemisms'like "pride" or "human rights" are fine: The initiated are supposed to know that groups espousing such noble values are inherently queer.
. The,real point is not what the initiated'!mow but what the uninitiateddon't know. Because the puqx>Se of omitting "lesbian" and "gay" is to
avoid alienating closeted gays who fear that donating t9 a self-prodaimed'gay group could lead to accidental expoSure by the local postal worker orbanker. They want their cxganizations closeted in oo:ler to have namesthat the local banker or postal worker won'tunderstand.
Names like the "legacy of Pride" or the "Trust· for Human Rights"
surrender to that fear. The fact that in 1990 some still surrender to thedemands of the closet is sad.
Leaders of closeted groups argue that the alternative is a lower level of<;Ionations. It's possible that wealthy closeted gays shun groups with names
like the "National Gay and Lesbian Task Force" in favor of the "Fund For
Human Dignity." But we doubt it And even if that happens, the m:uginal~
in money should be weighed against the enOllIlOUSdecrease in
self-respect inherent when groups hide the fact that they're gay.
.Some leaders lugue that it's absurd to focus on so trivial an issue
when greater challenges face our conununity. But their deliberate decisions to avoid the words "lesbian" and "gay" illustrate that the issue is nota minor one. And there are hardly more pressing issues than visibility,
self-respect and the willingness of leaders to show that they are proud of
who they are and will not capitulate to homophobia.
Some say that those who live in big cities need to respect the fears of
rural gays. But while social pressures against homosexuality remainstrong--and particularly oppressive in small-town America--<aving in is ..
hardly the answer. Such regionalist oondescension is an insult to the hun,dreds of thousands of lesbians and gays who exist in fabulous outness
aaoss America. And that attitude is also an insult to everyone who hasever been ~evicted or queer-bashed in Manhattan or San Francisco.
Many of the groups 'that have closeted titles were named years ago.
With their history and name recognition, they may find it difficult to retag
themselves. But it's truly sad when new groups repeat the same mistake.
Receitt reports that the oonsolidation of FAIRPAC with the New York State ,Lesbian and Gay Lobby will yield a new group called the "New York. Pride Agenda" are dMeartening.
Naming a liberation OIganization discloses a political agenda, and in1990 calling your group the "Pride Agenda" reveals a strange and sorry. Jack 'of pride.
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HATE DEBATE

I sympathize with thedesire to take the sting out of
Insulting adjectives like "queer"and "faggot," but if the gay andlesbian community is serious
about achieving
genuineequality in American society,then gay publications and leaders will only use ~ords forthemselves and their community that outsiders are allowed touse. The double standard thatsays that African-Americans
can call each other "nigger,"but other Americans can't, Isn't
a value that the gay and lesbiancommunity should adopt for
Itself, In my opinion.
Since the word "queer"has, In the past year, taken off
Ilke a rocket In the activist community, spurred on by publications such as yours that fabricate distorted headlines like,"San Francisco's Queer PrideDay" (the celebration wasn't
renamed), then I would like topoint out that it is a form of
separatism and discrimination
to merely reclaim anti-gay andlesbian epithets, like "queer"and "dyke." All hateful insults
should be reclaimed so that
Queer Nation can proudly
march alongside Nigger Nation
and Kike Nation.
In that ecumenical spirit, I
would like to address a few
words to the spick cunt who
wrote the defense of "I Hate
Straights" [no. 59, Aug. 15]. I
imagine that most oppressedpeople feel hatred for theiroppressors at some time.
Anger and rage are appropriate
responses to the kind of hatredand persecution that gays facein the United States. If powerfulemotions like anger and rage
can be channelled by an

oppressed people with the selfesteem and selHove to say, f"I'm all fired up I can't take any
more, I won't take any more ! ...........
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you're about to find out what I
can do with my freedom" thenthe righteous anger generated
by the violation of the self iscreative and transformatlve.
But genuine hatred is corrosive and self-destructive. You....
get back what you send out,.~.-.-'''',.-t_....,.....
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(Ms. Reyes is proving this for
those who have hated her.)movement within the gay and rage of a lifetime of homophoAnyone who perSists In willful
bia and bigotry. Anyone
hatred wiJI find this fact out for lesbian community. For thisher/himself In time. Genuine reason, I was very saddened to touched by the AIDS crisis feels
social change grows out of read the recent "I Hate the imploding frustration anduncontrollable anger. I sharecompassion and love, Justice, Straights" article.
Obviously, anyone who these feelings and thoughts.
equality and mercy.
But hate Is exactly what
To sharpen a blade, one has been oppressed shares thegrinds It. It Is the grind of learning how to manipulate the political system, the day-to-day
grind of forging alliances and
BY ANDREA NATALIE
srONEWAt.t. /lIOrS
commanding respect from the'HEliE zr
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P-rOJ(E 1/' WI'T1fpolitic-a process that is wellHE;( 9Qynlu/YtJ
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freedom and justice that the
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oppressed cry out for. Rage
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and hatred are the sparks that .
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fly, the heat generated, as theblade is ground. The heat actu- ,ally interferes with the process,so the blade is dipped in water
to cool it down.
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Cool down, Ms. Reyes,
and respect yourself and yourHOW DARE THEY
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community enough to get backto the grind.
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If anything positive hascome out of the AIDS crisis andholocaust, I believe that it is the
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we are fighting. We are.fighting tofriends and co-workers change
the subject when ycu want todiscuss anti-gay violence,
domestic partnership, the Jesse
Helmses and those that electthem, anti-gay media bias,
AIDS politics, the lack of legal
status for gay relationships In
housing successor rights, taxes
and medical benefits, theN.E.A.'s anti-gay witch-hunt,etc. But they'll seek you out totell you that ACT UP is just creating enemies and that theyThank you for printing "I
totally disapprove of outing
Hate Straights." The title upset(especially that "L.A. Law"me at first, but both the essay
episode on it or that columnist
itself and Nina.Reyes' article onthey heard has exposed hunit hit the bull's-eye.
dreds of stars). They daily
I'd like to share with you
observe gays being slanderedsomething that happened to me
and misrepresented in thelast week. I was at work and I
newspaper, in Congress, thedecided to call my answering
church, movies and on TV and,machine to see If my new beau
it doesn't compel them to speak
had left a message. He had not.
Millions {)f gays and les- out ("You know, if you gays had, However, a fairly young-sound- bians relate to "I Hate a sense of humor this stuff
Ing man had obviously dialed a Straights." Non-gays who, you wouldn't bother you"). Butl They
wrong number and, on hearing discover, consider your long read a joke-piece about "breedmy outgoing message, picked relationship with your lover an ers" or an honest essay on theup on something In my voice "affair." Friends who Immedi- Insensitivity of non-gays with anthat unleashed such a homo- ately rationalize your parents' attention-seeking title, and willphobic tirade that I was shaking abuse and abandonment of you write in to say they are now antifor some time after I hung up.
after coming out to them. They gay. These are our supporters?
At first I decided not to tell say you didn't have to come Let'swake up, people.
anyone at work about it, out, you must expect this reacThen there's the disturbing
becausealthough I knew I'd find tion and are better off not com- amount of gays who area sympathetic ear, everyone·1 ing out. (After all, they never experts at self-disempowerwork with closely is straight and told their parents about their ment. No matter what the new
I knew they wouldn't really abortion I) In 1984 you had to ptan is for our advancement
understand how it felt to be the explain to them what AIDS (outing, ACT UP demonstravictim of such Unsolicited hos- , was(I), and they didn't believe tions, Queer Nation marches,tility. But something has you (you were just paranoid) GLAAD letter-writing, boycotts),, changed in me over the last few until they saw it in the news . they are against it: "No, we.years; I'm sick to death of .keep- During the 1986 Gay Anti-Dis- can't, no we mustn't, no, it's
Ing my rage in the closet, and I crimination Ordinance hearings unfair and no: I don't have any
know now that you can't really in NYC, they pooh-poohed the solutions or suggestions."
claim to be totally out just
These gays can't tell you
need ("After all, you have an
because s.tralght people know apartment, a Job-what's your why they are automatically critiyou're gay. You have to let them problem?). They tell you you're cal and unsupportlve. They preknow how their world. affects exaggerating when you recount fer to discuss unfairness toyou everyday.
the trauma of growing up gay in straights, how businesses can
So I composed myself and a viciously antl-gay society and support neo-Nazls, the almighty.went to a straight co-worker
getting gang-beaten on play- right to stay in the closet, howwith whom I've become quite grounds for being different.
we must earn straights' affecclose, and with an 1mplsh grin They find reasons never to have .tion by being nice (and quiet),,said to her, "I want you to hear dinner with you In a gay restau- how we must spend our lives
something." I dialed my num- rant. They don't want to attend educating and wiping theber on her telephone and hand- the Pride parade because they heinies of straights who haveed It to her. "Listen," I said. She think Ifs some kind of riot.
no Intention of changing. They
knew I had been expecting alaugh and tell you the gOSSip
These non-gay family,
makethe straight hatersacknowledge and understand us. To slm.ply hate them back Is something
we needto move beyond.
We should not encourage
hatred to spread throughout
our community because we are
better than that. Hatred always
destroys the hater. more thanthe hated.
Malcolm Dooley
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call from my boyfriend and I
watched her face change fromamusement as she listened to
my voice on the tape, todelighted expectation as themachine made Its whirringsounds, to puzzlement and thento pure horror as some anonymous macho voice spewed Its
hate Into my life forever.
"That's terrible," she said
numbly, as she handed me herphone to hang up. . '"That's how it is," I told
her."I Justwanted you to know."
I don't hate all straights. I
do get pretty tired sometimesof living in their world, and of
their complacency about it
being their world. Whatever will
wake them up, I say do it.
Neil DiBemardoJackson Hills, N. Y.

•they hear about openly gay coworkers, and get furious at thesuggestion that they come out atwork or to their family ("You're
Judgmentall") They lecture youon "facing reality"-from Inside
the closet. They pronounce thatgays who are in contact with
their anger are self-destructive.
You can't quiet them longenough to explain that Miller's
supply of promotional beerkegs, T-shirts and hats to softball games and contributions topediatriC and other generic(non-gay) AIDS organizations
is nice, but it is not supporting
our community. They disapprove because ACT UP and, these boycotts seem "nasty."
They don't observe that churches, courts, politicians and millions of homophobic parents inthis country aren't spendingtime debating "fairness," "nastiness" or "respect for therights of others." They simply
boycott us, legislate us andvote us right out of jobs, thearts, the family, the church, themedia and society. And get afull night's sleep afterward.
What further calls toaction are needed?
DavidPeny
Manhattan

you, Ms. Troisi, but I'd prefer
the rape from the teenage
boys-thank you.
The point of mentioning
lesbians In hetero-porn wasthat lesbian sexuality seems to
be more accepted than homosexual male sex. Period. Further, all those lesbians who still
believe the porn industry Is
solely male-controlled are "terribly misinfonned." There are a
few female queen-pins of theirown segments of the industry.
The female owner of Femme
Productions has claimed thatwomen make up for more than
40 percent of the erotic film
audience alone. And all thosedial-970 numbers of phone sex
are owned by a woman who
also publishes High SOCiety.
Yes, Ms. Troisi, I am awareof those black triangles. Your
argument, however, should betaken up with Richard Plant,
author of The Pink Triangle andHeinz Heger,author of The Menwith the Pink Triangle who havewritten extensively on this matter. To my recollection, the only
mention of those black trian-gles was that It pertained to"vagrants ."I will retract my statement
about lesbians being strong
women and the pioneers of the•feminist movement (this Information came from the documentary 8efore Stonewall andLesbian Voices). OK, Ms. Del
Valle, lesbians are the pioneersof nothing. I must mention
however, lesbians could very
well be the founders of one
thing: anti-male attitudesthose opportunists who can becounted upon to put men down,-

PIONEERS OFNOTHING?

I am writing to refute thedeceptive attacks against mefrom Ms. TroiSi, Ms. Del Valleand Ms. Morris [Letters, no.
59, Aug. 15].
In response to Ms. TrOiSi,
let me ask you how would you
like to be stabbed repeatedly asJames Zappalorti and manyother gay men have been? How
would you like to be stuffed
Into the trunk of a car with alive snapping turtle with the car
set on fire? How would you liketo have your genitals severed
and crammed down your throat
to be killed with slow torture as
was the method In San Francisco? Has there ever been anything done so heinous against
lesbians? I don't know about

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thereby filling the needs ofwomen who resentmen. .
The fact that you, M.s.
Morris, see my work as damaging and alienating is interesting. Many gay men have seen
the anti-male rhetoric such as
the Stonewall Riots caption in
OutWeek no. 59, pg. 5 or theposter by Gran Fury on pg. 59of that same issue. We haveseen those members of "Feminists Fighting Pornography"
standing on the corner of Fifth
and 42nd yelling their anti-malecomments. We are familiar
with S.C.U.M. (Society for Cutting Up Men) and their hatredand how many lesbians!femi'nists! separatists favor abortIng male fetuses (Say Windows, Vol. 7, no. 1, p. 6).
I have sat In Women'sStudieswith a misandrlst professor to be attacked vehemently
solely because I was male,because I sat In "their" class.
Many of us have read yourbooks, articles and letters assertIng your anti-male attitudes. And
while many gay men choose tolook the other way, for many ofus, it justifies the viability of apro-male separatist movement. I
have been "educated" to yourethics, Ms. Morris-it is you
who needseducating.
Now, Ms. TrOisi, Ms. Del
Valle and Ms. Morris, you havereason' to feel bashed or
oppressed.
Richard Berglund
Manhattan
THE REAL DEAL

The editorial in issue no.
60 [Aug. 22] states; "Until
Philip, Morris announces publicly that it disavows Helms'
homophobia and will cease
contributing to his venal campaigns, the boycotts of Miller
and Marlboro serve all of ourinterests." This statement istrue so far as It goes, but falls
short of the central issue of theboycott campaign.
The Importance of theboycott Is not in the winningover of Philip Morris, but In thedefeat of Sen. Jesse Helms.
When Helms Is defeated,
Philip Morris must take noticeof the gay community not justbecause we boycotted theircorporate dollars and interest,
brand products, but because rather than as a hostile andthat defeat will be a demonstra- vocal segmented faction of thetion of a new, enlightened polit- population that must be periical and social agenda that they odically appeased or handled.
When Sen. Jesse Helms Is
are forced to court.
Our participation in the defeated, and that defeat is in
defeat of Sen. Jesse Helms is large part due to our unified
reaction to his homophobia, weamong the most important
political opportunities we have will have told the world; We'reever had.. Not only would it rid here, we're queer, get used to it!
8ill Kavanah
us of the fly in,the Ointment, it
Manhattan
would establish for us the political clout to send ripples
BARBARIC COORS
through both houses ofCongress, and thereby into theI have noticed that you
boardrooms of every major are congratulating those bars
corporation in America.
which have Signed onto the
The boycott is a national Miller beer boycott. Amongprotest enacted to illustrate·
those that you have recog-·that we are willing and able to nlzed Is the Barbary Coast atrecognize and utilize to our Seventh Ave. and 14th St.
advantage the political tools at They have substituted Coors
our disposal. This Is the best Light for Miller Lite. I am
and only way to make long- sending them my literature on
term gains-advertisers
for how Coors continues to fundour publications, sponsors for not only Jesse Helms, but theour events, donations for our Heritage Foundation (whocauses, favorite sons and opposes ali gay rights legisladaughters as our candidatestion), .the Free Congress Founand respect for our community dation (who favors mandatory
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Emma Peel and surely not
and government workers),
CREDITIS, DUDE
Patty Hearst. Second, it is bad
Morality in Media (who opposIn . response
to enougH to have the straightes any pro-gay images on television), the Educational Re- Michelangelo Signorile's col- white population believing that'search Analysts (who want umn [no. 59, Aug. 15] I finally Madonna invented vogueing,creationism taught in the find it time to question Out- ' and it is ten times worse to
WeeKs responsibilities to all have the gay population quot~
classroom)" the Freedoms
Foundation (who has given ciF of the gay and lesbian. com- ing her stolen lyrics a,nd
munity: As a Black gay male I , negating ""here it all began.
izenship awards to Phyllis
am personally offended when I But I guess it's par for the
Schlafly and Jesse Helms),
course when snapping beIn~ercessors for America (who read about these so-called, want the' Bible to replace the "glamour raids." First, the comes zapping someone inConstitution) and practicallygarb which you
d~scribed
to the white community.
,,, The appalling lack of Blackevery conservative campus
be worn during thes~ raids
newspaper in the county. Fur- '(slick black outfits, berets, , lesbians and gays in your weekthermore, the Coors Employ- dark glasses and faux machine ly speaks for itself, racist. Your
magazine speak~ of the Westees PACgives money to candi- guns) was basically de rigueur. dates like Helms who are for the Black Panthers, not Village gay and lesbialJ scene
largely dei'licafed 'to ourI ,destrucf,n.
I am happy to send anybody my detailed brochure on
this unpleasant company,
whose voti'ng stock is wholly,
ownea by the. family who not ,only champions, but created,
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Michelangelo. I am an enraged
queer AIDS activist for the same
reasons that you 'are such anangry activist columnist, but I
am able to se~that encouraging
questionablejoumaUst practices
regarding ·famous people's
homosexuality is despicable,
unconscionable, and NOT THE
SAME AS MARCHING PEOPLE
OFF TO VERY LITERAL GASCHAMBERS(emphasis mine).
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the cheap use of the Holocaust
for emphasis. As a gay man,
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while continuing their racist·and sexist behavior. Count meout, dude.
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Christopher Allen
Boston, Mass.

neglect to say Who was on the[no. 58, Aug. 8].
, I was pleased to see that
illustrious panel? Let me update
How Jim Marks could
all of us on who "our" commuyou covered the New Music have attended th'e National
Seminar. The previous two \ Lesbian and Gay Health Con- nity invited to give us the real
seminars had ne'er queer in ference and not reported on ,deal. The presenter whosight, 'cept poor Jim Fouratt, the lesbian takeover of the angered me the most was one
GO EAST, YOUNG
and one panel on homophobia final plenary session is way Dr. Shuloff, principal inve~ga. , MIKE
tor at George Washington Uniat last year's seminar "just dis- ' beyond my comprehension.
.In respOnseto the "Gossip appeared." Ten daring souls Had he been there, he would versity's AIDS Clinical Trials
Watch" colunin of Aug. 15 (no. showed up to be kicked out by have seen some
Unit. Guess what GWU does
remarkable,59): Please, Kendall Morrison, the custodial staff, and not things-among them a huge not have? A community review
dear publisher, when Signorile another word followed.
banner that read TALK ABOUT board. He is opposed to that.
is readyto be put out to pasture.
, This, year's Seminar 'l{as LESBIANS OR ,GET, OUT He is an enemy of the commu(or even before), send him any- much improved. At least two unfurled behind the presen- nity who had been invited towhere anywhere-but not the out gay acts, were showcased ters' he,ads, bright pink fact address us. Odd? We thought
Pacific Northwestl'',
including myself, and for the sheets handed out to over so.
, We even told him so from
Terrific magazinel
first time I walked away from 500 people addressing the the podium. But somehow, andDavid G. Enloe the two "hotter" panels (the silence surrounding the sub- I know we were all the dish on•
Seattle, Wash. AIDS panel and the Censor- ject of lesbians and AIDS and the last day of that blase conship panel) feeling like I,a£!u- a multiculturalgroup 6f ference, Jim decided not to,
YOU DIDN'T MENTION
ally existed and without feel- smart, savvy and a,ngry report on the goings on. Too
WHATENT~C~,D YOU
ing I'd just witness·ed The lezzies, stealing the mike out bad and so much for lesbian,TO PICK U., THE MAG, Morton Downey Jr. Show. I of the hands of one confervisibility. Whaf would have'cap'.JOE.
was'pleased that OutWeek
ence organi2;erwho 'adamant- tured ,his attention, I wonder?
\ I am the Con.servati,vel ' covered this event at such a ly sought to silence us by Maybe if we were gay men...oh
Populist party· Candidate' for pos itive time fo r gays,
belittling our concerns. None- no! That must beparan'oia
State Senate in the 31st Dis- although you were the only theless, we came th{ough and speaking. Actually, I won't
triet in the Bronx. I, just· gay publication' contacted that spoke eloquently. We gave a ruminate any further. Sexism in 'picke~ liP your, Qerverse mag- neither returned my calls no~. medical .upda.te,_which, as far reporting is nothing new.
interviewed me about fhis and as I am concerned, is the only
azine the other day. I' justTl7lcyMorgan,
wanted to say that we "nor- my other gay-related show- ' AIDS uPQatein town on cerviBrooklyn
mal" people are taking ~ cl!ses around the country over cal cancer, pelvic inflammato, stand against you and your this summer.
ry disease, chronic vaginal
Many of the issues raised inultra-Liberal supporters and'I must say, though, Victoria candidiasis, human papilloMorgan's. .- letter were in fact covwe will win. Conservatives,
Starr was hot, hot, hot at the mavirus and so-'on. We gave ered byOutWeek in Risa Dpnenlike Jesse Helms, David Duke' . censorship panel. If you think the crowd medical info with- berg's column, "In Our Own
and myself will lead th~ battle attitudes about OutWeek are a out a doubt. We also gave Hands, n which was also devotaga,hst your Sick mentality. I touch unifonned in the gay com- them a piece' of our minds
ed. to, the conference and ran the
declare war oli the gay rights munity, try the straight commu- and provided some real enter- samewtiekas Marks' article.
movement. And right now I, nily,ln' say,SeatHe.I'm sure they tainment during what was, in,"~ewsEd.
am ahead in the polls against were expectingsome "dyke with my opinion'; an altogether
CAMPING IT UP
my 9Pponent Joe Galiber.
a hair across her as~," but Starr uneventful conference. Jim
Burn in Hell!
was eloquent, direct, and she Marks, where were you?
I would like to take thisJoe Palau knew when to sit back and let
The night before our opportunity to congratulate you
Bronx others talk, I sat on the second "takeover,"word had gotten out on issue,no. -59's Gibson, Jourlevel,where I could see mO,stof to conference Qrganizers that nal column [Aug. 15), "A
BOROUGH ISM
the responses. Starr's got her ',something was up, and they CampSite of One's ,Own," byshit together- she got her point quickly, quickly invited a lesbian DuncanOsborne. 'I ama subscriber;.
In a' house ad, you claim across without getting every~ to speak about lesbians and'As a gay activist member"a complete source to t~e city" , one's back up, and most impor- HIV. This woman was truly co- of Queer Nation and ACT UP, I
is coming in September-"Thetantly she made OutWeek and opted by a corrupt group of gay certainly appreciate your maga, Manhattan Living Guide." !'fow the gay community look very, men who thought that having a zine's .coverageof homophobic
lesbian speakwoul(f placate our , and AIDS-related, biased inci, can it be a complete source to vel}'good.
,anger. It only did the opposite. dents, but as a gay man living
the city, when the Bronx,
Loren Lombard
Manhatmtl The lezzie wh.o spoke knew in .New York,1 chose this city
Brooklyn, Queens and Staten
none of the gynecological,
Island are o'mitted?.
because of the diversity of
LESBIAN,. ,'Daniel Marsala
issues at, hand when we speak activities in which gay people
DIVISIBILITY?
Queensof HIV in women. She wascan partiCipate.
P.S. Keep raising hell. I love
Re: "Youth and AIDS Key lezzie, and that was slipposed, DuncanOsborne's arti.
your editorial' slant. 'topic at Gay Health Confab" to be enough. Oh, and, did I' cle was a step in the direction

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of portraying some of theother activities open to gay
people. I hope that in the
future your coverage as theleading lesbian and gay news
magazine continues to cover
all of the experiences of ourqueer nation.
,
Just off the top of myhead, I am aware of gay bowling leagues, softball leagues,
camping and hiking groups,
running groups, volleyball andsoccer groups. In addition,
there are computer clubs,
leather clubs, relig.lous andspiritual groups. There are 12step gay recovery groups, college campus and theater, groups. Would love to pick up
your magazine on Monday andsee them all ordered.
In all fairness, I must
admit that I was one of the four
, guys on that camping trip covered In the article, so my opinIon is not to1a11yImpartial. Yes,
we do ACT UP at times, butthere is so much more to ourlives. The lesbian and gay youth

as well as human and civilrights legislation. He ,isan archenemy of all gays and lesbians.
For the above reasons, I
urge all your readers to con-,tribute to Harvey Gantt's
campaign fund. Helms receives money from conservaHELL WITH HELMS ' tives and fundamentalists
Senator Jesse Helms,
from all over the country. We
arguably the most powerfulshould provide Gantt withhomophobe in America, is up adequate funds to combat
for reelection in November. His him. Senators today, espeDemocratic opponent, Harvey ciallydemagogues
likeGantt, appears in the polls to be, Helms, affect not just thegiving Helms his first real chal- state from which they arelenge in many years. Gantt, the elected, but the entire nation.
first Black mayor of Charlotte,Contributions should be
N.C., has the reputation of an sent to: Harvey Gantt for U.S.
honest, progressive and intelli- Senate, 700 E. Stonewall St.,gent politician.
Suite 655, Charlotte, NC28202.
Joe Morgan
I consider Jesse Helms to
Kansas City, Mo.
be one of the nastiest men in
American politics. He has mostDEAF'
recently made the news in his
CLARIFICATION
diatribes against the National
Endowment for the Arts. He has
I want to thank Gregory
also worked to block or reduce Serrano of the Deaf.AIDS Proevery Significant attempt at fed- ject for writing OutWeekto clareral funding for AIOS research, ify what services are available

to deaf PWAs in New York City.
Although he didn't mention me
by name, Mr. Serrano was writing in response to my OutWeek
article, "Captions for Queers,from a few monthS ago. Mr.
Serrano was upset that I left
out some AIDS programs by
and for deafPWAs.
In that piece, I stated that
the New York City chapter ofthe Rainbow Alliance of theDeaf had disbanded after thedeath of its president. (I foundthat out from the president of
the Toronto Rainbow Alliance of
the Deaf.) Although in theexcerpt to which Mr. Serrano
refers I dealt specifically withthe contributions of deaf lesbians and gays to gay and lesbian life, I did mention in passing the AIDS Committee ofToronto's Deaf Outreach Project, the only program by andfor deaf PWAs which I knew of.
I didn't want to get into theintricate issue of services fordeaf PWAs, about which I knew
virtually nothing, so I wouldn't

picking up their first copy of
OutWeek would be greatly benefited by finding out what great
opportunities await them.
Keepup the good work.
James E. Shepard
Manhattan

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havedlsc'Ussed groups like Mr.
Serrano's even If I'd known
about them.
I knew I was running therisk of offending someone bylimiting my scope In that way,
but I felt Ilke I had to focus
the article tlg htly. I would liketo apologize to Mr. Serranoand deaf readers ·in general, if
any, If I hurt their feelings by
not mentioning them.
Though I wish he had
expressed an opinion about
the real thrust of the articleclosed-captioning for. gay andlesbian television-I want tothank Mr .. Serrano for his,expression of concern. I'll becontacting him personally tomake sure no one ends up
with hard feelings.
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silent women are, the more urn, and scream and pound the debate on the arts. The
we deny ourselves-as role my fists and get angry
fight between the government
models, supporters, nurturers enough to fight back for the and artists is turning into aand independent heroines for sake of my own dignity and fight within one class.
Victor Weitzer
each other. Many women,that of others. It's time. It's
Manhattan
who are lesbians, bear and time that we pretty, financialraise children, deal with feel- ly well-Off, well-educated,
ANNOUNCE THIS
ing powerless in a male-dom- feminine dykes stopped safeIn addition to your policy
Inated world, are psychologily passing for white.
cally and emotionally woundJane Cook of printing free obituaries,
ed by male hosti lity as a
Manhattan which I support, I suggest
you also print free birth!
reaction to our sexuality. We
CLASS DISTINCTION
adoption announcements.
are, In essence, women first.
The profound feelings we feel
Adoption,
fosteringandAs a longtime politicalfor one another, and our sex- activist who is a gay man, I am births have always been aual complexity, is completely disturbed by OutWeeKs use of reality for lesbians and gay
missing from most of history. the words, "communist" and men., Printing announcements
We are a very silent voice • in "blacklist" concerning artists would affirm this .
mainstream culture.
,[no. 58, Aug. 8J.
Tracy Scott
The world views us as
One says "artists are
Brooklynmisunderstood misfits. We are becoming like communists"
ALLEGEDthought of as the appendages while another describes herseH
ALLEGATION
of homosexuality; the limb, as a "communist du jour." Thisnot the trunk, of it. We are the is a fake analogy.
Re: Outweek no. 58, Aug.
invisible enigma of homosexuThere were many people 8, "Police Clash Violently With
ality, and our silence perpetu- in the fifties who were both Montreal's GayCommunity."
ates the confusion.
artists and communists. They
Who is Joe Clark andAs ,a result of my coming lost their jobs and went to jail. whose side is he on?
out in print and responding to They did not receive coverage"The 'alleged' police viothe New York Woman magazine in People magazine or sold out lence? It's documented, fool.
article, I was the victim of shows at Lincoln Center.
I've seenthe videotape.
homophobia. I had never.quite, Communist artists were
Get out of town.
experienced ignorance in such interested in the lives of workRobert Johnson
a direct way as I did the day my ing people. They tried to makeMontreal, Quebec
commission was cut, because an American art that spoke to•of a reaction to me as a les- working people. The artists in Theuse of the word "a1leged(/y)"
bian. Let me tell ya-ignorance
your magazine don't seem to in a news story is used to comis frightening.
care about anyone but them- ply with the U.S. judicial sysJ've learned in my life, selves. Yet they refer to com- tem's premise that people are
more than ever in these last munists to give themselves
innocent until proven guilty in a
few months, that integrity is historical credibility,
court of law. The unintentional
not on everyone's agenda, andThere is so much more omission of the word has beenhonesty is going to hurt you, separation between the classes the basis of many successful
but the only thing of value at today than there was in the libel suits. Its use indicatesthe end of a day is one's own fifties. Working people are so nothing about the reporter's
truth. It's what you really lie disenfranchised that they are point of view.
down with, and it's all Y9u're no longer even considered in-News Ed.
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going to die with.
' ,The value of that'truth isvery precious, and it's all we
can really give one another if
we're courageous enough to• In a news article on gay cable TV in last week's
give. I don't support outing,issue, Manhattan Borough President Ruth
but I do urge women to find 'Messinger was incorrectly identified as the City
a way to come out and makeCouncil President. Andrew Stein is the president
a .difference. Being a victim
ofthe New York City Council. Out Week regretsof a homophobic reaction, I
the editing error.
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find myself not choosing to

