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"The liberation of homosexuals can only be the work of homosexuals themselves."

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The Collective Paul Aboud. John Allec. Paul Baker. Edna 8arker. Christine Bearchell, Rick Bebout. Paul Hackney. Gerald Harmon Ed Jackson. Barbara Klemme. Sonja Mills. Crazy about comics Tim McCaskell. Alan O'Connor, Ken Popert. David Rayside. Gillian Rodgerson, Phil Shaw, David Vereschagin I was more than pleased with the article turned face in shadows and all — so Design/Art Direction July/ issue Brad in bars these days. And too bad Kirk Kelly/Rick Bebout in your August by common Paul Aboud. Barbara Klemme Fraser, "Coming Out in the Comics," the censorship laws (formal or informal) The News for several reasons. The first and fore- didn't let us see any of the pubes. Ken Popert, Edna Barker most of these is that I realized that I own I'm referring, of course, to illustra- Robert Barron, Chris Bearchell, Ed Jackson, John Moreau, 36: Sonja wants many of the comics of modern times tions in your June issue: Ken Popert, Gillian Rodgerson, Jane Smith, Richard Summerbell, Michael Totzke. Lee Waldorf, that he mentioned. I had bought most of to have fun! Ken Chaplin these before I came out, and it was (Toronto News Staff) A Pride Day reflection on the Richard Banner, Fred Gilbertson. Jackie Goodwin. amusing that the stories he notes had all Kevin Griffin, Rob Joyce, Don Larventz, Jim Oakes, but passed my notice. growing desire for a revolution Stan Persky, Michael Wellwood Also, I was glad to see that someone (Vancouver News Staff) we can dance to. Maurice Beaulieu (Ouebec), Wayne Bell (Kitchener), agreed with me about the X-Men. One Gale Comin (Calgary), Nils Clausson (Edmonton), particular story that I feel should be Bernard Courte (Montreal), Jeffrey McLaughlin (Victoria), 33: Video shots Robin Metcalfe (Halifax), Jim Monk (Windsor), Fay Orr mentioned is "God Saves, Man Kills." It (Edmonton), Joe Szalai (Kitchener) concerns itself with a reverend who goes David Vereschagin escapes alive The World on a crusade to eradicate the "evil" mu- (and almost intact) from a night Tim McCaskell, Gillian Rodgerson tant menace. Sound familiar? Edna Barker, Kevin Orr, Paul Lee in front of the tube. Finally, I was thrilled to find that Reviews and Features there are other gay comic book fans, as I John Allec (coordinator), Rick Archbold. Paul Baker, Rick have yet meet any other than myself. Bebout, Stephen MacDonald. Alan McGinty. Sonja Mills. to 7: Acts & words Colin Smith, Richard Summerbell Would you be so kind as to print my ad- Chris Bearchell and Lee Waldorf Out in the City dress so that I could get in contact with John Allec (coordinator), Ron Ben-Israel. Kaplan. Jon others and possibly start a network of on dykes talking about dykes Harry Sutherland, Ian Thorn. Glendon McKinney gays interested in comics? Thank you Columns talking about sex. very much. Chris Bearchell, Joy Parks. Jane Rule Letters/Network Ron Montiero Rick Bebout/Chns Bearchell 68 Bay State Road, Apt 4F 13: The Bud's bust Layout and Production Boston, Massachusetts 02215 "Robin J Douglas" recounts 16 Rick Bebout (coordinator), Paul Aboud. John Allec, David Blair, Dale Bolivar, Terry Farley, Peter Fitzwilliam, Paul Hackney, hours of fear, bitterness and rage. Barbara Klemme, Neil Kitagawa. jean-denis lacroix, Chris Lea, Language barrier Stephen Mackay, Adrienne Matte, Robert Mealy, Sonja Mills, John Moreau. Doug O'Neill. Michael Petty. Konnie Reich, Heather Ramsay's review of Alice 19: World news Jane Smith. Jean-Luc Svoboda. and members and friends of Walker's work (TBP, June) was well- the collective. The IGA in Helsinki; AIDS in Printing: Delta Web Graphics, Scarborough written and insightful. However, she Advertising ends the article with the statement: "We Brazil; more on Gay's the Word Ed Jackson, Gillian Rodgerson as lesbians and gay men know a great — and lots of other stories. Maurice Arcand, Robert Barron. Mike Kelley, Ken Popert, Gilles St-Hilaire. Robert Wilson deal about heterosexual oppression. I do not think we know enough about the op- Promotion 32: Jane Rule Gerald Hannon pression of racism and colourism, or Robert Wilson how these two forces can affect us indiv- Lessons from uncivil servants Subscriptions idually and collectively." and Distribution and unlikely encounters along the Gerald Hannon, Ken Popert. Robert Trow The fact is, some of us do know about Ward Beattie, Bill Brown, Milo Connelley, Stephen Mackay, physical — and spiritual — 49th Martin Roebuck, Bob Wallace racism, because some of us experience it first-hand. parallel. Office Paul Aboud. John Allec. Rick Bebout, Gerald Hannon, Over the years, feminism has made a Ed Jackson, Barbara Klemme, Sonja Mills. Ken Popert, continuous critique of the structural sex- Gillian Rodgerson of traditional 39: Seized Youth Robert Barron. Scott Bowler, Brad Candy, Gail Crouch, ism forms of language. We Paul Hackney, iean-denis lacroix, Dale Landry, Mike Marshall, have since become used to "he/she," or Richard Fung saw Framed Youth Tim McCaskell, Phillip Solanki, Anne Stokes, 1 Lee Waldorf. to "we" rather than "they" when wom- Ken West — once. Then he got to see the en write about women. But discourse is If. m The Body Politic is published ten times a year by Pink Triangle &M censors take it away. not only patriarchal. It is the expression Press, a non-profit corporation, as a contribution to the building of the gay movement and the growth of gay consciousness. Respon- of a class society in which racism, like sibility lor the content of The Body Politic rests with the Body Politic homophobia, is an integral part. Collective, an autonomous body operating within Pink Triangle 51: Four poets Press. The collective is a group ol people who regularly their I know Heather Ramsay as a hard- give Anderson, time and labour to the production of this magazine The opinions ol working activist for lesbian and third- Works by Jack Jon l he collective are represented only in editorials and clearly marked world issues. This is not meant as an at- Bracker, David MacLean and editorial essays. Offices of The Body Politic are located at 54 m Wolseley Street (second floor) in Toronto tack on her. Nevertheless, when we write Scott Tucker, from Ian Young's The publication of an advertisement In The Body Politic does not or organize for gay /lesbian liberation, mean that the collective endorses the advertiser. the Muse. we must avoid the trap of constructing Son of Male Mailing address The Body Politic, Box 7289, Stn A Toronto, Ontario. Canada M5W 1X9 our audience as general. When you ana- Problem is, one's of a man, and one's Phone (416) 364-6320 it, . . lyse this supposedly general, non- of a woman. ! Who said the faggots Regular departments Available on microfilm from specified person always turns out to be and the dykes always have different MacLaren Micropublishmg. Box 972. Stn F 3: Letters from readers male, middle-class, white and, outside tastes? Maybe we really are all bisexual Toronto. Ontario. Canada M4Y 2N9 the gay media, heterosexual as well. after all. 6: Editorial Copyright © 1984 Pink Triangle Press When I was talking about this article Yours in intersexual solidarity, 2nd Class Mail Registration No 3245 24: Out in the City ISSN 0315-3606 to a non-white friend, he said he remem- Donald James 38: Joy Parks's Shared Ground DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINE bered the passage but it hadn't struck Cambridge, Massachusetts Classifieds FOR THE OCTOBER 1984 ISSUE: him. "I never think they're talking to me 43: anyway. I'm to the THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 used being on Common tactics 00: Network, our listing of outside."

The Body Politic is a member of the Coalition lor Gay Rights in organizations across Richard Fung While I am sure that we can all sym- Ontario, the Toronto Gay Community Council, the Canadian with the Joyce (TBP, Canada, will return Periodical Publishers' Association, and the International Gay Toronto pathize case of Rob Association June), I think that 1 can understand next month. The Body Politic gratefully acknowledges grant a from the what happened to him better than some Toronto Gay Community Appeal to assist in the development ot Common attitudes Flagwavers in house computer services of your readers. While I was not put on The cover: by jean-denis lacroix; feet The Body Politic is indexed regularly In Great tits! Nice triceps! Such an alluring any list (that I know of), 1 was accused by Lee Lyons; design by Rick the Alternative Press Index. tummy — with an "innie" for a navel! by the Calgary police department of be- Bebout. Back cover photo by David Blair Box 7229. Baltimore MO 21218 Sturdy legs, too! ing a child molester, which they had no PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN CANADA Too bad about the attitude — up- evidence of. As well, two officers took it

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Soon after this incident, I went to one community, are dealt with in reactionary 600 SHERBOURNE ST (at Bloor) of our district police offices to complain ways by the gay establishment. of the officers in- In the struggle going on for the direc- about the conduct 236 BLOOR ST W (at Varsity Stadium) 922-21 16 volved, and was told that there was "no tion of the gay movement, the lines have fucking way" that they were going to been drawn between the "liberal" and Lynne Joyes Manager Dan Burke Senior Manager launch a complaint against one of their "liberationist" tendencies. I assert that own for something like that. Later I it is once again time to become a true went to the main police station and liberation movement, and that we can- again tried to launch a complaint. The not depend on our liberal allies to free Inspector also refused, and informed me us, since it is inimical to their interests in that "you faggots deserve what you get maintaining their own power. We must from us," and "don't come around here recognize the connections that we have bitching and complaining about any- with other oppressed groups under cap- thing like this again." I have not tried to italism and work to defeat imperialism launch any further action, mostly due to in all its forms. To play the game of the the fact that I work with children on a oppressors in exchange for a few rights daily basis and this could ruin my career. that benefit only a select group of gays is It does, show, however, the way the ultimately a losing game. Calgary police handle complaints John Magisano against their officers, and I'm sure that New York City RICHARD BROWN • 993 QUEEN STREET W. TORONTO • 535-1537 it is not much different in other parts of • the country. It is only fitting that I introduce myself Furniture Fact 5,'Three main factors determine a fabric's performance:

As a result of this, I have no trust or as being gay. I just turned eighteen last •abric and the usage th use for the police. I would greatly ap- month, and have been to a certain de- fabric receives. A good choice of fabric matches ail three, regardless o preciate it if you would not print my gree "out of the closet" for a year and a what your roommate says. name with this letter, as it could mean half. • • • the end of my career. I have been absent from the "gay FREE ESTIMATES 10% GAY DISCOUNT Name withheld scene" for a couple of months now, and MEMBER: TORONTO LAMBDA BUSINESS COUNCIL Calgary it has given me a great opportunity to contemplate my experiences in the gay Liberals and liberation community. I wouldn't say I'm back in the closet, but I would stress that I'm The analysis of the Rob Joyce case by more cautious about going into the gay Stan Persky goes straight to the core of scene again. the struggle going on within the gay I fail to see leadership in the commun- movement today. ity, and the majority of what I've The institutions that developed out of witnessed is dirty and perverse. I'm not the early gay liberation movement have here to judge, I know I have done the ceased to be agents for liberation. Be- same. What I see is that we need good cause of the real need for structural leaders to promote a positive image to changes within the system to make the the straight community. In order to bet- lives of homosexuals a little more beara- ter educate them, they have to feel com- ble, these institutions have traded in lib- fortable with us and not view us as a eration for civil rights. To do this, they threat. The majority of the straight have had to move from a more radical world are ignorant of the gay commun- position to an accommodationist one: ity/lifestyle. To them being gay means "We will stop demanding complete lib- that you are into drag and sex. Society eration, which would require the libera- has these stereotypes because we refuse tion of everybody to share power and re- to speak out against our own community sources and to accept our total physical- members. We are scared to criticize our- ity as vital and beautiful, if only you, the selves because we fear division amongst majority, will stop firing us from our ourselves. We blame the media for jobs, denying our relationships and focusing on guys dressed up as nuns. We treating us as if we are diseased." know that this is what they want, yet we

While these structural changes are vi- refuse to do anything about it. So what tal and have by no means been achieved do we do? We cater to their ignorance. Some. universally, the places where they have There is no room in the community been achieved have become "liberated for growth. I still consider myself gay, Or 28 or 46 Somebuddies zones" for gay people. However, the but I have sexual feelings toward fe- reformist institutions which have been males, too. These feelings I suppress be- who Keep the air buzzing instrumental in achieving these gains cause of fear of being ostracized from towards have started to turn the gay my little group. with conversation that's casual, population and act as agents of the ma- I have seen many positive things in the jority in "policing" gay life. The mes- gay community and for that I am grate- maybe a little crazy

sage of the coolness towards Rob Joyce, ful. I hope to see more, for I feel this is as well as the one that comes across in the only way we can see that the future and always fun. most literature on AIDS, is that these can be brighter. are, at the bottom line, our own things Mario Silva fault. The "naughtiness" of our early Toronto years was okay then, but is inappropri-

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month, it's clear that there will be no simple agreement on the relevance of these critiques for gay communities and movements today. Nonetheless, at meetings Lesbiari & Gay^ and in internal memos here — and, we Academic Society hope, in what gets into print in the magazine's pages — the legacy of the lib-

eration movements of the '70s is there in at the University of Toronto full voice. There are no longer any simple posi- tions in either the women's movement or 1984-85 PROGRAMME in lesbian and gay movements for social change. As a magazine, The Body Politic finds itself in complex relationships with

all the manifestations of what is now a SEPTEMBER 25: Salon des Arts large and varied community: bars, bath- Art exhibition featuring the work of JAC, houses, sports associations, religious and Phyllis Waugh and others. Poetry, drama, self-help groups, political associations. music and comedy, featuring Ian Young, We're also aware of more isolated gay David Roche, Faith Nolan and more. Li- cenced. 8 pm, Quadrangle, Hart House, 7 people in small towns, in the countryside, Hart House Circle, U of T. even in prison. We examine and question these aspects of ordinary living with some awareness of the fullness and complexity

of gay life. Coming Up February 14, Our Main Event: We don't expect to find such thorough- "Conversations with: going examination of gay and lesbian Marie-Claire Blais" lives in non-gay publications, not even in socialist or feminist ones. There are many good reasons to read Socialist Review or OCTOBER 11: But they're "Images of Lesbian Sexuality" Spare Rib or Mother Jones. talk and slide show by Cyndra MacDowall unlikely to have much coverage of the latest lesbian novels, much analysis of the NOVEMBER 8: question of gay clergy in the United "The Battle Over Sex Representation" Church or much examination of the ritu- paper by Gary Kinsman. als of gay life. If much of The Body Poli-

tic is about ordinary lives and some of it about extraordinary sex, the impulse Our regular meetings are free, the 2nd Thursday of the month, 8pm in the behind it is the old spirit of human libera- Rhodes Room, Trinity College, Hosk.in tion for women and men. Ave. • THERE'S A SEAT As for that single-minded monster with WAITING FOR YOU more than a hundred and twenty legs: we For more information, phone Alexandra haven't seen it around the office for quite (924-6474) or Linda (533-0674) or write: a while now. LGAS, c/o SAC, 12 Hart House Circle, Alan O'Connor, Toronto (416) 368-2867 Toronto, M5S 1A1 81 Church St for the collective wm k i w 6 C THE BODY POLITIC C SEPTEMBER 1984 " .

Lots of talk; not much action Dykes discussing dykes discussing sex: reflections on a conference on lesbian sexuality

"I wasprepared to see women having sex been investigating. . . talked about how much she enjoyed pick- mouth. in public and to enjoy that without F: Perversions? Bondage? ing up different women in bars. There C: Women who defined themselves as it worrying about whether I should. M: Whatever. As soon as they named wasn't much said about anonymous sex, butch or fern? Or people defending it as s/m, she had a massive fear of it, even but some women talked about wanting it part of our history? occasion referred to was a though she had been enjoying it. It's fun- and the possibility of baths was often F: Both. Thedance, part of Toronto's first ny: it seemed in a lot of the discussions discussed, although those who wanted C: What about intergenerational sex? lesbian-sexuality conference, women were talking about power and them for casual contacts were probably in F: There were lots of stories about be- held at the Ontario Institute passion, about what /would call s/m, a minority. Most women seemed to want ing young and being seduced by an older for Studies in Education and yet they didn't call it that. more than just casual contact — why? woman. And then of the dire consequen- (OISE), June 8 to 10. It was funded by C: Was there a workshop on cruising? You could analyse it to death — but they ces; there weren't very many happy end- participants' fees and a grant from the M: There was one on flirting. still wanted exciting sex. ings. Dire consequences like not being Gay Community Appeal, and organized F: And one called "Coming On," in A number of women said they weren't able to see their beloved any more, or be- by Branching Out: Lesbian Cultural Re- which women who identified themselves really satisfied with the sex they were having kicked out of home or school. source Centre. Registration was limited to as "cruisers," as opposed to "cruisees," ing now; they wanted something more. C: What aspect of the conference was 200 women; the event included a keynote were deluged by desperate questions from The women who were satisfied with the the biggest turn-on? address by Broadside collective member those who didn't feel they could come on sex they were having — who thought it M: Actually, for a conference about Susan Cole (see box), as well as 27 to someone. was the best sex they'd ever had — were sex, it was pretty dry — except for the workshops spread out over two days. C: Did you put your hand up as a women who were into either "rough sex" dance on Saturday night, where there was Several weeks later, in a gloomy, inner- "cruiser"? or s/m. The women who were most an outdoor courtyard; you could be open city basement, three anonymous dykes F: Of course I did. pleased with their sexual experiences at and raunchy under the night sky in this met to trade speculations on Toronto's C: Just seeing how honest you were. the moment wanted lots of toys, hot sex safe, enclosed space. first lesbian sex conference. They wish to F: But of course I couldn't say exactly and sex for fun. F: Yeah, the dance was raunchy. remain anonymous because of their par- how I do it. I don't have a set of written M: The more fun they were having the Women were taking clothes off or were ticular . . they perversions and not simply be- rules. it's just a matter of attitude. more seemed willing to say, too. into outrageous costumes — I really en- cause they are perverts. Each is politically At one point that discussion involved C: The introductory issue of the new joyed it. active — in part to secure the space to women who talked — I thought rather lesbian-sex magazine, On Our Backs, has M: A lot of women are getting back in- lead a sexual life — none is willing to risk courageously — about how "pillow bud- a lot of butch /fern content in it. That's a to dresses.... the sex she enjoys today by putting it on dies" or "fuck buddies" got them subject that seems to work as a catalyst in F: And makeup, and doing things with the line for politics. Their experiences through times between monogamous re- some discussions of lesbian sexuality in their hair, and using glitter. There was taught to fear the censure the have them of lationships. A couple of others just US. lots of leather, different things — it was their own community, the scrutiny of the couldn't believe it. "You what? How F: Some women at the conference so nice to see women playing with their forces of authority and the moralistic could you do this?" Then it polarized questioned why we had to talk about appearance. More of them could have outrage of the world-at-large at least as into butch and fern. "Aren't past that? a debate over monogamy versus non- we taken their shirts off, though. I was pre- much as the threat of unconsenting sexual monogamy. Haven't we all reached some kind of pared to see women having sex in public violence which was alluded to in the C: Can't anyone ever use the word androgynous middle ground?" and to enjoy that without worrying about keynote address. in that challenged? "promiscuous" a positive way? C: Was whether I should. But if it happened, I Since talking about sex with lights on is F: There was at least one woman who F: Yes, people were frothing at the didn't see it. I wondered what these still risky, on behalf of TBP I present early whispers about tripping the some problems, and second, misogyny has such ble She began with the observation that switch, with apologies for what seems If it feels good, a strong influence over the way people our culture's sexual imagery involves some sadly necessary defensiveness. think about sex that even lesbians re- hostility toward women, and ended up — it inforce the abuse of women through their saying that suspect we'd be better off without F: The conference was basically a very arousal. According to Cole, lesbian sex as orgasms. She drew the conclusion that a positive experience, but there seemed to Susan Cole on the it exists today is so corrupt that we are in social transformation had to take place be a lot of difficulty, in some of the work- danger of being "bought off by orgasms." perils the before lesbians could have a sexuality that shops, with women unable to talk about ofcoming before She spoke about men and about celibacy, would be acceptable from a political sex specifically, explicitly. Partly it's got revolution does and I really didn't expect either to set the point of view. to do with the fact that we feel vulnerable stage for a conference on lesbian sexuality. Being told by a feminist that lesbian sex talking about sexual experiences — ad- Cole's explanation of sexual inhibition shores up the patriarchy was one of the mitting we have sexual experiences en- we Susan Cole's keynote talk provided a among lesbians — that "it's hard to open strangest experiences I've ever had. While joy. But it's also due to how we use strange introduction to June's Lesbian your legs when you don't feel safe," that there's some truth in saying that if you language and what we think words mean. Sexuality Conference. Two messages we're distracted by fear of attack from live in a misogynist culture you can't M: Like the woman who talked about came through, in between the jokes and men — didn't strike me as having much avoid having sexual experiences that are her lover telling her, "Now that this kind the stories. grounding in reality. While male violence coloured by male dominance, celibacy is of sex is called s/m I don't want to do it First, fear of violent attack from is men is certainly a problem in our society, I not an appropriate response. I can't see any more." Here was a woman who'd central to understanding lesbians' sexual cannot remember the thought of it ever any threat to the patriarchy in lesbians mrmm crossing my mind during a sexual encoun- steadfastly refusing to have sex (the ter, never mind affecting what went on. patriarchy would undoubtedly find that That's not to say every encounter has quite comforting). On the other hand, en- been ideal, but that, oddly enough, when- couraging a fear of sex among lesbians ever I've been involved in one, I've been would definitely harm our personal lives.

