GETTING TOUGH Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts

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URIAN AIDS ACIIVIS1S DOWNTOWN DOWN AND OUT NEWS • SEXUALPOUTICS' HEALm' 11IE ARTS "S11anghaied!JJ he groaned. "My head-/" c.n ..... c.Rs Chip Duckett presents MARS NEEDSMEN/Sunday Nights at Mars/Dancing / Go-Go Boys / Drag Queens / Live Bands 7 OJ's Michael Connolly, Larry Tee, Perlidia & John Suliga/West Side Highway and 13th Street QPM-4AM Theater (Big Hotel) 48 Theater (Orpheus Descending) 49 lANCE RI~GEL Video (Hungry Hearn) 50 MAKES Video (Lesbian and Gay Video Festival) 52 HISTORY WITH Television (Common Threads) 51 NY STATE I See page:22. Art (The Quilt: ResjXmSe To A National Crisis) 53 Photo: I Books (Manhattan On TheRocks) 54 Peter LeVa;sseur On The Cover: Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts photographed by T.L.Litt

In Our Own Hands (McCarthy&Kirschenbaum) I 30 GE1TING TOUGH Kelly Kuwahara:On Brooklyn Women's MartialArts

Outspoken (Editorial) 4 Dykes to Watch Out For (Bechdel) 6 Sdomayor 6 Xeroxed 8 Nightmare of the Week 9 Out Of Control (Day) 32 Look Out 40 Out Of My Hands (Ball) 42 Gossip Watch (Signorile) 43 Social Terrorism (Conrad) 44 From Tom Kalin's They are lost to vision altogether Homoscope (deZodiaca) 47 Bar Guide 56 LOOKING KINDA QUEER Community Directory 58 RayNavarro Screens The Queer Filmsand Tapes Of How l}) ILook? 38 Classifieds 61 Personals . 66 Going Out Calendar (X) 78 DANGERS BELOW 14TH STREET Crossword (Greco) 82 John Umlaut Braves the Perils of Downtown 46 Gays and the Mainstream Press

What is it about the "mainstream" press? It seems that they can spend years studiously ignoring the most earth-shaking developments in the gay arid lesbian world: ignoring AIDS, ignoring anti-gay violence, ignoring legal discrimination, ignoring struggles for domestic ~rtnership or baSic civil rights, indeed studiously ignoring any news that vitally affects a full ten percent of the entire population, But let them detect what they perceive as scandal and, boom, suddenly we're front page news, deserving the covers of national magazines, besieged by reporters who want to uncover sGmdal of any kind as they "objectively" pursue the news~ The history of the mainstream press and A;rDS is well known, Not until Rock Hudson was afflicted and scientists . began to warn about the possibility of a spread into the "general population" did this dire national emergency become a big story, Other equally big stories in other arenas, such as the power of the gay and lesbian vote in the recent New York primary, or calls for domestic partnership legislation, or the alarm- ing ~ in anti-gay violence, go unnoticed, But from the days of the notorious Newport Scandals in the twenties, up through the Boise witchhunts in the fifties, through the WalteJ' Jenkins scandal in the Johnson Administration, and continuing through the latest lies about Tom Foley or tragedies of people like Barney Frank, the straight press is right there, ready to whip up front page headlines like omelettes in their quest for "truth," We at autWeek recently experienced the reality of this when an innaccurate, inflammatory story about us appeared in the New York Past. Sensing blood, the mainstream press deluged us with calls, Everyone from the Nattonal Enqutrer to Ttme Magazine was suddenly interested in the new phenomenon of "outing," a word we had never heard of before, which apparently refers to "dragging people out of the closet" according to an earnest reporter from Ttme. It seems the press, never interested in homeless people with AIDS or the lack of funding for drug trials or treatment, or the rights of domestic partners, suddenly couldn't get enough of this imaginary phenomenon, The point is that despite all of our hard-won advances, for most people in the mainstream press we're still just a dirty little scandal, not worth a mention unless we're "caught in the act", or thought to be at odds with ourselves, In a remarkably ironic story about Barney Frank in a recent Newsweek, Robert ~ray of the Human Rights Campaign Fund is quoted as saying, "If we win a court victory I can't get anyone interested. But if somebody gets in trouble, it's front page news." In that very issue of Newsweek, Barney Frank was on the cover. Newsweek printed Bray's remarks without commenting on the irony. Maybe they didn't even notice it. ...

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'" OUTTWEEK 5 date bars, jelly-rOllS,lollipops, Ished, you could always all-day suckers, horehounds wrap it up and save it for or popcorn balls? later, And what about Maybe you're too Twinkies? Remember how young to remember that smooth and soft they were? Lov.That Rag your staff as a very capable Sugar Daddies, Twinkies and Who can never forget slurp- OufWeek is just wonder- group of people, quick wit- Big Hunkswere once among ing up that delicious fresh ful. Itruly love and am begin- ted, politically astute, and the most popular treats cream filling? And there was ning to await the latest from never lacking in humor, available. Having myself always enough to share with Bradley and Michaelangelo, which permeates the maga- feasted on all of.them, I can a friend. My favorite snack of and, as a Southerner, I very zine in every issue. tell you that each in its way all was the Big Hunk: ten much appreciated the trib- Jack Nichols was a special ambrosia. It's inches of rock-hard confec7 ute to Pat Parker. The way Cocoa Beach, FL true that Sugar Daddies tion (with nuts for days) that you are handling com- ~ ~=~-~!:.t.=·-~~·"5· would last as long as you plaints-so openly-is great, SugarOaddy 1 could want. and your wide, inclusive I am appalled by three ~: i ~~."!:i!\1'..- 1 : All I can say about your political spectrum, bringing glaring, unforgivable omis- = = '''<:<: ~,. ';{ , ·:~:·-II= shoddy journalism is, YOU to the fore all of the variety sions in your ·issueof October -.1-~15!'1.3-S,=~:~ ··'e COULD NEVER MAKE MY in the lesbian and gay com- 1. How could you print an == ii :: ·~w":=::::Hf S PEANUTBRmLE. munity, is heroic. Your covers item titled "If Men Were never looked that impressive Trulysugar shocked, are beautiful and brave, Snacks· and not mention once you took the wrapping Aldyn McKean and your news photos excit- Twinkies,Sugar Daddies or Big off and they sometimes went Manhattan ing. Your photographers get Hunks?Would you do a story all soft as soon as you put right in there, don't they? on candy and pastry and not them in your mouth; but the Viva Martina You've come along just in mention tutti-frutti, cream great thing about a Sugar In response to Rachel time to make a real differ- puffs, fruitcakes, layercakes, Daddy was that if you got Lurie's article about Martina ence in New York. I think of cupcakes, tarts, ladyfingers, tired of it before it was fin- Navratilova (Sept. 24):

Dykes to Watch Out For

6 OUT'YWEEK October 15, 1989 I've followed Martina's Ball Squall satisfaction. And now this. brilliant career for a decade Let's start from the You know, this whole and a half now, and I've beginning ...well, let's not thing puts me in mind of the sometimes wondered if any- rehash that businessabout a spring of 1978 but that is, I one else has felt the pain party to which Iwa. not invit- suppose, another story, All and frustration that I have ed nor even informed was I'm asking is to be left rela- watching her recent strug- taking place. Let's start tively intact, That's all I've asked of any man, gles. I want desperately to t '~ Instead from last week when see her win a few more ' Fondly, ;>"'<:, my name was misspelled as Grand Slam titles and regain ....'. -.....,....-Bradly Ball" in the Letters to BradleyA Ball /\llt". ,: Manhattan her 11 ranking, so that there the Editor, Fond as I am of will be no shred of doubt ting used to, and there will the adverb form, I prefer to about who is the greatest probably be couples splitting remain a proper noun, For Coors Advocates player in the history of up over bad line calls, but, many years I chose simply to The letter-writers in your women's tennis. hey--':'WIIbe interesting. Until go by the name ·Brad Ball" Sept. 24 issuewere mistaken Of course, every dyke another intelligent. compas- because Ifound thisvery mis- when they wrote that The knows she's the greatest, but sionate, pioneering, brave, spelling unendurably insult- Advocate Ignored public there is a larger point to honest dyke with muscles Ing, It's only been In the Ia.t debate over the Coors make. Martina is not only the and a heart-stopping smile two years that I have brewery position on gay greatest player, but also the risesto the top and revolu- acquired enough self-confi- rights, We published an In- greatest champion-some- tionizes the game, well, we'll dence and enough faith In depth newsfeature about thing that Steffl Graf will just have to make do, the literacy of others to ven- the IssueIn our February 14, never be even If she wins Mlrlmblum ture forward under my full, 1989edition, every match from now until W. Versailles,PA given (and all too Christian) Jim Schroeder she's 90, unless she has a name. Now, In one stroke all National News Editor serious attitude adjustment. Goodbye to Julius' of that self-confidence and TheAdvocate She's undoubtedly awesome Recently, a friend and I faith has been shattered and on the court, but outside of went to Julius' for a chin I'm afraid this will result in a Photo Opportunity? those white lines I see noth- wag over a drink, After com- major setback in my therapy, Thisisin responseto Tom ing to admire. She rarely menting how glad I was they This week an astute Rubnitz' letter to ACT UP utters a civil, let alone gra- no longer stocked Coors reader called up to point out (Oct, 1stissue): cious, word about her com- (there were no signs up indi- that in the Table of Contents, Tom, you said you were petitors, and seems to have cating it wa. for sale), I was my column was listed under thankful that the attackers no historical perspective of disheartened to have the the title ·Out Of My Mind." I were finally arrested and the how Martina, Chris Evert.-BiI- bartender -reassure" me could swear we had this dis- ACT UP member released. lie Jean King, et ai, have that yes, indeed, they had cussion back in June before Maybe-it was because ACT made it possible for her to Coors Light on tap. the magazine ever went to UPput pressureon the police get to where she is, That is Upon my departure, I print. I requested that this to make these things. hap- what adds insult to the injury said to the bartender that -a. pen, Otherwise we're sure it of Martina's defeat. long as they carry Coors, I would have been a very dif- The question now is, would no longer ·be a patron ferent and lessdesirable out- when Martina does retirewho of Julius'" It wa. that simple! I come, You are portly right will be her successor as our had always passivelyaccept- about ACT UP's attempts to new champion? Whq can ed the boycott of Coors by get people to help, but you dykes root for? The present simply not buying the beer. must realize that It was a lack of any other out lesbians That /sn't Enough! In order for very serious situation that on the circuit should make us this boycott to have an could have turned out much look at other qualities: which impact, those of us who worse, If everyone had players really give their all to believe in it need to let the acted like you and done the game, and play with owners and managers of gay nothing and thought. oh style? Who appreciates the bars know how, we feel. If column be called· Advice to well, I'm sure It will straighten fans and acknowledges their enough -regulars" stop com- the Lorn" and you said you itself out, let's not disturb my opponents' fine play? ing to neighborhood bars wanted it to have the.word fun anymore, the bashers Looking ahead to the because of this, the bar ·Out" Inthe title, assuringme would be free and the Inno- post-Martina years, whenev- owners may just not renew that this was going to be the cent jailed, er they come, I see their contract with Coors. We appelative norm in the mag- As for ACT UP being something among serious must.each, do what we can. azine. I was then arbitrarily there for a riot, give us a dyke tennis fans that's been Thank you OutWeek- presented with the title·Out fucking break. You can't missing for years: diversity. forjustbeing here, Wssogood Of My Mind" and proposed honestly believe members of Imagine watching tourna- to (finally) have a local gay the compromised title ·Out ACT UP attended Wlgstock, ments with your friends and magazine that Is so good. Of My Hands" which I felt 'predicting there would be actually rooting for different TerryMcCann was somewhat better trouble, As we see It, when playersl It'll take some get- Manhattan although not entirely to my ACT UPhas Itsmeetings, that

October 15, 1989 OUTTWEEK 7 Isa group, Outside we are The St, Vincent's E/R Individuals,who happen to "staff: If they can be called be ACTUPmembers,Butwe that, were bigoted, using also happen to sharea slml- Insulting "homophobic" lar train of thought, which Is remarks around me, as to help the gay and lesbian though they had to "lower" HomophobiaTonight ddlgnorance community In any emergen- themselves to tend to a Mr,DavidNuell Mr,MaxFrankel cy situation,any time, Toput homosexual.I thought I was- ExecutiveProducer The New York Times It simply-we care, Just back In the Dark Ages, It EntertalnmentTonlght 229 W. 43rdSt, remember Tom, If you or was 1985, . LosAngeles,(j,A NewYork,NY 10036 anyonewere ever Ina similar If this hospital doesn't DearMr.Nuell, DearMax, situation, ACT UPwould be change Itspolicy of employ- LastT1'1.JrSday nightEnter- In your front page arti- there for you, But maybe In Ing unprofessional health. talnment Tonight carried a cle of Frlqay, September light of your attitude, ACTUP featurepiece on CJ"Iti-semtism29th, "F.D.A., In BigShift,Will would just stand by and do and racism/In rock lyrics, It Permit Useof Experimental nothing while you sat In a seemsclea·that the Impetus AIDS Drug," your reporter, police car, handcuffed with for thispiece was a the New Mr, PhilipJ, Hilts,makesthe blood dripping down your York Times tm & Leisurefeo- following unfortunate mis- face because you were ture on th,e same subject, takes: being yourself(gay), and the However, the Times piece 1) "Scientistsand pub- offenders were let go devotedfully50percent of Its lic health officials.., ex- --because It's okay to hurt coverage to homophobia in pressed concern that the and kill lesbians and gays. rocksongs!,TheEntertainment distributionof the aug may Butwe guessIt wouldn't be Tonight Report didn't even make It difficult to get all that bad for you, Tom.• ' .''';.,,,~;~~'"."' bmg It up, patientsto volunteerfor the Justremember,allyou would workers (and security ThisIs distressing for a clinical triaL..• Clinical trials have to do Is stick your guards) It should be closed number of reasons, Unlike for ddl are, and hove been bloody face and cracked down or be relocated to anti-semitism and racism, for some time, completely skull out of the patrol car someplace like JesseHelm's homophpbla Isstili socially filled, Indeed overbooked, window, We're sure It would state. But North Carolina acceptable, Filmsand televi- Why didn't Mr. Hiltsmake a make for a fabulous "photo may look liberal compared slon sh~ws which would few phone callsand discov- op"1 Just try to remember to the bigotsat St, V's. neverallowthe useof words er this information, readily thc.ugh, as long as there Is The fact that It's a like 'nigger' or 'klke' feel available,for himself,before an ACT UP,jerks like the Roman Catholic facility comfortpble usingwords like making this statement not bashers and the police will probably has everything to 'fag' ajd 'dyke: Thecurrent once but twice? Why, know not to fuck with our do with It. I'm not a fanatic AIDSe~ldemlc has exac,er- indeed, Is he so determined people anymore, We'd also or a terrorist.but sometimes bated Ithls problem in the - to be so negative about liketo thank David Robinson can't help pleasantlyfanto- sensethat screenwriters,Iyri- these ddl trials, which are for his response,and for try- -sizing churches being clstsar:tdTVwritersfeel now undertakenInsucha spiritof Ingto enlightenyour heart, bombed or all turned Into more than ever before they hope? ErikSmith gay discos-the Limelight, they ~ave permls::lonto be 2) "'Supposesomeone Dan Hunter onlyone, Isn'tenough. anti-gay, who experiences side Manhattan 2) I support Barney This Is exactly why effects suesand wins?'· Mr, Frankas your Oct, 8 editorial homophobia Isnot yet seen Hiltsquotes from the mouth YouLimelightUpMy L1f. does, However,I'm mystified as a seriousproblem In our of Dr,Jere Goyan, a former Twomattersof concern: by its not seeming at all to society-because the fact FDAcommissioner.There Is 1) As a personal recipi- know that Barney "came that r it Is bigotry Is not no legal recourseunderclin- ent of anti-gay physical vio- out" very publicly about a enforcedInthe media, Ical trials, Patients sign lence-surely due at the year ago, That action can- Please consider these releaseformsto that effect time to that pricklier Ameri- not be Ignored in light of his argumentsInthe Mure, Prej- and pharmaceutical com- coo conservatismof the late, current "predicament." It will udice killsand we are cur- panies, before they even late 70sand 80s-the Insanity probably end up being his rentlyInthe midstof another provide any of the free of It, man's Inhumanity to winning volley In the course epidemic In America-one drug, demand the Inclusion man, not to mention the he'son, of anti-gay violence, When of same,SinceDr,Goyan, as pathetic, heartless and at AI Fahn teenagersaren't taught that a former FDAcommissioner, timesheart-wrenchingramifi- Manhattan antl-homosexualprejudice Is must certainly know this, cations of the AIDSepidem- wrongthey feel it's o,k,to go one can only assumethat Ic, brings me back to the OulWeekwelcomesyourletters, out and beat up queers, Mr, Hilts has quoted him way I was treated at St, Vin- PleaseIncludeyournameand Thankyou for your time and entirelyout of context, cent's emergency room phonenumberfor verification, attention on thisIssue, 3) Describing those when requiringtreatment for andmdlto: Lettersto the Edi- Vito Russo accepted for the trials, Mr, serioushead InjuriesIncurred tor.OutWeek Magazine. 77 Manhattan Hilts says: "They must be Inthe anti-gay atrocity. lexingtonAve.N,Y..NY10010 over 12 years of age and

8 OUT~WEEK October 15, 1989 meet stringent medical cri- Time" -and has been so it Isby NickWade)of Friday, terla," The requirementsfor classified since May 1987, September 29th: "AIDS, these ddl trials are among What this means Is that, Drugs,Need rod Greed: Is the most generous and thanks to Ms, Kolata, the superb, Every once In a relaxed of any trials In New York Times has recom- while you do throw us a recent memory, Both the mended a treatment that bone, And, gratefulbeggars FDAand Bristol-Myershave the NIHIsnot evenInterested that we are,we beg you for" bent over backwards to in, On behalf of the NIH,you more, allow Inclusion of patients have told everyone to run LarryKramer never before given consid- out and try a drug that the Manhattan eration on trials, FDA and NIHhas pretty much given Bristol-Myersmet with com- up on. What this means Is Fie on Fidel munity-basedphysicians(an that, yet once again, Ms, To the Government of 4'" historic first-another story Kolata has written a story Cuba, ". ::_:, other papers ran but the that Is Inaccurate, I am writing to protest I am a socialistwho has Times overlooked) and Surely you must con- yourpoiey ofImprisonmentof a long record of speaking together negotiated these cede that the mistakesthat people who test positivefor out againstmy owl')govern- new entrance criteria, I and otherspoint out to you HIVroti-bodles.Yourgovem- ment. When the Soviet How can a reporter and yourson a regularbasis ment quarantineshundreds Unioncan no longersupport slant a storyso falsely?How amount to a more than of people at "LosCocos: 40 the Castroregime,it willfall, can a reporter not avail convincing argum~nt that kilometersfrom Havana,this I look forward to the himselfof all the Information yourAIDSreportingIs sloppy poley Is not foRowedin War- day-along with so many available to anyone before and bad, Other serious SOlI Pactcountries, Cubans-when you are on reportinga story? newspapers have not had ThisIsnot only cruel but trial for your horrible crimes Theseare not smallmis- this problem. Other serious does not stop the spread of against human rights. Peo- takes.And Mr. Hiltsappears newspapersare doing very AIDSIn Cuba, The HIVtest pie with AIDShave the right to be making a large num- fineworkIndeed. often produces false results to be free and poseno.dan- berofthem, It gives me pleasure, and will not show a positive ger to anyone from casual It has become appar- believe It or not, to find resultwithin the firstmonths contact, ent that the chief source of something nice to say to 'of Infection,And Cuba Isn't RobertD'Avoozo Ms, Gina Kolata's mon- you, Youredtorlal (I asSume testingtourists, staten Island strouslybad "reporting" on the underground Com- pound Q study (Tuesday, September 19th),the roommate of the dead patient, has turned out to be as' unreliable as any reporter should have had the sense to know a distraughtsurvivor would be, It isinconceivable to me how a newspaper, with section editorsand fact checkers and desk editors (and an editor In chief) could allow a story to see print that Is so filled with Inaccuracies and so obvi- ously masquerades as "fact" when, also so obvi- ously,it isbased on informa- tlon-once-removed, I.e. heresay.ThisIs the way the National Enquirer operates, I have been Informed Helen, Helen, Helen (Gurley Brown, editor of Cosmopolitan), The pelting you received by by NIHthat alpha Interferon, lesbian AIDS activists, hurling condoms Gurley Brown-ward when your rag declared hetero- the subject of Ms. Kolata's sexual women ·safe· from AIDS was, alas, notas effective as we might have hoped, page one story, "Long Now, in another desperete attempt to titillate your stimulation-soaked readership, Cosmo Ignored AIDS Drug Shows lists tips on how to spotfag potential in their yupster hubbies (see Gossip Watch, page 431, It's true, Helen, You're not paranoid. We ar. everywhere. In your bedrooms. Your muse- PromiseInSmallTests:Is clas- ums. Serving caviar at your benefits, On your editorial staff (gaspll. And among your readers, sified at the lowest rating, And we're watching you, Helen. Be afraid, Be very afraid, that of "Not Recommended for Clinical Trials at This

October 15, 1989 9 News Denmark .Celebrates World's First Gay Weddings Copenhagen Couples Make History Under New Danish Law

by Rex Wockner "This is one of the five most added Eigi\. "Of course, we always COPENHAGEN-In what is being important days ever in the lesbian hoped we would be fully accepted hailed as a fundamental turning point and gay struggle,· boasted one jubi- and have the same rights as others," in the fight for gay and lesbian equali- lant celebrant to Copenhagen's "Pink EigU said he was not troubled at ty, 11 gay male couples were legally Radio" station, The Copenhagen daily being married amidst a "media circus· married Oct. 1 in the Copenhagen, newspaper Berltngslte Ttdende because it is "the necessary price you Denmark Town Hall, dubbed the 11 weddings "the event of pay for making world history." Denmark is the first country in the year,· Many other gay and lesbian cou- the world to allow gay/lesbian mar- At the center of the festivities was ples saw it differently, however, and postponed their weddings until later, Activists with the National Association for Gays and Lesbians (LBL) had thought that 50 to 100 couples might marry Oct, I, but as the historical sig- nificance of the day became more apparent, several couples backed out. Only three of the 11 couples later attended a press conference, including the pair that had been trailed for eight days by a British Broadcasting Corporation documentary crew.

