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esse Helms, master of the politics of hate. Hiscatalog of targets reads like a laundry list of theoppressed: people of color, the poor, women,lesbians and gays, ThirdWorld peoples, the dis-abled. Wherever the downtrodden strive for a

better life, wherever the aftlicted long to ease their bur-dens, wherever the browbeaten seek to stand with dig-.nity, there is Helms, obstructing light, creating conflict,denying justice. .

It's-a fascinating commentaty on American politicsthat such a disgusting demagogue, subsisting on thefrightening power of racial, sexual and national insecu-rities, calls his brand of hate "traditional American val-ues." Lesbians and gays know the sad truth: Helms'twisted version of traditional American values havealways oppressed, stunted~ confmed, lynched and mur-dered those who were different, and still do.

We understand Helms all too well. His is the voiceof the schoolyard bully, the obnoxious barroom bigot,the nightmare most of us hoped to have left behindwith' adolescence.

Now, however, there is a chance that his scourgewill end. Harvey Gantt,the Democratic party's nomineefor Helms' Senate seat, is slightly ahead of the hate-monger in the opinion polls. Gantt, a former mayor ofCharlotte, is the firStAfrican-American from any state toreceive the Democratic nomination for Senate. He isprogressive, intelligent and humane. And he can win.

Everyone across the country who longs for an endto the oppression of minorities, an end to sexualhypocrisy, an end to governmental philistinism, an endto the politics of hate, has a stake in the defeat of JesseHelms. The best way to accomplish this ~ to supportthe election of Harvey Gantt. And the best way toaccomplish that is to contribute financially towardGanttis election .

.Arch-conservatives nationwide pour money intoNorth Carolina every six years to ensure Helms' reelec-tion. Let those who believe in the politics of hope andhuman liberation do the same in order to ensure his·

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Harvey Gantt for U.S. Senate700 E. Stonewall St., Suite 655Charlotte, NC 28202 '

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Reply From the ClosetOutWeek recently went

out of Its way to bashRepublicans In an editorial(no. 55, July 18) about afailed low dealing with gay-bashing.The editorial correctly

condemns the Republicanstate Senate for not passingthe blas-crlme bill. However,It continued Into a blood-bath against an entire politi-cal party.OutWeek said that

Democrats supported theInclusion of sexual orlenta-tlon--but they forgot to men-tion that one Democrat fromRochester voted against thatprovision. OufWeek said thatthe Republicans opposedthe sexual-orlentatlon provl-slon-but they forgot to men-tion that one Republicanfrom NYC favored the Inclu-sionof sexual orientation.

And the bashing contin-ues. "The Republican partyhas stood for greed, for self-Ishness,for militarism, for thesuppression of freedom andfor hatred of minorities." Inone stroke, OutWeek haslumped tens of millionsof vot-ers Into one hateful category.Group hatred of this magni-tude can only be matchedby Senator JesseHelms.The defeat of Senate bill

5.4600 was a disgrace andthe Republican senatorswho opposed It should becondemned. But the editori-al also Ignores the fact thatmany gay Republicans lob-bied for the bill, by phone,In writing, In visits to Albany.OutWeek called gayRepublicans "deluded andself-hating." Gay Republi-cans don't make viciouspersonal attacks against thegay press; why should thegay press.make characterassassinations against gayRepublicans?

It's time to get real, The

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Republican Party has beenaround for a hundred yearsand will be around foranother hundred years .Stomping your feet, kickingand screaming, holding yourbreath until you tum blue Isnot going to change that.We must work within bothpolitical partles--get real.

Republicans forIndMdual Freedoms

White Plains, NY

Holding CourtMartina Navratllova's

climb through the staid, oldhallowed stands at Wimble-don's Centre Court toembrace her lover, Judy Nel-son, after winning her recordninth championship, wasone of the most beautiful,moving sights ever witnessedon nationwide lV, I could justsee the NBCexecutives, pro-ducers and camera peoplesweating It out as Martinaand Judy hugged eachother so tightly and criedwith joy In each other's arms.Such a wonderful display oflesbian pride, joy andlove-all on network TV.Meanwhile, both NBC andWimbledon officials musthave been peeing In theirpants, praying that theembrace would end soonand not escalate Into anout-and-out kiss (the kisseswere provided by theDutchess of, Kent when,breaking with tradition,Instead of shaking Martina'shand while presenting herwith the championshipplate--lnstead kissed her onboth cheeks).After years of enduring lV

commentators and newspa-per and magazine sports writ-ers refers to Judy Nelson asMartina's "friend: "goodfriend: "great and goodfriend" or "companion" (only1heNew Yorl<Dally News, to Itscredit, actually refer to Nelson

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as Martina's "girlfriend"), 1Ina1-Iy, there they were for millionsto see-two lesbian loversembradng tightly, crying forjoy Ineach other's arms, cele-brating an historic moment Insports herstory-and eacho1her.Congratulations, Marti-na-and ' thanks for themoment. ' .

RonPartsIHoboken,NJ

such a well-known figure.And she has continued to beas out as the het mediaseems willing to let her be.(Ironic-how they are soIntent on "Inning' her, contin-ually referring to Judy Nelsonas her "dose friend:)

So how about recogniz-Ing Martina for the Dream-boat that she Is, not just fortoday's victory, but also forher continued Inspirationandvisibility.

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I heartily nominate MartinaNavratllova as this week'sDreamboat, after she S9Clredher place In tennis historywtIhher ninth Wimbledon singlestitle. Not only Is she recog-nized as 1he best woman toever play the game, but she Isa true champion and a rolemodel for all young lesbians,young women and youngathletes alike.

It's easy to forget thatNavratllova came out pub-IIcly, honestly and on herown, long ago, when therewas no real precedent for

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Negative MeaningsThank you for the free

copy of OutWeek, no. 52(June 27), the SpecIal "Pride'Issue, that was handed to meas I left the dance on the pierlast Sunday. Congratulationson a wonderful magazine; Iespecially enjoyed yourreporting on Pride Daythroughout the COlJ'l1ry.

The only piece that dis-turbs me Is Rex Wockner's

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~Dld heating bloOd cure aPWA7· Mr. Wockner reportsthat the patient -now testsnegative for HIVantibodies."However, according to AIDSTreatment News, Issue no.104, John James reports that-the patient's HIV cultureswere negative after the treat-ment-this ·Is different fromHIVantibodies. I feel that thisIs an important distinction asIt I~virtually Impossible for aperson to seroconvert frompositive to negative for anti-bodies against HIV.What astrange concept.

J.ames goes on to com-ment on the rellablll1yof thenegatIVe HIVculture, as wellas the patient's 1-4 cellIncrease and I<S lesionsh~nk-age. AIDS Treatment Newspermits reproduction of theInformation In I1a articles with-out acquiring permission11m.Theyare an excellent source.

I am sure that you are0WCI8 how much rnIsInforma-1Ion ctlout AIDS Is printed regu-larly. I don't write to everyperIodIc:CII that prints Inaccura-cies ctlout AIDS, but beeau.eOutWeek has the reputationof a responsible and seriousmagazine for the tp( and 1es-bian COITII'nI..nI1y, Ifeel ImJSt.

Ben MunlsterJManhattan

OutWeekregrets the

edltfng error, which was ours,not \o4bclcner's.-Ed.

Which IsWorse?lam perplexed by John

Voelker's article -TheSecondEpidemic" (no. 54, July 11). Iam concerned that MattForeman Is so convincedthat lesbians are -always'more vulnerable to homo-

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phobic attack than homo-sexual men. TtlIs1yplcal andtraditional overprotectiveattitude toward lesbiansandunsympathetic attitudetoward homosexual men Isgetting tiresome. It also rein-forces my belief (reality?), that most gay men vieweach other as nothing morethan a piece of 'ass.Although lesbians may bemore vulnerable to rape,homophobes almost alwaysgo after gay men. As was-mentioned briefly In the arti-cle, men are victimizedapproximately 75 percent ofthe tlme-and this may beconservative. I have knownseveral men who have beenvictims of such crimes butwere afraid to report topolice because of fear andexposure. Males may bemore reticent about report-Ing these crimes thanfemales, just as they areabout seeking help over

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their own past child abuse.Homosexual men are

labeled as deviants, pervertsand Immoral, and now ofcourse we can't forget thatgay men have been casti-gated as the culpritsand notthe victims of the AIDS epi-demic. Our socle1y, In manycases, viewslesbiansasstrongwomen-as the pioneers ofthe feminist movement-andhomosexual men as weakmen to ·be shunned asSOCiopaths. All the heteropornography Issaturated withlesbian sex.The very thoughtof Hyapatla Lee and NinaHartley getting It on turnsmany straight men on, withthe male porn stars ever so'careful not- to touch eachother.The male homosexual Is

subject to the most vitriolic,blatant attacks Imaginable.~was mentioned, lesbians arelikelyto be called -faggots" (amale term),and why not sincemost terms of ridicule areaimed at males. -Queen,""sissy" "fairy," "femme""fruit," "drag queen"and even"gay· originated as pejora-tive, and because our com-munity Is so Inundated withthese terms, certainhomosexualmen took It uponthemselves, to co-op thisemasculating term for all

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ho",osexual men to beIcbeIed.The Biblementions almost

exduslvelymale homosexuan-1yto be an abomination, withthe Torahmentioning nothingwhatsoever about lesbianism.And If you researchyou'lIlIndthat only homosexual menwore those pink tr1anglesdur-Ing WWII In Nazi concentra-tion camps and sufferedworsethan the other Inmates.

In almost every homo-phobic pUblication, gaymen are lambasted withmethodically twisted materi-al. New Dimensions maga-zine specializes In the hatredof homosexual men, manip-ulating and distorting IssuesIn order to help maintainand Increase homophobia.The suspicion that the malehomosexual Is our culture'sbad boy Is constantly rein-forced: the very model ofwhat the "teacl)lngs· say. 'you are not supposed to be.However, If we look closely,we diScover who Iscommit-ting all the violent c~mes, allthe rapes and all the wifeand child abuse: the hetero-sexuals,There Is also a statis-tic that supports over, 95percent of all child molesta-tion occurs within the family.Would It not be better forgay men to be "Invisible: aslesbians claim to be, ratherthan branded as completefailures, as men as wealways have In the past?

Richard A. BerglundMurray Hili, NY

Schwarz's SwellThankyou for the succes-

sion of finely crafted bookreviewsby Michael Schwarz.Idon't know how he finds thetime to digest all the best his-torical studiesof homosexual-Ity (and sexuality' moregenerally) and then writethem up for busy New York-ers, but his summaries areexcellent, hisanalysispercep-tlve, his criticism alwaysInsightful. Though academicIn origin, his writing Is leveland c·ommunlcatlve. You

Roost Boost...I am a lesbian, and Ilive

In ParkSlope, so It was withgreat Interest that I readyour article (no. 51, June20) about recent bashingIncidents In that neighbor-hood. Although It Is veryImportant to bring theseoccurrences to the atten- ,r-----------------------------tlon of your readers, It Isalso Important to beresponsible In the process.of reporting them. Misinfor-mation Is as dangerous asno Information at all.Specifically, I am refer-

ring to how I felt when Iopened the magazine tothe aforementioned articleand saw a photo of theRoost Pub next to a photoof the Purity Restaurant. Icannot understand why youwould print a photo of theRoost In that context with-out making sure to explainthat: a) the lesblan-bashlngIncident near the Roostoccurred outBlde the barand not Inside It, and b) theRoost has been an Incredi-bly gay-friendly place foryears.The owner has spon-

sored Thunder, a ProspectPark Women's SoftballLeague team, for quite awhile. Theentire league hasbeen welcome to 'hangout" there after games andpractices. During non-soft-ball months, women con-gregate there every Wed-nesday night. And theowner attempted to placean ad In this year's 'Prlde"Guide but failed onlybecause the copy was not. ready on time.

So please be more care-fulln the Mure. Thewomenof Park Slope need andlove the Roostand the peo-ple who work there.I would also like to men-

tion that many lesbians InPark Slope were quite

can't do any better. Don't lethim get away.

Bert HansenManhattan

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ready to take direct actionagainst the Purity at anytime had someone whowas more Involved done alittle organizing. Thank you.

KImberly MUlerBrooldyn

by Lazaro Hernandez: As Istn.ggle with my own Identi-ty and recognize the powerof naming In my life, Ibecome parHcuiarly frustrat-ed at the Irreverence withwhich many of us confrontthe Issue.Naming oneself Isone of the most powerfulpolitical tools available tooppressedpeoples.

Quite different from label-Ing,which Is the petty tool ofthe stereotype, the name

Hispanic or latinoIn response to the 'New

York Journal" commentary(no. 50, June 13), •~Qu6hayen un nombre? You say'La1Ino'and ISoy 'Hispanic"

one gives oneself or one's'movement can Indeeddetermine the course ofaction as well as the profileof social change one choos-esto explore.For this and other rea-

sons,I cannot sit Idly by whiledifferences between the.terms of La1Inoand Hispanicare made light of. One wlsh-es that this was merely anargument which touchedthe lexical aspects of doml-

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nant language In U.S. cul-ture. But It Isnot.

Briefly, when a personnames her-/hlmself a Lati-na/Latino, she/he Is Identify-Ing with a series of politicaland social movements which-began centuries ago andcontinue to this day. ThisIdentification for a NorthAmerican Includes the peri-ods before and during theconquest and continues withthe oppression of Latin Amer-Ican people by the Immigra-tion and NaturalizationService (INS) and other U.S.forces, foreign and domestic.

When one chooses to calloneself Hispanic, one Is Identi-fying with an authoritativeterm whose primary effect Isthe leveling of differencesbetween the cultures of theAmericas and Europe. Thefact that this term hasbecome the primary officldldesignator of Latin Amerlcan

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culture Is no SUrprise, since Itcorresponds neatly (phonetf.cally common In English)withthe Image of a native kneel-Ing before the conquistador'ssword.

~ a person of color, I flndthat my many namesae r001sO"d spores of a genedoglcallJ'ldergrowth that connect mewith the experiences ofempowerment amongbrown-sklnne.d pe9ples, aswell as our common experi-ence of domination at thehand of a white oppressor. Icannot depend upon theconvenience of Westernappliances such CIS Webster's, Dictionary, since this wouldcertainly limit my power to1.J1dersta1d my own IdentHy Inmy own terms. My namesofferme the gift of exploring oppo-sItIonallty,which provides thestrength to rise proudly from- my native soil,a strength ovolf.cbIe to an peoples.

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You see, for historical rea-sons I coo never be both cau-casian and a personof color.

Ray NavarroManhattan

Steele RayI want to congratulate

Bruce Steele on such anIntelligently written article onthe ml~e and misrepresen-tation of gays and lesbians Inthe movles~ 'Why I Won'tGive Up on the Movies" (no.52. June 27) gave a radio-graph (or an X-ray) of what Ishappening on the screenwithin the recent past andpresent, an appendix to Mr.Russo'sThe Celluloid Closet.

Bernardo Lanlado-RManhattan

Wine Dark Helms?I'm sure Michael Paller,

writing about AIDS and the-ater In 'No 'Mere' Comple-tion" (no., 53, July 4) would

agree that all theater (aswell as all the other arts) Is tosome extent political, eitherIntr1ns1cally-lna play's merecontext-<>r expressly carry-Ing a political message orsome combination of thethree. Why then Is he soeager to separate politicaland aesthetic criticism?

The history of the theaterIs full of responsesto Immedi-ate crises and temporarypolitical circumstances,responses that have comedown to us as classics. Lookat Greek classical drama.The political emergenciestheS'e plays present do notaesthetically weaken them;they flre them with purposeand clarity, as our own crisisdoes the best plays whichdeal with AIDS.

Performances of Greekplays were subsidized by thestate, often by the very gov-emment the play~ blasted. In• •

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addltlan ta palltlcal subver-siveness,Greek theater alsaallawed blasphemy, vulgari-ty, 'Obscenityand hamaerati-clsm, and It was allstate-funded. Take nate,JesseHelms.

Paller's generally InSight-ful essay averlaaks 'OneImpartant critical paradax.The best plays abaut AIDSare nat really abaut AIDS.SusanSontag has describedhaw we use metaphars taunderstand and cammunl-cate 'Ourreactians ta AIDS.Far a gaad playwright, 'Orany artists, AIDS Itself Is themetaphor.

If I want ta knaw abautthe virus, I'll read PrajectInfarm 'Orthe New EnglandJournal of Medldne. If I wantta knaw haw real people areliving and dealing with, 'Orfighting AIDS, I'll read Out-Week 'Orliterature fram ACTUP'OrGMHC. But an Insightfulplaywright uses the AIDScrises as a cantext and thevirus Itself as a symbal. TheNormal Heart Isn't "abaut"AIDS;It Is about the difficulty'OfIndividuals and cammunl-ties ta cannect, assessthem-selves and act when theirlives are threatened. This Istrue far all the arts.When welaak at Gran Fury's warkyears fram naw, we will mar-vel at art's ability ta matlvatepeaple far their awn survival.AIDSwill always be with

us, as lang as health careIs a privilege limited tathase wha can pay far It,and as lang as we Ignarethe related dilemmas 'Ofrace, the paar, sex, sexual-Ity and human rights. AIDSIs the grand theatricalmetaphar far us late-2Oth-century affluent types wha'Once believed that' medi-cal pragress and Ameri-can demacracy spare usfram the miseries 'Of mastpea pie thraughaut thewarld taday and thraugh-, aut hlstary.

Scott MacLarty. Cincinnati

MIchael Paller responds:

Theater Is Innately pOlitical,In that a play, through theworking out of a conflict,espouses one s~t of valuesover another (but thisdoesn't necessarily meanthat the playwright Is alwaysaware of the values his playurges on the audience).Scott McLarty Is wrong, how-ever, to say that I'm Interest-ed in separating "political"and "aesthetic" criticism(even If I were, it would notbe possible any more thanit Ispossible in every case toseparate "polltlca/" and"aesthetic" elements Inplays). What I am Interestedin doing, however (amongother things), Is suggestingthat In our day and agemost playwrights do not setout to right wrongs In thesame sense that, say, socialworkersdo. And even If theyda, they often end up doingsomething else or expressingsomething they did not sus-pect was In them (one hasonly to read Bernard Shaw,for one, to discover this).More than that, however, Iwould reiterate that play-wrights are entitled to theirvlews-political, aesthetic orotherwise-even if theydon't measure up to somecritic's or audience mem-ber's sense of what Is 'politi-eally correct. " (By the way, isthat last sentence a politicalstatement or an aestheticone?)

BreederReactionTathe anonymous homo-

sexuals/gays/lesblans/dykes/queers(that should cover it!):Your anonymous foot-

note to us "breeders' wasquite comical (no. 54, July11). I enjoyed the contentbut resent being labeled a"breeder.' And althoughyou resort to childishname-calling, the truth ofthe matter Is that if Itwasn't for us so-calledbreeders (unity of a les-bian and gay man farchildbearing and child-rearing purposes Includ-

ed!), yaur little asswouldn't be here, and nei-ther wauld mine. Sa getaver It, glrlfrlendlll

AnonymousManhattan

Dearthof GaydarI am an unabashed

queer activist. I am alsa apredamlnantly heterasexualwaman and as a "straight" Igotta say we straights havebeen getting a bum rapfram the gay cammunltyrecently. I was at Gay PrideDay In New YorkCity tellingAnn Northrap that I thoughther comments an the tawnmeeting an WNET weregreat when she hands methis missive stating, "I hatestralghtsl" I smiled to myself.'If only she knew-l'm 'One'Ofthem, too. I'm surprisedandflattered that unless I tellpeaple they think I'm a les-bian. Can't gay people tell?Where Is this gaydar I keepreading abaut? I shauldthink, that far all the political-ly carrect letters I write tavarlaus news publlcatlans,for all my anger, that Itshould be obvious that Insame fundamental way Ihave not been there, sa taspeak. So what? Daes thatautamatically discredit any-thing I say 'Orda? Daes thatdisqualify me from any par-ticlpatlan In the cause I pas-sianately believe In? Whichleads me to the essay byLowenthal, Dartmouth Vale-dictorian, 1990.I defy him taassertthat every singlemem-ber of the Dartmouth com-munity canspired ta make hislife miserable during the fauryears he was there, but theImpresslanhe gave was justthat. He stated that some 'Ofthe audience rose ta Its feetat the end of hisspeech. DidIt ever 'Occur to him thatthose wha remained seatedwere the same 'Ones whamade his life miserable? Heseems to have written 'Offevery single heterosexual atDartmauth as hopelesslybig-oted. If that's sa, he's gat an

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attitude prablem. I can'tbelieve that In his four yearsat Dartmouth he didn't havea single straight friend whodidn't make him feelunlaved just because he wasgay. He was hanestlyamazed that a goad portionof the audience apPlai:Jdedhis coming aut. Why was heexpecting ta be boaed? Tenpercent of hisaudience wasgay, apt;1hly or atl)erwJse.Elements'Ofthe heterosexoalcammunlty now recagnlzecamlng out as a caurageousgesture. What made Barney'Frank the hera he was (andstili Is) ta heterasexuals Is natthat he is gay but that hecame out. LowenthdlwasWl'angan something else.Hewill make life a little easier fargay Dartmauth students tocome aut. If he Inspiresthemto come out, regardless 'Ofwhat their grade point aver-age Is, then tagether theywill 'Overcame that elementat Dartmouth that 'Oppressesthem.Marianne G.G. Seggerman

Stamford, CT,

Iran for YourUfeRecently a byline

appeared In a gay travelmagazine that advisedagainst traveling In Iran dueta that gavernment's decl~sian ta execute all homasex-uals. Men are beingbeheaded, and wamen arebeing stoned ta death.

It seems to me that If 'Ourfight far our civil rights Is tabe an honest one, we can-

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nat simply facus an the strug- .gles of white, middle-classgays ta be accepted InGreenwich Village: I thoughtI • , .

that the whale point 'Ofth~Gay Pride march was ta.emphasize to everyone,.everywhere, tha( 01/ gaypeople are entitled to theirhuman rights. I dan't reallycare If gays are not shownas holding responsiblejabs InHallywood, ~cause I'm sur,ethat thase concerned arefully capable 'Offighting thatbattle. on.fhelrown: Hawev-.. . - .

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er, I do care whether Peopleare stili beIng termInatedwith extreme prejudIce; I docare whether children arestilI growing up learnIng tohate themselves and otherslike them. and learning thatfor-the rest of their lives theywill live either In fear of beIngdiscovered or as outcasts,and In any case under con-stant threat of death.

\Nhy can't we reach outto our sisters and brothersoverseas? At least weshould be able to bringmore attention to the veryreal and life-threateningcondltlorl$ under which theylive than by publishing theirplight In the byline of a trav-el magazine. OutWeek, getglobal. Not all of us live InConnecticut.

Lea-Marie KarneyManhattan

Chorale PalThe Stonewall Chorale

was eloquently described Inthe recent article (no. 54,July 11) by Jim Provenzano.He'could hove Included twoother Items: First, the group, looked fabulous during therecent parade; and I thinktheir cassettes are availablefor under $15 by writingthem, c/o Pflugradt, 47 E.Arst St., New¥orl< City. .

Allen WindsorVariety Recording Studio

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21 Jumping In TheStreetsI'm writing this to you but I

must confess that I will besending copies to a coupleof friends, by way of anapology., You see, when I told

them ,that, as a New Yorkerlast fall;· I went to ACT UPmeetings (or wore my ACTUP/Kansas City T-shirt);when I quoted something I, read In OutWeek; when, Inthe quaint patois of mygeneration, I sold -right on"to Queer Nation-well,some of the geezers aroundmy age sold that they felt,excluded from that world.

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They too support ACT UP Inmany ways (they even sendmoney). They are con-. cerned about gay-bashlng,demanding the Inclusion ofthe concerns of gay menand lesbians In discussionsof human rights Issues, theInadequate way In whichhomophobia Is addressedIn the NEAcontroversy, etc.,but think that they are out-siders, somehow not wel-come In the fight. Well, Itold them that was non-sense-we are all outsiders,and the -Queer Nation" Isvertically as well as horizon-tally Inclusive. -You excludeyourselves: I would say. Wedon't mutate Into anotherform of life at 3D, and theactivists know It. We stayqueer.Well, am I the silliestguy In

the world or what? Thanksfor Michelangelo Signorlle'sdiscussion of Pete Hamill'spiece In Esquire, In whichMichelangelo Informs usunequivocally that queersare indeed young andendorses a generationalreading of the struggle forfreedom. He explains that-to get In the streets andflght for your rights" Is correct. activity -If you're queer and21: Realizing the appropri-ate way In which Signorlledemands that hiscolleaguesIn the straight press assumeresponsibility for everythingthey write, we can be sure,that this Isno casual mistake,but a clear statement ofQueer Nation policy.,So, as you can Imagine,

now that I'm queer and 44I'm at a loss. Maybe youshould stamp -Not for saleto adults" on the cover ofOutWe.ek.ln the meantlme,lhave 'not read the Advo-cate In years, but If youhave any kind of outreachpacket for' over-the-hlllhomosexuals, perhaps ItIncludes a subscription card. .Pleasesend It ASAP.

Jim O'ConnorBrooklyn

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Slgnorlle responds: I'm sorryIf perhaps I engaged In thevery problematiC sort ofstereotyping that we arealways fighting against:Describing characteristicsshared by the majority of agroup (In this case, streetprotesters) and therebydiminishing the energiesof-and deeming Invlslble-e-the minority who do notshare those charaCteristics,I In no way meant to Implythat the 'struggle for free-dom" was the domain ofyouth.l was, rather. pointingout a truth about gays InNew York City In 1990 andhow, though many of allages may be involved Inthe 'struggle for freedom, "those doing it by protestingin the streets, as for as I'veobseNed, are predominant-ly young. And I was not atall suggesting that suchactivism Is or should beclosed off to anyone olderthan 21 (which would ax meImmediately, too), It Israther my hope that, aswith, for example, the anti-war movement the ranks ofthe screamers will swellbeyond young people and,In time, encompass womenand men of all ages. Youare at the forefront of mak-Ing that happen-and are,therefore, all the moreImportant to thismovement.Please keep encouragingyour friends to Join. Weneed them.

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know that Michelangelo Sig-. norlle Is this young lesbian'shero; I flip straight to hispage each week. He'sproud, smart, feisty, caring,righteous and he don't takeshit from no onel That's mykind of role modell

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Heritage of PrideGoethBefore A Fall

After following closelythe letters that have been

written regarding theEmpire State Building light-Ing conquest and the opin-Ionated letter from MichaelMeyerson (July 4, no. 53)about Karin Schwartz, fol-lowed by two letters bash-Ing Mr. Meyerson, I felt Ittime to write. I picked upOutWeek (July 25, no. 56)and read yet another Mey-,erson bash. True, not muchwas said about him, but(guess what folks?) silenceIsworse. _

I decided to attend thelast Heritage of Pride generalmeeting to see If I could get alittle Inslght as to what wasgoing on. Not to my surprise,Ms. Schwartz and Mr. Meyer-son were in attendance. Ikept my earsopen and haddone my own researchbeforehand to be wellInformed so I could form myown valid opinion. The meet-Ing started out praising Karin. '

Schwartz to the top of theEmpireState Buildingonwardto the heavens. Where waspraise for Michael Meyerson?One would think the HOPBoard of Directorswould haveslipped In a couple of nicewords toward Mr.Meyerson, Ifthey were due. I think It Isbeyond contempt that noone had(s) come to hisdefense-especially theboard. Especially because Ifound out that Is the execu-tive secretary of that sameboord, I. for one, realize thathis opinion was his own anddoes -not necessarily reflectthe position of the organiza-tion as a whole: But, hey,from what Igathered, the per-centage on his side before.and after his letter was pub-lishedwas and Is high (consid-ering many board membersand othershad read the letterbefore It was sent-at least, that's what Karin Schwartzsaid!)As for what he has donefor the community, I recog-nized him as one of the hardworkers at the front of theparade, doing dirty work atthe Dance this year and last,. working hard at the HOP

table almostevery time Iwan-dered down ChristopherStreet, not to mention seilingAVP whistles at a recentIncredible anti-violencemarch. Benefits? I have seenhim at quite a few ofthose-not only working, butpaying. So, next time beforeanyone slingsmud, do yourresearch. FYI:Nobody everreally addressed the Issues ofMeyerson's letter. Made mewonder If anything could bedisputed. Tomy joy, the onlything I could find was theomissionof a couple of otherfacts which would havemade KarinSchwartz look asbad as she really Is. I do notknow Meyerson from morethan an occasional hello oran Introduction (sorry for thoseof you who would liketo thinkotherwise). And I have nodesire to be great pals withhim.However,lf he "sow(s)dis-sention" and "Is the worst ale-

ment of our community:more power to him If that'swhat you call what he doeslllHeritage of Pride Isa greatorganization. In fact, I wasconsidering Joining. Ido a lotIn this community and wouldhave loved the opporlunl1ytobe a more Intricatepart of themarch. However, If this Istheway they treat their valuedand deserving members (forgiving a factual opinion), Iwould ratherwork for the SOIntPatrick'sDay parade. HOP,frytaking a little more pride InyOlJ' members. It makes for abetterworld.