thinking about women. If 1 had to set priorities, I'd worry about I'm also unhappy with the picture that establishing a sexual life for lesbians first,

comes from exaggerating the fear of male before demanding that it take a perfect

attack: lesbians as victims. I don't feel form.

like a potential victim when I have sex In What I've heard from friends who at- fact, if you had to put my day-to-day ex- tended other events at the conference sug-

periences on a scale, I feel least like a gests that Susan Cole's talk didn't suc- potential victim when I'm in bed — even ceed in setting the tone she might have taking the Duffcrin bus home from wanted for the weekend to follow . It work rates higher. seems I'm not the only one who isn't will- Cole's suggestion that lesbians ing to take up knitting until after the should be suspicious of sex WIS irresponsi- revolution. I.ee Waldorf

THE BODY POLITIC I SEPTEMBER 1984 7 women looked like without clothes. leave us alone. It was so nice to get there of all, there was the idea for an ongoing On March 28, 1983, a Canada Cus- M: Here we were at a sexuality confer- and find out it wasn't necessary: the or- support system. toms officer seized ten erotic gay male ence with our clothes on. We vowed to ganizers had anticipated the problem and There were a couple of times during the magazines from Jean-Louis Cdte at the

work on that in future conferences. the workshop was "closed" — restricted conference when I found myself getting Ottawa airport as Cdte was returning F: There were these women from Que- to women for whom it was personally aroused by what someone was saying or from a trip to New York City. bec who had developed fascinating ideas relevant. There were about 20 of us, some intimating, or by the way a woman Cdte appealed the seizure to the De-

of what sex could be. Instead of confin- novices but no tourists, and other women looked. But it was only a few instances. I partment of the Minister of National ing sex to a couple of times a week, they really respected that it was closed. had this idea in the back of my mind, Revenue and recovered two of the maga- wanted to take the energy generated in F: It's possible that the conference "I'm here to get turned on, so turn me zines. But the other eight were declared

sexual encounters between women and organizers actually learned something on. I paid my money; let's go." I ex- immoral and indecent by the department percolate it through our entire lives. about s/m, to be able to go through the pressed this to a couple of women who and were not returned. That's a tremendous amount of energy changes to make the break from the way asked, "Really? You expected that to Cdte took the department to court, that could be used to change our lives for it's always been handled to understanding happen? Wow." Nobody comes to a les- arguing that the section of the Customs the better: orgasm-powered lesbians take it the way they did. Or they maybe were bian sexuality conference to get turned Tariff Act that allows the seizure of mat- over the world. just being another form of politically cor- on, right? erials considered immoral or indecent

I was also really impressed with the rect — "All right, we'll let you have your It was typical in a lot of ways. I wasn't violated the right to freedom of expres-

way the s/m workshop was handled. I space" — it's impossible to tell. But the quite satisifed, I wanted more — but it sion guaranteed in the Charter of don't remember the rest of the confer- important thing is that what came out in was a great tease. Chris Bearchell Rights. Last May 15, Ontario county

ence as well as I should because of all the that workshop was much more than I had court judge D L McWilliam ruled that energy expended anticipating that Sun- expected. It was a positive experience: a the seizure did not contravene the char- day-afternoon session. feeling out of who was there, what they Customs porn ruling ter. McWilliam also ordered the return of M: Going to the workshop was a real were doing, starting to trust each other, one of the magazines to Cote. focus for us. Right up until it started we taking stock of allies. Out of that came a faces court challenge It is this ruling which Cdte is now had qualms about it. We'd each come up statement to the closing plenary (which seeking leave to appeal. "I feel very with our little monologue for non-s/m wasn't plagued by endless resolutions — OTTAWA — A man who unsuccessfully strongly about the case," he says, still women — we figured they would be there you know, "be it resolved to have more challenged the right of Canada Customs indignant about the loss of his maga- to heckle — about how they were not orgasms") about how nerve-wracking it to seize magazines deemed immoral or zines. "Someone has to stand up for the supporting our right to our own space. had been for all of us to come to the con- indecent has filed an appeal with the rights of the individual. We were ready to tell them to get out and ference expecting to be trashed. And, best Federal Court of Canada. "Who are the censors to stop me if I am curious to find what my neighbour does with his body, if my neighbour is prepared to show me? If there lies in that curiosity an element of sexual gratifica-

tion, it is the individual's right to accept

it or reject it, according to his conscience." When asked if he was prepared to go to the Supreme Court of Canada with the case, Cdte replied, "If we need to go there to get our rights, why not?" Cdte's lawyer, Joseph Magnet, ex- pects the appeal to be heard in the early fall. Ken Popert, Toronto

Anti-violence group drops street patrols

TORONTO — For the first time in four years, the Toronto Gay Patrol is not conducting protective surveillance this summer. Rob Fulton and Chris Higgins, members of the patrol since its beginning, say declining interest has left the group with too few people to cover the most dangerous spots adequately. Born during the tense aftermath of the 1981 bathhouse raids, the patrol placed roving teams on Yonge St and in the ad- jacent laneways — the most frequent sites of queer-bashings — on Friday and Saturday nights throughout the summer months. Although the patrol was fully prepared to rescue victims from assailants, and did so on occasion, its main purpose was to teach gay people how to avoid or stop violence.

In its first three years of existence, the patrol has also contributed to the community in other ways. It has provided the marshalling teams at nearly every large demonstration, set up the security the Legend continues... system used by the Gay Community opening Dance Committee, and created the flourishing Defencercise classes that Sat, Sept.1, 1984. have attracted hundreds of people. Less

well known is the fact that much of the money earned by the patrol through its membership in GCDC was returned to the community as donations to the Gay Community Appeal, the Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Committee, the Gay 530 YongeSt. Counselling Centre of Toronto, the Tor- Toronto onto Women's Bookstore fire fund and the International Gay Association. Higgins also feels the patrol has set an example of gay men and lesbians working together. "It gets the highest marks for that alone," says Higgins. "It's an

intensely personal experience and it has produced many fine friendships." KPD

8 THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 MEDIA form will bring favourable results to the downtrodden or outcast. So he has taken the Mattawa story to anyone who may be interested — including Pent- Discovering the hype behind the headlines house. He hopes Penthouse will do a photo spread, but nothing tasteless ("Diane won't pose for beaver shots"). sells like sensa- Nothing a newspaper a He has also considered approaching the tional story. A photo of a fiery car crash National Enquirer. on the front page or a story with a head- As well as running the publicity cir- line promising gore and death guaran- cus, Kris is apparently the self-designat- tees sales. ed spokesperson for himself and his It's the same with stories about people wife. He is an articulate man who speaks the average reader might whom deem at great length about his horrible ordeal: "not normal." the surface, the story On how he suffered because his wife wasn't appears to be a sensitive account, but in accepted, and how painful for him was fact it is the published because con- the abuse she received. troversial subject matter will grab It is unclear how Diane feels about interest. her predicament, because talking to the Diane Paterson is a dentist, and a two of them is like talking to Edgar transsexual, who took part in an Ontario Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Kris was government that programme provides careful to monitor everything Diane underserviced municipalities with said, occasionally cutting her off in mid- medical and dental care. Diane was to sentence or cautioning her not to say set up practice in Mattawa, a small town anything that would require a retraction. in northern Ontario, with the provincial ("Be careful, Diane, you're talking to a government paying two-thirds of her set- reporter.") The only impression I got of up costs, and Mattawa picking up the Diane's feelings came when she des- other third. cribed a trip to the Mattawa bank. A But before she arrived in Mattawa, smiling teller greeted her: "May I help she learned that the town had used the you... sir?" When I asked her how she money earmarked for the new dentist to responded, Diane said she'd done noth- make repairs to the community centre. ing. She couldn't see the point of mak- Still wishing to practice in Mattawa, Unanswered questions: Diane and Kris Paterson say discrimination forced them to flee Mattawa ing a fuss and getting the teller in to Diane offered to replace the town's third trouble, possibly making her lose her of the start-up money with her own. arrangement had been negotiated. flimsy weapon, confronted by an angry job, in a town with extremely high Diane's husband, Kris, says that a Mat- unemployment. Subsequently, a story appeared in the bear. also says he is a former tawa told He member bank had her business mana- the interview Globe and Mail, incorrectly stating that of the Special Armed Forces and an ar- As began to wind down, ger (who has since left) that she could I was Diane didn't learn that the grant from dent pacifist (in the same breath he de- shown photographs of Diane when borrow the money. But once she was in Mattawa would not be available until scribed how he took on an abusive Mat- she was a man. Kris felt it would be a Mattawa, the bank denied that such an novel idea print she had already moved to the town. The tawa citizen in unarmed combat, leaving to before-and-after pictures. strong implication was that Diane was the citizen unconscious for more than Then Kris, anxious to remove all about the validity being discriminated against because she half an hour). doubt of Diane's surgery, gratuitously pulled open Bum's rush was a transsexual. If she had been in- He leans across the table and put his her formed about the lack of funds before hand on the spot on my neck where he blouse, exposing to me the wonders of modern medicine. The illustration below from the cover of St she moved, other, simpler (and much could deal out one swift but fatal blow. Martin's Press's Christopher Street Reader less juicy) reasons could have been In fact, he is so well trained in the • has been deemed unfit for publication in the involved. military, he says, that he could effective- Considering all the puzzling questions august pages of Canada's national newspa- Hard upon the Globe story, other ly dispatch both me and my photogra- that come to mind when I think about per, the Globe and Mail. Toronto publications came out with the pher with no real effort. The bathroom Diane and Kris, including the disappear- A persistent Globe ad salesman, never story of Diane and Kris, all with door stands as a monument to his brute ing business manager and the way in

dreaming that there'd be a problem, persuad- headlines declaring redneck discrimina- strength — the evening before I inter- which Mattawa found out she was a ed Toronto's Glad Day Bookshop to place an tion against a transsexual. viewed him, Diane got stuck in the bath- transsexual, I feel that writing this story

ad in the newspaper's June 16 book supple- I interviewed the Patersons with the room; Kris had been forced to break the the way other reporters have is unjustifi-

ment. When the copy and cover arrived in the idea of writing a similar story, but in the door in. able. Diane says all she wants to do is Globe's ad department, however, it caused knowledge that Body Politic readers Kris also says he is a journalist, and return to the practice of dentistry where

such a stir that it was sent upstairs for de- would not just take it as something to claims he has done documentaries for she is needed. I believe she is sincere. But cision. After much hemming and hawing, the gossip about derisively during morning the John Howard Society and written I wonder if letting the public see her Globe's vice president and general manager, coffee break. It soon became clear to for Rolling Stone. He is familiar with the naked with a staple in her navel will help Doug Evans, finally told TBP it was the man's me, however, that although Diane has functions of the media, and works on her get back to Mattawa. "nude rear-end" that was offensive. The been the victim of small-town intoler- the assumption that publicity in any John MoreauD Globe had a right to determine its own stan- ance, the way in which the whole situa-

dards of acceptability, he said, and he, for tion has been handled is questionable. one, wasn't interested in debating the relative The Patersons have filed a complaint merits of a nude portrait. with the Ontario Human Rights Com- Appeal: Five years of fun and funds "Backwardness and prudery," harrumph- mission, hoping to return to Mattawa,

ed Glad Day proprietor Jearld Moldenhauer. but I think the press coverage which, it In addition to making outright grants, TORONTO — In an unoccupied room, "Bum's rush," he added. To make matters turns out, Kris Paterson has managed to the Appeal administers a Front Money a muffled computer printer clacks out even more confusing, General Publishing, the drum up, may have the opposite effect. Fund, which provides interest-free the page proofs of the next edition of book's Canadian distributor, advertised the The following is my account of what I loans. Each dollar in the $5,500 fund has Homosexuality in Canada, a biblio- same book — with illustration — in the thought would be an interview with so far been borrowed and returned more graphy produced by the Canadian Gay newspaper's July 14 book section. Close in- Diane Paterson, but which turned out to than six times, funding $35,000-worth of Archives. Typing the proofs from the spection revealed that the top part of the bum be an interview with her husband, Kris. projects. computer screen would have been im- had been carefully inked in to conceal what The Appeal raises most of its money • possible for the all-volunteer organiza- had once been the hint "I'm straight, okay?" from its Support Our Selves (SOS) proof a crack. tion; without the printer, there would I'm generally tolerant when a man gram, which sends an annual audio- have been no new edition. The Archives tells me this, but when I hear it six times visual show into private homes to solicit purchased the printer with a grant from in one hour — usually followed by the pledges from audiences of around a the Gay Community Appeal of Toronto. ever-popular "some of my best friends dozen people.

are..." — I want to run screaming into The printer is just one example of the However, according to Brian the night. many ways in which the Appeal, which McBurney, a member of the Appeal's

Kris Paterson is a middle-aged man is celebrating its fifth anniversary in Sep- board of directors, the demand for who possesses all the charisma of a tele- tember, has developed and enriched the funds has out-stripped the amounts col- vision game-show host. He began the in- city's gay and lesbian community during lected by the SOS program. "Last year, terview by congenially reassuring me the past five years. we raised $50,000, but had $125,000 in that he did not object to my sexual requests." The Appeal's response is the \ In that time the Appeal has raised preference. almost $200,000 and recycled the money aggressive creation of new sources of He claims to be a man of many ac- into four areas of community work: funds. "We don't want to step on any complishments — he is, he says, a minis education, politics, culture and health. toes," says McBurney, "so we can't, for ter, a paramedic and an avid crossbow The funds have been spent about equally example, hold fund-raising dances; thai hunter — and he mentioned offhandedly on projects of value to gay men and to would eat into the Gay Community how he was once, armed with only this lesbians. Dance Committee's sources."

THE BODY POLITIC D SEPTEMBER 1984 9 6*1' Last year's profitable and popular review, "Fruit Cocktail," broke new «!' ground for the Appeal. This year, it has raised money through two benefits, a performance of "Women Behind Bars" and an art show sponsored by the Lambda Business Council. little bit A of magic Appeal founder Harvey Hamburg V* can lead you to great food. says Toronto's Gay Community Appeal is not just successful, it's unique. "I don't know of any other gay community on this continent that has a similar, continuing fund-raising organization." Open for lunch and dinner Sixty thousand dollars is the goal for the 1984-85 campaign, which will kick off with "Reflections," a birthday party for the Appeal to take place at the Sun - Wed 11 am - 1 am 118 Avenue Road St Lawrence Market September 7. — Thu-Sat 11 am -4 am Toronto KenPopertD Self-indulgent Licensed 921-6095 and proud of it! New wavers protest dress discrimination

— Armed with leaflets On March 28th, 1983, a Canada TORONTO Customs officer confiscated ten gay claiming discrimination, four men have magazines from an Ottawa man taken to the streets to protest the dress returning from a trip to the United codes of two local gay bars. States. In the opinion of this minor The conflict with Cornelius and government employee, the magazines Chaps, both popular bars, began in ear- were immoral and indecent. "My word ly June when Grant Foley, a Toronto is law," he told Jean-Louis Cote. social worker, and his friends were re- Outraged, Cote decided to take fused entrance to Cornelius, apparently Canada Customs to court on the because of their new-wave appearance. ground that his Charter right to The doorman told them their type was freedom of expression had been not wanted inside. Foley and his friends violated. moved on to Chaps, where they were Last May 15, Ontario county court greeted with the same response. judge D L McWilliam rejected the suit. Foley and his friends thought that Sniffed McWilliam: "Essentially the their rights had been violated, and they pornographer has no point to make; he decided to speak to the managers of invites the strictures and limitations of both bars. Jack Kahl, manager of Cor- all, except the most self-indulgent." nelius, explained that they were not al- Cote: "If the is Counters judge so lowed in because the majority of the lavish with words like "self-indulgent," bar's patrons were intimidated by new- it is because he bets no one will have wavers. He also said that new-wave the guts to say out loud that erotic people only came to dance, and did very pictures are valuable to him. I am convinced that the best way to defeat little drinking. this law is precisely to make such a Because Ward Hagar, manager of claim, in as proud and as dignified a Chaps, refused to speak to the group, manner as possible." they decided to take more definite ac-

Cote plans to pursue the matter to tion. Foley and his friends paced the

the Supreme Court of Canada, if need sidewalk in front of Chaps, passing out be. the leaflets proclaiming "Punks are people too." Patrons were asked to sign If you think he's right to challenge this arbitrary infringement of freedom of a petition. expression, let him know. Just clip out After several weekends of being pick-

the coupon below and mail it to him: etted, Hagar said Chaps does not admit Jean-Louis Cote, c/o The Body Politic the new-wave crowd because "they are Fund, Box 7289, Stn A, Toronto M5W not the kind of crowd we want in here." 1X9. We'll pass your expression of He told TBP that new wavers spit beer at support on to him. the DJ and used drugs in the washroom. Foley resents being labelled by the actions of a few individuals. He responds, "My employers accept my appearance. Why can't gay bars?" When their petitioning and protesting brought no compromise, the group decided to use an approach with a higher profile. They obtained a table at Lesbian and Gay Pride Day, and invited people to sign their petition; they also marched * to**** /rvvin in the parade. They got hundreds of sig- Toronto *j^> natures on their petition and spoke to many people who voiced their support. No resolution has been reached, and Foley admits he is beginning to feel defeated, although he will not give up. A letter outlining their fight, and a copy of the petition, are being sent to Toronto's Lambda Business Council, the Ontario Ombudsman, the Liquor Licensing Board of Ontario, the Ontario Human Rights Commission and various Toronto MPs. Unfortunately, some of these organizations will not be able to help. The Liquor Licensing Board, for example, has no jurisdiction over dress codes, and the Ontario Human Rights Code does not cover discrimination on the basis of dress. JohnMoreauD

10 THE BODY POLITIC D SEPTEMBER 1984 From RCMP to CSIS: the spies' shell game

Bill C-9, passed by Parliament in June, is now in effect: the replacement of the RCMP's Security Service with the new Canadian Security Intelligence Service is now underway. The extensive surveillance powers handed to the CSIS to deal with suspected threats to national security have been criticized for endangering Can- adian citizens' rights. To keep the country safe from impending revolution and foreign invasion, the new agency will be busily tapping phones, opening mail and breaking into homes and offices. The move to replace the security service with a civilian agency originated with the McDonald Commission's en- quiry into RCMP wrongdoing in the late seventies (when, among other things, the Mounties' obsessive surveillance of gay people came under attack). The federal government followed the commission's central recommendation for reform and has taken national secdrity investigations out of the RCMP's hands, but in such a way that the new agency will likely duplicate the RCMP's extremely bad track record. There were several glaring oversights in the reform. First, the McDonald Commission found that the RCMP was unable to distinguish between legitimate dissent and subversion, and so attempted to define the terms for the new agency. But the civilian CSIS will be working with such a vague definition of red suits and badges and the issuing of neck, is thought to be a mild, non-fatal sexual partners to participate. All names a "security threat" that we can expect civilian suits and badges, it looks as if form of AIDS. will be kept confidential. continued close observation and harrass- only the name has been changed to pro- The St Paul's Hospital Lymphadeno- Gay men or physicians interested in ment of legitimate political groups. tect the guilty. In fact, the threat to civil pathy Study has been going on for a year learning more about the study are invit- rights is worse than ever. The country and a half and has been supported by ed to call (416) 595-4940.