PAST PASSING
There was quite awonderful article on lesbians
In New York Woman magazine
this year. I was very Impressed with the coverage
because I felt the writer
strove for a new integrity anda real concern for honesty. I
was so Impressed with thearticle's sensitivity on theIssue of coming out that I
wrote a letter to the editors
thanking them for good main•stream reporting on one ofsociety's most silent enigmas.
It Is important to understand that though the ramifications of exposure may besimilar, for gay men and
Women, there are still vastdifferences between lesbians
and gay men. By virtue ofbeing women, many of us are
first and foremost feminists
before we are lesbians. This
reality shapes us both politl'. cally and emotionally.
By
virtue of the fact· that we are, women, we 'are least under. stood, have lass financial
clout and power and most
likely have more to lose thanrun under a rock and hide,
gay men in coming out.
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NEW YORK-"This is a court• thathas control over some of the mostimportant and most personal aspects of
our lives," said David Hansell, director of
legal services at Gay Men's Health Crisis.
Hansell is referring to the battle
for Surrogate's Court judge in New
York County that is currently being
waged among four Democratic con-,chosen in the upcoming Sept. 11
Democratic primary election.
The responsibilities of the Surrogate's Court include judgments in wills
and estates, adoptions and conservatorships. And there was a time when thisrace would have had little impact on
the lives of lesbians and gay men. But
with the continuing presence of AIDSin the community, and as lesbians and.__the majority of contested wills in Surrogate's Court today involve people with
AIDS. Typically, blood relatives contest
a will that leaves most or all of an
estate to a gay life partner. Attorneys
for traditional families will suggest thatthe person with AIDS "lacked capacity"
to draw a will, due to illness. Anotherlegal weapon is "undue influence,"
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tenders: Lewis Friedman, acting New
York state Supreme Court Justice;Arlene Harris, chief law, assistant in
New York County Surrogate's Court;,Eve Preminger, a New York County
Supreme Court JuStice; and Jacqueline
Silbermann, administrative Judge in the
Civil Court of New York City. With
Republicans making only a token effort
in the race, the judge will effectively be

gay men alike seek to become parents
through adoption, jUst who wins a seaton the bench in an election held every
14 years is a matter of great concern tomany gays.
Carol Buell, an attorney in private
practice who does estate planning for
lesbian and gay families, and a co-chairon the board of the Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund, said that 'the surviving lesbian or gay partner
forced their deceased lover to write awill against their wishes.
G.M.H.C'.s Hansell lamented thatjudges too often assume dementia
occurs in all people with AIDS, andthat "undue inf}\1ence" is inherently apart of gay and lesbian relationships.
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M.C.T.V.officials in an effort to finda'NEW )'ORK:....A new group was
solution ,to the restrictions before they go
fortn~d last week, to, combat recently
into effect. Evan Wolfson, a staff attorney,announced regulations which threaten
for Lambda and a member of Fair
Access, said, '.'We'remarshalling our legal
t9 devastate gay and adult p.fogramming on cableteleyision. The, regularesources to file a lawsuit" to block theregulations on constitutiOnal~gmWlds.
til;ms; ann,ounced August 15, would
Observers
said such a suit would
si\ndwich' all so-called "indecent"•advertisingon cable between thehave a strong likelihood of success.
hours of midnight and 4:30 am.· LesI
bian and gay programming, most ofwhiCh ~ aired earlier than midnigtJ,t, islargely' supported by phone-sex andother ero~ic advertis~g which mightfall under the deflilition of "indecent."
The new regulations were writtenby the'staff of, C~mptroller Elizabeth
Holtzmari as' part of a broad relicensing' agreement between the city andManhattan Cable Television" one oftwo cable companies in the borough.
Holtzman, ,concerned about the effects
of sexually explicit ads on children, ,had reportedly insisted on the new
restrictions.' In a public statement
issued last June, she called sexually, explicit ads "outrageous~ and said;"The children of our city should not be
unwittingly exposed to-this material." ,. AObservers said that the effects of
the restrictions, if left as they ,are, could
CABLE READY-Comptroller Liz Holtzman
result in a virtual ban on commercial
lambda recently joitied in a victorioussuit
gay and lesbian cable programming.
defending phone-~ services in which
The rulc::s'would not affect viewer-supsimilar legal principles were involved.
ported gaY shows. 'Members of Fair Access pressed, The new, group, Fair Access, was'for measures that would, temporarily
initiated by Queer Nation, a lesbian
alleviate the threat to gay programming, , and gay direct~action group. It ~rewwithout going to ccmrt.
additional mempers from G.M.H.C.,
On Aug. 22, they asked the state
Lainbda Legal Defense and Educationcommissioner of telecommunications,
Fund, indeper:tdentcableprod~cers
and gay news groups, including Out~ William F. Squadron, who has jurisdiction over cable 'IV, to instruct M.C.T.v.
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A flurry of meetings and lobbying
until his office could issue clarifying
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which operatC:SM.C.T.V.,said that thecable company had itself already asked
the citY to issue clarifying guidelines
conc.erning the "indecency" restrictions
and, said Aurelio, "the commissioner oftelecommunications refused.» According to Aurelio, "An appeal to the courts
might be the best solution."
A spokesperson for Squadron later
confirmed that the city would not, be,issuing clarifications or definitions ofindecency.
The gay advocacy group also
attempted to have the offending clause, from the franchise agreement eliminated. This could be accomplished by theFranchise Concessions Review Committee, a new six-member body consistinSof the mayor, the Corporation Counsel,
the director of the Office of Management and Budget, the comptrollCf, theManhattan borough preSident, and asixth member appointed by the mayor. !!
A change in the contract wording ~would require the votes of five of the ~six committee members.
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Shows currently on 23/J, which include
Gay Cable Network productions, theGay Dattng Game Show, Way Out!,Gay TV, and the Robin Byrd Show,
must reapply for air time on Channels
26 and 35.
However, Channels 26 and 35 arecurrently packed with programming.
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by Allen White•SAN FRANCISCO-Marchinginlock step up San Francisco's famous. Polk Street~'the Guardian Angels present,
a menacing profile which has stirred
passionate and, for the most part, negative reactions. About two months ago,the group descended on the longtime
gay neighborhood, and merchants andtheir customers have cha18ed them with
"operating a protection racket," beating
up people on the street and engaging in
calculated intimidation.
Unlike their counterparts on New
York's Christopher Street, there Is no
welcome mat from gay merchants andcertainly not from people on the street.
"From my observations out here andfrom what I have been hearing fromthe citizens on the street, the GuardianAngels are going around jacking people up for no reason whatsoever," said
Bart Blunt, a private security officer
hired by the Rendezvous and Reflections, two gay bars on·Polk.
"They are soliciting the merchantsfor 'donations' as they call it, to protect
their businesses,"
Blunt claimed.
Reports on probleIIl$ with the Angels
first appeared in San Francisco's Bay,Area Reporter, a lesbian and gay weekly newspaper.
"We haven't had any merchants
who don't support us," countered
Christopher Ford, chapter leader of the
San Francisco Guardian Angels. "The, merchants all along Polk Street are'supporting us with contriubtions andfood. We have ten Guardian Angels
that live here 24 hours a day," he said.
, , One bar, the Edinburgh Castle,
which is next to the building housing
the Guardian Angels' headquarters,
recently had Its front plate-glass window broken.

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"We are working with the Edininstances where individuals have branburgh Castle," Ford said. "They are a' dished knives toward us," said Ford,
supporter of us," he added. When con"and I will be petfectly honest: Both oftacted, however, the bar owner had athem sucked concrete."different perspective.
Another incident took place last
"As far as I am concerned, thismonth in front of The Bagel, a restauorganization is nothing but a pack ofrant on Polk at Bush Street. Davethugs," said Read Gilmore, manager of Daleno and his friend were sitting on
Edinburgh Castle. "They are trying to
the restaurant's window ledge. "Theyoperate a protection racket. We havestopped and stood all around us andbeen in contact with the police in refer- tried to intimidate us," Daleno recalled.
ence to them, and we find them more
"They tried to intimidate us bya problem thart all the other problems ,their little formations and moving in on
in an already troubled neighborhood."
us. One guy grabbed James off theWhat one person might call chari- ledge with force and he could have hurtty, others might call a shake-down rack- him. James didn't do anything-be kept
et. In fact, a few of the area merchants
his hands in his pockets," Daleno said.
have high praise for the Guardian
Ray Avila, a doonnan at the QT, a few
Angels, and at least two restaurants aredoors away, confirmed the incident,
feeding their members every day.
which ended when the police came by.
Their unique style of operation
The GuardianAngels' Ford
has involved them in several violent
explained it drfferently. "A guy got
confrontations since they began their
huffy with us," he said. "It wasn't bypatrols. "We have had two specificany means an attack. It was kind of a•bumping kind of thing. The GuardianAngels are well-trained.
"We are here to protect some of
the merchants' front windows," Ford
continued. "Some of the individuals
don't want to cooperate they want tobe a stick in the mud. We don't toss
them around, we just stand very close
to them. We stand with them as longas it takes until they move on."Avila also has been involved in
an incident with the group, alleging
that one shoved him. "I was talking to
my friend," Avila said. "They came up,
put their hands on me, pushed meaway and said, 'You can't do thishere.' They said that I was trying topick up a date. I wasn't-he
was afriend of mine."
Avila described the Angels' tactics.
"Ten or 12 of them gather around in acircle and want you to hit them," hesaid. Blunt also alleges that young pe0ple have been beaten up by the
Guardian Angels.
What many on Polk Street are finding most unsettling about the GuardianAngels is their marching up and down
the street. "People seem to be intimidated by them because there are so manyof them at one time," said Tony Gibson,
an area resident. "It has the effect of
being like a military operation."With their red berets and trademark
T-shirts they move as a disciplined unit.
Many carry walkie-talkies and havehandcuffs, giving the impression they
represent law-enforcement agendes.
Despite Angels' assertions to thecontrary, San Francisco Police confirm
they do not have a working relationship with the Guardian Angels, andmaintain that the crime-fighting group
has no more power than any otherperson on the street.
"What we are mainly interested in is
the vandalism that is going on," said
Ford. "Fifteen years ago," he noted,"there was much more tourism. It wasmuch more romantic. It has become aviolent place."
But many on the street seriously
questionwhetherviolencehas
increased on the street. As a matter offact, non-violent rowdiness has been apart of the street life of Polk Street for
decades. Actual violence is very rare in
the areas surrounding the gay bars.
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personal life clear. Burstein, a state senator from 1972 to 1978, more recently
served as auditor general to the city.
Richter, formerly of Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund, comesto the criminal court from the city's
Office of Administrative Trials andHearings where she served as anadministrative law judge. She has also
worked as an assistant district attorneyin the Brooklyn DA's office.
Hepner is moving to the benchfrom a post as supervising attomey in

NEW YORK-Threeof Mayor
David Dinkins' first four judiciary
appointments, which were made last
,week, are lesbian lawyers with histories,of social-service and public-service work.
The appointments delighted legal
activists, who see the move as an indication of Dinkins' willingness
to integrate openly lesbians '••and gay men into the exist- :i,ing city power structures.
The swearing-in ceremony was particularly
exhilirating for gay men
and lesbians in attendance: While two of thenominees have long been
openly lesbian, the third
woman's disclosure wasapparently unexpected.
:!i
Two of the judges,~ Rosalyn H. Richter, who~ will be joining the city's~'''',
f. criminal court, and Paulai~t'
J. Hepner, who accepted PAULA HEPNER
KAREN BURSTEIN
a position' as a family,courtjustice,spoke
the city's Human Resources Adminisfrankly after their appointments about
tration, where she arrived from a disthe significance of their arrivals in the
tinguished career of social service.
courts as openly lesbian judges. The"This is a time of tremendous and prothird appointee, Karen Burstein, whofound achievement,"
Hepner comwas selected for service in the family
mented after her appointment, publicly
court a!so, did not specifically address
honoring Dinkins' commitment toher sexual orientation in addressing
equality of opportunity as manifested
the crowd of supporters gathered forin his selection of open lesbians forthe historic occasion, but she
did,promotion to the judiciary.
thank her "life partner," a woman.
"I'm very pleased because, for one, ' "The mayor was probably thinking
thing, it increases the number of lesthat he had two [lesbiansl," Bursteinbian and gay judges by 75 percent," comremarked with amusement, in a telemented Morton Newburgh, president ofphone interview last week, pointing
the Bar Association for Human Rights ofout, that throughout the application
Greater New York, an organization ofprocess that preceded her nomination
gay and lesbian legal professionals.
and appointment, she saw no opportuAs the number of openly lesbiannity to make the circumstances of her,

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and gay judges increases, Newburgh
argued, so does the potential that gay
and lesbian perspectives will have a,significant impact on decisions affecting the community.
The fourth judge sworn into officeon Aug. 20 was Eugene Oliver,Jr., a former executive assistant district attorney inthe Bronx D.A.'s office. Oliver was
appointed to a seat on the aiminal court.

-NtnaReyes

ROZRICHTER

FROM NO HOTSTO
0,NEW YORK-Just
as the beleagured Fund for Human Dignity
announced the appointment of a 'new
director for its nationwide National
Gay and Lesbian Crisisline, a group of
former employees and volunteers,
frustrated by the five-month hiatus in
the hotline's operation, has finalizedplans for setting an alternative hotline
in place. The coincidence of the twoannouncements' timing Virtually guarantees that within a few weeks, thelesbian and gay.community will once
again have a national counselingresource on line.

•"We're hoping to get started thismonth, because we have enoughmoney to open," explained Reggie Harris, a co-chair of the new effort, lifeLine, and a fonner staff member at theFund who walked off the job in thecrippling June group-action protest.
The new hotline will feature a national
multicultural counseling and intervention service for lesbians, gay men andpeople living with AIDS.
"There's a need for another service like this, even if [the fund does] infact get their service up and running," ,added David Stickle, another memberof the team of former fund staff andvolunteers who has turned his' energy
toward establishing lifeline. Stickle
pointed out that even when the fund's
Crisisline was fully operational, tens of
thousands of calls each year wentunanswered. At the fund, Stickle served
as director of telemarketing.
Since a number of former fundworkers including those whose fundraising expertise kept the fund's coffers
filled-havejoined in the lifeline
effort, Stickle also feels confident that
LifeLine will be viable within a shortperiod of time.
The series of crises that ultimately resulted in a massive staff walkout
from the fund stemmed from theboard of directors' decision to hire astraight man as executive director of
the 16-year-old corporation, formerly apart of the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force.
The fund, too, has made the resuscitation of the Gisisline a top priority, andthe announcement last week of theappointment of Susan Woerner, a counselor and community educator, may signal
the organization's return to operations.
Perhaps because the fund has
struggled so long just to get the Crisisline up and running again, news that acomplementary service is being established rankled a fund spokesperson
contacted for comment.
"I don't see the benefit for setting
up a competitor," stated Ed Mickens,
communications
consultant for thefund. "The lesbian and gay community
has already invested well over half amillion dollars into the current program.
, Do we have to abandon that and start
all over again? Can we afford that?"
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part-time hot lines as 'well.

-Nina Reyes

gay-bashing is up 28 percent in thefirst seven months of 1990 comparedwith the same period last year.

-Paul Rykofj' Coleman

NYCPLUGSIN--BIAS•NEW YORK-Dennis DeLeon, thecity's human-rights commissioner who
is also openly gay, last week launcheda multilingual, 24-hour bias hotline forvictims and witnesses of hate crimes.
, Call (2i2) 662-2427 (or NO-2BIAS) from 7 am to 11 pm, and a representative from the Commission on
Human Rights will refer you to apolice precinct, health facility or service organizationsuch as the New
York Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence
Project. At other times, a recorded
message will suggest where to qll for
help. After-ho.urs messages will be
returned the following day.
Hooked up with AT&T LanguageLine Service, hotline calls can be taken
in 130 languages.
Initially, three trained counselors
from the commission's Bias Prevention
and Response Team are answering
calls and handling follow-up investigations. The commission plans to hire 15
more investigators for the bias team.
"The hotline is an importantresource for bias victims, witnesses andresponsible community residents to:!l intervene, whether there are rumblings;::l of intergroup conflicts, threats launched~ at gays and lesbians or harassment~ because of one's race," Deleon said at
an August 20 City Hall press conference with Mayor David Dinkins.
A commission spokesperson, Lonnie Soury, reported that after two daysof operation,
the hotline had received a.
"substantial" number of calls but addedthat many came from those offering
advice on improving the hotline .
The hotline was established inpart as a response to the increasing
number of bias crimes, many of which
go unreported.' According to DeLeon,, 360 bias crimes have been reported so
far this year, compared with 577 for allof 1989. The Anti-Violence Project,which keeps statistics
on attacks
against gay men and lesbians, says
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NEW YORK-The Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation, a watchdog group that monitors anti-gay bias in
the media and elsewhere, is creating anational office to coordinate the work of
its 13 chapters across the country.
GLAAD/NY's executive director,
Craig Davidson, will serve as consultant to the 'new organization. He steps
down from his current job on Sept. 30.

ing, she added.
GlAAD/NY is currently the de facto
national office, Schwartz said. Its five staff
members now handle their local tasks aswell as tend to national duties. Establishing a national entity was Davidson's idea,
Schwartz said Davidson helped establish
chapters in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Boston, Baltimore, Dallas, Chicago andWashington, D.C.
In a press release, Davidson said:"Managing the GLAAD office in new
York and facilitating the developmentof national GLAAD are two very separate tasks, each requiring full-timeattention. At this point in the evolution of the organization, I believe that
I can make my most valuable contribution to GLAAD by focusing on thenational federation."
In its five years, GLAAD/NY has
publicized numerous instances of antigay bias and has worked to change attitudes of those in the media, politics andbusiness. For example, after GLAAD
caught Bob Hope making antigay slurs
on national television, the comedian
taped a public service announcement
condemning gay-bashing. GLAAD/NY
also takes credit for illuminating the
Empire State Building in lavenderduring Gay Pride Weekend in June.

-Paul Rykofj' Coleman..
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fIHACA, N.Y.-This small, upstate
university town has joined the growing
number of U.S. cities where gay andlesbian couples may officially register
their relationships at City Hall.
CRAIG DAVIDSONThe new law, passed in earlyAugust, does not grant "domestic partDavidson joined GLAAD three years
ners' any spousal benefits, such as
ago as a volunteer attorney and washealth insurance,but offers thethe group's first paid staff member.
stamp of city approval and support
The purpose of a national organization and how it will function in rela- , to unmarried couples.
The measure passed the Common
tion to the individual GLAAD chaptersis still unknown, according to GLAAD's Council by a vote of 7-2. One disapproving aldennan opposed the incluKarin Schwartz. In the beginning ofsion of homosexual couples in the ordiOctober,
representatives
from allnance, while an alderwoman opposed
GLAAD chapters will meet in Los
the inclusion of heterosexual couples.
Angeles to create the new group.
"I would support an ordinance"There's going to be a centralizing entiwhich would aliow domestic partnerty, no matter what," Schw:tttz said.
ships for the homosexual community
Each chapter was given a year to draft[only],'
said Alderwoman
Susan
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Cummings. "It is a community which
does not have available to them a
way to legitimize long-term, affectional relationships.
Heterosexuals
may choose to live together unmarried or to live together married. The
difference is essential. There is nolegal necessity for this legislation forthe heterosexual community."
Couples will register their relationships by filing an Affidavit ofDomestic Partnershipwith the cityclerk. The cost is $20. The partnershipmay be dissolved by ftIing a termination statement and swearing that theother pan.ler has been notified of thedecision, for a $5 fee.
Domestic partners must be unmarried, share a residence and declare thatthey are in a relationship of mutual
support, caring and commitment.
This autumn, Ithaca aldermen andwomen will take up discussion ofeXtending spousal benefits to domestic
partners of city employees-including
health insurance, sick and bereavement
leave, and retirement and death benefits.
Following passage of the law, key
lobbyist Isabel Walker, co-chair of the
Ithaca, Lesbian and Gay Task Force,
told reporters, "It feels really good to be
in a city where human rights are very
important and not just token words."
Alderman Neil Golder called the
new law "an important statement that
we recognize the legitimacy of longterm caring relationships between pe0ple whether they're heterosexual or
gay and lesbian. It's a human-rights,
civil-rights kind of legislation."
Other cities with domestic-partner
laws include Madison, Wis.; Seattle,
Wash.; Takoma Park, Md.; and Berkeley, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and West
Hollywood, all in California.
Ithaca, the home of Cornell University, has had a gay-rights ordinance since1984. It is the first city in New York state
to pass a domestic-partnership law.

, -RexWockner/Cbtcago

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their owed taxes to the newly createdstate-run Massachusetts AIDS Fund.
The voluntary
AIDS donationch~ckoff; approved by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Michael
Dukakis on July 19, will appear on thisyear's state income-tax return forms.
The ~tate's endangered wildlife andorgan-donor program checkoffs each,on AIDS, voiced the harshest criticism,
claiming that "if it came in low due toan inadequate [advertising] campaign,(which will be aucial], it could be seen
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funding priority; yet, "if it came inextraordinarily high, they could choose
not to fund AIDS [by replacing state
allocations with the checkoff monies]."
Calling the checkoff "tricky," Kessler
explained: "My main fear is that the burden is shifting to the individual taxpayer.
The government has the responsibility."
On Aug. 1, Dukakis signed thestate budget, which decreases AIDS
spending by $800,00~n
top of afederal drop of $600,000 in AIDS
money to Massachusetts.

BOSTON-An enormously popular rap group whose lead singer
allegedly beat the owner and employee of a gay nightclub here and whose
hit song, "The Power," has been thetarget of a boycott for the last three
weeks, has now cancelled a performance scheduled for August 26.
Snap was scheduled to open theSoul IT Soul show at Great Woods, aperformance site outside of Boston, on
August 26, but the group canceled its
show • on August 14. Snap's cancellation followed claims by activists in Zap
Snap, an offshoot of Boston's Queer
Nation, that the police
were consider,ing serving a subpoena to the leadsinger, Turbo Harris (who resides outside of Massachusetts), for charges ofassault and civil-rights violations on thenight of the August 26 performance.
Although $e investigation of Harrisis still underway, a spokesperson for
the attorney general's office did statethat once any investigation is complete, they would me suit to obtain an
injunction from the Superior Court "if
we felt there was a likelihood of that
person returning to the state.".
Snap's management denies thatthe cancellation
is at all related tothe boycott or alleged incident. Arid
Harris is now denying that he madeany remarks about sexuality. Whileth.e alleged victim, Dennis Moreau,
owner of the bar Buddies, has finallycome out with a statement, callingthe incident "a clear-cut example ofgay-bashing,unprovokedviolence
against gay men," Joi Huckaby, aspokesperson
for Dick Scott Ehterprises, the group's
management,
instead refers to it as "a misunderstanding," which "had nothing to do withwhether the owner was gay."
The alleged incident occurred at 2
am on July 20 at Buddies, a gay club,when Snap, which boasts the top-ten
hit, "The Power," was scheduled to perform a benefit for the Fenway Community Health Cent<;r in return for a lastminute arrangement of hotel accommodations following another hotel's--Carrie Wofford

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to the Boston area, where
DAVID SCONDRAS
she will open a temporary office for
raiSe uptQ $500,000 each year. Propothe project on Sept. 4.
.
nents of the 'AIDS Fund expect
to have. Hyd~, wh.o has played a key,
substantial aQvertising. for the,' checkof( . role in the legal battle ,to r,epe.al state
fund donated. The checkoff box will
sodomy laws nationwide,
will beremain on eal:;h year's state income-tax
leaving the Task Force in earlyforms until legislators vote to remove it. . spring to pursue personal and professional goals.
The checkoff fund, initiated as abill two and a' half years ago into theActing as a consultant to stateorganizers trying' to repeal those laws
state Legislature by Boston's openly
has been Hyde's major duty while ,atgay city councillor, David Scondras, isthe Task Force, but she now wants tothe first of its kind, in the country,
do grass-roots organizing herself.
although California attempted to pass
"I want to hit the trenches and dosuch a measure a few years ago.
, Although the fund will be con- , political work in a hands-on kind ofway," she said, adding, "I, want to gettrolled" by the state commissioner ofmy hands on my lover." Hyde's lover ofpublic health, stipulations have beenfour years is living in the Boston area.
built into the law to keep the fund's
spending in the interest of communiCo-worker Robert Bray admires
tieS affected by AIDS.
Hyde's decision but says that she will
, Nonetheless, some in the cornmunibe missed: "She has an ability to clarify
tyhave objected to the concept, fearing
and energize people and maintain athat the checkoff would become a baromsense of humor-which
is motivating.
She's moving not only for political rea. eter ci taxpayer's cOncern about AIDS.
sons but also for love. It's bold, it's'Larry Kessler, executive director of
AIDS Action Committee and a member'90s, it's beautiful."of the preSident's Advisory Commission-Kimberly Smith/New Yom,

24 OUTWEEK September 11.1990

refusal to admit Snap. Witnesses support
Moreau's claim that after the band hadconcluded their one-song performance,
275-pound, 6-foot-tall, Harris, "cameover to me and proceeded to start strangle me [sid, forcing me down by myback against the top of the bar. He thenstarted yelling at me, 'Did you tell mymanager this was a gay bar?'"Moreau and witnesses further
claim that Turbo had his band members hold back security men who
attempted to intervene, said to Moreau,"Do i look like a fucking faggot toyou?" and allegedly threatened Moreau
by saying, "I should kick your ass,"-before- he allegedly "drop-kicked"
employee Kevin Riley in the chest andthroat after Riley intervened. Both Moreau and Riley have filed
charges of assault, and Moreau has filed'.
an additiorlaI charge of violations of his•
civil rightS under Massachusetts' new. . '. civil-rig~ts law, which includes sexual
orientation as a protected categcny.
Huckaby confirmed that Dick
Scott and Arista records are goingahead with the suggestions of gay
activists that Snap's next song be a rap
against hate-motivated crimes, such as
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was not endorsed by that group. .
In an arrangementwith D.C.
prosecutors, the activists agree.d toplead guilty to charges of demonstrating in a Capitol bUilding in return forthe dropping of charges of unlawful
entry. Both charges are misdemeanors
under D.C. law. The protesters could
have faced up to a year in jail.
"I think it's an OK sentence," said
Petrelis. "We wanted to simply serve
notic;eon Helms that we're trying to
get in his face, and we're doing ourdamnedest to isolate him. The sen. tence is a small price to pay in termsof unseating Helms.·
Helms was targeted by theactivists for what they called his makIng a "career out of bashing gays, lesbians and people with AIDS."In November, Helms, a threeterm senator, will face Democrat Harvey Gantt, who has been backed by abroad list of groups which includes
gay and lesbian organizations.
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WASHINGTON-While on vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine, President George Bush on Aug. 18 signed
a comprehensive bill funneling emergency funds to areas disproportionately hard hit by the AIDS crisis.
The 1990 Comprehensive AIDS
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authorizes grants to !lSSist 15 metropolitan areas particularly hard hit by
AIDS and allows for state funds toimprove health-care delivery services
for people with AIDS and H.I.V.
infection. The bill also provides for
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and the White House did not releasea public statement beyond issuing a
WASHINGTON-Lawschools trying media advisory'announcing the presto place students in some government
ident's signature.
jobs, such as the armed forces and '"It's disappointing that the presisecurity agencies, may be facing andent wasn't able to sigO-the bill in a
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this piece of legislation is, particularon Aug. 3 stipulates that member
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infection,» commented Tom Sheriof employer discrimination against
dan, lobbyist for the AIDS Action
their students.
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Council. "At the same time, we arestrengthens A.A.L.S.'s nondiscriminagrateful for the president's signature."tion policy that includes the right to-QWO'Neta
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to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, handicap, disability orsexual orientation.
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The activists were arrested but released shortly thereafter. According to Bdsben, the demonstrators demanded that"the Soviet government admit that there
is an AIDS problem and do something
about it" The pdice actbl WdS wmesse.d bynumeroos Western news reporters, Bmben
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The Brishens themselves had a clash
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and the condoms.
The conflict may have stemmed
from the activists' presence in a hotelthat is only for foreigners.
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said that they took the condoms to Russia because their best friend-Chicago
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When 1 arrived in Vancouver on usually does. But throughout the opening
Aug. I, I was just as pumped up as the ceremonies I did not hear one word... Games 1 in 1982,
next queer. In the midst of registration 1 about the P.W.A.s, P.W.ARCs or people
C!lbut 1 couldn't bewas reauited as a volunteer to assist the with H.I.V. infection who were an integral
part of Gay Games m. In fact, on several
cause of fmancial
For the next three days
host o~tion.
"-'occasionsthroughout
my stay in
1 "worked" registration and had a ball.
i'easons-I
was
The lesbians and gay men in Vancouver Vancouver, I tried to locate any indication~ putting _ myself,i:i through college. I
were particularly sociable. It wasn't until in the official program guide that AIDS
and il.l.v. infection were part of the'~ did get to particiSaturday, the day of the opening• r~ GamI
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ceremonies, that I had the first of many "inclusive philosophy
unsettling experiences.
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proudly boasted by the host organization
II in 1986: By that time, I was a graduate
student and had access to the luxUlY ofRegistration closed at 4 pm. I was and the Federation of Gay Games. But I
never fuund it anywhere, not even in any
credit. I recently participated in Gay unable to complete my volunteer
Games li, but 1 came away with·a num- workday since I had to attend a of the advertisements placed by AIDS
organizations in the official guide. The
volleyballplanning
meeting
thatber of not-so-pleasant memories.
"Did you win?" people have asked afternoon. It was approximately 4:30 pm. closest statement 1 found that may or may
repeatedly since my return to New York, There was a man guarding the door who not have been.meant for people like me
but I haven't figured out how to answer was letting people out, but not into, the was: "play to live."building
and I had to gothat question yet. Winning wasn't
important to my participation in the Gay to the bathroom. You see,Games. I thought that I went to have a the diarrhea associated with, fabulous time and to validate my queer my gastrointestinal sympexistence-QOd in many ways, I did that. toms tends to occur at the
But I've been back for a few days now most inconvenient times.
But when 1 approachedand haven't figured out what to make ofthe man at the door (l can't
some of my experiences in Vancouver.
You see, I'm a Chicano queer person remember if I presented mywith AIDS and just recently became one request in a soft, sexy,
seductive tone), he replied,(the P.W.A. part, that is). 1 was considered"I'm sony, but registration is"high risk" and "worried well" through1987 (and, boy, was 1 wonied)i in 1988, I closed.""I really do need to go
advanced and was conSciously H.LV.In the official program, a memorial
positive, but asymptomatic. In 1989, 1 was to the bathroom," 1 urged, but hepromoted and diagnosed with ARC, and responded, "I'm sony, but 1 can't make page fur Tom Waddell mentioned neither
any exceptions."
AIDS nor death but did say, "In loving, in 1990-well,
the rest of my career"Look," I finally blurted out, "I am a memory of those who led the way."
speaks for itself.
P.W.A. and 1 have to get to the Where are they now, 1 wondered. Why
So you see, it was my upward
mobility through the H.LV ranks that bathroom." You would have thought that , aren't they here? Or are they?
The low point of my downside
made my,participation in the Gay Games I had stuck him with· one of my suspect
this year so meaningful. In fact, AIDS has H.I.V.-infected hypodermic needles, the experience at the Games occurred in, had that effect on a lot of things in my life way he jumped away from the door as I social contexts. On one occasion, I met a
hot little swimmer from the West Coast
lately. In 1988, when symptoms began
to made a beeline for the washroom.
,
I anived at the opening ceremonies
who was willing to suck my face until I
appear, I wonciered whether or not I'deven make it to the Games in 1990. And in my paisley shorts, ACf UP T-shirt and told him that 1 had AIDS. And at the, ' so, 1 process .my ·Chicano queer P.W.A. my black boots (yes, some athletic queers "Splash Dance," which happened to fallon my day off from competition, I finallyexperience of Gay Games li once again do wear Doc Martens). The ceremonies
and ask myself the often-posed question: were quite inspirational, especially since met a hot, beefy redhead who had been
Robin Tyler carried on the way she
cruising me for three and a half solid"Did you wio?"
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Then in the midst of a very ,pleasant conversation he blurted out,
"It's really nice not to see people whoare sick here." ,I asked him politely what he meant.
"You know, I naven't seen any:
P.W.A.s since I've been here, and it'srather refreshing," he added.
Patiently and still, politely I asked,"Well, how do you know when you see•one?" "You know," he answered
nonchalantly. "They just look sick."I could no longer hold my tongue.
"I am a P.W.A.,"I said finally. you would
have thought his dick had falIen off. I sat
there, quietly smiling at him. I wanted toslit his fucking throat, put I knew that
there wasn't anything that I could say or
do that would speak as loudly or as
profoundly to this ignorant foolhis
own silence. He wouldn't and couldn't
make~e contact
with me; I didn't want....
,·him to. And after that evening, oul'interaction,. was never the same.
In spite of these experiences, I had
a lot of fun. I took a lot of pictures, I fellin love with, Vancouver,' and I saw
people I hadn~t,seen in ages. I wanted tobririg back;. a pOster; but the only one I
found had
two white men in black tank,
tops-art image that was quite appropriate since a vast majority of theparticipants at the Games were white.
This ,wasn't the image for me: I wouldn't
pay $12 to frame two white boys for mywall (but I would've paid $24 for two
lesbians--i'acially mixed, of course.)
Regardless, in voIleyball I did
my,personal
best: the Gay Games
manifesto. In fact, I've, never before
been so physicaIly exhausted. Maybe
that's because I'm out of shape, losing
my touch, getting older and have
AIDS. But even a "healthy" person
would have been exhausted with theschedule most of us queer athletes
were maintaining.
So, when I'm asked, "Did you win?"
I must answer that, on a variety of levels,
I did and I didn't. Arid while I may havegotten what I went looking for, I also
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Oa,o Alan Hir~ch, PliO., an AIDS
; After ·col- ,', of inspiration aM love. You are my.hero.
r~searcher .!it ,Memorial Sloan-Ketteringlege, Salvatore' "'",'.
.....;.MichaelKasten~eganhis care~r,~, Cancer Cemer in ~NeWYon<City, die~ 0.0
June 12, 1'99,0" of compl,icationsin the flower ,DMJENSEN, associated with Kaposi's satcoma. 'business work, Dan was born on March 15, 195,7, 'L't',
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Tim Jensen died 'on Thursday, Julyin ~ew ~ork City. He atteflded Emo~y.
__._ Jt'l.ll!erSili'..lB.A.,_
1979), Columbia'
Fitgr1.~lil\\
Tromp Tower. 19~ 1.9~Q,J.roIT!A!DQ.:He_vt.as36. ~~ars __1980;fi,{ECl~;~1J'J ana fIi*:";t1~1~\'lfiere~e Duift a-old.' As was h,is wish, ,he died at home,
University (~.A.,
strong client
surrounded by the things he loved, and ', the Albert. Einstein College of' Medicine '\i,.diJi!R$}ji\ '(Ph.D., Health Psychology, 1985).
base.Eventually,he went out on his own as with 'd,ignity. He joins his lif.e partner,
Dan concentrated on gay issues and a free-lancefloral designerand main1ained Alberto Bello, in another place. He is
AIDS throUghQut his career. At Memorial a healthy business. He was wild and care-, survived by a family of friends who know
Sloan~Kettering he participated in and free; having the time of his life, clubbing, that it matters not whom you love or
directed projects involving safer-sex
partying, traveling, IMng in hotels,all with-. how you love butthat you love. 'training, H.I. V.:..related psychological,out a care in the world.
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distress and the, use of pharmacological
It was at this time that I met him. ' , singer and designer of many things, he,interventionsfor' anxiety after H.I.V.testing.
We immediately took to ~ch other. sought alwaysto leavebeautyand magic in'
He was past president of the Association;of Sal had ari impressivepersonality.(He was his wake. For the timid, fhe creation of
Gay and Lesbian Psychologists. He'also like gay flypaper~eople just seemed to magic is sometimes a means of hiding
had a private psychotherapy practice in stick to him.) We exchangedwedding rings ,from ugliness; an attempt to keep at bay,
NewYork.
and vows, and together we built a life of without confrontation, injustice, hate and
Dan is' survived by his lover, Chris loveand companionship.
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the homophObialim acceptedas his due.
Pomeroy, of Manhattan; his j>.arents!
Sal never for one minute lost his Extremeadversity can make people bigger,'Martin and Rochelle Hirsch, of Cedarhursf,'pride, his self-esteem and his dignity. To ,stronger, better. In each of, us there lives aN.Y.;,and his si~r, Lori San~ell.Chris,the Sal, this was paramount in dealing with, hero, just .ng
for a chan~.lim got his.
" Hir:schfamily and many clo.se friends cared . AIDS.' Even when SaI!shealth deterio~ted I will'remember the night of the Woodrow
for Dan during his lastweeks. Dan died 'at he was strong-willed: He alw,CiYs'Per- ' Myers appointment. Scaredy cat Tim in",. " Times Square, Standing in the rain, cold,
Memorial Hospital.·,·",severedwith dignity. .
Th~ Hirsch family has "Cstablisheda
Even while he was ill' we managed wet, sick, half-blind and pissed off: Acting
fund in Dan's, memory at Memorial'
to do just about everything, but the 'last . up,fighting back~aybeforthilfirsttime.
Hospital, to.be used fornursing education six months were very difficult for Sal,',A memorial service will be held on
and support. Donations may be sent to and I think he just began to tire out. ,He Sept. 8; 199,0, at 11 ,am, at Park
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center fought more than 200 percent, more Avenue Christian Church, 1010 Park
c/o Ladd Spiegel, M.D., 311--E nnd St.,;- "than I co.uJd hay~. ' •.c' ,Ave., in Manhattan. ,.
_.__ ~w..York.l. NY 10021. .', ,'I feel a tremendous sen~eof pride·in. __. .:-:-:-MaJItJohnnn, _.
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Amem9MafpartY-wUf be scheduled ~·thew.iylIe-'ived,'in his strengthand in his, -- -.-.. -- - - -- ,,to coincide with Patti laBelle's next New dedication to life. Sal and I did not have 'York concert.
enough time to do all that he and I wanted
NICK PIPPIN, .
"todQ; but while we were together, welived life to the fullest. Sal ,Nick Pippin, founding
trium,phed over life" he triSALVATORE JOSEPH LARCA
director of the People,umphed over his illness.
With AIDS Theater WorkSalvatore, I love you. I love
, Salvatore Joseph Larca, a,ge 28,
shop, died on Friday, July,:diild on July 13,1990. He was the owner you forever. My heart is heavy
27, of complications rewith you, and it will remain that, of Salvatore's Rowers Ltd. He is survived
sulting from several AIDS- 'way.for as long as I remain here.
by his mother, Mary; his father, Fred; his
related infections. ,He died
I'm proud of you, ~d I miss you.
. ,sister, Deborah; and me. his life mate ofat his home in Manhattan
Donations can be made infive years, Michae,1Kasten.
Plaza,
with family and•;,.*Sal's name to a brave group of
Sal grew up in Tappan,N.Y.,went tofrienas at his side.·He was.high school at the NewYork Tutoringschool people who helped Sal, the'35 years old.
Nick was diagnosed
here in New York City and collegeat Pratt P.W.A. Health Group at 31 W.
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The P.WA lW. was the first theater groupcomposed entirely of actors with AIDS and
AIDS-related illnesses and was designed
both to educate audiences and to empower
those involved in the company. In a 1989
interview in The New York Times, Nickstated that his vision of the P.W.A.T.W.
centered, on the notion that "sitting around·
was a waste of our lives, a waste of our'talents and abilities and a waste ofourselves. I wanted to create a way that
other people with AIDS could do somethingthat would be important to them and topeople who saw it" And in a 1988 Theater
Week interview, he explained: "This is ourway of saying that we are still kicking, we
still have a means of contributing. We getup on stage, and dammit, we prove it. We
do not want to be passive."
The scripts for the P.W.A.T.W.'s
productions
were developed fromworkshops during which P.W.A.s in thecompany described their own experiences.
Humor was used as an important device inthe productions, to foster empathy, notsympathy, from audiences. For the show
"AIDS Alivel" which had an extended run at
Don't Tell Mama, in Manhattan, theP.WA lW. was awarded an Obie in 1989.
Before his diagnosis, Nick was a TV
and film actor, a cabaret perfonner and theblond-haired freckle-faced kid who pushed
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Stove Top
Stuffing and other products on more than
40 national commercials. Throughout his
illness, he remained a warm, generous,
loving and ambitious man, determined toaccomplish as much as he could-"to leavesomething behind that is Significant, which
helped change people by touching them."
Nick was born in Jacksoriville, Fla.,and lived in PensaCola for much of his life.
He moved to New York City in 1974; hismother, Nita Pippin~, joined hi m there in
1987, when his AIDS-related arthritis
became severe. She was his caregiver,
helper and friend throughout his illness.
A memorial service will be held on
Saturday, Sept. 15, at 5 pm at the 8lington
Room, Manhattan Plaza, 400 W. 43rd St,
2nd floor. Donations in Nick's memory
should be made to the Actors' Fund of
America, 1501 Broadway, New York, NY
10036, or to the Manhattan Plaza AIDS
Project rio Stay Well Center, 484 W. 43rdSt., New York, NY 10036. T