I have only recentlystarted reading OutWeekregularly. You have alwayssaid that the New York Postwas notorious for anti-gaypress, but I hadn't seen Itfor myself until today. Icouldn't believe that theydare call these few lettersfrom readers" An Eyewit-ness Report: Also, being adrag queen (Lady D'VahDeja Vu of Imperial Court of

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Gayprotesters face a year in jailby Cliff O'Neill

WASHINGTON-A band of sixaCtivists staged a raucous demonstra-tion in the congressional office ofRepublican Sen. Jesse Helms of NorthCarolina on July 17, and each of the sixmay face up to one year in jail andfines of up to $600 apiece following apossible jury trial.

The six have been charged withunlawful entry, punishable by six monthsin jail and a $500 fine, and demonstratingin a Capitol building, punishable by sixmonths in jail and a $100 fine. Bothcharges are misdemeanors.

At their July,18 arraignment inD.C. Superior Court, the six pled not

guilty to all charges. A date of Aug. 14has been set for a status hearing. All sixwere released on their own recog-nizance after spending about sevenhours in custody.

Philip Gagner, the protesters' attor-ney, confirmed that the governmenthas offered to throw out the charge ofdemonstrating in a Capitol building inreturn for a guilty plea on the lessercharge of unlawful entry, but he saidthat he has not entered into formalplea agreements with the state.

The protesters, all members of ACfUPIDC, targeted Helms for what theycalled a "career ... of bashing gays,lesbians and people with AIDS."A state-

ment from the group cited the NorthCarolina Republican's unsuccessfuleffortS to exclude food handlers withAIDS from the recently approved dis-ability-rights bill as the direct cause forthe demonstration (see story, p. 14.).

At 1:30 pm on Tuesday, July 17,demonstrators, Victoria Coffman, MikeHutchens, Camille Lore, MichaelPetrelis, M. Moore Robinson and LorrieSprecher entered the mail room ofHelms' office in the Dirksen SenateOffice Building by aback <.door. Oncethere, they used Helms' facsimilemachine to transmit press releasesabout the action and presented Helms'staff with a mock letter of resignation .

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staged a similar kiss-in in Helms'Raleigh, N.C., office in 1988.

Helms, during debate on an anti-gay amendment to the Hate CrimesStatisticsAct, pointedly described his ver-sion of that action on the Senate floor inefforts to discredit gay men and lesbians.

Asked whether the recent demon-stration could have a negative impacton future congressional actions byantagonizing Helms, Petrelis arguedthat the senator has never neededprovocation before to attack lesbiansand gay men.

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arrested the demonstrators. Journalistsreported that police officers and Helms'staff purposely blocked print photogra-phers and television-camera operatorsfrom recording the demonstration.

"I'm so frustrated that after allthese years of Helms, there's neverbeen an action in his [D.C.] office,"said Petrelis after his arraignment July18. "I'm more than willing to put mybody on the line to get in Helms' facewith our anger."

Two years ago, Petrelis, a coordi-nator of Tuesday's demonstration, wasa member of a protest group called theLesbian and Gay Freedom Ride, which

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"I, Jesse Helms," the letter read,"am most heartily sorry for all theanguish my bigotry has caused les-bians and gay men across the UnitedStates. How can 1 begin to atone for allthe people who have died of AIDSwhile 1 did everything in my power todelay any human response to this crisiswhich touches us all?"

The letter continued: "I deeplyregret the misery and embarrassment 1have caused in my homestate of NorthCarolina. To display such hatred 1musttruly have been possessed by the devil,and 1 beg Jesus to forgive me. My onlyresource is to remove myself frompublic life and try, with prayer andpenance, to undo some of the damage1have done."

The letter was written on Helms'U.S. Senate stationary and bore a copyof Helms' signature.

Once in the office, the demonstratorsengaged in same-sex kissing, loudlychanted anti-Helms statements, blewwhistles and generally disrupted the workin the office.The protesters also scattered

- condoms, tampons and photographs ofHelms which depicted him as a demonthroughout the office.They reportedly leftbehind a copy of Inches magazine, anerotic publication for gay men.

After approximately 25 minutes,U.S.Capitol Police entered the office and

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Exemptions for food handlers nixedby Cliff O'Neill

WASHINGTON-Congress gave itsfmal approval July 13 to a comprehen-sive civil-rights bill, which would bandiscrimination nationwide on the basisof disability, including AIDS and HIVinfection. Legislators also rejected an11th hour attempt to revive a contro-versial provision allowing employers tomove workers with AIDS out of food-handling jobs.

The bill, the Americans with'Dis-abilities Act, would forbid discrimina-tion on the basis of disability in theareas of employment, public accommo-dation, transportation and telecommu-nication systems. The landmark mea-'

sure answers calls from virtually everypanel and commission on AIDS, whichover the past five years have clamoredfor an AIDSanti-discrimination law.

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"I think that all the lesbian andgay Americans who participated andcontacted their members of Congresshere see a tangible victory that cameabout as a result of their activity," saidGregory King, communications direc-tor for the Human Rights CampaignFund, the nation's largest gay political-action committee. "And there's a clearmessage here that coalition politics andconstituent activations can help swingthe votes in Congress in our direction."

The Senate ended the two-year bat-

tle for passage of the bill July 13, voting91-6 to send the bill, on to the WhiteHouse for the president's signature.

The Bush Administration has lob-•

bied for the bill and the president isexpect<?<,to sign it promptly, althoughno date has yet been set for a signingceremony.

"The ADA is the 20th-centuryEmancipation Proclamation for peoplewith disabilities," said Democratic Sen.Tom Harken of Iowa, the bill's chiefSenate sponsor. "ADAsen~ the worlda clear and unequivocal message thatpeople with di~abilities are entitled tobe judged on the basis of their

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NEW YORK-Despitemore than $60 million, community-based AIDS-service providers have onlylittle praise for New York City's

recently finalized operating budget forthiS coming year and are concernedabout the _way the money is slated tobe spent.

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"every three ne;w dollars' [for discre-tionary spendirig] went for AIDS,"claimed Robet;tP.~terson, policy associc.ate at Gay Mdi's 'Health Crisis andspokesperson forthe Committee for AIDS Funding,coalition cif 27 community-based orga-nizations providing services' to peoplewith AIDS.

But Peterson took issue with theappropriation of the funds. "It's lackingbalance. Only a sliver of the budget

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budget forcommunities of color, it is not a five-borough budget, and it is not a budgetfor community-based organizations."

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Diane Arneth, chair of the StatenIsland Task Force on AIDS, echoedPeterson's sentiment that the budgetignored the city's outer boroughs.HRA's Division of AIDS Services hasno office on Staten Island, effectivelyforcing people with AIDS to travel toManhattan to be served by that agency,according to Ameth. There is no AIDS-designated care center on StatenIsland, nor does the Health and Hospi-tals Corporation have an acute-carefacility for PWAs located there. TheDepartment of Health does run ananonymous HN-testing and -counselingfacility on Staten Island, which oper-ates three days per week. Ameth saidthat she expects the Task Force'scaseload to triple in the coming year.

Marie St. Cyr, executive director ofthe Women and AIDS Resource Net-work, objected to what she called thelack of gender specificity in the bud-get. "Women's concerns are not beingheard," she told OutWeek. Accordingto St. Cyr, HIV continues to spreadamong women, particularly among

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"WOMEN'S CONCERNS ARE NOT BEING HEARD'-WARN's Marie St. eyr

City spending on AIDS will total$307 million this year in city tax-levydollars, up from $241.6 million lastyear, according to Mark Elliott, deputydirector of the Office of Managementand Budget. New York City's totaloperating budget for the upcoming fIS-cal year tops out at $27.9 billion.

Peterson stated that the most sig-nificant "cut" in the AIDS budgetcomes in the flat funding of communi-ty-based organizations. Groups such asthe Minority Task Force on AIDS andGMHC will be funded by the city atthe same level as last year, althoughthese organizations expect theircaseload to increase by 40 percent to60 percent.

Proposals backed by CAF thatwere funded include several AIDS-pre-vention programs to be run by theDepartment of Health to the tune of$1.1 million. The Human ResourcesAdministration's Division of AIDS Ser-vices will spend $2.5 million to add180 case-management workers and 44support staffers, as well as $6.5 millionon housing and an ongoing rental-assistance program. The Health and

. Hospitals Corporation has $5 million innew funds to spend on three AIDS-designated care centers, four pediatricAIDS primary-care teams and to pur-chase AZf for people with AIDS.

CAP members have in the pastobjected to the spending of city fundson the purchase of AZT, claiming that

this was the responsibility of the stateand federal governments. CAF hadsought to spend these funds on recruit-ing women and people of color toclinical trials.

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lenge to insurance companies' controlover the tteatment choices of their pol-icy holders has been issued by an mY-positive man whose insurer hasrefused to cover the cost of an opera-tion that could save his life.

The suit, filed by Thomas Bradley,charges that Empire Blue CrosslBlueShield violated the terms of the health-insurance poliCy he has held for nearly20 years by refusing to underwrite thecost of a bone-manow transplant opera-tion and associated hospitalization andtherapy expenses. Bradley, who has,AIDS, is severely itnmunosuppressed,, and his physicians have determlned that

transplant may be the onlyoption Bradley has to prolong his life.

EmpIre Blue Cross/Blue Shieldclaims that the procedure Is "experi-mental" and has refus«!d to pay for Iton those grounds, although bone-mar-row transplants have been used totreat people with dysfunctionalimmune systems for years, accordingto medicial experts.

Papers Aled with the suit also statethat the total cost of the disputed pro-cedul'e amounts to only about $5,000,while the bulk of the expense, estimat-ed at $150,000, Is generated by thehigh 'COStS of hospitalization and antibi-otic treatment.

"IbIs is happening all over the coun-tty, and If this Is not discrimination, It'sdamn dose',", remarked Bradley. Bradley'scue Is particularly compelling because hehas a seronegative Identical twin who hasvolunteered to participate In the opera-tion. The Johns Hopkins physi~ whowas set to perform the procedure beforeEmpire Blue CrossIBlue Shield refusedpayment, Dr. H. Kent Holland, estimates

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that Bradley has a 9O-percent chance ofsurvival and recovery.-

In 'addition to the possibilities ofreconstituting Bradley's immune sys-tem, a bone-marrow transplant couldalso set back Bradley's level of mvinfection.

"If Mr. Bradley does not receivethe treatment soon, his condition islikely to degenerate to the point atwhich he is too debilitated to with-stand the treatment at all," Dr. Holland

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According to John Kelly. aspokesperson for Empire BlueCrossIBlue Shield, the insurance c0mpa-ny's medical group has deemed bone-marrow transplant "investigational" incases where it would be used to treatpeople with HIV infection because theprocedure has not received the "approvalof the medical communlty as a whole.·

"If insurance companies can nowsay using a ttie4 and true treatment forother immune disorders Is experimen-tal with mY, we're condemned to Aveto ten years of no treatment," coun-tered Evan Wolfson, an attorney withLambda Legal Defense and Education

Fund and co-counsel to Bradley.According to Wolfson, Bradley's

case challenges the role of Insurancecompanies iii. making treatment deci-sions. "Doctors and patients ought todecide," he argued, pointing out thatwhen underwriters can eliminate atreatment option simply by refUSingreimbursement, control over an indi-vidual's health Is wrested from the pol-icy holder and his or her physician andceded to the insurance co~pany.

At least four other people withHIV-related immunosuppression haveundergone the bone-marrow transplantprocedure, and of those four, threeresponded well to the treatment. fur-thermore, the Food and Drug Adminis-tration has approved use of the proce-dure, according to Dr. Holland, andboth New York Medicaid and Con-necticut General Life Insurance Com-pany have provided coverage forbone-marrow transplant as a treatmentfor HIV-related immunosuppression .

While Empire Blue Cross/BlueShield's spokesperson would not com-ment on the suit filed by Bradley, Kellydid concede that it would be "unusual"for his company to refuse payment fora procedure that Medicaid has covered.

A hearing on Bradley's motipn foran injunction was scheduled for lastweek, according to Mark Scherzer,who is lead counsel on the matter.However, Scherzer continued, becauseEmpire Blue CrossIBlue Shield Is argu-Ing that the dearth of medical literatureon bone-marrow transplant as treat-mentfor mY-related immunosuppres-sion has led them to conclude that theapplication is experimental, the NewYork state Supreme Court may sched-ule an evidenciary hearing beforedeciding the question ....

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of Miller beer are brewing in San Fran-cisco, Dallas and elsewhere, and brew-ery officials are busy jetting around thecountry "putting out fll'es," accordingto Willia,m Waybourne of the DallasGay Alliance

Miller is owned by the Philip Mor-ris Company, which is a major contrib-utor to key anti-gay Republican Sen.Jesse Helms of North Carolina. Morrisalso owns Marlboro cigarettes, the tar-get of a rapidly growing gay boycottlaunched by ACf UPlWashington, D.C.

Helms' pro-tobacco votes arebelieved to be the impetus for Morris'contributions both to his campaign and tothe Jesse Helms Museum, which is nowunder construction in North Carolina.

According to sources, the actionagainst Philip Morris was expanded toinclude Miller beer because gays whodon't smoke wanted an opportunity topressure Morris and Helms as well.

Miller, for its-part, is horrified that itsparent corporation contributes to Helms,and representatives of the Milwaukee-based brewery met with gay actiVists inDallas and San Francisco in mid-July toattempt to head off the boycott drive.

In a half-page ad in the July 7 SanFrancisco SenNnel, .a gay newsweekly,Thomas Reed, Miller corporate-issuesdirector, wrote: "From time to time, Millerfinds itself in a difficult situation whenPhilip Morris contributes to a politicianwho makes statements with which wetotally disagree. We disagree with Sen.Jesse Helms on human-rights issues.

''The people at Miller," the ad, con-tinued, "are strong supporters of humanrights and believe in individuality and thefreedom to chOose. Miller's equal-oppor-tunity employment policy includes pro-tection from'discrimination based on sex-ual orientation. [And] Miller and its dis-tributors are longtime supporters of thegay community."

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HIGHLIFE OR LOWLIFE?Logo from a six-pack of Miller beer

Reed said that in the past 30months, Miller and Philip Morris havedonated more than $600,000 to AIDS-related projects throughout the country.He also detailed the beer company'sfunding of the Gay Games, the SanFrancisco Lesbian and Gay FreedomDay Parade, the Shanti Project and theSan Francisco Pool, a gay billiards club.

"The actions of Miller BrewingCompany and our distributors over theyears have demonstrated our commit-ment to the gay community," Reedwrote. "You have our word that thecommitment will remain solid."

"We hit a nerve, and Miller isresponding, and they're respondingfast," boasted Nancy Solomon of ACfUP/San Francisco.

"We think that's great. And we'would be happy to call off the boycottif they renounce Helms and his cam-paign against gay people and AIDSfunding and AIDS education, and ifthey demand that their parent corpora-tion cease ali funding of Jesse Helmsand the Jesse Helms Museum.

ACf UP/SF is insisting that Millerplace advertising in daily newspapersin North Carolina demanding that

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"It's one thing to put an ad in adinky little gay paper in San Francis-co," Solomon said. "We want Miller totell the voters of North Carolina that itdoes not support Helms and his vilifi-cation of gays."

In Dallas, Waybourne reports thatMiller's contributions to the gay com-munity-by Miller's own account-ing-amount to $1,000 to the gayparade, 50 kegs of beer to an AIDSfund-raiser and 20 T-shirts to the AIDSResource Center.

"We pointed out that this is not acommitment but merely good mar-keting strategy," Waybourn said."Miller enjoys 50 percent of the beermarket in Dallas, and we areappalled that the profits end up inJesse' Helms' pocket. Miller's time inDallas is up. It is no longer fashion-able to financially support those whobash us," he concluded.

Posters appeared in Dallas' heavilygay Oak Lawn neighborhood themorning of JHly 18, announcing theboycott and asserting, "Helm$-Death."

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embracing on Bleecker Street near SixthAvenue -were attacked by a dozen ado-lescents and beaten last week. Whilethe women escaped serious injury, theassault reinforced fears among anti-vio-lence activists that the wave of anti-les-bian and anti-gay violence in lesbianand gay neighborhoOds is showing nosigns of slacking off.

To deal with the surge in reportedcases of violent gay-bashing, the NewYork City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Vio-lence Project, citing an "extraordinaryincrease" in the number of reportedassaults, announced last week that apart-time counselor has been added tothe organization's staff to help copewith the onslaught. The new AVPposi-tion is being funded during July andAugust--traditionally the most violentmonths by Joe Sciafo, owner of theMonster, a popular gay bar in SheridanSquare.' .

"It seems that there's this intensehatred focused against the community,"said Noli Villanueva, the new counselor,who is working toward his master ofarts degree at the Hunter CollegeSchool of Social Work. "[This job] givesme a sense that I can help."

On another front, a neighborhoodpatrol, dubbed the Pink Panthers byorganizers, has just been formed. ThePanthers intend to walk in groups,throughout the Village, keeping an eye. on what's going on, arid intervening ifnecessary.

The two women assaulted on July18, Heidi Dorow and Suzanne Wright,were huggirig when they wereapproached by a single youth, who partedfrom a crowd of .approximately 12 youngmen and women to address the women.

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"l.ezzie!Kiss me--don't kiss her---kissme, lezzie!"the youth rePOrtedlysaid in athreatening voice to Dorow and Wright Ashe continued to harass them, Wrightattempted to push past him, at whichpoint he turned around and punchedDorow in the head. Wright grabbed him,and he landed a blow on her head, too.The rest of the gang then leaped into themelee, according to Dorow, and withinseconds the women had been kicked andpunched to the ground

"They beat the shit out of us,"Dorow flatly stated, explaining that thetwo women's continued resistance, evenafter all 12 youths had entered the fi:ay,seemed to enrage their attackers. "I wasshocked that I was being beaten,"Dorow recalled, "and the moment Itried to get a blow in, they becamemore aggressive."

The assault subsided, when twopassersby pulled several of the youthsoff Wright. By the time the two womenhad gotten back on their feet, theirattackers had sauntered off, leaving thetwo women surrounded by a crowd ofapproximately 20 spectators. "Therewere these people standing around andgawking at us," Wright recalled. "I gotup and started screaming [to the gath-ered people] 'Go get those motherfuck-ers! Go get them!'"

The two women's ordeal thatevening did not end with the physicalassault, however.· As they made theirway to Sixth Avenue to hail a cab to theSt. Vincent's Hospital emergency room,they were verbally harassed and taunt-ed with anti-lesbian remarks repeatedly .

After receiving treatment at the hos-pital, the women reported the assault tothe 6th Precinct. The attack was classi-fied as a bias crime by the precinct'scaptain. To date, no arrests have been

HELPING HAND Photo: Tom McGovernIllItWeekThe AVPs Noli Villanueva

made in connection with the assault:"Things are not going to get bet-

ter," remarked Matt Foreman, director ofthe Anti-Violence Project, noting thatbrutal anti-gay and anti-lesbian attackshave been taking place in the Villageon a weekly basis.

The 6th Precinct has the highestnumber of recorded bias-relatedcrimes in the city. Yet, Foreman con-tinued, "[This incident occured] onthe same day it was announced thatthe police were adding resources toseven precincts in the city. The 6thPrecinct was not considered amongthem."

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Davis is responsible for drawing uprecently issued NEA guidelines throughwhid:I the agency will approve grants andpolice them for ronlroversia1 content

The activists were angered by NEAChair John Frohnmayer's June 28 deci-sion to pull previously approved grantsto perfonnance artists Karen Finley, HollyHughes, Tim Miller and John Fleck. Thefour artists' performances deal with avariety of personal and political issuesincluding, but not limited to, feminism,homosexuality and AIDS. Nudity isinvolved to some extent in several of the

presentations. All but F'mley are gay.The activists charged that since all

their performances somehow touch ongay and lesbian issues, the Endow-ment's decision was' based on homo-phobia and political pressure to pullfunds to certain provocative artists.

But the Endowment has deniedthose charges, insisting' that the decisionto pull three of the grants was based ontheir lack, of artistic merit The NEA hasstated that the fourth grant refusal, that ofWest Coast gay performance artist ,TimMiller, was based on improper comple-tion of the grant application fonn.

Activists distrust the NEA's explana-tion, pointing out that Miller's grant appli-cation made it past peer-review panelstwice before being rejected, and that twoother rejected artists-Hughes and

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WASHINGTON-A JYdllei of gay andlesbian activists met with a key staffer fromthe National Endowment for the Arts onJuly 13 to discuss the agency's recentrefusal to fund four controversia1 perfor-mance artists and demand a statement ofsupport of gay and lesbian art from theFndowment's chair.

The activists,Peri Jude Radecic, lobby-ist for the National Gay and Lesbian Task


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Fleck-bad previously had work fundedby the Endowment. Davis declined com-ment through an NEA spokesperson.

Activists insisted that the meetingwith Davis, while helpful, was not asubstitute for a meeting with Frohn-mayer, which they requested in a July3 letter to the NEA.

According to Radecic, Davis insistedthat homophobia and political expedien-cy were not motives for the grant refusa1sand argued that the agency has a com-mitment to gay and lesbian artists. Butfearing that political pressures could leadFrohnmayer to pull grants from other gayand lesbian artists, the activists demand-ed a public statement from Frohnmayerexpressing the agency's continued sup-port for gay and lesbian artists.

Radecic noted that Frohnmayerhas, before congressional panels, pub-licly defended NEA grants to D.C. les-bian poet Minnie Bruce Pratt andFrameline, the producers of the SanFrancisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festi-val. Both of those grants have been thetarget of criticism in right-wingnewsletters and direct mail campaigns,according to Radecic.

Now, she says, gay and lesbianactivists want Frohnmayer's purported

• • • •COInImtment 10 wntlOg."We made it dear that the gay and

lesbian community should not be the onesthat are saaificed when there are politicaldecisions to be made," Radecic said.

A bill reauthorizing the NEA foranother five years was to have beendebated by the House the week of July16 but was postponed until at least thefollowing week. A number of proposalsseeking to limit the agency's funding ofcontroversial art are expected to be intro-duced as amendments to the bill.

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Nieto moved into a dorm for marriedstudents at Columbia University'sTeachers College on July 3.

The couple, who have been loversfor almost two years, first submitted anapplication and an affidavit of domes-tic partnership, in lieu of a marriagecertificate, last November. They paidthe application fee with a check drawnon a joint checking account., The school's gay group, Lesbiansand Gays at Teachers College, provideda letter of support stating that Fernan-dez and Nieto had family membershipcards for the Columbia University gym,which had been granting spousal mem-berships to gay couples since 1985.

In December, Fernandez wasinformed by Teachers College VicePresident Dr. Nathan Dickmeyer that hisapplication had been approved. Abouta month ago, he received a call fromthe housing department stating thatthere were two vacancies at BancroftHall, which consists of 136 units ofmarried student housing. Fernandezand his lover took a one-bedroom

apartment in Bancroft on 121st Streetbetween Broadway and AmsterdamAvenue.

"Gay and lesbian students who can-not legally marry under New York statelaw voiced concerns that gay and lesbiancouples should also be able to live atBancroft,· said Roy Campbell, aspokesperson for the college, in a pre-

. pared statement. "In keepipg with Teach-er's College long anti-disaiminatory hls-tory, the college has made it a policy thatgay couples who wish to be seen as hav-ing a long-term loving relationshipshould become the third priority groupwhen housing units are distributed.·

Nonetheless, the two were unableto move in until this month. Campbellsaid that the reason for the delay isrelated to the academic year, addingthat housing vacancies cannot bedetermined until after graduation inMay. And in some cases, noted Camp-bell, the administration discovers at thelast minute that students may needanother semester or two to complete adissertation. Nearly 30 units become

available each academic year."I hope this is a trend all the city's

colleges and !colleges] across thenation will follow,· Nieto said. "I find itludicrous that people' have such a nar-row definition of family. It's about timeour school systems and other institu-tions come to grips with reality."

Fernandez, a doctoral student ininternational education and bilingual

•education, administers the PeaceCorps Fellows Program at TeachersCollege and is director of the NewTeacher Recruitment Program. In addi-tion, Fernandez chairs the TeachersCollege senate. ,

Nieto, a recent Columbia Collegegraduate, is a chemist at GAP Corpora-•ti0n.

In New York City, the only otherschool that allows gay couples toapply for married student housing isUnion Theological Seminary, justacross Broadway from Teachers Col-lege in Morningside Heights.

. -Janis Astor

ACT UP Actl.on Target:

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couples may now fonnalize their relation-ships at City Hall in Madison, WIS.

The Madison Common Councilvoted 16-4 June 5 to establish a systemof domestic-partner registration. Localcouples can obtain a certificate ofdomestic partnership from the city clerk:,after proving they are in a committedrelationship, live together, are not mar-ried and are not already registered withsomeone else. The process costs $25.

Supporters of the new law say thatdomestic-partner registration meansthat Madison has recognized that gayrelationships and relationships betweenunmarried heterosexuals are just as,valid as those of married people.

The same day, Madison passed anew law making it illegal for so-calledpublic accommodations to discriminateagainst domestic partners in the offeringof family membership plans. The lawwas directed at the local YMCA,whichhad refused to sell a family membershipto two lesbians and their children.

Both ordinances were proposedby Mayor Paul Soglin, openly gayaldermen Jim McFarland and RicardoGonzales, and seven other CommonCouncil members.

Madison, home of the University ofWisconsin, is considered one of themost progressive cities in America. WIS-consin and Massachusetts are the onlytwo U.S. states with gay-rights laws.

-Rex Wockner/Chicago

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The plaintiff, Robert L. McCune,is an unmarried, 27-year-old manfrom Springfield, Neb., who workedfor his brother's sprinkler business.He does not have AIDS.

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Through a chain of conversa-tions initiated by the defendant'sniece, false rumors that McCune hadAIDSspread around town.

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for six months, according toown testimony.

During the trial, the judge reject-ed a demand by the defendant'slawyer to question McCune about hissexual orientation and medical histo-ry, although McCune's negative HIV-antibody test results were permittedas evidence.

The damages awarded weredetermined by a trial jury and approx-imate McCune's lost income and bene-fits, according to the court.

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BUfLER, Pa.-The publisher of theButler Bugle, Vernon WISe, threatened toout gay activist Bob Dolan on the news-paper's front page last month, accordingto Out, a Pittsburgh gay publication.

Wise's alleged threat followedDolan's threat to sue the newspaperafter Wise refused advertising for theGay and Lesbian Alliance of Butler-New Castle.

"He insinuated that he wouldopenly expose me as gay and highlypublicize my name on the newspaper'sfront page," Dolan said. "Threateningto expose me as a gay man is likethreatening to expose George Bush asa Republican."

According to Out, Wise termedthe activists' advertisement "offensive"and said the words "gay" and "lesbian"are "ftlth,."The Butler Bugle also bansliquor ads, beer ads and ads that aresex-oriented, Wise said.