Second, it took a scandal and a royal now has a brand-new spy agency free of donations from AIDS Vancouver. • commission investigation to bring the the public suspicion that built up around • A researcher at Toronto's Hospital for RCMP's shadier dealings to light, but the the RCMP. The civilian agency will be The AIDS Committee of Toronto has Sick Children has received $42,732 from new agency, like the RCMP, will not be able to conduct itself with complete im- located funds that will extend the life of the Ontario Ministry of Health to im- accountable to Parliament. Third, the punity until its actions provoke a new the organization until September 30. prove a blood-screening test that could RCMP was surveillance-happy, main- scandal and new calls for reform. It would have had to shut down at the be used to identify AIDS. taining files on one in thirty Canadians, During the debate over Bill C-9, one end of June when funding from a joint Bryan Williams, a micro-biologist in and keeping even closer tabs on gay Conservative senator spoke against the federal-provincial job-creation program the hospital's Infectious Diseases De- Canadians. Yet the new service has been abolition of the RCMP's spy agency, ran out. With the cooperation of St partment, will work on developing a given wider powers of surveillance. Its arguing that we could depend on the George MPP Susan Fish, the Committee rapid test to measure the amount of an wiretap powers go far beyond those force's "great tradition of dedicated ser- was able to secure $30,000 from Fish's enzyme known as 2-5A synthetase, given to the CIA or FBI. And the service vice and honourable behaviour." Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, which is found at elevated levels in the will have the right to open mail. Actually, the advantage in dealing with half of which is to be reimbursed by the blood of AIDS patients. Ninety percent of the RCMP Security the RCMP was just the opposite — we Ministry of Health. The existing test, commonly used to Service personnel have been transferred didn't have any illusions about what we "It must be emphasized that this new verify the presence of several viral infec- to the CSIS. With all the handing in of weregetting. LeeWaldorfD funding will last only three months," tions, has many disadvantages. It is slow says committee spokesperson Bob and laborious, and requires a large Wallace. "The need for education and blood sample. A faster test could assist counselling grows monthly. We are very in the early detection of AIDS in those Funding improves for AIDS groups encouraged that this grant will allow us individuals most at risk. to continue our work." The study will take two years. An allocated in AIDS Vancouver has moved its emphasis "I've never tried a rubber in my life, and The committee hopes to secure addi- additional $43,760 may be from public education to support for it shows. I can't even put one on." tional funds from public and private the second year. persons with AIDS, according to Dr That was the reaction of one of the sources to allow it to carry on after • Brian Willoughby, chairperson of the gay men asked to try out some condoms September 30. As of July 26, the Laboratory Centre for group's Media and Public Relations by the AIDS Committee of Toronto. • Disease Control in Ottawa has recorded Committee. His frustration is probably shared by New Brunswick has become the fourth a total of 105 adult cases of AIDS in "AIDS at this point isn't really news many gay men: condoms, after all, are province" to make AIDS a notifiable dis- Canada. Of these, 67 (64 percent) are anymore," says Willoughby, who attri- essentially heterosexual devices. ease, requiring all cases to be reported to non-heterosexual men, of whom 36 have butes his organization's change in direc- For those who want to try them out, health authorities. Other provinces that died. tion to a decline in media coverage of ACT has published an entertaining one- have taken a similar step are Ontario, In Quebec, 49 cases have been record- AIDS — which has reduced the opportu- page guide in its July newsletter. You British Columbia and Alberta. ed, of which 20(41 percent) are non-het- nities to educate the public — and to a can request a copy from ACT at (416) As of July 26, there were no recorded erosexual men, of whom 1 1 have died. rise in the number of AIDS cases in 926-1626, or through Box 55, Stn F, cases of AIDS in New Brunswick. In Ontario, 32 cases, of which 27 (84 Vancouver. Toronto M4Y 2L4. • percent) are non-heterosexual males, of Willoughby says that he knows of 25 • In March, a research group at the Uni- whom 15 have died. In British Colum- cases of AIDS in Vancouver and Victoria Researchers at St Paul's Hospital in versity of Toronto received a grant from bia, 14 cases, of which 13 (93 percent) as of July 29. Because of reporting pro- Vancouver, who are studying the occur- the Ontario Ministry of Health to pro- are non-heterosexual men, of whom 7 cedures, figures published by the Labor- rence of continuing lymph-gland prob- ceed with a long-term research study on have died. In Alberta, 5 cases, all of atory Centre for Disease Control in Ot- lems in a sample of about 800 West End AIDS and ARC (AIDS Related Complex) which are non-heterosexual men, of tawa always lag behind the actual num- gay men have received grants totalling in the Toronto homosexual /bisexual whom 3 have died. ber of diagnosed cases. $67,000 from the BC Health Care Lot- population. In Nova Scotia, 2 cases, of which one Support for persons with AIDS can be tery Foundation and the Vancouver The success of the study requires the is a non-heterosexual man; both are expensive. Fortunately, AIDS Vancouver Foundation. recruitment of 420 men who have had living. has been approached by a group of Persistent Lymphadenopathy Syn- sexual contact with men diagnosed as In each of Manitoba, Newfoundland about two dozen people who have offer- drome, which includes a recurring pain- having either ARC or AIDS. Men with and Saskatchewan there is one case, of ed to raise funds. ful swelling of the lymph glands, usually \k( or AIDS will be asked by their phy- which one (in Saskatchewan) is a non- under the arms and in the groin and sicians if they will consent to participate heterosexual man, who is living.

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In the United States, the Centers for most controversial tenant, the Island "caused no trouble in the community." member who had been elected to the Disease Control report 5,479 cases as of Gay Community Centre's Gay Cafe. A second motion to expel the cafe was FCA board of directors. August 6, of whom 2,483 have died. The cafe, actually a weekly coffeehouse, presented at the 1984 general meeting, Koopmans now feels that the actual • had rented facilities in the Fernwood held April 18; it was likewise defeated. reason for the expulsion was that there You can get advice about AIDS by calling Community Centre for more than two According to IGCC spokesperson Rob were "three elderly ladies on the FCA the following organizations: years. On July 5, hours before the cof- Koopmans, Hutchinson's July 5 memo board who didn't like gay people, and Montreal AIDS Resource Committee, feehouse was to open for the evening, gave two reasons for the FCA's summary who just kept talking until they had their c/o Montreal Gay Assn, (514) 933-2395; IGCC members received a memorandum eviction of the cafe. The most substan- way." Hutchinson, when approached by AIDS Committee of Toronto, (416) from FCA president Dave Hutchinson tial an allegation was that the IGCC had TBP, declined to comment on the 926-1626; giving immediate notice that the cafe broken an FCA bylaw by publishing in- matter. AIDS Vancouver, (604) 687-2437. could no longer be held at the centre. formation on the upcoming 1984 general After receiving its marching orders Ken Popert, Toronto The abrupt expulsion was the end of a meeting in Target, the IGCC's news- from the FCA, the IGCC alerted the Vic- long struggle for the IGCC. In 1983, paper. (The offending story, titled toria Times-Colonist, which ran a story some FCA members campaigned to have "Fernwood Gays Out," urged gay peo- on the eviction. Since then, though, Centre bigots prevail; the Gay Cafe removed on the grounds ple to help defeat the expected motion to according to Koopmans, prospects for that gays were a "socially unacceptable expel the cafe.) Koopman states, how- continued opposition to the eviction evicted cafe moves group of people." A motion to expel the ever, that a recent search through the have diminished. The IGCC has arrang- cafe was put forward at the FCA's 1983 IGCC's copy of the FCA bylaws turned ed space for the Gay Cafe in a commun- VICTORIA — Using one of the classic annual general meeting, but was defeat- up no regulation that publishing the ity centre closer to Victoria's gay dis- ploys of dirty organizational politics, ed. At the time, Hutchinson told the story could have violated. The second trict, and most members are not un- The Fernwood Community Association meeting the cafe paid its rent promptly, objection, a trivial one, had to do with happy to leave the Fernwood centre (FCA) has given the bum's rush to its unlike other groups, and that it had poor attendance at meetings by an IGCC behind. Richard Summerbell, TorontoD

12 THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 The night they raided Bud's A personal account of the Montreal bar raid, by Robin JDouglas

Shock. Fear. Anger. Bitterness. These were stage with the poster for the slave auction Inaudible mumble. Then he was gone. A plainclothes officer and a police- the feelings that flooded through his body as every Wednesday night. Back upstairs, I ran into Jacques in the woman came immediately. They told him Robin J Douglas was swept up in the June 2 The bathrooms are in the basement. arms of a new-found friend from the Car- if he didn't stop, he'd be arrested for police raid on Bud's, one of Montreal's The two of them, side by side, have a ibbean. We agreed to meet the next after- obstructing justice. oldest and one of Canada 's most famous gay combination of five stalls and three uri- noon. Undaunted, I continued my search. "Justice?" he exploded. "You call this bars. In that early-morning raid, 188 men nals, all operating to full capacity. Some • justice? I call this police repression." were hit with bawdyhouse and gross- indecency charges. guys were standing outside by the coat- It was 2:10 am. Still time to check out The There were murmurs of assent, nod- check, cruising the in I getting to leave the in the crowd, This is Robin 's account of what it 's like to men coming and Garage. was just up ding heads and a low buzz be suddenly and unexpectedly engulfed by the out. As I leaned outside the entrance to bar when I saw some men run past me, as if this lone man were vocalizing every- on-going war between the police and gay men one of the bathrooms, a large hand and then more and more. Maybe it was a one's sentiments at that moment. The this country. in brushed over my tight jeans and gave my fire. I elbowed my way to the front en- two officers, obviously frustrated, fled to ' 'Robin J Douglas " is a pseudonym. balls a little squeeze. I looked up and saw trance only to be pushed back by the mo- the back in search of a superior. Mean- a dark, hunky, moustached man smiling mentum of a dozen men skidding to a full while we all blinked as the police pho- was the first of the month, a day down at me. He grabbed my hand and stop in front of a wall of uniformed po- tographer snapped more than a hundred

when many unemployed Mon- rubbed it over his bulging crotch. He licemen barring the doorway. The music shots of the clientele from every possible Ittreal gays cash their welfare pushed down on my shoulders. I had a stopped. The overhead lights flared on. angle. At the same time policemen were cheques and go out. The police crazy urge to do him right there. My in- Everyone blinked. slowly advancing from both ends of the

knew, of course, that all the bars stincts got the better of me. "It's a raid," I heard people muttering bar, demanding identification. As the

would be packed. My friend Jacques had "Your place or mine?" I whispered. incredulously. Within seconds dozens of police got closer to the centre, I felt a feel- come in from the Eastern Townships for He just mumbled something and led policemen were swarming in at us from ing of impending doom in the pit of my

the weekend and I was determined to me by the hand into the bathroom. One both exits. stomach. show him a good time. of the stalls was free. We had to squeeze "Up against the wall! Up against the Reinforcements arrived to deal with the

We started the evening in the "East around a couple of men to get to it. A wall!" outspoken man. "We're giving you one

Village," a newly forming gay community tiny, almost inaudible voice in the back of They were checking IDs. I decided to last warning to remain silent," they said, on Ste Catherine St, just east of down- my mind was asking, "Why are these two take an empty seat behind me. leaning menacingly before him. ," town. After a quick tour, Jacques insisted dudes just standing around? Why do they "Why don't you cops just leave us "How can I remain quiet he cried,

on checking out Bud's, one of the few re- strike me as funny?" alone and crawl back to the holes you "when I see this sort of thing happening?

maining gay bars in the traditionally gay Something just didn't fit. It was the came from?" Let's face it, if you want to arrest me,

(and generally less sympathetic) Crescent- way they stared. It wasn't a look of lust The tense silence was broken by a mid- you're going to do it anyway."

Stanley downtown area. or curiosity, it was more like a look of dle-aged man, obviously quite drunk, They led him out the back entrance. We penetrated the dark, smokey first- suspicion, as if they were distancing leaning against the bar in front of us. The buzz in the bar diminished. Silence

floor club at about one o'clock. It was themselves somewhat. All of a sudden I "We're just having fun here," he dropped like a net over the room. We packed, as usual. We pushed our way felt nervous. snarled. "Don't you guys have better resigned ourselves to fate.

deeper into its dark recesses, past the tiny "Your place or mine?" I repeated. things to do than harass gays?" Every couple of minutes a few men

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ELECTION 1984 SEPTEMBER 4 ROSEDALE RIDING dressed in plain clothes would rush up for nine hours now. They won't let us

and down the line, whispering directions phone. I'm scared. What should I do?" to the uniformed officers. Eventually one "You mean you were in the raid last of them stopped in front of me, confer- night?"

ring with the guy beside him in a green Yeah, at Bud's. Listen I can't talk," I CROMBIE T-shirt. They were talking excitedly, with said urgently. "They could come back raised eyebrows. I froze. any minute now. Now what do I do if The cop beckoned impatiently. I they accuse me? Plead not guilty?" stepped out into a pit of silence. Four "No, that's later, when you go to hundred eyes were upon me. Four hun- court. I'm afraid I can't do anything until dred lungs heaved a sigh of relief. As I they formally charge you. Just don't say followed the officer, I thought numbly, anything, understand? Don't admit to "Well somebody's got to take the rap." anything, and above all, don't sign any- • thing. They can't force you if there's no 4 AM: We were ushered into the reception lawyer present."

area in the old Bonsecours St police sta- I started spreading the word that the tion in Old Montreal: a vast room with phone was in service. We took turns high ceilings, with a desk and chair raised standing in large groups in front of the in front for some judge-like position, no guard so that his view of the corridor was doubt. We stood between the rows of blocked. The dial growled urgently. hard, straight-backed wooden benches, "Mama, it's Gilles. I'm at the police

waiting to go up and give the policewom- station. Don't worry. I'll be home soon." an our ID, return to our respective places "Hello. Shoe department, please....

and sit down. It's Robert. I'm sorry I didn't call earlier,

The first morning rays of sunlight were but I can't make it in today." THANK YOU! beginning to filter through, but all I "Hi Bob. Can you leave a message for wanted to do was sleep. My spine ached. Serge? Tell him I stayed out all night in The Lesbian and Gay Pride I couldn't think clearly. I thought bitter- Old Montreal. That's right. Tell him I'm USBIAH it Day Committee ly: "How unglamorous all is." a little tired, but fine." About once an hour Green T-Shirt and • would like to take this op- his band of spies would barge in, wake Noon: A group of guys had collected everybody up, and make us sit in differ- around Beer Belly. AND GAY portunity to give our ent arrangements. I kept asking to phone "What's going to happen to us now?" sincere thanks to everyone my lawyer. A cop with a bloated belly one of them asked. guarding the door told me that it would "We'll be talking to everyone here on this who helped make be impossible. an individual basis — PMN • "You mean we're going to get inter- year's Pride Day such a tremendous success. 7 AM: A policeman arrived, woke rogated!" I interrupted. everyone up, went to the front chair and He frowned. "We're going to be inter- DAY '84 announced in a solemn voice: "The court viewing everyone on an individual basis, is now open." He left as mysteriously as presenting them with the facts — evi- Planning for next year's Pride Day will be star- he had entered. Everyone got optimistic dence, you know, photographs, what dif- ting this November. If you would like to join us, at that point, thinking that now things ferent people witnessed, that sort of watch for futher details in the next issue's Out were going to get rolling. But nothing thing." in the City listings. happened. "You mean those guys in plain clothes • are informers?" 9 AM: The smell of fresh coffee and "Those people," he hesitated, choos- donuts wafted through the door, remind- ing his words carefully, "are working

ing me that I hadn't eaten anything for 15 hand in hand with the police to. . . dis- hours. We stared hungrily at the guard, courage the sorts of things we found at who slurped and smacked his lips leisure- the bar last night." ly, pretending to be unaware that we He paused. An awful silence surround-

wanted something to eat and drink. I was ed him as be brought his point home. getting desperate. It wasn't just my stom- "What does the Montreal police force

BILL ach, either. I thought of my friends at have against the gay community?" I said home... nobody even missed me! For all in a voice loud enough for half the room

they knew, I could have been locked in to hear. the arms of a humpy construction worker Beer Belly's jaw dropped. He even at that point! They let us walk around the blushed. It took him a few seconds to re- room and stretch a bit. There were whis- gain his composure. He stroked his pistol GRAHAM pers: 200 arrested... raid planned a nervously. month in advance... all the newspapers "Listen, what we're doing is carrying and radio stations were covering the out the full letter of the law. It has event. nothing to do with the fact that you're..." • He hesitated, as if the word gay were LIBERAL 10 AM: While an indignant businessman too painful for him to pronounce. complained to the cop at the door, I went "...uh, that you like to go to certain

to the bathroom. I was about to go back bars or not."

when I saw something down the hall to "Well if the raid has nothing to do with

my left. Was it possible...? Yes, a sexual preference, then why haven't any telephone, only five metres away. My straight bars in Montreal been raided

back hugging the wall, I side-stepped up recently, with 40 policemen going in and

to it, picked up the receiver, fumbled to arresting everyone on the premises?" dial my home phone number. No sound To my horror, the men rallied to de- "9" — nothing. Maybe I had to dial to fend him.

get an outside line. "Look at it from the policemen's point

Footsteps. I turned to find Officer Beer of view," ventured a short, balding man. Belly towering over me. "They're only doin' their job." "You can't use the phone!" he Others hugging close to Beer Belly nod-

growled. "Now get back to your seat and ded in agreement. I opened my mouth

stay there!" but then I bit my lip. Beer Belly was • grinning.