You Can Change the World Asked if he had any words of encouragement for gay and lesbian couples in other countries who might someday hope to be married, EigH -IF EVERYONE CAME OUT, THIS WOULD HAPPEN EVERYWHERE: Photo: Rex Wockner Axgil said, "Be open, Come out. Keep N,wlyw,ds Ax,/and figil Axgil in Cop,nhag,n fighting, This is the only way to move anything, If everyone comes out of riage and this was the day the new 74-year-old Axel Axgil and his 67- the closet then this will happen every- law took effect. The grooms included year-old partner of 40 years, Eigil where." a high school teacher, a Lutheran Axgil, who combined syllables from LBL national president Else minister and a school psychologist. their given names to form a common Slange agreed. "You must get As hoards of reporters from all surname, Axel founded the Danish involved with politicians,· she said, over the world stampeded for inter: gay rights movement by coming out "Make them learn about you, make views, the 11 marriages were com- of the closet in 1948, He was fired them know what you are and how pared with such watershed gay events from his job the very next day, you think. You must also get people as the 1969 Stonewall Revolt in New "I'm quite overwhelmed with all in mainstream politics to be open as York City, the 650,OOO-strong 1987 these people and the press,· Axel sa1d gays and lesbians," March on Washington for Lesbian and through a translator, "but it's overall Despite her obvious joy at LBL's Gay Rights and the 1988 mobilization very beautifully put together,· success, Slange added that she has a in Great Britain against homophobic "We just never could have "personal ideological opposition to Clause 28, dreamed we would get this far," the ruler/ruled model of heterosexual

10 OUT"-WEEK October 15, 1989 ONLY IN NEW Ir. YORK There's A New Choice In Your Freedom To Move With: A WOMAN'S MOVING CO.!

"I CHAPEL OF LOVE Photo: RexWockner Crowds at the Copenhagen Town Hall after the first gay weddings '" marriage" and would never get mar- There are two remaining prob- '~ ried herself. "But now gays and les- lems with Denmark's new gay mar- bians can choose,· she said, "and that riage law. Homosexuals are not yet is very, very important." permitted to adopt children. And the ·{'\f new legislation does not require the It All Happened So Fast state Lutheran church to offer gay .J' The weddings themselves were marriage ceremonies. Activists are THIS LONG OVERDUE surprisingly brief. Copenhagen Vice- fighting both omissions and expect ALTERNATIVE WAS STARTED IN Mayor Tom Ahlberg addressed the the issue of church weddings to be RESPONSE TO THE LACK OF group for two minutes, reminding the resolved first. MOVERS WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE grooms of their duties of "joint love, At least one partner in a Danish AND SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF helpfulness and tolerance: gay/lesbian marriage must be a Dan- THE LESBIAN AND GAY Each couple then individually ish citizen currently living in Den- COMMUNITIES. entered a small adjacent room to mark. According to Tom Stoddard of WE UNDERSTAND THAT answer the single question, "Will you New York's Lambda Legal Defense MOVING IS A VERY PERSONAL take..,as a partner?" After both men said and Education Fund, the marriages EXPERIENCE. EVERYONE HAS 'yes,' they signed the marriage certifi- will not be recognized in the 50 U.S. THEIR OWN PREFERENCES ABOUT cate and made way for the next couple, states, but he said "it should make for WHO THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE Photographers nearly got into fist fascinating test cases in the courts ALLOWING INTO THEIR HOME. BY fights jockeying for position in the should a couple emigrate and EMPLOYING WELL TRAINED, KIND, cramped space. demand their rights," CARING AND CONSCIENTIOUS After all vows had been Copenhagen'S four daily newspa- WOMEN MOVERS, WE ARE LIVING exchanged, the couples descended pers gave overwhelmingly positive PROOF THAT WOMEN CAN MOVE the Town Hall steps into a hundreds- coverage to the weddings, with large YOU LIKE NOBODY ELSE CAN! strong throng of well-wishers flinging color photographs of the grooms kiss- • FREEESTIMATES AND ADVICE rice and confetti. Champagne flowed ing and carrying each other over the ON LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE freely as the Danes exclaimed "Sk:1l.· threshold But both state television MOVES The three activist couples then channels buried the story in their • FREEBOX DELIVERYAND FREE made a dramatic exit in horse-drawn newscasts, with TV! running' only a WARDROBE USE carriages, winding thropgh the narrow three-minute report at the very end of • FREESTORAGE FORA SECOND streets of Copenhagen to a grand an hour-long broadcast. MONTH reception at the stylish LBLoffices. Some Danish activists, however, Many observers expressed sur- insisted that the sparse TV coverage prise that no lesbians were married was proof that homosexuality is "no on this first day. There was no clear big deal" in Denmark. They said they explanation why, but some activists found it incredible that the BBC, The suggested that it was a matter of New York Times and the American gay "media intimidation" or a "preference press had come all the way to Copen- for privacy." hagen for their "little wedding." ...

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News Feds Nix Grant for Gay AIDS Drug Trial Group 18 Other Groups Funded; AIDS Advocates Shocked and Outraged

by Andrew Miller and Mark Chesnut asking why CRI received a low score used to treat pneumocystis carinii WASHINGTON - Community by NIAID's peer review committee, pneumonia, the leading killer of peo- Reseach Initiative (CRI), a leading gay which received 689 applications from ple with AIDS. community-based research group community-based research initiatives All of the organizations slated to which conducts clinical trials of throughout the country. '1"here has to receive funding will rely completely potential AIDS treatments with people be a political reason," said Bihari. "It's on NIAID for their existence, thus giv- with AIDS in New York City, was left both a succesSful attempt to take con- ing NIAID political and financial con- out of a list of 18 community pro- trol of the (community-based) net- trol, according to Bihari. grams that will receive a total of over work and punishment for CRI's role While the government maintains that $9 million in grants from the National in creating alternative approaches to funding was determined by a review Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis- AIDS treatment research,· panel of experts, Bihari claims that some eases (NIAID). The announcement Even Anthony Fauci, director of people on the panel had 00 experience was made at a press conference on NWD, expressed surprise that CRI had dealing will AIDS or with federal grants. October 5 in Wash- Two other gay- ington D.C" and has identified commu- met with outrage nity-based pro- from many members grams, the Com- of the lesbian, gay munity Research and AIDS activist Initiative of New communities, . England and the "It's apalling,» Whitman-Walker Dr. Mathilde Krim Clinic in Washing- told the New York ton D.C., did not Times, "CRI is at the get past the first core of the epidemic. stage of approval They will be left out by the panel. of the program they This is part of the created. » Krim is a argument by many co-founder of the who say that h0mo- American Foundation phobia played a for AIDS Research. major role in the "I'm outraged," decision making concurred Dr, Bernard process, although Bihari, executive Lawrence "Bop- ~irector of CRI, "~RI NO DICE Photo: Jim Marks per" Deyton, the ~ the parent organl~- NIAlD's Anthony Faucci (I) with CRI'sBernard Bihari and Michael Callen after assistant director tlon of many organt- • • for community re- ' h fu d d Thursdays announcement zatIons t ey n e , search at NIAID Many of them have been looking up not been selected, and reportedly called and the administrator of the program to us as a role model." CRI is the old- a special staff meeting to find out why, in question, is openly gay. est and largest organization that con- according to the Los Angeles TImes. According to Deyton, NIAID ducts trials of AIDS drugs in urban CRI was formed two years ago employees, including himself, were neighborhoods. and received praise for their trials on invited to submit recommendations of NIAID's decision has left many aerosolized pentamidine, which is outside experts for a peer review

12 OU"fTWEEK October 15. 1989 ~ board that is ultimately selected by a Elaine Baldwin, a spokeswoman clinical trials by already established separate branch of the National Insti- for HHS, which administers NIAID, organizations: Bronx Lebanon Hospi- tutes of Health, of which NlAID is said of the charges of homophobia, tal; Denver Community Program for one division, "We administer .the pro- "That's simply not true, That was not Clinical Research on AIDS; Henry gram but we don't decide who gets a factor. And it's not necessary to say Ford Hospital in Detroit; Oregon the money,· he told Ou/Week. anything more,· She added, ·We're AIDS Task Force in Portland; Rich- Deyton said that he submitted a not permitted by law to discuss the mond AIDS Consortium in Virginia; list of 200 frontline doctors, nurses, reasons why certain organizations did San Francisco County Community AIDS activists, heath care workers and or did not receive a contract,· of the· Consortium; and Veterans Administra- advocates familiar with the needs and 18 organizations receiving govern- tion Center in Washington, D,C.. concerns of people of color and IV ment funding, most are affiliated with Eleven other contracts will help drug users, as well as more traditional large universities or hospitals, CRI has relatively new organizations prepare medical researchers. no such affiliations, to conduct clinical trials. They are "The standard groups of people Fred Mandel, a spokesperson for Addiction Research and Treatment who we use for that purpose CRI, said that NIAID never made clear Corporation in Brodklyn; Atlanta AIDS wouldn't do,· Deyton said. to them the reasons for the rejection. Research Consortium; Chicago Com- Ultimately, two committees were "If you don't know why someone munity Program for Clinical Research formed, "quite of few" of whose rejects you, you can't remediate," he on AIDS; Clinical Directors Network members, according to Deyton, were told OutWeek. They plan to reapply of Region II in a group project either gay or HIV positive. Deyton in the future, as well as file a petition invovling the Bronx, Brooklyn called the charges of homophobia requesting HHS's reasons for leaving and Newark, N.J.; Comprehensive "patently untrue, It's an unfortunate CRI out. Deyton said he would be AIDS Alliance of Detroit; accusation, This is the least homopho- meeting with CRl's board to discuss Delaware Community Program for bic organization in Washington," his organization's decision. Clincal Research on AIDS in He added, "70 percent of the pop- CRI had planned on about 30 per- Dover; Harlem AIDS Treatment ulations served by the groups that got cent of its budget being supplied by Group; Hill Health Center in New grants are gay or bisexual,· singling NIAID, according to Bihari, and will Haven; Louisiana Community Pro- out the organizations in Oregon, San now have to rely more on drug com- gram for Clinical Research on Francisco and ~hoenix as ones with pany sponsors, private donations and AIDS in New Orleans and Baton particularly large gay involvement. foundation grants, But others. in .the Rouge; North Jersey AIDS Alliance Addressing the incipient contro- AIDS community told Out Week that in Newark; and the Phoenix Shan- versy, he added, "I'm very concerned the absence of the federal contract had ti Group, The grants ranged from and upset by this. The community- serious financial implications for CRt $307,130 to $682,854, ~ based clinical trial movement is is Seven of the contracts will fund - filed from New York very important. And I don't want to see something as artifical as this small program divide an important positive ). movement that is rolling ahead. We all have the same goals,· Deyton blamed a $24 million shortfall in expected funding from Congress for NIAID's Inability to fund all of the qualified organizations that applied for contracts, But in making the announcement of the contracts, Dr, Louis Sullivan, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said, "These new programs are especially important because they will provide the opportunity to serve many people who, until now, have not been included in clinical trials of promising experir:nental AIDS therapies." Sulli- van added, "The programs will reach out to Blacks, Hispanics, women and intravenous drug users infected by the OEiVy SHe AIDS virus,· No mention of gay men with AIDS was made,

October 15. 1989 OUTTWEEK 13 News FDA Releases AIDS Drug on Parallel Track Move Follows Intensive Pressure from Activists

by Cliff O'Neill commissioner Frank Young on ddI's ddI if they don't have to. WASHINGTON-DDI, an experi- release. "Since ddl is still an experi- "I believe people who are stable mental anti-HI V drug, was released mental drug, it must be tested careful- on AZT right now would be wisest into a broad distribution program ly and must demonstrate safety and staying on AZT, unless they've been called a "parallel track," by the U,S, efficacy before it can be approved. on it so very long that they and their Public Health Service on Sept. 28, We believe, however, that it is impor- physicians are virtually certain it's not after months of intense pressure from tant to offer the drug to people with helping," stated Jim Eigo of ACf UP. AIDS activists. The Public Health Ser- The drug, a less vice's announcement comes toxic relative of AZT, after months of intense which is the only federal- pressure from AIDS ly approved anti-HIV activists, which initially drug, will now enter came up with the concept broad Phase II clinical of making experimental trials in which its effec- drugs available to AIDS tiveness will be tested. In patients on a parallel track an unprecedented move, after toxicity levels are the Food and Drug established but before its Administration will also effectiveness is proven. allow the drug'S manu- To implement the new facturer to distribute the distribution system, the drug to a wide array of FDA, working with AIDS people with AIDS and activists, has broadened its -advanced ARC who can- definitions of two existing not tolerate AZT or do programs, called "Treatment not qual ify for the ddl IND [Investigational New clinical trials for a variety Drug)" and "compassionate of other reasons. use" protocols, to allow for . DDI has raised hope the drug'S release as soon of AIDS researchers after as it enters Phase II effec- initial Phase I toxicity tri- tiveness studies. als on 200 people "This plan offers some showed that it appeared additional options for peo- to be as effective, and ple with AIDS and particu- less toxic than, AZT. larly for the thousands of However, clinicians have . AIDS patients who cannot found that several AZT OK, TOO Photo: n.lltt tolerate AZT", stated Secre- patients taking high Jim Eiga tary of Health and Human doses of ddl reported bouts of pain AIDS for whom the standard treat- Services Dr. Louis Sullivan, announcing and numbness. New clinical trials ment of zidovudine [AZT) is not an the drug's release. "This plan for have found that risk substantially min- option, even though there are some expanded testing and earlier availabili- imized when the drug is taken at potentially serious side effects." ty of ddI, developed through the coop- lower doses, AIDS activists were quick to cau- eration of several Public Health Service '"The epidemic of AIDS is extraor- tion that patients currently benefiting agencies and Bristol Myers, reaffirms dinary and it must be met with from AZT not drop the proven, our commitment to speeding both the extraordinary measures," stated FDA although limited, drug in favor of the development and the availability of

14 OUr..-WEEK October 15, 1989 "Bar opett..- 5 ",m- 'DINNER s6r-ved. 6 p""-- promising new drugs for patients with .Mon.. t.Ju..u. S#t.. -U1111~45.M.on.. -Ss"i:-. AIDS whenever possible," 1'2 noon-- o~ 6 PJ"V-10;.45 A month after meeting with AIDS Sunday o-vS~rt,.. activists who targeted ddI as the most likely candidate for the parallel track last June, drug manufacturer Bristol hr;stop-hers Myers agreed to distribute the drug ""'RESTAUItANT for free to as many as 25,000 AIDS patients. The clinical trials for ddI are expected to enroll approximately 115 Cltrirlopher St-ree.t 2,600 participants. .:N":CC .....~12·255·1060 And while the new program will allow a greater number of people to S"u~ B~\U1C.lt..- 12l1,OOJ1, tU14 :45 gain access to ddI, the protocol is by no means all inclusive, A concern AIDS activists still have is that it may still exclude people with high, but ra_._.- rapidly declining levels of T-4 cells, a key indicator of immune system func- , tion, as well as others who don't fit its m i i'i It n 11 specifications, according to Eigo. TRATTORIA As part of their discussions with Complimentary bottle of red wine Bristol Myers, AIDS activists have already begun looking at another with two dinners and this ad Bristol Myers anti-HIV drug, D4T, as Special pizza from our woodburning oven the next drug which could be placed Your host Sal Acquista on the "parallel track." "I must say, at least this far, all 165 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 'U' 212.989.2330 the parties have acted pretty excep- 1. ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ ..... tionally, [particularlyl Bristol Myers, in distinct contrast with some of the other pharmaceuticals we've had to deal with," added Eigo, "and I hope it continues." Those wishing more information ~ on AID~related clinical trials may call 1-800- TRlA/SA, a toll free hot- ~ MEXICAN line about AIDS clinical trials, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Eastern Time, Mon- RESTAURANT day through Friday. Those wishing First Avenue between 49th & 50th Streets more information on ddI, its clinical 883 FIRST AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. trials or the "parallel trac/rt' can call TELEPHONES: 935-3749 • 421-1212 Bristol Myer1 toll-free hotline at 1- 1-' • 800-662- 7999 daily from 8 a.m to 8 p. m., Eastern Time. Bristol Myers expects ddI clinical trials to begin in mid-October. .... PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT THE LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY

October 15.1989 OUT~WEEK 15 'f, I News Gay Bash Survivo .. Files Civil Rights Suit Neo-Nazi Skinheads Face $20 M in Damages

byJohnZeh the Ku Klux Klan was to the Black 18, are set to stand criminal trial here WASHINGTON-A gay survivor community. ~ ask the court to review Nov. 6 for assault with intent to kill of a vicious attack by a gang of "skin- the [KKK]Act, which prohibits two or and armed robbery. heads" wants the District of Columbia more people from conspiring to violate Grimes, who was accused by a fPv- Superior Court to invoke the 100- the civil rights of another person," ernment prosecutor of being the year-old Ku Klux Klan Act in an ringleader in the attack on johnson and unprecedented $20 million lawsuit -Die, Faggot. Di.- two other gays the same weekend, is against his alleged attackers, johnson was walking home at 5 being sought as a fugitive form justice, The legal action is believed to .be a.m. from a Georgetown restaurant Lambda said. He and McCall were con- the first civil suit against members of where he worked through a well-lit vided Aug, 29 of assault on another skin- the skinhead movement, who are school parking lot when he encoun- head whom they claimed was a white identified generally by shaved heads, tered a group of skinheads with base- supremacist, according to Bteibrick, heavy boots, suspenders, bomber ball bats, One did a "martial arts jackets, and neo-Nazi or other white movement" wielding a bat overhead Parena Nam.d In Suit supremacist rhetoric. and then struck him ·with all his The civil action is also novel in Rodney johnson, 37, who was strength," according to Johnson'S two other ways, It marks the first time brutally beaten a year ago near "P lawyers, Others allegedly joined in to a victim of anti-gay violence has sued Street Beach,· a popular gay hangout beat and rob him, leaving johnson members of an organized hate group along Rock Creek in the northwest bleeding profusely with a collapsed for civil damages, said Ettelbrick, section of the city, was flanked by lung, a fractured sku 1\., broken ribs Lambda's legal director in New York seven representatives of groups work- and fingers, and a splintered shoulder, City, And it names three parents of ing to combat violence against lesbians During the assault, the skinheads two. skinhead defendants, charging and gay men when he announced yelled, "Die, faggot, die,' according to they knew about the skinheads' vio- their joint case here Sept. 28. the suit. Mark Hyder, one of the three lent activities and "encouraged or "I'm grateful we're all getting named in the suit and indicted for failed to discourage" their children's together on this, bringing this out in assault with intent to kill while armed, association with the group, she said, the open, and making it known we're told the Washington Post, "I have a Two parents of defendant not going to tolerate this [violence] hatred for gays,' He said that if john- Richard [Craig] Grimes helped him any longer,· johnson said. son had died, "I don't think I would rent an apartment at 14th and T "Across the country," said Paula have felt any remorse about it." Streets N,W, as a "crash pad" for local Ettelbrick of Lambda Legal Defense According to Lambda, Hyder and skinheads, the suit says, To pay rent, and Education Fund," skinheads are to two others named in the civil suit, Grimes suggested he and the other the lesbian and gay community what David McCall and Richard Grimes, all defendants go "fuck up some faggots," for cash and credit cards, according to Lambda, At a pre-trial hearing in pending criminal actions, an assistant V,S, attorney quoted Grimes as saying, "So if I'm going to get a fag, I'm going to kill him,' Seven of the eight defendants were minors at the time of the attack, "If it takes till these youngsters are in their thirties to recover damages, we will wait," said Linda Delaney, johnson's chief counsel in Washington, "We're not afraid of their age, or their threats."