The experience has inspired Dolanto suggest that Butler County gaysbegin the battle for a countywide anti-discrimination ordinance. But othermembers of the new gay alliance arenot ready to take that step, Dolan said.Bulter County borders Pittsburgh to thenorth; the city of Bulter is 20 miles pastthe suburban sprawl.

-Rex Wockner/Chicago

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Beatty's plan allots a total of $112mil-lion over three years, which represents theunused portion of a $125-million program-budget allocation announced in 1988.Biomedical and epidemiological research,With a $14.1-miIIioo receive theplurality of funds, although community-based education and direct support forcommunity groups receive a total of $15.3

, million. ~eplan aI&:> establishes a central. treatment: registry for doctors and peoplewith AIDS en . I:x:1h 1IactiIXnal arxlaltemative ~

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Wright acknowledges that gay andlesbian 'groups will ·continue'to play a fun-damentid role in the crisis, stating that"working ,with community groups dealingwith gays' and lesbians is a significant wayto reach men 'who have sex with men,which is part of our effort to deal withhigh-r5k ~."

However, critics had hoped fora stronger federal presence. Glen Brown,co-chair of AIDS Action Now, a Torontoactivist group, sees the genn of a pr0gres-sive AIDS policy but little concrete action."Though there's probably a personal com-mit:ffient: fium Beatty and his staff [toa seri-,ous fight against AIDS]," Brown said,"those principles aren't on paper." Brownex:pIaiQ.ed, that he views the poor coopera-tion among governffient ministries on suchissues as HIV-positive prisoners, anti-dis-crimination provisions for gays and les-,bians and border restrictions as evidence,ofminimal federal

"The lack. of funding and the lack ofspecific moves from ministries that need tomove," Brown said. "are an indication thatthis govemmerit isn't oommitted to fightingAIDS seriously.'

For his part, Health Minister Beattycountered that the new National AIDS

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Billboard magazine has reported thatsources close to Democratic Gov. BuddyRoemer hint that he may veto the bill,suggesting that it is "too strong," althooghhis press office on JUly 9 stated that he 'has not yet taken a pOSitionon the bill.

The measure would order warninglabels to be placed on recoros with lyricsdealing with rape, incest, homicide,satlnism, iIlegaiuse of alcohol or drugs or '"other unlawful conduct."

The Louisiana proposal 'inirrors anumber of similar, now-defunct. statebills which were withdrawn earlier thisyear after the recording industry agreedto voluntary parental warning labels.The overwhelming majority of thesebills also included a provision orderingthe stickering of recordings with lyricsdiscussing "sodomy."

Yet under the Louisiana proposal's"other unlawful conduct" . . records. prov1S1OO,with iyIh ~ or dealing with h0mo-sexual activity-{l felony under the state's"crimes , against nature" , law-would also have to be stickered.

The Recording'Indu&tryAs&x:iation ofAmerica, along with the liberaI Pecple forthe American Way, have pledged to file acourt challenge, if Roemer signs the billinto law.

The Louisiana Legislature has been

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-CUff O'NeilJIWashington

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chairs,NEW YORK-Three attorneys who

specialize in gay-advocacy law arechanging jobs, but not their specialty.

The fonner director and founder ofthe American Civil liberties Union's Le&bian and Gay Rights and AIDS projects,Nan D. Hunter, is now a professor oflaw at Brooklyn law School.

Hunter's successor, William B.Rubenstein, worked under Hunter as astaff attorney." Notably, Rubensteinargued the 1989 landmark case Brasch;v. Stahl Associates before the New York

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ACLU'S BILL RUBENSTEINPhoto: Michael WakefieldjOutWeek

Rubenstein's new position will havea national scope. A graduate

,of Ha1vard law School, hewill overseenine Aau attorneys WOIking on gay andAIDS issues in various parts of the rountIy.

"The Aa.U has made great strides inachieving social justice for lesbians andgay men and in fighting back againstAIDS-related repression in the past fouryears," Rubenstein said in a press release."I intend to advance that agenda just asvigorously in the months ahead."

Another advocacy lawyer, DavidBarr, is joining the Gay Men's Health Crisisafter serving as a staff attorney at LambdaLegal Defense and Education fund forthree years. At GMHC, Barr will be assis-tant director of policy. He said that he willcontinue the policy work on AIDS-relatedissues he did at lambda, including treat-ment and research, immigration, insur-ance, confidentia1ityand disaimination.

A graduate of the City University ofNew York's law school at Queens Col-lege, Barr will develop policy prioritieswith GMHC's program heads in educa-tion, client services, legal services andthe ombudsman's office. He will reportto Tim Sweeney, GMHC's deputy exec-utive director of policy.

In a press release, Sweeney said thatBarr "is an experienced leader who willhelp us expand our advocacy agenda,particularly in drug development andaccess, as well as flOancial support forpeople with HN disease."

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Noting that his older brother is hear-ing impaired, Harkin signed his closingstatement on the bill as he spoke.

Creating one of the most dramaticscenes yet to emeIBI! from the action onth~ bill, Rq>ublican Sen. Orrin Hatch ofUtah, ,the chief Republican sponsor ofthe bill, broke down in tears on the Sen-ate floor discuSsing the bill's fmal pas-sage, speaking of his brother-in-law whospent the end of his life in an iron lung.

The House gave its fmal approvalin a 377-'113 vote the night before, short-ly after turning back a last-ditch attemptby Republican Rep. William Dannemey-er of California to reattach a nercelycontested -provision-killed earlier in aHouse-Senate conference-whichwould have allowed employers tomove food handlers with a disease of"public-health significance" to othernon-food handling jobs.

The proposal, inserted earljer inthe House by Democratic Rep. JimOlapman of Texas, was at first cut bythe conference committee but was thengutted, restructured and reinserted bythe Senate as a proposal which wouldonly allow such job reassignment in thecase of diseases determined by the ofHealth and Human Services secretaryto be transmittable by food.

The amendment has beenopposed by a broad range of public-health officials including former Sur-geon General C. Everett Koop andHealth and Human Services SecretaryLouis W. Sullivan. .

The provision could havepotential effect over 13-million Ameri-can workers who are employees infood-handling Aobs ranging from food 'serVers, cooks and caterers to meat,cutters; flight attendants and vending-~chine mlers.

Unlike other illnesses, not covered, .by the bill, AIDS cannot be transmittedthrough food.

Seeking to revive the original pro-vision, Dalinemeyer il)troduced amotion to send the bill back to confer-ence with instructions that the originalOlapman language be included.

After debate on the issue of food,

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rights", the motion was defeated 224-180..

In floor debate, Republican Rep.Steve Bartlett of Texas, who had beenthe leading proponent of a host ofHouse amendments to the bill whichwould have lessened its impact onbusinesses, took the unusual positionof arguing against the Dannemeyermotion. Noting that in conference theSenate agreed to 80 out of 81 Houseamendments to the original bill-withthe sole exception of the Chapmanrider~Bartlett argued that it was timethat the bill pass.

"Dannemeyer indicated thathomosexual groups would say, 'Hal-lelujah!' when this bill passed,"quipped King. "Well, we are sayingit: 'Hallelujah!'" ..

HELMSfrom peg. 13munity can do will have negative reper-cussions in North Carolina," he said."Whether we're silently going about ourbusiness or whether we're acting up,Helms fmds a way to attack us."

That also seemed to be theconsensus among the national gayand lesbian lobbying groups inWashington.

"People gotta do what they gottado," commented Gregory King, com-muniCations director for the HumanRights Campaign Fund. "Jesse Helms'actions can inspire people to takeextreme actions in response, and cer-tainly, civil disobedience is a respectedaction in America."

"I would have hoped JesseHelms would have come to hissenses and signed the [resignation)letter," added Peri Jude Radecic;lobbyist for the National Gay andLesbian Task Force, who maintainedthat the demonstration would haveno effect on' Helms' positions con-cerning the gay community.

"I think he hates gay and lesbianpeople so much that it doesn't mat-ter," she added. "Lifefor gays and les-bian activists on Capitol Hill is notgoing to get worse because peoplewere in his office. His hatred and hisbigotry run so deep in his soul thatthe demonstration will have little or noeffect on our job."

Calls to Helms' spokespeoplewent unreturned ...

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women of color, and the city has noconcrete strategy for reaching this pop-ulation with an AIDS-prevention mes-sage. "As we discuss secondary issues,the primary issue of prevention isbeing lost," said St. Cyr, who called fora massive allocation of resources tocarry an AIDS-prevention message to,women and their sexual partners.

Peter Smith, president of the Part-nership for the Homeless, faulted thebudget for what he characterized as itsmeager allocation for AIDS housing.Out of a city-capital housing budgetthat totaled $700 million, $11 millionwas committed for housing for PWAs.These funds will be used by theDepartment of Housing Preservationand Development to renovate single-room 'occupancy hotels for PWAs,according to Smith, who said that heremained hopeful that additional fundscould be allocated to AIDS housingduring the course of the year.

Ronald Johnson, executive direc-tor of the Minority Task Force on,AIDS, said of the budget, "It does notfully meet ... the needs of people incommunities <if color, particularly interms of an education campaign."Johnson noted that some targetedAIDS-education campaigns amongpeople of color were successful, butadded, "We still need a broad-basededucation campaign that's targetedtoward the general community." John-son stated that the budget continues tounderfund substance-abuse treatmentprograms, ignoring the relationshipbetween N-drug use and HN infec-tion: "We are getting more rhetoricabout substance abuse than dollarsfrom city officials. That doesn't work.We need treatment on demand." John-son cited primary care as the mostimportant budget item that had notreceived sufficient funding.

Other cuts made by the city in,AIDS spending include the eliminationof nearly one million dollars for a nee-dle-exchange program and the cut of50 school health-resource coordinators,slicing another million. New York Cityhas cut spending in excess of $800 mil-lion to make up its budget shortfall.

Taking a conciliatory approach,Jennifer Kimball, assistant press secre-tary for Mayor 'David Dinkins, con-curred with CAF saying: "We do not

think It's enough. Unfortunately, noth-ing is enough in this budget. There aremany needs that have to be met. [Themayor] was not able to give enoughmoney to any programs." Kimballtermed as "very significant" the factthat the mayor made new AIDS spend-ing a substantial portion of all new cityspending.

CAP began lobbying for increasesin this year's budget last December,when it distributed a 120-page reportto many city officials. The report,CAP's funding agenda, called for $156million In new city spending just tokeep pace with New York City's AIDSepidemic. Faced with a budget short-fall in excess of $1 billion, CAFendorsed a "survival budget" put forthby the Citizens Commission on AIDS.That $29-million budget was termed a"moral benchmark." In May, Dinkinspresented his preliminary budget,proposing $9.1 million in new cityspending on AIDS, a figure CAP dis-puted ~s inflated.

InJune, during the CityCouncil bud-get hearings, CAP, together with ACf UP,met with City Council members to obtaintheir support in restoring cuts the Dinkinsadministration had made, a move that waslargely ineffective. Although City Councilmembers have greater budgetary powersunder the new dty charter, Peterson c0m-mented, "The City Coundl sti1l lacks thepolitical will to fight for funding to keeppace with the epidemic." Peterson saidCAP members were particularly angrywith Council Majority Leader Peter Val-lone, who has refused to meet with CAPrepresentatives for two years. Petersoncalled Vallone "irresponsible" to not meetwith front-lineAIDS-selViceproviders.

More recently, CAP and ACf UPhave met with Commissioner of HealthDr. Woodrow Myers, Dr. Emilio Carillo,head of the Health and Hospitals Cor-poration and Commissioner of MentalHealth Dr. Billy Jones, who is gay.Insiders said that the meetings were aneffort to gauge which budget items theagency heads would actively supportin the next fiscal year ...

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ence on AIDS in San Francisco June20-24. Held in a country whose immi-,gration law excludes HIV-positives(provoking a widely observed interna-tional boycott), the Conference offered'HIV-positives only token numbers ofscholarships and panel slots, while vir-tually ignoring issues of women'shealth care and treatment access for

one on alternative treatment (a brief soci-ological talk on African herbs) and a nu-tritional therapy panel described by holis-tic health experts as outdated and ,- ,

excluding many effective approaches ..The written "poster" presentations wereonly slightly more diverse, providing afew more on nutrition and three onherbal studies, but no others on thebroad range of non-drug AIDS treatmentsbeing researched worldwide.

Much of this one-sidedness stemmedfrom the screening process for presenta-tions. Conference organizers rejected al-

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, .poor people. These and many otherpolicy injustices were powerfully chal-lenged, by hundred:; of North AmericanAIDS. activists who spoke out, andacted liP, both inside and outside theConference.

Newest on the protesters' grievancelist, but perhaps the most deep-seatedand longtime Conference policy, wasthe virtual exclusion of any treatmentapproaches departing from the ortho-dox Western model. This "AIDS conven-tion," as some labeled it, was a show-case for high-tech, high-profit corporate, medicine. Vast exhibition rooms werepaCked with fancy displays by big drug .companies, test-kit manufacturers andcondom sellers.

In the scientific "tracks," dealing withclinical researCh and basic science, the. bias was clear: over 30 presentations onAZf and similar anti-HIV drugs, yet al-most none on immune-enhancers, only

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most half of the 5,000 submitted scientificabstracts; one delegate alone told me ofnine on African and.Chinese herbs.(Some of the rejected studies, plus,dozens of others ,on alternative treat-ments, were presented at a simultaneousconference a block away, sponsored bythe Foundation for Research on NaturalTherapies. Encouraging efficacy data waspresented on a range of approaches, in-cluding herbs, homeopathy, ozone, vita-mins, mushrooms, hyperthermia andmany others. More on that in my nextcolumn, in four weeks.)

Ironically, the same "international"conference which offered horrifyingstatistics of the devastating AIDS toll inthe Third World showed no interest ininnovative, well-researched ideas forsolutions (rom those very countries.

The ~nter for Traditional Medicines,a project of the Green Cross Clinic inWdshington, D.C., is a network of indige-

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nous healers and medical researchersstudying the use of herbal and spiritualhealing syStems throughout Africa, Asiaand latin America. According to CenterCo-Director Kaiya Montaocean, "'The ma-jority of people with AIDS in the worlddo not have access to Western medicinebut are being treated by traditional heal-ing systems indigenous to their cultures.",Preliminary research and clinical practicesuggest real potential for several herbal

•fonnulas, and the World Health Organi73-tion is actiVely investigating them. Severalbooks on herbal AIDS treatments (partic-ularly Olinese approaches) have recendybeen published. But according to Mon-taocean, there are no international forums \to share such data and !=ompare treat-

, .ment strategies.

last year, the Center persuaded theFifth International Conference on AIDS inMontreal to pennit them a modest, hour-long seminar at which Third World doc-tors and scientists could do just that kindof presentation and networking withConference attendees. Though not an of-ficial event and only announced bymeans of a small notice in the Confer-ence's daily journal, more than 200 pe0-ple-mostly African and Latin Ameri-'.can-came for an enthusiastic exchange'of ideas and experiences.

Pleased by the results, the Center re-quested the same type of seminar for SanFrancisco. Conference officials agreed toprovide a room and publicity. later, theCenter learned that "phannaceutical pe0-ple" and certain doctors were upsetabout the 1989 seminar and were urgingthis year's Conference to dissociate itselffrom the indigenous medicine program.With drug companies providing signifi-cant Conference financing, this pressureapparently carried weight. The seminarwas relegated to a room far from theconference hall, and absolutely no pub-licity was done; unsurprisingly, virtuallyno one attended.

Outrage<! by this corporate-inspiredsabotage, the coalition of ACf UP groupsassembled in San Francisco, spurred by

New York's Alternative/Holistic Treat-ment Qxnmittee, offered the Center sup-port in requesting a rescheduled seminarbefore the Conference ended, this timewith prominent advertising and a publicannouncement. After Acr UP's interven-tion on the Center's behalf, conferenceOrganizers first accepted, then rejected,the request.

Meanwhile, the Center was takingthe offensive. It formulated a proposalfor future International Conferenceson AIDS to greatly expand the presen-tation of indigenous and holistichealth-care approaches by includingan additional "track" devoted to this(with PWA participation), adding holis-tic practitioners to the existing clinicalresearch "track" and opening the re-search screening committees to partici-pation by alternative practitioners and

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scientists. Center representatives wonsupport from several Third World doc-tors and scientists and held prelimi-nary discussions with officials fromWHO, a co-sponsor of the annualConferences. The assembled Acr UPmembers issued a press release sup-porting the proposal and exposing thecorporate-inspired exclusion of alter-

native treatments.On the eve of the Conference's

closing, the International AIDS Soci-ety-prlmary sponsor of the annual con-claves and nominally a "democraticmembership organization" (open to any-one paying dues of $20 per year)-heldits annual meeting. Center representa-tives attended and added their Confer- .,.ence-expansion proposal to the agenda.Over 30 Acr UP members from variouscities also attended, forcefully arguing fora variety of activist points, including theaddition of HIV-positive members to thegroup's board and banning all futureConferences from countries where evenone province has an HIV-exclusionaryimmigration policy.

After aimless debates (the meetinglacked a quorum to make decisions),and despite starting the meeting 40 min-utes late in order to beef up security fora feared Acr UP action, the chair an-nounced that the allotted time for themeeting was over. This was before theCenter's proposal and several othergrass-roots developing-world initiativescould be presented. As the chair ad-journed the meeting and walked out,Acr UP members chanted and wavedplacards. The Center vowed tomount aninternational campaign in the comingmonths, seeking broad medical commu-nity support to win acceptance of itsproposal by the organizers of next year'sConference in F1orence, Italy.

So the International Conference'spolitics of exclusion will receive anoth-er richly deserved challenge. It is in-cumbent upon U.S. Acr UP groups&--which some developing-world AIDSworkers accurately view as almostsilent on the epidemic's global dimen-sions to join this effort. As the Centerstates, "This proposal can provide afirst step in uniting the practitionersand scientists in the worlds of modernbiomedicine and indigenous/holisticmedicine." Beyond that, bringing tolight research on cheap, nontoxic andreadily available healing approachesjust may provide a key to stoppingAIDS genocide in both the developingand the developed worlds.

For more' informatton on indtge-nou&1JoltsUc·AIDS researcb and tbe pr0-posal for future Conferences, Contact:Center for Tradittonal Medicines, GreenCross, 1512 USt. N.w., Washington, DC20009. (202) 234-9632. T _

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t is true that gays and lesbiansare being born every day,but if in some distant future, they

were the only inhabitants left on earth,there might be no future at all."

This quote is from Herb Caen,who has been writing a column for theSan Francisco Chronicle for so longthat he's as much a fIXture in San Fran-cisco as the cable cars, and every bit asrickety and obsolete. just before GayPride Week, Clen wrote that the organ-izers of the 1990 Freedom Day paradewere unclear about their theme, "TheFuture Is Ours!"

Implied in Caen's comments aresome very negative misconceptionsabout the lesbian and gay communitythat we're going to have to battle in thecoming decade. If he believes that thefuture isn't ours because of AIDS, he isright only insofar as research and at-tempts to end discrimfuation are con-tinually blocked by his type of AIDS-phobia and misinformation .

If Clen thought that he was beingfunny by suggesti"ng that the future'isn't ours because we can't have chil-dren, tie's wrong on that score, too. Ata demonstration protesting Caen's re-marks, Cleve jones, a founder of boththe Names Project and the New PacificAcademy (a gay-rights activist trainingschool), addressed the issue of gay andlesbian families in this way: "We areparents," stressed Cleve, "we are chil-dren, we are part of the community."

Any number of lesbians can attest. to the fact that we are·in the midst of a"lesbian baby-boom," thanks to artifi-cial insemination. Gay men are also be-coming parents in large numbers, by. means of .adoption and co~parentingarrangements, as well as from the factof having fathered children in previousheterosexual marriages.

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The editors at the San FranciscoClJrontcle are generally attuned tolesbian and gay viewpointsj if youwould like to reinforce the messagethat many gays and lesbians have chil-dren and make fme parents--as one ofthe signs at the demo put it, "Queerwomen have ovaries, tOb"-write to:Matthew Wtison, Managing Editor, SanFrancisco Chronicle, Fifth and MissionStreets, San Francisco, CA 94103. or callhimat:(415) m-llll.

Speaking of families and children,Newsweek has just published a special

Reporter, Daniel describes why he tookthe major step of coming out in a na-tional newsweekly: "It's a matter ofmaking [Mr. and Mrs. Average Ameri-can] realize that homosexuality is a partof their lives; it could be their son ...itcould be the football quarterback thatthe coach is teaching. It could be any-lxxiy; and you would be proud of them. "

That's right, Daniel Layer. All of usshould applaud you-and Newsweek-for presenting your story in such agay-positive way. And when we writeto Newsweek, we'll remember' that just

edition devoted entirely to "the newteens, what makes them different." Oneof the four main sections deals with theproblems kids face including drugs,drinking, pregnancy and whatNewsweek headlined as "Coming OutNow-a gay teenager's persona1 journeyfrom awakening to antagonism to adjust-ment in the age of AIDS."

The two-page spread is a positiveprofile of Daniel Layer,jr., of Castro Valley,Calif., and provides a wide focus on theproblems of growing up gay. The article, mentions that gays nationwide account for30 percent of teenage suicide attempts."The root problem," a social scientist quot-ed in the article explains, "is a society thatstigmatizes, homosexuals while failingto recognize that a substantial numberof its youth are gay."

In an interview with the Bay Area

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ven for an admitted soccer fanatic likeFrancie Kara, life these days has notexactly been kicks. "rve been working on

this for two and a half years,» says the currentsoccer co-chair for the Gay Games ill, "but thepast two months have been really busy."There's good reason. Since registration for

the Games closed in May, it has become obvi-ous that soccer is one of the event's majorattractions. Beginning on August 4, 550 people

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on 36 teams--l0 men'steams, 26 women's teams from the UnitedStates, Canada and West Germany will becompeting, all hoping to appear in the finalday's championship games. A total of 92soccer games will be played on four ad-joining fields in Vancouver's Strathcona Parkunder the intense scrutiny of referees, score-keepers and other administrative personnelfrom the ~ international

soccer organ-ization. Andthat's onlysoccer. In all,7,100 athletesare regis-tered for the

Gay Games III, formallytitled "Celebration '90." Another 2,500singers, writers, artists, actors and enter-

, tainers will participate in a concurrent, cultural festival. And then there are thespectators: Through August 11, tens ofthousands of lesbians and gays fromaround the world are expected to con-vetge on Canada's westellUDostmetropo-lis. En masse, they'll follow a sporting-events calendar serving up everythingfrom aquatics to wrestling, as well as asocial agenda which includes opening

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Started in 1982, in SanFrancisco, by Dr. Tom Wadddl, a1968 Olympic decathlete, the GayGames survived a bruising court bat- 'tle with the U.S. Olympic Committee,which succeeded in denying the useof the word "Olympic" it) the officialtitle. Despite the novelty of the ideaand the USOC opposition, the GayGames I drew 1,300men and womento San Francisco from around theglobe. In 1986, almost 3,500 menand women participated in the GayGames II.

The Vancouver celebration dou-bles the number of competitors andsports, with additions such as croquet,darts, equestrianism, martial arts andeven Canada's favorite ice hockey. Itis an irony that, with the cultural com-ponent, the event truly mirrors thoseGreek competitions that gave us theforbidden word, Olympic.

There is no doubt that the origi-nal Olympic games were-to use amodern term-gay. Only men couldpartidpate--and watch. The athletes competed in the nude(tradition credits the warrior Spartans with introducing thepractice). The Games brought together a disparate, fre-quently warring population to affirm their cultural unity.Poetry and the arts were key. One of the glories of Greekliterature, the odes of Pindar, were Olympic commissions,lyrics that begin with an athlete's victory but soar into theether of mythology and plumb the depths of the humancondition.

To be sure, the Games in Vancouver will have signifi-cant differences from their ancient prototype. Modern ath-letes, alas, compete clothed. In place of Greek phallocraticsexism, the Gay Games III approach sexual equality: 43percent of the competitors will be women. (Richard

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The Games will be located in a complex of buildingsjust southeast of Vancouver's high-rise downtown, the rem-nants of Expo '86. (It may be among the last events to usethe buildings and pavilions: A Hong Kong businessman hasbought the site and plans to develop it.) The opening andclosing ceremonies, August 4 and 11, will take place in the74,000-seat British Columbia place Stadium, its pi~lowydome supported by air pressure. The evening ceremonies

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.,,~,~ John Baldry. DougHughes, Celebration '90'spublicist, says that Baldryis now trying to per-suade his friend EltonJohn to headline the finalevening's entertainment.

Just across the streetis Celebration Centre(Expo '86's Pavilion).Starting August 6, thisbecomes the Celebration '90nerve center, with regis-tration and information,food and beverages dur-ing the day and nightlydisco dancing. Across the- Plaza of Nations will bethe Media Centre. In theplaza itself is an open-air amphitheater, whichwill host local andinternational artistsfrom August 8 through11, while a "Queers inArt" artisans' marketoperates in the plaza atthe same time.

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fessor conducted a poll in the aftermath of the controversywhich showed that 70 percent of the city was offended bythe ads. "Vancouver," Richard Dopson points out, "is a tol-erant, cosmopolitan city."

Hughes expects that the event will be well covered bythe city's daily newspapers and on local television and willalso bring national reporters from Toronto. SportsIllustrated, which published a lengthy proflle of Waddellfollowing his death from AIDS-related complications a fewmonths after the Gay Games II, is sending a reporter andphotographer, and U.S. public broadcasting's MaCNeil/lehreris also' expected to report the event. The commitment ofother mairistream U.S. media is less certain. Only ABC hasexpressed strong interest, while Hughes says that CBS was"quite cool" when he spoke with them. The New YorkTimes is "interested," Hughes adds, and accdrding to aneditor at the Washington Post, that paper's sports sectionwill use a local stringer for a,ny report it runs. TomCracovia, head of Team New York, worries that the mediawill treat the Games as a. chronological sideshow to theGood Will Games in nearby Seattle, which have alreadygarnered immense prepublicity and are scheduled to endJust as the Gay Games start.

Whatever notice the non-gay world gives the event, itclearly is a major occurrence in the emerging internationallesbian and gay culture. Celebration '90 organizers haveworked to become sensitized to global political concerns.Three weeks before the start of the games, organizers werestill worried that the small Eastern Europe contingent-iourfrom East Germany, one each from Poland andCzechoslovakia-might not be granted visas. "We had tosend letters from their hosts to the Canadian embassy intheir countries, ensuring that they had food and shelter andmoney," said Celebration '90 Executive Director MarkMeese. ,"The Canadian government doesn't want anybodyapplying for refugee status. We've worked our political con-tacts, particularly Sven Robinson ['Vancouver's openly gaymember of Parliament]." With participants from Japan,Brazil, Zimbabwe, West Germany, Australia and NewZealand, every populated continent on the globe and atotal of 26 nations will be represented.

T"esoccer competition supplies a telling example. of the way gay sports have grown. Ccrchair Kara is particu-larly excited that three Berlin teams two women's, onemen's-will participate. A plethora of California teams'(from Sacramento, Los Angeles and Haywood) indicatesthat state's significant role. There will be six Canadianwomen's teams, one each from Edmonton and Calgary, twofrom Toronto and three from Vancouver. Perhaps most sur-prisingly, Louisville, Ky., will send two women's teams.

Even with 550 screaming and kicking soccer players,that sport comes in ftftb in number of participants. Toppingthe list is volleyball, which draws 870 people in 126 teams,followed by swimming and track-and-field, which havemore than 700 each, and bowling with approximately 600.The crush of participants is giving. organizers headaches,particularly David Johnston, the track-and-field chair. With366 men and women slated to participate in the lO-kilome-ter race, and almost that many in the 5-kilometer, Johnston

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At the top of the list of popular spectator sports will bephysique, hosted August 7 in Vancouver's OrpheumTheater. It's sure to be an eye-popping, campy, rowdy,

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swimming (AugUst 5 through 8), two of diving (August 7and 8), all held indoors at Vancouver's spacious, sunnyAquatics Centre. 'And for enthusiasts of body contact,Greco-Roman wrestling will be held August 9 and 10.