II AM: I went to the bathroom again. • There was only one cop on the door, 3 PM: The free movement, the friendly

deeply engrossed in a travel brochure. I cop, the camraderie stopped abruptly slid down the corridor to the phone, with the entrance of the undercover picked up the receiver, dialed "9" plus agents. The guards resumed their stern my lawyer-friend's home phone number. air, and we were once again given a cer- A sleepy voice answered. tain seating position. "Hello?" We straightened up as they read off a

"Listen, I'm at the police station," I list of names. Half the group was re- ROSEDALE whispered hoarsely. "I've been detained leased. The rest of us were transferred to 14 THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 " "

But I wasn't out of the cooler yet. He'd

already said he could make it easy for me; "I started spreading no doubt he could make it a lot more difficult too if I wasn't careful. I decided to the word that the play his game. phone was in service. "I'm seeing a psychiatrist. I have feelings of inadequacy."

We took turns I could see the cop trying to repeat the

word, rolling it over in his big, stupid, SELF standing in large groups in front of the buck-toothed mouth. "Inadequacy," I repeated.

guard so that his view And again I restrained myself: "Got it, was blocked. The dial stupid? Inadequacy!! Ifeel inadequate, especially when you two goons are sitting growled urgently. in front ofme with guns and asking me if 'Mama, it's Gilles. I have afucking inferiority complex!!" I'm at the police "I don't understand why you feel that. I mean, a gay is just as good a guy as Gay Self Defence Group station. Don't worry. anybody else." He paused. "Maybe it's more than that," he hypo- I'll be home soon....' thesized. "Do you have a personality 'Shoe department, problem?" please.... Hello, it's I thought hard for a recriminating response. "I thought everybody had per- Robert. I'm sorry I sonality problems," I said finally. The didn't call earlier, but look he gave me was indescribable.— "Yeah well the way I see it I can't make it in "Listen officer, this is the way / see it.

today....'" The way I see it is that I'm being detained here against my will. You haven't explained the charges to me and you haven't advised me of my rights. And I'm Basic 8 week course begins Wed. Sept. 12th, 7pm not going to say another word until you Advanced course begins Thurs. Sept. 20th, 7pm do that." 519 Church St. Community Centre, Toronto "Very well, we are police officers. You a larger courtroom where twenty other are under arrest and charged with being information/registration 466-6020 cost $45.00 men were waiting on the other side of the found in a common bawdy house and room. They had been detained all this gross indecency. You have the right to time in another room. Again we were remain silent, and the right to a lawyer. assigned new seats. Do you wish to make a statement?" • "No."

6 PM: I was weakened almost past the After taking down some personal de- point of caring. I could feel myself crum- tails, he dismissed his companion officer. Self Defence for Gay Men and Lesbians bling away. The guards let us sit on the Then he started all over again. He check- bench outside the room to breathe in a bit ed over his shoulder, drew even closer to of the fresher air from the hallway. Six me and addressed me like his best fishing mini-offices had been set up there to "in- buddy. terview" us. While typewriters clattered "Listen, I wouldn't worry too much behind the fibreglass walls, uniformed about the charges if Iwere you. It's just and plainclothes policemen sifted in and ... a formality. It's not even in the Crim- Out of the various cubicles, carrying in inal Code. You won't even get a record. THE CHOICE files, NOW bringing out coffee cups, confer- Hundred-buck fine at most. Get yourself ring, whispering, gesticulating. a lawyer, you'll have no problem." Then they called me in. I sat at a desk. "You mean I don't have to go to IS YOURS... "Okay, Mister," he said. "You know court?" why you're here." "Oh, you'll have to go to court all Blank look. right, but even if you're found guilty, you "So you aren't gonna cooperate, eh? won't even be fingerprinted." He looked The crime you're being charged with is around again, then lowered his voice. serious." "But just between you and me: there's no

"But I don't understand why I've been doubt about it. You'll be found guilty. NEW DEMOCRATS moved to include sexual orientation in brought here." There's nobody taking notes now, we got Canada's new Charter of Rights and Freedoms "Oh, you understand all right. We no hidden tape recorders, we've already both know what you were doing down finished the formalities: why don't you there in the toilet. You mean you're gon- just come out and admit you're guilty?" LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES DEFEATED IT. na deny it?" "Can I go now?" I tried to avoid saying "yes" or "no" "Not so fast. Go over there. We gotta to anything. take your picture first." SEPT. 4 FOR I —VOTE "It's just that called I ON — my lawyer don't think I've ever been so unpho- and he said that I didn't have to say togenic. I held up a card in front of my anything without him around." chest stating name, age, and occupation. THE PARTY THAT VOTED He glared at me, as if I'd foiled him Like a criminal. somehow. I continued.— • FOR YOU. "So I don't see That night I took a hot bath, went to the "You don't seem to see a lot of demonstration at midnight, then took a things!" he said, raising the edge of his sleeping pill. voice ever so slightly. "Listen, we got two Afterwards, I found out that the char- witnesses who will testify that they saw ges are in the Criminal Code, that if I'm you committing a grossly indecent act in a found guilty I will have a criminal record; public place. If you could give us a few but despite the hours of discomfort, I feel details we might make it easier for you." I was luckier than some of my compan-

"But I thought — ions, who knew even less about the law

"Have you got an inferiority complex than I did. Because I refused to be bullied 'cause you're gay or something?" into making a statement, my chances are the

"Well — I used to." somewhat better than for those who suc- "You used to eh? And why do you cumbed to the iron glove of the law for NEW suppose was that?" one reason or another. I had to fight to control myself from As I stumbled along St Denis St on my DEMOCRATS standing up and screaming: "You lousy way back from the police station, I kept creep, it's people like you who hate us saying to myself, "Why me? Why me?" and then make us hate ourselves as a And then it dawned on me: "Why not In Rosedale, Support Dell Wolfson result!" me?"D

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"If we make any observation ofsoliciting sults or obscenities and public sex, which for companionship, they'll be charged. It were filed with the writ June 11. doesn 't have to befor money. • A week later, on June 19, hookers — Inspector John Lucy, head of Van- migrated out of the residential neigh- - Sept. 28 30, 1984 couver's vice squad (Angles). bourhood to a nearly deserted commercial district east of Granville Street, risk-

More than 300 Vancouver hookers and ing increased violence in the ill-lit area, hustlers have been served with copies of in the hope of negotiating the withdraw- an injunction ordering anyone the police al of the writ for the injunction. choose to stop soliciting. Those served • BC Supreme Court Chief Justice Allan with the injunction can later be charged McEachern handed Smith his injunction with breaking a court order (and if con- July 4. It was a broadly worded order victed, serve up to two years in jail) if the forbidding prostitution or any form of cops see them so much as "crooking a "carnal copulation." The judge permit- finger, stopping guys in cars, waving a car ted the injunction, to be served on any- down or hitchhiking," according to In- one on the street "apparently" for the spector Lucy. purpose of prostitution, and gave the £ The reason there is trouble in paradise A-G leave to extend the order to any is the reason there is prostitution: more part of the city he deemed necessary. died to He than 15 percent of the work force of Brit- • your sins. lake away ish Columbia is out of work — the worst A week after copies of the application Not vour sexuality. unemployment since they began keeping for the injunction appeared on street statistics in 1945, according to Stan Per- lamps, 300 sex-trade workers and their sky, writing in the August issue of the supporters descended on the West End Vancouver gay paper, Angles. with whistles and noise-makers, pro- As anyone who reads the daily papers claiming themselves the thirty-first knows, the BC government has respond- "public nuisance." A couple of weeks ed to the depression by slashing social- after the move, after the injunction was service budgets, and is in the process of issued and had been served on hundreds dismantling its human rights commission. of people, members of the Alliance for It appears that almost anyone who could the Safety of Prostitutes (ASP) presented benefit from a little distraction of the themselves at the Anglican Christ population has discovered the tool of the Church Cathedral in the middle of the "morality campaign." afternoon service and began a three-day It helps that there are "nuisances" as- occupation by demanding sanctuary. GUEST PREACHER: sociated with street soliciting — drunken- They were welcomed by Archbishop Rev. Dolores Berry ness, sometimes violence, but especially Douglas Hambridge, who invited ASP noise (often abuse hurled at prostitutes). spokeswoman Sally de Quadros to ad-

Pastor of M.C.C. Portland, Oregon It doesn't matter that the bawdyhouse dress the congregation and explain the laws force hookers onto the streets. It prostitutes' need for protection from doesn't matter that "nuisances" are cre- police harassment. ated by customers and onlookers, that The need for scapegoats and the desire SERVICES: they have little to do with the buying and to keep people distracted from the re- selling of sex, but are simply produced by alities of the depression are not going to - p.m. Friday, Sept. 28th 7:30 the conditions under which the sex trade go away until the economic crisis itself is (Reception following) takes place. dealt with. Street prostitution is increas- Enforcement of anti-noise and nui- ing elsewhere than Vancouver. Other sance-related bylaws would not be con- cities — Niagara Falls, Halifax and Tor- Sunday, Sept. 30th - 11:00 a.m. venient for the police. They are heeding onto — have seen the development of the advice of the Canadian Association of groups like Shame The Johns, and other (Brunch following $3.75 per person) the Chiefs of Police — declining such sol- politicians are looking into "the BC utions and claiming their hands are tied solution," notably Ontario Attorney Sunday, Sept. 30th - 7:30 p.m. until they are given tougher laws against General, Roy McMurtry. soliciting itself. Since the Supreme Court Morality campaigns seldom restrict ruled that municipalities were out of their themselves to one issue or group: they jurisdiction in passing bylaws against have a way of reaching out to ensnare Service.) (Singspiration 15 minutes before prostitution, politicians in Vancouver and other deviates. Vancouver gay activists elsewhere, acting on information from are taking the vice squad's determina- the police, have been very obliging about tion to interpret the injunction as loosely lobbying Parliament for those Criminal as possible as a warning to gay men who Code changes. might be tempted to have sex in the SATURDAY, SEPT. 29th With the recent moves of BC's Attor- park. ney General, Brian Smith, the cops' strat- While the paper itself doesn't publish of TIME: 6:00 P.M. egy seems to be really paying off. West editorials, Angles's news coverage End residents formed a new organization, Shame The Johns and the harassment of Shame The Johns, to avoid appearing to hookers has taken an increasingly pro- BUFFET o o DANCE CABARET harass prostitutes by concentrating on hookers'-rights stand. In the August driving away their customers (and liveli- issue, reporter Richard Banner com- $20.00 per person complete hood). Angles reports that there seemed ments, "Rather than attempting to ban ($10.00 receipt for income tax purposes available.) to be many gay men among the Shamers, activities relating to prostitution, a more no doubt men who think of themselves as functional approach may be to decrim- DANCE 9:30 P.M. "decent homosexuals," proud of helping inalize it, making it subject only to to "clean up" their neighbourhood. ordinary business regulation procedures. $6.50 dance only at door It's so much easier to whip up public This approach would alleviate the threat sentiment against hookers than against to civil liberties that is created when gov- FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL negligent cops. And it's effective: ernments try to regulate the legitimate • Attorney General Smith's writ (applica- activities of residents." MCC TORONTO tion) for the injunction named 30 people The "decent homosexuals" of the 536-2848 as prostitutes and "public nuisances." West Fnd still need to be firmly remin- • Shame The Johns provided Smith with ded, however, that it takes only one 730 BATHURST ST., TORONTO 40 affidavits complaining of loitering, cruise of a vice cop to turn a "decent littering, fighting, screaming, use of in- homosexual" into a criminal deviant.

18 THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 THE WORLD

Soviet and South African groups admitted; further 1984 actions planned IGA targets European Parliament

sixth annual conference of of 25 lesbians and gay men in Leningrad camps, scheduled to be unveiled on All Thethe International Gay Associ- who have informal contact with 200 Saints Day, along with flowers and mon- ation, held in Helsinki in July, others in the Soviet Union, and the lar- thly silent circles commemorating the drew the most positive attention gest education union in the Netherlands, pink triangle victims. International

ever from the Finnish mass me- representing 47,000 teachers, which is themes for Lesbian and Gay Pride Day dia, which usually censor gay-rights now the IGA's largest member. were common, a Gay /Lesbian Youth issues or respond with hysteria. But This year, the Dutch government pro- Congress /Festival will be held in Ams- several delegates from 18 countries provided $8,000 (US) for the production of terdam August 5-11 and an Internation- tested against the municipal tourist of- the Pink Book which will document the al Gay Camp in Denmark is planned. At fice as the city withheld its customary persecution and discrimination of les- the Frankfurt Book Fair in October a financial support for international con- bians and gays around the world, sched- book published by HOSI Wien, The welcome ferences and failed to provide a Delegates in Helsinki: fun, but no free tour bus uled for release December 10, United Situation of Homosexuals in Eastern from a local official, let alone a free Nations Human Rights Day. Also, the Europe, will be presented. The English tourist bus. The delegates also dealt with support the apartheid system of racial European Human Rights Foundation version should be available at the end of their biggest internal dispute, which segregation. Although Saturday after- has granted $3,000 for IGA's East Asia this year. And on September 30 there seriously split last year's conference. noon Gasa meetings may be 80 percent Information Project. will be an international march at the A national gay organization, The Gay black, attendance by non-whites on New IGA actions include letter cam- United Nations. Association of South Africa (Gasa) was weekdays is purely a logistical problem paigns protesting police raids and the In an effort to improve IGA con- admitted as a full member, but only as trains to their neighbourhoods do not murder of gays in Mexico, the prison ferences, delegates decided that the next after the IGA reiterated its opposition to operate during the evening. Bosman said sentence of a gay publisher in Greece, European regional meeting should have racism and called on Gasa to speak out that "our collective bargaining power is jail sentences and economic ruin for gay a theme, and as it will be held in Bologna against apartheid. greater" with increased membership in sauna owners in Belgium, the smear it was agreed the appropriate topic Pieter Bosman from Johannesburg the IGA and hopes "that we fully justify campaign against Scottish gay activist should be North-South European co- stated that his multi-racial association, the trust put into our organization." He Ian Dunn, the suspension of a lesbian operation. The next annual conference with 1 ,600 paid members and 9 branch- referred to Gasa's acceptance as a teacher in Australia, the British customs will take place in Toronto in July, 1985 es, three of which are chaired by lesbians "tremendous boost to our morale." raid on Gay's the Word bookshop, and a and will deal with a more general theme and cross-racial committees, does not Other new members include a group new resolution put forward by the Chris- — "We are Everywhere — Gay and Les- tian Democratic Party in the Nether- bian Visibility," taking special care to lands which would allow for discrimina- promote solidarity with lesbians and tion against gays. gays from Latin America, Asia and Visibility high; Democrats receptive Perhaps the best development of the Africa. Delegates expressed their desire conference was the establishment of a for greater promotion of the IGA in increased SAN FRANCISCO — More than affirmative action and a "no-first-strike" new project group which has a mandate North America and participa- the 125,000 lesbians and gay men surged in- nuclear weapons policy. There were 54 to take initiatives towards the European tion from local gay community conferences held. to the media spotlight here July 15, openly gay delegates and alternates and Community, allowing for continual lob- where are Copenhagen will host the Eighth marching on the Democratic convention another 13 members of party committees bying of the European Parliament and Annual Conference. to back up demands that the party recon the floor. All wore red, white and European Commission. Organizations SETA, the national group in Finland ognize their needs in its platform and in blue ribbons so that they could be easily and individuals from six countries will and the organizers of this conference, the upcoming election campaign. identified throughout the convention. take part. Four months ago the Euro- were able to secure free meeting rooms The march's twelve-point programme In contrast to the gay community's pean Parliament adopted a resolution of from the University of Helsinki. And included demands of increased funding strength, only 350 people registered at several points recognizing gay rights. despite minor financial difficulties due for AIDS research and for social services Jerry Falwell's Family Forum III. It was Now the work begins to have this resolu- to the low attendance rate, as travelling for youth, seniors, the disabled and pris- designed, according to Falwell, "to ex- tion implemented. to Helsinki was too expensive for most oners, passage of anti-discrimination pose" the Democrats as "lackeys of mil- Events for 1984, International Year of European gay activists, the operation of legislation and the Equal Rights Amend- itant feminists, homosexuality, and Lesbian and Gay Action, include a the conference was very smooth indeed. ment, and immigration law reform. hordes of other special interest memorial plaque for lesbians and gay Marco Osorio of Mexico City's Grupo Demonstrators included delegations groups." victims of the Nazi concentration Lambda de Liberacion Homosexual, the from across the US. only delegate from any third-world "We're marching to let the Democrat- Thousands march on Democratic convention: "It's basic human rights we're talking about" country, called the conference a "suc- ic Party know the strength of our num- cessful one," and hoped that more dele- bers and our determination to hold them gates would be able to attend the seventh accountable to deliver on those promises conference in Toronto. they made to us, because it's basic Phillip FotheringhamG human rights that we're talking about," said Virginia Apuzzo, executive director found guilty of the National Gay Task Force. IL/E 0EMMQ MASSIVE Greek The impact of growing community Efii strength was also evident within the con- FUNDING TO of insult to authority vention hall, where lesbians and gay men 1)ERAL were officially recognized as part of the ATHENS — Paola, the publisher of the civil rights movement. Sexual orienta- •he controversial gay-liberation tabloid ?*££** "insulting tion was included in policy planks calling mm Kraximo, was found guilty of for non-discrimination in the military, in authority" June 30 and sentenced to employment and immigration. 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the trial. fearing trouble with the schools. described gay men and lesbians as less orderly house. Vincineau is a lawyer and The charge of insulting authority is On the night of July 7, Howard and than human." professor who is well-known for his activ- still on the books from the time of friend Roy Ogden were walking home • ism on behalf of the gay community. Greece's military dictatorship, and was from a meeting of Interweave, a gay A survey by the National Gay Task It was only after two months of re- laid against Paola after he criticized the organization, when a car pulled over to Force reveals that over 90 percent of the peated protests from gay, civil-rights prosecutor in a pornography trial the curb. One of the occupants, 15-year- more than 2,000 respondents had been and educational groups that the two against the paper in November 1983. old James Baines, claimed to recognize victimized at least once because they are were released pending trial. Kraximo is appealing this latest convic- Howard as a man who had come on to gay. More raids took place March 26 tion and previous conviction of indecen- him a few weeks before. Baines and two Most of the assaults reported were against other Brussels saunas and Sauna cy involving a drawing of two naked friends got out of his car. As Howard verbal, but more than 10 percent of the Macho 1 in Antwerp. Photographs were men. The tabloid's publishers are plan- and Ogden tried to run away, Howard men and 5 percent of the women who taken of clients and the Antwerp sauna ning to release the next issue early in Oc- tripped. The three assailants kicked him answered the questionnaire reported as- was closed. tober despite continuing government as he lay on the sidewalk and then sault with some type of weapon. The Police claim the raids were provoked harassment. picked him up and threw him off a questionnaire was distributed in eight by reports of child prostitution and bridge into the Kenduskeag Stream, American cities during Gay Pride Week drugs in the saunas, but so far no despite his screams that he couldn't 1983. evidence for such charges has been moves to tighten swim. Ogden managed to escape and revealed. More than 300 clients of US More than 20 percent of the men re- pull a fire alarm but Howard had Macho 2 signed a petition declaring that sponding said they had experienced drowned before the rescue team could they had never witnessed the presence of immigration loophole some kind of violence at the hands of the get to him. minors or drugs in the bathhouse. police. And half the people who an- SAN FRANCISCO — A loophole in the Howard was buried on July 12 and, swered the survey said they had modi- Belgian gays link the raids, the first in American immigration laws that allowed the day after his funeral, "Fags jump fied their normal behaviour in some way the country in more than ten years, to a lesbians and gay men to legally enter the here" was seen sprayed in white paint on because of the fear of violence. bill now before Parliament that seeks to United States through eleven western a bus shelter on State Street, near where equalize the age of consent for hetero- states and territories, under the jurisdic- he died. sexuals and homosexuals. The bill tion of the Ninth Circut Court of Ap- That night, 500 lesbians and gay men Belgian bath raids passed through the lower house of