16 OUl'~WEEK October 15, 1989 Anti-Gay Violence Hyder disclaimed any association New York with supremacist groups, saying, ''The whole Nazi deal is giving us a bad name," Responded Kevin Berrill, who directs the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's anti-violence project, "Although local skinheads c1;limto be non-racist, we believe that people who hate do not discriminate,» According to Berrill, "more than 7,000 anti-gay episodes ranging from Charming, Newly Renovated harassment to homicides were report- Brownstone Conveniently ed from across the U.S, to NGLTF, Located in Chelsea "Skinhead attacks were by. far the • All Rooms Have most numerous and brutal of all [anti- Washing Facilities gay] hate group incidents document- • Share Bath ed," he added, "Organized hate • Continental Breakfast 10 Room Inn groups pose an unprecedented and Included Piano Bar growing threat to our community." • Single $50 • Double $65 • Suite $80 & Restaurant A 1988 survey by the D.C. Les- ALL TAXES INCLUDED bian and Gay Anti-Violence Task • Weekly Rates Upon Request 135 Gough Street San Francisco, California 94102 Force documented more than 600 Advance Reservations Suggested! incidents of homophobic violence in 415-621 -0896 the Washington area. More than 70 COLONIAL HOUSE percent of respondents had been INN attacked or knew someone who had, CHELSEA The consortium supporting John- 318 West 22nd St., N.V.C. 10011 son-Lambda, NGLTF, The Gay and 212-243-9669 Lesbian Activists Alliance, the Center for Democratic Renewal and the · . :,,~ . B'nai Brith's Anti-Defamation League--- lobby for local, state, and federal laws to require law enforce- ~-viting! : ment authorities to collect data on • • hate-motivated offenses. The Hate I Crimes Statistics Act, passed over- • • whelmingly by the U.S. House of • • Representatives last session, has 54 • • sponsors in the Senate, where 'action • • is expected this fall. • • "It is hard for someone not present • • at the attack to comprehend the incred- • You are inn·vited to experience our style of • ible hatred these gang members small· hotel hospitality. Where strangers • felt-and still feel-toward me,· said • become friends and friends become closer. • Johnson. "I am completely disgusted by • Ask us for the Boston inn-sider rate of: • this kind of group violence, As a soci- • • ety, we cannot allow hate-motivated violence by these gangs to continue.· • • "This complaint alleges that the • SINGLE DOUBLE • skinheads paid their rent and pur- • • chased their possessions by ripping • Includes continental breakfast. Single or • double occupancy. Add 9.7% tax. Subject to off 'faggots,'" said NGLTF's Berrill. • availability. Advance reservations suggested. • "How fitting it is that Rod-and by • For reservations, cal/l-BOO-B42-3450 • extension the gay and lesbian com- • • munity-seeks to reclaim not only • , what has been stolen, but also CHANDLER INN Inn Town Bed & Breakfast demands reparations for the suffering they have inflicted,· ~ 26 Chand)erot BerkliR Boston, MA02116 (617) 482·3450 B·O·S·T·O·N

October 15. 1989 OUT~WEEK 17 News The Bench or the Fence: Where the Supreme Court Sits ,. Conservative Majority Expected to Dominate Agenda as Sessions Begin by Victoria A. Brownworth discrimination, free speech, access to structed over the years through Court WASHINGTON - The 1989-90 housing, and abortion. decisions, Several years ago, that right term of the United States Supreme Issues of impact before the Court for lesbians and gay men took a seri- Court opened October 2, beginning in this term once again include abortion, ous blow, when the Court upheld a earnest what promises to be the new wave of conservatism in the judiciary, the continuing, and perhaps furthest- reaching legacy of the presidency of Ronald Reagan, as well as the right to die and various Georgia statute prohibiting private, His appointment of Justice discrimination cases. Although none consensual sex between two adults of Anthony Kennedy in his final year in of these cases relate directly to les- the same gender, in the notorious office unsettled the fragile balance bians and gay men, their outcome Bowers us. Hardwick decision. between liberal and conservative could impact directly on our commu- This year's calendar includes opinions on the Court, giving a solid nity, as their precedential effects filter three abortion cases-two involving 5-4 edge to the Right on most key into the national judicial system. the rights of minors to obtain abor- civil liberties issues, With Kennedy's The critical focus this term will tions without parental consent, and conservativism a confirmed entity, the once again be the right to privacy- one challenging an Illinois law requir- current term may be the watershed one which is not explicitly guaranteed ing all abortions, including those in for decisions on affirmative action, by the Constitution, but has been con- the first trimester, to be performed in hospital or surgical settings with a full medical staff in attendance, It is thought by most Court watchers that these cases will not result in the actual overturning of Roe us. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide. But more foundation-smashing arguments, like those presented in last year's Webster vs. Reproductive Health Ser- vices decision which allowed states to limit access to abortion under certain circumstances, are sure to be issued. The Webster case resulted in the state of Missouri prohibiting publicly- funded institutions from performing abortions, effectively cutting off access to abortions to low-income women in that state. This term, it is the rights of young women, the group which most WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP Photo: IL. Litt utilizes abortion services, which are Abortion-rights .ctivists .t the Supreme Court under attack, And the Illinois case,

18 OUl"TWEEK October 15. 1989 "-\ \ ~ recorded wishes that she not be kept alive under such circumstances. Doc- tors have said that she might continue to live for 30 years in this "persistent vegetative state.· Because the right to die has become a major issue for people with AIDS, their lovers and their families, the case will have a tremendous bear- ing on the AIDS community, And the continuing battle over abortion rights is seen by abortion rights advocates as a struggle for each individual to maintain automony over her or his own body, The influence of the Court's conservative majority on this panoply of privacy issues could COURTING DISASTER Photo: Ellen 8. Neipris potentially be devastating, Justice Prot.sting .t the f.d.r.1 court in Brooklyn Sandra Day O'Connor remains the High Court's pivotal decision maker, should it be decided in favor of the further circumscribed, because of her recorded tendency to state, would effectively bar women That process is likely to be most. "swing" in several areas of liberal who could not afford hospital abor- obvious in the abortion cases, The interest. Despite her swing vote, tions from obtaining them at all, scope of the Court's decision in the however, the Court's rec'ord last year Other cases on the calendar right to die case involving Nancy indicates that the conservative bloc include a housing desegregation case Cruzan will also be of importance, has arrived. in the city of Yonkers, and a Missouri The Court will decide whether to And if individuals have no right right-ta-die decision. The Court will allow the parents of Cruzan to deny to choose to die, if women and pris- also hear a arguments on capital pun- food and water to their daughter, oners have no rights over their own' ishment, and a case involving a pris- who was brain injured in a car acci- bodies, if minorities lose the gains oner who has been ,forced to take dent six years ago. Although Cruzan made through affirmative action and anti-psychotic drugs in a penal institu- can see, hear, and breathe on her other civil rights legislation, then tion, which could have implications own, she is unable to swallow water what are the prospects for lesbians for the use of prison populations in or food, recognize people or objects, and gay men as cases involving them , the testing of experimental drugs for think, or speak. Missouri courts have come before the Supreme Court, AIDS. ruled, in narrow decisions, that the whose justices are appointed for life, The specifics in these cases state has an overwhelming interest in in coming years? ~ threaten to have an overriding impact the right to life, despite her own - filed from Philadelphia on minority rights in general: the rights of women, the poor, people of color and prisoners. The effects may be lasting and perhaps irrevocable. And the way the Court is likely to vote on each issue is, to a justice, nearly a forgone conclusion, What is less certain is the actual breadth of the opinions themselves. The agenda of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, whose privilege it is to assign the writing of the actual decisions, seems to be a subtle one. Rather than actually overturning Roe or invalidating civil rights statutes like those establishing affirmative action policies, the Court seems to prefer to undermine those decisions' founda- tions, The laws remain intact, while their scope and power are further and

October 15. 1989 OUT"YWEEK 19 News Congress Approves Some Restrictions on "Obscene" Art Helms Extends Debate for Three Days

by Cliff O'Neill artistic, political or scientiftc merit." Alphonse D'Amato (R-NY) expressed WASHINGTON-After three days The approved rider is a watered- extreme disapproval with two NEA- of heated debate, technical motions and down version of an amendment funded displays by artist Andres Ser- non-stop lobbying, a pivotal congres- attached last July by Sen, Jesse Helms rano and late gay photographer sional committee Sept. 29 agreed to a (R-NC) to the 1990 Interior Depart- Robert Mapplethorpe. diluted version of a Senate measure ment appropriations bill, which . On a technical maneuver earlier, banning the funding of "obscene" art, includes the NEA budget. The amend- the V,S. House turned back an After a protracted struggle, the ment, which was approved by voice attempt to instruct their members to House/Senate conference committee vote by a handful of senators on the the conference committee to retain finally approyed the measure which floor in the late evening session, also the Helms language, would amend the budget of the sought to ban funds to "indecent" But during debate on the 1990 appropriations bill for the Department of Defense, Helms introduced a new ·sense of the Senate" amendment insisting that the Senate's conferees press for his entire amendment with no changes. Repeatedly calling Mapplethorpe a "homosexual who died of AIDS," Helms waved about selected photographs from the exhibit, which contained several depictions of naked children and sadomasochis- tic and homoerotic works. "I'm going to ask that all the pages" all the ladies and maybe the staff leave the chamber so that sena- SPRINGTIME FORJESSE? Photo: Tom McKitterick tors can see exactly what Prote.ting Helms' amendment at the Met la.t .ummer they're voting on," stated an angry Helms, who accused National Endowment for the Arts to work and to material which "deni- the media of distorting the issue. ban fqn

20 OU1'~WEEK October 15. 1989 If you don't have health insurance, this maybe your chance! Blue Cross/Blue SWeld now offers '~.""~I ~,I open enrollment. YOU SAY POTATO, AND I SAY D'AMA~ ZlJpping D'AmlltD Dver the He/",. That means you can get major medical and hospital coverage Amendment Photo: Margot Kingon with no questions asked, no medical exam required. Even the following' morning, the body people who have an AIDS or ARC diagnosis or who have voted to table Helms' amendmen~ by a vote of 62-35. I tested HIV positive will be accepted for this plan. But 11 hours later, as the c09fer- The plan is not perfect. Be aware of the following: ence committee readied to meet yet again, Helms tried yet a third time to impose his amendment. ~n his final The Cost: $336 a quarter for an individual; effort, Helms attached a similar "sense $740 a quarter for a family of the Senate" amendment to the J990 appropriations bill for the Defart- ments of State, Justice and Commerce, The Deductible: You pay the first $1,000 of medical bills; This time, however, the amendhent families pay $2,000 was scaled down to only thel first paragraph of the controversial riqer, Seeking to blunt the amend- The Coverage: Blue Cross/Blue Shield pays only 80%, ment's far reaching efforts further, you pay 20% Sen, Wyche Fowler (D-GA) introduced a "second degree" amen~ment The llmits: There is no cap on what you might have to pay. to the Helms measure, deleting the word "indecent" from the funding Blue Cross/Blue Shield will pay a life ban, "We already have obSFenity time maximum of $500,000 statutes," said Fowler, "We're just saying no funds to promote an illegal activity, which is obscenity." I Pre-existing Condition: You must wait 11 months to be After more debate, the IFowler covered for any condition you have that attachment was approved by r vote of existed before the policy start date 65-31 and the Helms amendment was then approved by a voice vone, That afternoon, the committee If you think you can 'afford it and want more information met a final time to approv9 the final call Blue Cross/Blue Shield at 212-490-4757 compromise obscenity measµre. After the committee. meeting, lobbyists on both sides oft the issue 1bis information isprovtded as a publ1c service expressed half-hearted satisfaction and does not constitute an endorsement. w.h the oUlrome. I I "00 I like it?" American Arts ~~~ Alliance director Anne (}, Murphy ~ «,ponded to «porte"'1 que."on.<.11 S.. -OBSCENE- ART on page 29 GAY MEN ISH E A L THe R I SIS

October 15, 1989 OUTTWEEK 21 Out Takes

cy not requiring a statement of cur- Health Crisis, GMHC Acting Director AID I blue? rent health status, A series of ads her- Timothy Sweeney expressed concern alded this first period of open about the policy's requirement that the NEW YORK - October 3 enrollment since 1987, patient must pay 20 percent of medi- marked the beginning of an open But the policy's annual deductible cal care with no limit on what he or enrollment period for three different of $1,000, and the monthly premiums she will have to pay, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield of $112, have drawn criticism from The lack of a ceiling could result insurance policies, including one poli- organizations such as the Gay Men's in a patient having to pay thousands

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22 OUrYWEEK October 15. 1989 of dollars for hospital stays, prescrip- This year, AIDS - tion drugs and doctor visits that would be necessary for a chronic ill- will shatter thousands ness like HIV infection, according to Sweeney. Though GMHC would like of lives. to see a limit on the individual's con- tribution and a "more reasonable You could help put deductible,· the agency conceded that one back together. the plan "was better than no coverage at all- and urged all uninsured people Volunteer buddies are needed for with HIV to consider it. people with AIDS in Manhattan. Also problematic for GMHC is the scope of Blue Cross' advertising, It's not an easy job, But it can be very rewarding. which the organization criticized for not adequately outreaching to communities which could benefit from the Gay Men's Health Crisis, the world's first AIDS new insurance policies. GMHC organization, will provide the training, supervision spokeswoman Carisa Cunningham and support you need to make a difference. said the ads "were low-key and hard to find for people who need this If you want to help put a life back together, please information.· "But word is getting out, despite the best efforts of Blue , call the GMHC Volunteer Office at 212-337-3593.

Cross/Blue Shield,· Cunningham told I OutWeek. That is due in part to GMHC itself. Castigating Blue Cross for not _ _ _ _ advertising in the lesbian and gay I II press, GMHC spokesman Geoffrey Knox commented that "We have to GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS spend our money to do what they , should be doing.· GMHC will pur- chase ads itself in that medium,. in Television that matters to the order to get word out to the lesbian and gay community, Lesbian and Gay community In response to the criticism, John Kelly, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield's public relations manager said that media placement and market strategy were the responsibility of Brouillard Communications, a sub- sidiary of J. Walter Thompson, a large Madison Avenue advertising agency, Some AIDS advocates have charged that Blue Cross is more interested in scoring points with the state legislature, which controls its fee schedule, than in providing health insurance to high-risk consumers, , _ ,Accor~ing ,to Richa~d Co~ti, senIor legIslatIve assocIate w)th News • Interviews • AIDS Updates Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (D- Manhattan), the open enrollment pro- Every Tuesday NI-ghtat 11pm-12 gram gains Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield preferential treatment in hospi- Manhattan & Paragon Cable tal service payment. Blue Cross Ch I C/16 receives a 13 percent price break in anne s its reimbursements to hosptials within G B d - Sy New York State, Conti said, ay roa casting stem The West Side Assemblyman, I~------";'------'='-":'------""l

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who is the chair of that legislative computer systems, Someone familiar body's Health Committee, will investi- with the widely-used system has creat- gate the details and monitor the ed a code which attaches itself to implementation of the insurance carri- other programs - setting-off a chain er's open enrollment. of nuisance for "Mac· users, The Gottfried's office estimates that "Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh" there are currently 2.5 million New (SAM) system - which protects "Mac" Yorkers without health coverage, programs from known and unknown -Jon Nalley viruses by detecting and eliminating them in fdes, disks and servers - has reported in a user handbook that CuODlO'S "efforts are underway to fully identify the [computer] AIDS virus,· An employee of the the Cuperti- gay "family" no, California-based firm producing NEW YORK - Taking "a signifi- the SAMsystem, who asked not to be cant step that recognizes that gay and identified, told OutWeek that "some lesbian members of the family of New warped individual [who created the LANCE RINGEL Photo: Peter LeVasseur York have special concerns that must virus) decided to call it AIDS,· be addressed," Governor Mario tor of political education and voter "AIDS," a special version of the Cuomo announced the creation of the registration for the National Gay Task "nVir B strain" virus, causes the fol- Office of Lesbian and Gay Concerns Force, president of Lambda Indepen- lowing common "Mac AIDS" symp- on September 25. It is the first state dent Democrats of Brooklyn and toms according to the handbook: government office of its kind in the president of the Hetrick-Martin Insti- bec:;ping when application is United States, tute, an advocacy and social service launched, mysterious file disappear- Lance Ringel, who has overseen agency for gay and lesbian youth. ance and frequent system crashes, enforcement of Cuomo's Executive "There is now a state government Because of the tremendous dis- Order 28.1, which prohibits discrimi- that recognizes our special concerns,~ ruption caused by the virus, the SAM

nation based on sexual orientation by Ringel told OutWeek. "Given our his- . employee reported thatL if caught, state agencies in employment and tory as a community at all levels of legal action would be taken against provision of services, was named the government, this happening at the this user zero. When activated, the new office's director. state level is quite significant." virus can cause the "shut-down" of Ringel's old office, and his posi- Cuomo's move was met with crit- hundreds of terminals, Bringing such tion as the governor's liaison to the icism from some conservative state a system up again would require an lesbian and gay community, will now lawmakers, including Dale Volker (R- extensive "checking" and "reformat- be merged with the responsibilities of Buffalo) and Serphin Maltese (R- ting" process. the new office, Queen's), who dubbed the move a Ironically, another Macintosh According to State Human Rights waste of taxpayers' money. system, Microsoft Word recently Commissioner Douglas White, the Limited by the lack of statewide came under attack by the Gay & new gay office will "keep current protections against discrimination, Lesbian Alliance Against Defama- with major issues, activities and trends Ringel said his office will be logging tion. GLAAD, which uses this popu- in New York State's lesbian and gay discrimination complaints, as ammu- lar word-processing program, community, and report them periodi- nition for a future offensive to pass reported the protest of derogatory cally to the governor." anti-discrimination laws protecting synonyms for the word gay - such In addition to serving as an infor- lesbians and gay men at the state . as effeminate, effete, sissy, swishy, mational resource and acting as level. - Andrew Mlller unmanly and wimpy - by the ombudsman for individuals and orga~ Microsoft Thesaurus in the advocacy nizations in the lesbian and gay com- group's recent newsletter, Claiming munity in its interactions with state that it is supplied to Microsoft by agencies, the office will monitor inci- MacAIDS, another company, a Microsoft dents of anti-gay violence throughout employee apologized to GLAAD's New York State. MacQueer Assistant Director Karin Schwartz Ringel has previously been exec- and assured her in a letter that The- 'utive director of the Fund for Human CUPERTINO, California -Repli- saurus will be amended in future Dignity, a lesbian and gay educational cating and spreading, an "AIDS" virus versions of the software. foundation. He was also the coordina- has done costly damage to Macintosh -Jon Nalley

24 OU~WEEK October 15. 1989 Medical TN RIDI(VlOV apartheid T HEAT RI(Al (0. GAY$$ It's a powerful tool. And WASHINGTON-The Whitman- Walker Clinic and Lambda Legal one that should be Defense and Education Fund excercised judiciously, announced the settlement of a lawsuit So please, patronize against Washington D.C.'s Howard University tfospitai for discrimination lesbian and gay against AIDS patients, As a result of businesses. the settlement, Howard has agreed to CALL HITTIX (2J2) 564·8038 adopt a hospital-wide policy permit- CHAILES LUDLAM THEATIE ting persons with AIDS or HIV infec- One Sheridan SCluar.·691-2271 tion to be treated on all wards and in all rooms of the hospital. Previously, patients with AIDS and HIV disease were refused admission to certain wards of the hospital, including the NeT V E psychiatric ward, and were treated only in isolation, in private rooms, or in rooms with Other patients with HIV disease. The lawsuit was brought in federal district court in Washington, D,~. on behalf of a 31-year-old Bla~k woman with AIDS. In October, 1988, the woman, identified only as Jane Doe to protect her confidentiality, was denied appropriate treatment by Howard University because of- the hospital's policy of isolating patients with HIV disease and denying them • admission to the psychiatric ward. -." The case was filed against Howard in N9vember 1988 under the COME TO THE BEA~H THIS SUMMER... I C/) federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the D.C, Human Rights Act, both of ...STAY. ALL YEAR I ..- which prohibit discrimination against the handicapped or those perceived FULLY RENOVATED APARTMENTS... I Z to be handicapped. ...IN THE ART DECO DISTRICT UJ

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Police,".1 to 1992. J"~$~,:: v:" told ACT UP that he felt the police Speaking by telephone from investigation into the complaints was Bologna, ArciGay president Franco ACTr'UP: no inadequate, Grillini said, "We have the promises The board's response came to of the Greens and the Communists to light Monday night, October 2, when put forth gay candidates. These are probleDl David Wertheimer of the New York . very important parties in Italy-the NEW YORK-Almost 16 months City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Communists got 27 percent of the after it was asked to investigate well- Project read a letter from the CCRB to vote in the last election-and they documented charges of police bigotry tbe weekly meeting of ACT up, With feel that electing gay people is an and violence during an ACT UP him was Dan Johnston, the only important part of their civil rights demonstration, the New York City openly gay member of the CCRB, and stances." Police Department's Civilian Com- one of six civilian members of the 12- The last time Italians went to the plaint Review Board (CCRB) found member board. polls, in 1987, ten openly gay candi- that there was "insufficient evidence" "It is clearly the case here that dates were on the ballot. Although to document any of the complaints. [the CCRB) did not work worth a none of them won, at least 20,000 I Italian voters took the extra and unnecessary step of voting for the gay candidates individually-rather than simply casting a vote for a party in general. Openly gay candidates are most likely to win election in Northern Italy, Grillini said, in Bologna, Milan, Venice or florence. Gays are believed to be politically strongest in Bologna, because it is the ArciGay national seat. The largest number of openly gay and lesbian people live in Milan. The gay rights struggle is compli- cated in Italy, Grillini said, by the presence of the Vatican and by the fact that the ruling Christian Democrat party "is strongly opposed to homosexuals and their rights .., But,' he added, "it is astonishing how far we have come in such a short time." ArciGay is nine years old and has more than 10,000 members in 20 Italian cities, including Genova, Turin, Milan Varese, Bolzano, Verona, Padova, Venice, Vincenza, Rimini, Ravenna, Bologna, Parma, Florence, Empoli, Rome, Naples, Foggia, Paler- mo and Messina. There are at least five openly gay members of parliament or Congress in the world: Barney Frank and Gerry Studds in the United States, Svend Robinson in Canada, Chris Smith in England and David Norris in Ireland. -Rex Wockner Translation: David Eligator, Copyright 1989, Chicago Outlines. COPS HAUL 'EM OFFAT WALL ST. II' Photo:Ellen B. Neipris

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damn," Johnston told the crowd of quate." All but a handful of CCRBinves- 300 AIDS activists. Stressing that he tigators are police officers. Pride in-' spoke only for himself, Johnston apol- The Police Department has never ogized to ACT UP and the protesters, set a standard as to what constitutes "Prejudice saying that once again it was obvious sufficient evidence to require an offi- "you can't rely on the police depart- cer to stand trial on such charges. ment. to investigate itself.· -John Umlaut and Pride" The protest occurred March 24, 1988, when several hundred AIDS STONY BROOK, NY-The Gay activist held a sit-in on Wall Street to and Lesbian Alliance of SUNY at protest profiteering on AIDS drugs and CHPwants Stony Brook will show the photo a lack of governmentfaction to end the exhibition ·Prejudice and Pride: epidemic, During the action, known as you The New York City Lesbian and "Wall Street lI" to commemorate the Gay Community, World War II-Pre- ftrSt anniversary of ACT UP's very first NEW YORK-A new program- sent" during its October 10-24, demonstration (also held on Wall designed to raise funds for people 1989, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Aware- Street), III protesters were arrested. who can't afford medical" treatment ness Week. The CCRB's letter, written by San- related to HIV/ AIDS-is being ·Prejudice and Pride" was first dra Marsh, who is both CCRB deputy launched by the Community Health shown as part of New York City's commissioner and a uniformed police Project, Lesbian and Gay Pride and History officer, said: Called "Health Buddies,· the pro- Month in June 1988, Lee Hudson, "After careful review of the evi- gram is the CHP's first major private Director of the Mayor's Office for dence presented, the Board found fund-raising drive. The short-term. the Lesbian and Gay Community, that there was insufficient evidence to goal is to raise $100,000 by the end of and guest speaker at the October clearly prove or disprove the allega- the year from concerned individuals, 10th opening reception, said of the tions that an officer punched several businesses and physicians who agree' exhibition, ·'Prejudice and Pride' vicUms, grabbed one victim by the to sponsor patients at the CHP's HIV profiles social and political· develop- back of the neck, twisted his arm clinic, according to organizers. ments in the gay and lesbian com- behind his back, shoved him, grabbed "HIV disease is becoming an munity in New York City over the another victim by his ears, lifted him increasingly treatable condition, but last 40 years. Through its .many pho- up, threw him into a seat, pulled only if patients receive proper medi- tographs and documents it provides another victim by the hair, was dis- cal attention," said CHP Executive a glimpse of the diversity within the courteous to the victims, another offi- Director Rona Affoumado. "Most community and the spirit that cer threatened one victim, an officer people assume that people with HIV- empowers it." was discourteous,and an officer related' medical problems can afford "Prejudice and Pride" is pro- threatened another victim. private health care, but the reality is duced and directed by the Office "With regards to the allegations that many New Yorkers at risk for of the Mayor and is cosponsored that three unidentified officers threw AIDS lack insurance and desperately by the Lesbian Herstory Archives, some of the victims onto the bus, the need help." the International Gay History Board found that the officers in ques- The CHP is currently treating Archives, Senior Action in a Gay tion were unidentified." 1,500 people in its HIV/ AIDS pro- Environment History Project and But Wertheimer noted that his grams, with well over 100 New the Lesbian and Gay Community May 31 letter included statements Yorkers on the waiting list at any Services Center, from 13 demonstrators and four wit- given time. The "Health Buddies" pro- The exhibition will be shown in nesses who saw or experienced gram was started to make sure that the Union Art Gallery at SUNY Stony exactly these abusive behaviors. everyone with HIV disease receives Brook Student Union, with an open- Included in several complaints were early diagnosis and treatment in a ing reception to be held at the Non- the names and badge numbers of sensitive, caring and non-judgmental Smokers Lounge (2nd floor) at 2 p.m., specific police officers. environment. October 10th, 1989, Board member Johnston told the For information on the "Health For further information about activists that be would be willing to help Buddies" program contact Sandor the showing of" Prejudice and interested parties reconstruct the investi- Katz at the Community Health Pro- Pride' at SUNY Stony Brook contact gation, to determine whether CCRB ject, 208 W. 13th Street, New York, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance, Stu- investigators had not pursued available NY 10011, (212) 67>3559. All con- dent Union, Room 045B, SUNY at evidence during their investigation. And tributions are tax-deductible to the Stony Brook, NY, 11 794 or call he tenned their inquiries "wholly inade- fullest extent...oJthe ta.w. (516) 632-6462{§.1..60, __