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ANGELS
Cc»ntlnu.dtigation for allegedly taking kickbacks
from attorneys whom she appointed as
guardians, referees, and other courtselected positions. Harris has worked
in the Surrogate's Court for 23 years,
and has been chief law assistant there
for the past 14. She has amassed a$200,000 war chest.
Silbermann, with the most conservative campaign style in the field, isfocusing on her qualifications
as along-serving jurist, largely avoiding any
posture that could be construed as
overly political, in keeping with thecanon of judicial ethics. She has been"on the bench for seven years, electedto the Manhattan Civil Court in 1983.
She has also sat as an acting county
Supreme Court justice. Her contributions currently total just over $100,000.
While emphasizing her wide-ranging experience in Manhattan both as a
judge and as an attorney, Eve Preminger is counting on her longstandingties in the gay and AIDS communities,
and has painted herself as an advocate
for the disadvantaged arld downtrodden who may make their way throughher court, if her campaign is successful.
She estimates she has collected
over $300,000 in campagin funds, someof which went to pay for the campaign
billboard with her image which currently overlooks Sheridan Square. She
has been a judge for 14 years, the past
eight of which she has sat on the state
Supreme Court in an elected position.
Preminger has ~lso garnered thegreatest number of endorsements in
the gay and lesbian community.
Among her supporters are the Gay andLesbian Independent Democrats, thecity's largest gay political club that has,in previous races for other judgeships,
endorsed Lewis Friedman, currently
one of her opponents.
Other Preminger backers include
former city council candidates Tom
Duane and Dave Taylor, as well as AIDS
activist and playwright Larry Kramer,
who knows Preminger from early
G.M.H.C. days.
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Silbennann has received the endorsement of the Stonewall Democratic Oub.
The candidates will appear at aforum at the lesbian and Gay Commu- 'nity Center, 208 West 13th Street, on
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are doing nothing to help our community. They are destroying it," said security officer Blunt. "They are not solving a .
problem, they are creating a problem."
While officially,all part of the samenational organization, each Angel chapter operates with some degree of autonomy, and the actions of Angels in San
Francisco do not necessarily have a bearing on any other group. Fred Thompson,a spokesperson with the Angels in New
York, said of the San Francisco chapter,"They are chartered by the national organization. New York is the international
headquarters, and we have 67 otherchapters that have to abide by the same
rules and regulations."
According to Thompson, founderand director Curtis and Lisa Sliwa
receive reports almost daily from eachof the chapters. "Both of them havemore of a hands-on [approach to] theday-to-day operation in New York, andspecifically the new projects, like theChristopher Street and West Village
start-ups," Thompson added.
When questioned about GuardianAngels activities in San Francisco,Thompson said, "I have not heard ofany problems."
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ambivalent attitudes from some quarters based on past homophobic incidents involving the Angels, there havebeen no reports of problems.
"Naturally, there will be guys whobring baggage with them," Thompson
added. "It is our job to work on that."
He said that one issue discussed ata recent national convention was antigay and anti-lesbian violence. "It is aquestion that we are being asked todeal with more and more across thecountiy," he told OutWeek. T

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includes penetration. Common germs
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the urinary tract(often yeast, trithe bladder and cause infection in sus- vaginal infection
results in a healthy,
chomonas, or herpes). If fever, chills,
ceptible women. Other factors include":
pleasant sensation
nausea and vomiting, or back and sidestress, diet and fluid intake. Poor pos, ture, lack of exercise or chronic consti- pain occur, the, infection may be in thewhen peeing. But
many thin8s canpation may result in inadequate empty- kidneys. This can be quite serious, and,upset the usualing of urine from the bladder, making
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The simple U.T.I. is often treated
infections more likely. Some women are
women are proneborn with unrecognized structural abnorwith antibiotics, although there is noto urinary tract infections, difficulties
malities in the urinary tract such as anevidence that this prevents recurrences.
with urination and, particularly as we getextra ureter, or an extra-long one,older, trouble with holding our urine.
and pelvic surgery or childbirth
The two kidneys, which remove
may also create poor organ align~
waste from blood and create urine, arement resulting in urinary problems.
located above the waist, tucked behind
Many consider caffeine a bladderother abdominal organs. Each kidney
irritant, even ~gan increased
has an outlet tube called a ureter: Theserisk of bladder cancer.
lead into the bladder. The tube leading
Women who have lived
from the bladder to the outside is called
through multiple episodes ofUTl.s,
the urethra. In women, it is short, about
can develop scar tissue in the
2 1/2 inches, and is nestled just below
bladder wall, a condition called
the clitoris and above the opening tointerstitial cystitis. This is a very
the vagina. This location often creates•
painful, debilitating condition;3..
easy access for genns to reach the bladmanifested by an almost unbearder and cause infection.
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able wgency to urinate constantly ..
In the typical
U.T.I., a'"=
When It Hurts andwoman experiences pain when
Makes You Rushurinating, frequent trips to the toilet which
When the genn is determined to be an
At least a third of all women willproduce small amounts of burning piss, ' S.T.D., such as chlamydia, taking the full'experience an infection of the bladder orand sometimes blood in the urine. In theschedule of pills is an important way tourethra. This is usually called a U.T.I.
first episode, most women will wish to go prevent a pelvic infection or P.I.D.
(urinary tract infection) or cystisis (a cyst
to the clinic for an exam. Generally a vagiMany common-sense home remeis a fluid-filled sac, so this is' a reference
nal exam, a microscopic exam of thedies work well for treatment of uncomto the bladder). And once you haveurine and any vaginal discharge, and a plicated U.T.I.s. Drinking lots of water
simple urinalysis will be needed to decideendured the experience, recurrences arehelps flush out germs. Making the urine
what is causing the trouble. Cultures of acidic may help kill certain germs.
likely. Many factors contribute to cause, infection. Bubble baths are a common
the cervix for sexually transmitted disUnsweetened cranbeny juice is a goodinitant in young girls; sex can be the trigeases (S.T.D.s) and a urine culture may
choice. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid.) taken in
ger in sexually active women; vaginalalso be needed, so that if antibiotics are ' doses of 500 mg 3 to 6 times daily is also
dryness may predispose ,women torequired, the correct one can be used.
effective, although some women cannot
In fact, not all infections require,:u.T.I.s after menopause. Tight, non-cottolerate such high doses. For the pain, a
ton clothing at the crotch creates a dainp,
antibiotics, and in the case of recurrent.
urinary tract analgesic (painkiller) can
U.T.I.s most women try a set of home
, wann environment that germs just love.
bring great temporary relief. One overremedies before making a trip to the.
,Sexually I:J'a!lSmittedgenns such as
the-counter remedy is called AZO-Stanclinic. The conditions which cause thechlamydia, mycoplasma or trichomonas
dard which contains a drug called pyridisymptoms of urgency, frequency, andcan reach the urethra and bladder, espeurn. Expect bright orange urme from thispain with urination could be an infIamcially if sex is rough, frequent,ordrug, and don't take it on a day you are

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silk. Comfrey polstices applied to thelower abdomen may help. Some womenfind acupuncture especially helpful whena round of U.T.I.s seems never ending.
Antibiotics are as effective in onetime doses as in longer schedules muchof the time, so be sure to ask if a onetime dose would be an adequate treat•ment for you. This is easier, less expen-

urine voluntarily. Women with this problem have urgency, but trouble peeing.
Stress incontinence is peeing when you'cough, sneeze or laugh. It is common,but occurs more often in women who
have had pelvic surgery or babies. It
responds very well to doing Kegel exerdies daily. Ohat's when you tighten and release the muscle that you use to stop yourpee :;!) CX' ~~per exercise sessioN

Reflex incontinence occurs withnerve damage and leaves the individualwith very little control over urination. It
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When You Can't Hold It
Problems with holding urine range
from total loss of control (incontinence)
to leaking and dribbling unexpectedly.
Voluntary urination occurs due to acomplex set of activities including
intent, nerve reflexes, muscle tone andproper alignment of parts. But things
can go wrong over time. The muscles
can weaken or lose tone. The whole
bladder can spasm inappropriately. The
nerves can fail to act properly. Or the
bladder can have a diminished capacity
to hold urine, resulting in overflow.
The muscular layer of the bladder iscalled the detrusor. Sometimes it spasms
due to unidentified irritants causing
pain, dribbling and difficulty releasing

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may cause this problem.
Treatment of any of these problems
will require an accurate diagnosis and a ,concerned health-care provider. But allof the problems can be managed andimproved with proper treatment.
When the simple things like pissing
go wrong for us, life can be quite distressing and unpleasant. It's a signal thatour body needs our attention. All ofthese common problems in women canbest be solved with a holistic view ofpromoting optimum health and functioning. Prevention strategies, changes
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And OutWeek has learned that
Paragon Cable, the other cable carrier
which operates in upper Manhattan, will
discontinue all leased-access programming past midnight. With the new adroles requiring shows with sexual ads torun only between midnight and 4:30 am,
and with that time slot now eliminatedon Paragon, It appeared that all adultand gay programming will be forced
from upper Manhattan 1V screens,
There was a widespread sense of
bitterness among Pair Access membersthat Comptroller Holtzman, long considered a friend of the gay community,
had trampled on fragile gay media
access In an effort to effect a ban on
ads that she considers objectionable.
ChIldren are currently protected fromviewing unsuitable material on cable by
the universal avaUablllty;of "blocking," inwhich parents can ask the cable company
to block access to any channel they wish.
In addition, under the new franchise
agreement, M.C.T.V. is required to provide customers with lockboxes allowing
parentS to block any station at any time.
Accordingto DepartmentofTelecommunications
Counsel Chris
Collins, "The new contract requires thedevices to be provided free of charge
to subscribers.
Jean Carlomusto, who co-produces LttJtng With AIDS on Channel J
as coordinator of the video production
for G.M.H.C., expressed a widely felt
disappointment with the situation.
"We live In an atmosphere where
Jesse Helms equates child abuse andhomosexuality and bashes us with that,'she said. "To me, Holtzman's clause sets
up the same situation. I don't think weshould settle for that from our friends.'
last ~
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man, a longtime rommunIty ally, told OUt·
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are hannfuI to chUdren,' and that such pr0gramming should be on at resuicted hours.'
Andea Bernstein, the spokesperson for the comptroller, added thisweek, "She's open to suggestions fromthe community on what could be done
to keep gay programming on the air,while at the same time keeping sexualIyexplicit ads off the air." ~,,.

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offered by American Express and Continental Airlines-a
special deal to
OnePass members who are American
ExpresS card holders. OnePass is Conti-

nental'sfrequent-flyer
program.
Between now and September 15,, OnePass members who charge Conti-

nental tickets to specific foreign destinations on their AmEx cards will
receive a free companion ticket.
But wait. Before you reach for thephone to make your reservations, consider this: "Companion" and "family
member" are defmed several times
in the promotional
materials as someone who shares theticket purchaser's
last name. This roles
out most gay andlesbian _~M~"'t"'.
Such discrimi••
nation
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Several years ago,
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for benefiting from their promotions.
Continental Airlines evidently
believes that by employing crafty language, they.can evade being seen as
biased. But any business practice thatgives ~ight couples and families benefits denied to gay couples and families is discriminatory-no matter how
sneakily it's worded.
In response to complaints, American Express had made an agreementwith Continental Airlines that future
joint promotions will be worded in sucha way as to accommodate gay and lesbian couples (at least to the extent thattwo gay men or lesbians sharing thesame address will be defined as family).
We have been unable to reach anyone
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HOU!tOn,TX 77210, or call (13)834-5000.
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As you may be aware, gay andlesbian artists are under siege. Rightwing legislators, led by Republican
Sen. Jesse Helms, of North Carolina,
are challenging the National Endowment for the Art's autonomy in making

The explicit
prohibition against
homoerotic work is
gratuitousandreveals how gays inparticular are being
singled out by the rightwing's attack.
decisions about the artistic merit of the
proposals they receive. And the way
they are going about this attack reveals
an underlying homophobic agenda.
Earlier this year, Congress barred
the N.E.A.from funding work that, in the
N.E.A.'s judgment, "may be consideredobscene, including ...depictions of sadomasochism, homoeroticism, the sexual
exploitation of children, or individuals
engaged in sex acts and which, whenl3k:en as a whole, do not have serious IiteraIy, artistic, political or scientific value."In theory, the prohibition against
funding individuals engaged in sex
acts applies to both heterosexuals andhO,mosexuals. Thus, the explicit prohibition against homoerotic work is gratuitou&-and reveals how gays in particular are being singled out by theright wing's attack.
The N.E.A. responded by releasing
its own definition of obscenity, identicalto the Supreme Court's, ~omits any
mention, of homoerotfcism. Both theCongress-imposed definition and theSupreme Court's standard have been
included in an NRA policy statement thatwas dislributed to all grant recipients .
•. 'The story doesn't end there, however. Just recendy, N.EA Chair John Frohn~yer rejected the recOmmendation of
the organization's peer-review panel toayr.ud grants to four performance artists,

three of whom are openly gay or lesbian.
In subverting the usual method by whicha; project's merits are evaluated, heaccommodated the anti-gay censorship
campaign of the right wing.
President Bush responded to theongoing controversy by convening a.. to lOvesttgate.
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ways torestrUcture the N.E.A. and its grant-evaluation process. Now is the time to write

to members of the commission andurge them to support an N.EA whose
decision making is independentofCongress and that alloWs for the greatest freedom of artistic expression. ',To receive a list of names andaddresses of commission members, write
to GlAAD at 80 Varick Street #3E, New
York, NY 10013, or.can (212) 966-1700.~
GlAAD Tidings is a program of the Gay
and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. For more information about thematerial in this week's column, or about
GlAAD, call (212) 966-1700.

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hen 1 call straight-porn-star-turnedlesbian-porn-star Cris Cassidy and tell herthat I've been commissioned to write apiece on lesbian porn, she pauses on theline. "We don't call what we do 'porn,'"
she explains of her production company, Tigress Video. "We call it'erotica.'"Aren't the two essentially the same? 1ask her.
"No," Cassidy answers innnediately. "There has been
a lot of discussion about what is porn, and [whetherl porn
is a bad word, [whetherl it connotes misuse of women,"she goes on. "What 1 think of as pornography is sexually
motivated, sexually interpreted and sexually acted. What 1
think of as erotic, 1think of as sensually motivated ...not justgenital-focused, but [with) tenderness, passion, foreplay ....1
think of pornography as orgasm-focused, where erotic is a'joumey-is-the-goal! kind of thing."
Supreme Court Justice Lewis Potter's famous
admission that "I don't !mow what [pomographyl is, but 1!mow it when 1 see it" illustrates the complicated question'.
of defming this much-debated genre. Defmition is, ofcourse, the issue at the heart of the present obscenity-inthe-arts controversy,
where any sexually explicit
representation equals obscenity equals pornography equals
non-art. What happens, then, when we recognize
pornography as an art fonn?
Often it becomes "erotica." Cassidy is not the only one to makesuch a distinction. In an influential essay entitled "The Pornographic

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lmaginaton," Susan Sontag argued in the early '70s for the highaesthetic quality of The Story of 0 and the writings of Sade (apparendy,
as she implicidy noted, the French do it better). Indeed, distinctions
were based on class: The educated read or looked at erotica; theuneducated, pornography. These elitist notions have since beenstrongly rejected by such porn entrepreneurs as AI Goldstein, the mind
(a generous appellation) behind Screw magazine and cable 1V's
Midnight Blue. Goldstein advances notions about porn in his rejectionof such faux distinctions; his sometimes extreme misogyny, though,keeps him well within the realm of typical white, male andheterosexual producers of the stuff.
But Cassidy's distinction is different, centering as it does on genderrather than class. In 1978, Gloria Steinem similarly claimed that where
erotica is about sexuality, pomography is about power. Erotica, with its
greater focus on things like "tenderness, passion, forepIay"--5O-<:alIed
female interests--5ets itself up in opposition to the male porn that often
explicitly subordinates women; erotica would even things out. Cassidy
points to the real problem: "A lot of it," she explains, "has to do with thestigma that's already there about pornography. The fact that I want to doa different thing ...makes me not want to use the same language." Suchan obse!vation is especially relevant coming from a woman who hasappeared in a lot of what she would unhesitatingly call "porn." Herrejection of the word is, more than, anything, 'a rejection of a specificfonn of explicit sexual representation (mainstream porn) from which shealways felt "something was missing." In the last ten years, women haveentered the porn industIy not only as stars but as writers, directors andproducers in an attempt to locate and represent this "something.»
One of the most successful and innovative of these is funner pornstar Candida Royalle, who founded Femme Productions in 1984. RoYaJie
was interested in making an adult movie that was infonned by a feminist
sensibility; when financing was offered by her father-in-law, she wasted
no time getting started. To secure distribution interests she
played up the idea of a fonner porn star doing it her way.
At the time, even she wasn't exactly clear what "her way"
was. Her first film, Femme, retained some of the fonnulaic
qualities ofporn. By the time she made Three
Daughters in 1986, her radical vision began to be fully
realized. A strong narrative with explicitly (and realistically)
motivated sex that contains none of the "pink shots" (closeups of genitals) characteristic of mainstream porn, Three
Daughters is a very different adult movie. Like all of her
work, it is not "phallus-based,» Royalle claims, but "basedaround female pleasure and fantasy." In mainstream porn,
female arousal and satisfaction is usually simply equatedwith male arousal and satisfaction. In Royalle's work, "thewoman's not getting her pleasure by letting the guy cum allover her.» Her rejection of cum shots which in thebusiness are significandy known as "money shots"-isperllaps her most radical departure from'
porn.
Instead, the focus shifts to long scenes of foreplay and evenafterplay. The differences have helped Three Daugbters, in
its three years on the market, attain status as a classic.
"When I was in [porn films]," Royalle says, "Iremember it being so exhausting. You'd set the lights andthe cameras and everything for one particular sex act, andthen you would rehearse changing into the next one, andyou'd reset the lights and camera for the next one. Everything was very
fonnulized; it was like, you do this sex act and then this sex act ...thefellatio, the cunni1ingus. It's all mechanical. That's why it looks that way.
I've completely rejected that approach.» Royalle produces only straightfilms, but her comments point to a significant difference between..
and women-produced sexual entertainment. She describes
how she directs: "I will talk with my talent about what the motivation is,
why these two people are doing what they're doing, who they are, whatsorts of things they would do together. I set up the lights so I never haveto change them, and then I just let the cameras roll. It's almost c1nema
vertte. They are directing the scene as much as I am ...I
very, very rarely interrupt them or direct them. I'll try to
let them go through it and have as much of a realexperience
together as is possible under thosecircumstances."ea1 experience" is perl1aps that "something"that Cassidy found missing in mainstream
porn. Both she and Fatale Video founders,
Nan Kinney and Dei Sundahl (who also
publish On Our Backs, the lesbian erotica magazine),
speak of wanting to represent "authentic lesbiansexuality" in their videos, "not," Kinney says, "lesbiansexuality as thought of by mainstream porn." Those
unfamiliar with mainstream porn may be surprised tohear that it represents lesbian sexuality at all. Indeed it
does, but only within the constrictive limits of theformulaic porn film where, Significantly, it is usuallyreferred to not as "lesbian" but as "girVgirl.", Girl! girl scenes are nothing new in mainstream
productions; it is rare to find a straight film that doesn't
have at least one, and many have two or three. These
are, of course, usually played by heterosexual womenand almost exclUSively for hmen. Woman-towoman action becomes male foreplay.
Pictures produced in the mainstream that are
exclUSively girl/girl are usually clear about their target
audience. The box of one of Vivid Video's all-girl/girltitles, for example, the third in their Where the Boys
Aren't series, assures the customer that "the only dick isyou." Barbara Dare, who acts almost exclusively in Vivid
Video productions, very clearly identifies these films as
lesbian. This year she has won two awards for "best lesbian scene": one, with Nina Hartley, for Sororlly PInk; theother, with April West, for 7rue Love. It is perhaps significant that Dare identifies herself as a bisexual whose "relationships have mostly been with women." True Love,
which is somewhat autobiographical, has her wearing a
Gay Pride T-shirt at one point. And though that's as
explicit as the fi1m......and·
porn in general-gets about lesbianpolitics, it is refreshing in its portrayal of Dare, who has to decide
whether or not to come out of the closet when her parents visit. (Shegets a beard to avoid doing so, and he becomes her second lover.) April
West plays the "real dyke" in the film; her unusual short and un~
fingernails are silent testimony to that. But her role and the story don't
succeed in making this film what Kinney, Sundahl or Cassidy would call"authentically" lesbian, however ambiguous such a category may be:
One of the most annoying things about 7rue Love and other predominantly or exclusively girVgirl pictures is the apparent intrinsic'anathema to words like "lesbian" and "dyke." "But you're gay," characterS
keep saying to Dare. Or worse: "You're homosquai." The effect is tomake things seem'very artificial indeed. But most inauthentic of all is thesex. Although the prize-winning scene between Dare and West getsquite heated at points (at the beginning, for example, before they even•

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have their clothes off), ultimately it is filmed like any otherporn sex: scene, giving it that "mechanical" feel Qmdida Royalle talked
about. Long pink shots fragment their bodies, which, when shown in fullshot, seem restricted by the conventions of'porn body..Janguage. On all fours, with asses high in the air, it is remarkable how difficult it can be to distinguish one female porn star from another (tan lines
and tattoos take on added significanre). The repeated gesture of pulling
long hair to one side so that it doesn't obstruct our view further localizes
the action. This is sex: about body parts, not about bodies. So even amovie like the original Wb~the BcYys Aren~uitea good sto'Y about
making a porn film, including a scene in which (again) Dare and west
have to mnvinre a male script-writer (who stays clothed) that girVgirl
scenes aren't "stupid" because women do indeed do this in real
life-doesn't really get you (or me, anyway) off.
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Whether Dare mnsiders these films lesbian or not, she clearly has
an idea of how a lesbian film she produced would be different. Not
surprisingly, it would be "more realistic," sl;le says. "I would make it lessfroufrou. In the movies all the girls are so pouffed out with makeup andhair spray .. ;.! would throw a fe~ dykes in there, more masculine
women ....Not so much froufrou and not the 'Oh fuck me! Oh push yourfingers in! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!' More realistic lovemaking."
Authenticity can create obstacles, though. ens Cassidy explains thatHay Fever, the first feature-length film by and for lesbians, is "a little bit
too real" for'
distributors. "1he women aren't the polishedporn stars with perfect bodies and perfect teeth and perfect whatever,"she explains. "1hey're women ...a whole spectrum of women." Like
Royalle, Kinney and Sundahl, Cassidy rejects'
porn's politics
of the body. Kinney notes that the m!ljority of their audience"appreciates the way we portray lesbian sexuality [and] identify with it
more than with what they see from the'Just in the way the
women look: They're not all stunning-they look like real people." AndRoyalle comments that "in the porn world, women are really into getting
breast jobs, nose jobs and bfl!,ces on their teeth, and li~ction,andhair bleached blonde and frizzed out-the
big hairlook-ilIld the fake enamel ~.
It's disgusting. I hate it.", ,•he interest in "realism" that these womenshare is telling in light of the pornography
debates of the last 20 years, where main,stream
porn has been seen as all too,"real." Anti-porn feminists had a significant effect on the
movement w~en ,~ey made a simple assertion: Pornography equals act.i0n. And more specifically, pornography equals violent
acts against women .
•With such , an equation, "pornography" becomessome monolithic,category of representation. It assumes
that men read. ~d view porn literally, with no awareness of the relation
between what they are watching•
and the effects it, produces, namely, fantasy and, if it's"successful" porn,orgasm.
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To reduce all pornography, as such an equation
does, to se~~~lIy explicit images that subordinate
women and ~en to see such images as the cause ofcontinued viole!1ce against women is to discount other
all-too-real instances of oppression against us. If porn,
can be called .ofi:ensive, ultimately this may be so only
because, like most everything else in the United States, its power
structure is predominantly
white, male and heterosexual.
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apart &om male sexuality, any such move would be one to re-containthat sexuality rather than to bring it out further into
public and popular life where it is apt to do what'
Upset the present structures of power, perhaps.
Surprisingly, it is not as difficult as you may think:
for a woman to produce her own films. 1bis could be
because, as RoyaIle notes, the people in theindustry are not "politically aware. I think: what they're
doing is political in the sense that it's very- anarchistic,
and I think that's why it's so threatening to the
estaolishment; they're doing something that's so frowned
upon. But I think that in and of themselves, most ofthem don't have any political sense." None of these
women has the sense that men in the business pose any
real obstacle to their own entry into it. Any problems
that occur do so at the distribution level. Cassidy notes
the need to sell to men TIgress' "by and for lesbians"
videos: "We need !he straight market so we can keep
doing this for lesbians. If we did not have the -straightmarket, we would fold."
But although men present no explicit obstacle towomen wanting to make porn films, the greatest
obstacle for women is, in fact, a matter of gender:
Women simply don't have as much money.
It is perhaps a reflection on the lesbian market
that Fatale and Tigress have the greatest financial worries. At Femme Productions, Royalle explains that
although they spend so much, "the thing that saves us
is that the work is so unique that it has an eternal shelflife-the very- first movie that I ever did, Femme, sells
as much as the last movie I put out." It's difficult not toconclude that the success of Femme Productions ispartly due to ~e fact that it produces straight f!lms;
videos by Faµle and Tigress are equally "unique."
Women are the most rapidly increasing market of
pornographic videos, and surely a significant percentage of those women must be lesbian. But clearly, mostof them aren't watChing lesbian-produced videos.
Kinney and Sundahl are adamant that a lesbian
market exists but roncede that it is not always easy tolocate. "'There's this small group of women starting to
make erotica for themselves," Sundahl says. "We have to create themarket-the market isn't there ready to receive our materia1s. And that's
because of a double standard; it has not been OK for women to·besexual." Kinney points out further problems: "We are dealing withpeople's attitudes, with a very difficult market to reach, a lot of
opposition within the very-place where we put ourselves. For example,
the women's bookstores where we prefer to put [On Our Backs] o.ut. It's
like we went right into the mouth of the'fire, right into the place where
they're saying that pornography is bad, bad, bad."
The divisiveness that pornography can create is perhaps more
intense in specifically lesbian rommuriities. Dykes have been not only
marginalized by women's rommunities but pressured by what Sundahl
calls "the old p.c. politics" to always do what is right. Such pressure has
produced much debate about, and low tolerance of, not only

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difficult to admit to themselves-nevermind to potential lovers--thatthey would like to use a dildo, be tied up' or watch porn videos. Dyke
relationships are supposed to be free of such patriarchal and (worse)
heterosexual desires. This is partly grounded in what was a virtual fearof power on the part of wornen, of reinforcing the same old hierarchiesthat have so oppressed us. Brought into the bedroom, such fear
confuses a desire for sexual power with a desire for oppressive
structures of power, structures which have controlled our desires to theextent that, even when alone in our bedrooms, we will suppress them.
"Women are very, very fearl'ul about sex,' Cassidy says. "And fear
creates anima;ity. We get so much flack.' Barbara Dare asserts that Isheis treated mostly with coldness by other dykes, once they leam what she
does for a living. "Women are more private; she explains, and lesswilling to bring their sexuality into public space .