peals, is about to close. marched in Portland's first gay demon- Parliament last year but is being delayed Following a request from the US De- stration. In Bangor, 200 people attended tied to law reform bid in the Senate by representatives of the partment of Justice, the Public Health a rally and a march through the city. Christian Peoples Party. The present Service (PHS) will begin issuing health Marchers stopped on the State Street ANTWERP — The Federation of Bel- publicity linking gay establishments to certificates to self-declared gay people at bridge and threw flowers into the stream gian Gay Groups (FWH) has called for child prostitution is being used against points of entry in the Ninth District. where Howard drowned. international support in the face of pol- the proposed reform. The PHS stopped issuing the certifi- Commenting on the murder and the ice raids against gay bathhouses in two Both the French- and Flemish-speak- cates in 1979 when Julian Raymond, reluctance of the Maine state legislature different cities. ing wings of the Belgian gay movement then Surgeon General, said that homo- to pass the gay rights legislation, novelist Police raided the Macho 2 in Brussels are asking individuals and organizations sexuality was not a medical disorder. John Preston said, "I wonder if the on Monday, March 12. Rudi Heanen, the to send letters of protest to Belgian em- The Immigration and Naturalization young men allegedly involved had heard sauna's manager, and Michel Vincineau, bassies and to the Belgian Minister of Service, however, still considers lesbians members of the state legislature as they a member of the sauna's board, were im- Justice, c/o FWH, Dambruggestraat and gay men unfit for entry into the US. stood in the House and Senate and prisoned on charges of keeping a dis- 204, 2008, Antwerp, Belgium. Last September, the Ninth Circuit Court ruled, in the case of an English journalist, that the foreign visitor could not be barred by Immigration unless the PHS issued a medical certificate stating that he was gay. The PHS wouldn't do it. Brazil: offical concern and cruising on the Copacabana So, this spring, the Justice Department ordered the PHS to resume certifying gay Brazilian health authorities are becom- lieved to have died during a recently end- case in Brazil was that of a Sao Paulo travellers, in the Ninth District only. ing concerned abouth the rising inci- ed five-year drought, and where the eco- man who contracted the syndrome in Ju- Immigration officers can't ask if an dence of AIDS among the country's gay nomy is suffocating under the effects of ly 1982, after a visit to New York. "The individual is gay. A person has to declare population. As of February 1984, 52 a $124 billion (Canadian) external debt, first cases all involved people who had that he or she is gay or be identified by a cases had been reported to authorities in AIDS is a low priority. "Rio de Janeiro visited the United States," said Dr third party. PHS physicians won't ac- the three Brazilian states where notifica- alone has 18,000 cases of Hansen's dis- Leide, "but this is no longer true."

tually examine anyone who is sent to tion is mandatory. ease (leprosy)" to contend with, said Dr According to Pan-American Health them for certification. They will simply The three states reporting AIDS cases Leide. Organization figures quoted in the March ask the person if he or she is gay. If the all lie in Brazil's industrial south. Sao Rio de Janeiro health authorities said 15 edition of O Globo, a Rio de Janeiro answer is "no," it's back to immigration Paulo had 33 cases as of mid-February, they are planning an education pro- daily newspaper, 189 cases of AIDS had without a certificate. of whom 17 had died. Rio de Janeiro gramme to alert both physicians and gay been reported in Latin America outside The new ruling could have an adverse had 18 cases, including 10 deaths, and people to the symptoms of AIDS and Brazil as of September 1983: 157 in Haiti, effect on the case of Richard Longstaff Rio Grande do Sul had one case, a possible means of prevention. The direc- 22 in Argentina, four in Mexico, two each a British-born Texas businessman who 32-year old Porto Alegre gay man who tor of Dr Leide's department said that in Uruguay and Jamaica and one each in was refused American citizenship on the died last December. no measures were being contemplated to Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. grounds that he did not admit he was According to a study prepared by the close or restrict activity in Rio de These figures, too, are believed to under- gay when he immigrated in 1969. In Ministry of Health of the Sao Paulo Janeiro's gay social establishments. represent the actual incidence of AIDS in June, Longstaff moved to San Francis- state government, 71 percent of AIDS Dr Leide believes the high number of each country.

co, which is part of the Ninth District, cases in Sao Paulo to date have been gay reported AIDS cases in Sao Paulo stems The appearance of AIDS does not ap- after the courts in his home state of men while 25 percent have been drug from the relative organization of the gay pear to have sparked any resentment Texas ruled that he could be deported. users. The other four percent appear to community there and a lack of anti-gay against the flocks of European, Japan- Longstaff must visit his ailing mother fit neither category. discrimination, resulting in self-identi- ese and North American gay men who in England and is afraid that if he leaves Brazil's gay population, while enjoy- fied gay people with AIDS symptoms roam the streets of Cinelandia and the the United States he will not be allowed ing an extraordinary degree of visibility seeking help. beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema in back in.D and freedom by third-world standards, Concern about AIDS is evident in the search of handsome young bronzed is not organized, and few expressions of streets of Rio de Janeiro as well. One re- bodies available for a few thousand concern about AIDS have arisen from cent scandal sheet reported a well- cruzeiros, a pittance to most foreigners Mourning and protest gay men themselves. Rio de Janeiro's known entertainer's denial that he had but a sum that many Brazilians welcome plentiful bathouses and bars appear to "a doenca gay" ("the gay disease"). Re- as the price of staving off hunger for a follow Maine murder be as popular as ever, and although cent newspaper and magazine editions couple of days. Sex is easy to arrange at many gay men have heard of AIDS and have reported prominently on the syn- the sidewalk cafe in front of the Galeria BANGOR —The murder of 23-year-old are dimly aware of its effect in North drome's progress in North America and Alaska, where the tables are full of pa- Charles O Howard by three teenaged America, the level of concern does not Europe and have faithfully covered re- trons eyeing passing young hustlers even men who claim he "made sexual com- seem to be high, nor have sexual prac- cent French and US announcements that on many weekday nights. tices been much altered. a newly isolated virus may be responsible ments" to one of them has shocked Despite AIDS's unwelcome presence Maine's gay community. for AIDS. Dr Maria Leide, coordinator of the there is plenty that attests to the vibran- As a result, there has been an organ- Department of Communicable Diseases The interest that Brazil's two largest cy of Brazil's gay male population. (The ized demand for passage of a gay civil- of the Rio de Janeiro Ministry of states are showing has not been replicat- openly lesbian presence, as in other rights bill that has been rejected four Health, told The Body Politic that the ed by the federal government, which Latin American countries, appears to be times by the state legislature. number of AIDS cases in Brazil is prob- also has a ministry of health. Federal very weak.) Gay dances and balls during Governor Joseph E Brennan issued a ably under-reported. Outside the indus- health officials told The Body Politic Carnival last February attracted thou- statement deploring the killing and trialized south, facilities for collecting that the syndrome was "new" enough sands, and months later the walls of Rio promising support for the bill in the data on AIDS are limited, she said, and that their government had not had time still were festooned with posters adver- areas of housing and credit. Brennan doctors are unlikely to recognize the to become involved. tising them. Even in Fortaleza, a medi- hesitates to support the clause outlawing symptoms. However, Sao Paulo health surveys um-sized seaport 3,000 kilometres north discrimination in employment, however, In a country where millions are be- show that the first documented AIDS of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil's equatorial

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The Tool Box. Leather club bar with patio, meals. Club night Thurs. 18 Eastern Ave. 869-9294. DISCOS

Avalon. 530 Yonge St (formerly Stages). Opening Sept 1st, Weds and Fri-Sun. $6. Chaps. See Bars, above.

Club Manatee. 11ASt Joseph St. 922-1898. Male only, young crowd. Unlicensed. Fri-Sat: 10 pm-6 am; Sun: 10:30 pm-3:30 am. Live shows Sat (2 am). Sun (midnight).

The Diamond. 410 Sherbourne St, 927-9010. Young and trendy. Gay night Thursdays. Oz. See Bars, above. Twilight Zone. 185 Richmond St W. 977-3347. New wave. Fri-Sat, $8; Sun: gay night. $6.

Voodoo Club. 9 St Joseph St (above Katrina's).

960-9335 Newwave. Weekends. $7.

• The Barracks. 56 Widmer St. 593-0499. Leather/ denim. 6 pm-10 am; 24 hours on weekends. • The Club. 231 Mutual St 977-4629. 24 hours

• The Roman's Health and Recreation Spa. 742 Bay St 598-2110. 24 hours. ACCOMMODATION

Cabbagetown Lodging-House and Efficiencies. 300

Wellesley St E (at Parliament). Call Bill or Allen, 961-9320.

Catnaps Guesthouse. 246 Sherbourne St 968-2323. Fif- teen rooms, waterbeds, TV lounge, pool table and game room, laundry and kitchen facilities, free parking, sundeck,

complimentary rolls and coffee. Sun-Thurs, $25; Fri, Sat, holidays, $30. Visa/Mastercard.

18 East Hotel. 18 Eastern Ave. 368-4040. Bar and dining

room, 22 rooms, TV lounge, sauna, gym, laundry facilities,

sundeck, free parking. 1 or 2 people; $24. weekend rates.

The Selby Hotel. 592 Sherbourne St. 921-3142. Victorian-style hotel; bars, courtyard, light lunches, maid service, parking, air-conditioning. 66 rooms. 1-2 people with private bath: $35; without: $27. COMMUNITY

Toronto Gay Community Council. 105 Carlton St. 4th floor, M5B 1M2. Umbrella organization ot lesbian and gay groups

Forum for sharing information and discussing political strategies. SOCIAL & POLITICAL ACTION

AIDS Committee of Toronto. See Health, below.

Bridges. 1 18 Spruce St, M5A 2J5. Michael Riordon (923-8089). Group connecting lesbian, gay and third world libera- ADLER IN TORCH TRILOGY AT THE tion struggles. SONG ROYAL 730 Bathurst St, "489-4662 lor CHARLES ALEX Chutzpah. M5S 2R4 Group Jewish gay men and lesbians and friends. the ghetto. Daily to 12, Sun: 10 am-5pm. Church St. Raunchy video, dance floor, large should be fun and good, and a contrast to the 485 courtyard. Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario (CGRO). Box 822. Stn A. 925-1155. AGO show. Mercer Union (333 Adelaide St Cameo Club. 95 Trinity St. 368-2824. Licensed private M5W 1G3. 533-6824 Toronto office: 730 Bathurst St, M5S 2R4 W) and other galleries. Aug 25-Sept 22. • Crispins/Buddy's. Innovative cuisine, great wines. dance club for women. Fri and Sat only. Committee to Defend John Damien. 1508-914 Yonge St. Brunch: $6.95. 66 Gerrard St E. 977-1919. M4W 3C8. 925-6729. DGeorgian Canada: Conflict & Culture. • Les Cavaliers. 418 Church St. 977-4702. Piano sing- Foolscap (Oral History Project). Conducting interviews with gay 18 East Hotel & Tavern. Inexpensive home-cooked along bar, very chatty. Well worth $3.50 — by far the most interest- • people. John Grube. 961-8947. meals. Sunday brunch $3.95. 18 Eastern Ave. 368-4040. Chaps. 9 Isabella St (at Yonge). 921-3012. Large up- ing of the bicentennial shows, superbly dis- Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals Fare Exchange. Small neighbourhood cafe\ 4 Irwin Ave. stairs disco, downstairs bar, sidewalk patio. played and well selected. Royal Ontario (FACT) - Toronto. 519 Church St Community Centre. M4Y 2C9 923-5924. Cornelius. 579 Yonge St. 967-4666. Dance floor, dining Museum, 978-4746. Gay Alliance at York, c/o CYSF, 105 Central Sq. York University. The Fat Squirrel. At Cornelius 579 Yonge St. 967-4666. area. Open 4 pm; $1 a beer till 8 pm weeknights. 4700 Keele St, Downsview. ON M3J 1P3. 667-2515 DGallery 940. This gallery, which is working Fenton's. The one place to go if you've only one place to The Httch'n'Post. 529 Yonge St. Bar/ restaurant. Mon- Gay Asians Toronto. Box 752. Stn F.M4Y 2N6 Info. Alan at toward becoming a centre for cultural, educa- 961-4161. go (and can afford it). Less expensive room downstairs. 2 Fri, 7:30 pm-10 pm; Fri/Sat, midnight to 3 am. Sun Glad Day Bookshop. tional, and political projects by women, is Gloucester St. 961-8485. brunch: noon to 4 pm and dinner: 5 pm-10 pm. 925-9998. Gay Association ol Marttlmers in Toronto. 730 Bathurst St. welcoming proposals for exhibitions and M5S 2R4. Support group tor Maritimers moving to Toronto. Golden Griddle. Pancakes, etc, inexpensive place for Katrina's. 5 St Joseph St. 961-4740 Stand-up bar with Gay Community Appeal ot Toronto Box 2212, Stn P. M5S 2T2 displays. Phone: 466-8840. 940 Queen St E. Sunday brunch. 45 Carlton St. 977-5044. dance floor. Fri and Sat to 4 am. Sun T-dances. Cover 869-3036. Fund-raising tor gay and lesbian community projects • Jennie's. Chic restaurant. Live music Fri-Sun nights; charge weekends. Dining lounge. Gay Community Dance Committee (GCDC). 730 Bathurst St. Sunday brunch. 360 Queen St E (at Parliament). 861-1461 Oz. 1 1sabella St. 961-0790. Large bar and disco, TV/RADIO lotsa M5S 2R4 Organizes community tund-raising dances. lesbians. after • Lipstick. Daytime meals, late night snacks, and loud Also hours ($3). City Hall JOHN ALLEC Gay Courtwatch. Room 337. Old (Queen and Bay) music. 4:30 pm-3 am (4 am weekends). 580 Parliament St. Parkside Tavern. 530 Yonge St. 922-3844 Men's 362-6928 922-6655. beverage room, side entrance. Closed Sun. Gay Fathers ol Toronto. Box 187. Stn F. M4Y 2L5 364-4164. AIDS: Profile of an Epidemic. A one-hour weeknights • Pimblett's. Gaudy, friendly British pub. Import draught, The Quest. 665 Yonge St 964-8641. Upstairs: Rusty's PBS documentary, hosted and narrated by Ed Liberation Against the Right Everywhere (GLARE). Box 793. desserts 249 Gerrard St E. 929-9525. Cabaret, featuring female impersonators (no cover). Gay Asner. Telecast at 1 pm, Sept 4 by Buffalo's StnQ, M4T 2N7 Queen Mother Cat*. New wave, artsy crowd, with ima- Downstairs: piano bar, featuring Flo at the keyboards. WNED, Channel 17 (20 on Roger's Cable). Gay SIG. Drawer C622, c/o The Body Politic. Box 7289. Stn A. ginative eats. 206 Queen St W. 598-4719. St Charles Tavern. 488 Yonge St 925-5517 Large Body Builders World Championship Men's M5W 1X9 Group ot gay members ol MENSA in Canada • Raclette. French cuisine and great by-the-glass wine list. beverage rooms. [ Gay Salt-Defence 6roup. Box 793. Stn 0. M4T 2N7 423-4803 Competition. Taped earlier this year at Tor- 361 Queen St W 593-0934 The Surfboard Tavern. Lesbian bar, in basement of Hotel Organizes courses in self-defence in and outside ol Toronto onto's Skyline Hotel. Wide World of Sports, Rivoll. Exotic snacks, inventive specials and a colourful California. 319 Jarvis St (side entrance). Gays and Lesbians at U of T c/o SAC Office. 12 Hart House Cir- CTV. Aug 25, 4 pm. crowd 334 Queen St W 596-1908. cle. University of Toronto, M5S 1A1 360-6339

1 1GEM Gay Community Outreach. Box 62. Brampton. ON L6V 2K7 Le S*lect Bistro. Bistro lunches and late night dining. Tom Kneebone In Private* Peel Region (Brampton-Mississauga) group lor gays and lesbians 328 Queen St W. 596-6405. on Parade, at Theatre Plus Gaylinewest 453-4426 NIGHTLIF i iSgana Landing, Patio restaurant Seafood, "tour of [ GLAD (Gay/Lesbian Action tor Disarmament). Box 5794. Stn A. France" specials 40 Stadium Road (Bathurst & M5W 1P2 921-1938 Lakeshore), 368-7794. Glad Day Delence Fund 648A Yonge St. M4Y 2A6 961-4161

1 Together. Continental menu, Members of Lambda Business Council specials Sunday: International Gay Association (Toronto) c/o Gay Community allyoucaneat/$6 457 Church St 923-3469 Council

Lesbian and Gay Academic Society c/o SAC. 1 2 Han House Or Cle.UofT.M5S 1A1 921 531 7 (Conrad) or 924 6474 (Alexandra)

nBemelman's. Fashionably cruisy pop singles bar, pricey Lesbian and Gay History Group ol Toronto Box 639 Sin A. 961 7338 restaurant 83BloorStW 960-0306 • The Albany Tavern. 158 King St E 861-1155 Dancing, M5W 1G2 Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Committee Box 793. Sin Q Cat* New Orleans. Best people-peeking perch in town patio M4T 2N7 Organizes end ol June celebration (it'll take your mind oft the food) Patio always packed. 618 • The Barn. 83 Granby St 977-4702 Casual stand-up bar Lesbian and Gay Youth Toreirtt, c/o 519 Church St Community Yonge St 922-2439 and disco After- hours Fri and Sat till 4 am ($2 cover) Centre. M4Y 2C9 Les Cavaliers. Continental menu, daily specials. 418 Boots (at the Selby). 592 Sherbourne St 921-1035 • Lesbian Incest Survivors Support Group info 964 7477 (Rape St 977-4702 Church Dance floor, large courtyard Crisis Centre)

i Chaps Cat*. Noon-9pm, including $1 99 soup/sand- • Buddy's Backroom Bar. 370 Church St. 977-9955. Lesbian Mothers' Delense Fund Box 38 StnE M6H4E1 wich lunch special $5-$6 range 9 Isabella St. 921-3012 Chatty, casual stand-up bar 4656822