28 OUl"TWEEK October 15, 1989 ~ -OBSCENE- ART from page 21 report is brought before the Senate in the NEA inform Congress as to "Well, my name isn't Dorothy and I'm coming weeks, whether the two agencies which not in Oz,· she said, adding that it Other compromises on the $171 funded the two controversial displays was the best they could expect under million NEA budget bill included the will receive any NEA funds this year. the circumstances, allocation of $250,000 to create the Gone is a five year ban on funding to Likewise, McClure gave luke- 12-member commission to examine the Southeastern Center for Contem- warm support to the resolution of the NEA funding procedures, a $45,000 porary Art (SECCA),which funded the contention, adding that he expects cut in NEA funding (the exact amount Serrano display, and Philadelphia's Helms could introduce his amend- spent on the Serrano and Mapplethor- Institute of Contemporary Art, which ment yet again when the committee pe displays) and a reqUirement that realized the Mapplethorpe display. 'Y

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October 15. 1989 OUT..-WEEK 29 In Our Own Hands Lesbian AIDS Activists: What Are We Doing? deep enough to create our own of the reaction we seem to get from movement. other lesbians. Why do we feel like by Risa Denenberg It is clear that there are risks in we're in a struggle over this? doing this work. As Jackie Minow There have always been difficult points out in her article "Is AIDS choices to make, impossible volumes draining the Women's Community?" in of work to be done, We've always ach of us has asked our- the summer 1989 issue of Outk>ok, we done a disproportionate amount of selves the question, Many of must be concerned that our issues will the work, often In total invisibility, us have been asked by oth- be pushed aside again, that our efforts Some believe there are no exclusive- E ly lesbian issues. I worked for repro- ers. Some of us have been accused of to work together and to support each betraying our own interests, our sis- other will be stretched thin. These are ductive rights for 15 years. I always ters' interests, Why do lesbians work real and present concerns that we knew that my interests as a wO{Ilan . so hard within the gay AIDS activist must begin to address with one anoth- could not be reduced by my lesbian' movement? identity, Yet I was often criti- It's an important question, . cized by other lesbians for giv- An obvious question, A diffi- ing "all of my energy" to cult question. We must each straight sisters who were, after answer it. The facts are not the all, sleeping with men, It's not problem here, Women have until I began to do AIDS ac- AIDS and, as in all move- tivist work that I learned how ments, unless women work on many lesbians also sleep with the woman-specific aspects of men and still identify personal- the crisis, men won't. Women ly and politically as lesbians, are affected in many ways. It's only the lack of information We are the fastest growing that suggests we are all at low group of PWAs. Women. with risk. We have been accused of AIDS take care of men and hysteria in promoting safer sex children who are living with for lesbians. Of jealousy. Of AIDS, We comprise the vast feeling left out, or guilty. What majority of nurses, social do these accusations mean? workers and educators who The bottom line is that we are provide direct services to being held accountable for all PWAs and people at risk. In the work .that desperately cries New York City, 13 percent of out to be done, and our choice PWAs are women, 85 percent to work as AIDS activists is tan- of these are women of color. gible evidence of all that has Lesbians are part of each of gone undone. 'these groups. Women with More women are dying of AIDS are affected by racism breast cancer each year than and sexism in many ways; ex- from AIDS, but we do not cluded from drug trials, denied abor- er. The question of why this work, have a movement about breast can- tions, forced to abort, forced to be why now, is so important to us that I cer. Rape statistics are staggering. sterilized in order to receive treat- feel we must actively consider it, and But it is not called a crisis. Women ment. A woman lives an 'average of raise some controversy if necessary, in comprise the majority of mental six months following diagnosis of order to bring it out. There is a low in- health patients who are institutional- AIDS, compared to a white male cidence of AIDS reported in lesbians, ized for depression. But it is not P.WA who lives an average of 39 and only a few documented cases of named an epidemic. months following diagnosis. The spe- wcrman to woman transmission of So what are some of our per- cific women's issues are broad and HIV. ThiS"is the most concrete element spectives? The most clear reason, the

30 OUT~EEK October 15. 1989 most obvious one. is that as lesbians, a deeper desire in all of us to change clear that we are doing the work we we have had so few opportunities to the condlftons we are living under, do because of our own interests, And work in an environment where our Lesbians want to be in on it, to shape we must prepare our own agendas identitO affirmed, The lesbian/g~ Its orm so we can e 109 0 t and actions, support each other as unity, often absent, s~ems evident of it too. lesbians in all the work we are doing, ~seems that many political les- We donrt need fewer lesbian Before 1973, thousands of women bians are responding simply to our AIDS activists. We need more activists, died in the U.S, every year of compli- own interests as "gays.· AIDS was on all fronts, period. We need to acti- cations from illegal abortions, Pat once equated with being queer, and vate the reproductive rights struggle Parked died in June this year of breast this image is persistent. The same gov- to an unprecedented level. We need cancer. My Aunt Charlotte died of ernment and public that is allowing to demonstrate with all the anger we breast cancer when I was seven, leav- PWAs to die certainly does not want possess against all forms of injustice ing three young children, Today invisi- lesbians to live, The bottom line here and oppression, anyone of which ble women die of AIDS. The litany of is that we understand that we are not could kill us or our sisters, We need our lives and losses is imprinted in in fact, immune. We are affected to come out as lesbians in all of the each of our consciousnesses. We are Some of it is simple. A gay organizations and movements that we compelled to do the work we must do friend, a family member dies of AIDS. work in. We need to come out as ac- to save ourselves, In my experience, it We become involved, Our activism tivists in all of our lesbian-focused s0- is lesbians who do it because of our propeJs us to be where the action is. cial activities. We need to make it love for one another, ... ild lesbians understand body politics/sexual politics from our own vantage point. The incredible broad intersection of issues has never been WILLIAM B. DeBONIS D.D.S. so clearly articulated. T.bis is a unique Quality, Personal Dentistry op ortunity to equate s tematically Suite 704 bad ea care with racism, sexism, 200 West 57th Street homophobia, reproductive rights, New York, New York 10019 ~ ~an economic and social collapse, (212) 333-2650 r.epreSSion:Qf sexuality. As lesbians, Office Hours by Aooointment Onl with out women-centered view, we • Call for a FREE CONSULTATION with a Male or Female Board Cer· EXPANDING OFFICE are capable of having a world-cen- tified Surgeon or Gastroenterologist. tered view. Of seeing connections, Of • We successfully treat all rectal HOURS problems with LASERS in our mod· seeing our stake in things. Of looking ern offices-without surgery. Eve. & }Xln Mcnana, MD.~ rnecIri1e for opportunities to broaden the Sat. appointments avail. • Laser Benefits: No Painl No Bleed· Reman ~ MD.-p.!Irncn:uycl.Beases movements for social change. Of ing! Fast return to normal activities. building meaningful coalitions. No hospital stay. 30 Ffth A\Ul.Ie, New Yak, N.Y. 10011 • Insurance Plans accepted. Of course, it's not as if all the les- ThI. (214) ~ 77?IJ bian AIDS activists have done is talk Laser Medical Assoc. about woman-to-woman transmission Jeffrey E. Lavigne. M.D. Fellow International College 01 Surgeons and hold safe sex forums for lesbians, OFFICES: UPTOWN: 7 Easl 68lh Sl .. N.YC ..

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October 15. 1989 OUr.WEEK 31 i 1-'; sors. Should 1 continue my abject at- 'tempts to 'rekindle our sapphic idyll? ~ My oriveway is So deSperately empty. o What, 0 what, shall 1do?

Dear" Bereft,' Cheer up. You may have a future in writing lesbian porn, And three CONTROL lashes with a wet whip for your ersatz ~ date. How rude. Just remember that :::::s society encourages many such lesbians and gay men to harbor the in- o ternalized homophobia that cuts them off from the love they seek. You will Commentary by Susie Day outstretched lips, Our breasts inter- find someone else, Meanwhile, try to twined, like four lost kittens mewing cultivate empathy for those whom s0- Ms. Understanding in the rain. 1 screamed again; this time ciety has wronged. Sensitive Advice for the Sexu- in fear .and ecstasy. Later, we made As an example of societal empa- ally Marginal Womon love. thy, why not imagine yourself in Bob- bie Jo's place? Feel her longing for het- "No Question is Too Stupid" Yet after a rousing night of passion, 1 awoke to find my adored Bob- erosexual validation; her need for a bie Jo pulling on her cleats, dusting "real stud" to accompany her to the Dear Ms. Understanding, off her ball and dribbling indifferently beach and awards ceremonies. Then, 1 am a creative writing instructor out my door. Now she barely speaks using your writing expertise, dash off at a small, midwestern women's col- to me, preferring, 1 think, to be seen two or three sentences summarizing lege. Last year, 1 fell desperately in in the company of the m~le profes- ,this"lon~itlg; sign Bobbie Jo's name, love with the woman and place this little here who coaches cbmpbsition--in ~the basketball. Unfortu- Person'als section ..ef~ nately, she did not re- sports Illustrated Soci- turn my ardor-until etal change will follow. last month, when 1 invited her to my Dear Ms, Under- house, to practice lay- standing, up shots in my drive- Like, 1 am a high way. school senior who Suddenly, as 1 has just come out as a was bringing her the lesbian, OK? 1 want to Gatorade that she had explore all my sexual requested, Bobbie Jo options, but' 1 don't threw herself on top know how to start. of me like a sweaty For instance, phone gust 'of wind careen- sex. Like, how do you ing tumescently down have it? a lonely canyon. Her Those ads in the tongue was in my ear; back of the gay maga- her pelvis ground zines are like really achingly into my kid- confusing? Like, some neys. "I really like of them just show you," she moaned, hunky guys with tele- "Let's go steady." 1 phones. Grody. But screamed in joy and other ads are like re- pain. It was all 1 could ally weird? Like, in do to heave her this one ad, there's throbbing body onto these two blond the sunporch, where 1 Tarzan-looking dudes fell longingly into her in leopard under-

32 OUTTWEEK October 15, 1989 pants, OK? They're'talking on the and looking like Betty Boops in heat est strategy: phone--but they're only about a foot Don't we realize that this kind of self- We start off slowly, with politi- away from each other. Like, whar interested apathy can only hasten cal tracts: "I Was a Call-Girl for the could they be saying-VIs that an an- global destructioQ? Have we lost-sight League of Women Voters" (incendi- swering machine in your loindoth{()f' of our own oppression--our own suf- ary expose of reformists); "Sex Toys, are you just happy to see me?" Grody. fering? Let's wake up, before it's too Multiple Girlfriends, and the Bomb" And in this other ad, this one guy in latel (vital linkage of global issues)j "An- jeans is grabbing the crotch of this -ILa Lucba Continua! gela Davis on Susan Sontag" (oooh, other guy in jeans who, for some rea- babYj picture that). We then son, is holding a telephone receiver. DearLucha, progress to buttons and bumper Grody, Your points are well-taken, par- stickers: "Nuclear War? There Goes So my question is: what do these ticularly those concerning Jorge Bush. My G-Spot!"j "Boycott South Africa, guys do with the phones? Like, would But please try not to get your overalls Not My Dental Dam"j "Political Pris- it work with my Princess model? And in a knot about this thing, OK? It's not oners Make the Best Lovers," etc. what if you have call-waiting? I don't that lesbians are apatheticj rest as- Public awareness grows. Next, direct want the kids at school to make fun sured we all suffer on a daily basis. political action: Thousands of of me, so like maybe I should wait It's just that some of us have learned lumpen lesbians performing lascivi- until my touch-tone is in before I go to suffer more or less painlessly, ous acts up, in, around and through all the way? Like what do you think? through developing our ids and im- the Capitol Building. The country ig- Is this like too grody for words? proving our appearance. Still, some of nites. Finally comes the radical un- -BabyBeU those icky socio-economic problems derground insurgence, but that, of you mentioned do appear ominous. course, is too hot to print. Dear Baby, Why don't we work together to solve Get back to me on this, won't you? Mind your own business, dear. them? If we could unite the lesbian Our womyn'scommunity is too spunky Phone sex can be a beautiful, healthy granola ghetto with the lesbian sex- and too diverse not to be capable of way of expressing 'your love-starved toisie, we might just be able to pull everything. An army of Betty Boops libido through the telephorfi(;equip"" off the Revolution! I have here a mod- might find it impossible to fail, ... ment"of' your choice. The trouole--is,-I ' I since there isn't a great deal of phone sex aimed at the lesbian market, I don't know how it's done, either. Some day, the telephone will WE WORK WITH avail itself equally to both homosexes. Until that day, I suggest you find yourself a nice girlfriend with whom QUEENS you can share your feelings, and and Brooklyn, Manhattan, and even Bostonl practice with two tin cans and a WE DON'Ttake listings overthe telephone, give out "pre-printed" lists, or distribute string. You'll find that it will really cut outdated information. down on your phone bill. Stay in school, and remember to WE DO u~ computers to pre-screen your listings for you, update listings daily, support the strike, dear. personally meet each and every applicant, and give referrals to both people seeking shared housing and people with housing to share, ,

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As Bios-related VK)lence HITS Record Levels, Brook~nWomen's Mort~1Arts Empowers a Cornmun~to Fight Back

by Kelly Kuwabara few weeks ago I found myself on a PATII train from Hoboken at one in the morning on a week night. To keep myself entertained I calculated whether I could afford to sleep A through the next day's work. One of the women with me was functioning on an hour's sleep, the other had a 12 hour work day starting at 7:00 the next morning. What brought us to Hoboken at that hour, and t what drives many of the women weJmow to do simi- larly bizarre things, is a committment to (or, you might say, obsession with) the martial arts. We were on our way home from teaching a self defense workshop for the Gay Activist's Alliance of Morris County New Jer- sey. We train together in Goju karate at Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts (BWMA), BWMA is a non-profit organization founded 15 years ago by Annie Ellman and Nadia Telsey, The school offers ongoing classes in karate and self- defense for women and children, and workshops out- BWMA self-empowerment demonstration at Central Park side of the school. Pride Rally last Jun. Photo:LauraWetzler

34 OUT~VVEEK October 15,1989 Part of BWMA's perspective isin making training in karate and self-defense an empowering tool and survival skill,available to people most at riskin our society.

The appeals of karate-the "more to think about. It reminded me of the door as the train was about to enter than just a sport" sport-are diverse. We schoolyard fights where the fair fighters the tunnel. Her kiai alarmed the conduc- don't train just to watch our biceps didn't bite or pull hair. Now it seems to tor into stopping and as a consequence grow, or to watch our girlfriends' biceps. me that one of the most valuable lessons the guy still has two (uninjured) arms, (No, really we don't). Whatever a person BWMA teaches is that those survival A kiai also guarantees that you will is looking for-from self-defense to spir- issues that are "unpleasant" to think start bre~thing in case panic has maqe itual discipline-one key to getting what about are precisely the ones that need to you temporarily stop, Breathing is one you want is finding a school that shares be addressed. What unpleasant things of those things that make it a hell of a your priorities, I've heard horror stories might we be willing to do to someone lot easier to think, and to move. As of dykes in Birkenstocks strolling into a whose unpleasant intent towards our- Brenda Jones, a teacher who led the dojo (training space) looking for eastern selves or our loved ones is to rape, New Jersey workshop points out, a kiai philosophy and exercise, to find instead maim, or kill? can change the dynamic of a situation rows of blond men wheeling flying front A committment to issues of self- from "oh, my god, what is lie going to kicks in their direction and shouting mil- defense within karate training increases do to me?" to, "OK, I'm going to do this itary commands. Many dojos are by the ways in which training is meaning- (palm heel strike), and this (strike to the nature difficult places for women, both ful. Self-defense presents its own chal- throat) and this (kick to the knee)." straight and lesbian. One of my friends lenges as an ongOing discipline- At workshops and demonstrations who trains at a fairly traditional school creating strategies for various situations, people always have stories of their own tells of advanced male students who go evaluating techniques in light of your about defending themselves, avoiding directly for women's breasts during spar- own strengths and vulnerabilities and attacks, or keeping potentially explosive ring, the moment the head instructor staying aware of the wide range of situations under control. When a teacher isn't around. (We decided that a brass opportunities open to you are all as is describing some of the options you breastplate under the G.I. jacket would much a creative exercise and physical have, there is often· someone in the do the trick for that), challenge as formal karate is. group who has an illustration from their At Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts, Basic self-defense skills, though, are own experience. A young man in the political activists become a major addi- accessible to people who aren't interest- Gay Activists group described seeing a tion to the list of people who are attract- ed in being ongOing martial artists. mugger, knife in hand, coming toward ed to training. The school's political BWMA's self-defense workshop curricu- him at his door. He yelled in the man's perspective on anti-violence work draws lum focuses on using the hard, strong face as loud as he could (the "pre-kiai- many politically active women and polit- parts of your own body against the vul- instinct), before the man had even raised ical organizations to train with the nerable points of an attacker. As our his weapon, which surprised the would- school. teachers often point out, no attacker, no be mugger so much that he ran away. Part of that perspective is in making matter how big or strong, has muscles in Hearing so many stories, and train- training in karate and- self-defense, an his nose or knees. ing at BWMA, has made me think about empowering tool and survival skill, In any self-defense class or workshop, the range of responses we h~ve in available to people most at risk in our one of the ftrSt techniques BWMAteaches potentially dangerous situations, No one society. The school also places self is the kiai, or "yell of the spirit" It sounds can guarantee safety, but the range of defense training in a context of political different depending on who's doing it In choices we have about how to maximize organizing, and in the past couple of many cases it sounds like a roar. our chances seems infinitely expand- years has placed an increasing priority The yell can startle and qisorient an able, It's amazing how many people on anti-racism work and coalition work. attacker, and can be done along with (especially women's) parents, teachers, When I began to train a couple of another technique (like a kick or punch) or preachers told them to "just ignore- years ago, I was interested in karate as a or alone. Before actually hearing these anyone who's hassling you. This was the formal martial art. Self-defense was a yells, I've seen people giggle at the idea civilized and allegedly safe option, I side effect-practical, fine as a fringe that they alone are a physical technique. think it was supposed to show how benefit, but not a primary goal. The for- But for anyone who doubts the effective- "superior- you were, While "ignoring- mal aspects of karate, which encourage ness of the sound: I know someone who harassment and potential danger is one a high level of concentration and body stopped a New York City subway car option, it certainly isn't the only one. awareness, are often far removed from with a kiai. (I can tell you from experi- And even if you pretend to look away, fighting applications. The disturbing, ence that "stop, stop" just doesn't pro- it's important to stay away from what the sometimes gruesome techniques prac- duce the same result), My friend saw a person is doing, and where he or she is, ticed in self-defense were not pleasant fellow passenger with his arm caught in. Sometimes, depending on experi- Octpber 15, 1989 OUT~WEEK 35 ence and temperament (and, perhaps, of the reasons an attacker is so startled well, The more false assumptions an length of stay in New York) we have and disoriented by a kiai-apart from its attacker is working with, the less pre- another favorite automatic mode of sheer physical suddeness-is that is dis- pared he'll be for reality, Before I even behavior-screaming "fuck you!», rupts his or ber assumption about started training in karate, I sometimes snarling, maybe grabbing the attacker by what's going to happen and about who saw a certain look pass people's faces