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esbian porn challenges these divisions as it creates new spaces
for our sexuality. A movie like Fatale Video's first, Private
Pleasures, for example, explicitly identifies lesbian sexuality as"private" even as it brings it into our living rooms. This isplayed with further by the setup of the film: A woman tums on her 1V
to scenes of lesbian sex and begins masturbating. Through cioss-cutting
we watch both the images on her 1V and the woman getting off onthem Our position, in our own "private" living rooms watching thevideo, becomes analogous to hers, except that hers, through the video,
has been made public. In a similar move, Tigress Video's first
production, Erotic in Nature, brings lesbian sexuality literally outdoors,
into the open, away from the closed space of the bedroom. In theirsecond feature, Hay Fever, they further literalize the move by bringing
the bedroom itself-in the fonn of a large brass bed to which Nina
Hartley is tied outside. And by the end of the film,
Hartley's character, louise, is freed from these Oiteral) ties
and restored to the privacy of her bedroom by none otherthan lesbian love.
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,The problem, if it can be called that, with the lesbian
market is a circular one. There may not be much of amarket, but if there isn't, it could very well be due to thefact that until recently, there wasn't a product. Lesbians intoporn leamed long ago to get off on straight porn or gay
male porn. It follows that if lesbian porn is being produced
now, it must be because there is a market In fact, more
women are watching porn than ever before, and some ofthem must be lesbians. And as Sundahl points out, "What's
really helped women's erotic literacy, if you can so call it, isthe home-video movement. Women can buy X-rated videos
and take them home and watch them in the privacy of theirown homes." But again, although this has been a significant, factor in the increase of women watching videos, it is notclear that it has Significantly affected the number of lesbians
watching specifIcaJly lesbian videos. As Kinney pointed out,
for a lesbian to buy, rent or request a lesbian video is to
publicly identify herself as a lesbian, which may well be a
problem if you're in the adult section at your local (straightowned) video store.
Questions of lesbian identity are at issue with the
makers of these movies as well. ~oyalle, for example, will
not make specifically lesbian films: "J feel that what makes
my movies work is that that they're from my own life experience; J feelthat the best art we make comes from what we have experienced.
Because I'm heterosexual, basically, I feel that that is really where I have•the most to share ....And that's why those stupid girVgirlscenes in malemade porn movies are so horrendous--because th~re not true, they're
fake." Like Royalle, Kinney understands that "women have a right tocontrol their erotic materials and to create their own." As lesbians doing
just that, Kinney and Sundahl at Fatale, and Qissidy and her partner, Lee
Rothermund, at Tigress, have established a solid andeclectic foundation from which to build
The X-rated lesbian titles they have produced sharewith Royalle's movies certain departuresfrommainstream porn. Fewer pink shots, greater attention to
foreplay, emphasis on whole bodies and on mutualpleasure
all of this is abundantly evident. They go
beyond Royalle's productions in their rejection of bodyculture standards
in general, not just those ofmainstream porn. And they go beyond any othergirVgirl porn in their commitment to representing thediversity of lesbian experience and identity. Having
produced one video per year since they were founded,
Sundahl maintains that they could easily do ten times
that number "and not satisfy the need. We just scratch
the surface with what we can put in the videos. We
haven't even begun." Cassidy also claims that she has far
more ideas than she has the money to realize. Because
they have had to learn the technical side of their workhands-on, they have only recently been able to devote
as much time to the setup of actual scenes and stories as
they would like.
Although both companies make movies by and forlesbians, they are informed by very different lesbiansensibilities. U~ike Cassidy (and RoyaIle as well), Kinney
and Sundahl have no problem with calling their movies
pornographYi "It's like being called a 'dyke,'" Sundahl
explains. "It's reclaiming the word." Rather than arejection of, and separation from, the mainstream, such acomment implies an in~erest in redefltling and reshaping
it to include lesbian-rather than "girl/girl"-6eXUalityi it
is a move out of the margins and into the mainstream.
At the same time, Kinney and Sundahl are interested
in more marginalized expressions of lesbian sexuality.
Obey are also much more committed to casting womenof color in their movies. Overall, though, these videos arevery-white.) Where Tiger Rose's emphasis is primarily onvanilla sex, Fatale explores more radical things like roleplaying, domination, bondage, butch-femme aesthetics and play
involving (often strapped-on) dildoes. Tigress movies have little ofthat. More important to their films (and an indication of their different
sensibility) are stronger narratives (Qissidy points out that Hay Fever isonly 4O-percent explicit sex) and, notably, music. Working with some
12 women musicians, Tigress prodUctions include original
soundtracks, written to match the images.
Whatever their emphasis, though, all of these lesbian-produced
videos are extraordinary in their attempts to represent some of what
hadn't been represented previously. For the most part, they succeed. "If anything, they are sometimes too "real" (the kind of sex you
already have ·is not always the best fantasy material). Cassidy notesthat "straight porn is created by straight men and acted by straightwomen, and you can really see the difference. What I want to do isshow what women are together, to show the difference." Although it
is not always easy to articulate exactly what the "difference" is, youknow it, as Judge Potter put it, when you see it. ~Bottom: Fatale Video's Nan
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Only three known lesbian-owned and -run companies
produce lesbian adult movies: Fatale Video, which has its
own distribution company, Tigress Video and Lavender
Blue, both of which areidistributed by Tiger Rose.
Technically, all of the films could be improved, withediting a serious problem and sound also a great difficulty.
Unlike mainstream porn, the dialogue in these films often
seems comfortably improvised, but sound quality can ruin
any effect. Movies from Tiger Rose are of considerably
better quality-in
terms of cinematography
and,sound-thanthose from Fatale, though Fatale's latest,
Hungry Hearts, is something of a breakthrough for themand thei[ future productions promise to be of similar quality.
Another consistent problem is time restriction (usually
determined by financial considerations). Too often, a video
will simply end while things are still going on, leaving theviewer to fantasize more actively or lose it, both of which, can be frustrating.
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There is virtually no safer sex in lesbian porn. Although
the companies do advocate safer sex, there are no
representations of it, except for one of the segments from
Fatale's Clips.
Also not prevalent are women of color. (Lesbianism ishardly unique to white women, though you may thinkotherwise based on the evidence of some of these films.)
Despite these very real problems, we can still ask, Are
these movies hot?
Below is a sampling of flicks to give an idea of what's
beating out there:

Private Pleasures. Fatale Video, with Caerage andTerl. 30 minutes. 1985 ..
Mariko comes home and turns on the TV to apenthouse scene with Caerage and,Teri. They get it on witheach other, and she watches and gets off by herself (andthere you are, watching her watching them and getting it
on ...). Caerage and Teri are the only people who fistfuck in
any of these flicks. And they are quite amazing at it: At one
point, with Caerage's fist inside of her, Teri does a 180degree turn more gracefully than you ever imagined. There's, also some play with a dildo and with food. Caerage, playing
butch top, never takes off her clothes.
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Shadows. Fatale Video, with Caerage and Teri. 30
minutes. 1985.
, Note the S/M play with Caerage as butch bottom. The, a~tion here looks more promising than it turns out to be; the, scene is actually quite tame. There's some tying up, somewhipping, more fisting with Teri hanging in a leather sling.
But neither woman looks especially comfortable in front of,, the camera (tt)ough they were all .right in Private Pleasures),making it difficult to be a voyeur. The most poorly filmed of
Fatale's movies, the dialogue is almost impossible to hear.

Where There's Smoke. Lavender Blue, starring Cris
Cassidy and Lee Rothermund. 33 minutes. 1986.
Landlord Rothermund stops by new tenant Cassidy's
place to see how she's getting on: "I can tell you're going to
be a good landlord"-in more ways than one.
The establishing narrative here takes about threeminutes to get the women onto the floor and out of theirclothes. You can pretend that the bad acting is just the
women's nervousness as the sexual tension builds. The sex, is vanilla all the way. There is some good teasing (we see
Rothermund's hand playing around Cassidy's cunt while wehear Cassidy begging her to go inside her-Rothermund
doesn't for some time).
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Erotic in Nature. Tigress Video, starring Cris Cassidy
and Kit Marsell/es. 30 minutes. 1988.
Tigress' first video has enjoyed considerable popularity (itseems to be the one most of my friends have seen). As you may
intuit from the title, Erotic is filmed entirely outdoors. It doesn't
include encounters with nature, however-there are no beds ofleaves or waterfalls. There is some fun masturbatory play by
Cassidy, aided by a hose and a controversial dildo ("People were
just freaked out that I put it in my mouth," Cassidy says. "Butyou know, I had to put it in my cunt, and my mouth was wet,so...."). The scene is cross-cut with Marseilles showering (onher return from chopping wood) and admiring herself in her
mirror. Preparatory to their scenes together on an outdoor bed,
there is some butch-femme posing with voiaKlvers that seema bit out of place ("It wasn't until I met Cris..."). Their sex, again,
is vanilla; no dildoes or other toys, no slapping, no di rty talk ..

Clips. Fatale Video, with Fanny Fatale. 30 minutes.
1988.
Three ten-minute episodes with catchy titles. The first, "In
Which Greta Meets Jupiter IV," has the only serious anal action
in any of the films. Greta wears a mask reminiscent of O's owl
visage, while she tucks her ass with a dildo. Before all you anal
aficionados get too excited, you should know that somecomputerized play with the film ('We saw the technology, andwe wanted to use it," Sundahl explains) results in an artsy,
dreamlike look that obscures a lot of the action.
The second segment has some playful bondage andscarf play. This segment also includes the only safer sex inany of these films. 'Unfortunately, the scene with a dental
dam begins quite late and is interrupted by the end of theepisode, never getting quite hot enough to be convincingthat safer sex is fun.
The third episode of Clips, "In Which Fanny Liquidates
Kelly's Stocks," has Fanny masturbating with a dildo while
Kelly reads the business section of the paper. This clip is by
now quite famous for Fanny's ejaculation scene, which, as
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Fantasy Dancer. Lavender Blue, with Nicole Ashley
and Alex Greco. 33 minutes. 1988:"
Greco's fiance takes her to a strip jOint where Ashley is
performing. As Ashley (the onlY Black woman in any ofthese films) dances, Greco gets turned on and fantasizes
joining her on stage. The dancing becomes a kind offoreplay as it turns into more serious stuff, which, by theend, leaves Greco less than interested in her fiance.
Hungry Hearts. Fatale Video, with Pepper and Reeva.
30 minutes. 1989.
Hungry Hearts is the latest in Fatale's X-rated line and,as such, is a good sign of things to come. It is not the sex
or story that is so improved here' it's the look of the film.
Sharper images and better lig'htfng give it a more
professional appearance.·.,,',;' ,Pepper and Reeva are both verffemme, with contrasting dark and light hair and skin -colors. The film includes 'some dancing (they both appear in' Burl.:EZk II, one of two
R-rated lesbian striptease movies from' Fatale), some foodplay, a bath scene and fucking with- a 'ifikfo. The music is allright and doesn't obscure the dialoglie~ ,",
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Supreme, Jezebel Tartini, Kay Figa,'J110'·minutes. 1989.
This is the first full-length le'sbia~"'produced lesbian
video. Billed "An Erotic Cowgirt Comedy,"'the story is not very
well worked out and tries to fit too mucll lin'.At the center of it
all is the main romance between LoiJi8e'tHartley) , wbo is tied
down to a bed in the middle oftfte.woods,
and Mary(Supreme), who discovers her there:anffJbecomes her lover.
Whatever the rest of the' film may be;·t!fese scenes make itworth watching (I confess that I haveaithihgfor Nina Hartley).

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Both women are comfortable in front of the camera and seemto really enjoy their scenes together. And though theirrelationship could be read as an anti-bondage one Mary's
love eventually (ifrees" Louise of her bonds-the fact is,
Louise is tied down and her vulnerability is a tum-on.
The film has its own original soundtrack, which is quite
fun in parts. The overall emphasis is on comedy, and thoughmany of the women seem, at best, awkward in their roles,
they all seem to be enjoying themselves. But with a supporting cast of over 30 dykes, it is disappointing to see no womanof color in the movie.
The films mentioned in this article are available throughdifferent channels. The straight films, including Candida
Royalle's and Barbara Dare's, are easily available for rental at
adult video stores. (Manhattan Video in midtown Manhattan,
for example, has a good selection.) Fatale and Tiger Rosetitles are all for sale at Eve's Garden, Oscar Wilde Memorial
Bookshop and A Different Light Bookstore. (A Different Light
also rents them for $5 per day.) They are also' available
direct-mail from the addresses below. (In addition, Eve's
Garden is thinking of beginning a once-per-month Fridaynight video series, which will give people an opportunity to
see these movies before making a purchase. Contact them 'for more information.),
Femme Distributing, I.nc.
Fatale Video .
... (and On Our Backs magazine) P.O. Box 208
New York, NY 10012
526 'Castro St. ,San Francisco, CA 94114
Barbara Dare
P.O. Box 11826
Tiger Rose Distributing
Marina Del Rey, CA 90295
P.O. Box 609
Cotati, CA 94928-Monica Dorenkamp,.-.
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with the readers, management always finds
some way to cajole me back into theadjudication. Last year, for example, I was
exempted from having to attend the OutWeek
Christmas party and thus spared that
humiliating "challenge dance" between thearts and features departments. This year, I was
given a new typewriter ribbon (which, I'm
proud to say, fetched me f!Jur cigarettes and a'stick of JuiCy Fruit after some skillful haggling
with the kids in purchasing). So, once more
I've spent the past weeks holed up in my office with only theever-present window washer for company, while I've sorted
through the sacks and sacks of entries that have been pouring
in like lemmings. (You'd be astonished to learn of the vast
number of entries that I've been forced to disqualify out ofhand, simply because some contestants did not seem able todistinguish between summer fudge and winter fudge, no matter, how frequently and explicitly I've outlined the difference rightin this very space.) On the whole, it's been a pretty lonely
businesslike just about everything else in my life, God
knows-and this afternoon I caught myself trying to strike up aconversation with the irises next to my telephone. (Don't be
too quick to judge: Thefre remarkably sensitive to the soundof human voices and, after two weeks of exposure to myphone calls, display n9 apparent intention of wilting.) When I
thought that I heard one of them yawning, however, I decided
that perhaps
I should take a little break: and get a soft drink in.
the commissary, despite the significantly chilly treatment I've
been receiving down there ever since my relocation to the 51st
floor of the OutWeek building-not unlike my sophomore year
at Sir Wtlfrld Laurier High School.
I spotted the fashion writer, Violet, in the cramped little
smoking section with a most attractive fellow who, I'm told, is
one of the reviewers. They were engaged in a heated discussionthat ended abruptly when I sat down at their table. I inquired
what they were talking about so spiritedly, and the reviewer,said, "Miss s,atgon," while at the same time Violet said, "The',' ,House of Worth." 1hen we sat and smoked silently for several. minutes. Realizing that I wasn't about to go away, Violet finallysighed with exasperation and showed me a memo forbidding
the operation of betting pools or other games of chance on the, mezzanine le·vel: In a lowered voice, she explained thatsomething big was going down. I asked what, and she said:"Not here, you idiot If you're still in with us---Md word has itthat you've sold out for that fanCy-pants office upsrairs-there's

a meeting tonight at the Center." I declaredthat I hadn't sold out to anyone for anything,but I couldn't attend the meeting, as I'dalready promised to take my friends Alvinand Earl "Dining Out!" at the new Korean
restaurant, Windows to the Seoul. Violet
sighed once more and told me to run along.
Before I did, I could swear that the reviewer
winked at me, but after my recent experience
with that portrait of Kendall Monison in myoffice, the whole world seems to be winking
and blinking these days.
Upon returning to the 51st floor, I
noticed that the window washer was
nowhere in sight for the ftrst time in weeks.
Just as I was about to express my pleasurewith this development to the attentive irises, I noticed that all. of the Annual Summer Fudge Competition entries had
disappeared--all,that is, but the entry submitted by thealleged "aunt" of Out Week's personnel liaison, EdelweiSS,
which was held securely in place on the middle of my desk'with a tiny silver hatche~. I stepped out into the hallway intime to see somebody slip through the secret passage
concealed behind a bas-relief frieze in the wall. Before I
could give chase, though, the telephone summoned me backto the offtce. I answer~9, and a voice at the other end
muttered, "Aber etwas ie.o1f," and hung up. The other line
rang, and it was Alvin Ix:gging off from dinner, due to an
emergenCy with their air-conditioning ftIter.
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'DtSIREDOBJECT••'II never forget when
Kevin Sessumsof
Vanity Fair sent me aletter (whichwasprinted in this column
back in May) seething with utterly exaggerated and silly
vitriol-the kind of talk that one always regrets having blurted
out. Let's see: I was "the new Roy Colm." I was "pathological."
I was subjecting readers to a "dissonance" chock-full of"inherent dangers." I was "rallying" people to my own "luridly
reactionary lockstep." I had been "co-opted by our realenemies." I utilized" "tantrum politics." I practiced "blood,journalism." Iengaged in "teJrorism."
Oh, JXlO!Such drivel.
Sessums' letter was sent in defenseof his dear, dear,friend, David Geffen, of Geffen Records fame, whom I'dviciously attacked for: 1) signing the anti-gay heavy-metal
freaks, Guns 'n' Roses; 2) not coming out against the band (ordropping them from his label) soon after there was an uproar
over their homophobic lyrics; 3) calling Gay Men's Health
Crisis • "a bunch of assholes" when theorganization decided it simply couldn't
have Guns 'n' Roses be a part of an AIDS
benefit for G.M.H.C. (Geffen's rationale atthe time: "If you need a blood donor, andthe only person who can give you atransfusion is Hitler, you take the blood.")
Of course, inherent in my endleSs ranting
was a constant demand of accountability
from Geffen to his own community.
Sessums felt that my attacks on Geffen
were, well, excessive,
I suppose. He
claimed that I, who asked for a telephone"Gossip Zap" of Mr. G. that week urging
readers to lodge a complaint, had actuallyriled up many readers to the point where
they were somehow
made to contact
Geffen's office "with threats of bombingsand even death."
I guess that Sessums told me this so as to gain some
sympathy from me for Geffen. Of course, I don't advocate thatpeople make "threats of bombings and even death." But there
is no fucking way that I'm going to feel sony for some JXlOr,
little, picked-on billionaire who has an unlimited amount ofpeople available to take these kinds of calls, while I havefriends who are sick with AIDS, and while I and many otherfriends are routinely being beaten to a pulp on the streets, All
DIRECI1.Y DUE TO TIlE HOMOPHOBIA TIlAT IDS BANDINSPIRES. I'm somehow supposed to feel for this seIf-ioather _who makes millions of dollars by perpetuating homophobia
and queer-bashing? PUCK HIM! And come to think of it, how
could one blame anyone who called him with such threats?
Maybe the callers were all the gay men and lesbians who had
their faces bludgeoned. Maybe they were all the people who'dlost friends to AIDS. MAYBETIlEY
WERE ALL THE DYKES AND
FAGS WHO'VE BEEN DIRECT

VICTIMS OF GUNS 'N'
ROSES' DEMENTED VAliDATION OF QUEERHATRED TO STRAIGHTTEENAGE AMERICA!
Anyway, I bring all of this up ,now because Geffen
seems to be heeding warnings and bowing to pressure. You
may remember that back in early June, he'd suddenly had
his p.r. people using words like "protest" with regard to
Andrew Dice Clay. Having steadfastly and arrogantly stoodby his homophobic products Oike Guns 'n' Roses) in thepast, Geffen--5ti1l stinging from our frenzied and contagious
attacks-wentout of his way to disapprove of Dice Oay, ,claiming that he bad to distribute him because Geffen
Records had a contract with Dice Oay's label, Def American,
but that for the first time, Geffen took its name off therecord in "protest."
Now, Geffen has gone much further-further
than anyother record company has gone regarding a new band which
would no doubt have had AIDS activists and feminists cutting
off Geffen's balls, let alone making "threatsof bombings and even death~" As theenlightened and on-target Datty News music
writer Jim Farber reported last Wednesday,
Geffen last week dropped the offensive
Houston-based rap band the Geto Boysfrom distribution just before their album'splanned release.
"After a woman makes the dubious
medical judgement that she has just given
our hero AIDS," writes Farber about"Assassins," one of many offensive cuts on
the record, "the guy responds by shooting
her in the back and slicing her to pieces
with a chain saw." It was this and more that .
Geffen felt he could not justify distributingeven without the Geffen name on therecord (since the Geto Boys, like Dice Clay,are on Def American.)Geffen, according to Farber, then went on to publicize thecompany's good deed and also to carefully explain the
difference between what they did and "censorship." ExplainS
Farber: "The [press] release stated that the company vehemently opposes any government censorship or restriction ofthis or any other work. The folks at Geffen are on solid groundhere. By not releasing the album and at the same time
opposing outside re5trlctioos, they stress an important and oftoverlooked distinction in the censorship debate; namely, that .
no one has a constitutional right to be released on a major
re:;ord label. Receiving that treatment is a privilege ....Perhaps
labels are finally figuring out that censorship is something thatcomes mainly from goverQment. Sensitivity is something,available to us all."But Farber doesn't let Geffen off the hook for a minute.
"Of course, Geffen has a perfect
right to release either [the Geto>

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only to fmd that two startling
new trends have taken the
club scene by storm. The
first and least disconcertingof the two: being "inned" ata dub. Inning has nothing to
do with baseball, it is more
like a mini outlaw party or a
, party that happens outside
the club. You see, the newplace to be seen is not by
the bar, but inside the ropes
or chains (depending on thevenue) in front of the night
spot. The goal, just like anoutlaw pal"ty, is to suck
down as many drinks anddish as many people enterMICHAEL AUG at Disco 2000
ing the club as is possible before the security staff and promoter ask you to move. The catch is, they don't throw you
out-they show you into the club. Thus, you are inned. Test
your statµs by timing the length of time you are permitted tostay outside-thelonger you stay, the higher your rating.
The second trend is more of a public-service announcement. Since my return all of five days ago, I have been flooded by rumors about what• has come to be known as the"Extasy controversy." Relax-before
you think that I haveanything to do with this, it seems that some people havebeen experiencing exce,ssive hallucinogenic activity (which isexcessive for Extasy) approximately two hours after ingesting, the drug. It is widely speculated that the current crop ofExtasy is cut with mescaline andlor acid. People have complained that in addition to the unexpected "trip," the highlasts longer than expected some lasting as long as two daysl
Our advice: Ask if there is mescaline in
the capsule when you buy it, find a
buddy and, if you are taking multiple hits,
allow at'least two hours to check for hal, lucinations. Don't be alone, and don't bealarmed, you'll come down-eventually.
,Michael~, New York's answer to,,RtpIey's Believe It or Not! debuted his new, 'Wednesday party, Disco 2000, at Limelight.
A weekly theme party, the fIrst installment• was Disco Circus; The World of Human. Oddities. The .fest featured the PETA
activist's nightmare-monkeys
in tiny
cages--and the Drug Enforcement Agency's
nightmare--tbe human drug child Oames

St. James in a cage screamingfor "just one more hit"). My
nightmare: Limelight serves
Coors (and assorted dub kidspose in the chapel with signs
that say "rea!"--QS if there wasever a question. I think that we
all know too well, thatnk youO.
My' favorite was Clara the
Carefree Chicken, a go-go
dancing, drug<rilzed dub kid
dressed in a San Diego Chicken outfit (football? baseball?),thus earning him the title,"Disco Zoo." By 4 am, he wasalternately sipping a drink
through his beak and flapping
his ~in what was either amating ritual or an ill-conceived attempt at flight Whlle
the VIP room was crammed with dub "luminaries" like the "0riginal" girl-of-the-minute,Dianne Brill, most of the crowd filling thechurch-of-the-poisoned-mind was so young that they were more
likely to call the Covenant House Nme line than the Tool Line.
Liz: Sod-O-Mee also opened last Wednesday at SpoDee-O-Dee with much sweat and heat. A club that •few
queers had seen the inside of until now, it has a bordellodecor of ted velvet and mirrors that self-declared "brainstormer" Albert Crudo hopes will foster a "hangout" atmosphere. The crowd is very clearly "b/slb" (hot! sweatylboy),some of whom are featured performers direct from ShowWorld, wearing Crudo's elegant but very revealing jockstraps.
While the crowd inside danced, many people outside wereless disturbed by the artificially induced door scene than by
the doorperson, known only as the "~hurchwoman," a white
man who was passing time by haranguing patrons while
sporting blackface and drag. One hopesthat the Churchwoman will be made to
see the light before the next bout of SodO-Mee.
Meat has started at the hottest queer
space on Fridays, Barroom 432 (It alternates with the CUt Club, but many of
those involved are the same for both parties). Continuing the same policy as its sister night (one gender predominates, but
all are welcome), it works overtime and is
helping to define a place where you truly
can take your friends of differing genders
and not feel you've condemned them to anight ,of angst. AIdo Hernandez is the dee-il raee ..

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jay for both parties and keeps men andwomen shirtless and happy. Downstairs,
the former meat locker is the most temper~
ate place in the club (this will change withwinter), and you can hear yourself, speak.
Mind you, if you're easily distracted byporn films, you may want to face a wall.
No matter which party, it's cruisy
without being unfriendly, and lindsay,
one of the women dancers, is so breathtakingly beautiful I have seen girls go

It is Widely
speculated thatthe current cropor Extasy is cut
with me~caline
and/or acid.
slack-jawed at the sight of her.
We received a press release hot off
the Pyramid Bar from Channel 69. This
Wednesday's invited guests to "Bunny's
Tip-A-Thon" (tipping optional) will be:• Brooke Shields and her mother, Teri
• Charles Nelson Reilly (thedownstairs is named for him)
• Batt Simpson (Host Linda's
nephew),• Whitney Houston, who will pretniere her new video (as recendy seenon Bloopers, Bleeps and Blundet's)• Marsha Warfield, Luther Vandross, Clorls Leachman, }aye P. Morgan, Sue Simmons, Tracy Qtapman
and special guest, John WaterS, with
CryBaby outtakes.
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Single-shot scenes and a minimal sound- 'trac~ helped keep Stigliano's budget
under $40,000.) The result is a chronicle
of infrequently interrupted inaction,buoyed only by the good humor of thecharacters and the director.
Michael Waite Stigliano's co-writerand, at last report, his lover of eight
years plays twentysomething Buddy,
who comes to New
York City just so thatpeople will leave himalone about his sexual
preference.
His first
encounter with a man
reduces him to tears;
thereafter, he's inces~antly cheerful.
His
trick (Nickolas Nagurney) introduces him toa group of friends who
casually absorb him.
Sex depicted frankly
and unsentimentallyqUickly becomes just't:.
another
way to fill
the hours: Shall we.,;.
go to a movie or fuck?
The offer isn't much
more enticing
than
Buddy's dishwashingjob in the restaurant
where most of his newllMETO LEAVEHOME-Michael Waite musses a sibling.
friends work.
...
Buddy
doesn'tfind happinessso•much as he settles intoa lack of aggravation.
FUN DOWN THERE. Written by Roger Stigliano and Michael Waite.
Upstate, he didn't mind shoveling shit
Produced and directed by Stigliano. Frameline.
for three years he was simply irked•
by his family's interference with his sex
by Bruce C. Steele
ed worlds. Viewers, however, may fmd ,life. In the East Village, he fmds a new
Bring along a healthy sense of the absence of any articulated conflict, kind of drab isolation, but he now
irony to Fun Down There, or you may passion or melodrama somewhat oppres- , shares it with some amiable gay men
be at a loss to understand why the film sive. Surely the filmmaker is nudging
and straight women as lost and obliviis worth sitting through. Start with the us in the ribs with that title. Are weous as he is. Like Buddy's K-marttitle: "Down there" refers to New York having fun yet?
shopping kin, these Villagers have noCity, as viewed from the profound disFor better or worse, Roger Stigliano's political consciousnesses, no real hopes
tance of;m upstate farm community. work is the gay counterpart to Jim Jar- of professional achievement, no intense
Buddy Fields, the blankly naive young musch's. Fun Down There (ftrst seen at convictions or attachments and, apparprotagonist, leaves his parents' lakeside the 1989 New Festival) is another hap- ently, little contact with the world
hennitage' to come down and hang out hazard journey to nowhere in particular; beyond their loose-knit community.
in the East Village. Of course, as Buddy's homosexuality provides theStigliano seems to admire their simplicidemonstrated by the unerotic opening alienation and (minimal) provocation
ty at the same time that he makes fun
shot of Buddy masturbating, "down that oddball Europeans usually bring to of their petty aspirations and obsesthere" is also meant anatomically.
Jarmusch's movies. Both ffimmakers rely sions. The very dry humor is often con:
The amount of '~fun" to be had in on extended long shots that emphasize
descending, although never cruel.
either place is debatable. Upstate 'and the oppressiveness of real time and real
Fun Down There covers only one
downtown, people seem quite content distance, muting any emotions or moti- , week's events, but Stigliano's clinicalwith the mundane doings of their limit- vations. (It's also an aesthetic of poverty: observations soon establish a rhythm of';.,C,:",

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urban landscapes define Buddy's grave
new world. Still, the movie does allow
its characters their contendedness, andthey even have small moments of triumph: a brief yet haunting embodiment of Edith Piaf by the bartender(Paul Saindon) at a party, a. hilarious
impression of Ruth Gordon as Blanche
Du Bois performed by a bitchy cook
(Kevin Ochs) and an awkward, stolen
kiss planted on Buddy's lips by a waiter (Martin Goldin).
Unfortunately, the fdm's matter-of-fact depiction of gay sexuality is ataoss-purposes with Stigliano's pro-gay
agenda. His blunt approach avoids
mainstream sensationalism, but hiscomplete rejection of romance reduces
sex acts to the merely mechanical.
Whether because of the unreflective
script or the unpolished cast, the characters don't seem to have relationships they barely make contact with
one another. The message seems to bethat wherever you drop down a dull
person, he'll gravitate to an equally dull
existence, although he may be the happier for it. The irony is, Buddy doesn't
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425 Lafayette St. (212) 598-7150. Aug. 31-Sept.13.