[J Church Street Cart. Popular brunch locale in the heart of Bud's (at Hotel Selby) 'j92 Sherbourne St 921-3142 conlmutd p 30

THE BODY POLITIC D SEPTEMBER 1984 [.] 25 964-7477. Followed 22 by.... WED/AUG MORMON & GAY? Street Beat Strut! A dance for women, Gay Community Council Meeting. Forum presented by the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre for sharing info and debating issues. 519 Refreshments. 9 pm-2 am at the Party A new group is forming for gay Cen- £fe£fe3&£S&r Church St Community Centre, 7:30 pm. tre, 167 Church St. Tickets $6 at door (more people in, or formerly in, the Info: 923-GAYS. if you can, less if you can't), or $5 from Tor- Mormon church. For information, Stiletto of Sugar. A Dorothy Parker revue. onto Women's Bookstore, SCM, Glad Day write Drawer E622, 7289, See Theatre. Box Stn A, Books, the Surfboard Tavern, and TRCC. Toronto, ON M5W 1X9. Wheelchair-accessible to building, not to CALENDAR THURS/AUG 23 washrooms. Childcare available by calling 964-7477 by 5 pm Friday. OF EVENTS IN Zami. New supportive /political /social Riders can cycle from 1 to 5 pm, as fast or as group for black and West Indian lesbians slowly as they like — refreshments and en- Chutzpah's Jewish New Year Party. At TORONTO FROM and gay men, meeting every Thursday at the couragement provided. Then a picnic on the Steve's Place, 9 pm. Info: 489-4662. 519 Church St Community Centre. 8 pm. gay beach till 7 pm. Bikers, sponsors and WEDNESDAY Info: c/o Box 7289, Stn A, M5W 1X9. spectators most welcome! Info: 533-6824. TUES/SEPT 25 AUGUST 22 Edie Sedgwick Night. See Cinema. A Salon des Arts. The Lesbian and Gay TUES/SEPT18 Academic Society revives an old tradition TO SAT/AUG 25 Freedom to Read Week. Alice Munro, with an entertaining evening of music, Canadian Women Photographers. See Art. June Callwood, W O Mitchell and others drama, poetry and comedy, featuring Ian SUNDAY Young, David Roche, Faith The New City of Sculpture. See Art. will read from the favourite banned works Nolan and Body Builders World Competition. See tonight, the highlight of Freedom to Read others. Also art by J AC, Phyllis Waugh and TV/Radio. Week at Harbourfront. The week is organ- Ruthann Tucker will be on view. Licensed. ized by the Freedom of Expression Commit- Wheelchair-accessible; interpreted for the SUN/AUG 26 tee of the Book and Periodical Development hearing-impaired. The Quadrangle, Hart Council, to the House, 7 Hart House Circle, U of T. Info: Lesbians of Colour. New political /social inform public about censorship its Alexandra (924-6474) or Linda (533-0674). group, meeting every Sunday at 7:30 pm. and erosion of intellectual freedom. For location, contact the group c/o Box Further info: 445-7872. WED/SEPT 7289, Stn A, M5W 1X9. 26 Green Party Picnic. Non-swim get- THURS/SEPT20 Gay Community Council Meeting. See Aug together hosted by the Green Party of Can- Women's Archives Open House. The 22.

ada. 1 pm at Sunnyside Beach, just west of Canadian Women's Movement Archives Palais Royale (cross the footbridge from shows off their new office and their growing FRI/SEPT 28 Queen & Roncesvalles). Entertainment on collection, from 4 to 7 pm. 455 Spadina Ave, MCC Festival of Love. Weekend of special hand; bring edibles. Rain or shine. 366-9037. Suite 215. Refreshments. Info: 597-8865. events hosted by the Metropolitan Commu- nity Church of Toronto, with guest preacher MON/AUG 27 FRI/SEPT 21 Rev Dolores Berry, Pastor of MCC Portland. Torch Song Trilogy. Opening night. See The Sisters Celebrate the Autumn Tonight: service at 7:30 pm, with reception Theatre. Equinox. All are invited to a special evening following. Info: 536-2848. hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indul- Gay Fathers Potluck Supper. 7:30 pm. THURS/AUG 30 gence. As well as the "holy rituals" atten- Info: 364-4164. dant upon this astronomical event, they will Privates on Parade. Opening night. See SAT/SEPT 29 Theatre. be serving tea and cookies, and encouraging revellers to raise their voices in song. Admis- MCC Festival of Love. (See Sept 28.) sion: gratis. 519 Church St Community Cen- Tonight: Buffet, cabaret and dance, from SAT/SEPT 1 tre, East Room (on ground floor), 7-9 pm. 6 pm. $20/person. Dance only: $6.50 at Avalon Opening Night. The new gay disco door, from 9:30 pm. opens at 530 Yonge St (formerly Stages, SAT/SEPT 22 above the Parkside Tavern). The owners the Night Rally at 7 SUN/SEPT 30 promise more varied music and a stable of Take Back March. pm rotating DJs. Open Wednesdays and Friday at Cawthra Park, 519 Church St Community MCC Festival of Love. (See Sept 28.) through Sunday. $6 cover. Centre; march at 7:30 pm. Women only. Today: services at 1 1 am (with brunch Organized by the Toronto Rape Crisis Cen- following, $3.75 /person), and 7:30 pm. TUES/SEPT4 tre. Childcare available at the 519. Info: Singspiration 15 minutes before service. AIDS: Profile of an Epidemic. See • TV/Radio. CONFUSED COME-OUT GEMINI, AUG24-26

FRI/SEPT 7 "Reflections: A Birthday Celebration." The Gay Community Appeal launches its

1984 campaign with a party to celebrate its fifth successful year. Tickets $10 at Glad Day Books or The Women's Bookstore. St Lawrence Market, 8 pm. Info: 869-3036. Taylor's. The new gay bar /restaurant at 406 Bloor St E (at Sherbourne) is scheduled to open this weekend. Watch for details.

SAT/SEPT 8 Naval Maneuvers: A Sunset Tea Dance. The Gay Community Dance Committee hits the waves for the first time, on the three- mast, 180-foot Empire Sandy. DJ Ted Bates will provide the music for the 250 merry- makers, from 4 to 8 pm. Tickets $19 (going fast), available from Glad Day Bookshop, 961-4161. SUN/SEPT 9 Chutzpah's Brunch. The gay Jewish group invites all to meet them at the Boulevard Cafe, Harbord & Borden. Info: 489-4662. Toronto Restaurant Race. Teams of waiters and waitresses will race, trays in hand, for special prizes. York Quay Centre (Harbourfront), 1-3 pm. Preceded by parade "with outrageous entries," beginning on Cooper St at noon, ending at Harbourfront at 12:30 pm. Info: 923-7135. THURS/SEPT13 Gay Fathers of Toronto. Discussion group. 8 pm. Info: 364-4164. SUN/SEPT 16 IHanlan's Point Bike-a-Thon. The third annual, organized by and for the Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario. The course runs from the Hanlan ferry dock, across the Islands to the loop by the dock at War.

Island (the entire circle is ahou- 10km)

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z The Women's Group. Support group for lesbians, 8 pm. 519 Church St Community > Centre. Info: Raechel, 936-0527. r Defensercise. Two hours of exercise, self- r defence and fun, hosted by Toronto Gay Patrol. Free. Wear running shoes, loose z clothing and don't eat 45 minutes before session. 519 Church St, 7:30 pm. Overeaters Anonymous. For gay men and H lesbians. 519 Church St Community Centre, 7:30 pm. TUESDAYS c H Integrity (Gay Anglicans). Church of the z Holy Trinity (Eaton Centre). 7:30 pm. H 593-6217. z PI

H Metropolitan Community Church. Mid- < week services. 730 Bathurst St. Wheelchair- accessible. 7:30 pm. *» Toronto Addicted Women's Self-Help Net- H work. Self-help group for women addicted to D alcohol and other drugs. Central Neighbour- TJ hood House. 349 Ontario St, 7 pm. Info: •». 961-7319. n o x THURSDAYS

M Zami. New group for black and West Indi- N an lesbians and gay men. 519 Church St Community Centre, 8 pm. (0 TAG Coming Out Group. Meets in private home. Supportive atmosphere for people (0 H coming to terms with their sexuality. 8 pm. Z Info: 964-6600. > H WEEKENDS a SUNDAYS o Dignity/Toronto. Gay Catholics and z friends. Mass or worship followed by discus- H sion. Lynch Hall, Our Lady of Lourdes Church (Sherbourne St, south of Bloor), 2 5 pm. Wheelchair-accessible. 960-3997. w Metropolitan Community Church. Wor- ship at 1 1 am and 7:30 pm; singspiration 15 minutes before each service. Sunday school provided for 11 am service. Wheelchair-ac- 8 cessible; services on first Sun of each month (0 signed for the deaf. 730 Bathurst. Christos Metropolitan Community Church. Worship service at 7 pm, St Luke's United Church (Sherbourne & Carlton, in chapel off Carlton) with fellowship hour. PI > 489-4293 (days) or 248-1733 (evenings). ANOTHER COUNTRY • AT THE FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS Lesbians of Colour. 7:30 pm. Info: c/o r Box 7289, Stn A, M5W 1X9. Alcoholics Anonymous. Gay and lesbian Z group, open to all. 3 pm. 730 Bathurst St The Festival's Cannes goods PI (MCC). TI Once again, cinema buffsfrom across the continent willflood in- tion, directed by Lino Broca; from Holland, Jos Sterling's The Il- PHONELINES to Toronto September 6 to 15for the annual orgy ofnew andpro- lusionist, without a doubt the strangest film at Cannes this year; a vocative celluloid art, the Festival Festivals. Harry and Adriaan Ditvoorst's White Madness, starring Thorn Hoff- of H Alcoholics Anonymous 964-3962 Sutherland, director of Truxx and Track Two, and now director man — the boy in the red shorts in The Fourth Man. Z Lesbian and gay groups. of the National Film Theatre of Canada, got aforetaste of what In another vein, Lothar Lambert returns this year with three PI Gaycare Toronto 243-5494 Seven days a week, 7-11 pm. to watchfor while he was in Cannes earlier thisyear, andreports: films, Blonde Drama, Paso Doble and Fraulein Berlin . For those Lesbian Phoneline 960-3249 of you who enjoyed Casta Diva last year, Eric de Kuyper is back Tues 7:30-10:30 pm. What Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence did for the Festival last with Naughty Boys, but don't let the title fool you. Young direc- H GayCommunityCalendar 923-GAYS year, Another Country, a British film from first-time director tors worth looking out for this year are Leos Carax from France, S GayCourtwatch 362-6928 Marek Kanievska, will do for Toronto in 1984. Set in an English with Boy Meets Girl, and the US's Jim Jarmush with Stranger w Gay Fathersof Toronto 364-4164 public school in the '30s, Another Country is based on the early than Paradise, both prize-winners at Cannes. And Terrance Mon-Fri, 7-10 pm. c North American lives of Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean, who later became Davies has finally put the finishing touches on the exploration of PI Transvestile-Transsexual British intelligence agents and defected to the Soviet Union in the his gay lifestyle and will be presenting The Terrance Davies Trilo- Contact Service (Seattle). . (206)624-8266 '50s. The film, winner of this year's Best Artistic Contribution at gy at the Festival. Spouses of Gays 967-0597 Cannes, critically examines the conditions that led to the most Festival-goers this year will also witness the first comprehen- pi Wed and Thurs 6:30-8:30 pm. famous case of treason in the 20th century. At the core of the sive overview of Canadian cinema ever mounted. The opening- Toronto AreaGays(TAG) 964-6600 Mon-Fri 7-10 pm. story, however, is the way that homosexuality is used at the night gala will be Dan Petrie's The Bad Boy, shot in his home- z Counselling, info. school as, on the one hand, a mechanism to preserve authority, town of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. More than two hundred Cana- PI Dim i into InU niHln—I (215)425-3894 trouble- dian titles will presented. (0 and, on the other, as a convenient method to deal with be (Philadelphia). makers. Beautifully shot, well directed, finely acted and

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28 THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 meaningful relationships. In their quest, the heros of Mahler's Third Symphony and Saint Matthew Passion dance through various sexual situations. They shift from the brotherhood of adoles- cence to the fleeting consolation of motherly, unattainable women (here dancing en pointes remains a symbol for women's aloofness). Still unsatisfied, they renounce sex altogether. In the Mahler work, as in many others of Neu- meier's ballets, the decision is to become a self-sufficient androgyne. In the more recent Passion, peace is achieved (as one might well expect) through sainthood. It seems to me that this ballet is a very con- spicuous contribution to the "New Chastity" cause. Pina Bausch does not satisfy herself with the glorification of a dancer's body. Her Tanztheatre Wuppertal dancers are of all physical types, ages and nationali- ties. Her avoidance of styles and images audiences take for granted allows her to deal without complacency with that question always at stake in human connections: the evaluation of each other as sexual merchandise. In 1980, she stages a row of bare-bottomed men sheepishly KENNETH RIECEL AS ASCHENBACH IN THE COG'S DEATH IN VENICE waiting for a woman in a night-dress to examine their natural endowments; another line of young women parades in Britten's hypnotic eroticism front of a man. As these people aren't Apollos and Venuses, the realism of the

Death in Venice. Canadian Opera Company, from Martin Chambers at the other per- pleasantly designed erotic experience. situation makes the joke cruel, a cruelty

June 24-30. formance I attended, but both had been Both the National Ballet of Canada carefully avoided in Troy Games, where: meticulously prepared, and their singing and the Dance Theatre of Harlem pre- the masculine ideal is not in the least "Watch out for the lynch mobs! " a col- and acting were almost indistinguishable sented works based on literary sources. disturbed. league from The Body Politic called — but distinguished. They also looked John Cranko's Onegin, which follows the Pina Bausch radically puts the ques- after me as I got off the streetcar, fol- equally bitesome in their kelly-green outline of Pushkin's poem, includes some tion of physicality into dance terms. Her lowing the premiere of Death in Venice. uniforms. of the best and most sensitive men's solos choreography uses our behaviour when

I had apparently misled readers of our One is left with the hope that the Cana- ever created with the classical ballet voca- confronted with sexuality as her raw June issue by recommending they rush dian Opera Company can after all survive bulary. The relationship between the two material, with cruising becoming a meta- out to get tickets. When I got home, my its "parish of rich women." (Did you male characters was only hinted at, how- phor for our lives. roommate asked, "Aren't those people know, by the way, that almost all the ever, and not developed in dance terms Ron Ben-Israel and Brigitte ChapuisD radical in anything but politics?" women involved in the COC list them- (which obviously would have been phys- Happily, though, most ticket-buyers selves in the programme using the first ical). In this respect, the Harlem com- V1S1D1T1?? seemed to have relished the opportunity names of their — mostly corporate execu- pany's Streetcar Named Desire is more to see Britten's last opera, and many tive — husbands? Just wondering.) This loyal to its source, clearly illustrating the Work is underway to develop V1S1D1T1, were enthralled. Britten's musical lang- superb production, scheduled to be re- homosexual episode omitted from the Canada's first professional lesbian and uage is very much his own, and com- vived as part of a regular season in the famous film. Onstage, one saw the hero- gay theatre company, with the goal of ex- plaints of a lack of discernable "tunes" next few years, also gives one confidence ine's husband being kissed and then killed ploring lesbian and gay cultures from a don't hold up with careful listening. In that the COC will be able to scale the by his male lover. feminist perspective. The group, whose fact Britten has often been pooh-poohed heights of Wagner's precipitous Meister- The last thing one could reproach the name means "Validity of Visibility," is by music authorities for being old- singer next season, and once more do Dance Theatre of Harlem with is a lack concentrating on building an administra- fashioned — perhaps because he was less Toronto proud. JohnAUecD of physicality. Their Troy Games is all tive and financial base, and welcomes interested in titillating bored ears than in about it. The company's handsome men volunteers and donations. communicating with his audiences? Transcending proudly expose their glistening muscles Four projects are being undertaken: For those of us who have come to cher- and astonishing athletic abilities in a the sponsoring of England's exciting 1982 ish this strange and very personal work barriers of men-only competition. To catchy Brazil- Theatre Company and their production only through the recording, this produc- sexuality ian rhythms, they pay tribute to the god of "Pornography," to be presented at the tion (commissioned for the Toronto of virility. It's a hilarious take-off on Theatre Centre in February; a major new International Festival) confirmed that In each of the numerous dance events masculinity, although an uneasy suspi- work on the abuse of lesbians by the this music drama, when staged, can have that were hosted by the Toronto Interna- cion crept through me half-way through medical and psychiatric professions; a a cumulative effect as devastating as tional Festival in June, I was delightfully — perhaps the parody was not as cynical short piece on bonds between lesbians even Britten's Peter Grimes. I've seen surprised to see ever-so-cool Toronto as one thought. and gay men; and an improvisation pro- fifty or so opera productions in Canada, audiences driven to prolonged ovations. Unlike the spirited Harlem dancers, the gramme with invited guests and audience

New York, and all over Europe, but have This enthusiasm had to do, I think, less characters in John Neumeier's Hamburg participation. seldom witnessed an evening in which so with the high standard of the perform- Ballet are not at ease with macho fratern- For more information, call Jane Smith many elements — musical, dramatic and ances than with encountering new and ity, and instead continuously search for or Stephen Mackay, at 535-2324. scenic — were so imaginatively and intel- foreign attractions. For me, however, ligently assembled, and so inspiringly pre- what was especially interesting in the pro- Slow grace: Sankai Juku at International Festival sented. Even director Lotfi Mansouri grams was the preponderance of choreo- seemed to have been motivated (or per- graphy concerned with male dancing. suaded) not to dip into his usual bag of Both the Kathakali dancers of India visual tricks, and choreographer Graeme and the Japanese troupe Sankai Juku Murphy made the tumbling of his group maintain their countries' traditions of of beach boys hypnotically erotic when it excluding women from both the creative could so easily have been embarrassing. process and the performance itself. But Conductor Richard Woitach gave ample while the 400-year-old Indian company evidence that he is ready to graduate from uses specially trained men in the female the Met's Hansel and Gretel, and Ken- parts, Sankai Juku tries to transcend neth Riegel, as Aschenbach, Jeffrey barriers of sexuality. They renounce tra- Edwards, as the mute Tadzio, and Allan ditional costumes in favour of white Monk as the baritone could make respec- body make-up. Hanging upside down, table careers from these roles alone. One they were lowered from the tops of var- example should suffice to represent the ious downtown buildings, succeeding in talent and expertise involved in this pro- shifting the attention from their sup- duction: The tenor role of the Hotel posedly innovative ideas to the spectac-

Porter is small, but adds a crucial touch ular feat. I was impressed by their mag- of dynamism and levity to the show. nificently slow movements in space, but Understudy Peter Blanchet took over regarded the whole show as merely a ,