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the collar. One can certainly argue that you are. An attacker is looking to stay in during physical confrontations that I've this response breaks out of a "passive» one dynamic-he's acting on you and, since identified as the ·she's Orien- role, but any automatic response isn't for whatever warped reasons of his tal-must know karate" look, Once a wise. If you can stay aware of your actu- own, is probably hoping you're an man who had been ·casually· harassing al situation, you can evaluate what's "easy» target. The more ingrained the me looked suddenly wary and asked, effective and make an informed decision attacker's assumptions are about what it ·what, do you know kung fu or some- about what to do, means for someone to be female, or thing cause you're Chinese?" In his con- The more you get out of "automat- gay, or small, or whatever-the more it fusion he let his gender stereotypes take ic· mode in tense situations, the more can be to turn those assumptions a temporary back seat to his racial you also become aware of the assump- against him with active, or aggressive, stereotypes, which turned out to be tions that make it harder for us to fight behavior. I remember a "Barney Miller" pretty convenient for me (he left), back effectively, Some of these may be episode about a "little old lady» who These days I am still neither a kung fu our own assumptions (about what it's was a black belt, She kept decoying practitioner nor Chinese, but I'd still let "OK» for us to do, and about who might muggers and then beating them up, If .his ignorance work against him, endanger us), others are the assump- she hadn't beeri so little, or old, or a In BWMA workshops, our own tions of an attacker. For example, one lady, it wouldn't have worked nearly as assumptions get shaken up too. During 36 OUT~WEEk October 15, 1989 demonstrations, it's more unnerving to bians and gay men learn to protect our- people'S hands raised in palm heel play the attacker than the "victim". As selves physically. In the current climate strikes (named after the surface you attacker you always know that you're of bias-related violence lesbians and gay use-the hard heel of your palm-to going to get your attack 'back with men .of color are doubly targeted. The strike an attacker's vulnerable point, interest. A flurry of techniques is direct- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force such as the nose) was one of the most

ed as potentially lethal points on your reported that hate crimes against gay convincing arguments I've seen for our body, and then, for the benefit of the people rose 53 percent last year. potential power. people watching, you are fool enough BWMA is currently teaching a series And these rugged activities aren't to try to attack again. Being placed in of workshops for lesbian and gay orga- only for girls. I've seen people of vary- this role makes one acutely aware of nizations. The curriculum addresses self- ing s,izes, ages, physical abilities and how many vulnerable spots an attacker defense issues of particular concern to genders looking pretty effective behind has, and of the fact that every move the lesbians and gay men, such as verbal a kick to the knee. BWMA's work attacker makes to cause injury leaves harassment and walking with a lover. extends beyond our walls, If you've some part of his own body exposed for Learning to protect ourselves physically seen rows of women in black at street counter-attacks. can be an important aspect of fighting fairs, meetings and parades, demonstrat- On the most direct level, fighting back and protecting our rights. ing karate, talking politics and teaching back physically for women and gay peo- BWMA makes the principles of self- on the spot self-defense techniques, that ple is an act of empowerment against defense available to a wide range of was us. And if you haven't seen us, be individual attacks. On the heels of the people-not just those with an athletic prepared-we may very well be at one defeat of the Bias-Related Violence bill, self image, During our gay pride demon- of your meetings next, asking you to it is more important than ever that les- stration this year, seeing hundreds of gay raise your fist and yell. ... October 15, 1989 OUTTWEEK 37 Haven't you ever wished that you could just,come home, sit down, turn on the TV and watch a little something about lesbian inter-racial coupling? Or the history of high energy music? If you've instead settled for re-runs of The Courtship of Eddids Father, hoping to catch a glimpse of Jodie Foster, then Out On Tuesday was made for you, This British TV show is produced by Channel Four in London and comes com- plete with graphics a la The Face magazine along with consistently challenging subject matterj topics such as Discds Revenge, a history of gay disco, from its roots in the Tamara/Motown sound to the darkly homophobic days of "disco sucks' rallies during the Age of High Polyester. Taking a If this stuff seems like decent fare for your TV tray, then you'll appreciate the many complex issues which How Do I Look? attempts to address, Presented by the Collective for Living Cinema and curated by Martha Gever (critic and editor of The Independent Film and Video Monthly) and Bill Horrigan (co-curator of Video Data Bank's Video Against AIDS compilation), this series of queer films and tapes is accompanied by a weekend of theoretical discussion organized by Bad Object Choic- look at es, an informal study group of lesbians and gay men, (The discussions will avoid the belabored panel format and instead individual presenters will lecture on topics ranging from Kobena Mercer's Skin Head Sex Thing. Racial Difference in the Homoerotic Imaginary to Teresa de Lauretis' exploration of lesbianism and cinema, Film and the Invisible), While Out On Tuesday assumes the mass media style, Sheila Mclaughlin's fea- ture-length Sbe Must Be Seeing Things blatantly declares the economic constraints How Do I involved in making an independent film, while the white filmmaker deals with her Brazilian lover's preoccupation (obsession) with promiscuity and fidelity. Mclaugh- lin's characters are very non-PC, are consumed by desire and wear business suits and negligees. They sell their grandmother's heirlooms to buy booze and make art, all while managing to remain "good feminists." Conceptual intersections run throughout the series' programming, such that cine- Look? matic practice can never be presumed to have to stray too far from actual lesbian/gay by Ray Navarro experience (unless it's into the realm of fantasy). Toronto-based videomaker Richard Fung's Cbinese Characters intercuts autobiographical information with some pretty hot 38 OUT~VVEEK October15.1989 porn in order to explore the effects of gay white male porn quiet consolation, upon Asian male sexuality, GWM cameraman John Greyson's My own favorite tape in the show is Indian filmmaker signature style persists throughout this hilarious, insightful Pratibha Parmar's Memory Pictures, a brave evocation of videotape, pushing Fung's experience of assimilation over the recent memories and colonial history. Sensitively shot, this top and into the realm where testimony meets testosterone, If tape encapsulates many of the concerns that How Do I Look? Fung seems preoccupied with porn that speaks with an Anglo may never be able to hash out, given the lecture format. The accent in this tape, he will be on hand to go deeper into the perception of racial difference under post-colonial society, the representation of Asian male sexuality when he presents Look- importance of collaboration In lesbian and gay productions ing for my Penis: The Eroticized Asian in Gay Vtdeo Porn dur- (demonstrated here by Parmar's installation, Wall of Images, ing the first day of 'lectures, This will hopefully be an 2 aM< examination of the image of Asian men in porn, not only of the dominating effects of white culture upon Asians, The common ground shared by most of the works seems to be their preoccupation with mass media representations of 'lesbians and gays, Further, they do hot merely replicate the concerns of other ·IjG media events, Martha Gever explains "Some of the work is experimental (small e}-none of it Is conventional, but some of It is mass media." Gever continues, "The series Is not premised on the notion of avant-garde production in the tradition of Modern Art, the avant-garde as transgressive, the cult of the new, etc, Most of the work con- tains a mixture of high culture and low culture which the avant-garde Is not necessarily committed to," Case In point is Cecilia Dougherty'S videotape, Grapefruit. This aggressive, quirky piece couldn't be less like TV, but hits home with its parody of real-life rituals that imitate the stars, Grap.fruit by Cecilia Dougherty Dealing with a lesbian sub-cultural response to John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the Beatles' break-up etc" a young (presum- createq with photographer Shaheen Huq),' Miera Syal is con- ably) lesbian dressed in Paul McCartney drag nervously per- vincing as the Storyteller, but these are stories of the pain of forms Hey Jude while John Lennon (a,k.a, Susie Bright, editor immigration, the uprooting of families, traditional obligations of On Our Backs) stands around naked with a very blond in the face of sexual preferences, When the Storyteller gazes at Yoko Ono. Protesting what, right? Maybe nostalgia for an ide- . a bank of images, we realize that audiovisual culture can serve alized left-liberal heterosexual pop society, A thousand guitar people of color quite well as a means of interrogating our own teachers swoon when this Yoko roars, unleashing absolutely pasts, for resisting the colonial melting pot as well as the feminine rage. This tape asks the question, would you sleep nuclear melt-down family, with the man who wrote Imagine? If all of this isn't enough, then Stuart Marshall's presenta- Canadian Marilyn Burgess' A Woman in my Platoon tion The Contemporary Uses of Gay History. Nazi Germany seizes upon archival footage from the wartime National Film should provide engaging counterpoint to Jean Carlomusto's Board production Women Are Warriors and transfigures it into and Gregg Bordowitz's brilliant Seize Control of the FDA, Seize a commentary upon anti-lesbian discrimination within the Can- Control documents a national coalition of AIDS activists dian navy, Aline Blais' personal recollections of her own and descending upon the Food and Drug Administration, replete other women's experiences of prejudice present painful exam- with visually powerful depictions of collective direct action in ples of isolation and anger, while the sound of waves offers . the face of inhumane experimental drug trial policies, Activists are interviewed about the planning of the demonstration and their feelings about government inaction, CD as a strategy, etc, Marshall's thesis, however, will point out that appropriating the pink triangle as a symbol of lesbian/gay power is to fall into a trap of misidentifying the historical problem of stigma- tizing label,s. To quote Marshall's abstract here is impossible, but any ACf UP member who has chanted ·We'll never be silent again!" at a mass civil disobedience action may be dis- mayed to know that they might be involved in an act of self- victimization that could be more "affirmative," Hmmm, Are they expecting a large turnout? How Do I Look? will be presented by the Collectivefor Liv- ing Cinema at Anthology Film Archives, 32-34 2nd AwnU8 from October 14-25 (except for programs on Oct 16 and 18 which will be shoum at Segue Performance Space at 303 East 8th St), and Looking for Langston, which will be shoum on Oct. 20 at Bleecker Street Cinema, 144 Bleecker SL For more She Must B. Seeing Things by Sheila Mclaughlin info calk 925-2111, ~ October 15. 1989 OUT~WEEK 39 LOOKOUT

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Of course our eyes popped out when we read the headline ROSEANNEDEUGHTEDAS HER LESBIANSISTER 'MAR· RIES' ANOTHERWOMAN. The story explains how Roseanne Barr's dyke sister got hitched, how Roseanne threw the reception and how she's now ·urging 'em to llave a baby: But the Enquirer story we found more shocking, astonishing and outrageous, more incredible, unbelieveable and maniacal. more scandalous, horrifying, appalling, twisted and just down, right sick, was the one with the headline in the lower right MADONNA'SHOT NEW ROMANCEWITH ROCKERGEORGE MICHAEL

-M.S.

40 OUT..-WEEK October 15, 1989 . .

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About a year and half ago, ACTUP decided to go down to Washington and teach the Civil Rights Commission, which was holding some hearings, a thing or two about AIDS. The,activists wore clown masks ("This is a mock- eryn, held up watches ("Time is running out''') and drove commission chief Clarence Penddlton crazy (he died of a heart attack only a couple of weeks later). A year and half later, the group lands themselves smack on the cover of American Theatre in a photo from the aforementioned demo. And, even 'more interestingly, they're inside the pages of the glossy mag, saying things like: "I felt guilty that I wasn't doing theatre anymore, but I felt satisfied that I was reaching a large, diverse audience with an intrinsic message of universalism-and my guilt resolved itself. I realized theater was what Iwas doing." And of course there are directors, producers, rehearsals and-tJoddess knows!-more than enough stars in the organization. But what's next? Activante understudies? Demo moms? Auditions?

-M.S,

October 15. 1989 OUTTWEEK 41 Dear Brad: while he was still looking for some- bed that night, with Roger snoring Myoid college friend, Mark, had one. I told him that since he'd lost all loudly away, I felt unbearably trapped to come to town on business for a that weight and really worked on his in a life I hadn't really planned for or couple of days and since I hadn't seen body he probably wouldn't be look- even wanted and I wondered if there him in three years I suggested that he ing too much longer. Then we ran wasn't some way out. stay with Roger and me. Roger works out of things to say and I went to The crisis at work continued well out of the apartment and doesn't like bed, Tired as I was, though, I just into the next day and I couldn't get to have houseguests around but I couldn't get to sleep for some reason. away to take Mark to the airport assured him that Mark would be in I don't think I had ever been aware which was frustrating because I felt meetings most of the time and I'd of Roger's snoring before. there was something I needed to tell keep him busy at night showing him As fate would have it, a crisis him before he left, Roger, undyingly the city and all so he reluctantly came up at work the next day and I grateful for a new fan, volunteered to agreed as long as we didn't include had to stay late to fix it. I phoned take Mark which, of course, only him in any of our plans. home to tell Mark that I was snick at made me feel guilty but I reasoned The first night Mark was in town the office and couldn't go out with that guilt wasn't sufficient grounds to I took him to dinner which was a him but he said he was exhausted hold somebody to an unhappy rela- double treat for me not only because from the night before anyway and tionship. I decided that the only thing it was good to see Mark again but w.ould hang out at the apartment. I to do was to follow Mark back to also because Roger and I seldom go hoPed Roger wouldn't get ugly at hav- Chicago' and see if something was out to eat. I was having such a gOod ing Ma~k around all evening but I fig- there for me. I walked, no, ran away time, in fact, that when Mark said ured Mark was more capable of from my job and hurried to the near- he'd like to go dancing somewhere I handling himself. When I finally did est cash machine only to discover that said it sounded like a great. idea even get home, Mark informed me that he our joint accounts had been almost though I haven't. been dancing in and Roger had actually spent a pleas- completely liquidated. A free verse years. We didn't get home until ~ ant ev.ening together once Mark note Roger had stuck to the refrigera- almost two o'clock but even then we expressed' an interest, undoubtedly tor at home explained that he and stayed up and killed off a bottle of feigned, in Roger's poetry, It didn't sur- Mark had fallen swiftly and desperate- brandy and talked until dawn about prise me to near that Roger had there- ly in love and had gone away togeth- the old days an'd the people we'd fore made the effort to be almost er, So now I'm unemployed and the known back in Chicago and how dif- sociable since anyone who'll sit still for landlord won't let me take over the ferently life had turned out from what one of his tedious villanelles is a friend lease because it is in Roger's name. we expected, We were both struck by . for life. I couldn't help but a<;lmire Tell me, what do I do now? the irony that I had been the wild Mark's uncanny instinct for managing -Perplexed one back in college and now I was in people and it suddenly hit me how a comfortable long-term relationship· much I missed being around him, In Dear Perplexed: And people accuse me of making up these letters! It's too late for you but I'm printing your letter in the hope that my younger readers can learn an important lesson from it. Kids, this is invariably what happens to people who make friends in college. If you don't want to end up like this poor son-of-a-bitch, you just go to your classes, stay out of the student union and avoid talking to your fellow students, Real life's going to be miser- able enough without these bad pen- nies turning up later on to complicate things. Good luck on mid-terms! ..

42 OUl'~WEEK October 15, 1989 TI invidivuals whose last names are with- Gurley Brown, a woman who spends held, The piece paints a picture of the her days lunching with the power elite "bisexual" as a dangerous, frightening while spewing dangerous misinforma- human being; someone to,.stay away tion to millions of unsuspecting from and someone --wlia""rtrries dis- women. . ease: "Wives who know otheir hus- It is articles like this which only bands are bisexual can at least take bolster the sort of editorial decisions steps to protect themselves from ven- that go on at places like. Vanity Fair. eral {sic} diseases; wives who don't The magazine which has done zip know are in mortal danger, More about AIDS (except for one extenSive, women have contracted the AIDS thorough piece about the epidem- By Michelangelo Slgnorlle virus from bisexuals than in any other ic-on a different continent!), and way, except sharing needles or having which very "rarely gives us glimpses of sex with IV drug users," gay life, this month has a story titled, It becomes clear that· the authors' The Murder Hustle. It's all don't really know why millions motive is to portray homosexuality as about-what else!--crazed and con- of people read such trash as deadly, While lesbians or "bisexual" fused gay and bisexual men whose ICosmopolitan. But they do. women are deemed totally invisible in mayhem and destruction ultimately Casmo is translated into over a dozen this piece, gay men are made into lead to murder, drug abuse and insur- languages and is distributed around monsters who should be avoided at ance fraud (and the writer, who I pre- the world. Which is why dangerous all costs, Telling us about "a San Jose sume to be a heterosexual woman, and demented Cosmo editor Helen attorney" who "recalls a bisexual uses expressions like "the queen tank" Guriey Brown sits in a seat of power, client who brought when discussing the sec- a prophet and sex guru for women of trouble to an entire tion of the Los Angeles the world, telling them what's right community," the article county jail reserved for and what's not when it comes to their goes on to give some gay men). I don't ques- bodies. Two years ago this maniac tips on how to spot tion that the story took told women that they were not at risk bisexuals: "If a man's place, but what I ask of contracting AIDS and should there- eyes follow other men, Vanity Fair is: Why is it fore not practice safer sex. She was be very cautious ... Be that you don't cover any- soon severely pelted with condoms by suspicious if he seems thing else pertinent to the hundreds of angry AIDS activists out-' intensely interested in gay and lesbian commu- side her office on 57th Street. how other men dress, nity? Why is it that most Now she's on a new kick full of (Occassionally, hetero- of the stories you cover hate and homophQbia., In the current sexual men are really ~; regarding gays are those issue of Cosmo, Brown has published interested in this, but it I!I ~~ ...... with seedy, slimy cir~m- a piece dubiousl,y titled The Risky is not common.) ...Jf he ,li ... ~ stances surroundIng Business of Bisexual Love, In this unre- looks into another man's eyes for them? Why don't we ever see openly searched and ridiculous piece of shit ·even a microsecond longer than it gay heroes applauded in your maga- written by Susan Gerrard and James takes to make socially acceptable eye zine? Why the fuck don't we see more Halpin, the reader is asked, "Why contact, beware. Heterosexual men do about AIDS in a magazine where so would an' apparently normal man, one not do it... Be on the lookout for any many fags work-fags who claim you love and trust, with whom you. signs that your man is flirting with they're so openly gay? Why instead do have'good sex, do such a thingr Such' another man. The boy-boy signals are we just see the murderers praised time a thing as being gay, perhaps? As the same as boy-girl signals: lingering and time again-like when Nancy and opposed to being normal? glances, the second look, moving Ron ,graced the cover in another night- But this is nothing. We learn later closer to one another, increased ani- marish ass-kiss story in the middle of that "it is astonishing that so few mation in each other's presence," an epidemic in which the president bisexual men are found out, because, Straight women are then cau- did NOTHING? Why instead do you in general, they are highly sexed and tioned about men in careers where just' assign stories that portray homo- often promiscuous. Research shows "bisexuals are prevalent." The indus- sexuality as bad and paint AIDS as an that they have more sex with their tries include: theater, fashion, art, ultimate punishment for gays, such as wives than the average heterosexu- design, fitness, medicine, social work, the highly moralistic piece about al-and more sex with men than the counseling, travel, import/export, Robert Mapplethorpe (which even got average homosexual[!l" hotels and restaurants. It doesn't seem you complaints from AmFar's Mathilde of course, we are never told conceivable that someone even wrote Krim)? Why don't you have your writ- where this research comes from, or this shit. BUT THEY DID! And the ers question or comment on danger- who conducted it. The article goes on person responsible for printing it is ous remarks made by interview to quote obscure sociologists and the creepy, social-climbing Helen See GOSSIP WATCH on plge 74

October 15, 1989 OUTTWEEK 43 ,Social Terrorism Photos by Erich Conrad TI WHAT I DID ON MY SPANISH VACATION

TWO FACES OF EVE Festive fashion at the Ramblas, Barcelona THE LADY IS A CHAMP Spanish lesbian activist Maria Valdez at Club Nairobi, Madrid

QUEEN OF SPAIN Monica 7he Opera Whore- at the Barcelona Opera House

SAINT DICK Club Nairobi, Madrid

WHITE KNIGHT Leigh Bowe,., . at Hotel Gravina, Barcelona WANNA UCK MY SUCKA? Actor Nicolas Su~ancic at Distrito Distinto, Barcelona

GRAB BAG 44 OUTTWEEK October18. 1989 Spain's national pasttime at the Ramblas, Barcelona .MEANWHILE, BACK IN NEW YORK; ROCK & ROLL FAG BAR RESUMED ...

THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE? Guifsrisf Howsrd Pop, af R&R Fag Bar

UP-O-SUCK-TION Micha,' T af R&R Fag Bsr

PSSSSST? Tom and P,f" af R&R Fag Bar

IF YOU KNEW WHAT I KNOW And" Walk" af Lov, Machin,

SEE NO EVIL OJ Michael Connolly af R&R Fag Bsr

October18, 1989 OUTTWEEK 45

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS? Th, fabulous Jo,y Arias and straight man af R&R Fag Bar DOWNTOWN Photo: IL. Utt You know you're spending too closet is black, white or has a slogan on it Square that your grandparents probably much time downtown when: 8) You know two of the boys in My turned down right after they got off the Comrade. boat, which costs twice as much as your 1) You only know half·the people at 9) You tum clown free Broadway tick- current apartment for maybe a third the a party, but you recognize 90 percent of ets to go to an ATRbenefit at Dixon Place. space, on a corner where the crack deal- the haircuts, .10) You met this gorgeous, smart, ers use cellular phones, 2) Your SILENCE-DEATH t-shirt friendly, new, hot number, but you've 15) You can't wait until it's cold seems like the perfect thing to wear to a been putting off having a date because enough for everyone to wear leather funeral-your grandmother's, he or she wears a suit to work so you again, 3) People at work are SHOCKED don't trust 'em, 16) You suddenly realize that the when you tell them that a famous bil- 11) You want BIGGER earrings, and straight "fomen at work don't necessarily lionaire is a fag-and that you see him MORE of them, want to hear all about lesbian safer sex all the time with his boyfriend, 12) You get annoyed with your best practices, 4) You kiss your date goodbye in friend when she doesn't know that OF 17) You haven't been to any enter- front of the Hell's Angels headquarters COURSE Essex Street is just the continu- tainment that costs more than $8 at the without even thinking about it. ation of Avenue A below Houston. door since your parents took you to see 5) You can't get arrested this time 13) During dinner at Benny's, you Plenty the last time they were in New because your A.C,D, still has six weeks say "hi" to three separate tricks you slept York, Except for comps, of course, to go. with-and a fourth one you just fooled 18) Quentin Crisp Waves back. 6) You know three different delis on around with last week whose name you 19) It's actually a good thing your Avenue A on the way to the subway can't remember, favorite pair of jeans ripped at the crotch, where you can get coffee after spending 14) It starts to become an appealing 20) You rarely have to buy a copy the night. idea to perhaps rent a seventh-floor of Out Week because you're in the office 7) Every piece of clothing in your walk-up six blocks east of Tompkins at least once a week, ... WARNINGS

Photo: IL Utt

46 OUT~WEEK October 15, 1989 HOMOSCOPE October 9-15 by Esoterica Porcelana de Zodiaca

P.!!!~~~~!'!'!!'I ARIES 3/20-4/19 With your popularity booming II IILthmRAh9/2ld3-10k/22hisAl~my l~ittl; Libll:as oukt it's very easy to get distracted at work. A new love ere s ou ma e t equa Ity lor a wee. . .~.::. Having the full moon on the 14th will make affair will present questions of strong pertinence 'CT''. the week slowly build up emotion. With the .... .; on the 13th-14th. You may be frightened of inti- .' . macy when presented with an emotionally avail- .~"':'~. planets Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter .. ".' able person. This week is dedicated to kicking ass .) -"'I hitting your sun sign it's clearly time you [TJ. ....:'\ on personal limitations, and to realize you can 'I ""'>'1 come to terms with how you have a mind of liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii .. have it all! your own.