Just in case the athletes threaten to get too serious, theorganizers of the swimming competition havescheduled a "Pink Flamingo" relay.Most assuredly, this isin costume (therewill' be muchEsther Williamswater-wingeddrag); the aquaticsco-chair, SheilaGardner, expectsnearly all 750 swim-mers to participate.

Drier but just ascampy y.'ill be theInternational "Fantasy"Ball, on August 8,which will have tocompete with the mass-ed gay and lesbianbands at a "Beyondthe Rainbow Concert."Nearly 1,000 'singers willget their chance in thespotlight at both the open-ing and closing ceremonies, and at a special concert onFriday, August 19; Vancouver's men's chorus performs thenight before, while an evening of women's culture takesplace the following night. The celebration also features two ,~,.", nights of dance, a week-long mm festival, a theater festivaland a literary festival.

Film-festival organizer Chris Adkins doesn't think thathe will have terribl~ trouble filling the 200-seatCinematheque but frets, "There will be so much competi- ..tion from other events, not to mention the 10 million par-ties." Right now, the swimmer's Wednesday-night "SplashDance," held in the 'geodesic-domed Science World, is get-ting good advance word"'Of-mouth: 1,500 tickets, advancesales only, no smoking permitted.

,At times it seems that the Games, the largest of its, kind in the world this year, are too big even for Vancouver,which claims 100,000 gay people but gives an outsider the < ',.

impression of having a much smaller active gay community. ("',W","The Celebration '90 phone number is nearly always busy, ,"",-w, [)";

and ~hen someone does answer, the person you need to echoes the sentiment Celebration '90's office manager,reach is always somewhere else, tying down yet another Mary Brookes, offered 18 months ago: "It's been incrediblyl~st detail: Track-and-field organizer Johnston, sounding fabulous for pulling together men and women. We've had, very harried, says that "a lot of people [in Vancouver] want 1,500volunteers. It's really exciting to see it actually comingit to happen and want it over with." Even the $1.2-milljon to pass."(Canadian) budget is spread thin. The cultural festival's large role is Vancouver's chief

Publicist Hughes thinks that Celebration '90 shouldn't innovation. At the Gay Games I and II, Celebration '90have waited until a month before the Games to hire him Executive Director Meese says, thJ;! independently organizedand complains that he has had trouble selling the commit- cultural aspect was "quite small." Vancouver, which Hughestee on such refinements of modern :PRas press confer- touts as having a very lively "fringe" arts community, decid-ences. But he calls upon his experience promoting Expo '86 ed to stress the arts. Celebration '90 produced the arts festi-

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cultural events to put the current situation in perspective:"The Kirov Ballet was making its first North Americanappearance in 20 years. A month before they arrived, was

anybody interested? But fourdays before the first perfor-mance, everyone wantedan interview. You expectchaos; chaos is part ofthe game. There's noreasonable way to getaround it." Asked aboutthe effe<;t the Gameshave had on gayVancouver, Dopson

val itself. In addition to the daily artisans' market at thePlaza of Nations, there will be two nights of dance featuringVancouver companies, a Toronto dance company and SanFrancisco's Cheek to Cheek. Two one-act plays, a full-length play dealing with AIDS and a marionette show willrun throughout the week (and some will continue their runafter the Games are done). And there are rumors of otherplays showing up, according to Adkins, including one titledDrag Queens From Outer Space.

The August 2 film-festival opening-night AIDS-benefitshowing of Common Threads is really a Vancouver event,but cinephiles heading west should be prepared to fight forthe limited seats about 100 week-long passes have alreadybeen sold. The 22 slated films include Fun Down There

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from New York, A Corps Perdu by French Canadienne LeaPool from Montreal and The Terrence Davies Trilogy fromEngland. Adkins is especially excited about France's firstmm to deal openly with lesbianism, Olivia, which, he says,has only rarely been screened since it premiered in 1955.He's also looking forward to a camp romp in Days of GreekGods, which features archival footage of period hunks inposing straps (appropriately one of the midnight specials).

But dearly the highlight of the cultural events will bethe week-long literary festival. Co-chaired by Jana Williamsand Richard Marchand, the festival brings together many

major gay and lesbianliterary figures. Para-mount among themwill be Canada's JaneRule. If the compari-son weren't sexist,Rule might be describ-ed as a female E.M.Forster; more properly,her writing, like Forster's,springs from a wonder-fully human moral sensi-bility that peers into thehearts of artists and nurses, -men and women, gay and 'straight and loves the goodin each individual. Anotherguiding figure is Epis-copalian priest MalcolmBoyd. Naiad Press Publisher,Barbara Grier, is a culturepreserver and, Williamshas discovered, "a won-derful character in herown right." English 00Id-ist Alan Hollinghurst, whodebuted with the sensa-tional The SwimmingPool Library, will makehis first North Americanappearance at the festi-val. Also attending willbe writers like SarahSchulman and, DorothyAllison, Carl Morseand Paul Monette.

Despite the star-studded quality of the lit-erary festival, its focus,according to Williams, ison new and emergingauthors. Simultaneouslywith the. festival, Williamsherself will enjoy the plea-sure of seeing her first bookinto print, Scuttlebutt, anovel about women in themilitary. Two poets perhapsin the emerging (intoacclaim) category areMontreal's Nicole Brusard("Absolutely brilliant,"Williamsdeclares, adding, "I heard her- be brilliant in English, whichis her second language") andWashington, D.C.'s MinnieBruce Pratt, whose 1989Lamont Prize. acceptancespeech brouglU the issue of les-bian motherhood to a discom-forted poetry establishment,

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•and whose 1990 National Endowment for the Arts grantstiried .Sen. Jesse Helms to call (or an official investigation,which retumedthe verdict of "high artistic merit."

Williams is also excited about a new writer namedDoris Harris, of Seattle, who has won the Nikki GiovanniPrize and been published in Black lesbian journals.From Sheffield, England,come two Asian women,Sepi Sneviratne andMaya Chowdhay, tooffer their perspectiveon the gay experience.At 28, Monica Kehoe isamong the oldest partici-pants. Equally notableare John Preston andJames Broughton, LarryDuplechan and AnneCameron, Robert Gluck,Barbara Wilson and BethBrant. And if any mute,in-glorious Milton orSappho is in Vancouver,he or she need be muteno longer: Every eve-ning the literary festivalhosts an open mike tobroadcast the newesttalent's words.

Of course, the writ-ers are already castingabout for the signifi-cance of Gay Games Ill..Undaunted by theprospect of poeticiz-ing in the presence ofathletes, they see inCelebration '90, a pos,i-tively Greek sense ofunity. "If the aim is tolive a balanced life,"says Advocate SeniorEditor Mark Thompson, 'another festival speaker,"then it speaks well ofthe gay community' that all sides of our liv(}sare addressed, at this event." Poet Pratt looks forward to attending thecompetition and seeing "gay and lesbian people beingphysical in a way that is not just sexual. People think of usas merely physical. I think there will be something excitingabout seeing the sensual side of us expressed athletically."

Festival organizer Williams envisions the unity not just'of our persons but of our culture and gives it a Canadian, spin. "Our [lesbian andgayl culture is still 'literary' becausethere are so few images," she says. "In some ways this isvery similar to Canada's experience, with its overpoweringcultural neighbor to the south. Canadians are always tryingto fmd our own images, defme·our identity, just like lesbians.

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culture is, I don't want to say transcendental and spiritu-al-but it is so similar, everywhere."

Wherever the Gay Games N occur, the cultural festivalwill remain important. With typical New York chauvinism,Tom Cracovia says that of course the arts will play a bigpart if that city gets the 1994 Games: "New York is the

culture capital of theworld." Richard Peterson,co-chair of the perma-nent organizing body,

«-'oil::. the Federation of Gay., Games, adds that citiessubmitting bids arerequired to spell outtheir cultural plans. BothNew York and Sydney,he says, project "verydifferent kinds" of cul-tural activities, but bothare comparable toVancouver's. Culture andsport, he says, are a nat-ural fit: "There's a littlebit of art in athleticsand a little bit of athle-tics in art. Think ofMichelangelo paintingthe Sistine Chapel ceil-ing-he was like a rockclimber."

And ,all sides agreethat the Gay Games IIIwill only launch a largerGay Games N. Petersonsays that no matterwhich city gets theGames, there will be10,000 athletes at thenext event. Cracoviaexpects a minimum of10,000 to 12,000 athletes,noting that New York ismore accessible toEurope than Vancouver,and that "we'll also get

good media coverage-I'm sure the lavender EmpireState Building was seen around the world."

"What makes the Games unique," Cracovia adds, ,"is. that the concentration is on participation, as opposed to theOlympics, which are for an elite. Many people will comewho have never participated in an athletic event. No matterwhat happens, the Games are bound to grow."'"

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he day I was invited to a"Getting to Know You" lunchin the executive dining room

of the OutWeek building, the tempera-ture skyrocketed to a record high. Itwas, in fact, so hot that I could havefried,an egg on my desktop were eggs

.. not a valuable exchange commodityamong the contributing writers. (Lastweek, for example, one egg wasworth approximately four kilos ofoleomargarine, which were, in turn,good for three and a half cigarettes.That was, as I say, last week; yester-day's sugar panic has set the entiremarket on its head.) At any rate, withcopy clerks keeling over from heatprostration and steam rising up fromthe "water cooler," I was' most uncom-fortable in my linen suit, but lunch inthe executive dining room doesrequire the observance of certain pro-tocols (all of which were explicitlylaid out in an instruction manualdelivered three days earlier by one of

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I spent the morning in my cubi-cle, gasping for air and laboring overmy upcoming review of that smartnew English restaurant in Chelsea, theLady of Shallots. (Note: Ask to beseated :it Collin's station, and for anadditional gratuity, he'll relate somefascinating, off-the-record storiesabout the House of Windsor, whichmayor may not be apocryphal-butif you're reading this section of themagazine, I doubt that substantiatedclaims are of any interest whatsoeverto you.) Precisely at noon, the omi-nous shadow of Edelweiss, our per-sonnel liaison, fell across my workspace. I immediately stood at atten-tion while she scrutinized my suit.After rejecting my necktie as inappro-priate (reproducing,. as it did, EdvardMunch's In tbe Sickroom) and provid-ing me with another she had onhand, Edelweiss led me to a secretelevator, cleverly concealed behind afloor-to-ceiling oil painting of Andrew

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After ten minutes, we arrived atthe 66th floor of the OutWeek build-ing, and as the elevator doorsopened, I was greeted with a blastfrom the air conditioner, whichmomentarily recalled for me thosecarefree winter days of my youth on

•the Canadian prairies. Suddenly Iwished that I had worn wool. The

•elevator operator attempted to slip anote into my hand, but it was quicklyintercepted by Edelweiss. She readthe message and, with a derisivesnort, tore the· paper into bits andthrew them in the man's face. Theyboth seemed quite accustomed to thisroutine, robbing the exchange of anyemotional impact. I was taken down ahallway whose walls were paintedwith epic murals, in the style ofDa vid, depicting the illustriousachievements of OutWeelts editorialboard in the struggle for lesbian andgay liberation. I paused briefly infront of an awesome rendering ofMichelangelo Signorile driving thepublicists out of Manhattan, butEdelweiss dragged me into animmense dining room with a breath-.taking view of the Empire StateBuilding. A string quartet comprisedof mail-room employees sat in onecorner, playing selections fromBrahms with rigid intensity. Edelweissinstructed me to take a seat at the vastoak table, which, curiously, had onlyone place setting. I waited nervouslyfor about ten minutes, whileEdelweiss hov'ered over my rightshoulder. When I took out my

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never dreamed I'd spend my life onthe telephone obsessively screamingat bigoted creeps who eventuallydrive me into angry, demonic tranceswhich, in tum, cause me to sit down

at word processors and feverishly bang outCAPITAL lEITERS.

This is all getting too bizarre.But even stranger are the freaks who

continually become unglued in reaction tomy "behavior" and who spew out all sortsof silly buzzwords' in their constant questto project what is really their own problemonto me. For instance, WILL SOMEONEPLEASE TELL SANDRA BERNHARD lHATSHE'S BEING A StnTHEAD?

I mean, really, it's becoming quiteembarrassingJor dear Sandy.

For the second time in the media, Ms.Progressive, Hip and Oh-So-Cutting-Edgehas aligned herself with dinosaurs like Liz"my entire life is a conflict of interest"Smith (Daily News) and Fran "get me tothe next cocktail party" Lebowitz, attackingOutWeek and, in Usmagazine,once againcalling us "fascists."

Oh, please, Sandy. Yeah, and whileyou're at it, there's Stalinist, Maoist,McCarthyite, Nazi, Confederate and evenBritish Imperialist. (Can't you people atleast come up with more creative wordsto hurl during your name-calling fren-zies? How about "shithead," "fuckface,""dickweed," "jerkofr or anything elsethat at least lets the reader use his or herimagination-I mean, what Is a dick-weed, anyway?)

For somebody so seemingly talented,you'd think Ms. B. would get with the pr0-gram with regard to topical political sub-jects. Maybe she could even read a little?Maybe she could get past the reactionarydrivel and engage in intelligent dialogue?But I suppose that Sandy, like everyone,else trying to make a buck in that sleazoidtown out west, says whatever her publicist

tells her to say especially regarding thedreaded topiC of homosexuality.

But the topic of homosexuality is, aswe know, feared more among homosexu-als than anyone else. For instance, in arecent issue of the Adwcate is an interviewwith Fran Lebowitz in which-onceagain--Q discussion of her sexual orienta-tion is omitted. <:This happens often at thatpublication. Perhaps they should changetheir description to the "National Closet-Case" Magazine.) I know that you're allsaying, "Who doesn't know that FranLebowitz is the biggest dyke on the sutfaceof Manhattan?" But, truthfully, darling Franhas never said the "L" word with regard toherself. In fact, she's one of the mostambiguous media-mistakes I know. Notonly does she try to keep her sexuality

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cloudy (that's a laugh), but no one can fig-ure out what the hell she is otherwise. Imean, Isuppose you could say that she's awriter, but, to quote Janet Jackson, "Whathave you done for me lately?" Some pe0-ple I know simply call Lebowitz a profes-sional boldface (a person who soley goesto parties and gets her name in boldface ingossip columns the. next day).

In the Adwcate interview, Lebowitz,without identifying herself as a lesbian,engages in all sorts of anti-OutWeek blath-er, calling us you guessed it-"fascists,""McCarthyists," "Nazis," etc. It really isamazing. People have characterized mybrand of journalism as "unethical." Andyet, here is a magazine which interviewssomeone about the issue of outing anddoesn't tell us that the interviewee is acloset-case lesbian-a fact that certainlychanges the meaning of anything she mayhave to say on the issue. Go figure.

But journalistic ethics are funny tha~way, you know? Personally, Idon't believe

they exist, and that's why I constantly chal-lenge the stupid, oppressive rules theseidiots have laid down like roadblocks.Honestly, .the whole idea of "journalisticethics" is something of a control mecha-nism used by rich, straight, white men.After all, they were the ones who originallydreamed up the flfSt sets of such ethics.You see, it's everything they don't wantyou to print that is "unethical" to print. Andyet, when it's convenient, they're the firstones who break their sets of ethics---QIld

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then they're the flfSt to reissue them. (Forinstance, when People's well-known WestCoast bureau chief, Scott Hailer, died acouple of weeks ago, the magazine wouldnot print in the obit that he died fromAIDS (because his family did not want itdisclosed) and reported that the cause ofdeath was "renal failure." This was in spiteof the fact that there were lots of grum-blings from gay writers there, and morehypocritically, in spite of the fact thatpeople was the first and only publication toreport that Giorgio Sant'Angelo and otherdesigners died from AIDS, though the fam-ilies did not want it disclosed and othernews organizations wouldn't report it.) Thewhole thing, you see, is a farce. They saythat they can't write about people's "pri-vate lives," and yet they. tell us all aboutthe intimacies of straight men like GaryHart, Donald Trump and Jim Bakker. Theysay that they won't stand for bigotry intheir publications, and yet they allow everylowlife violence-inciting homophobe tohave his own column.

Speaking of Pete Hamill, seeing oth-ers attack him for his tirade in Esquire wasalmost, well, orgasm-inducing (you'reright-this job is getting to me). Mostnotable was the inspired Doug Ireland at ' .the Village Voice, who took Hamill to taskpoint for point and sadly noted that he'dspoken to Hamill, whom he considers afriend, many times over the years aboutHamill's homphobia. But the message justsimply hasn't sunk in.

Such revelations suggest that I'll beyelling on the telephone at lots of mon-sters for a long time. And hitting thoseCAPITAL lEITERS like a madman.

Fine. Ican handle that.Just as I can handle the juicy antics of

people who call at all hours to declare,''This is an outing," before spitting out thename of some famous nobody they've.shtupped.Iknow, Iknow. This is all getting too

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VELVETUNDERGROUND9. ClllCKEN-DEAN AND THE WEENIES10. EDGE OF SEVENTEEN-8TEVIE NICKS

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1. YOU ARETHE SUNSHINEOF MYLIFE-LIZA MINElli

2. DISCO TO GO-'-1HE BRIDESOFFUNKENSTEINBlACK COFFEE-PAT SUZUKIFUNKYPRESIDENT-JAMES BROWNHERO WORSHIP-THE B-52'SHE lllT ME (AND IT FELTLIKEAKISS)-THE CRYSTALS

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straw poll at the dinner table and tabulatingNixon's win (by .one vo~e . a sibling was acloset Republican); home from school, sick,watching the 1972 Olympics compoundafter the massacre; a. few years later, sickagain, watching the Fall of Saigon; havingmy 12~ birthday party and running home· because it wasn't a party without a Satur-day Night Fever album; dumping myboyfriend because it was so boring: comingout six months later. The '70s is a decadewhich is described in my mind as alternate-ly "bittersweet" and "evergreen" but alwaysse1f~consciously contrived to evoke emo-tions like these. Fifteen years later, it works.

.SIDNEY: I was given my first LP atthe age offour. My parents had just joined.the Columbia Record Club and, as a spe-' 3.clal present, ordered a Partridge Family 4.· album. That; for me, was the '70s-a 5.heady mixture of psychedeiia, polyester, 6.· 'platforms, teen' superstars, smiley faces,glam-rock, Hostess Snoballs and KraftMacaroni and Cheese. As excess and deca-dence were thinly disguised by a veneerof innocence, the day-glo age turned into

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1. SWEET SONG OF INDIA-MCGUIRESISTERS

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cigarette pack, the quartet stoppedplaying and stared at me with analmost terrifying greed, and Edelweissdirected my attention to a large posterthat had somehow escaped my noticeuntil then but now graphically in-formed me that smoking was strictlyforbidden. I put my cigarettes awayand the quartet resumed.

After a fretfulwhile, a liveried atten-dant came in and mled my Waterfordglass with Vichy water. Several minuteslater, another attendant placed a hard rollon my bread plate. I glanced up atEdelweiss to determine whether or not Icould commence eating, but her sterngaze was inscrutable, so I broke openthe roll only to discover that a note hadbeen baked inside. I furtively attemptedto read the note but could only make outa crudely drawn skull-and-crossbonesbefore Edelweiss snatched it out of myhands and crumpled it. She clappedtwice, and the string quartet immediatelypacked up their instruments and musicstands and ran off to the service eleva-tor. The liveried attendants marched inand hastily cleared away my place set-ting. Edelweiss dispassionately told methat the executive board had beendetained at a stockholders' meeting, andthat lunch would have to be postponedindefinitely, whereupon I was leddown yet another corridor whosewalls were hung with what appearedto be F.B.I. "Most Wanted" posters. Ithought for a moment that I'dglimpsed a mug shot of my friendErnst, who has been missing for thepast few weeks, but before I couldmake certain, I was pushed into theelevator and taken back to my cubicle.A sweat-soaked copy clerk poppedher head in a few seconds later to tell

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fa-a-a-bulous their baby-boomer loftreally is). This hetero love-fest isexcessive but necessary, since Sam is'about to get killed off, and the entireplot rests on the premise that theaudience (the "overlooked femaleaudience," that is) identifies complete-ly with Molly'Sloss.

The film finally picks up speedwith Sam's death, a scene so visuallystunning that it stopped my cynicalsnickering in midbreath. Shortly afterhis death, Sam discovers that he'sfated to be a mere spirit in Molly'slife: He can see her, but she doesn'tknow that he's, well, hanging around.Eventually he tracks down his killer,a Puerto Rican thug from the Bronx(establisi;ling Ghost's second other~worldly presence-people of color).

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ummer in Hollywood is allabout boys and their toys.Beatty has his radio watch,Cruise his car, Arnold his

arsenal. There doesn't seem to beroom at the box office for DemiMoore's pottery wheel, but that'sabout as heavy as the hardware getsin Gbost. There are also no car chas-es, no Top-40 soundtrack and nohomophobic jokes to keep buddingyoung men laughing. In other words,

no boy-stuff at all, which is thepoint. Paramount's president, BarryLondon, explained recently thatGhost offers "an opportunity to theoften overlooked female audience"-an opportunity, that is, for the girls-who-watch-boys to insert themselvesinto the longing gaze of PatrickSwayze's desire.

Brat Pack beauty Demi Mooreplays MollyJensen, a sculptor (this iswhere the pottery wheel comes in)who moves into a fa-a-a-bulousTribeca loft with her investment-. '.

banker beau, Sam'Wheat (played bySwayze, yesterday's dirty dancer of themoment). Sam and Molly are in love:They do little more than kiss, hug andlook longingly into each other's eyeswhile slow dancing to '60s ballads ontheir jukebox (a testament to just how

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American as apple pie and homo-phobia, the buddy film gets rediscov-ered every 15 years or so. The decadefollowing World.War n gave us men inthe trenches, and the early 70s PaulNewman and Robert Redford-first inchaps and then in spats.·The high tide ofthe Reaganite '80s, a hail-fellow-well-metera if there ever was one, came in righton cue. Taking the telling lead ofSigourney Weaver and the mama mon-ster fromAlien(s), the decade's hit cellu-loid couples were virtually all same-sex,right down to Batman. The two unlikeli-est teams-Nick Nolte and EddieMurphy in 48 Hours and Mel Gibsonand Danny Glover in Letbal WeaJXm--were the biggest bonanzas, propellingthe buddy boom right into the '90s.Letbal Weapon n still virtually litters yourlocal video store, and a month into the-atrical release, Anotber 48 Hours has

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four. With a single, startling exceptionvia the interracial flourish, the situationsand sexual attitudes could not be moretraditional. (Enter Blanche Du Bois,pleading, "Maybe we are a long wayfrom being made in God's image, but. Stella-my sister-there has been someprogress.") The male ego is the sole pri-ority, with no expense or extremity

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WHITE BOYS RULE.Mel Gibson oflethal Weapon

. spared in the stroking thereof. "YaS<XK>strong" could run as a constant subtitle,and every aspect of each film is mea-sured in. testosterone levels, beginningwith the all-male setting of the battle-field. In both series, these are once againmen at war, albeit the traditionally

American wars on crime and drugs. Themen-in-combat imagery, and all theattendant homoerotic sparlG, even meetthat other bastion of buddydom, theAmerican West. San Francisco is hometo the 48 Hours guys and Los Angeles tothe Letbal Weapons.

The sexual subtex1s are every bit asstereotyped and offer the first suggestionthat something unspoken may be goingori, too. Women get the worst of it. Thelicense of contemporary film lets the twoseries tum the misogyny of male brava-do into a' spectacle, in wide-screen and Dolby. Unless they're homewith the kids, the gals get fucked orshot, usually both. No one is off-limits.In the first Lethal Weapon, Glover's hipyoung daughter proposes Gibson'sdessert after his first dinner with the fam-ily: "Would you like a tart?" The ftlmactually begins with a beautiful youngwoman-:-nude, of course-flinging her-self, nipples to the wind, off the greatblack erection of a high-rise building (inLos Angeles, remember). We see a singlephotograph of Gibson's (deceased) wife,glimpsed from above as he stares downat the picture on his lap: Her smile andhis ootch are one. For the length of thefUm, the more civilized Glover neveronce refers to a woman by her nameunless he's angry. The all-male preserve,in fact, becomes a refuge from theopposite sex. One of the leads' fellowpolice officers avoids a lady investigatOrwith too many questions by duckinginto a men's room. lbat trick, we know,dates back to The Women.

The 48 Hours team makes theLethal Weapon buddies look chivalrous.The woman-hating in the sequel rangesfrom gratuitous, glancing affronts to theliteral exploding of the female body. Thefirst category includes Murphy's stunneddisbelief at a brother's conversion toChristianity: "I was there when you beatthe bitch up." Later, two motorcyclemaniacs in leather burst their bikesthrough the SCreen of a porn house,splattering a slit between two outsizedbreasts being massaged to the highestraptutes of autoeroticism. In the origina.l,Murphy questS so incessantly after"pussy," with the occasional call fot"slide," that its absence tlkes on a suspi-cious edge. tn fact, with the singleexception of Gibson's LWD tryst with adewy-eyed blonde of the pale \foice--nowaist variety (dead after the first night),neither man in either fUm ever gets laH

Their heterosexuality requiresperipheral validatiOn, such as, pre-dictably enough, revulsion at the veryidea of homosexuality, despite howseasoned and street-smart these guys

~.are supposed to be. Overt male homo- whores but only smile when guns aresexuality makes nary an appearance, up-making the top guns look not onlybut the token lesbian references do the clean but also straight. LWO even givesjob. Oiches are in full bloom. The dark its heroes a stereotyped sissy to beatdyke in the 48 Hours couple sports· a up. JoePesci's mincing accountant isgreasy cigarette behind one ear. Gibson not only knee-high to both Gibson andgets specific when LWIposits a sapphic Glover, but his idiosyncracies aresuspect as "disgusting." For good mea- designed for maximum annoyance,sure, the real men are carefully dis- Thanks to Pesci's nattily nasal voice, histanced from any questionable behavior flailing wrists and the apron he wearsthrough time-honored totems of fag- . to tidy up Gibson's trailer, he's just beg-gotty introduced for contrast. The biker. ging to be smacked. The calculation·buddies from Another 48 Hours, evil backfireS. The good guys end up look-incarnate, spend a little too much time ing like high-school bullies.together--J.onghairs, they parlay with S.. BUDDY RLM on palle &4

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"I knew what freedom was I was alive."-statement by a formerly battered lesbian

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survivorS come to defme as "a systematic set of coercive be-haviors which the abuser always has a choice about"- aretheir deeply moving accounts of personal struggles againstphysical, emotional, sexual, economic and homophobic abuse.

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most radical wing of the shelter movement-produced thistape. A caucus with strong allian.ces with the shelter move-ment's state and national women-of-color caucus, they werethe first to delete a negative comment about S/M from theNational Coalition Against Domestic Violence's original doc-ument on lesbian battering entitled "To the Lesbian Nation."Reflecting this progressive political history, Voi.ces womenremind us that S/M dykes, bar dykes and butch-femmedyads are not synonymous with battering, and that sorry,folks feminists do batter. They further assert that batteringcrisscrosses all races, classes and lifestyles, and that the les-bian community's racism and anti-working-class sentimentstrap many lesbians in violent situations.

Voices is an heroic accomplishment, given the wall ofhomophobia confronting .lesbians in the shelter movement.When lesbian battering "came out" in the early '80s, an imme-diate warning was sounded by the shelters. Any overt focuson lesbian battering-and lesbianism-would scare awayfunding sources or threaten heterosexual clients, the womeninterviewed here report. Those lesbians who were "allowed"to broach the issue by their sheltet:S (but were nonetheless

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Theater

by Michael Paller

omeone is using John Glines' name. John Glines,the producer, has btought to the stage, on hisown or in association with others, As Is, LastSummer in Bluefish Cove, Niagara Falls, Untold

Decades and Torcb Song Trilogy. As this partial list indi-cates, this John Glines has given us numerous plays ofconsiderable merit that speak eloquently, movingly or sim-ply-but always authentically.