Marlene" (compare F1aubert's "Madame
Bovary, c'est moi"). Yet films like
Blonde Venus qualify von Sternberg
more as a cinematic transvestite thantranssexual. He enjoys wearing Dietrich's image rather than allOWing the .
woman's own sexuality to explode on
screen. George Cukor, while more sympathetic to the female plight in fdms
like Camille, offers, no critique of thepatriarchal positioning of women. d05eted directors frequently employ
women to mask and deflect malehomosexual relations.
But cinematic transsexuality is thedomain of only a few, where mfse-enscene paves the way to mise-en-jemme.
Ingmar Bergman projects himself as
two women In Persona and Robert Altman as three in Three, Women, both
directors psychologically deploying
their female doubles In tragic, dreamlike worlds. (In a more violent eclipseof maleness, Altman and Fassbinder
project themselves as actual transsexuals In their respective mms, Come Backto the Five-and-Dime,by Robert Hilferty
In Red Desert,

Michelangelo
Antonioni's first color, and most highly
formalized, fum (originally released In
1964, but soon to be featured at the
Public in a new 35-mm print struck
from the negative), the camera consistently transfonns the ugly wasteland ofIndustrial Ravenna Into the b~utifully
abstract landscape inside the head of
the heroine, Giuliana (Monica Vitti).
That Antonioni's camera is so Intensely
identified with a woman whose disorienting vision lays bare a tragic world of
human Incommunicability bespeaks theftImmaker's empathic power, his ability
to represent one woman's experience Indeed, his ability to become awoman himself.
Antonioni's camera is an instrument of his own transsexuality. As
Pasolini wrote, "Antonioni has fmallysucceeded'in representing the world
seen through his own eyes because hehas substituted, wholly, the worldview
of a sick woman for his own vision,
which is delirious with aestheticism:a substitution justified by the possible
analogy of the twovisions." This is testimony to Antonioni's
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trait so poignantly and convincingly
Jimmy Dean and In a Year of 13 M()(J11$).
rendered as "a woman on the verge of
Pahaps the greatest literary example ofa nervous breakdown."
TOO BEAU11RJL FOR YOU-Monica Vitti as Giuliana
There havebeen other directors
whose female char- 'acters have defmed
the peculiar powerand quality of theirart, a phenomenon
that springs from themale director's identification with, notvoyeuristic relationship to, the female
persona(e) throughwhich and about
which his film revolves. (Of course,
not all such sympathetic female representations are freefrom residual sexist
impurities, mediatedas they are by themale gaze.)
Josef von Sternberg's
alter
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this symbOlic gender switch is the final
articulations. The release is sublime.
fantasy. What we see on screen is amonologue of Ulysses, where the narraRed Desert is as excruciatingly raw
complete inversion of what we havetive
voice-ftrst
personandemotionally as it is painstakingly rigorseen thus far: a naturalistic scene offemale displaces the male voice thatous formally. Antonioni has always
blue water and pink sand shot in lushas preceded: James Joyce ts Molly
been good at framing the tragedy ofcious depth of field. The space opens.
Bloom.
human solitude and has always had aElectronic sounds and factory noises,
Antonioni is Giuliana, a character
flair for alienation. While Red Desert fits
dominatedthewhose discontent with civilization is which previously
the bill, Giuliana's abstracted condition
soundtrack, are replaced by the soundpitched so high that.at one point she
is especially moving in its explosiveof waves and a woman's voice singing
complains that her hair hurts. She cannot make sense of the world. Everything a wordless song. The forms are no , needs and desires. For a fUm so controlled, you feel the blood surging justseems new, odd and frightening-GS if longer of pipes, steam and men, but ofa bathing girl, waves and rocks. Calm beneath the surface .•she has landed in a strange country andfound herself the wife of a man who
does not know her. Ugo, Giuliana's husband, is more interested in his maleoperated factory than in his wife's mufINDECENT MATERIALS by Manbites Dog Theater.
fled plea for human communion.
His friend Corrado (Richard Hanis),
The Public Theater. 425 Lafayette St.
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another industrialist, is drawn to Giu(212) 598-7150. Through Sept. 9.
liana. He visits her empty shop-Giuliana does not yet know what she wants
ning from becoming Hatfield-andto' se11--Q11dtakes her on a day trip to by Otis Stuart
McCoy time at the theater is that, as
Ferrar (Antonioni's birthplace). Giuliana~
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ome 0 y sal,esse, you are Manbites Dog won't let us forget, therareIy at ease, lee s COUllOrtae enou .
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bgomg to e condemned as a homocasualties are real.
• ,•to te 11him tha t s he once attempte d SUl'd Wha brin thth .
phobiC. Let me say what I said yesterThe juxtapositionof extremesa e..
t 1 gs .ese f two toge er IS da y. I am a "Bap tist' ."makes the imagery of each piece allSlUIt II bttt h elr mutua appetite or escape.
Th"dfd- en. Jesse cze ms, n manes the more unsettling. Indecent Materials
IS 1 ea 0 escape stru~res
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Dog's Indecent Materials.
turns the tables on Helms' native theDesert's formal elements, which are as'controlled as the parameters of a finely
Passivity in the American perform- atricality; isolating the hyperbole pinThe playwrought 12-tone musical composition.
ing arts, Sen. Jesse Helms reminds us points the hideousness.
Color, form, framing, sound and edit- daily, is gone with the wind. With an leaves the Helms caricature to his caming are harmonized in AntonionVGiu- equally Southern flourish, the local paign and instead presents the eviliana's vision of the world. Antonioni
debut of a visiting ensemble, the Man- dence straight, with the N .E.A. aswas, in fact, so neurotically precise
bites Dog Theater Company from Helms' self-constructed battlefield. A, about his use of color-he left nothing Durham, N.C., brings the point down- series of 69 projectiOns accompany theto chance and had a paranoid distrust home. The company bows in New texts so that the alleged obscenity of aof film laboratories-that
he had' York with its uniquely activist contribu- Mapplethorpe is partnered with thestreets, lobbies, bedrooms and evention to Helms' current reelection cam- ,real thing: "The homosexuals are in apart of a forest painted to insure the paign: a work written by the compa- battle against Americ~n values. Their
deeply considered color relationships
ny's openly gay directors that puts the ultimate aim is to have the Americanon his canvas. Antonioni's intricate
hatemonger onstage, hanging from his people accept the proposition that theirperverted 'lifestyle' is worthy of proteccolor scheme tells the story of Giu- own words.
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liana's emotion, while Antonioni's freThe two original pieces paired on tion as are race, creed and religion. I
quent use of a telephoto lens, both in the company's New York program are do not buy that. I say to them, 'Boshand out of focus, to flatten spacea shotgun wedding unlikely even by and nausea.'" Despite the whimsy of"Bosh and nausea,' we see Helms asredeems the icy architecture and deso- Mason-Dixon
standards.
Indecent, late milieu. The resultant compositions,
Materials is based on Helms' recent more than a joke, just as we see
in muted 'gray tones or harsh pricongressional
attacks on the N.E.A. Kramer's frustration become a search formaries, are abstract. Just as tl;te colors and is performed by an actress and a a living alternative in a world where,
are psYchologically informed, so is this dancer. The second work is extracted as he tells his lover, "There are threetransformation of space, and if Giu- from Larry Kramer's Reports From the peq:>lein bed, and one of them is death.'•
According to Manbites Dog's found'lianalongs
to. be part of the world
Holocaust. Its population includes 500
ing co-directors, Jefffrom 'o/hich she is alienated, the cam- index cards carpetStorer and Ed Hunt,era integrates her.' ,.
,ing the stage floor,
the company's exisWhen Giuliana's young son pre- one for each of thetence in general andtends that he has lost all feeling in his author's
losses toits current program
legs so as not to go to kindergarten,
AIDS. The only thingin partiadar are bothGiuliana, telling him a story all her that keeps the eve-•I

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inaction. The two founded the company
three years ago, at the midpoint of
their ongoing personal partnership:"Our intention from the top was to present alternatives to the kinds of theater
generally available in the Triangle Areaof Durham, Chapel Hill and Raleigh.
We saw that there were certain typesof theater just not being done. The
technical focus is on cross-collaborative theater incorporating both thevisual and the performing arts, but theidea was also to find original works
examining social and political issuesof our time.
"Our fU'Stseason was put together
knowing that we would be concluding
the season with The Normal Heart.
The local reaction was strong, and the
production raised a strong publicawareness about the issues involved.
We did the play in conjunction with anart auction, and all profits from bothwere donated to the area's Lesbian and
Gay Health Project as well as local
AIDS services such as the AIDS Com-,munity Residence Association, a home
for people with AIDS who cannot takecare of themselves."
Appropriately enough, Manbites
Dog has also had to take care of itself.
The company started out with a small
amount of support from the local arts
council, the majority of which, Storer
adds, "came in the form of advice."
The company currently receives nogovernment funding at all, althoughneither man sees the absence as areaction to the content of the company's vehicles. "We didn't apply for any
state funding," Hunt explains, "mostly
because of the state's deficit problems. The local arts council, for example, has about $8,000 to divide among
60 groups. But from the beginning,
we have paid all of our artists
involved per project, although noone and us in particularearns aliving from the work or draws a fulltime salary. It would be quite difficult
for us to accept any N.E.A. funding
anyway, given the document the
N.E.A. currently requires people tosign and the kind of work that we do,which is certainly not increasing ourchances of funding. The irony behind
our trip to New York is the fact that
we are still a company that is financially struggling-greatly. We'll proba-

bly have to have abake sale when weget back."
The hard times
haven't shaken the
couple from their
original course. To
date, the company
has included suchworks as Hunting
Cockroaches by
Polish playwright]anisz Glowacki, a
portrait of two
Polish immigrants
struggling to survive in the lower
depths of Manhattan, and NightSongs, Street Songs,
an evening of 27
Kurt Weill songs
performed by the
denizens of, according to Storer, "abar from hell in
Berlin between
the wars."
The current
programbegan
with the Kramer
work, which wasa year and a halfin adaptation.
The idea of pairing Kramer withHelms, as Storer
DOGGIN'IT- EdHunt and Jeff Storer
explains, was notpart of the original design: "We started' tion around here and, we hope, haveout with the Kramer piece, and when been getting people involved in theit was done, we realized that the
campaign. People don't realize what
length-45 minutes-called for a com- a strong gay and lesbian community
panion piece. We started looking for we have down here, and we're hopsomething current. It took us forever ing that this may have helped in
to find Heims, and we decided not to the mobilization."
The New York program, Huntdo any caricature. Instead, the speeches are perfonned by a woman who is concludes, also synopsizes the Manbites Dog take on both theater and thepresented as a conservative woman
senator with a strong constituency and world: "Our intention is to create thea strong popular profile and not even kind of theater that will change peoa trace of a Southern accent. The ple's lives and perceptions. When wesaw The Normal Heart at the Public,emphasis is on what's being said.
"We started finding right away that we both left the theater as different
there were.aIl sorts of connections , people, and that's the kind of work
between the two. I think it could be we're trying to do down here, to work
said that both men are extremely artic- with topical material that will makeulate spokesmen. Both are very angry, our audiences different people at theend of the evening. The work should
and both are very frightened about
preserving what they believe in. The always be for and about the society wepieces have definitely attracted atten- hope to serve."T•s.ptern_r

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BITCH! DYKE! FAGHAG! WHORE!
Written and performed by Penny Arcade. P.S. 122. 150 First Ave.
(212) 477·5288~Aug. 30-Sept. 2.
by Dale Peck•

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTSPerlOnnerPennyArcade
Four foci draw audience attention
in Penny Arcade's new theater-artspresence of Arcade's, my own and mostpiece: sound, stage, video monitorsof the audience's white faces---Jesbianand, as with any production, the audiand gay white faces in that room, disence itself. The crowd at P.S. 122 lastcussing censorship of homoerotic art,
, Saturday had a major dyke and fag condrove Sharifs point home. Arcade almost, tingent (at any rate, I was gay, myboyfriend was gay, the three friends 1 hit on it once. A character, a prostitute,asks where we, the defenders of
ran into were all lesbians
and the,
Mapplethorpe, were when Playboy andwoman across from me cheering at thePenthouse were being pulled fromwomen dancing onstage in G-strings
was a pretty safe bet, too). And judging ,7-Elevens. Confusing Mapplethorpe's
work with porn is beside the point.
from Its reactlon-continued
laughterBoth cases involve censorship, but it
throughout the piece, sustained applause
was the gay white male artist-one ofat Its end-the audience enjoyed Bttcb!
our own--for whom we fought. Still,the
Dyke! Faghag! Whore! more than 1 did.
point i:.;n'tpushed, and coming as it does
In fact, I'm not sure how 1 feel
about BItch! Dyke! Fagbag! Whore! It in the earlier, lighter part of the show,
it's easily forgotten.
seems that I should like it a lot. Here's a
Perhaps I focus on the venue too'piece, after all, about censorship andmuch, but the piece is deliberately conthe N.E.A.: Before the performance
begins, we're offered literature about art textualized; video clips, audience plants
and out-of-character dialogue remind us
censorshipin America, and we'rethat we're an audience with a participaencouraged to contact o~r congressional
tory, not passive, role. Dramatically, thisreps; included with the program is a letprovides some of the show's strongest
ter reprinted from Theater Week by Bina
moments, including my favorite: Arcade
Sharif reminding us. that censorshipretelling an episode which actually
didn't start-nor will it end-with art byhappened, when a theater rep from an
or about. homosexuals. "The hoopla isunnamed city offered to schedule
about four white solo perfonnance artists
her-ifshe would sleep with him.
denied funding,· writes Sharif, a PakArcade cuts onions while she talks, andistani, before assertiilg that racism-not
suddenly she starts wildly cleaving thehomophobia-"isthe ultimate censoronions into bits, screaming, "I am soship.· While I didn't agree with everyhurt! I am so fucking angryl" She pressthing in Sharifs letter, I anticipated thates onion bits into her face and sobs.
Arcade's piece, addressing these issues,
When at last she looks up, she says, 'might challenge me to rethink my take"He shit on me!" We think that she
on censorship.
means the rep; in fact, she has stepped
I was wrong. Bttch! Dyke! Faghag!
into character. Now she's playing a sex'Whore! falled not only to expand myworker talking about a man who had,views but even to address the issues
defecatedon .her. The parallel israised in Bina Sharif's letter. IncludIng the 'letter,'seemed, on one .
level, merely
gr'ltuitous,
and en another,damning: The•

wonderful, the technique brilliant~dan all-too-rare exception. Her deconstructive techniques tend to fail both
intellectually and dramatically and cometo seem like bits of postmodern fluff.
But I have to admit that what I
considered fluff kept a packed houselaughing for an hour and a half. And
Arcade's characters are, I suppose, amicable enough. As the title indicates,
they'rebitches, dykes, faghags andwhores, who pass by in a "these-arethe-people-in-your-neighborhood" kindof way, doing the things they do. Eachcharacter eventually addresses repres-ansion of some kind-of women, of lesbians, of prostitutes since repression,
after all, is what censorship is all about.
I just wish that Arcade's characters had
spent less time discoursing about
repression and more time talking about
the way it affects--even kills--people.
Too often, when the people onstage do
get personal, they also get trite, andthough Arcade herself is a talented
actor, as a playwright, her characterization technique can be derivative or justplain bad.
Penny Arcade tells us what wealready know and, by and large, what

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JOAN ARMATRADING. Beacon Theater. New York City. Aug. 14-15.
HEARTS AND FLOWERS. Joan Armatrading (A&M).

by Jim Fouratt
Joan Armatrading is one of thesix female pop-music wonders of themodern world. Aretha, Bonnie, Tina,
Joni and Etta are her soul mates,
women who have survived artistically inspite of every obstacle the music industry puts in their path to make a lifelong
career impossible:women who in spiteof every obstacle a patriarchal society
makes manifest in their personal
lives have survived with dignity andpersonhood intact.
Since 1974, Joan Armatrading has
produced 15 albums on the same majorlabel (A&M). She has consistently built
a following that seeks revelation andresonance in the identification with thelife vision of this Black female artist.
Through intense personal observation and keen delineation of theemotional context of living in a material world, Joan Armatrading has contributed a unique vision to a generation of women who are doing it on
their own. Her existence also speaks
to those men who really care about
women. Her complex persona-an, intensely sheltered personal life combined with an almost surgical exposition of searing emotional conflict, be it
passionate or desperate
has led tomuch speculation
as to who Joan
Armatrading really is. It has also garnered her a deeply committed anddiverse audience of feeling folk who

FOREVBISHOWM SOME EM0110N
Pop Wonder JO'IJ Arm.tr.ding

identify with her. This is no small
artistic feat.
Armatrading has managed topocket the women's
music
community,
while not being trappedin Holly Near-land.
Like her soul sisters,
her life exemplifies the,<.

we want to hear. I don't exclude myself
from these categories, but I also don't
go to perfonnances for booster shots tomy political morale. Booster shots don'tchange the status quo; you're not sick,when you get them, so the fact that you
don't get sick afterward means nothing.
In the segment of Bitch! Dyke! Faghag!
Whore/that deals with AIDS, a faghag
says that all she wants is for people tostop dying. But in order for that to happen, we need to challenge not justhomophobia but also racism, sexism
and classism--and we need treatmentsthat work. T
principle that you can be true to yourself and not compromise your vision,and that with hard work, commitment, courage and honesty you canbe continually creative. All of thefemale voices of musical integrity who
followed them through the door-'fracy,
Annie, Toni, Anita, Suzanne and soon--are indebted to these women.
From the, earlydays of writing withpoet Pam Nestor during the acoustic andself-searching period of"Love and Affection" to••the writing of theself-afflrming"Me
Myself and I" and "Willow" to last
year's heart-scarred battlefield of The
Shouting Stage, and her newest release
Hearts and Flowers, Joan Annatrading
has never abandoned'the feminist principle of the personal as political.
Never an artist of trends (no Pet
Shop Boys remixes here), Annatrading
has matured both, musically and emotionally as the years have moved fromchildhood frame of reference-as the
fourth child of a Caribbean immigrantbus driver raised in industrial Birmingham, England-to
a woman of theworld--the adult world of love affairs
gone bad" sexual obsession, infidelity,communication
breakdown,
selfempowerment and spiritual rebirth. 'While her last
, album, The Sbouttng Stage, documented the terror of

relationships in postmodern romance,.Armatrading's current release, Hearts
and F/qwers, is about the redemption,
estimation and affumation of the selfthe heart-healing steps taken to lust
and trust again. Bitter truths produce
practical wisdom about how not torepeat the mistakes of the past andhow to allow passion to take one
through the scar tissue. Listening to"Can't Let Go," "Good Tunes" or, "Someone's in the Garden" fdls one with wUlingness'to believe in the possibility of
meaningful affection. "The Power ofDreams," "Hearts and Flowers" and"Free" are the endorsement of the selfthat only comes from a close look at
one's own role in making reality.
Like the last four albums, Joan
produced them in her own home studio with some of the most sensual-

sounding musicians around, including
Mike Karn (formerly of the band
Japan) on bass and Manu Katche, adrummer from Africa who has also
played with Peter Gabriel.
Her live show, which has sold out
for all 14 of her U.S. dates, had a looser, more jazz-synth sound than the newalbum. Joan herself was unusually
warm, friendly and engaging, li~era1ly
beaming in appreciation of the lovefest that embraced each and every
song she sang.
A word of caution: Armatrading's
songs work best at articulating buriedfeelings, so don't be surprised if ittakes two or three listens to fall in lovewith her newest- record. Just like anything that takes hard work to obtain,
Armatrading pays you back in platinum insights .•••'IZZleLIZZIE BORDEN: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL. Directed by Tim Maner. Ohio Theatre. 66 Wooster St. Aug. 18.
by Madam X and Anna Rubanstein"'What Nme 1$ ttl""/'U go ax/atber!"Believe it or not, these were thefinal lines in Tim Maner's braveattempt to recast Lizzie Borden's story
as a lesbian tale of resistance-and asa rock mUSical, no less. You remember
Lizzie Borden, the woman in ftn-dest~cle Massachusetts who killed herfather and stepmother by braining
them with an ax? Well, L1zzie Borden,
the musical, hit its audience over thehead with a sledgehammer.
The eVening was organized by the·Tiny Mythic Theatre Company, who
say that they construct "works whichjuxtapo$e artistic, social, and politicalproblems in America with problems
presented in classic stories." That, presumably, explains why Maner, authorand director of Llzzte Borden: An
Americ.an Musical (the last of three
short pieces presented that evening),, thanked Shakespeare
and Stephen'. KIng on the program.
, After enduring the first part of thisevening's triple bill, an hour of Ionesco'and Pinter butcltered by hapless directOr Bob Wiley, we needed to step out
for a breath of fresh air. The sight ofan actor sweating profusely was funnyenough (wipe that forehead, blow
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those lines), but we wished that they
had spent a bit more money on fans inthis lavish 10ft. Returning from ourbreak, we found ourselves locked outside the theater, at which point weweighed our desire to eat dinner
againstreviewer's
ethics,taking into
account our sneaking
suspicion that our editor assigned
us toreview
thisplay
because she hates us(maybe Bradley Ball isright). Ethics finallyprevailed, mainly
because Madam X
was happy
withthe prospect of a night away from thedeafening, out-of..control decibels that
she usually encounters when she is on
assignment for OutWeek.
Upon finallyentering
thetheater, we discovered that the only
remaining seats werelocated behind a pillar,
leading
Madam· X
to whine that she
missed all the sex
scenes. We also foundthat for the evening's
rock-music finale,
all the money
skimpedon air•••

conditioning had been invested in a
We did admire the Lizzie Borden stage crew. But we doubt that they'llsound system of awesome power.
T-shirts sported by the quite attractive send us one after this review ....
What we lost in visual stimulation, wewere to gain in auditory sensation. For,
Madam X, this was business as usual.
For Anne, a bookish type, this was areal horror.
Cartoonist Brad Parker strips down
Tim Maner ambitiously set out toportray Lizzie Borden (Loren Kidd) as
by Jim Provenzano
Mills once
that Brad Parker
a dyke with two lovers (both played
Pluto bofftng Mickey Mouse.
is the only gay artist to look like his
by Abigail Gampel). He uses lines
Punky surfers bartering blowjobs.
own comics.) But watching the fnlIlB eX
borrowed
directly from Macbeth
the artist's childhood obsessions unfold •Bedroom windows haunted by("Give me the dagger," as Lizzie
obsessed gay werewolves.
on page after page of wacky and evenclutches a blood-soaked ax) as well
mythic depictions of gay life gives one
Not your average one--liner bar caras from the actual transcript of thethe illusiod that this 29-year~ld illustratoons. But this is not your average gay
Borden trial. The author obviously
cartoonist. The illustrations of Ace Mocctor is, in the local vernacular, "way 0001."
went to a lot of trouble to establish a
Parker has
patina of historical authenticity, but
been drawing fromthe play was too short to allow fora young age, Andany in-depth analysis. The trial outIng "escapism fromcome was simply one example: Conan
unfavorable
cision is no Sin, but when the (invisichildhood. It was
ble male) jury announced that Lizzie
real poor. My par"was innocent,it didn't make any
ents ?lere always
sense. (Madam X exclaimed that she'.fighting. We moved
had to be guilty: After all, she wore
once every six
tattered fishnet stockings).
months." Born in•Five minutes later, Borden resurOmaha, Nebraska'
faced in the gay 1920s, presiding over a '("Omaha?" Parker
party involving same-sex couples, amocks'
himself.
• ••very pink cake' (symbol alert!) and a"Oooh, that Is bad.,?,song that would not end ("The food is
He now calls it "arich/The beds are soft ...").
nice pllce to be
The score, written by Steven Chesfrom. I can't imaBlik-DeMeyer, was reminiscent of thelne what people dothere now.".
atrocities committed by Paul Williams
for Brian de Palma's Phantom of ParIn high school,adise, causing Anne, ever cynical, toParker developed
note that rock musicals were still a bad
Into an award-win-,,idea. What should have been a delicate
ning art-room pro.
balance between reconstruction and
His teachers acdeconstruction ended up as the equivknowledaed that healent of a high school staging of Jesus. should pursue a•
Christ Superstar. Maner's well-intended
career In art. "Onepolitics were painfully obvious, espeteacher did SlY, '(jetcially to the kind of audience in attena real job;' IIhInk thatdance that night, who, one would\'Ya9 a gym coach."think, could have handled a bit more
Parker's artDOWN 'N' DRIY--H'om the 8edwyr S.rles
meat to chew on. On the other hand,room talertts catthey generously laughed at the mostoock, a k a Bradley Peter Parker-bls nameried over'for a few yeatS at the tJrtlver'-otepid lines, so who's to say? Portraying
sity of Minnesota, where he re<leived IUl
includes Spiderman's-transcend
theLizzie Borden as a leader of oppressed
academic scholarship. He later submitusual confines of cartOOQ politics likeminorities could have been interesting,ted illustrations to erotic magazines,
the shal»shifting lycanthrope. featured
had the playwright shown more subtlein his latest work. In person, Brad Park- ' published his strip Captain Gay In the,Gaily plan8l-to some notorlty. As It was, the sight of a cast singing
er could eaSily be mistaken for
ety-Qrld became more politi"Find liberation in the deed/Confront
an average hunky surf dude on
cally active, jolnJng a gay- andthe ones who sow the seed/Of bigotry
the boardwalks of Venice, thelesbian-rights group. "'Ibis was(like Jesse Helms)," while tossing
notoriously festive musclewhen I was the gay actlvistabout plastic champagne glasses, wasbeach community outside Los
angry, a punk rocker. I hungpainfully embarrassing.
Angeles. <Fellow cartoonist Jerry
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outside of gay bars at night with myfriends, 'waiting for rednecks to try' tobeat up the gays and pick fights withthem Thi<; was the Midwest Nolxxiy was apunker. W~'d wear leather jackets. My
mend had purple hair. We'd go out to the,suburbs, out to the malls, of Minnearx:>lis.
People would just stop and stare like wewere gOIIIl;lkill someone."
After being kicked out of his apartment by a homophobic landlady who
discovered gay papers in his room, agood friend, Jay Wetteland, took him
in: "I slept on his couch for the next

five years. He saved me from being astreet waif." The two friends moved to
LA in 1980. The West Coast changed,
Parker. "I became so conservative. Whyeven compete? Punkers out. here had
Mohawks painted like peacock feathers. Guys in West Hollywood were
holding hands. lbere wasn't any of theresistance. Out there 1 was so
repressed." Brad gave college
another shot and enrolled at
V.C.L.A., continuing to makeeditorials and strips while getting published in gay maga-zines. (The editor of V.C.L.A.'s gay
paper Ten Percent once entered a roomof Parker's mostly straight Judo friends,
asking for the Brad Parker: "He was soshocked. He asked discreetly if 1 were
the same Brad Parker who illustrated in'men's magazines'. He didn't lmow whatelse to sayl")
Since colIege, Parker has discovered just how difficult it is to support
himself solely by creating gay cartoons.
As the art director of a computer-gamecompany, he designs scenes for home
programs, creating "the monsters andlittle muscular he-men with nice bulges
that battle the monsters. All that subliminal stuff."
Parker has also worked in straightor not overtly gay comic books, sincevirtually any comic with elements ofsuperhero-dom
includesmaSSively,
muscled men or supervixen Amazon
women sporting ultra-tight tights in fabulous colors. Among these varied
works is "Stone Monkey," named after
a Kung Fu move, which features an
Asian boy/chimp superhero who is amaster of martia1 ~discipline thecartoonist has' himself studied sinceteenhood. Other impressive comics
involve Robo-warriors, dinosaurs andouter-world fantasies .
Parker's first solo book, Ob Boy!,produced by Leyland Publications,shows his art in all its manifestations.
Much of this early work consiSts of
goofy one-panels and strips, usuallyculled from autobiographical momentsa cartoon of two boys getting their hairmoussed together while boffing is actually "me arId myoid boyfriend, SteVe,"he admits with a wide grin. (For gay
fans not into the porn magazines thatfeature Parker's work, Leyland Publications produced the Meatmen series,
five books of collected gay cartoons.)
In his Bedwyr episodes, talk bubbles are completely dispensed with infavor of smoothly formatted fantasy
panels. The series also emulates thework of Harry Bush, who used to givethe cartoonist pointers on his technique. Parker's swift, knock-you-offyour-feet sexual escapades are consistently more erotic than thegraphic photos in the gay
magazines that run them. By
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surpasses
other erotic cartoonists. His work often
breaks down into separate cinematic
gestures, implying a sense of melancholy about the sex, as if the charactersknow the moments are doomed to
become wistful memories.
For certain sold-on-the-rack gay
mags, Parker ~asn't allowed to show
direct sexual contact between his
characters: "They said, 'We can't show
any penetration, we can't show any
cocksucking, but we'd like it to be about
sex.'" He instead borrowed stylings
from Japaneseerotic artist Sadao
Hasegawa, who occasionally whites
out the ~ard cocks, leaving a strong
outline but no actual graphicrepresentation of penetration.
Parker's Jason series, which has
appeared in Stroke, adds wild humor in
the shape of erupting cocks and an
occasional interplanetary interspecies
union. One of the most ribald elementsof this series' is the repeated use ofinterior sex. The reader not only gets
intense close-ups of erotically charged
moments but occasional X-ray sideviews of tongues digging into penises
and bursting ejaculations viewed frominside a butt.
One of Parker's more recent andobviously Santa Monica and Veniceinspired 'toons is "Teenage Bigdicked
Cocksucking Surfers."It is somewhat selfexplanatory, with boys who "fight muchblondness," the contents of their baggies"totally humongoid for clays." But don't
look for the full title. Due to its similarity
to Teenage Mutant Ninja TUrtles,he says,"The publisher took out 'Teenage'
because they thought they'd get in trouble. What a wussy!~(It's easy to noticethat most of Brad's characters swallow.
His defense of not churning out only
safer-sex graphics is Simple. "I'm all forsafe!;sex. That's all I have anymore. But I
don't want to be restricted to having myart be just safer sex. My art's not indanger of catching anything.")"Shape Shifter," the latest incarnation of Parker's alternative realities,, involves a love affair with a gay werewolf. While
many horror films and sto,,ries have always contained homoerotic
subtexts by comparing lust to moonlit
transformations,
he makesthemetaphor manifest. "I haven't decided
if we'll fuck ...or eat your new friend,"
threatens Peter, whose seed will trans--

form Jason into a wolf. "Shape Shifter"is shown in a five-part series in Friction.,
A yet-to-be-seen
new series called"Parallel Worlds" evokes dimensional
doorways, alternate earths and battles
between light and dark.
"It's some of my better stuff," says
Parker. "I'm really trying to keep ahigh integrity with what I want it tolook like. I mean, I'm gonna be 30. I
was thinking, Am I gonna do anything, serious that I'm gonna be proud of?"
Most of his earlier work ·was dictatedby editors of porn magazines. "They'dsay, 'Don't make it too weird because
we want our readers to not have tothink too hard." Now that his creativity
has been further unleashed, the appreciation for Parker's work has grown.
But he's still nonchalant about hisnotoriety. He has given some drawings

away, sold others and even done a
few commissions.
In a world where gays and lesbians, are often treated like monsters, it
is fitting that the fantasy and sciencefiction culture should attract gay artists
and fans. Although he admits that his
work "reflects an enormous escapism,"
Parker spurns total reliance on avoiding
reality: "Some people get way too
caught up in it, like Society for Creative
Anachronism. I did that for a while.
Some people are in it, and they'regone. When you're young, you shouldbe able to implement some of yourdreams. That's why I hung out in martial arts for so many years, like, 'I wantto actually be able to kick like Spiderman does.' Well, go and learn how to
do that and then do that."
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SIMPLE SONGS by Vickie Sears.
Firebrand Books. $8.95 pb. 167 pp.

by Baatrix Gatas
I was lucky to hear Vickie Sears
read the story "Grace" at an extraordinary reading in the very early springthat included Joy Harjo, Beth Brant
and Paula Gunn Allen, whose work as
author and editor is celebrated in theforceful Native American women's
collection, Spider Woman's Granddaugbter. In the collection's introduction, Allen offers:"Like our sisters who resist inother ways, we Indian women who
write have articulated and rendered theexperience of being in a state of war
for 500 years. While non-Indians arelargely unconscious of that struggle, wecannot afford that ....Although it is 1989,
and not 1888, our situation vis-a-vis thecivilization around us has changed little. We are here to testify that our tradi-'tions are valuable to us, and that we
continue to resist obliteration either ofour cultures or our personhood."
Vickie Sears, the Cherokee-Anglostoryteller, frequently puts the child at
the center of her stories
as the ideal witness
whose first conflicts
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SPINNING A SKEIN
Author Vickie Sears
connections with her people. The child isoften the focus of abuse she is forced toconfront the powers that seek to dismiss
her Indian identity and emilesh her inwhite culture. The child's battlefield isoften' defined by intermarriage, divorce,the institution of foster care, alcoholism
and Catholicism, all of which work to tearher from her culture
and keep her apart.
After the reading,it was the voice from
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tion to Simple Songs comes from Sears'
usage of terms like "Pop! Plash!""whoosh," "plop" and "jiggle, jiggle." I
was pulled right out of the stories andleft wondering why the writer couldn't
fmd the source of what she needed tosay, instead of reverting to cartoon language that dissociates the reader fromthe direct experience.
When Sears captures the voice ofthe storyteller-as
she does in "Connie," a woman's pride shining throughher struggle with alcoholism, or in"Thinking on This," where the story
emerges through Sandy, the fearsilenced listener, and Ruthie, the tell-allmy-herstory dyke-we enter it immediately and are compelled by its
Vickie Sears, the Cherokee-Anglourgency. The latter story takes
place on a bus ride, wherestoryteller, frequently puts, the child at the
Sandy meets up with Ruthie, asister survivor from St. Paul'scenter of her stories as the ideal witness
Children's Home, who is now acopper-haired
dyke in awhose first conflicts always lead to Holder" cracked leather jacket. Ruthle
recognizes Sandy by her pin
stories of abuse by whites and powerfulcurls and wastes, no time striding down the aisle to shareconnections with her people.
their common stories. Ruthie
repeats the horrors Sandy has"One morning I woke up extra
these stories, and it begins to wear
buried: her rape by the proprietor's sonearly. The house was all quiet, and I thin. In "Katie's Plight," the setting aand his systematic abuse of the rest ofthought to go see some birds. I got
young girl's bedroom-is
the same as
the young women. When Ruthie retells
dressed and went, real soft, down thethat in "Keeping Sacred Secrets"-theseher own escape and proud coming out,stairs. I stopped on hearing noises in theand other distracting
details kept
she is surprised by Sandy's affirmirig
kitchen. I crept up to the door and saw
pulling me back to the fll'Ststory. These
response.' Ruthie and Sandy's pain andGrace putting water in the coffeepot,
are shallow, not powerful, echoes
connection are rekindled on the ride, andthen poking embers in the stove. She
through the collection.
~e,Ruthie who has found ways to speak
went back: to the sink and stoOd in the
In "Letting Go," Sylvie, now a
has opened a forbidden track:to memoty
new sun coming in the window. She
mother, is seized by memories of sexufor Sandy, while Sandy has given ~took one hand in the other and rubbed
al and physical abuse and hides in a
acceptanceto Ruthie's lesbianism. The,
her swollen-up knuckles and all slow
closet at home. She is discovered bystqry's beauty is in the live experience ofup and down her fingers. She put someher uncomprehending child. A friend' isboth sides of the conversation.
stuff, what smelled like Vicks, on her
called and takes Sylvie to a psychiatric~ . A word on the cover: It is nearly'hands and slow-rubbed her knuckles.
hospital, where she is forced to endure_~possible to read the title and author
Then she opened and closed her hands
further silencing and physical abuse. , of the book because of its design..;.....theover and, over and rubbed more. Grace
This story is very important, and I only
movement of short, thick, featherlike
looked, out the window the whole time,wish Sylvie's split had been caught
liq~ across the cover disintegrates themaking a little smile while she was rubwithout the author's signposts pointing)pip, rounded lines of the swash typebing her fingers. I didn't want her toto the already obvious tyranny of the(ace; the quasi-geometricplay of, see me because the sun· was nice on
institution.
Sylvie spills between
magenta, brown and black gives no, her skin and shining in her hair, kind of worlds inner monologue, outer rhym~iJeto the depth of compassion or the
like baby rainbows ..."
ing speech-and
where the narrative,r1toge of conflict and inspiration inside
Jodi Anne is used to "weird" entanmoves unselfconsciously, the power ofthe book-a real disservice. I will watch, glements attJ:1e orphanage, and as shethewoman,
hercarefully
for Vickie
Compares her two lives in a watchfulanguished rhyme, parSears' next book, as
child's mind, she reveals the past thattial and imprisoned
she will undoubtedshe and her brother have endured while
speech tell the story
Iy move closer andgrowing into a present without fear.
and let it fly.
deeper into tIer full
When Paul dies, Grace, Jodi Anne andA further distracstorytelling range ....
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stayed with me. Sears tells the story
through her, and so we move with Jodi
Anne's expectatiohs from the fll'St sentence: "I, thought we were going toanother farm because It was time forspring planting." She and her brother,
BUlieJIm, are taken from an orphanage
by Grace and Paul, an older Indian
couple who farm and have alreadyraised and let go three of their own children into the world. Jodi Anne expects
to be used, either as a workhorse or as
an object of sexual abuse. As her guard
slowly comes down, in the face ofGrace's respect and tenderness, we travel easily in the strong stream of Jodi
Anne's voice.

