No. 2S December 10, 1989 .NEWS' SEXUALPOUTICS' AU&U« I! , Theater A Few Good Men . 54 Theater Nose Job (She Had to Model) 55 Film Gays in Hollytwod 56 Remembering Film Mystery Train 56 Harvey Milk on Music Deborah Harry 57 'the eleventh anniversary of his Art Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing 58 assassination. Art Technological Reliquaries &Insights 59 see pg 24 and 28. Video It~ a Lezzie Life 60 Photo: Rink Foto Video AIDSFILMS 61 Books The Construction of HomosexuaHty 62 Political Science (Harrington) 34 ON THECOVER:Police Officers Pe,dro London Journal (Navarro) 30 Velazquez (left) and Peter Guardino. photographed by Ellen B. Neipris Outspoken (Editorial) 4 Letters 6 Sotomayor ,0 BRAVE NEW WORLD Stonewall Ricts (Natalie) 8 Signorile Walks the Beat with Lesbian and Gay Members Xeroxed 9 of the New York City Police Department page 38 Nightmare of the Week 9 Blurt/Out 10 mE TOP MAN Dykes to Watch Out For (Bechdel) 11 Pettit Gabs It Up With Author, Editor, AIDS Educator John Preston page 42 . Quote of the Week 22 San Francisco Journal 28 Out of Control (Day) 32 GLAADTidings 36 Lookout 46 SOCialTerrorism 48 Out of my Hands (Ball) 50 Gossip Watch 51 KICKING mE HABIT / Calender (X) 66 Liz Tracey Flips a Hot Nun at an Operation Rescue Demo page 52 I Community Directory 70 Classifieds 73 Personals 80 Crossword 96 Hot Shot (Conrad) 98 that much of the audi- ence response was that of evasive consterna- tion. I will be presenting a film in February (also SSO-HARD to Take and other contributions on • gt Anthology) which. I Thank you for OufWeek. the whole aspire to libera- hope will further devel- New York has been long tion and revelation, in con- op the discourse in overdue for an intelligent trast to the humiliation examining the implica- :.ry periodical devoted to the implied by the ad in ques- tions of the prevalent iJ,~.i\1:'... lesbian and gay community .. tion: I can certainly under- S&M sensibility in g~y ~::~1 One thing that has con- stand the necessity of raising culture. I hope others In t~,,,,,··,· Wi,- sistently disturbed me, how- money for the publication the gay community will fili~;;~::'::'.l' ever, is the appearance of through advertising, and begin, continue or ~t~;':~i!l':':Z' the SSO-HARD ads at the that one can't always afford resume the assessment ~'~'~:7;;...... '. end of each issue I've seen to be idealistic about the of the issues which this '''''~(:.~:t-''':;;::JI!!!. ,!iii~~ so far. I can't help but read source of such income. condition brings up, and that gays, particularly male the image as a faceless, However, I question whether how it relates to our position whites (whicl"ll am not) must headless gay person cuffed, the choice of running this ad in a society which seems begin to question these barefoot and helplessly is a productive compromise. more and more to teeter on implications more seriously. awaiting torture (symbolic or In raising similar questions in the brink of fascism. Sadism Well you may say that that otherwise). My presumpyon a panel presentation at last is the traditional expression sexual practice isthe individ- of what this image cOnno- September's NY Lesbian and of fascistic exercise: ual freedom of one's private tates negates the impact of Gay Experimental Film Festi- Masochism is the mirror domain. Not so, I reply, much of the content which val (Anthology FilmArchives) opposite through which when manifest through precedes in the body of the on Complacency and sadism more easily perpetu- advertisement (being the magazine, These articles Activism in the Media, I felt ates. It is my strong feeling most effective means of per- 6 OUTTWEEK December 10, 1989 suasion, potentially) and requesting her response to renounce this grotesque the Supreme Court in the especially within the context statements in Rome by John moralism if she is to be wor- last three years (the Geor- of a news magazine. Then it Cardinal O'Connor who thy of even one satisfactory gia sodomy case, the CIA becomes a public issue said, ·Sometimes I believe mark on her first report card. gay employee case and which warrants discussion. the greatest damage done As long as she opposes fetal the gay Olympics case) After the panel I was to persons with AIDS is done research she stands for have been ACLU cases. told that I have the con- by the dishonesty of those death, and her grade is F-' The record should be sciousness of a 70s feminist. health care professionals minus. made clear because many, I'm not sure why, but the who refuse to confront the Jack Nichols many lesbian and gay men idea appeals to me. moral dimensions of sexual CUREAIDSNOW are supporters