That John Glines is not to be confused with JohnGlines, the playwright, author of Men of Manbattan. Atbest, the work of tbis Glines is little more· than an excuseto parade seven fairly attractive men around on a stage.There may be nothing wrong with that, but one can standon any block of Christopher Street, see 700 attractive menof various shapes, colors and sizes and save $15.

The 11 episodes comprising Men of Manhattan pur-port to show "scenes of New York City gay life," andindeed, they do reflect one aspect of it-the synthetic,shallow, good-for-a laugh, exploitative, easily swallowed,immediately forgotten sensibility. As entertainment, it occu-pies a niche analogous to the one-night stand.

Theoretically, the theater is big enough to accommo-date all comers: farce, comedy, tragedy, melodrama andevery variety of style. Why is it, however, that in practicethere is so much room for the comedy of the lowest com-mon denominator and the comedy appealing to adoles-cents still discovering the wonders of their bodilyfunctions?

Bodily functions, and the parts that perform them. areobjects of gt:eatconcern to these Men ofManhattan. The play-wright would probably argue that the real subject of his 11scenes is love, but beneath most of the working at, or piningaway for, romance is the desire for immediate sex---and eventhat is pretty cheaply worked out.

Itwould be ffiisleading to say that every scene concernsitselfwith questions of grunting and groaning. Evidently, play-wright Glines has been in contact with producer Glines, for heis mindful that AIDS is among us. Alas, he hasn't read or seen'the work of Victor Bumbalo, WilliamM.Hoffman or the otherbetter writers whom producer Glines favors. PlaywrightGlines' method of writing about AIDS is to reduce it to situa-tion comedy.

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unnamed direct-action organization. Instead, he heads forthe hospital-in full Carmen Miranda drag.:-ro say good-bye to Nathan, his brother, who is dying from AIDS-relatedcomplications. At first, this infuriates Martin (T.L. Reilly), afellow organizer and Nathan's lover. At the end, however,he, too, has a change of heart (and clothes).

The friend who was with me--illl expert in such mat-ters (demos, not drag) confirmed that organizers nevermiss a demo for anything. Even granting this plot implausi-_bility as poetic license, what the scene lacks, as does theplay generally, is any sense of how human beings wOlildtruly react in such a circ.umstance. But then there aren't anyhuman beings in this play only stick figures tricked up in.jokes. .

In "True Confessions," Victor (David Baird) and Philip(Liebhauser) have returned, drunk, from a memorial ser-vice for Philip's lover. Philip chooses this moment to revealan especially poignant comession made by the deceasedon his deathbed. This weepy revelation is embedded invulgar jokes, _with the actors playing every "drunk" cliche

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n case the summer is not yethot enough, Out Week wants tobe sure that you keep your feeta-movin' and your booty a-

swingin'. If the same old house-music drone is sounding rathertired, the following choice picksshould have you pumping to a dif-ferent drum. Others may help tocool you down.

PolIIslnger •Phranc (Island Records).

Just a· reminder thatIsland Records is re-releasingPhranc's first album, Folk-singer, which will now beavailable on CD for the firsttime. Originally released onRhino Records, Folksingerincludes such Phranc classicsas "Caroline,"- "Female Mud-wrestling" and a cover ofBob Dylan's "The LonesomeDeath of Hattie Carroll." As a .bonus, the previously.unre-leased track, "Everywhere IGo (I Hear the Go-Gos)," hasbeen added to the disc.Whether you're updating your collec-tion or becoming acquainted withPhranc for the first time, this is am':lst for youI' library. Phranc iswarmer, wiser and more slyly bitingthan anyone in the crop of "femalesinger/songwriters" who have fol-lowed her. Required listening.

."Hanky-Panky" (12").Madonna (Sire-Warner Bros.).

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Hip-HOp Greats.Various (Rhifio).

There are a dozen compilations .on the market now, and most areadequate introductions to the genre., Hip-Hop Greats manages to be morethan either a greatest-hits collectionor a hip-hop snob's wet dream-bybeing both.· These are the hits, somenow forgotten; that helped forge thehip-hop nation. There are the poli-tics of "The Message": ("Broken glass

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everywhere/People pissing on thesidewalk,/You know they just don'tcare"); the surreal (or stream-of-con-sciousness) musings of "Rapper'sDelight," initially dismissed as sillydrivel, now revered as one of rap'strue classics; and the no-nonsense,pre-Salt 'n' Pepa rapping ofSequence. In fact, the true highlightof this collection is Sequence's long-out-of-print "-FunkYou Up," a sort ofrap-meets-girl-group answer to"Rapper's Delight." With enoughstyle and attitude to give lessons,this New Jersey-based trio openedthe way for MC Lyte, Queen Latifah,the above-mentioned Salt en' Pepa

.and all the other womennow holding their own inrap. The only flaw in thewhole disc is the inclusionof the Fat Boys' "Fat Boys."If they want to use theirbodies to comic effect, that'sfine, but it doesn't translateto disc. Moreover, they'renot especially good rappers,and their vocal effects datein the worst way. Otherwise,this disc is highly recom-mended.

Ob, World.Paul Rutherford (4th andBroadway).

Formerly of FrankieGoes to Hollywood, Paul

Rutherford is one of the few peoplewho have recognized the linkbetween house and punk. (He wasonce very involved in London'spunk scene.) Both took forms thatalready existed, bastardized themand created a place where partici-pants (performer and audiencealike) could (re)create themselves.But while the energy of punk isoften manic, house seduces withdark grooves that either whip youinto a frenzy or float you acrOSs thedance floor. Rutherford's music fallsinto the latter category. His vocals,

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deep and soothing, slink throughthumping bass and string-drenchedtracks that are fleshed out withlovely backup vocalists. There is aslight, gospel-style abandon builtinto the tracks, and the listener istrapped between desires todance and to simply leanback, close her eyes anddrift. Highlights are thebeautiful "Oh, World," aprayer set to music ("Whatwe need is unity,! A friendlydeed for a friend in need"),and a sparse cover of Chic's"I Want Your Love," with allthe elements of house(prominent piano, softstrings) without being ahouse track. (Remixes ofthis single are available onimport.) This album wasreleased a while ago and hasn't got-ten the attention it so richlydeserves. Put it at the top of yourshopping list. ABC's Martin Fry co-produced three of the tracks,including "I Want Your Love."

PalJudy.Judy Nylon (ROIR).

Sometimes the schism betweenthe "dance" and the "alternative"crowds seems an impossible one tobridge, rendering the term "alternative

dance" an oxymoron. Increasingly,though, with new groups like Nine-Inch Nails smashing boundaries andstalwarts like Depeche Mode honingtheir talents to a fIne point, interestinghybrids result. (Pal Judy was actually

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released in 1982, making it a prede-:.cessor to Nine-Inch Nails and, rough-ly, a peer of Depeche Mode. It soundslike neither, however.) Judy Nylon "and producer Adrian Sherwood takegrunge and gloom and shoot it

through with a dance sensibili-ty-and lots of humor. Elvis'"Jailhouse Rock" is practically , .a dirge, while other tracksblend spoke~ words, nearraps and singing, the lyrics attimes seemingly lifted from anovel or mad poetry sessionrather than from some Top-40factory. Nylon'S voice istagged in the notes as ,"the .missing link between the. Shangri-las, Marianne Faithfuland Grace Jones." A more fIt-ting description would be I1ardto come by. Her voice has grit

and grain but is smoother thanFaithful's, while it projects the attitudeand coolness of a Grace Jones ofbygone days. Whether you want todance or just lean against a wall andglare, here's your soundtrack. T

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be Greenhouse Effect is Mr. Swanson's f1fSt novel, and Miraculous, Jack said.a peculiar one it is, in that nothing much happens. Absolutely, Phil said.The narrator is a mostly out-<>f-workactor in New York As a reviewer once accused me- of doing (with some

who picks-up a young man one very hot summer afternoon justification, I admit), Mr. Swanson out-Hemingwaysand brings him back to his apartment for sex. The young Hemingway. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but one

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There is a bit more to it ,than that, but not much. Little It's not fair to punish the author for the sins of the. tidbits about'the narrator's father, a preacher with a penchant publisher, but I know that if I picked up this book in a. for violence, sUrface throughout the book, but their relevance bookstore and glanced at the jacket copy, I'd put it downis unclear. Perhaps hitting the straight man expresses his again~fast. The contact on the promotional copy is Lisaanger toward hiS father. Could it really be that trivial? Bernstein, at (212) 663-0660. I suggest that as a buyer of, At 145 pages, this is a slim book, most of it dialogue, gay books, you call Ms. Bernstein and tell her that you pre-and without a quotation mark to be found: fer to be called "gay," and that "homosexual" is a word

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ike any other really good piece of category writing, agood mystery has to accomplish almost contradictorygoals. The novel must con-

form to the general out-lines of the genre, yet it must alsouniquely express the author'svoice and perception. MichaelNava has attempted this balancingact in his previous two books,Go/den Boy and Tbe Little Death,but he has at last mastered it inhis new outing.

Once again, the central char-acter is Henry Rios, a gayHispanic lawyer and recoveringalcoholic who's trying to find outwhat it means to live as an ethi-cal being, or at least what itmeans not to be a bad person.Henry lives with his lover, Josh,who's facing the abyss of the HIVpositive. Henry finds Josh explor-ing his body for lesions one

•mornmg:Moments like this broughthome to me that no matter howwell I thought I knew him, howmuch I loved him, we were ondifferent sides of the fence thatseparated the infected from theuninfected. I could see a little way over to his side,but he lived there. Not only did I feel helpless, I wasafraid to tell him so, to give him the burden of myanxiety in addition to his own.The mystery novel really moves in statements like

this, using the genre to bring the reader into a gray areathat crime and corruption inhabit in our society. Comic-book characters are those that see, Rambo-like, only theblack and the white. It's when a man like Henry Riosunderstands his own limitations and his own possiblepollution that the mystery can begin to tea<;hus.

The plot of How Town turns on a murdered child-pornographer. Nava could have made it, a la mysterywriter Andrew Vacchs, into a quick and dirty morality

play, the one-dimensional imposition of depravity bybad people on good ones. But Nava knows that it's notthat simple. Rios rebels at the idea that anyone wouldequate child-molestation with homosexuality, thoughmany other characters seem to make that association andwant Rios to identify with the molesters. Still, even as herenounces that parallel, when Henry Rios investigatesthe world that the victim inhabited, he cannot help butsee its lure reflected back on himself: "I was not apedophile, nor had I never consciously entertained those

fantasies, but I was a sexualbeing and for a moment injail I'd felt Paul's excitementand it terrified me."

In the best tradition ofthe Southern Californian pri-vate dick, Henry Rios enters asmall town and observes thecontamination beneath itsveneer of civility. Los Roblesis the place Henry grew up.He's brought back by a callfrom his estranged sister toinvestigate the murder and toprotect the wife of an oldfriend. Henry· has to face hisown history, his boyhoodloves and his adolescenthurts, as he digs deeper intowhat happened in Los Robleslast month and decades ago.

How Town is one ofthe best gay-themed detec-tive novels yet written. Thetime and effort Nava putinto his previous novelsshow in the strong struc-ture and well-drawn char-

acters. The ending is not a trick played on the readerbut a genuine surprise-another combination requiredof a v_erygood mystery.

Nava, who also has edited an anthology of gayand lesbian detective fiction, has moved into the bigtime with How Town. This is the first of his novels tobe, p\lblished by a mainstream house (the previousvolumes were done by Alyson, which he acknowl-edges ~ith a nicely placed dedication). Not only isHow Town a book that gay readers can enjoy, it'salso one sure to win him well-deserved recognitionas one of the major practitioners of his craft. Anyreader of serious detective fiction will recognize thisnovel as a significant accomplishment. T

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. . smoked down to a nub, and dims theearly morning sunlight with the glory ofhis full moon; he has obvious troublewith the .ftrst leak of the day becausethe appendage involved has other ideas.

With that kind of introduction, aconfrontation between Black and whitemen is knee-deep in sexual cliches, andthe central conflict becomes the mostoriginal element of both' series. TheLetbal Weajxm and 48 Hours mms pro-pose a Black man's first encounter witha white man who just may have a big-ger dick. Once again, the pervasivestereotypes drop right to their knees inservice. Guns are the measure of man-hood. Alone together for the first time,Gibson and Glover get out the rulerright away and compare weapons withclinical detail; Nolte, the cop, keepsMurphy, the con, unarmed. Even thereversal of the standard racial iconsserve$ only to butch up the white boy.Glover is the full-scale family man.

, .Murph.ywears $500 suits right out ofjail. Gibson and Nolte are itinerant,unkempt and heavy smokers. Specialistsin violence, they're also the boys alwayscausing trouble at the office, the mean-est boys on the beat.

Glover's first encounter withGibson defmes the terms. Gibson reach-es c;lown to his belt. Glover, some dis-tance away,sees him out of the comerof his eye, bellows "Gun!" and lurchesforward in slow motion, attempting tobody-block what he thinks is the unveil- 'ing of the title character. From then on,the white boy's on top. Murphy is intro-duced as. an off-screen falsetto, andNolte ends their first scene with an '80ssweet nothing "I own your ass"-andthen buys Murphy a candy bar. Theaching underbelly becomes clearest in

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MANHATTAN from page 59they can lilfch toward. (Why doactors and directors forget that whendrunk, people try to act sober?) It'sone thing to rob such characters andsuch a tragedy of all dignity; it'sanother to replace it with only pathos.

A surprise ending, bathroomhumor and pathos-the most easilypurchased of sentiments--are Glines'chief weapons in these 11 assaults.Audiences, ~as, love pathos becauseit enables us to feel at once sorry for,contemptuous toward and superior tothe characters onstage. Make no mis-take: The audience at the Courtyardwas moved by the pathos and howledat the bathroom jokes. They even

I I acted surprised when the 11th "sur-prise" ending tottered out, exhaustedby age and overwork.

The play is meant as light enter-tainment, but the heavy weight ofworn-out, second-hand imagescrushed the life and enthusiasm out ofthis writer. The stripper with the well-hidden heart of gold, the ditzy actor,the gym hunks and the ever-optimisticlovelorn all lug their tired waresbefore us. Under Charles Catanese'sdirection, the acting cannot overcomethe writing and occasionally attains itslevel. Not a single original insight orhonest emotion is to be found, andthe audience seemed not to mind theabSence a bit. At times like these, onehas to wonder which---audience orproduction-is more culpable.

If I were John Glines, the pro-ducer, I would do something aboutthis. Otherw!se, someone may thinkhe and John Glines, the playwright,are the same person. That can't be. T

moments of maximum combat. Nolteends the first round of battle withMurphy by reminding him: ''You ain'tgot nothing to bet with. A man whotalks about women like you do can't getit up, anyway." Glover challengesGibson's suicidal fury by brandishing ahandgun in his face: "Don't nibble onthe barrel! Put it in your mouth!"Gibson's dialogue fairly swells withinnuendo: "I can't swallow it," "I neverforget an asshole," and as the finaltlireat, "I am going to fuck him in theass." (A threat?) And we never forgetwho's the hottest shot, and why. LWIconcludes with Gibson trapping thesuper-villain's head between his thighs.

1he films firuJly seem resigned tothe fate that they've fought so hard. 1hetwo couples become parodies of mar-ried life. Gibson serves Glover coffee inbed. Nolte always drives. The constantbickering is pure man-and-wife; theargument is always over who's right. Infact, the two couples are so blissfullycontent that these unlikeliest ofbedfel-lows find the signature specialty of het-erosexuality: They reproduce. 1he closeof LWI says it all: Gibson brings his dogcbez Glover for Christmas dinner.Glover, we immediately discover fromthe resultant caterwauling inside,already has a pussy. Everyone lives hap-pily ever after. T

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closeted) began "political triple-. .

time "-they did their "real" work onheterosexual battering, waged a high-intensity war against homophobia andthen, often on their own time, tackedon "their" issue. It was increasinglyapparent that in a movement built bylesbians, a majority of whom werewomen of color, sexual diversity wasbut tolerated and only if these womenmaintained a low profile and devotedtheir energy to heterosexual concerns.

The. fmal blow came at the 1986National Coalition of Domestic Violenceconference when lesbians were toldthat lesbian battering was polluting themovement's vision, and that the issuewas stealing money from heterosexualwomen and children. Four years later,little seems to have changed. There areonly three workshops on lesbian batter-ing at' the National Coalition AgainstDomestic Violence conference---and

·1they are all scheduled at the same time.

As a founding member. of theMassachusetts Lesbian Caucus and asurvivor of the shelter movement'shomophobia, I was unsure if, once Ifinally agreed to review the tape, I couldovercome my rage ata movement-anda community-that betrayed us whenwe really needed them. But there isshelter from lesbian violence as there isthe testimony of these survivors in 7beV0ice5 of Battered lRsbians.If you are a battered lesbian and

need belp, it is available. Call 1-(800)-333-SAFE or 1-(617)-426-8492. T

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•reluctant help, from a similar fate. ences,a kiss is never just a kiss. i

Gbost certainly offers more than However, the choice to alter a . ~what most of the Summer's formula female-female love scene by replac-films offer. Moore, with her tomboy ing -one of the women with a man ishaircut and trademark rasp, gives a especially ironic in a film that's allmoving portrayal, salvaging Molly about invisibtltty. ~from the depths of helpless femal~- '1 11ness. no small task, considering thatshe has. to spend most of the filmwith tears pouring down her face. AsOda Mae, Whoopi Goldberg finallyhas a character in line with her per-formance-art background, and shesteals several scenes away from, I

Swayze's Wonder Bread heroics. As akind of "Teenage Girl's Guide toSupernatural'Love," Ghost succeeds,even excels, w.ith humor, suspenseand poignancy. But for gay men andlesbians, an even more "overlooked"audience, Ghost provides a differentexperience altogether. .

The film's most resoundingly"queer" scene occurs near the end.Sam's spirit enters Oda Mae's body(with her permission, of course Samis a Jriendly ghost) so that he canhave one last dance with Molly. OdaMae's hands, possessed by Sam, grabMolly's, The camera moves into acloseup of Molly's 'face as she shutsher. eyes and moves her lips in prepa-ration for a kiss. I could hear the ner-vous shuffles all around me, thepreview audience horrified at the pos-Sibility of Demi and Whoopi realizingtheir dyke potential. But wait! That'snot Whoopi's mouth entering theframe -to meet Demi's eager lips it'sPatrick Swayze's! The scene continueswith Molly and Sam in an intimateslow dance; Oda Mae doesn't reap-,pear on-screen until the embrace isover. We're "spared" the sight of twowomen kissing even though the ten-derness ,of such a scene would have. been a laqdmark for a straight lovestory like this.

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SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANSAugult 23-26 Provincetown Field TrIp,four days of biking, hiking, horsebackriding, whale watching, fishing, sun-ning, night life, dining, shopping, swim·ming, windsurfing, museum, lighthouse,dancing, boating and "hanging out withlots of gay folks-; 71&1965-7578 (rsvp forSAL:s hotels were due JULY 6; rsvp forSAL's activities are being acceptedNOW) '.

DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY TELEVI-SION Call for Tap .. for 41okout LBS-bl.n .nd GBYVideo FeIflVIII tw, for sixnights in October; -by queers or forqueers or· about queers or all of the, above"; all video-mastered modes OK,no film to video; no entry fee, small hon-oraria; Lookout, c/o DCTV; 87 LafayetteSt, NYC 10013; 941-1298 (entriesaccepted thru AUG 10)

NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TASKFORCE (3rd Annual) November 9-12Clwllling'ChBnge Conference, for gay &lesbian organizing lind skill building; atHoliday lrin Metrodome, Minneapolis-$to Paul, MN, ~where the men are goodlooking, the women are strong, and gayand lesbian civil rights are above aver-age"; 42 workshops include discussions· of gay/lesbian marriage (or noi:), in the, system/in t~e streets, emerging sexualstrategies among gay men, lesbian sex·· 'uality, outing, hate crimes, bisexualityand gay/lesbian pOlitics, more; videos,brochure swapping, welcome reception·Kate Clinton in concert, dancing; $120fee before SEPT 14J$150attar; info from


therapy session of people with AIDS aftar amember of the group dies. 12young peoplefaCing death units, and in an explosion ofanger, humor and compassion, act outagainst their destruction"; 44Walker St;$12;ruES-SUN, 8 pm; 431-7434lthru AUG 4)

PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS presentsWilliam Finn's F.,.etto/.nd, the lastpart of a trilogy (starting with InTrousers) in which Marvin confrontsAIDS; with Heather MacRae, Chip Zlen,Stephen Bogard .. , Michael Rupert,Denny Gerard, Faltb Prince, JanetMertz; 416 W 42 St; $22-$24; TUE-FRI at8 pm, SAT at3 &8 pm, SUN at3~ 7 pm;279-4200 (th ru AUG 12)

RIVERWEST THEATER presents RobertHIIICs s-nerO..", abouta besebaU play-erwho is ouI8d bya newspaper; 155BankS!;$12;for dails call 243-«51 (thruAUG 121

LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES COMMIT-TEE, DISTRICT 37 MUNICIPAL EMPLOY-EES Lesbian & Gey Pride Exhlbldon,showing the history of union interactionwith advocacy of lesbian/gay rights, theimpact of AIDS, domestic partner bene-fits, anti-bias crime legislation, hpmo-phobia; In the Lobby, DC 37Headquarters, 125 Barclay St; DAILY, 8am - 6 pm (thru AUG 30)

THE GLINES presents John Glines'Men of M.nhBftlln, directed by CharlesCatanese, -a celebration of the delight-ful diversity of gay life in NYC here andnow" with seven actors playing 25characters in a series of vignettesinvolving an actor-waiter, phone-sexusers, guppie lawyers, gym hunks, astripper-hustler, many others; withDavid Baird, Steven Llebhauser, CyOrfleld, T.L. Reilly, L.. lle Roberts,Rlcbard Skipper, Bill, Wingard; at theCourtyard Playhouse, 39 Grove St; $15;WED-FRI at 8 pm, SAT at 8 & 9 pm, SUNat 7 pm; 869-3530 /thru SEPT 2)

PROVINCETOWN'S GIFFORD HOUSEHOTEL presents Kerry Asbton's TheWilde Spirit, a one-man play withmusic based on the life and works ofOscar Wilde; 9-11 'Carver Street,Provincetown, MA; $10; WED-SAT at 7pm (also on JULY 2 & 3, and SEPT 2; 7pm); 508/487-6400 (thru SEPT 15.

LIVING THEATRE presnents Eric Bent-ley's Germ.n Requiem, directed byJudith Malina; 272 E3 St; $10 generaV$-7 students and seniors/pay-what-you-can on Wednesday and Thursday;WED·SUN,8 pm; 979-0604 (open run)

PRODUCERS' CLUB presents Ed C.chl-anes's Everybody Knows Your N.me,

starring Joi Plchetl8; a play about AIDS,a gay man whose problems are measuredIn Bvoir du pois, and his support group;358 W 44 S!; $10; THU-SUN at 8 pm, alsoSAT at 2 pm; extra show Wednesday,June 13,8 pm; 279-4200 (open run)

RAPP ARTS THEATER presents pre-viewing Thomas M. Disch's black COllI-edy one-act, The C.rd/o.1 Detu.e.,starring George McGra .. ; "a chillinglook inside the hierarchy of the modemCatholic Church exploring such Issuesas AIDS, abortion, ties to organizedcrime, and homosexuality"; also Disch's"hair-raising" curteln-ralser, TheAoditlon; official opening is MAY 31;THU & FRI at 8 pm, SAT at 8 & 10 pm;SUN at 5 pm; $10; 529-5921 (open run)

Longtime CompBnion, a feature film fol-lowing the lives of eight gay men inNew York during the AIDS crisis; East-side Cinema, 3rd Ave btwn 55/56 Sts,755-3020; Chelsea Cinemas, 23 St btwn7th/8th Aves, 69i-4744; Carnegie HallCinema, 7th Ave at 57 Sf, 285-2520 (Edl-tal's note: You can call Nsw YorkMaga-zine's 777-FILM, with area code 212 or201, for specific time information.)

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MONDAY JULY 23SLOPE ACTIVI~IES FOR LESBIANSEvening Fun Run In PlOIpect Park, oneslow lap around the park, liquidrefreshments follow; 7 pm; 71&1965-7578

ACT UP Mondey Meetinll at CooperUnion, Astor Place, in the Great Hall, plensfor President George Bush's July 24 wel-come will be ..... iled; 7:31 pm; 989-1114

GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE/MORRISCOUNTY, NJ Meedng/Soclal: Gay GMleShow, at Morristown Unitarian Fellow-ship, 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Morris-town, NJ; 8:31 pm; 201/285-1595 (Editor'snote: GAAMC meets every Monday atthis time for a meatinwsociallMlnt)

TUESDAY, JULY 24 .BRONX AIDS SERVICES, INC. VolunteerTrelning for T_ AIDS EducatDrs, ses-sion four of five sessions; 1 Fordhr,mPlaza, Suite 800; 10 am - noon; 295-5605

ACT UP welcomes President GeorgeBush to New York, at a Republicanfundrelser at the Weldor-Astoria; meetat the steps of the Public 'Ubrary, FifthAve below 42 St, 6 pm, for a march tothe hotel at 49 St & Park Ave; 989-1114(Editor's note: More info available at theJULY 23 ACT UP Monday meeting,Cooper Union, Astor Place, the GreatHall, 7:30 pm. ACT UP notes that George

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Bush opposes universal health insur-ance in a country where 37 million areuninsured. He has failed to fund effec-tive treatment programs for substanceabusers. He has failed to implement aneffective system for testing promiliingtreatl\lents. He has failed to supportneedle exchanges and bleach distribu-tion for addicts who put themselves atrisk. He continues to deny U.S. entry toacknowledged gays, lesbians and HIV+people. He opposes the AIDS Care Billand the AIDS Housing OpportunitiesAct, has cut funding for the ADAPT pro-gram to provide free AIDS treatments,and denies medicaid/medicare to U.S.territories including Puerto Rico. AndI'" add that he sucks up to Jesse Helmswhen it comes to preventing useful sexand AIDS education for our nation'simperiled youth. But he loves the flag.)

GAYMEN'S HEALTHCRISIS HIV HealthSeminar: Medical Treatments, tonightand every 4th Tuesday; 129W 20 St. 3rdFloor; 7 pm; free; 807-6655, TDD 645-7470

SOUTHERNERS (LESBIANS AND GAYMEN IN NY) Potluck Supper in the Cen-lIe(s Garden with entertainment by LynnLavn.r (her schedule permitting), who'will discuss her experiences travelingand performing in the South; suggestedcontributions: A-G, desserts; H-M, bev-erages; N-S, .entrees; T-Z, appetizers,salads, fruits, breads; 208W 13St; 8 pm;$10 suggested; David 674-8073 (Editor'snote: Southerners is dedicated to mak-ing the South more livable for our fel·low gays/lesbians who live, and try tolove, down there.)

WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVES COMMUNI·lY CENTERDlscUllion Group for Moth-ers; in West Hempstead, U; 8:30 pm; $3more if/less if;516/483-2050

at PrivaIII Eyes. 12W 21 St (btwn 5Ih/6thAves);5-10pm (you maystay on forYMVANight at 10); $5 before 7/t! afterwards;info 645-6479,club '1IKJ-Tm (Editor's nOl8:Door proceedSlOnightfrom 5-7 pmwill goto the Human Rights Campaign Fund. Adifferent gay/lesbian group benefrts eachweek throughout the summer.)