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line: 964-8080 Business line 964-7477. Info, self-defence courses Toronto Women's Housing Co-op. Coming soon Info: 921-4755 on and oft cam- U of T Women's Newsmagazine. For feminists pus 44 SI George St. 2nd fir, M5S 2E4. Info: Brenda 534-4021 Women In Trades, c/o Times Change. 22 Davisville St, M4S 1E8. 534-1161. Women's Counselling, Relerral and Education Centre. 348 Col- lege St, M5T 1S4, 924-0766, Therapy, counselling, Into. Women's Independent Thoughtz (WITZ). Group tor exchange of ideas and creative endeavours 768-9496 or 536-3162. Women's Media Alliance, c/o 940 Queen St E, M4M 1J7, Phyllis Waugh, 466-8840 579 Yonge, Toronto (416) 967-4666 Women's Resource Centre, OISE. 252 Bloor St W, MSS 1V6 tapes 923-6641 , Ext 244 Books, periodicals, audio & video

Womensports. Women's sports store, 561 Mt Pleasant Rd (s of Eglinton), 481-2531 Womynly Way Productions. 427 Bloor St W M5S 1X7 925-6568 Company bringing concerts, dance and theatrical per-

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The Body Politic SO'S YOUR GRANDMOTHER R. Douglas Elliott, B.A., LL.B. JANE RULE Banister & Solicitor

Village by the Grange Suite 400, 122 St Patrick Street Border crossings Toronto, Ontario At US Customs in the Vancouver air- Last May, when I went to New York M5T2X8 port, Helen Sonthoff and I stood wait- by myself to collect an award from the ing to have our holiday luggage checked Fund for Human Dignity, I went (416) 597-1655 through for our annual trip to the des- through American immigration in Cal- ert. The customs officer was in a bad gary, of all places. Another surly fellow mood, a signal for to be wary and Office - me shot aggressive questions at me. Where? hours: 9 am 5 pm Intial consultation: $20 polite, the more so because Helen is in- How long? "Business or pleasure?" Evening and weekend appointments available On parle francais clined instead to respond to rudeness "Business," I said. with something like, "Young man, you "What kind of business?"

are a civil (pause) servant ," while an "I'm a writer," I said, "I'm having imaginary cell door closes in my mind. lunch with my agent and dinner with the Having discovered undeclared cheese Governor of New York." in the luggage of the unfortunate fellow "What's his name?" he challenged.

ahead of us, the officer's lust for discov- I told him, and, as I did, I thought this ery was whetted, and he went through probably should have been the time, be- post *er, n. advertising sheet uniting pictorial image printed letter- An and Helen's clothes as if he were washing cause refusing me entry into the country ing, designed to engage, inform, persuade and be posted on a wall them by hand. Finding nothing, he took for an event at which the Governor was or other surface. Syn.: broadside, proclamation, playbill, streamer, my declaration, stared at it and then tore to be guest speaker would be news. But I it up. had no photographer, no reporter, and placard, handbill, showcard. "You don't need that. You live at the it was costing the Fund a thousand dol- same address." lars to get me there. I got back on the pos»terM«ty, n. 1. All who have proceeded from a common ancestor; So we moved on to immigration with plane and only made political use of my descendants collectively. Syn.: offspring, progeny, issue. 2. A only one declaration. Asked where mine experience by tattling on that immigra- was, I explained what had happened. tion officer to the Governor and assem- gallery dealing solely in the art of the poster. Daniel Stroud, "Are you two related then?" the im- bled audience. Leonard Dutton and associates of POSTERITY GRAPHICS migration officer asked. I came back into Canada by way of LTD. offer Canada's major collection of contemporary and vin- "No," Helen replied cheerfully. "Just Toronto, where a very regulation-loving tage art posters at 265 Queen Street East, in Toronto's Lower East very good friends." young woman asked what I had. I felt like a child in the middle of a "A plaque," I said. I couldn't bring Side. Skilled custom mounting available Mon. to Sat., 10:00 a.m. to game: "Take two giant steps forward myself to admit that I also had a soap 6:00 p.m. 861-1851. and then freeze." dish in the form of an old-fashioned But nothing happened. Helen doesn't bathtub from the Plaza Hotel, a legal

read, as I do, the reports of harassment souvenir.

at borders, particularly the American "How much is it worth?" border. She was surprised at my inter- "I have no idea." pretation of events. But she did agree "Take it to the appraiser's desk over TWO GAY with me that we should avoid being vic- there." tims of a set up, stay in control, as much For the first time, I was glad I had a as we could, of any scene to be made. If four-hour layover. Again I had to admit we decide we want to make an issue of that I really did have no idea of the Available from: Glad Day being allowed into the States, we'll do it plaque's value. Bookshop 648A Yonge St. when we've arranged for photographers Toronto, ON M4Y 2A6 and reporters to be present. finally in paperback! When we came back into Canada, we went through separately at two different booths. "Identification please," the Canadian "Let me see it," the young man said. immigration officer said as he looked "No idea at all?"

down at my declaration. "None," I said. "I'm sure I couldn't

While I searched in my handbag for sell it."

my passport, I heard him say, "Hey, He paused to read what was written well, welcome home." on it: "The Fund for Human Dignity

I looked up into his handsome young Award of Merit is presented to Jane face and did not recognize him as an ex- Rule for her contribution to the educa- student or anyone I'd met at a party. tion of the American Public about the "I just saw the rushes of your inter- lives of Lesbians and Gay Men, May 16, view down at Gayblevision. They're 1983."

great ! I really wanted to come along on "An ambition rather than an accom- that one, but we were told only the abso- plishment, I'm afraid," I said. lute minimum of men could go on that "Anyway, that's a pretty nice thing to crew." have. Must make you feel proud." "I didn't make that stipulation." I "Thank you." said. "Let's call it $50." But he didn't fill "I know. It's just that we're learning out any form, just handed it back to me to be tactful." and smiled.

I couldn't quite believe I was having He didn't see the bathtub, whose val-

this kind of conversation, even at Cana- ue I couldn't have reported either. In a dian immigration. $125 room, how much is a courtesy soap "Where's Helen?" he asked. dish worth?

I nodded to the next booth. I will probably always hope to be $8.75 each. Include 50$ per Send for our free mail "Hi, Helen," he called over. "Hope treated civilly at the border rather than title for postage and handling. order catalogue. you had a good trip." plan a confrontation. Though I have "Who was that?" she asked. been so generously honoured in the "A gay brother." States, it is obvious that lessons, at our VISA and Mastercard accepted "Beautiful Canada!" Helen said. borders anyway, are being better learned "Isn't it wonderful to be home?" in Canada.

32 THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 1

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ice fog, electron heavy-metal This is how it works dinosaurs

At the back of a vacuum tube are three electron and boys who guns. These guns shoot high-energy particles toward phosphor dots lining the inside front of just don't the tube. Each dot, when hit by a particular beam at a particular intensity, will glow. The understand.... dots are red, blue and green. According to the David theory of additive colour, red, blue and green shining at various intensities combine to create Vereschagin all the colours of the visible spectrum. The dots also, by the differences in their intensity makes a and colour, form patterns. The brain inter- prets and "understands" these patterns by personal checking them for similarities with known visual equivalents. journey All this happens very fast. The guns make several sweeps across the face of the tube every through a night It was large and it was black and it was long. looked at my friend. He handed me a pair of second, with successive sweeps changing the The streetlights glinted off it as it came gliding dark glasses. "Put them on," he said. "You'll picture and creating the illusion of motion. History in Motion in the life of silently down the shining, wet pavement. Two need them." 1932, 1931, 1930. What is interpreted on the face of the tube black motorcycles flanked it, the riders wear- 1929. music video. by the brain is not reality, but an abstract rep- I was standing in a bar. The music from the ing helmets hiding their faces. Steaming sewer My friend tapped me on the shoulder and resentation and reinterpretation of it. dance floor was Eartha Kitt. "I don't want to grates fogged the air. It stopped beside us. pointed towards the front of the car. Outside

be alone, where is my man?" I was watching a We got in the back. The windows, which the world was black and white. The contrast

video of DuranDuran.There was nosound ac- had been dark mirrors from the outside, were was high, the texture grainy. "It's the best

companying the video. I was, it seemed, also dark inside, making it seemingly impossi- print I could get," my friend explained. "This

watching an Eartha Kitt video done by Duran ble to see out. The driver turned around. On is where we start."

Duran. I drank some beer. her face was a golden mask, two eye slits were Outside, a white man in blackface was ges-

Someone came up beside me. I looked. the only marks on it. "Let's go," said my turing and moving his lips. The tinny sound of ," " Hi he said . He was a little less than aver- friend. The driver nodded and turned to face an old song came through on the car stereo. It

age height, dark hair with bleached ends, a the front again. I could hear nothing, but was Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer, the first

greyish T-shirt, kind of loose, and white pants could feel the pull as the car started to move. commercial sound motion picture. Not quite

held up by suspenders. His sneakers used to be "Where are we going?" I asked. all-singing, not quite all-talking. When Jolson

white, his socks were day-glo green. He smil- "1929." sang, the picture sang. When he stopped, the

ed. Okay, I thought, I'll bite. "1929 where?" picture remained silent.

"Hi.'T said. "It's not a where, it's a when." Jolson passed by. I waved to him out the

I sat in front of my tube one evening in the "You like Duran Duran?" he asked. He The car made a sudden lurch. Outside the back window. Up front, it was Busby Berkeley summer of 1984 from 1:29 in the morning jerked his head towards the TV set. passenger windows numbers, as if written on until 6:00 am. I was watching a show called I shrugged. "No, not really," I said. "No invisible pieces of paper and whirled by the

"City Limits,'' broadcast by CITY-TV in Toron- talent." wind, slipped past. 1984, 1983, 1982. The front "Oh. Listen, do you like videos?" windshield remained dark. 1955. 1954, 1953. to. This show is devoted to music videos,

"Kind of. I try to." with some commercial interruptions. "Well, I've got a bunch of tapes at my

place, you want to come over and look at some of them?"

"Okay, sure." I finished my beer and we

walked out.

"I've got a car," he said. "Here it comes."

THE BODY POLITIC fl SEPTEMBER 1984 33 time. Kaleidoscopic images of women dan- Queen /The fascist regime," yelled Johnny "ComeandmakeyourPepsinow."Howdoes

cing, swimming, standing on moving pianos. Rotten). It was a chaotic movement, but that 1,000,000 BC, or 1984 one "make" a Pepsi-Cola? Now definitely all-singing, all-dancing. The was what made it exciting. The Slits were a Michael Jackson. Is Michael Jackson ano- car passed through a tunnel made of women's "girl group" unlike any other before or since, rexic? Just wondering. He sells Pepsi, too, legs and out into Technicolor.® Gene Kelly. who sang about sex not only frankly, but from I stood on a desolate plain. The sky was filled but this is ' 'Thriller: ' The song in this videois An A merican in Paris. The most audaciously a bitingly feminist point-of-view. The Psyche- with clouds so dark the sun could not shine really subordinate to the trumped-up narra- artificial musical ever. delic Furs, all male, were equally to the point: through them. Lightning flashed constantly in tive. A girl and a boy are walking home at The car lurched again and soared over Gene the sky, illuminating the plain. A constant, si- I don't want to make no scene — night, the boy turns into a Kelly's head. The world outside turned black lent wind blew across the flat land. Here and werewolf and Lovers come and go — and white again. I looked down out the side there smokeless fires burned. A continual fog scares the girl. Turns out it's only a movie Or make you Mrs. Anyone window. Four young men with shaggy hair- covered the ground. which M J and the girl are watching in a thea- Or make you Mr. Me. cuts were running around in field. a The Bea- Locked in cages near the fires were women. tre. The girl is scared, though MJ loves it, I'm into you like a train. mind, tles. A Hard Day's Night. We had found rock were all "In my They slender and wore exotic makeup. and she walks out. Michael, concerned, fol-

and roll. A bump. Ektacolor.® The Beatles How anti-romance can you get? Sentimentali- Some of them wore clothes which were little new-wave music lows. They walk home through a cemetery. still. Help! Fast editing, wild colours, bizarre ty was replaced by candor, and "baby, baby" more than rags, barely covering their bodies. Shades of Might of the Living Dead, the and music video situations and an overall sense of limitless was trashed in favour of some very candid talk Others wore tight leather garments, spike- occupants arise to terrorize the girl, who is abandon and fun. These were the two movies about sexual relations. Severe critiques of het- heeled shoes and black net stockings. Outside somehow became even more scared when the music starts that, before it was time, helped shape much of erosexual monogamy and the family were the cages floated giant eyes, whose blind gaze video and dear Michael turns into One of Them linked. Maybe I had aesthetics. mounted by such groups as the Au Pairs and was so intense, so hypnotic, that it forced the and starts leading them in a dance. "This is where we really start," I said. Delta Five. Gang of Four launched its attack women to moan and twist about. the idea that just "Ten points," said my friend. on the economic front. The Dead Kennedys The eyes belonged to dinosaurs which lived She is about to be molested by MJ himself

as the new wave satirized America and its way of life with no on the plain. Some of the beasts wandered when she wakes up. It was all a dream. Orwas mercy. Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark aimlessly, others moved in large, circular it? MJ offers to take her home, and as he would pull pop sang about a nuclear bomb in "Enola Gay" paths which they had been travelling for so leads her off, turns to face the camera music from its and people danced to it. It seemed as if the rev- long that they had trod deep furrows in the revealingthat,yes,hereallyisamonsterand olution was at hand. ground. The plain resounded with the cons- he is mire, video could definitely going to get to sink his fangs And then came music video. In my mind, tant thudding of these reptiles. into this one. save television new-wave music and music video somehow Attached to the legs and heads of the dino- I have read that Michael Jackson has re- became linked. Maybe, thinking about syn- saurs were steel cables, which actually looked from drowning in pented ofthis one, notbecause it' s misogyn- thesizers and electropop, I somehow thought like strings against the size of the beasts. These ist and sexist, but because it was too scary they matched went its own shit. with high-tech video. Maybe cables straight up into the clouds. When and close to being unchristian. Heaven for- from that I had the idea that just as the new a cable jerked, a dinosaur would move its foot In political circles, wave would pull pop music from its mire, vid- or its head, or bellow out a noise. bid.

eo could save television from drowning in its Although they appeared to eat nothing, the Billy Idol.'Eyes Without a Face." There's this is called 1:56 am: own shit. dinosaurs shit a lot. Their shit was gold. Each fire and slow motion. Mr Idol sneers at the

faulty analysis. political circles, Thompson Twins. "Doctor Doctor." This In this is called faulty ana- time a dinosaur excreted, a large black bird camera and shoves his fist into it. He does a

is the second Thompson Twins video I've lysis. Me, I think I was naive. would swoop down from the clouds, gather Me, I think I was lot, a lot, of macho posturing. There's dry- Pop/rock video came, not as some off- the shit up in its mouth and fly back into the seen and it looks remarkably similar to the ice fog. In fact, there's every trick in the naive." shoot of new-wave music, but from a desper- turmoil above. onefor'HoldMeNow.'Atleastthey'recon- book, including women writhing behind ate music industry facing falling profits. Rath- I was on assignment with CBC Radio to in- sis tent . The tune is fairly melodic. The band bars, slapping their buttocks and being er than considering that the banality of the terview the dinosaurs. I approached one — is playing and lip-synching on a sound stage. pushed around by jets of water. "products" they had helped shape and were just to be safe, one walking in an especially There's some extreme histrionics, some marketing might be at fault (does anyone re- deep ditch. slow motion. There's a couple doing ice bal- member Eagles or Fleetwood Mac?), they "Excuse me," I said. "Could I talk to you let. The predominant colour is blue. Forbidden Planet blamed inflation and home taping. The buy- for a few moments?"

Duran Duran. "The Reflex." This is a re- ing public was introduced to EPs and remixes "Fuck off, faggot," said the dinosaur.

cording of a live performance intercut and of remixes of remixes, but it wasn't enough. "How do you know I'm a faggot?" I asked. As well as being advertising and packaging,

overlaid with images from, I think, a previ- What was the answer? Advertising and "You smell like a faggot. You sound like a videos are also illustrations of rock music.

ous video of the same song. The stuff from packaging. The bread may be stale, but wrap it faggot." Unlike painting, or film, or even music, videos

in bright plastic and nobody'll "Well," I said, "those are pretty tight are rarely created using content and meaning the previous video looks very pretentious, up know, or jeans even care. you've got on yourself. And what about all arrived at independently. Instead, they bor- an art video. This one is too, but not as Thus was music video born. And it worked. that makeup and jewellery you're wearing?" row these things from the music they illustrate. much. There's a computer-generated wat- Record-company profits are up and we have a "Cocksucker," said the dinosaur. "I'm no Sometimes these connections seem tenuous. erfallwhichsprinklestheaudience.lwonder new form of mass culture. queer." What do the images in the Billy Idol video have how many cameras they used to get all of ," "Okay I said. "Can I ask you something?" to do with the song, aside from expressing con- this? "I've got a woman, lots of women, all the tempt for the viewer/listener? But even in such

women I want." cases, the imagery is still taken from rock

"Yes, I'm sure I said. "Can mythology. Conventionally beautiful women Nothing but Heartbreak you do," you tell me what's at the other end of those strings viewed alternately with disgust and reverence,

you've got attached to your body?" motorcycles, darkness, fire, destruction,

Back in 1977, I thought that punk and new "There's no strings on me," said the speed, knives. These are used to express feel- wave were going to rescue pop/rock music dinosaur. ings of desperation, male heterosexual power,

from the forces of evil. Now, faced with the "Well, what about that bird that comes by anger, alienation and adolescent rebellion.

vengeful return of disco and heavy metal, I and picks up your droppings? Where does it None of this is new. Before video, these im-

find clutching my copy of Talking Heads: 77 come from? Why does it do that?" ages could be found in album-cover art and in

to my breast is not protection enough. Some- "There's lots of birds around here. If they the staging of rock concerts. Videos have dis-

how "new wave" has been turned into "new want to eat shit, that's none of my business." tilled these images into three- and four-minute

music" and handed over to Boy George, "Well, thanks for your time," I said. packages, amplifying them through sheer vol- 2:29 am: Thompson Twins and Duran Duran. These As I left, I heard him begin a chant: "Sex. ume and disseminating them on a massive Def Leppard. "Bringin' on the Heart- performers may look stylish, but they are ba- Drugs. Rock and Roll." scale. break." This is mostly a studio performance sically content to rework the cliches of pop Rock music is usually seen as rebellious and bits with a little new-wave zip thrown in. video with some other thrown in. revolutionary, expressing and inciting discon-

More than just stylistically quirky, punk There's dry-ice fog and a warehouse and tent. Rock imagery is an extension of that. But

and new-wave music tossed pop themes on flashing lights and people in masks and a does anybody expect Warner Communica-

their heads, introducing strange new obses- pseudo-crucifixion on a boat mast. It seems tions to be spreading messages of rebellion and sions ("songs about buildings and food") and to be about some woman running out on social change? Of course not. It's not in their rejecting the banality of pop music. Some per- interest to do so. What is in their interest is to some man. Oh, infidelity, it hurts so bad. formers did this by becoming intensely per- make money. What revolutionary potential White Snake. "Slow and Easy." There's sonal and/or obscure ("We lost our house in rock music once had has been shaped and not much to say about this one. Various im- the fire," Tom Verlaine sang, but who knew packaged by the music industry to work to ages of an unfaithful woman being stran- what he was really talking about?). Others their advantage. Rock music now acts to de- gled pearl necklace. were blunt and to the point ("God save the by a The lyrics are something about a "superstitious woman."