Billie Jim are all faced with the threat ofseparation, since the authorities cannot
see a single old woman taking care of
two kids. Sears evokes the pain of separation, and the power of Jodi Anne's
rediscovered union with her own pe0ple emerges through the consciousnessof this strong nine-year-old's.
The
believability of that voice is a tributeto Sears' compassion and gift. 'I have taken time to share thepower -of "Grace" because, unfortunately,
a number of other stories that emerge
from the same child-centered universe
do not stand up to it. The quality ofvoice is missing, partly because thesame flattened tone is used to tell all of

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51&,'894-2407
WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVES COMMUNITY CENTER La.. I•• Moth .... Dllcu ...
alai. 81011p;Wilt Hempstead, U; 8 pm;
51111483-2050
THE MONSTER presents Mad.m.
SII.rry with apeclal guests EI.ctra
Dorl •• and P.rl. and a atrlpp.r; 80
Grova St (Sher1dan SRI; 9'.30 pm; freeadvance sales for one day); info from
NEWMR, Box 217, New Haven, CT
06513 (checks bV JULY 20),

WOMEN ABOUT C-plng at Watch Hill
Campground, Fire Island; Info/ravp
201/433-1974 !AUG 31thru SEPT 3)
NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL Free Po.try
Workshop with Dark Star Crew, seel!l22
MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NY
Edncetlonll FonRl: ".bor lIay: Bol.,II., and Leabl•• In III. Work,l.ce;with representstives of the Lesbian and
GIY Labor Network disculling partnership rights and other illuBl; etthe Center, 208 W 13 It;7:45 pm; 222·9794
GAY MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT
CI... I. In "11101: Ex•• ,.,., Cl.,.,,,,, In ou, Community, it's dynlmic in
the black/latino gay community, coordinated bV Steve Williams Ind George
Bellinger, Jr.; at the Cel'll8r, 208 W 13
St; 8 pm; Center 820-7310

WorkJhop with Dark Star Crew, seel!l22

NINTH STREET CENTER R.p Gro.p:-O.eer Ou.Itlonl,O••• r Anlwer.w1Ih the focus on defining homosexuality for the '908; tonight'a flcilitltor
ia
Nick CI... II"I; 319 E 9 St, basement; 810 pm; 228-5153••,,.,11, Ix.I... : A D., I. ,,,.

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JEWISH MUSEUM pr .. entl I P•• --,.

Blllierda; with pizza at Antonio's, 318
Flatbush Ave; 6:30 pm; pool at BB, Flat·
bush & 7th Aves, Bldyn; 7:30 pm
Drlnkl • Dessert .t S.ntI Fe; 62 7th
Ava (at Uncoln Place); 9 pm
SAL Info/rsvp 71111965-7578

SLOPE ACTIVmES FOR LESBIANS visits l.eIbl.n Hentory Archlv .. , on Manhattan's Upper West Slda; 7:30 pm;
Info/rsvp 71819B5-7578

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SLOPEACTlVmES FOR LESBIANS

Plzz. and Pool Night .t Brown.ton.

LESBIANS • GAY MEN OF NEWBRUNSWICK B-B-O at Frlands Meeting
Houal,
109 Nicholl
Ava, New
Brulllwlck, NJ; 8 pm; 201/2474i15

RAPP THEATRE COMPANY r.vlv ..
M. DI.o'"Till C.rd, •• ,D..... " -I chilling look Inllde thehl.rlrchyof thl modern Catholic
Church exploring.uch I"u .. "AIDS, Ibortlon,
till to organizedcrimi Ind homollxulllty":~Irected
byJ.Hr.,.tlrrlng•• ., •• Mo.r ••• II thl Clrdlnll:
220 E 4 St:
FRI. SAT It 11:30
pm (RT. 40 min.); 629·8180•

QUEER NATION Meeting at the Cel'll8r,
208- W 13 St; 7:30 pm; 483·7208(Edltor'a'note: QN's new addreSl • Is Box
1524, NYC 10003. QN Is a direct actiongroup dadlcated to fighting homophobia Ind IBlblan and glY Invisibility. Anyone cln auggest In action and shouldcoml prepared to orglnlze and Implement It.)

from 5-7 pm will go to La.lld. Lagal
D.... 18 • Edacltloil Flllid. A different
gav!lesbian group benefited each weekthroughout this summer.)

CASTILLO CULTlJRAL CENTER presents
S.".n Not.. of Mu./c--A to"e SttI"
Abou' Homele"n.""produced by acollectiveof disabled artists; 500
Greenwich St Ibtwn Spring/CIInal Sts);
8 pm; $10; rsvp 941·5800

FRIDAY AUG. 31 'ASIANS AN& FRIENDS/WASHINGTON
and ASIANS AND FRIENDS/NY 1990
In18rRatlon.1 Frlendlhl, Weekend In
W"hllgton,
DC, AUG 31thru SEPT 3;
welcome reception on Capitol Hill, tour·
ing, leaders workshops, dinner party at
Dupont Circle Hotel, Sunday afternoon
picnic, Labor DaV Dim Sum !n'Chinatown; S55 (plus transportation/accommodations); AFNY 674-5064

SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS
Lallor D.y Week .. d KlckoN: Elrrlng
NlglIt;
Perty Ind Famill. Ap,ncietloo'bring your prized and most unusual
earrings. Dress as femme as you dare(even If you're not femme Identlflad).
There will be contesta. Bring snacks,
drinks and Cillettes to the Clubhouse.';In Park Slope; 8 pm; Info/ravp 711119657578'
VORTEX THEATER COMPANY opens
Devld SIalnh.rt'a J1Je BncrlRc/.' "",,.
dell 01""'n. 'II1f1•• For file Slh 01~ see UVELYARTS (thru SEPT 18)

B.rllaque lit tIIa Centar; bring food forthe, grill; 208 W 13 It;3 pm; 222-9794
NINTH STREET CENTER Re, Gro.,:-Oueer OUlltiOI.,
Oaeer AIIaw .... -;tonight's topic: Ls,dershlp, Wh,t 0088
It Look UkB?;with the focus on defining
homosexuality for the '90s; tonight's
facilitator is G.lle BolI.k; 319 E 9 St,
basement; 8-10 pm; 228-5153
MIRACLE HOUSE Fa.d·Rllalng
P.rty,
for the conversionof two vacant
brownstones into an accommodationfor visiting families of PWAll In NYC; 432
Ocean Walk, Fire Island Pinas; 5-8 pm;$25 suggested minimum donation; Info
from Miracle House, 212/355-5834
LESUE AND MICHELLE present a T..
Dance lit Bey Str8It, Long Wharf, Sig
Harllor; 6-10 pm; $10

WEDNESDAY,
AUG. 29. NORTHEAST WOMEN'S MUSICAL SUNDAY SEPT. 2
NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL Free Poetry
MEN OF ALL ~OLORS TOGETHER/NY

WorkIIIop with Dlik Star Crew, 8eel!l22

SHESCAPE AtIIIwOtt ".", for Wrlmen.t Prlv.te Ey.. , 12 W 21 St (btwn
5tIV8th Aves~ 5-10 pm (you may stay on
for YMVA Night at 10); $5 before 7Itl
IfterwardS; Info 845-8479, club 2IJ6.m2
IEdltor's note: Door proceeds tonight

RETREAT ,. YII' Celebratlo ... Labor
Day Weekend, AUG 31 thru SEPT 3, in
Poyntelle, PA; tanting • cabins, crafts,
workshops, concerts & performances,videos, games, swimming, ,"ore; with
MCs Sapphire, Sue Fink, the Washing-,
ton Sister.; appearancesbV many
entertainers; $175 w8ekend,l$5O day Ino

B.lcll Outing to Rre laI •• d; maet at
L1RR \rlfo Booth, Penn Station, lower
level; 9:30 am; $25 covers trains/ferries
roundtrip; Lidell 736-5295 day, 222·9794
night
SHESCAPE Labor Dey WHkendPlrty•

for Women at Cafe Society, DJ NRCY
B, live C6ge Aux Fo//es show at mIdnight; 915 B'way at 21 S1; 9 pm - 4 am;$12 general admission; Info 645-8479

MONDAY, SEPT. 3
Labor Day
THE LADY BUNNY hosts Wiptock i.
Tompkln. Squ.re P.rk, featuring
RuPaul, Dee-Lite, John Kelly, Dean
Johnson, Frieda, Tabbool, LaHoma
Van Zandt, Larry Tee, Joey Arias,
Matthew Kasten's' Beauties, H.R.H.
Princess Diandra, others, 30 acts inall; Ave A at 7 St; noon - 7 pm (Editor's
note: The wearing of a hairpiece isencouraged.)
MEN OF All COLORS TOGETHER/NY
PGlllICk Picnic I. "e Ram.le, CeDtraI
Park; enter at CPW and 72 St, bearright, or CPW and 81 St, bear left; 2 pm;

222-9794
GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRISCOUNTY. NJ Weeldy MeetIng. SocI.1
with a Ldor Da, Sa,..S-D"a, bringsalad or dessert to share; at Morristown Unltllrian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown NJ;
8:30 PIJl; 201/285-1595

TUESDAY, SEPT. 4
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN BUSI·NESS DI.cu.slon
Circle:VI,,,aIlZltlo,,,with networkIng and -the Busln.ss Cllnl,c-; .t the
C.nt.r, 208 W 13 S1; 8:30-8 pm; $5; Info718/237·2399 (Edltor'a nota: WEB melta .
tonight and av.ry first TUllday, .xc.pt ,In Octob.r.)·.

TIII'tIII,"'"cca"GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HIV
H.. 1th S.lnara: Sa""'" IlIfomratltlll.nd ."."... tonight and .very 1st
Tuasday; 129 W 20 St, BenfIfitJ on the
3rd Roor, L.g./ on Lower Lev.1 C; 7 pm;
free; 807-6655, TOD 845-7470

THURSDAY,
SEPT. 6GANG organlzas the IIIh ARnul GatIIerlag rtf Gay Male Nadl ... , in Saginaw,
PA; SEPT 8-9; $155 Includes housing indormitory cabins (8-16 people), threemeals a day, sodas, beer, wine, use ofcamp's facilities which include swimming. boating, volleyball; Mr. Gay Nude
Contest, T-Dance. Black·tie dinner;transportation
extra; to GANG. Box
7548, Atlanta, GA 30357
JUDITH'S ROOM BOOKSTORE pre·sents Jo •• Lind •• , Lattin, In ,,,.
N/~681 Washington St (at Charles);
7 pm; 'free &. We accessible, but seating is limited; 727-7:nD
GAYMENANDLESBIANSINBROOKHAVEN WOIIIen'. R.p Bro.p:
Haw .., Cope WIth Homopllobl. both
I.t,r.al " .xt.rnal; at Old South
Haven Pr.sbyterian
Church, SouthCountry/Beaverdam Rds. Brookhaven.
Li; 8 pm; 516/751-2901 (melta avery 1st&,3rd Thursday)

FRIDAY, SEPT. 7

CENTER KIDS "I.der I(Ids Pizza P.rty.
call 62(J.7310for more info
GAY FATHERS FORUM Modly
Meetat the Centar. 208
Ing .nd DllCllllon;
W 13 S1; 7 pm; recorded Info. 979-7541(Bring an entree for the buffet supper, that precedll the meeting.),

OPEN.CIRCLE gathers to Cel.brate tile
GocI/d... ,,"e Fall Moon. atthe Cen·t.r. brinll percussion Instrumenta; 208
W 13 St; 7-7:30 pm (bellin. promptly;.rrlve early); $2 (OC. Box 4538. Sunny.Ide. NY 11104) (also OCT 5. NOV 2)
THE ANSWER IS LOVING Wome. TalkIng WOm.. •• T.lk: TIIa N/c. W_an
-orgasml the joy. the control.
thene"; 1984 E 35 St, Bklyn; 7:45-10 pm;$10; Rut~ Berman &. Connie Kurtz.
7111199B·_

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•GAYMENANDLESBIANSINBROOKHAVEN S81 Hlllt, til. tltb.llove
rock mllllc.1 at the Gateway Theater,
Bellport, 1I, on Main Street (SouthCountry Rd) at the east end of Bellport
Village; 8:30 pm curtain; $18; rsvp
516/751-2901

WEDNESDAY. SEPT.
5THE CENTER, LA:JBDA
LEGAL,
GMHC, BAHR present Candld.te.
Night for Surrog.te
COllrt Judge(who has the power to decide
whether you can dispose of yourproperty to your loved ones or not);208 W 13 St; 7:30 pm; 620·7310

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III. SkyCENTER STAGE sees U,lIt
at Rounda bout Theatre, 8 pm, $35;
620·7310
EAG LE BAR Moyle Night: Int.rnal
AHa/n, with Richard Gere; 142 11th
Ave (at 21 St); 11 pm; 691-8451

MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NYCo •• cloulIlI.-R.I.lng
Se .. lo.:,
Embrac/llf O.r Contradlctlo",.focus·
ing on raCism. sexism. health and sexuality; at the Centar, 208 W 13 S1; 7:45
pm sharp; 222·9794; 245-8366.

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GAY MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENTMEETING:",b••lalng Stereotpy.,.nd Polltl~1II1 JJlfferencea .eparatlng
Nortll Anleilcan •• nd We .. Indl.n. of
Africa.; delCellt; at the Center. 208 W
13 St; 8 P!ll; Center 820-7310

can work with clian1l. become Involved
In outreach and prevention prollrams,
or use skills In fundralsing and communications; Princeton. NJ; 1IDIV433-0254

about an out Black Illy min, 100 min.,at 7 pm; ROil vo. Pri .... ,... "".
riM II New tINt, a preml.re, 80 min.,
It 9 pm; ... UVELY ARTS for Info ' ,CENTERKIDS Pool P.rty lid IIrIIec.
In Weafl:1InIer; call 820·7310 for Info

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS SYNASOSUE
Fora. for Per.oll'
a.d ' •• 111••
Nhcted By HIV/AlDI; to ·.lIclt ¥11M
on what kind of .upport our congl1g.tlon can provide to p.r.on. who
affected by HIV/AIDS and th.lr loved
one,';
117 R.ma.n
St (btwn
CllntonIHenry SII~ 8 pm; 7111J&22-2070

WOMEN ABOUT Fall Pot uck Pla..I.g P.rty at Central Park Zoo. bringfood to share and ideas fortall calendar;
64 St &. 5th Ave. meet at .eal pond; 2 pm;$1; rsvp 874-2104(ralndate: SEPT 9)

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HYACINTH FOUN&ATION Voluateer
Trllnlng Progrem. covering all aspectsof AIDS and related issues; volunteers'1'1

t SIIowI •• of
PUBliC THEATRE lI....

GAY ACTIVIST AWANCE IN MORRIS
I.d.c.", "'ater/al, (J.... H.,., COUNlY,
a 100111
NJ WeeklyS,.'"••d B.,.,.,. From til. Ho/owith Dr. Roll
talldng aboutea.. 1) for AIDS Treatment Registry; 8.""., .... at Mor.
ristown Unitarian F.llow.hlp. 21 Normandy Height. Rd, Morrlalown NJ;
8:30 pm; 2011285-11195
CfIIIII., DIll ., ..

pm; $50-$500 (includes reception after·wards~ 288-4196(see UVELYAIJTS)
NATIONAL LESBIAN CONFERENCE
Falld-Ralslng B.. efit to AIIIIt Waayn
WIth DI•• IIIII.. who wish to attand the
APRIL 24-28 N I.C In Atla nta In '91; with
Edwl •• Lae Tyler. A Plec. of t.e
Wolfd and I.attIta, with TIle life. B.... Ida Villa. Dorothy Randall Gray a8 MC;
at City College. Aaron Davis Hall, 133 St&. Convent Ave. Manhattan; 8 pm sharp;.
$20 (deductible); Info 212/580-9824.
7111t'1143-9679.
201fl5IJ.l809 CThIs event Is
acceaalble and ASLlntarpreted.)

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SUNDAY SEPT. 9 .
WOMEN ABOLT Bronx RIYer Nordl
Hlk.; InfO/rsvp 201/481-0440

TUESDAY,
SEPT. 11
FOURTH NY LESBIAN • SAY EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL p..... n1I .....
odIy 10111I11III" .....
' Alb ,.".,
MtwI. I'a" II. TOIl0.11"" Mil' ..
0",. Jerry Tartaglia .. B__ tlM ...
J••• ,. C.rII.. •• , .. r••,".. JI.
H•••• rd·. Va/.,"a.
lorRlc.ard Kwl.t.low.kl·.
Fl•••• III"aa/DII, Mlc .... BryuInI, .. ,.,.,.
IIiId EDIIo. PllIIII, B. ROllI.. A .. ,..

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Old la, LII,•• Hli Vlff/'" ,••....
(All."
at 7' pm; andUlrlke Gal....... Jon ., AID I•...
180 min •• at 9 pm; •• e UVELY.,rI.....

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ARTS for Info
JUDITH'S ROOM BOOKSTORE pre·senta M.rel. Freedman. Exll. I" "'.
""""lied La"", 681 Washington St (atCharill); 3 pm; free &. WC accesslbl ••but seatlnlli. limited; n7-7:nD

GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HIV
11fo,.1·
H•• I.. 11III1•• r: 1.'lra.e.
tlo •• tonlllht and .very 2nd Tullday;
129 W 20 St, 3rd Floor; 7 pm; fre.; 807·_.
SHESCAPE opens T-Da.ce.
for
Wollen et Palll, 228 E 54 St (2nd,l3rd
Aves). 7 pm • midnight; $5 before 8
pmJ$7afterward.; Info 645-8479

MONDAY, SEPT. 10

NYC FEDERATION FOR MENTALHEALTH. MENTAL RETARDATION. AND
ALCOHOliSM SERVICES Citywide Gay• La •• I.n COliC ern. Co .. _ltt ••Moathly M.etlng with Dr. M.rJorl.
Hili. Director of the Mayor'. Office forthe L&G Cmmty; 93 Worth St, Rm 1212;
9:30-11:30 am; Dr. Billy E. Jones. Men·tal He~1th Commissioner, 588-1887 (Edl·tor's nota: generally meats 1st Monday),

COLUMBIA LESBIAN. BISEXUAL, GAY
COALITION. FlI'II FrIday D•• ce, in Earl
Hall. Columbia U.• 118 St &. Bway (#1/#9
train); 10'pm • 2 am; photo ID to drink;
854-3574.854-1488,

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES hou.e'
the 4th New York La.bl.1 a.d G.yEx,erl.e.1
Film FeatlY.'. with new
filinJ by Rosa von Praunhelm. Barbara
Hammer. ,tarl Mlch"1I81 George, Marguerite Paris. Jerry Tartaglia. Jim Hubbard. Jack Waters .. Peter Cramer,
Jennifer Montgomery; al.o films byAndy Warhol. John Water., Isaac
Julien. Chantal Akerman. The Cockdes. others; 32 2nd Ave (enter on E 2St); 885-1499 (SEPT 10tllru SEPT 18)
FOURTH NY LESBIAN &. GAY EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL presents
Shirley Clarke', I'ortra/t Jalon.

TPD 845-7470

NYC GAY MEN'S CHORUS Audltlo ••for tenor, baritone and basueetlon&; I
prepared .onll •• llIht·r •• dlnll andere
voice plac.m.nt,'lI.rcl...
requlr.d; 7·10 pm ~ItId tDIIOIfOW;,.chedule appolntmen1llf 891-'1.
LESBIANS AND GAY MEN OF NEWBRUNSWICK Hlatory rtf the ,RII •• ow
FI.g/le.
Crea. 100111 .t Friend.
Meeting Hou... 109 Nichol Av., N.w
Brun.wlck.
NJ; 8 pm; 201/247-0515(LGMNB melta alternate Tu-.daya.)•

THE ANSWER IS LOVINS _•• I.
DIIOOm, CoaueIIIIII ,.,'for Mlrrled
focu.lnll on I.aull withchildren, family. frl.nd •• career, .IXUallty; flr.t .... 10. lof an on-lloing
group) I, tonight; 1984 E 35 St, BkIyn; a10 pm; $15; 7111199B·23IIi_ft.

STANLEY H. BERKE and ROCK.
nt T......
ROll DRAG BAR pr
A•••• ' Blrt.d.y
B
for C•• Il.
"nl ••• with MC 8.. rge IInll, performance.
by Jo ••
F'e.r, .nd
Jollaa, Nlc.oIlO. (live ;'q,lc.); at Prl·vate Eyes. 12 W 21 St; .how at midnight, open 10 pm - 4 am; flg.n.ral
admlaaion; 208·7774

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WEDNESDAY,
SEPT. 12 Tuning In: A TV/Radio Guide for OutWeek Readers
WOMEN ABOUT Collective MeetIng; 7
pm; InfO/rsvp 877·8595
FOURTH NY LESBIAN & GAY EXPERI·MENTAL FILM FESTIVAL presents Andy
Warhol', Blow-Job, Andrea Kirsch·,lexu.1 Deferment: If You Meet the
Buddhe on the Rt1IIII,Kill Him (He" It).
ad Stephen Cummins' Elellllfion, at 7pm; and John Waters' Multiple M.ni·•• (1970), with Divine, Mink Stole andCookie Mueller, 90 min., at 9 pm; see
UVELYARTS for info
NYC GAY MEN'S CHORUSAuditions fortenor, baritone and bass sections; aprepared song, slght·readlng and voice
placement exercises are required; 7·10
pm; schedule appointments at 691·7590
INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE Positive, Appl'Ollches Towerd Healing Saminar:.nd He.lln" for those whose
lives have been affected by HIV or life·
threatening Illness in themselves or 8
loved one; 2XI W 13 St; 7:30·9 pm; $5;
929-0588 (Edltor's note: Hatha Yoga
classes are offered Saturdays.), 1m.,."DIXON PLACE presents The Reading
Serle, with Dorothy Rendall Grey andAllottoaalnt (winner of the 1990
James Baldwin award), reading fromthalr latest poetic works; 'SI East 1st St(btwn 1st/2nd Aves); 8 pm; $4.98; norsvp, come a half hour early; 873-6752
GAY MALE S/M ACTIVISTS Welcome
Blck Soclel, mini committee meetings,
refreshments, slgn·up for workshops
and Interest groups; etthe Center, 208W
13 St, 3rd Floor; socializing at 8 pm; pro·gram et 8:30 pm; free tonight (usually $4
memberS/S6nonmembers); 727-9878
EAGLE BAR Movie Night: Me" Don't
Lange; 142 11th
Ave (at 21 St); 11 pm; 691-8451
Le."e, with Jessica

THURSDAY, SEPT. 13 'INT'L GAY & LESBIAN OUTDOORSORGANIZAllON J.mbOfH 'ffI, Sapt 13IS; at a 268-acre campground in east·
ern PA near Philadelphia; with lake,woods, lawns, sports fields and courts,, rec halls, Olymplc·size pool; dorm·styleaccommodations; $135 for four days;
21!il969-8948,

NATIONAL LESBIAN CONFERENCE
Metro Area Information
Meeting,
tonight end every second Thursday, tobuild the April 24·28, 1991 Conferenca. In Atlanta; all resblans invited;,in the. ,Center'. SAGE Room, 208 W 13 St; 6-8
pm (Info: 212/491-5985; SASE to NLC,
Box 1999,Decatur, GA 30031),

JUDITH'S ROOM BOOI!:STOREpresents
Julia Penelop.,
Spelleln, Freely:
Unle.rnln, the Lie, of the F.the,,'Ton,ue.; 881 Washington St (atCharles); 7 pm; free & WC accessible,
but seating is limited; 7Z1·7330

MORE LISTINGS NEXT WEEK

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 & Em. 555 Fifth Ave, 10th A, NYC10017;661-4SXl)
CCTY(Rick X. Box 790, NYC 101011)
GBS (Gay Broadcasting System, Butch Peaston, 1781th
Ave, Ste. A·3, NYC 10011;243-1570)
GCN (Gay C~ble Network, Lou Maletta,32 Union Square
East, Suite 1217;477·4220)
GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis, Jean Carlomusto, 129W 20
St, NYC 10011;807·7517)
RB PROD (Robin Byrd Prods., Box 305, NYC 10021;988-2973)
WAlC-TV (7 Lincoln Square, NYC 111023;456-7777)
WBAI·FM (505 SthAve, 19th A, NYC 10018;Z19-0707)
WCBS. TV (524W ff1 St, NYC 10019;975-4321)
WHBC-TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 10112;664-4444)
WHET·TV (356W 58 St, NYC 10019;560-3000)•,

Editor s Note

As 01 August Z1 the new franchise agreement signed by thecity with Manhattan Cable bans from Manhattan Cabla
Channel J/'J3 any show befo" midnightthet contains
phone·sex, escort or other "indecent" advertiSing. This
rule affects GCN's G.y USA and M.n In Rims, GBS's
W.y Outl, Atkol's G.y
and Robin Byrd's M.n For
M.n and The E.rly Byrd, which accordingly may not beallowed to appear henceforth. Ironically, shows whichare "indecent" but whose .dIIertisements are clean areunaffected by this new rule.
As 01 Octoller 1, Channel J/'l3 will be shut down. All Chan·nel J producers are invited to apply for time on new
Commercial Use channels 26 and 35, pending theapproval of Man hattan Cable, who may set higher
rates and who may deny the application.
Comptroller Uz Holtzman and Manhattan Borough Presi·
dent Ruth Messinger were both involved in formulating
the new franchise agreement.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27

Atlante mayor Andrew Young, and the Rev. Jesse Jack·son, in this history of black politicians; CH 13 (1:00)
mldniglJt RB PROD Th. Robin Byrd Show. male and female
strippers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable, CH J/'J3 (1:00)'THURSDA",., AUGUST 30
1:00 PM WBAI·FM This W.y Out; the im'1 gay/lesbian mag·azlne; 99.5 FM (:30)
1:311PM WBAI.fM An Aitflmoon Outing. local news andinfonnation about the gay/lesbian community; 99.5FM (:31)
2:311 PM WBAI·FM AIDS: Paths 10 S.If·EmpoMrment &wing: Bob Lederer and Jim Fouratt discuss alternative
treatments, self·empowerment, politics; with Interviewsof health practitioners, PWAs, activists; 99.5 FM (1:011)
7:00 PM GBS W.y Out!: Mark Chesnut and Michell. Van·
Voorhies hoat a lesbian and gay entertainment show;
tonight Jim Provenzano's performance piece on his life
as a gay activist, young gay Village voguers, male &female bodybuilders from Gay Games III; Rich Volo, producer,254-7685; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'l3 (:30)
9:311 PM GMI'IC wing With AIDS: health and politic.; Man·
hattan Cable, CH J/23 (:30)'10:00 PM WNBC·1V LA.uw. a repeat of the episode abouta doctor who refuses to perform surgery on an acclent
victim with AIDS; CH 4 (1:011)
10:311PM GCN G.y U.S.A: news and entertainment from,around the country; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'J3 (1:00)(For Paragon Cable, see SATURDAy)
11:311PM RB PROD M.n For M.n: Robin Byrd presents gay
male porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'J3 (:30)
11:311PM GMHC living With AIDS: health and politics;' Paragon Cable, CH J/'J3 (:30)
1:30AM WNBC-1V uter With Bob Coms: Geraldo Rivera
Is the interviewee. Learn why he doesn't speak native
Spanish (from February); CH 4 (:30)