ASIANS AND FRIENDS/NY M.mbersMeet Members at the Cedar Tavern, 82University Place (btwn 11/12 Sts, 741-9754t 6 pm; $20 for dinner, or just "join usfor cocktails-; infwrsvp, John 71&1596-9696

SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANSPizza. Pool Night, at Antonio's, 318Flatbush Ave (btwn Park Place &Sterling Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn;followed by free (ladies' night) poolat Brownstone Billiards, Flatbush &&th Aves; 7:30 pm at Antonio's;718/965-7578,

REDUGHT DISTRICT opens a revival of•Michael Cristofer', The Shadow Box.

about three terminal cancer patients inan experimental hospital community; atthe Sanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th

Ave (22)23 Sts); $10; WED·SAT at 8 pm,SUN at 3 pm; 206-1764(thru JULY29)SERIOUS FUNI AT LINCOLN CENTERpresents Karen Finl.y: We Keep OurVictims Ready, "examining the natureof existence in a highly visceral perfor-mance that's passionate, shocking andsticky ...as she expresses outrage atsuch targets as wife abusers and theROl'flanCatholic Church-; at Alice TullyHall, Bway & 66 St; 8 pm; $20 & $25; boxoffice 362-1911,CenterCharge 874-8nO

TEAM NEW YORKLeslJian. Gay Body-building Exhibition, with beer, soda, T-Shirts, raffle, and muscled men andwomen; atthe Center, 20BW 13St; doorsopen 6:30 pm;$10;Center 620-7310.

EAGLEBARMovie Night BackIDIhBFutnI( 14211thAve(Bt21Sti.ll pm;69HI451

THE PYRAMID presents Linda Simp-son's Channel 69: The Roilia NerdShow, featuring socially inept strippers;with Shelly Mars, Katy Krocodile, PaulKakuschky, and V; 101Ave A (6{7 Sts); 1am; $5; 420-1590

THURSDAY, JULY 26THECENTERsponsors First-Ever Orl....laton in Brooldyn, where you can learnabout the groups and services for theNYC & Brooklyn gay/lesbian communi-ty, with leaflets and speakers, refresh-ments; sign-language interpreted; atPark Slope Mathodist Church, 6th Aveat 8 St; 7-9 pm; 217/620-7310

FRIDAY JULY 27SLOPE AC~VITIES FOR LESBIANSVideo Night Jodie Foster Fest, Part II,with a "double feature and biographicaldetails (What stories have you heard?)";bring snacks and beverages; 7 pm; rsvp& movie requests, 7181965-7578

JOCElYN AND JULIE present theOpening of Clit Club, a "queer, girl-oriented club night'" with "go-go girls,, lesbo erotic videos· and $1.00 drinksfrom 8-10 pm; 432 W 14 St (nearWashington St); 8 pm - 4 am; $5; 406·1114 (Editor's notes: Boys are wel-come. This party plans to run onalternate Fridays, so mark AUG 10,and24 on your calendar. By the way, thisisn't the first time a club name hasbeen evocative of sexual anatomy;e.g. Cockring and Manhole.)

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SATURDAY, JULY 28CENTERSPORTSsees Mats VI. Cardi·aals; $14 Center members/$19 non-members; 620-7310

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WOMEN ABOUT Hik. on Pete(s KillTraU, the SchwngUllb. New Paitl. NY,two and a half hours from NYC, walka/ong a beautiful stream; dinner and pos-sible overnight; member info, 201/48HI440

SLOPEACTIVITlESFORLESBIANS FieldTrip to Fire IsIIIId.sun, swimming, relaxing.dancing.poot 6amdepartul8; 71&'!!1i5-7578HYACINTHFOUNDATION Spani. lan-guage Volunteer Traialng Program, tointroduce Spanish speaking and bilingualvolunteers 10 all aspects of AIDS in NewJersey, with an emphasis on the Hispanic

, ,comm~nities; at Bamert Memorial Hospi·tal, 61Il Broadway, Paterson, NJ; 8:30am- 5:30 pm; 800-433-0254 (Spanish speak-ing telephone operators staff phoneseveryWednesday afternoon, 2:30-5:30.)

SlOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANSBrunch at the Newv Prospect Cafe, 393Flatbush Ave at 8th Ave; follcr.:ved by atrip to the Greenmarket, Grand ArmyPlaza; 11:30am; 7181965-7578

SLOPEACTlVrnESFORLESBIANS Trip IIICentral Part. with pedal boating at 1:30pm; Double Dutch rope-skipping andcheerieading by (NY's#1) Minisink Teamfrom Harlem, at 3 pm; meet at WollmanRink(wearyour SALbuttonst 71&'!!1i5-7578

OUTRAGEINTO ACTION March to EndViolenc. Against Lesbians, "inresponse 10 two recent incidents of vio-lence against lesbians on 7th Avenue inPark Slope, Brooklyn, and to the explo-sion of hate crimes in Brooklyn-; meetat Grand Army Plaza at 4 pm (2/3 Trainto Grand Army Plaza, DTrain to 7th Ave), ,

STONEWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDA-TION Benefit for The Ceater, GlAAD,Lambda Legal, SAGE: CasillO Night",

All ThatJazz. food, casino games, doorprizes, and socializing; at Long PondFarm, B.ridgehampton; 6:30 pm; $150(chips included); info/tix 217/391-4660,press 212/593-4600

FIRE ISLAND BUDDIES Support .ndSocial Group for HIV+ Men, Wom.n •Fri.nds, tonight and every Saturday inJuly and August; Fire Island Pines Com·munity House; 7:30pm

GAY MEN OF AFRICAN DESCENTForum: African/Asiall Alliance, withAsians. Friendl/NY and Gay Asiansand Pacific Islanders, discussing thecommon problems encountered by dif- FREEDOM NOW Benefit for Polilicalferent people of color within the' . Prisoners and POWs in til. U.S.: C.II-gay/lesbian community; at the Center, sOlShip,the CreIItiwJ I'roceu ill Amer-208W 13St; 8 pm; 620·7310 icall Society; with speakers, music,

poetry, drama; Truck and WarehouseBRAND NAME DAMAGES GALLERY ITheatre, 79 E4St; 7:30 pm; t!; 860-4101ACT UP B.n.fit:: DIVA TV Vid.os,including Like a Pray"r (the St. Pat's SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANSdemo), How to 8e a DIVA (Chicago & go to a Prospect Park Conc.rt:·SF tapes); 301 Bedford AVII, Williams- Brooklyn Philharmonic Orcb.stra;burg, Bklyn (L Train to Bedford Ave bring, blankets, food (wear your SALstop); 9 pm & 11 pm showings; $5 (with buttons); meet at Lafayette statue,

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9th St &. Prospect Park West; 8 pni~718/965-7578 .BRAND NAME DAMAG.ES GALLERYACT UP Buelit. s.. JULYZI

SPECTRUM presents S.ilutlol,singing You're My One and Only, ItTakes Two, Heartbeat. and Could This8e Love?; 802 64th Street, Brooklyn (NTrain to 8th Ave stop, Bay Ridge);7181238-8213

•FAIRPAC IIIVlsioll of the Gnw.IR, "thesummer's hottest dance party; with adisco diva TBA; Fire Island Pines takesover Cherry Grove's Ice Palace; mid-night; 212f727-1291 .

Beach Outing to Jones Beach, meet atL1RRTerminal, Penn Station lower level;9:30am; $12 roundtrip; 222-9794

WOMEN ABOUT Dey i..~h Trip toWatcb Hill or RoIIert Mala S.... PIIrk01 Fjre Island; member info, 201/481-0440

SLOPEACTIVITIESFORLESBIANSAdlltDay Camp, at the Clubhouse in ProspectPark, Brooklyn; arts & crafts, 10 am -noon; picnic, games and relay races,12:30-3pm; science projects and supris-es at the clubhouse, 3:30-5 pm; come forall or part of the day; 71BJ965-7578

D.T.'S FAT CAT B.nefit Party for Te811N.w York as they send off their ath-lates to Vancouver for Gay Games III;corner of 12 St and 4 St; 4-10 pm; $2donation; Drs 243-9041 (Editor's direc-tions: Fiild 8th Ave & 14StWalk south 3blocks on 8th Ave. Tum left onto W 4 St;walk one block. You'II run into W 12StOnly in New York.)

MICHAEL FESCOpresents Bac/c ,., ",.Future at 20/20, Sunday Tea Dances,with tonight's DJ Roy Roche; freeBloody Marys & Mimosas from 6-8 pm;buffet at 7:30 pm; 20 W 20 St; doorsopen 6 pm; n7-8841 .

SPECTRUM presents John LeFle.r,. ,

J .... Volt, Calirla, and special guestentertainer VInce Capri; featuring themusic of three decades of a,,-girlgroups like the Cover Girls, Pointer Sis-ters, Supremes, Pajama Party, SweetSensation; 802 64th Street, Brooklyn (NTrain to 8th Ave stop, Bay Ridge); doorsopen 9 pm; free before 10 pmJ$5 after10pm; 7111/238-8213.

MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER/NYSocial Ollling to U-IfIell U-SWNt Clr-cl. Line Bqatride, meet at Circle UnePier; 42 StlHudson River; 6:30 pm sharpfor boarding; $25; 222-9794 '

PYRAMID presents Canalll's Duee,Eye View Big Scr •• n F.II_/Vldeo,S.ries; with David Bronstein's Vogu-ing: The MesSlge, John Canalli's , In7: Or True Confessions of a Gay Flesh-pounder and ALPHABIT LAND: The8ackyard Tour, featuring WIGSTOCK

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'St. 101 Ave A (6{7 Sts); 9 pm; $3 (stayall night); 420-1590

MONDAY, JULY-3D,SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS Din-ner at Costa Del Sol. "splurge a little onsome super Spani,sh cuisine andromantic atmosphere"; 306 7th Ave(btwn 7/8 Sts). Park Slope. Brooklyn;7:30 pm; 711!(965-7578

CONGREGATION BETH SIMCHATTORAH Tlsha B'Av Evening, precedingSolemn Fast Oily; 57 Bethune St (nearWest St, inside the Westbeth Complex);8 pm; 929-9498 .

TUESDAY, JULY 31·BRONX AIDS SERVICES. INC. VolunteerTraining for Teen AIDS Educators, ses-sion five of five sessions; 1 FordhamPlaza, Suite 800; 10 am • nOOn;295-5605

JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH Memori-al Service for Raul A. Campailioni, 34-year-old stockbroker and managingdirector of Christopher Street Financial;one of the organizers of the Internation-al Gay Games, and a manager of TeamNew York; served on the boa rds of FundFor Human Dignity, FAIRPAC, SIECUS;55Washington Square South, 6 pm

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LAMBDA INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATSOF BROOK.LYN Fundraiser for variouscandidates, with desserts; 265 CarltonAve. Fort Greene, Brooklyn; 7:30 pm;$15; 718/499·6691, 718/965-8482,LONG ISLAND GAY MEN'S'GROUP Bi-Weekly Discussion: Sexual Slumming(Getting down and dirty.); meets in Gar-den City. U,8 pm; info 5161694-2407

THE MONSTER presents Ms. Sherry'sDebu-Tl'Mlps, with Myra (the minx fromthe Sphinx), Crystal Allen (a charmschool's delight), Sylvia (sveltll, stylishand scaridalous), and a inale stripper;SOGrove St at Sherida'n Square; show

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Tuning In: A TV/Radio Guide for OulWeek Readers,

Information must be received by Monday to be included in the followingweek's issue. Send items to Rick X, Tuning In, Box 790, NY, NY 10108.

ME (Arts & EnIer1ainment,!BiRfthAva, lQhR,N't'C 1(1)17;661-611) midnight RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and femaleCCTV (Rick l<,Box 790. NYC 10108) strippers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable, CH Jfl3I1:OO)GBS (Gay Broadcasting System, 'Butch Peaston, .1787th

Ave, Ste. A-3, NYC 10011; 243·1570)GCN (Gay Cable Network, Lou Maletta, 32 Union Square

East, Suite 1217; 4n-422D)GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis, Jean Carlomusto, 129W 20

St, NYC 10011; 807-75171RB PROD (Robin Byrd Productions, Box3m, NYC10021;52973)WABC-TV (7 Uncoln Square, NYC 10023;456-nmWBAI-FM (505 8th Ave, 19th FI, NYC 10018; 279-0707)WCBS-TV (524 W 57.St, NYC 10019; 975-4321)WNBC-TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 10112; 664-4444)WNET-TV (356 W 58 St, NYC 10019; 560-3000)

MONDAY, JULY 239:011PM WNYW- TV (Fox) Alien Nation: George's pregnancy,

male Newcomer hormones, and what is masculine andfeminine among Newcomers are topics of this repeatedepisode; CH 5 (1:00)

10:00 PM GCN Be My Guest Hi-NRG awards from PrivateEyes; scenes from Channel 69 at Pyramid; ManhattanCable, CH JfJ3 (:30)

11:30 PM Tomorrow/Tonight Livel: entertainment; Manhat-tan and Paragon Cable, CH 0/17 (1:00)

midnight CCTV The Closet Case Show. Kloset Klips, malenudity, swimsuits and underwear from maintstreammovies; also, Jake Corbin finishes his shower andchanges his underwear; Manhattan Cable, CH C/16 (:30)

1:00 AM Gay Tlf. gay male porno clips; Paragon Cable, CHJfJ3 (:30)

TUESDAY, JULY 247:30 PM WPIX-TV Bosom Buddies: Tom Hanks and Peter

Scolari return, for the summer re-runs, as two machodudes who do drag to keep an apartment; your summeralternative to Wheel of Fortune; CH 11 (:30) (an extr:aepisode, tonight only, at 8:00 PM)

8~ PM WNET- TV The Hidden City. Judd Hirsch gives us alook at NYC's infrastructure: the Harlem River aqueduct,the Astoria power plant, and a sewage-treatment plant,all critical for survival, and all in need of much mainte-nance; CH 13 (1:00) (repeats at 3:00 AM)

10:00 PM WNET·TV Salesman: the Maysles brothers' clas-sic that follows four door·to-door Bible salesmen; am,ust-see for gay activists who want a look at lifebeyond Brooklyn; CH 13 (1:30)

11:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: community news, discussion,interviews; tonight Bill Bahlman interviews Dr.AnthonyFauci, NIAID; Kurt Wolfe interviews Jim Pallone, the openlygay umpire; ManhattarV!'aragon Cable, CHC/16 (1:00)

11:30 PM The Brendaand Glennda Show: The Out and Outra- ,geous Bus Ride. Brenda Sexual and Glennda Orgasm takeover the 9th Street crosstown bus with a troupe of dragqueens and queer activists; Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17 (:30)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 258:011AM A&E Oscar Remembered: Maxim Mazumdar's inti-

mate one-man play about Wildes' life of scandal, part 2of 2, continued from last week (:30)

9:30 AM WBAI-FM Ghosts in the Machine: women in pop,with Victoria Starr; 99.5 FM (2:30)

5:011PM WWOR- TV Matt Houston: he finds a millionnairewho lures athletes to his estate for the purpose of hunt-ing them down in sport; a must for people tired ofthe

. Gay and Goodwill Games; CH 9 (1:00)6:011PM WPIX- TV Webster. Emmanuel Lewis stars in a

child abuse episode about a teacher who makes lewdadvances toward students; CH 11 (:30) .

8:05 PM lBS Goodwill Gaf!les: tonight's menu includeswater polo between the US and the USSR; tape it andhope for those underwater shots of players groping andgrabbing each other's suits (4:30) (repeats at 12:35AM)

9:011PM WNET- TV A Raisin in the Surr. Lorraine Hansbury'sclassic about a black family dealing with aspirations ofits members, with Danny Glover and Esther Rolle; CH 13(3:00) (repeats at 3:00 AM)

THURSDAY, JULY 26,10~ AM WABC- TV Sally Jessy Raphael. Juvenile suicides;

while overt and institutionalized homophobia Is a majorcause, rock records with subliminal messages are u'u-ally blamed first; CH 7 (1:00) . ,

1~ PM WBAI-FM This Way Out; the im'1 gay/lesbian mag-, azi ne; 99.5 FM (:30)

1:30 'PM WBAI-FM An Aftemoon Outing: local news andinformation about the gay/lesbian community; 99.5 FM (:30)

2:30 PM WBAI-FM AIDS: Paths to Self-Empowtrment"Living: Bob Lederer and Jim Fouratt discuss alternativetreatments, self-empowerment, politics; with inten(l,ewsof health practitioners, PlNAs, aC1ivists; 99.5 FM(I~)

7~ PM GBS Way Outt Mark Chesnut and Mich"lIe Van-Voorhies host a lesbian and gay entertainment show; .tonight John Cane iii's Alphabit Land: The B,r;Icy,rt/ .Tour, featuring Wigstock '89; Rich Volo, producer, 254-7685; Manhattan Cable, CH Jj23 (:30)

9:30 PM GMHC Living WithAIDS. health and politics; Man-hattan Cable, CH Jfl3 (:30) .

10:00 PM WNBC-TV LA. Law. th.e aftermath of a rape case, asex-discrimination case, a!l~ a malpractice suit against amohe/who slipped during a cireumcision; CH 4 (1:00)

10:30 PM GCN Gay U.S.A.: news and entertainment fromaround the country; Manhattan Cable, CH Jfl3 (1:00)(For Paragon Cable, see SATURDAY)

11:30 PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gaymale porno stars; Manhattan Cable, CH JfJ3 (:30)

11:30 PM GMHC Living WithAIDS. health and politics;Paragon Cable, CH JfJ3 (:30)

FRIDAY, JULY '27,'- .~,'"2:30 PM WBAI-FM Rompie(ldo el Silenciu. todos los .•.·

viernes, Gorizalo Aburto con teinaS'y noticias palalacomunidad latina gay y lesbiana; 99.5 FM (:15) " ,.

7:30 PM The Gay Dating Game Show; Manhattan Cable, C~J/23 (:30) " .

8:05 PM TBS Goodwill Games: the menu includeswr~inil(4:30) (repeats at 12:35 AM) '. ;"

10:011PM WABC-TV 2m. the risks and benefits of estro-gen therapy; CH 7 (1:00)

11:00 PM Gay Tv.male porno cips; Manhatlan Cable,CHJI73~1:00 AM RB PROD Robin Byrd Show: male and female strip-

pers; Manhattan and Paragon Cable,CH Jfl3 (1:00) ,,'~.ISATURDAY, JULY 28 " . I .

6:30 PM GCN Gay U,SA: news and entertainmentfrom ,around the country; Paragon Cable, CH J/23.(1:00) (ForManhattan Cable, see THURSDAY) /

~ PM WNET- TV Boop Oop a OOOfT.Steve Allen narrateathe story of Betty Boop, created by Max Fleischer stu-dios to steal fans from Mickey Mouse; includes Betty's, .metamorphosis from "dog to tramp" and her latertrou-ble with government censors; CH 13 (1:15) ,

11:011PM RB PROD The E,rly Byrd: Robin Byrd presentsmale/female strippers; Manhattan Cable, CH'Jfl3 (1:00)

SUNDAY. JULY 29 ".7:30 PM WBAI-Ftl Outlooks: news and information about. the lesbian/gay community; every other Sunday, alter-nating with The Gay Show; 99.5 FM (1:00)

8:30 PM The Brenda and Glennda Show: Th; Out and Outrl-geousBus Ride. Brenda Sexual and Glennda Orgasm takeover the 9th Street crosstoWn bus with a ,,"oupe of dragqueens and queer activists; Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17 (:31)

11:011PM WNET- TV Independent Focus: Women's Films: Tinyand Ruby: Hell Oivin' Women, by Andrea Weiss/GretaSchiller, giving a portrait of jazz trumpeter Tiny Davis anddrummer-pianist Ruby lucas, partners for over 40 years;She Must Be Seeing Things, by Sheila Mclaughlin, a·complex drama abputthe limits of sexuarrty for women,and the nature of voyeurism in the cinema"; CH 13 (1:30)

11:30 PM GCN Men & Films: male erotica, interviews withadult filmstars; Manhattan Cable, CH Jfl3 (:30)

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Monday .'Private Eyes (~arc Berkley's Koo/ Komradsw/ Razor Sharp & strippers;

students, professionals; $5)12 W 21 St. club 206-7772TUesday .·Love Machine lLarry Tee & Lahoma Van Zandt, young & exotic crowd)

860 Bway, at 17 St; 254-4005"Roxy (Men on Whee/s, gay roller skating; starts 8 pm) 515W 18St;645-5156Wednesday .·Better Days (primarilY gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (8/9 Aves); 245-8925Private Eyes (YMVA Night. students, professionals, lesbians and non-

gay women; $7)12 W 21 St. btwn 5th/6th Aves; 206-7772·Pyramid (Linda's Channe/69 party, DJ & live lesbian/gay shows; East

Village crowd; $5) 101 Avenue A, btwn 6/7 Streets; 420-1590·Ouickl (Rudolf & Nelson; mellow straights, low-key gays, their women

friends; gayer later) 6 Hubert St; 925-2442Silver Uning (2-4-1 drinks, also open Tues-Sun, women SAT) 175 Cherry

La., Floral Pk, LI; 516/354-9641Stutz (2-4-1 drinks, also open daily) 202 Westchester Ave, White Plains;

914/761-3100Thursday.Copacabana (last Thu. of the month Susanne Bartsch party, next is July

26; iffy door) 10 E 60 St, at Fifth Ave; 755-6010Excalibur ($1 drinks, also open Tues-Sun, women WED) corner 10th/Jef-

ferson behind football stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators; also open nightly, women

on TUE & FRI) 126-10 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens; 718/261-8484·Ouickl (Chip Duckett Thursdays) 6 Hubert St (on Hudson, 5 blocks

below Canal); 925-2442FridayCohanbia !fances (1st Friday of every month, including summer, next is

August 3) 116th St & Bway; 854-3574 daysOctagon (Patrick's Friday Night Jam Session, primarily gay men of color;

free muchies; opens 11 pm) 555 W 33 St; 947-0400Private Eyes (YMVA Night. students, professionals, men) 12W 21 St,

btwn 5th/6th Aves; 206-7772·Ouickl (Panty Gird/es; TVs, gays, straights) 6 Hubert St (on Hudson, 5

blocks below Canal); 925-2442Saturday .Barefoot Boogie 1smoke & alcohol free) 4346th Ave (btwn Q'10Sts); 832-6759419419 N. Highway, Southampton, LI; 516/283-5001·Mars (Keoki's Drop Lounge, floor varies; small eclectic crowd: TVs,

Asians, hi-tech music fans) 13 St & West Side Hwy; 691-6262Private Eyes (YMVA Night; students, professionals, men) 12W 21 St,

btwn 5th/6th Aves; 206-7772"Roxy (gays/TVs/club kids/some non-gay; mix depends on party) 515 W

18 St (btwn 10/11 Aves); 645-5156Sound Factory (mostly gay; serious House/Club dancing, no alcohol, '

opens 11 pm) 530 W 27 St (10th/11th Aves); 643-072820/20 (Hybrid Crew party for men &women, 10 pm,$10)2OW 20 St; 727-8841Sunday .·Better Days Tprimarily gay men of color) 316 W 49 St (8/9 Aves); 245-8925lbe Building (Club Bad's The Men's Room, students, professionals, men;

go-go boys & 50-flo ceiling) 51 W 26 St; 576-1890*Mars (Chip Duckett's Mars Needs Men; 5 floors, go-go boys, perform-

ers, and a roof) Westside Hwy and 13th St; 691-6262-Pyramid (Junior's Tea Dance 6-9 pm, Gay Cabaret at midnight; $5) 101 "

Avenue A, btwn 6/7 Streets; 420-1590"Roxy (Rollerskate Tea Dance 7-11 pm; A Groovy Kind of Love party at

11; students, club kids, hunks, men) 515 W 18 St; 645-515620/20 (Mk:hael Fesco's Tea Dance, opens 6 pm; $6; free Mimosas & BMs

from.6-8, buffet at 7:30) 20 W 20 St; 727-8841Every Night (or almost)419 (nightlY Gay House Party, opens 6 pm) 419~. Highway (Rte 27),

Southampton, LI; 516/283-5001

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Grand Camal (closed Mon &Tues, 2-4-1 drinks Thursday) 210 MerrickRoad, Rockville Centre, LI; 516/536-4800

MagiC Touch (ethnic mix: Anglo/Latin/Asian) 73-13 37th Rd, JacksonHeight,s, Queens; 718/429-8605

Mtlnster(West Village) 80 Grove St at Sheridan Sq.; 924-3557 ,Spectrum (closed Mon- Tue, WED free, THU free & 2-4-1 drinks, FRI mIf

strip, SAT record stars, SUN variety show & free 9-10 pm; Coorsserved) 80264th St@ 8th Ave, Bay Ridge, Bklyn; 718{238-8213

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TUesdayHatfield's 126-1'11Queens, Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718/261-8484Grand Camal (women's night, also open Wed-Sun) 210 Merrick Road,

Rockville Centre, LI; 516/536~4800Wednesday .Bedrock 121Woodfielil Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 5161486-9516Excalibur (Ladies Night; $1 drinks) corner 10th/Jefferson behind football

stadium, Hoboken, NJ; 201-795-1161Private Eyes (Shescape AftelWork Party, 5-10 pm; $5 before 7 pm, $7

after) 12 W 21 St; info 645-6479, club 206-7772

ThursdayBedrock 121Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516Pyramid (Jenny's GirlBar; 8 pm - 2 am) 101Avenue A (btwn 6{7 Sts); $5;47&-3i38FridayBedrock lfi Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie's alternate Fridays, next is July 27; go-go girls,

lesbo erotic videos; 8 pm; $5) 432 W 14 St; 406-1114Hatfield'S 126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718/261-8484Millennium (Ladies' Niglm 1770NY Ave (Rte 110).Huntington, U; 511i1351-1402Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd, Woodside; info 718{846-7131 ,club 718{899-9031

SaturdayBedrock 121Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, LI; 516/486-9516Chapel at Umelight (Shescape party, Chapel garden entrance; opens 9

pm; $8) 49 W 20 St at 6th Ave; 645-6479Silver Uning 175 Cherry Lane, Floral Park, LI; 516/354-9641Starz 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, U; 5161242-3857

SundayBedrock 121Woodfield Rd, W. Hempstead, U; 516/486-9516Bourbon Street (Leslie & Michelle's Tea Dance, 5-10 pm, $5) Tuckahoe

Lane, by the Hess Station, Southampton, LI; 516/~83-8801Cave Canem (Sandwich Sister Sundays) 241stAve at 1st St; 529-9665Love Shack (Jill Reiter's Booby Trap, alternative music, $3) at New Lis-

mar, 411st Avenue at 2nd St; 777-9477 •

Every Night (or almost)Duchess II'(small trance floor; Coors served) S~eridan Sq. & 7th Ave

South; 242-1408Spectrum (closed Mon & Tues; good gay/lesbian mix. see Every Night;

above, for details) 802 64th St. Bklyn.; 718/238-8213Editor's tiDs for tourists:A (*) denotes a cluo that attracts TVs.

_ The NYC club scene is volatile. Can first to confirm parties.Clubs generally open at 10 pm, close at 4 am, unless otherwis.e noted.

Admissions range from $5 to $15. Invites offer discounts, and are. sometimes required.

Some clubs, especially Copacabana, but also Roxy, Quickl, Mars, LoveMachine, and the Building have been known to let people in random-•.Iy or selectively, rather than have a simple line at the door. Discrimi-nation on the basis of race, gender and orientation is illegal.Selectivity based on attire, attractiveness and attitude is not. Lookingperky, exotic or rich Itelps. Coming very early can be helpful, too.

Mixed parties usually get gayer as the night wears on.Special one-time parties are listed in the day-by-day calendar. .

Clubs that serve Coors will be noted but not excluded from these listings.Send openings, closings, corrections and dish to Rick X. Box 790, NYC


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A.c.Q.C.AIDS CENTER OF QUEENS COUN-TY SOCIAt SERVICE8-EDUCA-liONeBUDDIESoCOUNSElING-sUPPORT GROUPS

VolunlMr Opportunities(718) 89&-25OO{voice)(718) 89&-2985(TDD)

ACf UP (AIDS Coalition toUnl ... hP_.r)

48IIA Hudson Straet, Slits G4 NYCl0014(212) 989-1114A diverse, non-partisan group ofildividuals Iri1Bd in anger and oorn-, mitted to direct action to end theAIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Mon.nighIB 7::11, ioThe Great Hal~CoofierUnion, on Cooper Square betweenAaflJr and St Marks Place's.