" . " TAURUS 4/20-5/19. Whenever a Taurus feels I'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'I SCORPIO 10/23-11/22 This is a very harmo- nious week for you socially. The shit really ~'~H\"':,:' insecure ~nd untr~sting s(~~ comper:sates by ,:;, '.' accumulatmg matenal credibility. Face It honey, ..:' hits the fan on the full moon (14th), Your ': the only thing you truly own is your soul. This :, ~ friends are bouncing off the walls. There will , .:. week you should use the wonderful transits to go .' l . be many incidents of violence this week _ ',,; out and have a blast. You should also do some- . I because the planets are making the public llii;;;;;;;;;;;' "1:'*;'':;;''[1'11 thing nice for someone else. The 11th-12th brings ~ nt.. :t'!:::;.< attitude self-righteous and extremely subjec- • pleasant surprises, while the 15th brings a new liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil tive. Everyone seems to be single-sighted. sense of purpose to your work. Your intellect and intuition will help you read into any situation that you need to. r::;;==~==;:'1GEMINI 5/20-6/20 Rumors are flying all around that office and you may be·the catalyst. Dishing IIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~" SAGmARIUS 11/23-12/20 ·:·1..··',:,.,..,:.,~'. and trashing somebody else is really low, espe- Venus hits your sign on the 9th. This makes ;!' .. cially if it's a sister. We in the gay community must . ! you popular and irresistible, You will :i; . stick by each other. Try to get your mind in prop- , ,. ", receive some bizarre obscene telephone . .:. .:~. er synch with that tongue of yours. Say something ': calls, especially with the full moon coming '.:~~ nice or nothing at all on the 11th-12th. A fun party " . . . Saturday. Remember one thing, being a " .'11 on the 13th-14th is guaranteed to spark some flir- [2J.'~ ',:"<~"/ masturbatory fantasy is the most sincere tation with an affairette. 1ii;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;!1 form of flattery. Sex is beautiful for all those brave enough to safely experience its wonders, The 13th will r;;;=~=;wCANCER 6/21-7/22 Stop being paranoid about prove my statement to be true. your health on the 11-12th. The 13th can be a significant day in your career. A romantic evening for i CAPRICORN 12/21-1/19 This week you are one, such as dinner, wine, candlelight and mastur- I [lion edge. Domestic situations will be in an bation, can ease sexual frustrations on the 10th. uproar on the 12th. Lovers' quarrels will erupt The date night, on the 14th, is a perfect occasion '''':'~' .. :;' because you feel your word is God. Capri- to bring out the ready whip, the edible under- corn drag queens will face money disputes " " l:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii==U wear, the vibrators, zucchini and the videos for a . , " . with sleazy employers trying to exploit their real romantic tryst with someone special. ~,. 7':o1~d! talents cheaply. CapriCorn lesbians will face domestic drama; boys will have boyfriend LEO 7/H-8/22 The 9th and 10th are important communication troubles. days in your career, It is possible that there are some homophobia vibes around you. Just hold r:==;;==:. AQUARIUS 1/20-2/19 Your career issues take your head up, look that fool straight (pardon me) .,;,-;,,;:;~:":"_'\ center stage on the 9th-10th. People around in the eye and say the following words, "GIVE ME ,;"'.:;;.r.;,- you are on edge due to the lunar cycle. Get NO SHIT, AND THERE WILL BE NO SHIT'" }" ~ '11", what you have to get done early in the week llIlli";';;' '='==}~=Wi=t=_=.I1 Remember, as Mae West (a Leo who loves my col- '.: ~ .', before the bizarre onslaught of events later on, • - umn, I had her channeled) said, "any kind of a ;".111!711l" . '!!':"'~ Use common sense when a fleeting romantic reputation is a good one!" ~:':~:.::~;'.;',::--"::;~_daliance comes your way on the 13th. This will be a time of heightened sensuality where =~.!!I!~VIRGO 8/23-9/22 Negative attention from the fetishism is defmitely a girl's best friend. :aG!!. i. ,:II aspects of Venus and the Moon make the 11th- 12th a bit irritable. Girls will have annoying alter- Ifl.. _I PISCES 2/20-3119 Wild and heated sensuality cations with derelicts and horny sexist mother hits the bigtime on the 11th-13th. You may jumpers on the streets. Boys are going to get fmd yourself delightfully skipping jumprope in cruised by the over-testoteroned equivalent, bar- high-heeled boots for a new sin-sational lover. room derelicts. The full moon on the 14th will Fetishism is definitely a big part of your bring out many bizarre people. nature; you really love to please your lover by totally surrendering. That is why you are one of the most sexy signs. I recommend high For personal astrology and tarot card readings heels, garter belts and lots of red lipstick even if you're a boy, or mail your 'name and telephone number to an ultra butch number. It will help everyone realize how life really is one giant drag show of often mistaken identities. Esoterica Porcelana de Zodiaca, c/o OutWeek Magazine, 77 Lexington Ave., Suite 200, New York, New York 10010.

October 15. 1989 OUTTWEEK 47 Theater The play began as a random piece comprised of cut-outs from literature filling a school composition Grand, Big Hotel book, and was never meant to be performed. (John Vaccaro persuaded Ludlam to stage it.) The result is an "No, no. Tom Hanks has nothing episodic hodge-podge structure, The to do with this. Big Hotel is big both allusions come quick and fast, as if in title and cast. Grand Hotel is big in seen by lightning, Ludlam himself cast but certainly not in title. Grand acknowledged no fewer than 40 Hotel is the Broadway show. Big sources having inspired the work. Hotel is the off-Broadway show by Everything from the film Grand Hotel the Ridiculous Theatrical Company," as a major source of inspiration to the by Joe E. Jeffreys Having heard the magic work more obscure: a cartoon from Broadway and assuming that meant big Playboy with the caption "You dance (which we all know is not necessarily divinely, Miss Montez," a Wonder maginethe line at TKTS on better), little will the befuddled tourist Woman comic book, an introduction Broadway and 49th Street. The suspect that he actually purchased tick- to a yoga book and a Phillip Morris available show board lists Big ets for the ridiculous production and cigarette ad, Hotel and another show called passed by a once in a lifetime sublime Yet what is it all about you ask? IGrand HoteL treat at Sheridan Square. Hard to say. A bell boy rushes the "Which one's the one with all the The Ridiculous Theatrical stage during act two screaming that singing and dancing?" asks the unsus- Company has had its ups and downs even he has lost the narrative line. It pecting tourist. since the death of Charles Ludlam. has something to do with the pas- "Both," replies the ever so patient Big Hote4 following fast on the high· sions, machinations and madness of TKTS agent. heels of Salome and A Tale of Two numerous eccentric guests at a really "Well, which one is big?" Cities, leaves no doubt that they are big hotel and to further complicate "Both are big, Big Hotel is big not back in step. The production is a matters, the presence of a Cobra only in title.,," revival of Ludlam's first play written in Cunt cult which damns its initiates to "I didn't know Tom Hanks was in 1967. Yet unlike their earlier revival of a fate far worse than ritual sacri- the show. Hey honey, the man said Turd s in Hell, the material here does fice- becoming dishwashers for the Tom Hanks is in the show." not seem dated in the least. hotel's restaurant. The current production is a true delight. The cast has no weak points. A true ·ensemble has been achieved. Each actor has taken his or her role and made it into something quite remarkable. Noteworthy are: Eureka as a drunken Mr. X and villainous Martok, H.M. Koutoukas as a wild-eyed Svengali and a gypsy; Christine Weiss as Trilby, ever-so-artfully warbling off- key and a Blondine Blondell that does Marilyn Monroe in Niagara proud; and Sophie Maletsky as a graceful fallen and falling Birdshitskaya. Everett Quinton wraps it all up neatly with a mad Norma Desmond and a wicked Mafonga. Mark Beard's set EPISODIC HODGE-PODGE Photo: Anita and Steve Shevett Sae BIG HOTEL on page 55 Gary Mink, James R. Lamb and Everett Quinton

48 OUT'YWEEK October 15, 1989 Theater Redgrave's starch: Were there not a fire already blazing beneath this lady, his boyish Val would be hard-pressed Clarity of Fire to start one, As Vee Talbot, the sheriff's howl, and out on the road, cars and church-going wife, Tammy Grimes is trucks pass Uidy's mercantile shop with less affected, and more affecting, the noise of big guns, throwing search- than she often is. Ann Twomey light beams through the windows. In plays the wild girl, Carol Cutrere, our relentlessly realistic theater, expres- with a desperation that speaks of a sionism takes getting used to; it's the great need for love and a fear it will by Michael PaUer kind of approach one must give oneself never be found. Among the rest of to, although not everyone will. the cast there is not a weak link, Nevertheless, it creates just the kind of and Hall consistently deploys his

world Williams r.. '.'. '" had in mind, U'il. .•...... ,. W. as there ever been another where the fugi-.. ,~~, playwright like Tennessee tive kind suffo- Williams, a writer for cate in the con- whomHwriting was so natural that ventional atmo- words seemed to rush from him in a sphere they must torrent, even when the conditions of breathe, his life were nearly intolerable? Has As Lady, the there ever been an American play- I tal ian- born wright so abused by the straight press? shopkeeper In the 50's, the late Louis Kronen- married to the berger of Time magazine regularly man who led referred to his plays as "fetid swamps.· the gang which The tradition was carried on into the burned her 80's and didn't cease until he was father alive in dead, and New York's leading cultural his wine arbor homophobe John Simon decided to for selling alco- say he was sony after years of treating hol to Blacks, t, Williams and his plays like some dis- Vanessa Red- gusting thing the cat dragged in, In grave dominates time, the bigotted words will be for- the action - too gotten; the plays live on. much so, Lady is Overall, the production of a worn-out wo- Orpbeus Descending which stars man transfigured Vanessa Redgrave and is directed by when love sud- Peter Hall is the kind of production denly comes Williams deserved while he was alive into her life in but rarely got. While many words of the form of the praise-perhaps too many-have /f>"' ..• wandering musi- I'm., ~J'.w"'''''. i¥#:' ••• been aimed at Redgrave's bravura per- cian :Val Xavier BURNING THROUGH IMPERFECTIONS . formance, much of the credit belongs (Kevlfl Ander- . Vanessa Redgrave and Kevm Anderson , to Hall and the design team who' car- son,) Bu t Re-d ried out his ideas, grave's Lady has been transformed forces 'in ways that make clear the Hall isn't afraid to believe Williams, before the play begins; she is too play'S conflict, There are ghosts in who repeatedly said that he was not a strong to need anyone, When in no the cemetery, Carol tells Val, and realisticplaywright: So this is not a realis- uncertain terms she says that she will they chatter like birds: "Live, live, tic production. There is an electronic not be defeated by the forces her hus- live, live, live, It's all they've score by Stephen Edwards rumbling band represents, one doesn't dare dis- learned, it's the only advice they can ominously beneath the dialogue; dra- agree: the woman is a consort battle- give,-Just live." That's the message matic light changes underscore transi- ship-which is not exactly what of the play, and it burns through the tions from intensely personal moments Williams had in mind. Anderson, on imperfections of this production to public scenes; hungry dogs bay and the other hand, could use some of with the hot clarity of fire. ..

October 15. 1989 OUT~WEEK 49 Video

high. There is a dearth of lesbian porn, and what's out there often Girls at Pla,y sucks or barely scratches our diverse sexual itches. But we are unflappable (and ravenous for our cinematic Hungry Hearts. Produced by Debi our lack of technical expertise (an selves). We keep skulking into video Sundahl and Nan Kinney. 30 min. arena only recently accessed by stores (or bullying our lovers into the women-much less out lesbians); dirty deed!) and slipping out with once produced, distribution drains some visual morsel. by Wickie Stamps the dregs of our labor power and Hungry Hearts is our newest dish our purses. Sexual oppression touch- of lesbian erotica. Produced by San es our lesbian starlets in a deeper Francisco-based Fatale Video, one of place, as in the privacy of their own a smattering of lesbian video makers, esbian lust on celluloid, by spirit, they do battle with a crushing it is a veritable sexual pu pu platter. and for lesbians, is a break- moralism that screams aspersions Wasting little on formalities, two exec- through in woman-to-woman while they unveil their lesbianism, utive-type ferns dash away to an opu- sexuality.L Before its emergence, we their bodies, and their lust to dyke lent hideaway. Barely in the door, lived in a visual desert. But, when cameras and communities. As virgin they hop right into exhibitionism, erotic videos flickered onto our VCR's, viewers, we are right there with the sucking, spanking and pinching; they we drank in not mere milk toast les- crew, producers, and script makers, dabble in light bondage and butch up bian affection but dyke passion. We are often embarrassed by their some of the action; there's even a Only baby steps away from amateurish products and fight shame smidgen of dominance/submission. home movies, dyke video makers as they fumble and we experience This sexual medley is ladled from a have the gargantuan task of guiding our own lust. With rare exception, variety of settings. They strip in foy- this tottering genre. There is the we are all learning by the seat of our ers, romp on beds, play in tubs and "never enough monies;" our images garter belts. . fuck near crackling fires. are often blurred and muffled from The erotic price tag has been There are spicy delicacies in Hungry Hearts. The opening strip (both actresses are real life lesbian strippers) is damn good. Easily undulating to "1 Want to be Your Sex Machine," the blond (with a body that won't quit) piays beautifully to the camera. Her pouty lips, bedroom eyes and ser- pentine grind are fucking dynamite. She's hot. The couple'S subsequent frolic in bed, with its sweet pleas of "ooh, spank me," the obliging swats (and other knotted naughties) adds a nice non-vanilla twist. Then, on to some bathtub play, where wine is poured onto hardening nipples, tongues flick at strawberries and sponges scrub sweet bottoms. The "1want to serve you ..suck me" repartee is tasty as is the eager-as-a~puppy cunt SPICEY DEUCACIES See GIRLS AT PLAY on page 55 Pepper end Reelle in Hungry Hearts

50 OUT~WEEK October 15, 1989 Television Patchwork P(o.lities

Common Threads pays tribute to the poignancy and power not only of the lives of five different individuals who gay family, but of a specific family have died of AIDS (three gay men, a which happened to be gay, Two hemophiliac and an IV drug user) and other families recount their lives. the lives of the people who cared Sallie Perryman, a Black woman, about and for them. Sara Lewinstien, details the struggle of her husband, a lesbian, recounts how she met and Robert, to get off drugs and then the had a child with Dr. Tom Waddell, a mutual struggle they faced as he gay man who was not only an developed AIDS. The Mandells mourn Olympic decathlon athlete, but was the life of their hemophiliac son, also one of the founders of the Gay David Jr" as he lived a childhood by Peter Bowen Olympics. The care a~d love each with AIDS. And finally two gay men, showed for the other when Tom Vito Russo and Tracey Torrey, trace developed AIDS illustrates the Sal COMMON lltREADS on pagl 55

ommon Threads: Stories From the Quilt seems at first to tell a fairly familiar story,CA series of black and white photo montages chronicle the lives of different individuals from happy childhood snapshots to vibrant adult- I, hood to those all-too-familiar pictures of the bedridden and diminished bodies of people with AIDS. A voice-over tells us that these individuals have fol- I, lowed "different roads to the same fate." Disease, death and finality seem all too quickly to loom above this patchwork tapestry of the AIDS crisis. I f But soon it becomes obvious that this "fate" involves something grander and more monumental than the cemetery which too many documentaries have turned the quilt into. Through the interlocking stories of various individuals who have died from AIDS and the contemporaneous testaments of those who stood by them, Common Threads pieces together a history of the people affected and united by the AIDS crisis. More than simply an AIDS elegy, this video documents the con- struction of a community, a community composed not only of those who have died, but also of those who continue to live and fight against government indifference and public fear. Directed by Rob Epstein (The Times of Harvey Milk) and Jeffrey OOCUMENnNG GOVERNMENT INACTION Photo: Janet Vanham/HBO Friedman (Faces of the Enemy), Common Threads producer Bill Couturie and co-directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.

October 15. 1989 OUr.WEEK 51 Video Problematic Parameters

pie of the same gender, Others look occurs when two actors (a male doc- to tapes or films for:~x, the kind only tor and a recently diagnosed man) dykes and fags can do, and then th~ stop their scripted Ii~es to debate the work qualifies. Still others seek t() politiCSof suggesting AZf as the ftrst represent the most f,ar-out, the most and foremost option. .As they rework lesbo, the campie&, the weirdest, th~ their Jines together, on camera, the by Catherine Saalfreld superlative queer thing around, III necessity for accuraCY and care, in the the case of the Lesbian and Gay presentation of HIV treatments and Video Festival at Downtowt:i coping strategies, emerges. ,I Community Television (DCfV) thi~ That strategy, of engaging the he very simple title, "Lesbian fall, the parametc::rs have been medium in a self-conscious way and and Gay Video Festival,· begs stretched in a unique, but, I believe, making it work for oneself, is a com- the question more immediate- problematic, way. mon approach to the "handy cam Tly than do other, more subtle, catego- Survival of the Delirious, by Andy era,' Tommie saeli and Joe rizations for queer media. What Fabo and Michael Balser, is a layerin& Westmoreland do j~ that when they constitutes lesbian and/or gay media? of paint box sketches over hand-helq take tbe hetero h~ven of the 70's For the most part, these festivals camera moving through an AIDS din. goofy. "Dating Game,' and make it concern themselves with the question ic intercut with bits of the Cree leg. over in their own image, literally. of identity and subjectivity, challeng- end of the "Windigo,' caJled Wberq The Gay Dating Game-cult material ing outright the parameters of sexual the Chill Came From. In a staid party from the get go_airs on public orientation and self-determination. scene, the narrator speaks of a frienq accesS TV, (Chanoel J, Fridays at Some programmers base their criteri- who died of AIDS; -He was the first 7:30), and Beatty included one of her on for showing 'a given work on the in our lives... the one who made th(i favorites in the seriet>, lbe tape is just fact that :l producer sleeps with peo- delirium a reality: One high point what it says it is, Of course they try to get a date for one dyke aod one fag every- time, fJut they can't always find enough unsuspecting women to fill the bachelorette side of the 6creen, so sometimes both contestants are men. I'm thinking the sc·arcity problem would J?e reversed if the boys nad chosen the Newlywed Game to parody instead. The: festival contin- utes in October with two nights programed by ~ Carol Meyers. Here you III can see some of your soon-to ...be old favorites, like Tortl Kalin's They are lost to ¢sion altogether, and Stashu Kybartas' Danny. Both of these tapes tu(Il the expectation of moufning and disem- '\\~~~9_t powerrOent ·on its head. Belladonna Poisoning, Masculinization of the Clitoris & Other Complaints s.. fEmVALon page 74 by Chris Hill and Barbara Lattanzi

52 OUT"YWEEK October 15. 1989 -,-~--..--t~~· ~~'------'I-m-e-n-t-a-p-pe--ar-S-b-y--th-e-p-a-n-e-I-o-f-Je-f-rre~

Sevcik who died in 1986 at 31. Artistic, sensitive and the companion ' rms of Celluloid Closet author R,usso, CaIII Jeffrey worked at San FrancIsco's fl. A famed Castro Theater. With this "terrible thing" expected perspectives of the loved ones who to reach at least 365,000 diagnosed came to terms with their loss through cases and 263,000 deaths by the end of participation in The Quilt, featured in 1992-over four times the U.S. death Epstein's Common Threads. toll in the Vietnam War-one can only (Ironically, I entered the exhibit but hope that Names Project executive an hour after having made arrange- director Cleve Jones was able to by Jon NallelJ ments to meet in Washington, D.C. at "impress the dreadful toll of the epi- The Quilt with the parents of my col- demic and the urgency of finding solu- lege fraternity brother Scott who died tions" on the American consciousness. of AIDS in 1987.) As breaking speakers' voices There's a panel for Rob h~ Quilt. This vast, I'nco superimposed over the collected voices mJs patchwork of 0" ~ngru- Perryman, an African-American build- of the next continually read names in ha/Qcdmade panelS ~ e~ 0,000 ing maintenance worker whose AIDS the background-with Harvey tons,TSeeir;t~ this monumen~ elgbs 13 death at 34 was related to IV drug Fierstein's .instantly recognizable--one stuffed an~n)als, vinyl, leath~trt~tle of use. He'd kicked the habit through can read the moving love of corduroy, I!>hirts, jeans ~nl\l', hurlap, Narcotics Anonymous upon the birth Commander Tracey E. Torrey for his curtains h~1i been wrenching 6 ower of his daughter. A hemophiliac who lover David Campbell. Most instructive fCjf fn thousands of Americans, »;~t . any died of AIDS at 11, David Lee of all is the panel, and memories of, more will ~xperience thiS t>. ; many Mandell, Jr.'s panel bears the love, Gay Games founder Dr, Tom Waddell , \!tx)ot' I endeavor--,-,"lnthe finest Am~i"1. lona sorrow and, yes, happiness of his who died in 1987. That this man, who tr,a~ition-'\Vith Home BO~ ~~. fol,k family. Making the panel finally placed sixth in the 1968 Olympic alftng of ~ob Ep- Ice Ii enabled this mourning family to laugh deCl/.thlon should be so utterly aban- stein's ,common doned by his coun- Threads: Stories try in illness and from the ?Jui/t later death speaks to the this mon'th (see' terrible vulnerabili- Television, l)age 51), ty behind each and In N&\v York every quilt. For we can l)review Waddell, that this this docurr[)~ntary at abandonment the Parsonr'~ School included th.e high- of Desig& where est court in the HBO has fttlnded an land-which ruled exhibitio& called against him in rul- The Quilt: .l?esponse ing on behalf of to a l'I~tional the U.S, Olympic Crisis. Sur'Prisingly Committee regard- political a~l\d mili- 4 ing the naming of tant in tofl\e, this ";""::.".,' the Gay Olympics presentatio,Q expos- ,-adds bitter irony. es one to 1"he Quilt .~'"~~j.'>' Leaving the "experienctte, II While ·chamber and con- not replaGlng the '. I tinuing to hear the .overwhelmfing impact of Vi"~wm, barrage of names, large expa,l\se of names, ~e. g a again ...to smile. one finds oneself in a corridor with a makes m&8t evident ttle hPonse The meaning of The Quilt is flashing slides-montage of volunteers, aptly expressed by Vito Russo: "What tragedy of ~lie AIDS epidemit lJ!Oan emotions, panels, affirmation, sites, After ff'emoving your ~h~ we want to see, eventually, is an end. mourning, tears and compassion. At enters the o;:liamber contaitlin~ ~, one A day when we can stop adding pan- the end of the corridor, the viewer is and photo~raphs of the fjv~ J1ane ls els to this Quilt and put it away as a confronted with the aforementioned .A h I peQp el symbol of a terrible thing that hap- dea d from.+' ,IDS w 0 are, a 1':.... h Centers for Disease Control projections. "1]8 'iVit pened that's now over," This com- See QUILT on page 74 I fi" ~ I I I - October 15, 1989 OUTTWEEK 53 Books How to Succeed in Nightlife Without Even Trying

observer of one of the city's premier and spill from his pen like the blood absurdities: downtown nightlife. of black-lipped vampire fashion vic- Wherever idiocy reigns supreme, tims slashed by their own accessories, there Musto will be, in a corner, It's not just that Musto is hard on smirking, planning the revenge of the everyone, he's evil. But in a nice way, literary nerd. And what a breathtaking of course. Trendies will crane their revenge it is, limited imaginations trying to find by Gabriel RoteUo Musto, after all, like Bell before themselves in these pages and then him, is gay; rather militantly, certainly plan elaborate revenge when they do, openly. This places him on a peculiar It's probably Musto's highest form of ver since he took over the moral high ground from which to compliment to smear downtown late Arthur Bell's 'gay lib' judge the hypocricy inherent in a high types: he knows they'd rather have gossip column in the life that teeters schizophrenically from the mention than be ignored, and a Vii/age Voice, Michael Ecstacy to AIDS. It's a high ground mention in a novel is a kind of MustoEhas dazzled downtown New that reveals some breathtaking satiri- immortality, even if it's the immortali- York with the wicked wierdness of cal Vistas, even when the viewer is . ty of the damned, his wit. A piercing sense of the absurd lying in the gutter. And judging from No one is spared when the has led him to become the premier his first novel, Manhattan On The Musto axe begins to swing. Rocks, satirical vis- On uninvited guests: "The party tas are Musto's was so undreadful that people were thing. Rambling getting on the public phone and urging like a genius their friends to 'crash like a Delta pilot:" drunk, he isn't big On a pesky AIDS benefit promot- on plot: he takes er: "Without AIDS, after all, she'd be a us nowhere, signi- nobody, If they ever found the cure fies nothing, but Diane Plewge was supposedly look- you could die ing for, it would also be the cure for laughing just find- Diane Plewge." ing that out. And so on. There are those who Manhattan might argue that a talent such as On The Rocks is Musto's might be better served the story of Vinnie lampooning activities a little more DiBiasio, a kid earth-shaking than compulsive party- from Queens who going, social climbing and hanging carves a tenuous out, and that he's a lazy, cheap, niche for himself worthless social parasite feeding off in the slimy wall the meager crumbs of pathetic, of "downtown" by dressed-up losers and fakers. But that publishing a would be quibbling, The reality is that trendy magazine. both in his column and in this book, His ups and Musto has raised an inherently point- downs are chroni- less milieu into a high art, one worth cled by Musto in reading about simply because he's the same cryptic, writing about it. droll manner he For those seeking entree into the uses in his col- world of New York nightlife, umn. One-liners Manhattan offers countless pointers Photo: lizzerd Souffle teem and gurgle on how to succeed, if not a reason