7:30 PM WNBC-1V Insid. Edition: protecting children fromFRIDA~ AUGUST 31
sexual abuse; CH 4 (:30)
7:00 AM A&E lI".k Rnr. Scienc., discusses early failed
attempts to explain the universe which ultimately
9:00 PM GBS Out in th.9O's. community news, discussion,
became Catholic Church dogma (1:00)
interviews; (tape of an earlier MCTV/ParagonTuesdayshow) BQ Cable, CH56 (1:00)
2:311 PM WBAI·FM Rompi.ndo ., Sil.ncio: todoe losvlernes, Gonzalo Aburto con temlls y noticlas I!ara la
9:30 PM WCBS-1V O.signing Wom.n: Anthony does dragcomunidad latina gay y lesbiana; 99.5 FM (:15)'
and poses as Consuela's maid in order to keep her from3:00 PM A&E DI"in. Madness/ (1980):the Divine Miss M
getting deported; CH 2 (:30)
10:00 PM GCN Be My Gu.st opening of Sod·O·Mlle; ..... n·does Th. Ros. and Ch.p.' of LoIIII (2:00) (repeats 4 AM)
hattan Cable, CH J/'J3 (:30)
7:311PM Th. G.y O.ting G.m. Show, Manhattan Cable, CH
11:30 PM Tomorrow/Tonight liv.!: entertainment; Manhat·
J!23 (:30)
tsn and Paragon Cable, CH 0/17 (1:00)
10:00PM WABC·1V 2tV2I! a special on depression and sui·mldnlglJt CCTV Th. Closet Case Show. Queer Netion poolcide, a subject that gay and lesbian people know nothparty atop the Ramada Inn; Claudio, Aner, Rob, laHoma
inll aboUt; CH 7 (1:00),10:30PM WNET·1V M.rk Russ.ll musical satire; CH 131:30)
and Vladimir Correa at Sod·O·Mee opening; Manhattan
ll:OOPM G4yTv.malepomoc~Manh8llanCabIe.CH..v'l3 ~Cable, CH C/16 (:30)
1:00AM G.y Tv. gay male porn; Paragon Cable,CH J/'l3 (::II), 11:00 PM WNET-1V H.I/ow Moscow With Hu.1I Howser. avideographer at a Russian swimming pool; CH 13 (:30)
1:00 AM RB PROD Robin Byrd Show. male and female
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28
strippers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable, CH J/'J3 (1:00)
11:00 PM GBS Out in th.90's: community news, dis·cussion, interviews; tonight Curtis and Lisa Sliwa,
SATURDA~ SEPTEMBER 1
Guardian Angels, and Pink Panthers Patrol members
8:311 PM GCN G.y
news and entertainment fromdiscuss anti·gay/lesbian violence in the Village;around the country; Paragon Cable, CH J/'J3 (1:00) (Forroundtable discussion with live call·in, hosted by
Manhattan
Cable,see
TlIURSDAY)
Kurt Wolfe; Manhattan & Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00)
11:00 PM RB PROD The Early Byrd. Robin Byrd presents
2:311 AM WLlW·1V AIDS .nd the F.mily. exploring how amal8/female strippers; Manhattan Cable, CH J/'J3 (1:00)
family responds to the illness and death of a loved one;
UHFChannel 21 (:30)

u.'1.A.:WEDNESDA~ AUGUST 29

7:00 AM WNBC-1V Today. t,assachusetts AIDS Director
Duane Draper on his battle with the disease; CH 4 (2:00)
9:30 AM WBAI·FM Ghosts in the M.chintr. women in pop,with Victoria Starr; 99.5 FM (2:30)
3:00 PM A&E Jimmy H.ndrix(1973): Purpl. H.zB and an
Inimitable desecration of Th. St.r Sp.ngl.d B.nnflf(2:00) (repeats at 4:00 AM)
8:00 PM WNET-1V Politics: ThB N.w BI.ck Pow.r. maybe
we can learn something from Democratic Nat'l Cmte
Chair Ron Brown, Virginia gov Doug Wilder, Baltimore
mayor Kurt Schmoke, Congressman Mike Espy,fonner

SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 2

7:311PM WBAI·FM The G.y Show. news and Infonnation
about the lesbian/gay community; ubor On edition,with Larry Gutenburg, Bob Stonn, Merle Backer, Allen
Ross, Kurt Wolfe; every othar Sunday, aiternetlng with
Out Loolc$; 99.5 FM (1:00)
8:00 PM Th. Brend •• nd Glennd. Show: T.keovfIfof the Empire St.t. Bui/din,: Brenda and Glennda
host a queer'talk·sbow
atop the ESB where theycelebrate, discuss, and dish the LIlG Pride laven·der lighting; Manhattan Cable, CH C/18 (:30)
11:311PM GCN M.n & Rims: male erotica, interviews withadult filmstsrs; Manhattan Cable, CHJ!'13 (:30)

••Monday,Private Eyes (fI7Iarc Berkley's Koo/ Komrads w/ Razor Sharp & strippers;
students, professionals; $5) 12 W 21 St, club 200-7m

Tuesday-Love Machine lLarry Tee & Lahoma Van Zandt, young & exotic crowd)
860 Bway, at 17 St; 254-4005*Private Eyes (Rock 'n' Roll Drag Bar, first 20 in drag are paid $20 eachto enter, tT for others) 12 W 21 St, btwn 5t/V6th Aves; 200-m2"Koxy (Men on Whee/s, gay roller skating; starts 8 pm) 515W 18 St; 645-5156

Wednesday*Better Days (primarilY gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (819AveS); 245-8925*Limelight (Michael Alig & Larry Tee's Dlsco2fllJlJ, 10 pm, $10; Coorsservedj 6th Ave at 20 St;; club 807-7850
Private Eyes (YMVA Nighe students, professionals, lesbians and nongay, women; tTl 12 W 21 St, btwn 5th/6th Aves; 206-7772*Pyramid (Linda's Channe/69 party, OJ & live lesbiarv'gay shows; East
Village crowd; $5) 101 Avenue A, btwn 6n Streets; 420-1590
Ouickl (mellow non-gay guys, low-key gays, their women friends; getsgayer later) 6 Hubert St; 925-2442
Silver Lining (2-4-1 d~1t1ks,a/so open Tues-Sun, women SAT) 175 CherryLa., Roral Pk, LI; 516/354-9641*Sod-O-Mee (Lahoma Van Zandt. porn stars, go-go boys; opens 10:30
pm, $10) 565 W 23 St (lIth Ave); 366-5253
Stutz (2-4-1 drinks, also open daily) 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains;
9141761·3100

Savlge (Chip Duckett's Next Thing) 208 W 23 St; 691·4421
20120(Michael Fesco's Tea Dance, opens 5 pm; $6; free Mimosas & BMs
from 5-7, buffet at 7:30) 20 W 20 St; 727·8841,

Every Night (or almostl

419 (nightlY Gay J10use Party, opens 6 pm) 419 rl Highwav (Ate TI),
Southampton, LI; 516/283·5001
Grand Central (closed Man & Tues, 2·4-1 drinks Thursday) 210 Merrick
Road, RockVille Centre, LI; 516/536·4800
Magic Touch (ethnic mix: Anglo/Latirv'Asian) 73-13 37th Rd, Jackson
Heights, Queens; 718/429·8605
Monster (West Village) 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq,; 924-3557
Spectrum (closed Mon· Tue, WED free, THU free & 2-4-1 drinks, FRI rn/f
strip, SAT record stars, SUN variety show & free 9·10 pm; Coorsserved) 80264th St@8th Ave, Bay Ridge, Bklyn; 7181238-8213,

Thursday,'-Copacabana (last Thu. of the month Susanne Bartsch party, next is
August 30; iffy door) 10 E 60 St, at FifthAv~;755-6010
Excalibur ($1 drinks, also open Tues-Sun, women WED) corner 10th/Jefferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161
Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators; also open nightly, women
on TUE & FRII 126-10 Queeils Blvd, Kevv,Gdrdens, Queens; 718/261.8484
Ouickl (Chip Duckett's Thursdays) 6 Hubert St ion Hudson, 5 blocks
below Canal); 925-2442

Friday',Columbia !fances (1st Friday of every month, including summer, next is
September 7) 116th St & Bway; 854-3574 days
Meat (Aida Hernandez's alternate Fridays, next is August 31; OJ, go-goboys, videos; opens 10 pm; $5) 432 W 14 St; 406·1114
Octagon (Patrick's Friday Night Jam Session,·primarily gay men of color;
free muchies; opens 11 pm) 555 W 33 St; 947.,()4()()
Private Eyes (YMVA Nighe students, professionals, men) 12 W 21 St,
btwn 5th/6th Aves; 206-7772" " .
*Quickl (Panty Gird/eS",TVs, gays, straights) 6 Hubert St (on Hudson, 5,<•
blocks below Canal); 925-2442 .

Saturday':.,::

Sunda

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":.'.

-Better Days ~rimarily gay men of color) 316 W,19.St (8/9 Aves); 245-8925
Tlte Building (Club Bad's The Men's Room, stulle,nts, profeSSionals, men;go-go boys & 50-ft. ceiling) 51 W 26 St; 576~1890*Mars (Paradise Garage Night) 13 St & WestS~(f~ ~wy,691-6262-Pyramid (Junior's Tea Dance 6-9 pm, Gay Cab.. retat midnight; $5) 101
Avenue A, btwn 6/7 Streets; 420-1590.'; " .::
"Koxy (A Groovy Kind of Love; students, club kids;hunks, men) 515 W 18
r 'St; 645-5156'

Tuesday
Hatfield's 126-1'0Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718/261.8484
Grand Central (women's night, also open Wed·Sun) 210 Merrick Road,
Rockville Centre, LI; 516/536·4800

Wednesday
Bedrock 121Woodfielil Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 518/486-9518
Excalibur (Ladies Night, $1 drinks) corner 10th/Jefferson behind footballstadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201·795-1161
Private Eyes (Shescape AftefWork Pal1y, 5·10 pm; $5 before 7 pm, $1
after) 12 W 21 St; info 645·6479, club 206-7172

ThursdayBedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486.9516
Pyramid (Jenny's GirlBar, 8 pm - 2 am) 101Avenue A (btwn IV7 SIs); $5; 475-!i.1J

FridayBedrock 1:lf Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 518/486.9518
Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie's alternate Fridays, next is Sept. 7; go-go girls,
lesbo erotic videos; 8 pm; $5) 432 W 14 St; 406-1114
Hatfield's 126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718/261-8484
Millennium (Ladies' Nigh4 rno NY Ave (Ate 110),Huntington, U; 511W51,-1402
Visions 55-01 Queens Blvd, Woodside; info 71P1846-7131, club 718,'899-9031

SaturdayBedrock 121 Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486.9518
Silver Uning 175 Cherry Lane, Aoral Park, LI; 5161354-9641
StaR 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, LI; 518/242.3857

Sunday'Barefoot Boogie 1smoke & alcohol free) 434 6th Ave (btwn !Vl0 Sts); 832-6759
419419 N. Highway, Southampton, LI; 516/283.5llO1 'Love Zone (dancing & performers) 70 Beach. $'t,Staten Island; 718/442-5692
Private Eyes (YMVA Night; students, profeSSionals, men; CLOSED UNTIL
SEPT 8) 12 W 21 St, btwn 5th/6th Aves; 206-ID2"Koxy (gays/lVs/club kids; some non-gay, especially women; mix
depends on party) 515 W 18 St (btwn 10/nAves); 645-5156
Sound Factory (mostly gay; serious House/Club danCing, no alcohol,
opens 11 pm) 530 W TI St (10th/11th AvesI;,64j·0728,

DANCING OUT for Women,

Bedrock 121Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 518/486.9518
Club Paradise (Pyramid Productions, 6 pm • 2 am, $5 before 8 pm/$7
thereafter) 15 Waverly Place (btwn 5th Ave/B'way); 533-3048
Love Shack (Jill Reiter's Booby Trap, alternative music, $3) at New Usmar, 411st Avenue at 2nd St; m·9477

Every Night (or almost)Duchess II'(small Dance floor) Sheridan Sq. & 7th Ave South; 242.1408
Spectrum (closed Mon & Tues; good gay/lesbian mix, see Every Night,
above, for details) 802 64th St, Bklyn.; 718/238·8213
Editor's tips for tourists:
A (*1 denotes a club that attracts TVs.
Clubs generally open at 10 pm, close at 4 am, unless otherwise notad. Admissions
range from $lito $15. Invites offer IfISCOUnts, and are sometimes required. It's wile
to call ahead to continn that a party is still happening.
Some clubs, especially Copacabana, but also Roxy, Quick!, Love Machin., Um..
light, and The Building have been known to let people In randomlyor,IIIe'
ws/y. instead of having a simple line at the door.
Discrimination on tha basis of race, gender and orientation Is Illegal. Selectivity
based on attire, attractiveness and attitude is not. Looking perley,8X01Icor richhelps. So does coming early.
'
Mixed parties usually get gayer as the night wears on.
Special ana-time parties are listed in 'ale day-by-day calendar.

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A.c.o.c.
AIDS CENfER OF QUEENS COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES·EDUCA.
TION08UDDIESoCOUNSELINGoSUPPORT GROUPS
VolurdHr OpportuniliH(718) 896-25OO(voica)(718) 896-2985(TDD)ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to
Unlea.h Power)
498A Hudson Street. Slits G4 NYC
lC1n4(212) 989-1114
A diverse, non-partisan group ofi1dividuals uni1Bdin 8ngar and can, mittod to direct a Clion to end the
AIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Mon.
nigh1a 7:31.in Tho Greet Hal~Cooper
Union. on COoper Square be1woen
AlltsJrand St Marks Place's.

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BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE
a SUBMISSION GROUP)
Share $1M experiences and fantasieS with others in a positiw, nonjudgemental atmosphere.
First
Sunday of the month, 4:45pm at 1ha
Corrrn~ity Cent8r2111 W. 13 S1reat,
NYC •This group is pert 0I1he Naw 'YorkArea Bisexual Network.

AIDS RESOURCE CENTER, (ARC)
Supportive housing for homeless
PWAs IBailey House and apartmentB). Non-judgemental pastoralcare for f'lNAs end Icmd 01188. VollIlIBar opporturi1ill8. (212)481-1270,
24 West3lth St, NYC lCDl1

IIISfXUALINFORMATION &COUNSBJNG SERVICE. INC.
A professionaly staffed, non-profit
organization for bisexuals, theirfammes and partners, facing problema of a psychological or medicalkind. We also wori< with those in
doubt about their sexuality. C0nfidentiality is problc:tBd by law. For
information phone: (212)4!i9-4784

ALOEClAPLN-NY 'Le.bian.
of the Ea,t~AlianPacific l.eIbianNatwortc-New York) We are a poIi1ical, social and supportive networi<of Asian Pacific lesbians. Planningmaetings on the 1st Sunday andsocial ewnts on tha last Friday ofeach month. Call (212) 517-!i698for
more information.

BISEXUAL PRIDEDISCUSSION GROUP
Topical discussions on issues of
intllrest1D1ha conmunityin a cangenial atmosphere, followed by an
informal dinner at a friendly local
restaurant Every Sunday, 3:004:30pm at the Community Centllr
2111W. 13 Street, NYC. Part of the
New YorkArea Bisexual Network.

ARCS (AIDS-Related, Community SerVice.)for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,
Rockhind. Sullivan, Ulster andWestchester
counties.
AIDS
education. cliant services, crisis intervention, support groupa.
C88e management,
buddy- andhospital visitor program.
214 Central /Iw. Wli1B Plains. NY
1(Q(914t!m-OOlB
838 Broadway, Newburgh, NY
122!iO(914) 562-9lO5AIDSlina (914) 8Il3-O&07

BIWAYS NFN YORKMonthly social events for the
Bisexual community and friends.
Call NYABN for detans of upcoming even1B. (212)459-4784(A.ianASIANS a FRIENDS- NEW YORK
A not-for-profit
organization, which promo!B8 friendships with
Asian/PacificIslander, AsianAmerican. and non-Asian gay
men through aocial.llultural. educational, and service activities
and, programs. Call our Hotline:
212-674-5064, or write to: P.O. Box6828. NY,NY ,10163-8023.

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BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Lawyers Refarral Sarvica for the
Lesbian and Gay Community Fun
Range ofLagal SeMces (212) 4594873 Free Walk-in legal Clinic.
Tuesday 8-8 pmlasbian & Gay
CommunityCentr. Ground Roor

BIPAC (BISEXUAL pounCAL
ACTION COMMmEE), Political action on issues d importance to the BiaexuaVLesbiarVGay
CClIlIlllIlity. Monthly I118B1ing'poduck
held ItOOpm on fourth Thursday of
1ha month at members homes. Call
NYABNforthis I1KI11h'slocaticn((212)&4784 'BISEXUAL YOUTH
Informal social & support groupfor Bisexual kids/youth. Monthly
meeting/potluck
lunch held
1:00pm on fourth Sunday of themonth at members homes. Call
NY ABN for this month·s location.
This group is part of the New
York Area Bisexual Network.

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ATR (AIDS TREATMENTREGISTRY, INC.)
PiJblishes a bHnonthly Directory 01
clinical trials of experimental
AlDSlHIV trea1m8nta in NY/NJ, andhas educational materials/semi, nara for trial par1fcipan1s. ATR also
adwca1lls for improwm8nta in thetrial systBm. P.O. Box 30234, NY. NY
101 Hl102. (212)288-4193. Publications fraa/donation requested.

BWS~RONX lESBIANS
UNITED IN SISTERHOOD
Social, political and support networtcing group for women and theirfriends. Regular social evanIB andmeBlings on the fim and third fridays 01 evary month. At The CommllilyCents~2JlIW.13Street,from~For mora info call lisa at(212)829-9117.

BODY POSI11VE
If you or your lover has tested
HIV+, we offer support groupa,
88I11inal1l,public forums, reference
library, rafarrals, social activities
and up-to-date national monthly,"THE BODY POSITIVE" 1$2!¥'yaar~(212)721-1346.
,
2JlI5 Broadway, SlitB .. NY, lOO'l3
BROOICLYN'S lESBIAN AIiIDGAY POUTICAL CLUBUUWBDAINDEPENDENTDEMOCRATS
UO. ~II1d \Wr1<s for cancidat8s in local, SbI1B II1d nrimaI eIaotions, lobbies for legislation. andccniJcIs camvityoUraach 1I'oroust1
straatfais II1dI11IIIIilgs Q'I apecialtlpics. Join us. 338 Ninth St, Slits 1:fiIlrooII¥\NYl1215 (718)985-8482
ClRC~ OF MORE UGHT
Spiritual support and sharing in agay/lesbian affirmative group.
West-Pari< Prasbyt8rian Dturch 185
West881h S1reetWed:worahipservice 831 pm, progrsm 7::n Menlha(212)~Dtarie(212)811-7118.
COMMUNITY HWTH
PROJECT
2JlI \I\tIst 13Ih SIraet, me, Naw 'Dk
lClnl For Appci1Im8I1\S II1d Inblliliin(212)B7S-31i69(llYMiceJ'RM1).

ING CARING. SENSITlVE AND II1NCOST IEAlTH CARES8MCES TO

ll£IESBIANANDGAYOOMMJNRYCOMMUNITYRESEARCH
INITIATIVE
CAl testa experimental drugs and
1nIatmanta for AIDS and HIV rallIIBd
illnesses. Monthly traatmeni andresearch group for HIV+incividuais.
Treatment and research nswsl81l8l;
foruma and public seminars. Call
Alice Spears or Ken Fomataro at(212)481-1C&lforinfo and maiing iat.
CONGREGAnON BETHSIMCHATTORAH
NYs Gay and Lesbian SVnagogue
Services Friday at 8:30pm 57
Bethune Straet For info. call: (212)929-9498.
CONGREGATION

B'NA1
JESHURUN
Monthly Spritual Gatherings andme catered festive luncheons for,({ People WI1h AIDS, their lovers
and families. Program includes
music and discussion led by ourRa bbis. Csil (212) m-7fDJ.

DIGNITY
BIG APPLE
A community of lesbien and
Gay Catholics. Activities include
liturgies and socials every Sat,
8:00 pm, at the Center, 208 W. 13
Straet, NYC.Cail(212) 818-1309.

GAY & ~SBIAN HWTHDIGNITY NFN YORKCONCERNS
lesbian II1d gay Ca1hcIicsand friends ,.
An office of thl NYC Dept of
AIDS PwiisIIy, SjirUI DavaIopnant
Health, provi!le8linklgea
betwn
The Cafladral prqect. WoraIlp SerNYC Health & Humin Svel, andvices & Social-Sin Eves. ~the lesbian & Gay community,
John's Episcopal Church 218 Westfocusing in All health conl1thSlreet CWava~2179
cerns; rasource information for
health services consumers and
EDGE EIIucalion in a Disabledproviders.
125 Worth Street,a.yEnvinHilMnt
Box 87, New York, NY 10013. For
For the phyIically disabled Lesbianinfo call (212) 588-4995.
and Gay Ccalmllily. (212) 989-1921
P.O. Box:D5 ~IIage Station, Naw
GAY MALE SIM ACTMSTS
York,NY lC1n4
Dedicated to safe and I88ponsible
S/M sincI 1981. Open meet·
FRONT RUNNERS
ings w/programson S/M
A ruming club for lesbien and gay
techniques,
lifestyle issues,
athIetBs of all abiities. fill RLnS 011political and social concerns.
8 ITiles held fMlry Sat at lOam andAlso special events, Ipelkers
Weds. at 7pm in Central Pari< andbureau, workshops,
demos,
fMlryTues. at7pm in f'roepact Park.
affinity groups,
newsletter,
ForiiormaliDit cal(212)72~
more. GMSMA -Dept 0, 498A
Hudson Street, Suite 023 ,NYC
THE FUND FOR HUMAN
10014.(212) 727-9878.
DIGNITY
National Gay and lesbian Cri~isUne •AIDS axr-I-800-SOS-GAYS ' GMAD (GAY MEN OF ARlICAN
DESCENT)
Educational Resource Center;
80, Varick Street, NYC 10013 a
Positive Imagee Media Center; NY
support group of Gay Men ofStateAr1B ProgrsmlllllB'way Slits
African Descent dedicated to
410 me. NYlaJ12 (2121529-1l1li
consciousn888-rai8ing
andthe developmentof the lesTHE GAY ARlICAN AMERICANS
bian and Gay Community.
'
OFWESTCHESTER(Tha GAM
GMAD is inclusive of African,
is a community based support
African-American,
Caribbeangroup formed in Weetd!ester Coinand Hispanic/latino
men ofty. Various actillities are plamad forcolor. Meetings
a re held,
1ha conW1g iTD11hs. Please call 914:rl&{11'Z1 for mora info. weekly, on Fridays. For mora
information,c a II 718-802-0182.
GAY FATHER'S FORUM
A support organization for gay
GAY MEN'S HWTH CRISIS
father's, thair lovers, and others in
HOTUNE'
ch~d-nurturing situations. MonthFOR INFORMATION ON SAFER
IymeBtings include a potluck supSEX AND
HIV-RElATED
per,,$upport groups on varied
HEALTH SERVICES, AND FOR
specialized topics, speskers, and
INFORMATIONON
ONE-TIME,
socializing.Meetings:
1st Friday
WALK-IN AIDS COUNSELING
each month, 7pm, at The Center,
SERVICES212-807.f851i212 ....
208 W. 13th St.. West of 7th kie.
7470 TDD (For the Haaring
Contribution: $8. Bring a main
Impairad)Mon.-Frl. 10'.30 am. 1119
course for 4 people (or pay a $5
pm. Sat 12:00 to 3:00
food charge.) For information call:
212-979-7541 or 212-288-3236
GIRTH & MIRTHCWB OF NFN YORKGlAAD Gay & Laabian Alli_
Social club for heavy, chubby
AgaiIlltDlflmrrHn
gay men & their admirers.
IIlVaricklllreetNVC laJ13(212)_Monthly socials at the ·Cen·
17m GAPD combns hornoftoobia inter", weekly bar nighta thursthe meda arJl aIsaYAlere by lIallOtdays at the ·Chelsea Transfer",ing visibiity of the lesbian and gay
monthly Fat Apple Review, bicamuily II1d OIlJIIlizi rg !JU8IOOII
monthly FAR. penpahi .
rasponae 111 anli-gay ~1Jo)QIFor more informationcall
haw 31 niUes a rna" tIi!tt Ia:t liD'
Ernie at 914-899-7735 or write:
1hJIja?.... fleGAPDPtuiliTraeiCai
G&M/NY, Dept 0, P.O. Box 10,~1111lforinftlrmation.
Pelham, NY 10803.
GUB
HW
Gay II1d lesbian Independentllroe6(HaahIr EII_tion
AI)S LiailOn)castlll8 irM1Bs VOU111!Ina intD OUT·
Weekly info. and support group
LOOKS Q'I WBAJ.NY, 995 FM rmry
for treatmenta for AIDS which doo1her&nlay, ~II1d jcil us
I1VBry Tuesday at7Jllpn 111..,111 not compromise the immune aya.
tem further, including alternative
becallB a Iil8I1Dlr d GUB. No pPBand holistic approaches.
riance neadad. !iii Eighth Avenue,
NY. NY 10018 Attn: Outlooks or call Wed 8pm. 208 W. 13th St(212)874-HOPE.
(212)245-6388- ask for GLIB.

•HERrrAGE OF PRIDE, INC.
Organizel8 of New YOII(s Lesbianand Gay Pride avanIB: 1I1eMarch,
1I1e Rally and 1I1e Dance on 1I1e
Piet Call (2121691-1774 for m_
ing schedule or more infonnation.
201 Waat 13111Street, NY, NY 10011.

LESBIAN AND GAY WOR
NElWORl
An organization of Lesbiana andGaya who are active in 1heir labor
1Iiai. WIIkilg on IbneeIic pamership banefi1B and AIDS iasuee. For
mora ilIonna1ion caI/21$'lHm

HETlIICK-MARTlN INSTITUTE
for lesbian and gay youth. Counseling. drop-in center (M-F, 38pml, rap groups, HaIVey Milk
High School, AIDS and safar I8X
infonnation, refanals, profasaional
education. /2121833-8920 (voice)(212)833-8828 mfor deaf

LESBIAN AND GAY RIGIlfS
PROJECTof the American Civil Uberti ..
Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTSI
WE'RE EXPANiIING 111M
(2121844-9800, ext 545

HISPANIC UNITED GAYS &LESBIANS
Educational seIVices, politicalaction, counaeling and social
activities in Spanish and English
by and for the Latino lesbianand Gay Community. General
meetings 8:00 pm 4111Thul8day
of every month at 208 West
13th Street Call(2121881-4181
or write H.U.G.L, P.O. Box 228
Canal Street Station,
New
York, NY 10018.
IDENTITY HOUSE
Now in our 20Ih yaar, we provide
peef coun8eling, 1I1erapy refarrals and groups for the lesbian,gey and bisexual community.
Call us at (2121243-8181. YlSit us
at 544 8th Ave., between 14th15111Strea1S, Manhattan.
INSTITUTE fOR HUMAN
IDENTITY
Sliding 8cale fee8 0 Insurance
accepted. Gay & Lesbian Psych01l1erapy (2121 799-9432
LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSEAND EDUCAnON RIND
Precedent-aetting
litigation
nationwide for lesbians, gay
men and people with AIDS.
Memberahip ($35 and up) inc.
newsletterand invitations to
special even1S. Volunteer nighton Thuradaya. Intake calls: 24pm Mon thru Fri (2121995-8585
LAVA (LESBIANS ABOUT
VISUAL AlIT)
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.
Symphonic, Marching. Jall, Dixieland, Rock, Flute Ensembles
and Woodwinds. 123 West 44th
St. Suite 12l New York, NY
10038 (212)88&-2922.
LESBIAN & GAY
COMMUNrrY SERVICES
CENTER
208 Weat 13th Street New York.
NY 10011 (212)820-7310 8aml1pm avaryday. A place for community organizing alK! networking.
socialservicllS, cultural programs,
and social eV8nta sponsored by
1I1e Center and more 1I1an 150
community organizations.

LESBIANS AND GAYS OFRATBOSH
Brooldyn's social organization forboth gay men and lesbians. P.O.
Box lOll, Midwood Station BrookIyn,NY 11230o(71818!iN437,
LESBIAN HERSTORY
ARCHIVES

P.O:BIIKI2!iIINew Yorte,New YOlk
10118212/87~7232SinC8 1974,1he
Archives has inspired, shaped andreflected lesbian lives everywhere. Cal to anange a visit or towluntllarforThUl8deyworknigh1s.

LONG ISLAND Act'-UP
Meets Tuaedaya at 8pn at 181 !'oat
I1fIa. in 1MJaIbury, N'£ Support us forchange on long Illand. Mailingaddreea: PO Box 514,WaatbuIy, NY
115111.51&338-4882.
UM
is a support and informationgroup for lesbians and bisexual
women interested in fantasy,role-playing,bindage, discipline, SlM, fetishes, alternate
gerider indentities, costumes
and so forth. Membershipisavailable only to women 18
years and older. Actual experience ia not required but genuine interest and an open mind
a re. For information
pleaaewrite: P.O. Box 983, Murray Hill
Station, New York. NY 10158
MEN OF AlL COLORSTOGETHER NY
A multi-racial group of gay men
against racism MeaIi1gs _ry friday ni!#tt at 7-.45 at 1I1eI..eabian and
Gay Community Services Centar,2111 W. 13111SIraet. For mOre info.
cal: (212)24S«l8II or (212)222-8'194.
METROPOUTAN TENNIS. GROUP(MTGI,Our 200 member lesbian and gay
tennis club includes playal8 frombeginning to tournament level.
Mon1l11y tennis partias. Winterindoor league. Come play withusl For infonnation: MTG, Suite
K83, 49&-A Hudson St. New Yorte,
NY 10025. (718)852-8582.
MOCA(Men of Color AIDS .... ".ntion
P"",rallLl
Provides safer sex and AIDS
education information to gay
and bisexual Man of Color;
coordinatas a network of peersupport groups for gay andbisexual Men of Color in all 5
boroughs of New Yor:kCity.
303 Ninth Ave, New York, NY
l00010r call (212)239-1798.

NAnONAL GAY AND LESBIANTASKFORCE
is1he national graBSl'OOblpoliticalorganization for lasbians and gay
men. Membership is $3OIyear.
lsaue-oriented projects address
violence, sodomy laws, AIDS, gay
rigI11S onfmancea, familias, media,
etc. 1I1rough lobbying. education,organizing and direct action.
NGIJF 1517 U Street tN{, Washingbln, DC 2IDI9. (2m1332-8483.
NEW YORK ADVERnSING
AND COMMUNICAnONSNElWORl, NYACNia 1I1ecOiI.llunily's largest
gay and lesbian professionalgroup, welcoming all in COi1lTiunication&-andtheir friends.
Monthly meetings, 3rd, Wed
8:30pm at 1I1eCommunity Canter.
Members' nawsia1ter, jpb hotline,
annual directory. Phone (212! 5170380 for mora info. Mention Out·
Weak for one free nawsia1ter.
N.Y. FEMMES 'Support and DlScuasion group for
lesbians who self identify a8
Femma and are primsrily auraCllld
III butch women. For membership
information can I.iaa (212)829-9817.
N.V. WOMEN'SSOFTBAlL GUILDFor experienced, serious Softball
Playars, Coaches and Managers.
We play mod/fast pitch weekends in Manhattan and Queens.
Try-ouIB begin Feb. 11111ru Aprilor unlil fiUed./2121256-1379 Janet
NINtH STREET CENTER
Since 1973, a community dedicated to demonstrating
1I1at ahomoaexuel lifestyle is a rational, desirable choice for individuals dissatisfied
with therawa rds of conventional living.
Psychologically - focussed rap
groups, Tues., Sat, 8 to 10 pm.
peer counselling available. 319
E. 8 Street, New York. NY 10003,
for info call (212)228-5153.
NORTH AMERICAN MANIIIOY
LOVE AsSOCIAnON INAMBLA)
Dedicated to sexual freedom
and aspeciallyinteretedingay 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 (2121
807-8578 for information.
NORTHERN UGIlfS
ALTERNAT1VES
Improving Quality of life for People with AIDS/HIV. THE AIDSMASTERY WORKSHOP: ElIploring 1I1epossibilities of a poWerfuland creative life in 1I1e face of• AIDS. Call (21212!iS-8!i54
NYC GAY & LESBIANANTI-VIOLENCE PROJEct'~aMc:ecy,lI1ditormalilll
for IIII\'Mq of anIi-gay and ail1Ha&bUwl Wda1ce,,,,,,,, BIll!" 1Ut. 00 IIIIb1C
Wda1ce, and of1er1¥pas of 1Iicliliz&.
!ion. AlllI8IIIicea frae and ccnfiden.
1iaI24hcuhllh(212)III7,OUJ1PEOPLE WITH AIDSCOAUlION(212)!i32-mlIY1.
(212) 532-1E88Monday thru Friday
lOam-6pm Meal programs. support
groups, educational and refarral aervicaaforPIIVA'aand PWArc's,

UPPER MANHATTANTASK FORCE ON
AIDS
Education, Hotline, Supportive
Case Management. and Volunteer Recruitment
and Refer·ral.212·87G-3352'

PEOPLE WITH AIDSHEALnt GROUP
UncIergnxnI buyar's club inpor1ing
not-yat-appruvad medications andnutritional supplements. 31 Weat
2IIIh St 4Ih Roor (2121532-«lll1

WHAMI (Wollllln'. Heelth
Action And Mabilizetionl
A direct-action group committed to demanding,securingand defending ebsolute repro·, ductive freedom and quslity
health care for all women. We
meet every Wed. at 8:30 pm at
105, E 22nd St.,4th Floor.
(212)713-5986.
Mailing address: WHAMI, P.O.
Box 733, NYC 10009

PROFESSIONAU INRUNVJDEO
338 Canal Street, 8th Roor, NYC
10013212-845-3351
QUEERNAnON
The lesbiand and Gay direct
action group dedicated to fighting homophobia and Gay andlesbian invisibility. Anyone cansuggest an action and shouldcome to meetings prepa red toorganize and implement it QN"
Box 1524, Cooper Station, New,
York, NY 10003. Call 212-483-'
7208 for meeting info.