AIDS RESOURCE CENTER(ARC)

Supportive housing for homelessPWAa (Bailey House and apart-mants). Non-judgamenllli pastoralcare for F¥lAs and l01Ied ones. Vol-II1tBer opportIrities. (212) 481-1270,24West3Jlh St.NYC llX1l1

ALOECIAPLI4-NY(A,ien L.,bien, of th. Ee,tCa.... Aliln Pocific a..billl ,...MIIk-New York) We are a poUli-ca~ social and supportive networkof Asian Pacific lesbisns. Planningmeatings on the 1st Sunday and .social avan1S on the last Friday ofeach month. Call (212)51H698 formore information. .

ARCS (AIDS-R.lolodCommunity Sorvie .. )

for Dutchass, Orange, Putnam,Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster andWestchester countias. AIDSaducation, client sarvices, cri-sis intervantion, support groµps,casa managament, buddy andhospital visitOr program.214 ~I /Jw. Whim Plains, NY11811{9141!lBan1838 Broadway, Nawburgh, NY12250(914) !ifl2-fmiAlDSlino (914) 993-0&07 .

ASIANS &AlIENDS- NEW YORKA not-for-profit organization'which promo1Bs friendshipa withAsiap/Pacific Islander, Asian-American, and non"Asian gaymen through social, culturQl, edu-cational, and service activitiesand programs. Call our Hotline:. 212-874-5064, or write to: P.O. Box, 8828, NY. NY li)163-8023.

ATR (AIDS TREATMENTREGISTRY. INC.) -

Pubishes a bi-monIhly DirectD!y atclinical triils of expo rim ental

, AlDSlHlVtrlla1man1S in'NY/NJ, andhas educational materialrlsemi-nara for trial participants. Am alsoadwca1BS for improvements in thotrial8'jSt8m. P.O. Box 31)234, NY, NY101HI102. (212) 268-4196. Publica-tions fnIeIcblation requested.

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BAR ASSOCIATION RlRHUMAN RIGHTS

.Lawyens Referral Service for theLesbian and Gay Ca"d"unity FuRRange of LagsI SalVicas (212)_4873 Free Walk-in legal Clinic.Tuesday 6-8,pmlesbian & GayCommunity Centro Ground Roor

BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE& SUBMISSION GROUp)

Share SIM experiences and fan-tasias wi1h oIhenI in a positiva,l1II1-judgemental atmosphere. FirstSunday of the month, 4:45pm at Ihaeo.1IIIIIlity CentBr 2IB IN. 13S1reat, .NYC.This group is partoflha NewYorkArea BisaxuaI NeMlOrk.

BlSEXUALINRIRMAlION &COUNSElI"4G SERVICE. INC.

A profassionaly staffed. non-profitorganization for bisexuals, theirfammes and pertnens, facing p..oo.lei1l8 of a psychological or medicalkind. We also work with those indoubt about their sexuality. C0nfi-dentiality is protBctBd by law. Forinfonnation phone: (212)45&4184

BISEXUAL PRIDEDISCUSSION GROUP

Topical discussions on issues ofinlBreatlDlha COllillurityin a con-genial a1mOsphere, followed by aninfonnal dinner at a friendly localrastaurant Every Sunday, 3;00;4::jOpm at the Community Centor2IB IN. 13 Street, NYC. Part of 1haNaw YorkAraa Bisexual Network.

BIWAYS NEW YORKMonthly social events for theBisexual community and friends.Call NYABN for dataas of upcom-ing events. (212) 45&-4784

BIPAC (BISEXUAL pounCALACfION COMMmEE)

'Political action on issU88 of impor-tance IDthe BiS8XuaVl.eslial1iGayCOII'IIlIrity. Monthly IIlII8ti1g'poduckheld 8:00pm on fourth Thursday ofthe IhOIilh at lIlembens hOllies. CanNYABNfor1his monIh1l1ocatim.((212)459-4784

BISEXUAL YOUTHInfonnal social & support groupfor Bisexual kids/youth. Monthlymeeting/potluck lunch held1:00pm on fourth Sunday of themonth at membens homes. CallNYABN for this month's location.This group' is part of the NewYorkArea Bisexual Natwork.

BWS-BRONX WBIANSUNITED IN SIstERHOOD

Social, political and support net-working group for woman and theirfriends. Regular social avan1S andmeetings on the first and third fri-days at !MIry monIh.1U. The C0m-munity Conmr, 2IB IN. 13Street, frool8::D-8prn. For more info call lisa at(212)82!H1817.

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BODY POSI11VEIf you or your lover has testedHIV+, we offer support groups,seminans, public forums, rafarimcalibrary, referrals, social activitiesand up-to-date national monthly,"THE BODY POSITIVE" ($2~r~(212)721-1346.2IB IN. 13th St.NYC,NY 10011

BROOKLYN'S WBIAN ANDGAY POunCAL CLUB

UUMBDAINDEPENDENTDEMOCRATS

LID. endolllllS and works for canci-dates in local, stata and nationale1e~lobbies forlegislatian, andconducts community outreach. through street fains and meetingson special topics. Join us. 338Ni1thSt. Suite 135 Brooklyn, NY 11215(7t8l911!H1482

ClRCl£ OF MORE UGHTSpiritual support and sharing ina gay/lesbian affirmative group.West·Park Presbyterian Church185 West 86th Street Wed: wor-ship service 8:30 pm, program7:30. Marsha (212) 304-4373Challie (212) 891-7118.

COMMUNrJY HWTHPROJECf

201West 13th Street , NYC, NewYork 10011 For Appoin1lnan1s andInformation (212) 875-3559fITYNoica)PROVlDING CARING,SENSITIVE AND lOW COSTHEAlTH CARE SERVICES TO THElESBIAN ANDGPNCOMMUNnY

COMMUNrJYRESEARCHINITIATIVE

F¥I~,F¥lARes & !hair physicianstaking the iriIia1iw IDseek prorri.-ing intorvention against AIDS in arasp. manner. For more info or towluntaer piN. cal(212)481-1181.

CONGREGATION BETHSIMCIIATTORAH

NYs Gay and Lesbian SynagogueServices Friday at 8:30pm 57Bethune Street For info. call: (212)929-9498.

CONGREGATIONB'NAI

JESHURUNMonthly Spritual Ga1harings andfree catared festiveluncheona foraU People 'M1h AlDS,their lovensand families. Program includesmusic and discussion led by ourRabbis. Call (212) 787-7fm

DIGNrJYBIG APPLE

A community of lesbian andGay Catholics. Activities includeLiturgies and socials every Sat,8:00 pm, at the Center, 208 IN. 13Street, NYC.Call(212) 816-1309.

DIGNrJY NEW YORKl .. bian and gay Catholic. andfriends AIDS Ministry, SpiritualDevelopment The Cathedral Pro-ject Worship SeMces & Socia"Sun. Eves. 7:3Opm-St. John'sEpiscopal Church 218 West 11thSIraet CDWawrly-f75-2119 .

EDGE EducIIian in a DiabledGoyEmillllilllln& .

For Iha physicaly cisabled lesbianandGay~ (212)9IIIHII'lIP.O. Box:lli Village Station, NewYork.NY 10014

FEMME SUPPORT GROUP.For lesbiana who self identify asFemme. For info and meetingtimes call Lisa at (212) 82&-9817.No men plea88.

FRONT RUNNERSA running club for lesbian andgay athletes of all ab~ities. FunRuns of 1-8 milos held every Satat lOam and Weds. at 7pm inCentral Park and overy Tues. at7pm in Prospect Park. For infor-mation: call (212) 724-9700.

THE FUND RlR HUMANDIGNrJY .

National Gay and lesbian Crisisline "AIDS 8OO'--+800-S0S-GAYS Educational Resource Can-tar; Positive Images Media Cantor;NY Slata Arts Progrel:Q. t)II8 ~StiIB 410 NYC, NY lOO1ZI2121 !iI:9-1tOl

THE GAYARIICM AMERICANSOFWESTCIIESTER{Tho G.A.A.Iis a community based supportgroup formed in WestchesterCounty. Various activities areplanned for the coming months.PleBSe call 914-378-0727 formore info.

. GAY FATHER'S RlRUMA support organization for gay

. father's, their lovers, and othensin child-nurturing situations.Monthly meetings include apoduck supper, support groupson varied specialized topics,speakers, and socializing.Meet-ings: lat Friday each month,7pm,at The Center, 208 W. 13th St,West of 7th Ave. Contribution: $8.Bring a main course for 4 people(or pay a $5 food charge.) Forinformation call: 212·871H541 or212-2118-3238

...~GLAAD Goy& LesbienAlli_.1IIt~lllVarick SIraat NYC 10013 (212)88&-1100 IlAAD CCII1In Imqtdia inthe made and eIsaiM1era by pruTd-ing visibiity of 1ha lesbian Ifld gayCOII'IIlIrity and orgel iziI!IIJlI88IIXlISi88pOi188" ~~ Do.,..,.haIIII:J) rriUJs anlaf1 t)i!ttlullrpIdia?.Q1fla IiAAD Pha1aTraalCai(Z12)& lllllb'i1fonnation.

GUBGay and lesbian IndependentBroailcallllns i1vitae you to tunainto OUnOOKS on WBAI-NY,895 FM avary other S....day, 7:3>-8:30pm and join us overy otherTuesday at 7:30pm ID become amember of GUB. No experienceneeded. 505 Eighth Avenue,19th !loor. (212) 741HI405..

GAY& LESBIAN HWTHCONCERNS

An office of the NYC Dept. ofHealth, provides linkagesbetwn NYC Health & HilmanSvcs, and the lasbian & Gaycommunity, focusing in Allhealth concerns; resourceinformation for health servicesconsumers and providers. 125Worth Street, Box 87, NewYork, NY 1001.3. For info call(212) 586-4895.

GAYMALE SIll ACTMSTSDedicated to safe and responsi-ble SlM since 1981. Open meat-ings w/programs on S/Mtechniques, lifestyle issues,political and social concerns.Also special events, speakersbureau, workshops, demos,affinity groups, newsletter,more. GMSMA -Dept 0, 498AHudson Street, Suite D23 ,NYCl0014.(212) 72.7-9878.

GMAD (GAY lIEN OF ARlICANDESCENT)

80 Va rick Street, NYC 10013 asupport group of Gay Men ofAfrican Descent dedicated toconsciousness-raising and thedevelopment of the lesbian. and Gay Community. GMAD i8inclusive of African, African-American, Caribbean and His-panic/latino men of color.Meetings are held, weekly, onFridays. For more information,call 716-802-11182.

GAYMEN'S HEAL11t CRISISHOTUNE

FOR INFORMATION ON SAFERSEX AND HIV-RElATED HEAlTHSERVICES, AND RlR INRIRMA-TION ON ONE-TIME, WAlK-INAIDS COUNmiNG SERVJCESm.8II1~74JII TIIDfar"1INri......... )Mon.-Fri. 10;30am.1D 9 pm. Sat 12:01ID3:GJ

GIRTH & MIITHCWB OF NEWYORI

Social club for heavy, chubbygay men & their admirers.Monthly socials at the 'Cen-ter', weekly bar nighta Thurs~'days at tha 'Chelaea Transfer',monthly Fat Apple Review, bi-monthly F.A.R. penpals.For more information callErnie at 914-899-7735 or write:G&M/NY, Dept 0, P.O. Box 10,Pelham, NY 10803.

HEAL (HIIIfI EdllDllllan AlDiu.t1DJl)

We.kIy Info. Ind IUpport groupfor tmtmll!ll for AIDSwhloh donot oompromlee the Immune .,...m further,lnoludlng l!tImlllveInd hoIflllo Ipproloh ...Wed 8pm. 208 W. 13th St.(2121174-HOPE.

HERrrAGE OF PRIDE, INC.Orglnllll'l of New YOrk'1Lal'blln Ind BlY Pride avan.: thaMlroh, the Rilly and the Danoeon tha Pier. CIII (212) 881·1n4for meeting lohedul. or mol'lInformltlon. 208 W .. t 13thStra.t, NY,NY10011.

HETlICK-MAR11N INITI1'UTEfor 1.lbI.n Ind gly youth. Coun-.. ling, drop-In oenter (M-F, 3-Opm), rap groupa, HlrvlY MilkHigh Sohool, AIDS .nd .. far _Infonnltion, I'IfIrrala, proflleion.1eduoation. (212)_8820 (voioe)(212)83H82Om for delf

HISPANIC UNITED BAYS.LESBIANS

Eduo.tion.1 .. rvice., polltioal.otion, ooun .. ling and aooilllotivitiea in Spaniah and Englilhby and for the Latino L.. bian.nd Bay Community. Benaralmaetingl 8:00 pm 4th Thul'ldlYof eva ry month It 208 W .. t13th Str .. t Call (212) 091-4181or writ. H.U.B.L., P.O. Box 228C.nll Str .. t SUtion, NlwYork, NY 10019.- I

DENTITY HOUlENow in our 20th yair, we providep.er oounleUng, therlpy refer·rill .nd group. for the le.bi.n,g.y .nd bl.. xu.1 oommunlty.C.U u. It (212)243-8181. Vllit UIat 644 8th AVI., bltw .. n 14th-15th Slreell, Mlnh.tlln.

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INSTITUTE FOR HUMANIDENTITY

Sliding ,olle f.. a • In.uranoelooept.d. BlY a l .. biln P.y-ohoth.r.py(212) 798-9432

LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSEAND EDUCAnON RIND

PreOldent- .. tting litigationnltionwlde for I.. bian., gaym.n .nd p.opl. with AIDS.Memb.r.nip (S35 .nd up) ino.n.w.llttlr and invitation. to• peolal eventa. Volunte.r nighton Thuradaya. Intlke 0111.: 2-4pm Mon thru Fri (212) 1195-858&

LAVA (LESBIANS ABOUTVIIUALART)

CaDfor .lid .. for La.blln Arti.II'Exhibition, BlY a La.biln Com-munity Cent.r, NYC. For moreinform.tion, lind SASE to : Mirj.• m Fougere, 118 Fort GreenePlaoe, Brooldyn, NY11217.

THE LESBIAN AND GAY BIBAPPLECORPI

Get your in.trument out of theolo•• t and oome play with u•.Symphonic, Marching. Jazz, Dix-illand, Rock, Flute En.. mbl ..and WOodwind.. 123 W.. t 44thSt. Suite 12l Nlw York, NY10038 (212) 889-2922.

WIIAN.u.yCOMMUNITY IERVICU

CENftR208 Wilt 13th Stre.t Nlw York,NY 10011 (212) 8211-7310e.m-l1pm everyd.y. A pliO' for oom-munity orglnling Ind nllwOl1c/ng,lOolll .. rvio.. , ouhul'll progl'lllll,and 100111eventl .ponlOl'ld bythe C.nt.r Ind mora thin 1&0oommunltyorglnlutlonl.

LESBIAN AND GAY LABORNE1WDRK

All orglnlzatlon of L.. bllnl IndB.ya v.11011'1lolivein thllr llborIIIinwalling on dornIItio plmar-Ihlp benafltl Ind AIDSielu .. Forl'I1OI'Ii1Iormrion 0I1121~

LESBIAN AND GAY RIGIII'SPROJECT

of the AmlrI .. n Civil Ubeltl ..Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTS,WE'RE EXMNIIING 1IEM(212)944-9800, .xt 545

LESBIANS AND GAYS OFRATBUlH

Brooklyn'a 100iai organization forboth gay mIn and I.. bi.n .. P.O.Box 108,Midwood Station Brook-lyn, NY 11230' (718)8&8-11437

. LESBIAN HERITORYARCHIVES

P.O. Box 1258New York, NewYork 10118212/874-7232Sinol1974, the Archive. halln.pir.d,ah.ped Ind refleoted Le.bi.nIivlI everywher •. C.II toIfrange I vi.it or to volunteerfor Thur.d.y worknighta.

LONG ISlAND ACT·UPP.O.Box 291, New Hyde Par1c,NYl1040Support UI for ohange onLongItIlnd. (518__ (518)'111-Ii238Na.. u (518) II28-!iI!3l SuII'ak

LIMi. I IUpport .nd inform.tiongroup for I.. biane and bl.exualwomen inter .. ted in flntuy,role-playing, bindage, disci-pline, S/M, fetl.h .. , liternateg.nder indentitie., oo.tum ..and ao forth. M.mber.hip iaavailabl. only to women 18yaar. and older. Aotu.1 experi-enol i. not required but gen-uine interelt and .n open minda re. For information pl ....write: P.O. Box 983, MurrlY HHIStation, New York,NY101511

MEN OF AU. COLORSTOGETHER NY

A multl-rlcialgroup of gay menau.in.t rloi.m. M.. ting. everyFrid.y night at 7:45 .t the Lea-bian and Oay Community Ser-viOl. Cent.r,208 W. 13th StreetFor more info. oall: (212) 245-8388 or (212) 222-9794.

METROPOLITAN TENNISGROUPeMrG)

Our 200 member le.bian and glY'tarmi. club inolud.. playall fromblginning to tournament Illvei.Monthly tennia parti ... Winterindoor league. Come play withual For infonnation: MTG, SuiteK83,488-AHudlOnSt, New Yorlt,NY 10025. (718)852-8582.

MOCA(Min of Color AlDI .... ".ntllII

Pnlllram.)Provld .. lifer IIX Ind AIDSeduo.tion Informltion to glYInd blllxUlI Min of Color;ooordln.tII • network of pal,.IUpport groupi for glY Indblllxull Men of Color In all 5boroughl of N.w York City.303 Ninth AVa, Naw York, NYl000lor 0111 (212) 23&-17118.

NAnONAL GAY AND LESBIANTAlK FORCE

IIthl nllion.1 81'1"rootI polhl-Oil org.nlzatlon for l.. blllII .ndglY men. Mamb.rlhlp IImyear. luu..orfllrtld profloll.ddre .. violenoe, .odomy I.we,AIDS, gay right. ordlnanoll,famOl.. , media, Ito. through lob-Irting, eduoatlon, organizing .nddlreol .otion. NGLTF 1517 UStrut NW, Wllhington, DC200(1. (202)112-8483.

NEW YORK ADVERnSINGAND COMMUNICAnONS

NE1WORKNYACNfa the oommunity'.I.rglltgay .nd le,bi.n profe .. ion.1group, welooming III in oommunt-oltlone-.nd their friend •.Monthly m.. tingl, 3rd W.d8:30pm at the Community Center.M.mbell' nlWllatter, job hotline,annual directory. Phone (212)517-0380 for more info. M.ntion Out-We.k for one lree nlWllatter.

N.Y. WOMEN'SSOFTBALL GUILD

For experienoed, .. rioua Soft-ball PI.y.ra, COloh .. andManager •• We pl.y mod/f .. tpitoh weekenda In M.nh.ttlnand Queena. Try·outa big inFeb. 11 thru April- or until filled.(212) 255-1379 Jan.t

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Duchess II, 70 GroveSt (7th kle.), 242·1408 (Women) . Candle Bar, 309 Amsterdam Ave., 874-9155Dugout, 185 Christopher St., 242-9113 (formerly. the Ramrod)

Eighty Eights, 228 W lOSt., 924-0088

J's, 675 Hudson St., 242-9292Julius, 159 W. 10th St., 929-9672Keller's, 384 West St. (at Christopher), 243-1907Kelly's Village West, 46 BedfordSt., 929-9322The-Locker Room, 400 W. 14th St. (9th Ave),

459-4299- Temporarily Closed

Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St. (7th Ave), 243-9323The Monster, 80 Grove St. (7th Ave.), 924-3558

New Jimmy's, 53 Christopher, 463-0950

Ninth Circle, 139 W. 10th St., 243-9204Sneakers, 392 West St., 242-9830.Two Potato, 145 Christopher St., 242-9340.Ty's, 114 Christopher,741-9641.Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave.,

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Barbary Coast, 64 7th Ave. (14t~ St.), 675-0385The Break, 232 8th Ave. (22nd St.), 627-0072. .

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

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

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Rawhide, 212 8th Ave., (21st St.), unlisted.Spike, 120 11th Ave., 243"9688

WEST VILLAGE

The Annex (to Cellblock 281.673 Hudson St. (bet.13th & 14th), 627-1140- Temporarily Closed

Badlands, Christopher & West St., 741-9236Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St., 929-9684Cellblock 28, 28 9th Ave, 733-3144-Hopes to

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The Cubbyhole, 438 Hudson (Morton St),243-9079 (Novil for Men)

Crazy Nanny 5, 21 7th Avenue South, 366-6312(Women)

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

Don't Tell Mama, 343W. 46th St., 757-0788Gents, 360 W 42 St. (9th Ave), 967-0659

Sally's Hideaway, 264 W. 43 St., 221-9152Town & Country, 9th Ave at 46th St., 307-1503..Trix, 246 W. 48 St.lbet. Bdwy & 8th Ave}, 664-8331The Works, 428 Columbus Ave (at 81 st),

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EASTSIDE·

Bogart's, 320 E. 59th St., 688-8534

Brandy's Piano.Bar, 235 E. 84th St., 650-1944•

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

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

NY Confidential, 306 E49 St, 308-8390

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

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

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

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

The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St., 754-4649

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

EAST VILLAGE

The Bar, 68 2nd Ave. (at 4th St.), 674-9714

Boy Bar, 15 St. Mark's PI., 674-7959

The Pyramid, 101 Avenue A, 420-1590

Tunnel Bar, 1161st Ave (7th St.), n7-9232

BROOKLYN (718)

After Five Plus, 5 Front St., 852-0139

Spectrum, 802 64th St. (at 8th Ave). 745-9611 .Sweet Sensations, 6322 20th St., 435-2580

QUEENS (7181 _

Breadstix, 113-24 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills,236-0300

Hatfield's, 126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens,261-8484

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

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

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

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Sandcastle, 86 Mills Ave.,m 81447-9365WESTCHESTER (L.;;..;91;...;;.14)'--- __

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

LONG ISLAND NASSAU (51&)Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Ad., West Hempstead,

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Blanche, 47-2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale,694-6906

Grand Central, 210 Merrick Ad, Aockville Centre,·536-4800

Pal~, 2401Jermalemlwe., Nath Bellrroe, 7ffi.!m1

Si~ Unirg. 175 Cherry Lare, New Hyde Park.354-9641

Station House Pub, 3547 Merrick Ad, Seaford,785-9808

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Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St. Sayville, 567-2865

Cheny's, Bayview Walk. Cheny Grove, A, 597-6820

Club Swamp Disco/Annex Aestaurant, MontaukHwy, Wainscott, 537-3332

Ice Palace, Cheny Grove Beach Club, FI. 597-6600Kiss, 161 Fannardie Dr., Lake Aonkonkoma,467-9273Club 608,608 Sunrise Hwy., W. Babylon., 661-9580Millennium, 1770 NY Ave, Huntington, 351-1402

Starz, 836 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, 242-3857,

Thunders, 894W. Jericho Tpke., Smithta.vn,!J64.1410

NEW JERSEY (201)Charlie's West, 536 Main St., E. Orange, 678-5002

Feather's, 77 Kinderkamack Ad., Aiver Edge,342-6410

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Excalibur, 10th & Jefferson, Hoboken, NJ, 795-1161Nite lite, 509 22nd St., Union City, 863-9515

Vibrations, 165 Cedar lane, Teaneck,

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GREEK ME! GWM, 39, 5'7", 135, unculsks hal top, Want 10 tearn FF· Irench yougreek· no age race hangups, EXT 1016

BIG TOUGH GUY, 39 yrs, 6't", 290#,beard with 'stache, biker~rucker type, sksmasuline Ik·buddy who likes it kind 01rough EXT 1017

INTELLIGENT ARTISTIC BB 43, 5'9',160 muscular & defined into music/artsneeds guy 35-50 lor physical &menlalpleasure, EXT t018

LET'S PLAY DOCTOR, call lor app\.Open your legs while the MD examinesyour private parts, EXT 1051

FF TOP 48 wants a man willing to spreadcan be fisted and raped with dildoes.EXT 1032

GERMAN AMERICAN red/bl HIV·, WM,protestant, 32, Manhatman 5'8" w/carseeks soulmates with day job for fun +summer travel. This is not a sex ad.EXT 1039

CHUBBY, 5'10", 275Ibs" handsome andhairy assed chasers who like a big bellyand tilS. EXT 1042

GWM AVERAGE LOOKS 53, 5'10", 130Ibs, varied interests- seeks similiar who isnot "into" anything. Just a joy of life.EXT 1006

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ORIENTALSIASIANS take a chance lorfriendship and more. What you want:GWM, 40's, 5'tO', 200, HIV·, allractive,warm, sensitive, sincere, fun-loving.What I want: relationship gd times withyou, Call EXT 1004

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TWO HORSE·HUNG MEN: one very aUr,and endowed WM, 26, 175, 6', muscular,sks other honestly huge endowment, anyage orrace, EXT 1044

SENSUAL ROMANTIC GWM 6', 130 Ibs,34, br/bl seeks young clean passionalebotlom preler slightly over·weight guy bulnol necessary, EXT 1035

VAN GOGH LOOKALIKE, GWM 34,hung, top, bald, shaved balls, seekssmooth/shaved bottom any race forgreek lusUlova sale times, EXT 1003

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HANDSOME LATIN· LWM, 34, 5'7",t65lbs, likes movies danCing, seeks 26·38 lorsincere relationship, EXT 1054

GREAT LOOKING GWM, 23, 6', 160,stache, Versatile, lun sks GM 21·32 inlomusic, wild/quiet times. Good kisser aH, EXT 1036

BUTCH BGM, 23, t 60, 6'1" bOllomneeds big and tall tops for hot action andgood times. Age, race unimportant.EXT 1045

CUTE AND SHY GWM, 26, t 651bs, 6'br/br dancer from midwest sks cute in·shape man '25-40 for romantic friendshipand /hot limes!! EXT 1046

GBM, HUNG & HANDSOME, 37, 5'7",155 Ibs, stache, hairy, heallhy, cenlared,cultured, committed, versatile top. Sksbulch boltoms 30·45 lor tough andtender times, EXT 1009

ATTRACTIVE PROFESSIONAL, GBM,36,6', 190 Ibs, masculine, seeks similiar 'mature stable man for long talks, quietevenings and laughter. EXT 1010

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HOT WILD & HORNY·5'1t ", t55 Ibs veryattractive Jtalian bottom-I'm easy to like,passionate with a flair, and I have a goodsafe sex attitude. If you're anexperienced top & know the differencebetween tun and serious, call me, cause Ijusl wanna have lun, EXT 1023

HANDSOME, SMOOTH, GWM, 6'4",215!bs, "hot" mouth, tits for chewing·bubble butt want to service in shape guy27·45 on regular bases, EXT 1026

BACK TO BASICS GWM 39, 6', 210 Ibs,Irish hndsm sks WM 25·50 to be mylover, friend & pal. I enjoy movies,theater, music,'& safe-sex.EXT 1025

HOWIE oW, t35 Ibs, deep dark red headlooks !ike 30 cute, into safe-sex, seeksboyfriend or lover.EXT 1028

HOT DOMINANT TOP, 150, 6' br hairblue eyes S/M B/D 42 yo sks youngertrim slaves. Be ready to service andplease, EXT 1027

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Non-sexualWin 212-989-5923

SOCIAL WORKERThe AIDS Project of the Coalition forthe Homiliess seeks social wor1l:er for'. individual advocacy on behalf ofhomeless persons living with HIVI

AIDS. Experience with direct service,entitlements and AIDS-related issues -preferred. Bilingual Spanish/English

desirable. People of color areencouraged to apply. Salarynegotiable; Send resume to:

Ms. Virginia ShubertAIDS PrQject Director

Coalition For The Homeless105 E. 22nd Street, Room 519New York, New York 10010

PHOTOGRAPHER'S ASSISTANTSOUGHT

TVITS Photographer seeks bright,motivated individual to assist PIT in_ all fa~ets of photography studio., Ideal position for individual withinterest in photography. TV or TS andstudio experience a +. Call Mr. Rose

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COMMUNITYLooking for a dynamic, energeticindividu~1 to provide clerical and

administrative support to this vibrantand growing Mayoral office-the firstof it's kind in the country. Reception,scheduling, word processing andresearch skills preferred. Salary:

$10.32 +/HR-;ilus benefits.CONTACT -

Bridget RobinsonOffice of the Mayor, Personnel

Division52 Chambers Street, Room 115B

New York, NY 10007(212) 566-1983

IISIRIICIINSURANC£ ••

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BERNARD GRANVILLE (212) 580-9724

NYC GAY & LESBIANANTI·VIOLENCE

PROJECT(212)

807-019724 Hour HoHine

SOLID COMMISION

STRUCTUREEXPERIENCE AND

REFERENCES REQUIRED.