54 OUT"YWEEK October 15, 1989 why anyone would want to, What it COMMON THREADS from pagl 51 GIRLS AT PlAY from palllSO doesn't offer is advice on how to sur- out their different experiences both in lapping. The final fireside fuck, where vive success, as many of its characters being gay and experiencing AIDS, the butch brunette rolls over and the careen off dance floors or slide from Tracey Torrey-now also dead from blond switches up (adroitly wielding VIP-room couches into that most AIDS-reaffirms his love for another a dildo) is pretty steamy, feared, detested fate-worse-than- man, David Campbell, even though his The close up camera work, par- death, "overness.- career as Naval Officer refused to per- ticulady during the strip andtl)b If the social death of being mit him either the recognition of this segments, shores up Hungry Hearts "over," with all its little vanities, is the love or the right to mourn his lover's erotic impact. Credited to Ricki text of this tome, AIDS is the subtext, death. Perhaps the most poignant and Crawford, her later slow motion and Despite the narrator's best efforts to powerful figure in the video, Vito double exposure technique intensi- ignore it, it keeps cropping up, threat- Russo not only celebrates his love for fies the sexual aggression of the fire- ening to piss on everybody's good and life with Jeffrey Sevcik, but reaf- side fuck. time. But like a true satirist, Musto firms his right as a person with AIDS But, some flaws decrease can't resist any ripe target, even a for more accessible drugs and more Hungry Hearts eroticism, The very deadly one, Thus the excesses of efficient government action to end the monied and Anglo-looking actresses AIDS activists and their ACf UP-like AIDS crisis, may fetter many viewers' identifica- organization, SCREAM, are as much As Vito's presence makes clear, tion. Instead of fOCUSSingon the sex grist for his mill as the vapid pleasure- Common Threads does not simply you may find yourself nursing a seeking of lesser lights, the "mangia" bury the AIDS crisis by burying the resentment against their fancy smancy mania of Italian mothers in Queens, people who have died. In addition to car and ritzy love nest. Their Playboy and the-Jack-and-the-beanstalk social chronicling the individual histories of bunny look lends the piece to co- climbing of "newies" on the scene. people who have died of AIDS, this viewer bickers as to "are the actresses Manhattan On The Rocks is a rari- video documents the larger history of 'really' lesbians?" The actresses' per- ty among books about New York government inaction, of the dominant formances, especially the brunettes, nightlife, a genuine satire. Whether media's indifference and of the public are choppy. Although over time she any satire can succeed when so few fear of AIDS and subsequent violence warms to the camera during the strip, people are acquainted with the reality against gay people. To be sure, certain the brunette seems ill at ease as a it lampoons is usually an open ques- criticisms could be leveled against this voyeur and, later segments, mechani- tion, but in this case Musto needn't video. Why is the one person of color cal with her partner. In bed, the worry. His book is so screamingly, an IV drug user? Why are all the peo- blond's timing is off-she moans out side-splittingly, brilliantly funny that ple represented in seemingly monoga- of sync and apparently gets hot with even if you've never been downtown, mous and long-term relationships? zip tittilation. you'll feel like you've been dragged While such criticisms are relevant, it is Hungry Hearts has also sacrificed through it by your platinum extensions also empowering finally to see a work in-depth sexual exploration for multi- after reading this romp. And don't that recognizes without apology the plicity of sexual acts. They jam a lot bother bringing your own Ecstasy. It lives of gay people affected by AIDS of sexual diversity (bondage, blind- comes on almost every page. T connected to others who have experi- folding, fucking) into a 30-minute I I enced firsthand the AIDS crisis. clip. This cramming sacrifices the fun- BIG HOTEL from pagl 48 At a recen.t ACT UP meeting, damental erotic process- gradual deserves a review all its own. It is intri- someone recognized that activism arousal, increasing enticement and cate in detail, highly functional, beauti- alone will not keep activists from actual physical exchange- that usual- fully painted and imaginatively developing AIDS. As much as it is nec- ly envelops such power erotic rituals. conceived. Quinton's direction high- essary to fight for a better health sys- Giving the clamor for lesbian erotic, lights the set's many mutabilities and tem and for a government which is Hungry HeartS grab bag approach is keeps the action moving fast and furi- more responsive to those communities understandable. But collapsing porno- ous peppering generously with clever affected by the AIDS crisis, it is also graphic form for pornographic con- visual gags. important-as this documentary clearlf tent is self defeating. Specifically, in Big Hotel permits a rare and fresh argues--to recognize and mourn the Hungry Hearts, we are left with some look at the earliest Ludlam play. The lives of those individuals who have stubbed-toed sex, Either the actresses production does not fall into the trap most immediately brought us all or the directors couldn't seem to fig- of an archival reconstruction produc- together. Only through acknowledging ure where to draw the line or what to tion, The' play itself does not disap- the relationship between sadness and flow into where, point and clearly reveals the genius for anger can we achieve that dream Yet, in spite of some rough spots, detail and collage that Ludlam became which Vito Russo so passionately envi- Hungry Hearts is a hot dish of lesbian noted for. The show is a delight and sioned in this vide~a time when we sexuality. You may find snatches of it 'should never have to bear the fate of can finally roll up the quilt and put it livening up your threadbare fantasies. the TKTS board. Big Hote~why no away as testimony to a terrible tragedy Which, in my opinion, means Patale's confusion about it, it's grand! T we have all lived through. T most recent production is a take! T

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BAR ASSOCIAnON FORHUMAN RIGHTS elsewhere by promoting visibility of the lesbian A place for community organizing and net- Lawyers Referral and gay community and organizing grassroots working, social services, cultural programs, Service for the Lesbian and Gay Com,munity response to anti-gay bigotry. and social events sponsored by the Center and Full Range of Legal Services (212) 459-4873 more than 150community organizations. GAY MALE SIM ACTIVISTS BAR ASSOCIAnON FORHUMAN RIGHTS Dedicated to safe and responsible S/M since LESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS PROJECT Free Walk-in Legal Clinic. Tuesday ~8 pm 1981. Open meetings w/programs on S/M tech- of the American Civil Ullertie. Union Lesbian & Gay Community Centro Ground Roor niques, lifestyle issues, political and social KNOW YOURRIGHTS/WE'RE EXPANDINGTHEM concerns. Also special events, speakers (212) 944-9800, ext 545 BODYPOSmVE bureau, workshops, demos, affinity groups, If you or your lover- has tested HIV+, we offer newsletter, more. GMSMA -Dept 0, 496A Hud- LESBIANS AND GAYS OF FlATBUSH support groups, seminars, public forums, ref- son Street, Suite 023 ,NYC 10014. Brooklyn's social organization for both gay erence library, referrals, social activities and (212) 727-9878. men and lesbians.' up-to- date national monthly, 'THE BODY POSI- P.O.Box 100, Midwood Station TIVE" ($l5/year). GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HOTUNE Brooklyn, NY 11230 (212) 633-1782. FORINFORMATION ON SAFERSEX AND HIV- (718) 859-9437 2095 Broadway, Suite 306, NYC, NY 10023 RELATEDHEALTH SERVICES,AND FOR INFOR- MATION ON ONE-TIME. WALK-IN AIDS LONG ISLAND ACT-UP CIRCLEOFMORE LIGHT COUNSELING SERVICES P.O.Box 291, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Spiritual support and sharing in a,gay/lesbian 212-IIIHi655 Support us for change on Long Island. affirmative grou p. .. 212-i45-7470 TDD (For the Hearing Impaired~ (516)338-4662(516) 997-5238 Nassau West-Park Presbytarian Church Mon.-Fri. 10:30a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat ;2:00 to 3:00 (516) 928-5530 Suffolk 165West 86th Street Wed: worship service 6:30 p.m., program 7:30. HEA~ (Health Education AIDS UallOn) NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE Marsha (212)304-4373 Charlie (212)691·7118. Weekly info. and support group for treatments is the national grassroots political organiza- for AIDS which do not compromise the tion for lesbians and gay men, Membership is COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT immune system further, including alternative $3OIyear. Issue-oriented projects address vio- 208 West·13th Street, NYC, New York 10011 and holistic approaches. lence, sodomy laws, AIDS, gay rights ordi- For Appointments and Information (212) 675- Wed &pm. 208W. 13th St (212)674-HOPE. nances, families, media, etc. through lobbying, 3559 PROVIDING CARING, SENSITIVE AND education, organizing and direct action. LOW COST HEALTH CARESERVICESTO THE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE NGLTF 1517U Street NW, Washington, DC LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY for lesbian and gay youth. Counseling, drop-in 20009. (202)332-6483. center (M-F, 3-6pm), rap groups, Harvey Milk CONGREGAnON BETH SIMCHATTORAH High School, AIDS and safer sex information, NY's Gay and Lesbian Synagogue Services referrals, professional education. Friday at 8:30pm 57 Bethune Street (212) 633-89201voice) For info. call: (212) 929-9498. (212) 633-8926TTYfor deaf

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To list your non-profit EDGE HISPANIC UNITED GAYS & LESBIANS organization in our com- For the physically disabled Lesbian and Gay Educational services, political action, counseling munity directory, call Tom Community. (212) 989-1921 and social activities in Spanish and English by P. O. Box 305 Village Station, New York. NY and for the Latino Lesbian and Gay Community. Eubanks at 212/685-5277. 10014 General meetings 8:00 p.m. 4th Thursday of every month at 208West 13th Street A.C.Q.C. FRONTRUNNERS Call (212) 691-4181 AIDS CENTEROFQUEENS COUNTY A running club for lesbian and gay athletes or write H.U.G.L, P.O.Box 226 Canal Street SOCIAL SERVICES· EDUCATION· BUDDIES of all abilities. Fun Runs of 1-6 miles held every Station, New York, NY 10019. COUNSELING· SUPPORT GROUPS Sat at lOam and Weds. at 7pm in Central Park Volunteer Opportunities and every Tues. at 7pm in Prospect Park. LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE (718) 896-25OO(voice) (718) 896-2985(TDD) For information: call (212) 724-9700. AND EDUCATlON FUND Precedent-setting litigation nationwide for ACT UP (AIDS Coalitlo. to Unlelsh Power) THE FUND FORHUMAN DIGNITY lesbians, gay men and people with AIDS. 496A Hudson Street. Suite G4 NYC 10014 National Gay and Lesbian Crisis Line Membership ($35 and up) includes newsletter (212)989-1114 ' "AIDS 800"ml-800-S0S-GAYS and invitations to special events. Volunteer A diverse, non-partisan group of indiyiduals Educational Resource Center; Positive Images night on Thursdays. Intake calls: 2-4pm 'Mon united in anger and committed to direct action Media Center; NY State Arts Program thru Fri to end the AIDS crisis. Gen. meetings Mlln. 681B'way Suite410mc.NYlOO12 (212)529-1600 (212) 995-8585 , nights 7:30, the Community Center 208W.13th. THE GAYAFRICAN AMERICANS . THE LESBIAN AND GAY BIG APPLE CORPS ARCS (AIDS-Rellted Community Servicis) OFWESTCHESTER(The GA.A.) Get your instrument out of the closet and come for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sulli- is a community based support group formed in play with us. Symphonic, Marching, Jazz, Dix- van, Ulster and Westchester cOl,lnties. AIDS Westchester County. Various activities are ieland, Rock, Rute Ensembles and Woodwinds. education, client services, crisis intervention, planned for the coming months. 123West 44th St Suite 12L New York, NY support groups, case management, buddy and Please call 914-376-0727for more info. 10036 (212) 869-2922. hospital visitor program. 214CennlIwe.1MliIe PIai1s, m 1!lUi(914)!II3.(BJ) GLAAD lESBIAN & GAY 838Broadway ,Newlugh, m 122!il (914)$2-5al5 GIY & Lesbiln Allilncl Aglilllt Dllamltiol COMMUNtTYSERVlCES CENTER AIDSIi_ (914)993-0607 80 Varick Street NYC 10013 (212) 966-1700 208West 13th Street New York, NY 10011 GLAAD combats homophobia in the media and (212) 620-7310 9am-llpm everyday. BAR ASSOCIATlON FORHUMAN RIGHTS elsewhere by promoting visibility of the lesbian A place for community organizing and net- Lawyers Referral and gay community and organizing grassroots working, social services, cultural programs, Service for the Lesbian and Gay Com,munity response to anti-gay bigotry. and social events sponsored by the Center and Full Range of Legal Services (212) 459-4873 more than 150community organizations. GAY MALE SIM ACTIVISTS BAR ASSOCIATlON FOR'HUMAN RIGHTS Dedicated to safe and responsible S/M since LESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS PROJECT Free Walk-in Legal Clinic. Tuesday ~8 pm 1981. Open meetings w/programs on S/M tech- of the Americln Civil Uberties Union Lesbian & Gay Community Centr.' Ground Roor niques, lifestyle issues, political and social KNOW YOURRIGHTS/VIIE'RE EXPANDINGTHEM concerns. Also special events, speakers (212) 944-9800, ext 545 BODY POSITIVE bureau, workshops, demos, affinity groups, If you or your love~ has tested HIV+, we offer newsletter, more. GMSMA -Dept 0, 496A Hud- LESBIANS AND GAYS OF FlATBUSH support groups, seminars, public forums, ref- son Street Suite 023 ,NYC 10014. Brooklyn's social organization for both gay erence library, referrals, social activities and (212) 727-9878. men and lesbians: up-to- date national monthly, "THE BODY POSI- P.O.Box 100,Midwood Station TIVE" (S1!ilyear). GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS HOTUNE Brooklyn, NY 11230 (212) 633-1782. FORINFORMATION ON SAFERSEX AND HIV- (718) 859-9437 2095 Broadway, Suite 306, NYC, NY 10023 RELATEDHEALTHSERVICES,AND FORINFOR- MATION ON ONE-TIME. WALK-IN AIDS LONG ISLAND ACT-UP CIRCLEOFMORE LIGHT COUNSELING SERVICES P.O.Box 291, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Spiritual support and sharing in a,gay/lesbian 21Z-80Ni655 Support us for change on Long Island. affirm,ative grou p. .'< 212-645-7470 TDD (For the Helring Impaired~ (516)338-4662(516) 997-5238 Nassau West-Park Presbytarian Church Mon.-Fri. 10:30a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat; 2:00to 3:00 (516) 928-5530 Suffolk 165West 86th Street Wed: worship service 6:30 p.m., program 7:30. HEA~ (Health Educltion AIDS Ulis'on) NAnONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE Marsha (212)304-4373 Charlie (212)691-7118. Weekly info. and support group for treatments is the national grassroots political organiza- for AIDS which do not compromise the tion for lesbians and gay men. Membership is COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT immune system further, including alternative t!JJIyear. 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ULSTER COUNTY GAY,AND, LESBIAN AWANCE one back together. Meets first and third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. atthe Unitarian Church on Sawkill Road in Kingston. For information, call (914)626-3203. Volunteer buddies are needed for people with AIDS in Manhattan.