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A non-profit, lesbian community center serving Queens,
Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Thurs night weekly discussion
grps. 8:30pm, for other activities please contact us at (5181
483-2050.

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(Senior Action in a Gay
Environlllllntl
Social SaniiC8~~
cera,
ac:6ias.&8lb:ainalao.ica!Ib'gay&
BtiIrlc:iza1II.~CMI18I
hcmabaInI Us & ciIar Pll'A's:!ll
IIIoWrt 13f1SlN'Y'C10011,12121741-2241
SETHIAN GAYS,LESBIANS AND BISEXUAU
For all of us intBras1Bd in raacling
outto each o1her in exuberance tospontaneously explore and expand
upon 1I1eSatlVJane Roberts "Philosophy" as it raaitas!ll our lives,parsalslly, sexually and politically.
Can AI 12121979-5104
SUNDANCE
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
SOCIID
A non-profit club offaring Outdoor
ac1ivitias for awry 881son including hiking. biking, skiing, waterac1ivities and li1her outdoor activities for1he GayJl..esbian COlI. IIlfIity.
For infonnation or complimentary
Nawsill1l8r call (212159&-47211.

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Community volun1Bers providing a•

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AIDS community. TOUCH meetsMonday 8Vas. 5pm III 8:30pm- at
cIa.v11Iw1 BrooIcfo,n Fiiands Meeting
Housa 1110Schennamorn St naar
Boanm PlaC8~
li'ri1Bd lran&pOitation
may be anargad. Wo: (118)622-27!l1.
TOUCH wulcomas contributions of
flIids, food andvall11B8is.
UUTER COUNTYGAY AND LESBIAN• AWANCE
MIMIIslist and lhird MondaV of eachnxnf1 at 7::IJp.m atfla lhIIIiIl Cud!
Q'j~fbldi1~ Fairfam&.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eighty Eights. 228 W 10 St.. 924-0088

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

J's (The Hangout). 675 Hudson St., 242-9292

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

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

The Works.
799-7365

CHELSEA
Barbary Coast, 64 7th Ave.114th St.), 675-0385

Eagle's Nest, 142 11th Ave (21st St.). 691-8451
Private Eyes, ,12 W. 21 st St. (bet. 5th & 6th),
206-7770

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

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

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

Spike, 120 11th Ave .• 243-9688

Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St. (7th Ave), 243-9323
Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St., 650-1944•

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

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

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

Sneakers, 392 West St., 242-9830.

Badlands, Christopher & West St.. 741-9236
Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St.. 929-9684 Cellblock 28; 28 9th Ave, 733-3144-open
limited basis;cal/ for info .

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

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

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

Regent East, 204 E. 58th St., 355-9465

Ty's, 114 Christopher.741-9641.

Rounds. 303 E, 53rd St.. 593-0807

Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255-8787(MortonCrazy Nanny's, 21 7th Avenue South. 366-6312(Women)Ave (at 81 st),Boga rt's, 320 E. 59th St., 688-8534

New Jimmy's, 53 Christopher. 463-0950

The Annex (to Cellblock 28), 673 Hudson St. (bet.
13th & 14th). 627-114Q-Temporarily Closed

428 Columbus

EASTSIDE

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

WEST VILLAGE

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

South Dakota, 405 3rd Ave., 684-8376

WESTSIDE

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

Candle Bar. 309 Amsterdam Ave., 874-9155

The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St., 754-4649
Twenty-Nine Palms, 129 Lexington Ave., 686-8299

EAST VILLAGEAThe 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

QU~ENS(718)•

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'236-0300--

Hatfield's, 126-'0 Queens Blvd .• Kew Gardens,
261-8484, Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica, 657-4585•

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

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

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NYC GAY & LESBIANANTI-VIOLENCE_

Playroom, 590 Nepperhan Ava ••Yonkers. ~6900(518L

Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead,
488-9618,

Blenche, 47·2 Boundary Ave., Farmlngdala,894-8908•

PROJEcr

Stutz. 202 WlI81I:hester Ave, White Plains. 761-3100

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807·0197
24 Hour Hotline

Brand Cantral, 210 Merrick Rd, Rockville Cantra,
538-4800
PIli Jottt, 24S7Janlelamllfll., North BelInm, 7EG1
SIMlrUni/'G. 175Cheny Lana, NIrNt+tdI Park, ~1
Station House Pub, 3547 Merrick Rd, Seaford,
786-9808

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419, 419 North Highway (Rt. 27), Southampton,
283-5001
Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St. Sayville, 687·2885
Cherry's, Bayview Walk, Cherry Brove, FI, 697·8820
Club Swamp Disco/Annex Restaurant, Montauk
Hwy, Wainscott, 637·3332
Ica Palace, Cherry Brove ,Beach Club, FI, 697·8800
Kill, 181 Fannardle Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 487-9273

Club 808, 808 Sunrise Hwy., W. Babylon., 881·_
Millannlum, 1770 NY Ave, Huntington, 361·1402
Starz, 838 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, 242·3857'Thunders, 894 W. Jertcro Tpke., Smltl1tavvn,884-1410

NEW JERSEY (201)_Charlie'. Weat, 538 Main St., E. Orange, 878-5002
Feather's, 77 Klnderkemack Rd., River Edge,
342·8410'
Friendly'. Bar, 8310 Park Ave., West New York,854-9896
Excallbur, 10th. Jefferson, Hoboken, NJ, 796-1181
Nita Lite, 509 22nd St., Union City, 883-9516
Vibrations, 165 Ceder Lene, Teaneck,836-551$
Yacht Club. 366 Berkshire Valley Rd., Jefferson.
697-9780

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2nd Street- Ave B. East Village
Fro private parties (212) 673-3304
mlP TEASE DANCERS
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Bands, OJ's, Magic, all affairs
traditional to bizarre 683-7816

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The Best For Lessl
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SEEKING TALENTED ARTISANS
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Gay &. Lesbian handcrafts, fromfurniture to greeting cards. Contact
Robert Emmons (415) 861-3926, 4418
19th St, San Francisco, CA 94114

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apt naar .ubway 1 a A, walk·up,
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simil~r mature guy, 30 + y.o., cleancul .1want a
relationnship and good times. EXT 1096

SHAVING EXPERT, wants 10 lullill yourfantasy. If you are 25-45, attractive, good build
wiih a beautiful butt, caU this 6', 195 Ib,
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VERY CUTE GWM. 19, 5'10', bribr" 155 Ibs,
BS, loving and ready lor relationship. You haveto be in excellent shape, very Cute, between
19-28 y.o. I want your body!
EXT 1095" SLIM GBM, 30, seeks hung guy for J/O
sessions. Race unimportant! EXT 1063
,EURO GWM. blue eyes, 40, 6', 170 Ibs;
muscular, hairy, handsome, rugged looks,
seeks GBM, must have a good muscular body!
EXT 1100GOODBODYTOP.BM,30's, seeksothergood
bodys, 20-45 y.o. lor fun. Enjoy muscles, firmbutt, leel and sweat. EXT 1099
GPRM, 35, 5'11", 170 Ibs, handsome;loo~ng
for Hispanic-white male (mU/it be·butch) who islooking for a long term relationship.
EXT 1098
HANDSOME GBM, 31,6' 180 Ibs, masc"bottom seeks hung top over 30 yrs. for safe
steady sex. No strings. Just Rubbers!
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EXT 1097
VERY ATTRACTIVEGBM. 27, 6- 165 Ibs, ingood shape. Mustache, good health, non.
smoker/drinker, ambitious, caring, sensitive,
intelligent (speak German + French), good
sense 01 .humor, looking for GWM, 26-35,Y.o.,prefer bllbrhair, from 5'9"-6'2", clean shaven,good shape, versatile, heatlhy.
EXT 1101,,

HOT HANDSOMEHUNK, 6' 170 Ib, dirty BL
lT/BR TRIM, s·moolh, muscular, 33, seeksboyish GWM 20·28, fun sale hot times plus.
EXT 1056

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STUDENTDELIGHT-gdlk WM 21·28students
dnshvn, gdbody (hung)& mind,entertainedby
atlr WM 46, 6'1", ISO, generous, Euro-peanbusinessman. EXT 1014
JOCK CHASER, WIM, 30, seeks men whoplay baseball, lootball, softball. Must have.uniform. Hoi descreet service. EXT 1068

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7 days•GREEKMEl GWM,39, 57', 135,unculsks hot
top. Want to learn FF-I french you greek- no
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with 'stache, biker/trucker type, sks masuline
H<·buddyw,ho likesit kindof rough, EXT1017

ORIENTAL'GM, 19,,5'10', 130 Ibs, seeking
young GM"s for serious times I 8·24 straightactingyoungA+, EXT 1062
ARE YOU READY for a special relation?
GBM,' 36,5'11", 180 Ibs. seeks hOnest sincere
GM to enjoylife,togeiher,EXT 1058

INTELLIGENT ARTfSTIC BB 43, 5'9', 160
muscular ~&defined into music/arts needs guy
35·50 for physical & mental pleasure.
EXT 1018,

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SEEKS FRfEND/LOVER WM,25 yrs, 6'2'183'
Ibs, gdlkg,very romantic, honest. I wantrelationship & gd times,friendship.Call
EXT 1049
MARRfEDMEN WANTEDfor safe encounters
by well-buin bi male 6'3", I 951bs, clean -cut &discreet. EXT 1038

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POSITIVEACTION,Hot GWM,29, 57', 1551b, GWM,35, 5'8', 138 Ibs, HIV + poet seeks HIV
muscular and beefy HIV+ wants cleancut·pos.
+ GWM in his 30's and the creative arts todudes lor mutual cksking & ttwrk, and'alfection
wake up to, Call EXT1001'
EXT 1057,,

HOT WILD & HORNY.5'11", 155 Ib, very
attractive Italian bottom· I'm easy to like,passionate with a flair, and I have a good sale'sex attitude. If you're an experienced top &know the difference between fun and serious,
call me cause I just wanna have lun: EXT 1023
ASIAN STUDENT24 yo, Filipinoblkibr good·looking, romantic, theatre, artist sks Irdrv1over.
Senousntshp, EXT 1034 •,FF 'BOTTOM, 29,5'11",160 Ibs, 30W,
fairskinned, round butt, takes hand or D.
EXT 1073
BLOND HUNK· new to NYC" prof"
goodlooking, "athletic', well-built, 26, 5'S",
1501bs., intelligent, fun, seeks similiar sincere
guys, EXT 1086
HOT BEAUTIFUL BODY, hot beautiful spirit,
hot beautifulmind, GBM, 25,6', with all 6f fhe
above looking for aggressive,lfectionate andattractive top wo can handle,this package.
EXT 1055

VANGOGHLooKALlKE, GWM34, hung,top,bard, shaved balls, seeks smooth/shaved
bottom any race for greek lustllove safe times.
EXT 1003
GWM,35, 5'8', 138 Ibs, HIV , poet seeks HIV+ GWM 'in h'is 30's and the creative arts 10.
wakeup to, Call EXT1001
HANDSOME LATIN· LWM,34, 57",'165Ibs,
likes movies dancing, seeks 26-38.lorsincere
relationship. EXT 1054,-

THREEWAY???Two cleaneutguys 20's and30's seek cule bottom lor safe lun.
Westchester-NYC & Conn welcome. EXT 1011
" 6'4',2t51bs,
HANDSOME,SM,OOTH;GWM,"hor mouth, tits for chewing bubble butt want
to service in shape guy 27-45 on regular bases.
EXT 1026

CLASSY, CHARMING, HANDSOME, happy
Italian, 30, stable, Sincere, seeks stylish,
educated, stable lover (monogamy" ES.),EXT 1072•

HOT SEXYAND HORNY! Me: 26, t79 tbs" 6'
clean shaven, 9"uncut, very handsome (photo,model) You: 20-30, great shape, muscular,
clean shaven, handsome. We: Hot sale sex,
one on one or group.
EXT lb83

GWM AVERAGE LOOKS 53, 5'tO", 130 Ib"
varied interests· seeks similiar who is not "into'
anything,Just a ioy, of life, EXT1006

AS YOU LIKE fT! GWM, 47, HIV" healthy
01ler$ total SS satisfaction to well hung studs
on Irequent NYC .visits. Enjoy! EXT 1103

GIM, PROF, ATHLETIC,32, 5'8', btue eyes,
hairy, handsome, seeks non smoker, intelligent
forncere friendship. EXT 1093

GWMI';M TALL. thin slightlymu5C,I'm looking
for a man, teens·2$,
goodlooking,inexperienced. Replys Irom South NJ please.
'EXT 1033' ',IF YOU ARE A GBM, this talented top GWM,
5'10", 150 Ibs, blond curly hair, blue eyes, wm
give you his straig~t thick love. I stick it just theway you like it! Relationship possible.
EXT 1102

TALL, SLIM, 24 Y,O, GBM. 'seeks GBM forlriendship/relationship and a general good time,must have a sense of humor and an open
mind, EXT 1094

HANDSOMEWITH HAfRY CHEST GWM 30,
5'11~, 175 Ibs, musular build, sandy Bl hazel
seeks wlbn BTM lor safe steady sex.
EXT 1061

GOODLOOKING GWM. 26, 6't", 180,lbs,
looking, goodlooking guy 21-35 y.o., lor somegood,talkand hot sex, EXT 1087•

GWM, 27, 6\ hot, goadlooking,- nice body,
Italian, moustache, S" cut, dark hair. bl. eyes. ~seeks masc. attractive guy 20·37 y.o. for hot
fun, EXT 1088

GWM,43. 5'11", 1851bs.. loo~ng for lovein aU
the wrong places. Do you know the rightplace? You: 30-50 yrs. ·race not important.
EXT 1081

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Telephonerate is 99¢ per minutethe country'

GWM WANT CHUBBY" Early 50's, slim,
wants to meet super chub civer 400 Ibs lor Quiel
enjoyable cuddling and whatever elsedevelops, EXT1005

GOODLOOKINGSMART MAN, 22·30 wanted
lor good old fashioned sex by WM, 45,
generous. You·6', SS, type with open mind.
EXT 1069'

BODYBUILDER, juicy, muscular lIalian seeks
SS with excess to juice, to help· me build up.
looking lor serious help only. Pump up big!
EXT 1074

GWM 23. 5'10", BLlBL, 155 Ibs, seekscleancut GWM 21-27 relationship oriented.
Enioybiking and racquetball. EXT 1064 ,GM, 34, 5'10" 150 Ibs, sexy and masculine,
seeks man of color 18·28,· slim. smooth, fordining, dancing, movies'and love. EXT 1075

TWO HORSE·HUNGMEN; one very anr, andendowed WM, 26, 175, 6', muscular, sks otherhonestly huge endowment, any age or race.
EXT 1044'

LONGTIME COMPANION WANTEDI Me:
GWM, 28, aU american. long and. ~rly sandy
blonde hair, 6'1". lean 175 Ibs. You:GRM/GBM, 18·28, "homeboy look', Us:
Movies. beach, theatre. clubs, travel·more?
EXT 1076

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Seeks young, aggressiveaUrac.tive
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Ibs., healthy, and ·waspy" wilh br eyes and Ihin
br hair. Who's willing 10 slay dragons lor a
Manhattan man secure in being single. but
ready lor a long· term relationship. ·1love goingto the theatre. Central Park. the gym andchurch. I'm ready to commit. How about you?
" you get good leeling reading Ihis ad, I'd love
to hear Irom you. EXT 1078

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NICEAND HOT IT~LlAN, GWM,44, 5'8", 220 IIYEARSOLD, ATIAACTIVE, warm
II I I 1 1 1 I I I I I Ii Ii Ii I, iii I -Iii Ii I I, I
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DADDY WAN,S BOY! GWM,50. slim, 6',
GOOD LOOKING GWM, very heatlhy'andsale, 5'10", 132 Ibs., 27 yrs. seeks good
JookingGW businessman, 29·37 y.o., lor
something honest. EXT 1080

HER EARLY 20'S seeks feminine
GWF
woman around thejsame age. I love softball.
music, school and going oul with friends.

rbs, brlbr, solid body, seeks GWWM lop 10 befriend and lover. You; 35-40yo. love to dance
and make romance. EXT 1079

150Ibs .. slache. hairy. red·blonde. blue·grn,
hung. uncut, seeks botlom any race. smooth
body. EXT 1082,
EAGER NOVICE. 28 yo, GWM. prolessional,
cute 5'9", 145 Ibs, br/gr. athletic. looking forhandsome healthy companion. EXT 1071

. and sincere. I am looking for my "sou/male". I
enjoy dining. dancing. spiriluaiity
andmetaphysics. No drugs or alcohol or botches.

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be honest. EXT 1091
You
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passionate. homebody. good sense of humor.
looking to meet sensalive. caring person.
~I mature. interested In committed relationship.
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Get together with a group of men to
give and receive massages. Taught
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and teac~er at the Swedish Institute.
Sundays, 7-10pm, $20.00, call(212) 463-9152.

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Cutting, coloring, stylingmassage, nails, and facials.
(212) 979-9746

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Ambitious computer enthusiast, withbackground in IBM desktop publishing (preferably Pagemaker owner/user) wanted to act as partner in thecreation of a DTP service.
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Ask fur Bob
Leave message if no answer.

BOOKEEPER
Lesbian & Gay Community Center
Seeks full charge bookkeeper withcomputer skills. Database experience
helpful. BA required. Resumes to:
Accounting Persorinel
Lesbian & Gay Community Services
Center
,208 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011"NEW DEADLINEFor Classifieds!
line ads: 10 days
prior to saledate; Display: 12days prior"

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NY's GAY & LESBIANAIlJANCE AGAINSTDEFAMATION (GLAAD/NY).

seeks:'. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Reporting to the board 0
directors, s/he will be responsiblefor daily operation of the organi'zation, including PR, fundraising,budgeting, program management
and personnel.
Ideal 'candidates
will haveextensive experience in development, public speaking, aciminis-.,tration, human resources and program management. Knowledge 0:
lesbian and gay 'community is.essential, and background in nonprofit sector is preferred. Womenand people are urged to apply.
Salary is $35-42,000, commensurate with experience. Resumes
Jto: Search Committee, GLAAD/
NY, 80 Varick Street #3E, New"York, NY 10013. Deadline 30
September. EOE.

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212-673-7633.

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Mention OUTWEEK for Special
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Discretion assured. Send to #151 380
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2+ A. ideal for one or two people,, move-in condition, modem interior,very charming, 700 sq. ft, 1 BR,
excellent neighbors, principles only,$79,500, call 914-338-4513 appointment
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LAGUNA BEACHJDANA POINT
I can help you visit, relocate,etc.
Experienced and knowledgeable.
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45 minutes to S.F.
For Personal Real Estate Service 'Call and ask for:RIC PARKER
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Residence
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OmCE.1407) ... _. HOME: (401) 422-8482, FORT LAUDERDALE
Specializing in luxufY waterfront
residenc'es
Commercial Properties
Jay Graham and Dale Campell
Intercoastal Realty(305) 467-1448
PALM SPRINGS/CAT CRY PAlM
, "DESERT
Experience the 90's in sizzling Palm
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PropertiesDON OR ROGER
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VIEWS TO DIE FORI
Far comer 800SF 1BR on hi FL in fullservice bid. Totally mint-just renovo
New big windowed kit, reamed
ceilings. Perfect walls + fls, S&W
Exp. Asking $279K
925-6700 Chris
GR VlLlAGE/CHELSEAWANT OUTDOOR SPACE?
Very special comer loft on best teensblock. Open city views, plus anncredible 900SF private decked roof.
High ceilings/dramatic. A must seel
Asking $420K
925-6700 Chris
SARASOTA
Residential Specialist
Donald Geikie
Coldwell Banker
Residential Realty, Inc•
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LONG BEACH, CA CONDO, TOM. DAVIS AND' STEVE. '. Evans/Harris, Realtors, INe naar beech in gay ar~aOrily ,KmELLE
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2 bedrooms/2 baths, gym, pool, sauna,(Hl(407)833-o142(H)(407)586-8686
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213-595-7570 "or 213-634-1388,Residential Real Estate'
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PORTlAND AREA ~.
,1 BR/KTTE, FR $95,7UO
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Residentialr,Commercial' or Invest, 1 BRS FR $113,000
Let my knowledge, experienca
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NEAR ALi.' TRANSPORTATION. COME
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Nationwide Referrals,
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Studios$600-$775
Office: 914/687.0232
1 BRS.$800-$ll00
ISlAND OF KAUAI.
2 BRS;$1DOO-$l400
For your real estate needs in paradise ' RD. 2 Box 1· Stoneridge, NY 12484,
LOWER EAST REDEVELOPMENT,,lNC
call,
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212-7n-8040
Bob(R) or Don(lJA)
SERVING THE WEST VILlAGE..
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Studios to lofts + coops to condos,
GR)VIUAGE-CHRISTOPHER , ST
808-822-3282
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6th to the river, 14th to Houston" dedi- /Large 1 BR 17X 12; LR 33X12: Elk rivercated to matching qualified buyers
views, south & west expos. Postwar
PHOENIX
withmotiyated sellers I Contact Larry
elev bldg. Laundry & garage. $159K/
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Cavendish 924-9316. THE , SILVERMt $504/85% TO. Exclusive JUSTIS,David Atkins
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Groop,Couple Therapy'
Insuance accepted. 123 West 44th St., IGL-A,(212) 354-6840; 580-4826

PSYCHOTHERAPY,For all Lesbian/Gav issues, including spiritualdifficulites of growthRev. Don Becker D. Min., M.S.W.
Sliding fees
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DR.STEV,EN CAPSON-PSYCHOLOGIST
Short-Term Stress Reduction
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Moderate fees-Insur. Reimb.
Village Office(212)769-P299£

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NEW COMERS THERAPY GROUP"Sharing, supportive, analytical.
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all the people I have ripped toshreds: the people whose telephoneBoys] or Andrew Dice Clay," he numbers I've printed, the people
notes. "But it would have been a lot whom I've said the most horrenmore honest and consistent for them dous, disgusting, grotesque things
to have admitted that they made a about; the people whose "private"
mistake with their earlier records of lives I've bantered about
No, Mr. Sessums. I would say
bigotry [Guns 'n' Roses, Dice Clay]rather than try to present the Geto my tactics are just fine. I don't care,
you see, whether these people are
BOys as something ~tirely new."experiencing a wonderful, spiritual
Funny. Kevin Sessums had
consciousness-raising, or if they're
written about me in his letter:"Many times your arguments have simply scared shitless of thisweight, but your tactics are as vile volatile, aggressive, earthshaking
and reprehensible as a Helms on queer movement, which is busting, the political right or a Stalin on the out all over and demanding theirpolitical left." I had responded that immediat~ attention. All I really
I have no problem with using the care about,• to tell you the truth, isthe fact that TIiEY'RE DOING TIllS
tactics of my oppressors against•
SHIT AND IT DOESN'T MATIER
them and against the hideous
I lesbianand ~ay traitors who sell TO ME WHAT THE FUCKINGREASONSARE!
out for a few crumbs.
But what ai;>out people like
You see, Kevin darling, it is no
yourself?
Well, think about it. You
coincidence that Geffen's sudden
enlightenment comes at the same would have been all the more
popular and appreciated if you, astime that 20th Century Fox honcho
a gay man who, I sense, truly does
Barry Diller has all but rid his
liberation and as a,movie company of Andrew Dice believe in our
day and at the same time that ypur good person at heart (after all, you
editor in chief Tin~ Brown is are, now dating unwavering AIDS
commissioning pieces exposing and activist and dear comrade of mine,, attacking homophobes and writing Peter Staley, aren't you?), aggresabout AIDS in her "letter From the sively used that queer foot you
Editor." Incidentally, readers, I must have in the door by pushing these
correct a major faux pas made in people. Instead, you came tc? thethis column regarding Ms. Brown: defense of some sleazy billionaire
She does not wear Chanel. It's no who EVENTUALLYHAS TO DO
coincidence that, while Liz Smith's WHAT WE SAYANYWAY.And thatleaves you having said a lot of
zealous-likerigidity keeps her
unmovable, the rest of the media is really dumb, stupid things andnow going after her with a portraying yourself as a kiss ass
vehemence. It's no coincidence that (when I don't believe you reallyare), and for what?
Billy Norwich (Daily News) has,
How embarrassing.
into the last year, defended the gay
Now, look. We'll probably bepress, attacked homophobes andgoing in for the kill, so to speak, on 'chasti zed socialites who makeinsensitive and bigoted remarks. It's your editor in chief and the rest ofthat lot in the very near future. My
no coincidence that editors andadvice to you and all the otherpublishers in this town are now
very concerned with what gets said queers wafting about up there is: Get
here and are trying really hard to in on this now, and join us. Or justincorporate more queer stuff in move out of our way, and stoptheirpublications.
It'sno defending these idiots. But, please,coincidence that many in the media choose one way or the other. Please .
We don't want you getting hurt.
now eagerly talk to GLAAD and
If you can't join us, just sit overother queer media analysts (morereselVed than I), 'cause, hell, they there on tqe sidelines and enjoy the
fireworks.
don't want to deal with me!
And I promise you. It's going to
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130, QUIET,
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Parker's work creates healthy
fantasies of obsession and anonymity
between partners, but it also involves
goofy sex between friends. Not to saythat his art, by not directly dealing with
AIDS, is not worthy. It provides a freefor-all arena where anything is poSSible.
The cartoonist's individuality reads
clearly in· his participation in Strip AIDS
(organized by Robert Triptow), a charity
comic book. In the midst of a rather
serious collection, Parker created yet
another hunk who finds the cure, only
to happily discover that the side
effect§ include becoming a werewolf,
and that after drinking the last vial, hemust propagate the cure by bofflng as
many' gay men as he can. It's pureescapism, Parker admits, but humor
often proves healing.
Not that he and his boyfriend,David San~ers,' haven't been affected by
AIDS. Jay Wetteland, a friend from theearly days in'L.A., died from AIDS overa year ago: "I have half of him here.
We're gonna go out to Disneyland andsprinkle him. He loved Disneyland. He

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with a sometimes
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etter man. Senseof humor &mustache aplus-must be
willing to groweither. PH/PH
appreciated.
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MIKE
GWM, 46 5'11"

155 Ibs, thoughtful, emcathic. I
like c assicalmusic, especiallyopera, sports,
theater, restaurants, travel,
politics. HIV-.
Looking for HIVmale, 35-48, for a
growing relationship. Mike (212)222"1465,

HEY RICKI
We made it at
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TOM at 794-8716
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wide range ofinterests, notafraid of commitment to long-term
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HOT, GYM·
BODY, 36, 5'6",
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make you think,
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180 25 vez hotvery mascu ine ingood shapelooking for + hot
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CARRIBEAN,
GW, 5'10", BIBR
158
Looking for TBear
muscles included.
moustache/beard
appreciated.
Strong, sensitive,
affectionate, bitpossessive. Into
getting to know
someone and not
afraid of com. mittment. Handsome not cute. A
real man. Phone
photo. Please nofems. Love
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138 Ibs, brlbr,
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Parker's goals for the future
was like my big brother."
Parker's aspirations also reach into include producing more comic books
fighting anti-lesbian and -gay bias of his own. "I want to do morecrimes. He thinks that the New York mainstream stuff. The sex strips arestreet-watch group, the pink Panthers is flne-they're shocking. I love to shock"really cool" and has thoughts of starting people, but I want to put more into it,"an organization of gay martial arts and ,with "Shape Shifter," so far, thecalled the Invisible Dragons. "Some fiiends people at Friction are into it. But theyof mine in the martia1 arts are gay. You can always want more sex in it.", What truly separates Brad Parker
go to class, and you can wad<: out No one
realizes that you're gay, you're just from many other cartoonists? Perl1aps his
invisible." Except when a bashing occurs. avoidance of the usual bitchiness or snide
humor. "I avoid any degrading orThen, "Dun-da-dah!,"he sings-superhero
humiliating situations. I like to make thethemes come naturally to him.
Other comic tales include a conven- sex healthier. It's an attitude about lifeand how you treat yourself and yourtion where writer Andy Mengeles
appeared in leather regalia, his boy-friend friends. It should be something morethan 'OK, I'll stab you in the back.
in slave gear and on a leash.
"The people at the Marvel booth , Lemme pattern my life after a straight
were totally appalled. Marvel Comics is woman on a nighttime soap opera.' I
really homophobic. OC Comics is better. mean, if I was gonna pattern myself after
They're halfway teetering on getting some a very powerful effeminate figure, it
gay-positive role models. Batman and would be, like, Quentin Crisp, not Joan
Robin were designed by a homosexual, I Collins." Brad's vision is one of directness
in sexuality, a sense of respect, fun andmean, what the hey. It's the ultimate
homosexual relationship." His vote for fantasy. Giving a fellow surf punk a
who should play Robin in the upcoming blo'Wjobis just helping a buddy out. And
movie sequd? "RiverPhoenix, maybe. But if he happens to grow fangs once amonth? Get over it, dude!~
he's got to have great legs."

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MOODY,
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wonders how
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good looking,smart Irishman(20's, early 30's)
for cultural
exploitation,,

venial sin. Letter,
photo, phone
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AFFECTIONATE
GWM, Progressive, humanist,
activist, seeks
other aware manfor loving
relationship_ I'm
48,5'11", 170,
HIV+, healthy,
handsome, hairy,
moustachioed,
wear glasses,
good body, live inManhattan. Photo(if possible) letter,phone to,Outweek Box
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LOOKING FOR A
LAWYERI can bring home
to Mom. GJM, 34
5'10' 150 dark-br/eyes smart, funny
goodlooking
editor/writerseeks solid sexy
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HERSHEY
ALLEY
GWM, 38, 195,
5'11", BRlBR
French active & 'passive, Greek
passive, will giveit to you the way
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active, smooth &Irg endowment
preferred, but willconsider others.
Safe sex only.
Ans/photo/phone/letter to:HA LTS
20276, NYC 100119993
HANSEL AND
GRETEL
GWM, 38, 195#, I
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to: TJ, Box 112,
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CORRECT BUT
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54. Sierra __57. Pennsylvania sect
59. Film by Gus Van Sant
63. Linear measure, in London
64. Pub quaffs
65., Emu's relative
66. Middling
67. Lion's pride
68.
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9. Confront
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14. Diminutive sufftx
15. Kind of code
16. Short ftlm by Jerry Tartaglia
18. Amidst
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27. Alter·31. Cling, 33. Silly, ,34. Painter Joan
35. Bothers
38. Mr. Griffin '.. ' 39. North imd South.
40. MASH actress
41. Writer Chase
42. Tater
43. Beginning of a Dickens title
44. With "come," kind of look

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5. Dissension from dogma
6. N.M. county
7. Greek vowel
8. Half: pref.
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43. Fiery felony
45. Church donation
46. Gratify
47. Studies hard
48. Shakespearean lover
50. Actress Burstyn
53. Islamic leader.
55. Cheers role
56. Resound
58. Broadway inits.
60.
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