CALL GRANT LUKENBILL(212) 337-1200

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decorating and consulting services.No time? Too busy? Get professionaladvice. It doesn't have to be a bigjob. I'll design a lampshade. •.Talented I Reasonable rates.

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is healing I Indulge yourselfwith a strong sensuous sportsmassage by a professionalpractitioner. Certified. Safe. _Sliding scale for PWA/ARC's

John 727-31n

MICHAEL~icensed massage by handsome wellhung 6'1' 200lb. muscular hunk. Callfor appointmllnt 212-496-0020 at

home or beeper 1212-616-2352 enteryour phone I and press Ibutton.

IIIl DRDIRPARTY C~DYOUTRAGEOUS

OVER60 CHOICESEROTICALLY DESIGNED

CATALOGUE $5 APPLIED TOINITIAL ORDER

HUH? PO BOX 5427CONCORD, CALIFORNIA 94524

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WOMAN AND VANNo job too small

Prompt and ProfessionalStorage AvailableLast Minute Jobs(201) 434-5309

Beeper (212) 461-2349

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MOVERS.lICENSEDTIRED OF HOMOPHOBIC MOVERS?Try Brownstone Brothers instead.

Professional and Reliable.Serving the Gay Community 15

years. Sensitive, fun people who getthe job done right with no bullshit.

Licensed DOT 10166. Insured.Reasonable storage rates.

Pianos-Art-AntiquesPacking. Moving Supplies. 426 E91

Call 289-1511.Mention OUTWEEK for SpecialDiscount. Free Estimates.

MUSIC

INSTRUCTIONPIANO INSTRUCTION

Irs NEVERTOO LATEI All levelstaught by patient, experienced

professional. Beginners welcome.Convenient West End Avenue

location.Reasonable rates.(212) 799-3747

( Messages answered promptly.)

OFFICE SPACEPSYCHOTHERAPY OFRCES FOR

RENTFurnished offices with shared waitingroom in secure Chelsea building. Call

Michael for rates. 206-0045

PHONE SERVICES

AIDB & VD1-900-646-HELPRecorded informationconcerning symptomsand treatments for AIOSand other sexuallytransmitted diseases,$2,00 first minute,

$1.00 each additional.

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GAY CHAT LINEBilled to Your Phone or Credit Card.

Talk to Other Men from NY.Safe, Fun, AnonymousNo Huge Phone BillFr.. InformatIon

Be 18

(212) 319-2270The BuddySystem™

Chelsea 270 W. 17 St

1 BR's & Conv 2BR'sfrom $155,500OVERSIZED WINDOWS24-HOUR CONCIERGE1/4 ACRE SUNDECK

Chelsea's only new luxuryfull service condo hi-rise1Block from Barney's

ONEYEARFREE MEMBERSHIPIn the Chelsea Gym

(It's right across the street)Sales Office: Apt 2G

Sat/Sun 12-6:Mon/Wed 3-6 or by appt.463-9797Brokers Welcome

ChelseaPhilips International

PHOTOGRAPHYW. GUY PHOTOGRAPHY

Headshots/Bodyshots/Portfolio212-567-5402

PHYSICIANSCHP - COMMUNITY HEALTH

PROJECT208 W. 13 Street, New York, NY 10011,

fo r info call (212) 675-3559.

ANAL WARTS, FISSURES, HEMOR-RHOIDS

treated in minutes with lasers. ,l:all fora free consultation. Laser MedicalAsso c., Jeffrey Lavigne M.D., call 1-

8oo-MD- TUSCH.

REAl ESTATESERVING THE WEST VILLAGE

Studios to lofts + coops to condos, 6thto tha river, 14th to Houston, dedi-cated to matching qualified buyerswith motivated sellersl Contact LarryCavendish 924-9316. THE SILVERMAN

GROUP 212-260-3900.

DISTINCTIVE DECO APARTMENTSFully renovated apartments in the artdeco district of Miami Beach. Perfectfull time residences or the best in

affordablesecond homes.

VINTAGE PROPERTIES, 1601Jefferson Avenue, Miami Beach, FL

33139.(305) 534-1424.

SITUATIONS

WANTEDHAYING A PARTY?!

Need a waiter or bartender? Call RonEric at 212-924-2253.

SUMMER SHARES·RRE ISLAND PINES

Spectacular 4 bedroom houseavailable for short term rental one ortwo weeks. Panoramic views ofocean and bay. Large pool and hottub. Recently renovated with all

modern conveniences.($4,500 per week)

Call Leslie 516-597-9400Fax 516-597-9575

RRE ISLAND PINESRoom or bed in contemporary cedarand glass F.I. Pines house withfabulous hot tub. Available day,

week, or holiday. Short-term share.. okay. 516-597-6162.

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If you are depressedend/or

feel you are sexually compulsiveand would like free treatmentin a research program at

Columbia University, call forinformation about eligibility.Dr.Rabkin at 212-960-5762

Il\dividual ....... FamilyCoupl. [1[111 Group

GothamPsychotherapyAssociates

InluranceShort & long Term Therapy

N.V.Slate Certified

212/903-4033

HIV POSITIVEand

DEPRESSED-1'''11''11blue. Clown. hopele .. '-1.0.. 0' lleap, IPP.Ii1. IIr Inter.. '.'-Troubl. coping. conC.nl .. ti"l1?-Anxlou.' Irrltabl,'

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(212) 746-3921

INDIVIDUALS-COUPLESsensitive and supportive therapyto help'You- enhance your selfand your intimate relationships.15 years experience helping Gay

men become more fully themselvesCall David Rickey 212/242-2983

VICTORIA SOLIWODA MSW, CSWLesbian Feminist Psychotherapist For

the Lesbian, Gay and BisexualCommunity Supportive/EthicaVProfessional Approach Licensed

. (212)353-2407

David Lindsey Griffin,C.S.W., C.A.C.

Gay Affirmative Therapy• Individuals I Couples ,

• Alcoholism and Substance Abuse• ACOA and CODA Issues

• Career and Professional Blocks• Sexual Compulsion

Fees based on the ability to payLiscensedl Insurance Reimbursable

(212) S~2-1881

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Licensed, Experienced Therapistoffers Empathic Approach toResolve Problems Related to:

'Male Intimacy 'Depression'Anxiety and Stress 'Self Esteem·Car .. r and Creative Blocks

...realize your potentia"Individual, Group'and CouplesInsurance Reimbursable

Walter J. Alvarez, CSWBoard Certified diplomatSoho/Village Location212/941-9830

'HIRAPYDr, Eli Mey.r

Gay Clinical PsychologistWest Village Location

Indiv., Couple, Long, Short· TermAll Insurances, N.V.S. Lic.For appointment call:

718-627-5839

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Halloween, Christmas/NewYears, Mardi Gras, Football,

Decadence week & much more. AVAIlABLE fully furnd Condo inFrencb Quarter, sleeps 4, pool,

for info & Brochure:PO Box 2102, New City, NY 10956

or call 914/353-0535INSTffUTE FOR HUMAN IDEN71TY, I:INC. .

"IW. 72ndStr.. t, Suite 1New York, NY 10DZ3

(212)791-9432

Non-Profit Lesbian/GayPsychotherapy Center

Sliding Scale Fees

Supportive GayTherapist

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•Experlenced ·Llcensed·Insurance Reimbursable

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ATlANTIC CITY-ROOMS FOR MENOcean House, 127 Solrth OceanAvenue, A.C., N.J. 08401-7202.

Centrally located, Near Taj Mahal. Allrooms have wash basins. Park on

premises. (609)345-8203. Call or writefor a brochure nowl

GAY COUNTRY INNwith 19 lovely rooms, 100 scenic

acres, pool, hot tub, peace & privacy.We're your perfect vacation choicelAll summer sports & gorgeous fallcolors. Highlands Inn. Box 1180K,

Bethlehem, NH 03574 (603) 869-3978,Grace & Judi, Innkeepers.

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Supportive individual & coupletherapy by institute-trained

licensed psychotherapist Helpwith relationships, gay identity,

dealing with your family, and life in theage of AIDS. Sliding fees.

NV and NJ offices:(212) 769·8796 (201) 567-2445.

ARI FRIDKIS, C.S.w.

REWARD YOURSELF. ..ESCAPE TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND .

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An Historic Greenwich Village InnAll rooms with private baths '

Most with Ilreplaces and kitchenettesall alrcondltioned

$85-$100Now available two bedroomluxury suites $1401$160

INCENTRAVILLAGE HOUSE

31 EIGHTH AVE., NEW YORK, NY 1001421212""0007

, Now in Key West: ~ANDREW'S INCENTRA ,:i

30512 ... 7730A tucked away inn and enchanting garden

villa in the heart 01Old Town

KEY WESTCOUNTRY COUSINS BED,. BREAK-

FAST, VERMONT1824 Greek Revival House, musicroom, with Cathedral ceilings,

Runford fireplace, outdoor hot tub. Atruly traditional B&B. Weekly andwkday specials. Contact At 1D Box212 Shaftsbury, VT 05262 or call 802-

375-6985.

Nlwly Renovatld Brownstonl • AllRooms HaveWashing Facilities. Share Bath. Breakfast Incl..Studio $100 Itax incl.l. Advance ReservationsSuggested. 212·243·9869

Colonial House InnCHELSEA 31 B W, 22od, St.. NYC 10011

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KEY WEST· REDISCOVER A MAN'SRESORT

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

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Resumes, Parties, Events •••You name itl

No job too small, or TOO strange IPro-Male or Female crew.

FIX and Titles etc.Rock bottom prices" I

Editing room available. VHS/SVHSAmex accept Call OZMAN INC.

212-620-3832 Low 5th Ave. location.

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Eve's Garden, an elegantsexuality boutique,created by women forwomen. We growpleasurable things foryour mind, body and spirit,

eve's'.garden@119 w, 57th 51, SUHe1406, NY10019 212·757-8651BOUTIQUE HOURS: MON,.sAT. NOON-6:30 P,M,OR SEND$2 ro~OU~ MAll'()IIDE~CATAlOGUE,

New York CityGay anel Lesbian

Anti-Violence Project(212) 807.()197

BLOW IT!

Help StopAnti-Lesbian

andAnU-GayViolence

1 USE A CONDOM WHEN FUCKING.Avoid oU-based lubricants such asbaby oil, Vaseline, Crisco etc., as theycan c,ausecondoms to break. Insteaduse water-based lubes like KY.Theolder a condom, the less reliable, sofind condoms whose manufacturers'dates are less than three months old.

2. USE A CONDOM DURING ORALSEX. If you don't, avoid placing thehead of your partner's cock in yourmouth. HIV-infected cum or precumcan enter your bloodstream throughcuts, tears or ulcers in your mouth.

3. USE DENTAL DAMS DURINGORAL-VAGINAL SEX. HIV is presentin some amounts in vaginal secretions,urine, menstrual blood, and infection-related vaginal discharge.

4. NEVER SHARE WORKS. Thisincludes needles, syringes, droppers,spoons, cottons or cookers. If you mustreuse works, clean them after eachuse with bleach, or in an emergencywith rubbing alcohol or vodka, bydrawing the solution into the needlethree times and then drawing cleanwater into the needle three times.

5. AVOID FlSnNG, RIMMING, ORSHARING UNCLEANED SEX TOYS.

··6. AVOID POPPERS.

7. AVOID EXCESSIVE ALCHOHOL ORDRUG USE, Many people are unableto maintain safer sex practices aftergetting high.

8. DON'T HESITATE TO: Fuckwith acondom, have oral sex with a condom.Play with, but don't share, clean sextoys, vibrators and dildoes. Enjoy mas-sage, hugging, masturbation lalone,,with a partner or in a group), and role-playing.

Remember, .. x Is good, Ind gly'IX I.grlet. Don't Ivold .ex, justIvold the virus. Lelrn to eroticize• ... r .ex Ind you cln protect

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MORE TIME TO RElAX11/2 Swedish rubdown by goodlookingguy. Deep and relaxing. Reasonable.

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Accupressu re, Reflexology, ,Trager,very sensual, fluid, deep tissue

massage by handsome yo ung expert.Lower East Side. $55 in, out nego-tiable. Call John (212)475-6550.

. HOT TORSOAthletic bodywork from boyish 150#5'9" 27 yo with very muscular build anda nice tan line. Clean cut and friendly.

Also available with Damon.Noon to 4 am.

CHRIS (212) 496-6710

Marc (212)864-0091.ITALIAN BOY

Gives best rub Complete satisfactionVinnie (212) 255-2303.

. ATHLETIC MASSEURHandsome, Clean Cut Into Wrestlingand Sensuous Situations JOHN

(212) 741-3282A TOUCH OF CLASS

By an African Trinidadian Masseur 256ft. 2ins. 1801bs.Safe Honest CleanGoodlooking Deep Exotic CaribbeanMassage For Your Mind, Body andSoul In Or Out Day Or NightEmmanuel (718)284-9622

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Bodyrub by young stud 24 hrs. CallScott at 969-0232.

DISCREET MASSAGEMassage for the discreet male.Early or late. ERIC924-2253

TREAT YOURSElf'Older sweet man with great handsseeks clients for nude nonsexualvigorous Swed ish/Esalen massage.$45 an hour. CA cert ified. Gary 212-

228-2243. Serious onlyl

ATHLETIC MASSAGEfor & by the serious athlete andbody conscious. Skillful, spiritual,

sensual, complete Certified757-7579

DANCER'S SENSUALmassage:Touch

Beyond Imagiflation691-7934

DISCRETION ASSUREDCute, athletic 22yr.old Latin

provides full, eroticBodyrub Discount forrepeats SAFE FUNI

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IN THE FLESHSmooth bodstrong build

classic featureswill give complete rubdown

Call between 12 and 7Charles 581-3179

SUPER MASSAGEtrained masseur gives full-bodylegitimate massage, with optionalrelease at end. All ages welcome.

Rex 212-366-0761.,

$40 PLEASUREHot & sexy blond 6'3" 28 w 8 lIT willgive great massage & morel Outcall $50 & up. Treat yourself todayl

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SENSUOUS TOUCHStrong, Safe Bodywork

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senses.Julian 212-675-MALE.

WHAT YOU SEEIS WHAT YOU GET AND

MUCHMORE!6', 2OOIbs, 3Oyr.1SDA, 5O"e.

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JASONUSN Certified212-518-4844

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BODYBUILDER .No one likes to compromise,

especially when it comes to the lastof the best straight men around •.Thesculpted, tanned muscular aesthet-ics that you've searched for in astraight man, can be yours in thecomfort of my luxury condo or yourlocation. I'll give you a thorough fullbody rubdown with a release.

Strong or sensuous touch. I'm 5'rbt, 170 Ibs. All in an attractive Italianpackage. Clean, Discreet. privacy

we" assured. Air-conditioned. Starts$100 for a 35 min. session. $175 and

up for the hr.CALL ME. TONY, AT:

(212)677-16561 DAYS 9:3OAM-12 MID.

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IODllS/IICORII- ----STUNNING BLOND

23 years old, 5'11", 160#. Beautifulchiseled features, big blue eyes; leandefined muscular body, rock-hard

washboard abs. Tan, smooth, sexy &hot with siuling white buns and

big 8 1/2.EVAN

(212)598-9425 (BPR 212-396-1097)

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19, 5'9" beautiful face, big green eyes,smooth sensual body, great smile,

safe, affectionate.DREW

212-995-0318pager 212-321~52

HOT YOUNG FERNANDO!Relaxin~, massage, verbal fantasies,J/O, escort by young Latino boy. In thenude, bike shorts or leatherl OUTCALLS ONLY $80 & up Discreet/safe

(212)673-7175

MAN ABOUT TOWNBrains, Brawn, And Style

5'11", 195 Ibs Muscular and HairyService a Real Man

(212)988-6986

BLACK MAGIC23 year old, sexy, 5'10", 145 Ibs.

black man for hire.Massage/Escort/Fantasies

Safe and discreetIn and out calls.

Simon 718-858-5054

LEGENDSMen Worth Remembering

AM)(, VISA, MC .(212)222-9849

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• Identify local "danger -zones" in theplaces you frequent. Avoid these areas,especially when you are alone. Keep ontop of the news, especially the )esbianand gay press, to learn if a particularneighborhood has become a target forgay bashings.

• Carn' a whistle. Consider taking 8;• Plot out ·safe" routes from subway self-defense class. .stations and bus stops to your home _ Iand other places you frequent often. • Most importantly, be alert andNote well-lit streets and stores open remain aware of your surroundings. I,late at night. .

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I've looked close,I've looked far,haven't found youin the club or bar.I love a womanwho is sexy andcurvy, the kindthat makes you

sweaty andunnervy. You are24+, ambitiousand funny, like tocuddle and kissand be calledhoney. I'm aGWF, brunette,28 with greeneyes, I go to thegym to work onmy thighs. Ifyou're interestedin a chat or a .date, send a #,photo and note,before ifs too .late IOutweel,< Box2848

PROFESSION-ALL Y CREATIVEAttractive,romantic GWFinto movies,dinners, dancingand long walks inthe moonlightseeking woman .35-45. Greatsense of humorand drug-free a

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Wake up to therhythms of theworld. fearlessrenegade/gypsysought byadventurouslesbianAmazon. Alland anyresponse Isgreat. My .fortune cookiesays "You willtravel to manyplaces.· SendIdeas/photos/phone #'s.Outweek Box.2835

LET'S TAKEOUR TIME

GF, 37, His-panic, with loveon her mind,fire In her soul,seeks wise andbeautiful GF,30-40, for -friendship,possibly more.No drugs, rolesor bl's. Note/photo.Outweek Box2828

WHAT THEHELL IS A"BOTTOM"LESBIAN?

If you do it right. ypu roll around

.. ' too much to .knowl And whydo we have to .conform to fit .those dumb.definitionsanyway ...butch,femme, lipstick,

top, granoladyke ...phooeylThere. - now you.know my person-ality - I'm alsocute, fit all o~none of theaforementionedlabels, 5'5", 125Ibs., Intellectualyet carefree, shortbrown hair, browneyes, 23 yo, andvery happy. I amlooking for asimilar oroppositebean...fun, happy,whatever ...tohang out with andjust be ourselves.I'm new to thearea and need tobroaden thebranches of myfriendship treeand also might beInterested Inromance. Pleasesend me a photothat describesyour personalityalong with a shortessay (500 wordsor less).Outweek Box'2827

MAKE ME MELTISeeking strong,tender woman,25·35, withcreative, piercingIntellect. Beadventurous,playful andpassionate aboutyour life, Job and!o(hobby. ReplytoOutweek Box2816

.SINGLE GWF, 25YRS., 6FT,

androgynous,very attractive,real, ambitious,honest, gainfullyemployed,. Interested In anonaddictivefrlendshlp/relationship withan older, prefer-ebly Jewish, sexy,voluptuouswoman whoenjoys wearinghigh heels, andpassionate·w.eekends In the

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Hamptons.Please nosubstanceabusers, bis, or·smokers. Clearminded emotion-ally stable womenwho enjoy andare passionateabout life needreply. All repliesresponded to.Photo & noteplease. I'd love tosweep you offyour feet. I'm atrue romantic.Outweek Box2812

SENSUOUSTOMBOY 30

YRS,seeks lesbian 25-35 to date.Seven-Sisters'educated. I nolonger drink!smoke.Outweek Box2805

WHAT TURNSYOU ON?

A summer nighton my futon...westart out In boxershorts ...wrestleover the last biteof Ice cream ...1wln feed It toyou someremains on yourmouth ..-.lt'smine...! lick itup can't helpIt nlbble on yourIIp What tumsyou on, sexywoman ...flnlsh the. tale. Photo/letter/Intrigue/risk getsmine. .Outweek Box2792

ANDROGY-NOUS?

(Or to the butch.side thereof?)Dangerously .clever, charis-matic, and highlyaccomplishedwith at least alittle downtownsophistication? Achic, 'slender,sanguine, 301sh,Manhattandesigner (who'snever seen

without lipstickand Coco) wouldlike to swapletters and photoswith youl I havecomplexity, looks,charm. heart, art,depth, downtownstyle with uptownpolish, and (likeyou, I hope) I'mnot the usualfare.Outweel( Box2782

FEARLESS ANDSEARCHING,

would-becowboy, crippledby integrity,seeks similarly in-sufferablesentimental jerkfor spontaneouscombustion.GWJF,31.Emotionallyevolved onlyneed respond.Letter, photo,phone.Outweek Box2758

WHAT'S LOVE?I know thewonder of Ifsbeauty and amlooking to sharethis secret withsomeone special.I know that love Iscloseness andcaring and .willingness tooverlook things Inothers which do .not fit our .description of theperfect lover.Love Is alsosharing differ-ences andcelebrating themas much as wecelebrate com-monalities, for Itis these differ-ences whichmake each of ustruly unique andspecial. I am anopen lesbian, 23years old, 5'6",slim, .athletlc,

.• sensual, funny(sometimesverging on silly),Intelligent, awriter, somewhatandrogynous but

wear loose cottondresses, short-haired, bespec-tacled, hate theterm politicallycorrect though it issometimes usedto deScribe me,and very loveable.You should bewilling to acceptthese characteris-tics as well assome I haven'tdescribed(because no-body's perfect),20-35 years Old,any race as longas you're awoman, securewith yourself andcomfortable inyour body,Interested inmeeting someoneto share goodtimes withoutfearing wherethey might lead.Please send yourphoto and phonenumber with an , ,Interesting letterto:Outweek Box2747YOUNG, FINE

DYKE,unabashedlysexy, seekssugar-Mama.25y.o. GWF tiredof games andpumping up egos.Looking for a funpal to take me out& show me agreat time withoutthe need forchemicals. You:woman In 30's, .very much Intouch with yoursensuality, ingood shape &like to work out,very comfortablewith yourself, notlooking forsomeone/something to fill avoid-just want toenhance eachother. I'm waitingto hear from you.PH/PH to:Outweek Box2746

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ONCE UPON ATIME

an attractive 27yrold black womanawoke to discoverherself a lesbian.Immediately,while laying Inbed she threw aparty for herself.Believe it or not,the celebrationcontinues. Wantto come? RSVPwith photo.Outweek Box2514

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MEN I~ FULLLEATHER

GWM visiting NYfrom SF frommid Sept. 10 Oct.Anxious to meetNY leathermen.DKshort hair,mee:l. build 35mustachehealthy reply wIphoto. Box 2122440 f 6th St., .San Francisco,CA 94103.

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Attractive:straight acting.Born bred inMidwest.Romantic, senseof humor.Interested Inarts, travel,sports, outdoors.Intelligent andvery sensuous.Seeks bright,goOdlooking guy23.35 for friend-ship andpossibly more.Letter, ph, photo.P.O. Box 5173, HobokenNJ 07030. Workin NYC Live inNJ.

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5'6" 140 wann, viable intelligentnicely muscledfrom weightshealthy discreetseeks one specialdecent male 30+for monogrelationship. Box1730 NYC NY10011 Please beover 30.

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I saw you, in allyour lovelinessand joy, descend-ing from the ferryyou and a millionother faux drag-queens rode toThe Pines fromCherry Grove.That red tafettaflowing in thesummer breeze,glowing from theradiant sunshine.I simply couldn'tbelieve my eyeswere beholdingsuch lovliness.Remember me? Ichased you inyour high-heels.through the meat-rack. You brokea heel in thesandy floor of thewoods, twisted anankle, fell andyour head landedon a bag full ofcondoms and .lube GMHC sothoughtfullyprovides for thefresh. Yourefused my help.You spat in myface. You told mewhat a pig I am. Iloved everysecond of it. Itjust made mehotter and hotter.I had to have you.Just as I wasabout to takeadvantage of yourdire situation,however, I heardthe angelic choirof the lesbianwomen's chorusin heaven. Youwere an AngellilThen youascended into abrmiant white lightthat went whoknows where. Ihope they deliverOutWeek inheaven. I'mforever in despairuntil you, thequeen of the

. " .inVaSiOn, answersme. Pleaseanswer me. Inthe meantime, I'mwaiting by thedock in ThePines. 'Outweek Box.2864

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Clear blue eyes,short brown flat-top cut hair, drop-dead gorgeous-ness and sex-appeal is loose onthe lower-eastside, just waitingto hear fromsome equallygroovy guys.Respond,already. Whatare you waitingfor? Inset Photo.Outweek Box2862

INTELLIGENT,SENSITIVE,ATTRACTIVE

GWMpresentlyincarceratc;td,wantsto establishcorespondencewith a person ofhigh values andunderstanding. Ifyou need a friendso do I. Ricardo .(RiCk) c/o:Outweek Box "2860

DARK·HAIRED& LEAN

youngish 40GWM withglasses, looks &body seeksslender, bookish& cute youngercounterpart.Photo/letterP.O.Box 1123,NYC 10011.

WJM 38 5'10"170

Healthy & hornylooking for latin or

black, smoothbody & very largeballs. I'm top, verysuccessful. Photowrite A.B. P.O.Box 20079 PACCNY, NY 10129

BUENOS AIRESBOUND

By October 15. 30y.o. Wm lookingfor apt. share inBu:enos Aires.Open to ideas .from, other worldtravelers. P.O.Box 9183, Suite#221, Cambridge,MA 02139.

WM TRANSSEX-UAL,

35 looks 20, longbr. hair, hazeleyes, 5'10". I'll beout of prison in1993. I would liketo hear from .anyone whowould care towrite me. I'm HIV-, fun, wann,sincere, I'm intophotos, cuddling,caressing, lacepanties. I needInformation fromTVs since myplans are to .become one In1993. If you knewme and could seeme, you couldn'thelp but love melPlease write mesoon. ThomasStephanie c/o:Outweek Box2856

I'M A WHITEMALE, 32, 6',

185LBS,black hair, blueeyes, countrystock-,.elty bred,college education,In prison. Lookingfor friendshipthrough letters, tohelp in a lonelyplace in a lonelylife, from gay me.nand women. WriteAlan c/o:

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HAVING APARTY?

Sexy GWM wantsto be invited toyour orgy.Versatile,handsome, 5'11",190, brlhz, hung,36. No rauch.Safe-sex con-scious. S/M okay.The more themerrier. P.O. Box2520, TimesSquare Station,NYC 10108.

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ENEMASSaJe, sensuous,& erotic I Assplay& morel Shy guys& beginnerswelcome. PO Box45 Caldwell, NJ07006 Bottomsupll

GWM, 38, 5'10",'175 LBS.

blond, blue-eyed,good build, attrseeks similar inQueens and/orL.I. for friendship,relationship andfun times. Likesopera, swm,walking, theaterand biking. Callevenings/wkends:718-454-2354.

TWO HUNGGUYS

GWM couple late20's. Both verymasculine, goodlooking, in greatshape and Italian.We arlit lookingfor a guy who hasan exceptionallytalented mouthand throat. If youlove to suck sendyour # and recentphoto and tell ushow good you areto:Outweek Box2849

IN PRISONI need a friendand not just forsex or money, butfor someone totalk to. If you willwrite me, I mightbe all you'll everneed in a friend.Males or femaleswrite me. I'm sexyand very maturefor my age. 'Daniel c/oOutweek Box2837

GOAL"ORI-ENTED

I saw you In theparade with yourother brave copbuddies. I wouldlove to meet youin or out ofuniform. Youwere about 5'9"thin, with brown

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