of the ACLU Jack waters aberrations or drug abuse. Miami,FL as well as of diverse lesbian Manhattan Good morality is good and gay organizations. It is medicine: ACLUSnafu important for them to know Premature Adulation While Ms. Novello may I write to correct a that their membership dol- Cliff O'Neill's report not be dishonest, she may statement in the article in lars, as well as their ear- ("Surgeon Specific: Nov. 20) very well turn out to be last week's (Dec. 3) issue marked contributions to the on the appointment of the schizophrenic if her reli- concerning the internal tur- ACLU Lesbian and Gay new Surgeon General Anto- gious morality comes into moil at National Gay Rights Rights Project, pay the bills in nia Novello, sparked ques- conflict with reality as it has Advocates. That article these cases and in fact sup- tions in the minds of those of already done in the case describes NGRA and Lamb- port an enormous chunk of us who work with CUREAIDS of abortion. da as "the only national the lesbian and gay civil NOW in Florida. We feel that We already know Bush legal organizations which rights work which goes on in George Bush's selection prefers making appoint- regularly litigate gay and les- this country. bears close scrutiny. The fact ments to high posts of those bian civil rights cases.· That Nan D. Hunter that certain AIDS lobbyists who conform to his narrow statement is incorrect; it Director credit the new appointment right-wing-pleasing stances. omits both the National Cen- ACLU Lesbian and Gay with a clean account before We can't gloss over the fact ter for Lesbian Rights, direct- she gets started is reason to that opponents of abortion ed by Roberta Achtenberg, be doubly suspicious of her. are usually the same ideo- and the ACLU. An AIDS lobbyist for the logues who see AIDSas a fit- Although organizations Americsm Psychological ting condition for moral which litigate only lesbian Association assures us she's deviates. and gay rights cases are a shown ·an extraordinary The new Surgeon Gen- natural focus of attention level of sensitivity' from eral opposes not only abor- within our community" it is which we can take •a great tion but. by extension, fetal, also important that we real- deal of comfort: Can we research as well. How can a ize and recognize where a take this extreme compli- 'sane Surgeon General huge amount of the work is ment seriously? Hardly. Often oppose fetal research, obvi- , actually being done. The a lobbyist must find room on ously proven· to hold such ACLU, through both the the ground floor when a promise in AIDS research, as National Lesbian and Gay Power Hat he lobbies takes in a host of other diseases Rights Project in New York Braff New World office, Otherwise his lobby- and cancers? She isjoined in and our affiliates through- Congratulations to ing falls on deaf ears. He this lunacy by Dr. James out the country, now has GMHC for coming up with works within a system which Mason, Assistant Secretary nine attorneys working full- an executive director, such requires of him that he kiss for Health, who sees the time on AIDS and gay rights as Jeffrey Braff, that my very_ posteriors-even when those rights of those who have not issues.This is more attorneys dear friend Paul Popham, same buttocks have messed yet been born as more than NGRA (pre-firing) and first president and founder of In their pants, important than the rights of Lambda combined. Not GMHC would be very proud To respond to Bush's those who are fully alive, surprisingly, then, many of to hove carry on In his tradi- appointment by Insisting on As long as the new Sur- the most significant gay tion, Very best wishes to you, Its excellence Is, diplomati- geon General and her rights cases have been , Jeffrey Braff, cally speaking, premature, cohorts stand In the way, handled by ACLU attor- Mel Cheren Before rushing to embrace creating blocks to the con- neys, Including Brasch I v, Manhattan Ms, Novello, It may be wise tinuance of life for living Stahl Associates (the gay to reflect that her opposition patients, It cannot be said of couple as family case Supporting Sa'erSex to abortion probably stems her that she Is pro-life In any under New York City rent Last week I ottended a from a Roman Catholic rational sense, In fact. her control) and Watkins v, U,S, safer sex seminar/support upbringing, and that. her Interference with fetal Army (the only military case group at the GMHC, At a approach to sexuality and Its research and her acquies- In which a final federal rul· time when AIDS has affect· social ramifications Is, there- cence In the stoppage of Ing has ordered a gay sol- 'ed us all.