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Goodlook- arms. Outweek Box scenes. Make your yes, my Mountain Seeks caring relation- Ing intelligent, clean 1233 fantasy into reality. Flower ... GWM, 28, ship with bottom, tall, and honest a must, Photo/phone to Box mystical, smart, has hunk. ·NO· to smok- 40-60 years. Photo, if GAY ASIAN MAN- 478, 496 LaGuardia Ideals, open heart, ing, drugs, drinking. possible, will return, HATTANITE Place, NYC 10012. sure voice. Photo ·YES· to romance, OutweekSox 1187 5'10·, 160', athletic /phone to PO Box sense of humor, fun tanned body, attractive GWF TOGETHER 401157, Brooklyn, NY times, sincere, good- DO YOU SPEAK Calif-born Ivy League 30 something, smart, 11240. looking, up allitude, softly and carry a big investment profession- easygoing, Italian hot safe muscle stick? 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Thanks. photo to Outweek Box esty,maturlty and sin- ship spiced with unpretentious, older 1195 cerity. Dislikes: beaches, brunches, (30-42) woman with TRUST TRAINING clgarenes, drugs, apa- friends, media values and an off the GWM, 39, 6', 180, GWF-SEEKING TO thy, pretension and (bookslmagSlfilmsleve wall sense of humour, attractive, masculine, form friendship, net- Ignorance. Please n tv.!), all performing who isn't dykey, tall, bi, seeks similar profes- work/social group. All send lener, photo and arts ( rm a prof. Slage easy, or a funlovlng sional to help unwind boroughs welcome. 2x phone • to: Outweek manager), changes, partier. Redheads, in 9 1/2 Weeks-type monthly meetings. Box 1235 choices, hysterical dark-eyed brunelles, games of control.Ois- Butchea/femmes par- laughter, wild sex, accents, kids, and big cipllne, teasing and ticularly welcome. P·TOWN WINTER etc ... l.e., the right breasts are a plus. trust. 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I would desaibe 155', brown/blue SEEKS FRIENDS beard and hair, Responses with myself as caring, sup- w/stache, HIV- (safe White male couple, RSVP healthy, imaginative & explicit photo and let- portive and fun. sex only), likes keep- early 40's, healthy I'm a successful, sane, prefers long, ter, phone , answered Please write and tell ing his man happy, non-smokers looking secure, admittedly steamy, intense oral first. London Terrace me about yourself. PK, horny, satisfied, and to expand social cir- shy, GWM, 42, 5'8·, service from equally Station '20276, NYC, Box 1622, NYC coming back for more. cles, seeks other cou- 144, and fit. Born with bu(ch guys. Hairy, 10011. 10025. If you're a tall GWM, ples. Enjoy theatre, good looks, acquired short, thick-built Jew- 33-44, serious, who restaurants, day trips, tenderness, self- ish and ltals a special SUBMISSIVE WM, INTIMACY can envision shacking home entertaining. awareness and a turn-on, but If you're a 40, 5'9", 145, dancer's Always need to be up with another guy Please write to: P.O. romantic outlook: hot bottom & would body, will wear working on it. At 32, for a couple of Box 1636, New York, request the response love to give great head panties, nylons, high 5'5·, 115 lbs., br. h & decades, send me a NY 10185-0014. of attractive mono- to this beefy, mascu- heels, etc., for donia!)! e, I am firmly estab- letter. OutWeek Box gamy-oriented guys line guy, write me. hung men. Discreet, lished in my appear- 1333 KRAZY KAT SEZ: for a quality life of Photos eXChanged, kinky dates at your ance, yet not set in Oi, yoi, yoi, what a playfulness and sen· returned: C.J .. P.O. place, NYC only. Lee, mjy ways. 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Looking for friends and/or relation- if we're both into it· culine guy for friend- unusual girlfriend. warm, sensitive, car- another bright, natural ship with someone have sex. Greater ship and safe good Thrill-seekers, gen- ing, reall Looking for guy. Mark, Box 703, 5'11· or over with simi- commitment desirable, times. Can be free derists, lust monsters someone special, 25- FOR Station, NYC NY lar qualities.For fun but not with anyone weekdays. Box 2479, and wierdos need not 35, who is honest, 10150. with friends I like and only with some NY, NY 10185. apply... I get enuff uh energetic, intelligent, restaurants, movies, time. Reply to P.O. thet shit on thuh romantic, etc. to build MUSCULAR SLAVE theatre, clubs, beach, Box 20079, NYC. COCKSUCKER street. Send yer meaningful monoga- GWM, 37, 1901 wants travelling overseas, 10009. Hot, horny handsome resumaze en pix to : mous relationship. you for his slave. etc. I am fairly career- GWM, 37,5'7·, 165 P.O. Box 20801, NYC Please send a letter Friendly Master wants oriented and serious PEACH OF A GUY Ibs., brnlbrn brd wants 10009. Ann: K.U.A. and photo (if possible) to dominate you for his but into having fun Looking for someone to suck men, 18·40. to P.O.Box 7166, FDR CAT WANTS A DOG Station, NYC, NY Beautiful boyish 10150. GWM-30/100ks 20. 5'7"/1201brnlhzl·sleek, GBM, 20. NYU sensual, sensuous Attractive, earthy stu· cat, seeks extra hand- dent seeks similar some champion pedi- masculine, witW guy gree. dog-GWM, 25- for warmth and special 35. Muscles, side- friendship. Latins, burns, sexy eyes hid- Europe~ns (French), den behind glasses, Carribeans a big +. and hairy and/or bow Genuine replies only. legs a plus. Must have Box 996, New shots, no worms. Rochelle, NY 10801. Send photo/ phone/ papers to OutWeek FRIEND/LOVER Box 1258. Boxers, Bull GWM, 29, 5'4·, 135, Terriers, German BI/bl, good-looking, OutWeek Personals - Now Justfive bucks Shepherds, and Great intelligent, shy, Danes welcome. No healthy-not into bar for up to seven lines, and we'll run It for Huskies or Poodles, scene because I'm please. Outweek Box shy-l find it hard meet· three weeks! Meet Mr, or Ms, Right-or 1258 ing people. My tastes are varied-music, fiim, maybe a sexy stud or studette for a safe HIV+ theatre, parties, dane· and sultry one night romp, Whatever you're Attractive Med Stu- ing, reading, country dent, 30 yo, 5'9·, 155, drives, antiques, quiet looking for, you can find it In OutWeek seeks masc M to evenings. I seek a share quality time. I long term friendship/ Personals. And for five smackers, you can't love the Mets, walks in relationship w/some- go wrong, Just use the order form on page the park, cuddling, one I can count on to cats, quiet eves at be there. 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68 OUTTWEEK October 15, 1989 I NEEOA MAN PART TWO OF who'D take a chance... THREE on being open, aware, GWF, 22, 5'6", dark close, safely intimate, hair/eyes, butch/fem Q:confused about a friend. Possible rela- depending on attire tlonshipllove can and situation. Hate partylines? develop w/time-work. sports, eat red meat Sure, we all have pref- and smoke, but don't' ssrfl'l'l' erences; but, life's too do drugs; quiet except . short to get hung up when complaining but "\ e. on absolutes/attitudes friendly, compassion- .... (f(f$ that are unrealistic. rm ate and cute.Needs: ~ a non-perfect, non- Outgoing GF, 5'2"-5'6", Co> cretin, nice bottom 21-35, who can laugh GWM, 45, 5'7", 210 and cry with me, likes ~ who seeks a basically music and dancing. ~ top similar male. Must be modern and Write: P.O. Box 4547, N.Y. oriented. See \fot L.I. City, NY 11104, also parts one and t'. three. OutWeek Box PEACH OF A GUY 1271. ojJb 'J.r. Looking for someone It Intelligent, affection- PART3OF3 1.~ ? ate, loyal, employed, GWM, 24, 5'7", blue- qq9q adorable, fuckable? eyed, bleach blonde This GWM, 32, 5'11, closet Romantic with ~~ 15S., brown /bluew an unequalled sense ~ "1 /stache, HIV- (safe sex of humor. Very I»pular "1 only), likes keeping his and used to being the ~ ....,...., man happy, horny, sat- center of attention but ...)~\f ...., isfied, and coming very giving and caring. ...., back for more. If Happy with flowers ; 1.000 you're a tall GWM, 33- and a phone call. 44, serious, who can Needs: Strong, silent envision shacking up type, long dark hair, with another guy for a 5'4"-5'10", 18-25 couple of decades. (30?). Must have Send me a letter. Out- patience, pretty eyes, week Box 1268 and a steady job. See also parts one and HANDSOME GWM, two. OutWeek Box 24 1271. 6', 150, br/br, swi m- .mer's build. Do you GWM 36, 5'10", 150 like dancing and Dvo- LBS" rak; the Met and the handsome, green Mets; moonlight & eyes, moustache stagelights; working seeks attractive, in- out & sleeping in? Are shape guys into your tastes eclectic? If music, movies and you are tired of bars hanging out for friend- and looking for new ship and/or relation- friends or more, write ship. NYC/AREA- with photo and phone BKLYN PREFERRED. to: Outweek Box 1270 Ph/Ph please. David, P.O. Box 30221, NYC, PART 1 OF3 NY 10011. GWF, 22, seeks mates for self and best friend BARE BUTT SPANK (also roomie), GWM, by small guy, 5'5", 115 24: Both Taurus (and #, 32. Bend over the stubborn), "our since back of my couch. Roll early teens, long time around on my carpet. friends. Frequently Straddle across my lazy, sometimes knee. Beg for more. bitchy, and always lots Now tell me why you of fun. Looking espe- need it. Box 20079, cially for other pairs NYC 10009. E. Village. like us, but singles LONDON ENGLAND okay. No bi's, bores, or Handsome Irishman "confused". Must be just returned from politically aware if not vacation in New York active. Photos a mustl City. Would like very We may already know much to keep in touch youl (Phones option- with some friendly al). All replies New Yorkers interest- answered. See part 2 ed in long distance and 3. Outweek Box correspondence. Who 1271 PERSONALS CONTINUE ON PAGE70 A public service of the National Institute on Drug Abuse •

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Attempting to involve footage cut together. which doesn't mean the work isn't directly, it asks that the viewer join Tom Rubnitz's Made For TV good or that queers shouldn't try to the mobilization to keep pressure on makes a good pair with Barbaranana see this stuff ... But why only boy Congress and the Administration to by Kapra Fleming, In the former, Ann films? Why am I almost done with carry out the commission's man- Magnuson satirizes a multitude of this review before I find a girl tape date-and also to support the work of women characters (all of them white). hidden in' the midst of so much male AIDS organizations. Leaving, the In Barbaranana, the media coverage glory? My problem with Meyers' pro- viewer passes this comment by HBO of AIDS and condom etiquette is sati- gramming is not only that there are so chair and chief executive Michael rized in a public service announce- few tapes by women, but fully half of Fuchs: "The AIDS epidemic will be ment about bananas called "Food for those programmed aren't by lesbians conquered, But an America that rallies Thought." Suggestions for how to and/or don't really seem to be to the cause with understanding, con- approach your banana, how to choose involved in "lesbian issues," Is this cern and compassion will speed the it, how to peel it, how to eat it, and so indicative of the response by lesbians end to this crisis, And save precious on, ends with a woman posing in a to the call for tapes? Are there really lives." Along the wall are yahrtzeit banana dress, fewer lesbian tapes available, being candles-with which Jews memorial- Julie Zando's tape, I Like Girls made? That is partly true. But also, ize the dead. For Friends, stands out as the narra- when I discussed this with Meyers, For me The Quilt is akin to a col- tor's masochistic desire takes her on a she said that she not only wanted to lege reunion, People close to me in quest for love. In a seductive whisper provide educational and entertaining my undergraduate years at Michigan Zando explains why she would work, but that she was organizing her State University-Rick Rapaport, Jim choose to go to a movie with a thoughts around the idea of a "Gay Dawson, John Mathieson, Ben woman before a man, as well as why and Lesbian Audience," and "what Lowery, Jim O'Connei and Scott Evan she still wants her girlfriend, even they would like to see." Flack-have panels in the patchwork. though she beat her for three of their Sure, thes'e tapes are good, And though MSU friends Wade Keas, four years together. (I'm sorry there should be seen, and for the most part, Michael McDonald, Roy Reinholtz, aren't more "lesbian" tapes-ones haven't been seen, Low-budget video Steve Franklin and Michael Bennett made by and for lesbian&-in this fes- productions need as many screening don't have panels at this writing, I tival. I'm sorry the rest of the tapes venues as possible and DCfV remains think of them as well, leave me feeling like boy's are getting in the forefront of places to do just After viewing The Quilt four the one over on us again.) that. However, why not just call her times, I didn't feel that I had tears left. Other work includes Suburban two days "a cool video festival," Yet going through the Parson's Exhibit Queen, by Mindy Faber, which where most of the tapes just happen of Response, seeing the ·panels of images a daughter (the filmmaker) to be made by queers and the rest by Jeffrey Sevcik and Dr, Waddell, and wanting her mother to be a heroine, "feminists?" ~ hearing the names I couldn;t help but an amazon, maybe someone more The next two screenings are on Oct. cry, I cried because I would never like herself, a Suburban Queen, 10 and 13. For more information, again be able to .sit with Wade over Instead, her mother asks, "If you wear call Maria Beatty at DCIV, 966-4510 vodka tonics and sing to Cookie only one earring does that mean Monster's I Left My Cookie at the Disco you're a homosexual?" "Does every- on Disco Sesame Street, I'd never hear one in Chicago dress like that?" Faber GOSSIP WATCH from paue 43 the Republicans. losing the White tells us in the voice-over, "She takes a subjects, such as when Mark Kostabi House on NPR's "All Things pill to start the day and one to end spewed his murderous venom to Considered" with O'Connei over a big it..." The Mom Tapes, by Ilene Anthony Hayden-Guest? In the mid- pot of Earl Grey the way we listened Segalove, is a brief off-screen dia- dle of an epidemic in which hun- to reports of them taking it in 1980; logue between an impatient mother dreds of thousands have died and and never would Scott introduce me to and a whinny daughter; what should I millions more (many within your new music the way he introduced me do today if I don't want to sit down own ranks) are infected with a virus, to Bob Marley and Jane Olivor while and have a conversation with you? WHY CAN'T YOU JUST FORGET living at the Sigma Alpha Mu house. 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Jonathan dence and Increase the ability to mayoral racej at Park Slope COLUMBUS DAY HOliDAY Gold, Jeffrey Laurence, Barbara negotiate safer sex with potential Methodist Church, 6th Ave & 8th Starren, Fred Valentine, Danlel partners,' at the Center, 208 W 13 St, Park Slope, Brooklynj 7:30 William, moderated by Dr, Stj 8-10 pmj free, no pre-registra- pmj 7181768-6187 Washington, DC Bernard Bihar!, Medical Director HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN tion requlredj 807-6655, TOO of the Community Research lni- FUND and NATIONAl. GAY AND 645-7470 tiativej at St. Joseph's School, 111 FI///A r LESBIANTASKFORCE ·Con- Washington Place (ofT 6th Ave, GAY MALES/M ACTIVISTSMeet- gresslonal Updates The Status near Waverly PI); 7:30 pmj $3j of Federal AIDS Leglslatlon"j InJI Exquisitely Excrudatlng 727-7768 WOMEN ABOUT CUt-ofJ date 2021332-6483 Experiences, with Bob Buckley for Beginning Kyack CIInIcj of Australia discussing sensuous SECOND nJESDAYS AT 1HE 2011481-0440 "abrasion triPS"j at the Center, 3rd New Yo" CENTER presents Brad Gooch, CONGREGATION BE1H SIM- Floor, 208 W 13 Stj 8:30 pmj $5j author of Jail Bail and Other Sto- SIECUS TraInIng Workshop for CHAT TORAH Yom Kippur Day 727-9878 ries, reading with actors Carlos Health Professionals on Service, at 9 amj and Mlncha Jimenez, Michael Milan, Will HIV/ AIDS and Sexuality, see (Yom Kippur Afternoon) Ser- EAGLE BAR Movie Nights The Robinson and Afton Smith from Thu~y,Oc~rI2 Nalted Gunj 142 11th Ave (at 21 vice, at 4:30 pm, concluding just his new novel, Scary Kisses, 208 after sunsetj 57 Bethune St (near St)j 11 pmj 691-8451 W 13 St, 8 pm, $3, 62(}7310 1HE OUTREACH INSTITIJTE pre- West St), 929-9498 sents Fantasia Fair through OcL 22j in Provincetown, esp. for 1HE NAMES PROJECT and those of alternative gender LAMBDA LEGAl. DEFENSE & Iifestylesj including seminars on EDUCATION FUND NY Pre- legal, health, sociological, miere of the HBO Film: Com- Washington, DC lifestyle, and partner issuesj Town mon Threads, Stories from the WOMEN ABOUT CUt-off date NATIONAl. ORGANIZATION FOR and Gown supper, Fantasy Ball, Qui/:, direaed by Rob Epstein for Night Batbeque and WOMEN March on Washington Awards Banquet, Fashion Showj and Jeffrey Friedman and narrat- Hayride In JlUj 201/481-0440 workshops for couples, personal ed by Dustin Hoffmanj a benefit New YorAr development, beauty, fashion, for both organlationsj at Florence NATIONAl. COMING OUT DAY- WOMEN ABOUT CUt-off date for color Imaging, speech improve- Gould Hall, Alliance Francaise, 55 "a day to be truthful, powerful Millbrook Mt. HIke; 874-2104 mentj activities including whale E 59 St {btwn Park & Madison)j 7 and liberated. It Is a day for each watch, kite flying plcnicj house pm reception, 8 pm screeningj of us, and each of our organiza- SIECUSTralnIng Workshop for parties, church, video party, $35j reservations with Lambda, tions, to take our next step In the Health Professionals on brunchesj write Fantasia Fair, Lin- 995-8585 process of coming out.' (Editor's suggestions: Wear a bunon. Come HIV/ AIDS and Sexuality, colnia Stn., POB 11254j Alexan- through Saturdayj HIV/AIDS dria, VA 22312 GAY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS out to a friend, enemy or relative. update, sexual concern$/attitudes, present Frankie's Boys In Con- Write an honest entry in your homophobia, cross-cultura! con- MEN OF All. COLORS TOGE1H- cert, performing Gershwin, diary. Design a gay/lesbian histo- cerns, N drug users and safer ER General Membership Meet- Sondheim and Porter at a Cabaret ry or literature course. Ask a sex, counseling. pregnancy Ing and Board of Directors MondaYj 415 7th St (btwn 6th & politician about partnership issues, safer sex education tech- Electlonsj at the Center, 208 W 7th Aves), Park Slope, Brooklynj rights. Fly a rainbow flag. Read niques, sexual issues for hospi- 13 Stj 7:45 pmj 222-9794, 245- 8 pmj 718/789-2513 OUTWEEK on the subway. Kiss your lover at the airport. Display taI$/hospices, taking a sexual 6366 (Note: bring membership to hislher picture on your desk at hlstoryj at NYU Loeb Center, cards vote) work. Tell your 6th-grade teacher laGuardia Place and Wash, Sq, Southj 9 am - 4 pm 1H & F, 9 am to stop saying, "When you get .. , GOING OUT 011 PllII' • married ..,") Info: 5051982-2558, - 1 pm SAj $15j 673-3850 78 OUT.-WEEK October 15, 1989

BROOKLYN LESBIANS TOGE1H- PEOPLE WI1H AIDS COAIJ1l0N Ave (at 189 St, Mnhtn); 6:30 pm; ER Video Night, BYO munchies; Singles' Tea, for PWAs, PWArcs, all welcome; call Barbara Ray for in Park Slope, Brooklyn; 8 pm; HIV+s; 222 W 11 St, 3-5:30 pm; info and directions, 567-4033 Andetre, 718/499-8675 532-0568 HERITAGE OF PRIDE Awards NEW YORK AIDS COAIJ1l0N CONGREGATION BE1H SIM- GAY MALE S/M ACIlVISfS Dun- Ceremony for floats, contin- Two-Day Conference: The CHAT TORAH SUkkot Evening geon Demo Night, with gents and people in the Pride Community Based Service Sys- Service, at 8:30 pm, 57 Bethune "instruaive demonstrations of Day Parade IastJune; recipients tem: An Answer to AIDS, high- St (near West St), 929-9498 abrasion, bondage, flogging and include Cave Canem's Glamour lighting the key role of other lV'm techniques"; at Paddles Dykes, Imperial Court of New community-based efforts in the (Zone DK), 540 W 21 St (near York, the Center, ACf UP/NY, struggle against HIV/ AIDS; to be 11m Ave); 6-10 pm; 727-9878 Brooklyn Women's Martial Ans, held in Albany; write Susan L&G Big Apple Corps Marching St2mler, NYS AIDS Coalition, 132 CENTER SPORTS sees Champi- Band, Gay Dating Game, Gay Nassau St, 2nd FI, NY, NY 10038 ons on Ice, with Torvill and Swimmers, Greater Gotham Busi- WOMEN ABOUT OJt-off date Dean; at Madison Square Gar- ness Council, Sober Together INSIGHr SEMINARS Gift oftbe for Jamaica Bay BeglnnJng den, 33rd St & 7th Ave; 7:30 pm; (the largest contingent), Arthur Hearl, a five-day seminar for canoe trip and Taconic Range members $35/non-members $45; Strickler, Red Mahoney, many people with any stage of HIV mke and campout; 874-2104 620-7310 others; at the Center, 208 W 13 infeaion or other life-threatening St; 7 pm; 620-7310 illness, to encourage "positive SmCUS Training Workshop for CENTERSHOWS at the Center, personal growth in the face of Health Professionals on 208 W 13 St; 8 pm; 620-7310 HAPI'S BACKDOOR CABARET life's many challenges and cir- mv/AIDS and SexualJty, see presents Mrs.. Fashion and cumstances"; significant others, Thu~y,~r12 WOMEN ABOUT Night of David IUku as Carol-Channing; family and friends also invited; Change: Sodal Dance Raffle, at at the Pyramid, 101 Avenue A through October 22; $50; register MEN OF AIJ. COLORS TOGE1H- Tracks; with food from 8-9 pm, (btwn 6th & 7th Aves}, midnight 431-7777 ER Annual Fall Membership raffle from 9-10 pm, disco from and 1 am shows, dancing till 4 Retreat in Tuxedo; NY; at. 10 to midnight; 531 W 19 St; $10; am; $5; 420-1590 SCRABBLE-PLAYERSCLUB Arrow Park Inn, through Sunday; prize donations solicited; 779- Game Night, newcomers should info 245-6366, 222-9794 0269 bring a board; at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 8-11 pm; 570-9369 PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN BRONX LESBIANS UNITED IN Last Day of "The QuUt: SISTERHOOD and TIlE CEN1ER GAY MENS HEALlli CRISIS . Response to a National 'Crisis, • co-sponsor the 2nd Saturday ErotJd%ing Safer Sex Work- a multi-media exhibition docu- Dance, DJ Jerry Armstrong, cash shop, to learn the how-to's of me~ting the lives of five people bar, juice bat, snacks; 208 W 13 LAVENDERLIGHT GOSPEL playing more safely while meet- with AIDS and the making of St; 9 pm - 1 am; $8/$6 members, 0I0lR Concert at Delta 88; 332 ing other men; at the Center, 208 The AIDS Memorial Quilt; at the students and seniors; 620-7310 &h Ave.at 26 St; 9:30 pm; 924- W 13 St; 8-10:30 pm; free, no (one free drink before 10 pm) Exhibition Cehter, 2 W 13 St; 10 3499 registration required; 807-6655, am: 6 pm; free IDD 645-7470 SPECTRUM DISCO presents TIlE CLOSET CASE SHOW pre- CONGREGATION BE1H SIM- Seduction, singing Seduclion sents Jeffrey's Drug and Lie CENrnR STAGE sees Tbe Lady in CHAT TORAH SUkkot Day Ser- and You're My One and Only. Detector Test, in which our Question, at the Orphcum The~ vice, at 10 am, 57 Bethune St 802 64th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn young hero interviews for a job atre, 2nd Ave & 8th St; 8 pm; (near West St), 929-9498 (N Train to &h Ave stop); working with the Kweerz Beer $35; 620-7310 718/238-8213 Company; on Manhattan Cable' MARANATIIA: R1VERSIDERS FOR 1V Channel 16/C (if it's not cen- PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 REEL LESBIAN/GAY CONCERNS sored); midnight (Editor'S note: TIME presents Six FDms to Dis- Brooklyn Botanic Garden the producer encourages you to gust and ()utl'age Jesse Helms, Excursion, meeting at the tape and share this show, for with Jerry Tartaglia's Ecce Homo, entrance closest to the Brooklyn educational and charitable pur- Roben Hilferty's Cirque du SIDA, Museum to enjoy the beautiful PEOPLE WIlli AIDS COALITION poses only) Carl George's DHPG Mon Amour, fall flora, including the new glass Fall Fundralslng Event, 532- Lisa Laquier's MueU, Jennifer conservatory; bring lunch for 0568 Montgomery's Home Ar.oenue, and dining among the dahlias; 11 am; FPES//AJ' Phillip B. Roth's BoysILife, at 1st 2,3,5 Train to Bklyn Museum IDENTI1Y HOUSE History Day Ave & 9th St; 9 pm; $6 or IDF + stop; info 212/866-400 and Reunion, where founding 1; reservations at 4n-5288 members discuss their philoso- PROFESSIONALS IN WOMEN ENrnRPRENEURS IN phy and vision of Identity House FILM/VIDEO present Lou Malet- BUSINESS Workshop: Market for its participants and the com- ta, President of Gay Cable Net- Your Business, "for lesbians munity in the 1990s; all past and work, who will discuss the with their own businesses, ideas current members invited; at the growth of GCN and show or dreams"; materials and Center, 208 W 13 St; 11 am - 6 excerpts from new snows; light refreshments provided; at the pm; 243-8181 refreshments; at the Center, 208 Center, 208 W 13 St; 1-4 pm; $5 W 13 St; 6:30 pm; $5; RSVP more/less if; 718/237-2399, LAVENDER HEIGHTS Pot Luck, required at 718/353-3006 118/499-6984 Book Sale a: Flea Market, at the Cornerstone Center, 178 Bennett

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11:00 pm The Right Stuff • Naming Names • All About Women FromCincinnati- • Media Watch The Mr. GayOhio Contest • Staying Out • Around the Country

Sundays Men & Films October 15 11:30 pm Reviews of male erotica along with Jack Laufton returns with a hot new look interviews behind the scenes with film stars The Buckshot Men show us where the beef is

Mondays Be My Guest October 16 10:00 pm Sybil Bruncheon hosts a panel game Sybil does her thing from the show with surprise guests. piers of New York Frankie Loves Johnny An original gay Episode 13 soap opera. Tea & Sympathy-Our First Date

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