She seems to be a madonna who's really a 2:54 am: whore. Give me a break. Commercials. Rough Trade's Carole Pope

and Ke van Staples and friends are trying to

persuade me to drink Pepsi. Does this count

as a video? Carole seems to be saying,

34 THE BODY POLITIC D SEPTEMBER 1984

i. fuse and control, rather than release, the re- ginative videos seem to accompany the music turns out to be Prince. Shame on me. This

bellious spirit of the Youth of Today. of the least conventional performers. The Psy- seems to beamovie tie-in, with scenes from But maybe the dangerous thing about rock chedelic Furs video uses a fact of video pro- Purple Rain. There's some performance

and roll wasn't its rebelliousness, but the way duction the sound is in after (that dubbed footage also of Prince and his band. Snappy it revealed parts of the social structure, such as shooting) to do the impossible. You can't play dressers all. Where did they find that the aggressive insistence on heterosexuality electric guitars in the rain, but you can if you paisley? and the sexual double standard where male aren't really playing those guitars. It's a video Culture Club. "It's a Miracle." There promiscuity is allowed and female chastity/ joke, and an interesting video. David van seems to be a lot of emphasis on the band monogamy is imperative. Where men (as in Teigham turns the violence of rock videos in- members asidefromBoyGeorge.They'reall rock and roll bands) are aggressive, hold pow- ward, instead of outward, and at the same All er, and use it. Where women (as in girl groups) time defuses it by enacting it with unusual ob- hopping around a giant board game.

are passive and look for male strength to projects. Talking Heads' video is deliberately these boys are cute. Much cuter than Boy. A

tect them . Maybe this is what parents found so banal, turning its back on the trappings of lotofJapaneseimagery.thoughldon'tknow 5:36 am: frightening about rock and roll thirty years video pretentions, high-tech or low-, avant why. This seems to be more about the sue- Cyndi Lauper. "Time After Time." ago. Not that it threatened the existing order garde or mainstream. Their use of home mo- cessofCultureClubthanaboutthesong.Boy Boy so much, but that it revealed the relationships vies points both to the naivete of the song's meets girl. She's working behind some kind George himself looks better than ever. I forming the foundations of that order. Was lyrics and to the artless art of films made by or- ofcounterandheliterallysweepsheroffher wonderwho'sdoinghismakeupthesedays? that, perhaps, something too horrible to ac- dinary people instead of self-labelled artists. feet and whisks her away. Unfortunately, The whole thing is very bouncy and friendly. knowledge, and therefore something which Each of these videos is extremely simple in this romance is doomed because Cyndi had to be suppressed? its idea and its execution. There's no flashy starts to go weird. Hopping into the malt As the 1980s threaten more and more to be a editing, no strobe lights, no fiddling with digi- The Deconstructed Man shop to meet her boy, she pulls off her hat to rerun of the 1950s, the scary thing about vid- tal image manipulation. In that way they all reveal shockingred hair, shaved ina grid pat- eos is not that they seem to be anti-social, but run directly counter to the prevailing trends in tern on one side and tumbling over on the that they illustrate too clearly how society is music videos and, I suspect, they were con- We were going to go out dancing. I had spent other. Boyfriend is aghast and berates her setup. ceived with that idea in mind. Different im- the past two hours struggling to resolve a se- for this silliness. Although agery, truly questioning imagery, truly vere wardrobe crisis. Pants, shirts, belts, they love each

human imagery, is possible. The Talking scarves, ties, socks and shoes littered my bed- other, it's the beginning of the end because

Heads video is the most hopeful. It holds the room floor. Eye pencils, rouge and lipsticks he just can't handle it. She's so unusual. A

promise that we can all make our own videos. were scattered amongst my drawing pencils on teary farewell at the train station. If he can All we need is some music and some pictures. my drafting table. My hands were sticky with ever come around to accepting her the way setting gel. she is, she sings, she'll be around. h|. || *' I looked in the mirror again . Maybe the purple lipstick was too much. Did it make me look I get on the train and sit across from Cyndi. I '* ^"' flH '' ^H Bit 1 ^H^ jB too feminine? But then, the studded black hand her a Kleenex to wipe her tears. Cyndi, I leather armband countered that with aggres- say, you're not so unusual. Why Nina Hagen

sive masculinity, didn't it? I couldn't decide and Lene Lovich got where you are way before

whether my hair looked better combed for- you, but you don't see them crying, do you?

ward, over my forehead and eyes, or slicked Cyndi, I tell her, if he had really loved you, he 3:38 am: back, close to my skull. And earrings. One would have followed you to the ends of the

Psychedelic Furs. "Heaven." Well, the earring in one ear was trendy. Two earrings, earth. Don't you see, he didn't love you, but

Furs have mellowed since 1979 and Richard one in each ear, was definitely feminine. More only an image of you that he had built up in his

than that was avant-garde, visual overload. mind. had made in his thoughts, Butler . &HA!' He you and seems to have discovered love, but j -fcffctri' they're still one of the most interesting UskJ I looked in the mirror yet again. Did I look by letting him affect you this way, you are ac- groups around. Here the three band mem- 3:56 am: too feminine? Did I look masculine? Did I cepting his version of you.

look androgynous? Did I want to look Cyndi, I said, by being the one to run away, bers singandplaytheirguitarsamidstator- China Crisis. "Fire and Steel." Some foot-

androgynous? you ' re letting him control your life, letting him rential spray of water. The lighting is mini- age from the depression. Factories. War I sighed. White smoke sighed out of my tell what to do. If he couldn't handle you, you < z mal and the setting is dark. The camera production. Now automobile production O mouth along with the sigh and formed itself in- he should have been the one to leave, not you. m swirls around Richard Butler as he sings. and'60swomen'sfashions.Ashort,strange to the shape of two large, ghostly hands. One Cyndi, I say, you're brave. Perhaps not as 5* That's all. history of twentieth-century industry and hand closed itself into a fist and smashed my adventurous as you might think, but then David van Teigham. "These Things Hap- economic organization. It seems to fit with mirror. The pieces of the mirror, instead of fly- America is always behind the times. You've > Z pen." This is an instrumental piece, which the lyrics. ing outward, imploded towards each other got courage. What you have to do is take that meansnoneofthoseannoyinglip-synchs.Mr TheTenants."SomethingElse."Thereare and disappeared. courage and let it lead you where you want to van Teigham hits himself with plastic base- a bunch of men in identical grey suits and The other hand, meanwhile, lifted me into go, not where someone else sends you. Cyndi,

the air set spinning I ball bats and does othercrazy stuff with bal- hats marching around an office like robots and me around, faster and ask her, do you know where this train is go- faster. Both hands pulled my jewellry away ing? Do you want to be moving on these loons, combs, a red rubber hose, a tele- or Nazis. Some band members are dancing and ripped my clothes so they billowed and tracks? phone, foil paper, spaghetti tubing, a skull, around and joking with some real business- blew away from me. My makeup ran in streams I take hold of her hand. Cyndi, I say, you and ears. This man has problems coping, I men on Bay Street. The band members are from my face as the hands tugged and up- want to have fun. I want to have fun. Where do can see. making funny faces. More marching. More rooted my hair. you really want to go? We squeeze each other's Talking Heads. "This Must Be the Place." Bay Street. Part of the lyrics say "I need Now they grabbed at my skin and pulled fingers. Slowly the train begins to rise into the This is a really folksy video. Talking Heads somethin' else." The video and the song away my nails, my ears, my cock, my balls. air. A dark hole opens in the cloudy sky and we and friends saying vague, anti-establish- gather around to watch home seem to be My muscles, my heart, lungs and stomach fly the train into it together. movies of themselves, apparently on vaca- ment, anti-conformity things, but those were seized and flung from me. My eyes sailed tion. Then they retire downstairs to finish boys do seem to be having fun with those from their sockets and began to orbit my skull. against walls win- singing the song while an older woman bankers, there. What else is it that they My bones smashed the and dows of my room. One of the hands again (somebody's grandmother?) comes in, need? I don'tknow, and I don' tthink they do, formed a fist and broke open my cranium. My swaying to the music, to bring them some either. exposed brain hung in mid-air. The long, slen- cookies. Everybody's smiling, everybody's der fingers of the hands darted into my spin- having fun. ning grey matter and plucked out pieces of thought, memory, emotion and learning. My spinning stopped. Alternative Currents The hands began to pick up the pieces of my body and put me back together, with the ex- But is it art? Well, all videos are art. Somejust ception of my genitals, which were put aside Li Lat have more pretentions than others. Some have on a bookshelf. 6:01 am.l 1 more imagination than others. The most ima- Then the hands turned into opposite words

and whispered themselves into my ears. David Vereschagin is a mixed and multi- I stood alone in my room. 1 wondered: was I media visual artist now living in Toronto. male or female, masculine or feminine? Was I

4:42 am: even alive? I decided I wanted to go dancing

and I had better get dressed. Prince. "When Doves Cry." It opens with a

woman in a bathtub and a camera dollying in.

The room is pink, roses are scattered on the

floor and pigeons (filling in for doves, I'm sure) are flying about. Oops, the woman

THE BODY POLITIC ! ) SEPTEMBER 1984 35 . PRIDE '84

Vhat do we want?

When do we want them? Mm!

uly 1 , 1984, I joined thousands around ^A world to celebrate Lesbian and Gay He Day. This being my first Pride Day,

urally I felt a little nervous at first. I kin't quite know what to make of this

"gay pride" thing. In some ways, I suppose, I'm proud of myself, but I'm lots of things besides gay. There was, of course, no reason for me to feel appre-

hensive. I had a wonderful time, parading down Toron- to's Yonge Street, singing "Girls Just Wanna Have Girls," founding LIT (Lesbians in Trees, of course), dancing like a maniac to Bratty and the Babysitters, collecting kisses and generally having a whale of a time

I suppose I was nervous simply because Lesbian and

Gay Pride Day is bigger than anything I' ve taken part in before. And, as the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall

riots, it commemorates resistance to a kind of oppres-

sion that seems a little remote to me. In 1969, I was 7 years old. The queens and street people at the Stonewall Inn had to battle the police for the simple right to get

together and have a drink. I came out into a relatively secure, established gay community. There were lots of gay bars, there were even dyke bars; there were lots of

organizations and places I could go if I wanted medical help, counselling, someone to talk to or do things with

I felt comfortable displaying a modest amount of affec-

tion for my lover in public, and I was rarely harassed.

When I was, it was by tight-panted, hung-up young straight boys; never, in my case, by the police. All of this, of course, made my coming out almost

painless. I wasn't thrown into personal or political turmoil as a young person coming out ten or fifteen years

ago might have been. Maybe I was lucky; maybe other

people in other places even now aren't so lucky. But it seems to me that the main concern of today's community isn't so much oppression and resistance, but celebration and strength. We're overcoming divisions by

making it easier for people to feel OK, to get together and have fun. Hence we see less overtly "political" organizing. Instead we see lots of gay people joining out- ing groups and bowling teams; loads of dykes getting together to play softball. This kind of organizing undoubtedly draws more people into the movement, simply because they are more attracted by fun than by politics.

We are certainly still a political community. The struggle for gay rights has not fundamentally changed

over the la^t fifteen years, and it won't until we get those

rights. I do, however, detect a difference of attitude within the gay community; a generation gap of sorts. Emma Goldman said that if she couldn't dance at the

revolution, she didn't want to be invited. I think the

generation I'm part of would agree. I want a "dance- able revolution" — to the music of Lorraine Segato and the Parachute Club. Fifteen years ago, we wanted "Gay Rights Now." Today we want "Quiche Now."

The movement is more playful, and I believe it's still

just as effective in its ambition, because the main prob-

lem is still visibility. What the rest of the world is seeing,

and seeing a lot , is a gay community that 's more togeth-

er and more fun than it's ever been. I like that. I think

it's unintimidating, even inviting.

I think it is a logical approach to liberate ourselves

from within first . I enjoy being part of this community.

It has made me feel not only that I should try to help the

movement, but that I am helping the movement simply by taking part in something that's fun to take part in. That's important.

So it was natural for me to have a wonderful — and important — time on Lesbian and Gay Pride Day. Not so much because I'm proud to be gay, but just because I'm happy to be gay; happy to be part of this community's new revolution. 36 D THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 .

Around the world: crowds, songs, and a gay bear

Once again, Stonewall was commemorated all gence. Melbourne's gay community paraded a • Eight-thousand gay men and lesbians march- over the world. Some of the hightlights: giant papier-mache rock in the shape of the ed in the Dutch town of Nijmegan, chosen by the • Gay men and lesbians gathered in huge num- Stonewall emblem through the state of Victoria, Pink Front organizing coalition for this year's bers across the US — not only in New York and escorted by a party of bicycles and cars. events as a way to highlight anti-gay violence

San Francisco, where estimates of the celebra- • During Brazil's third annual Gay Pride Week, there last summer. It was the larget gay march tory crowds ranged up to 200,000 — but also Grupo Gay da Bahia met at city hall in Salvador to ever seen in the Netherlands.

60,000-strong in Los Angeles, 50,000 in Hous- inform politicians about the gay movement. The • The Scottish Homosexual Rights Group, which

ton and 40, 000 inChicago. More than 1,000 turn- event received much positive publicity in the Bra- celebrated its fifteenth anniversary this year,

ed out in Phoenix, Denver, Miami, and Columbus, zilian press. observed Gay Pride Day on June 23 with a public JULY I 81 Ohio. Among those marching in New York was • Gay Days in Oslo, Norway began on June 27 event at the Mound, Edinburgh's equivalent of

Brucie, "the first bear to come out of the cave and with a wild tour through the city in a special tram London's Speakers' Corner. Five speakers, in-

[ ALMOST letthe world know he's proud to be gay" (below). decorated with posters, pink balloons and, of cluding Gay Scotland's editor Ian Dunn and Shrg • Two hundred turned out in Sydney, Australia course, lots of cheering dykesandfaggots. There Council member Christine Boudet addressed a NArr * June23foramarchand rally organized bytheGay was a meeting with Norwegian politicians to dis- crowd of about 100 people. A street evangelist,

Solidarity Group that highlighted the legal re- cuss legal equality for gay couples and a picnic complete with kilt and bagpipes, provided such

forms enacted this year in the state of New South featuringTheSingingDykes(below, right). More comic relief that the organizers are thinking of re-

Wales. Celebrations continued until July 5, and than 800 people took part in the Gay Pride march peating the event for the annual Edinburgh Festi-

included a church service to commemorate those Gay Days ended with a special Solidarity church val. . . if they can find that piper. who have died because of anti-gay oppression, a service. Gillian Rodgerson special women's night at the baths in Darling- hurst and a softball match umpired by Mother In- ferior of the Sydney Sisters of Perpetual Indul-

l THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 i 37 !

SHARED GROUND JOY PARKS

Warp, Wisdom and sci-fi

A few months ago, I hailed Lee Lynch's changes and periods of growth. The new Toothpick House as one of the finest editors are developing an expanded re- books I've ever read. So you can ima- view section and a poetry review col- gine my excitement upon the release of umn, and hope to include more experi- her second book, a collection of short mental criticism and fiction. The high- stories titled Old Dyke Tales. lights of Issue 25, the first for Kaye/- Lynch brings to these stories the same Kantrowitz and Uccella, include the first deep sensitivity and knowledge that part of an interview with Judy Grahn on made her first novel a success. She is a the herstory of women's poetry read- ings, and "Who Is Your Mother: Red Roots of White Feminism," an essay by Paula Gunn Allen on the spiritual /- political connections between native peoples and feminism. The erotic and hilarious (unfortunately the two seldom come together) "Letter of Apology to DECORACGESSORIES Ms Alice" by Dorothy Love is wonderful and alone worth the cost of the issue. Lighting, mirrors, occasional Also, there is obvious growth and a broadening of themes in much of the furniture, artwork, sculpture, issue's poetry. The new editors are off to conversation pieces — affordable a winning start and I know that Sinister accessories for your home. Wisdom will continue to be a vital part of the growing network of lesbian ALL CANADIAN periodicals.

Lynch: gustsy without a shadow of nostalgia While I have previously admitted an Mon.-Sat.9am-4pm indifference for science fiction, I feel master (mistress?) storyteller, and safe in saying that my disappointment in through her words we enter a time warp Katherine V Forrest's Daughters a 264 Dupont St. (at Spadina) Toronto, of ONM5R1V7 to the time of silent hutches in slick Coral Dawn has little or nothing to do DAs, femmes dressed to the nines, and a with the genre. As with her first novel, 960-4836 rarely attainable ideal of lesbian mon- Curious Wine, the characters are too ogamy. Gutsy and without a shade of plastic and bloodless for the serious nostalgia, Lynch lets her pre-Stonewall reader to develop any genuine interest in characters unfold their story to us. We their fate. Sleek, willowy and fashion- meet Liz and Sally, an inter-faith couple magazine beautiful, they are constructed who, as owners of the Cafe Femmes, are from sexist stereotypes in mainstream Dining Room 5pm-11pm at the very pulse of the lesbian bar scene. literature as to what women should be Hours: 3pm-1am, Mon. thru Fri.; We meet Gussie, an aging lesbian who, like. Brilliant, but dispassionate, they 12 noon-1am, Sat & Sun. pained at the loss of her strength, fights marry each other and produce daughters back by willing "Royal Dykedom" into (the reader is left wondering how this a young tomboy in the playground comes about), and bed each other when across from her nursing home. We meet they aren't too busy building new civili- Whether you've come Sophie, a lesbian "cured" by shock zations. The book is not completely for dinner in our cozy treatment, and Henny and Kathy, whose flawed, though. Forrest excels in des- restaurant, a game of solid marriage is a model for the young pool in the upstairs lesbian they befriend. bar, or to dance the I fear Lynch will be raked over the night away on one of coals for the political incorrectness of our two dance floors, her themes. There will be readers who you'll find what you're will take exception (ignoring the time looking for... frame and context of the book) to her use of the term "girl" for a grown woman. There will be readers who would just as soon forget about "cruising," playing roles, and a time when cheating on a lover was just that, not politically sanctioned self-expression.

But it is impossible to deny the importance of her work, stories of solid, working-class dykes who lived and loved in as best they could the limitations of an Forrest: playful wit, but bloodless characters underground life. Lee Lynch has a rare gift of telling her stories as they criptions, of the colours and textures of THE RESTAURANT: THE POOL ROOM: THE FRONT BAR: gift, a were, not as they should have been. She the planet for instance, and she writes Savory home cooking With a separate bar After dinner come out has reconstructed a time essential to les- sensual (if idealized) love scenes. Also, awaits you. Brunch is upstairs, you can have front and dance the bian culture and has shown us not only she displays a playful wit in Coral Dawn now being served a friendly game of night away- DJs John the terror and secrecy, but also the un- not evident in her first book. But while every Sunday from 12 pool, video games or Webber and Judy Ley deniable beauty and strength of those both show the seeds of good writing, to 3 and only costs $7 just relax and enjoy take turns spinning women whose courage helped shape our Forrest's haste in publishing a book a for 2. Following the comfortable at- the turntables every lives today. year seems to be limiting her opportu- brunch there's live mosphere of "the night from 9PM 'till Sinister Wisdom, the quarterly jour- nity to grow as a writer and develop a entertainment in the playroom". Who after 1AM with the nal which has been essential to lesbian truly first-rate book.D bar out front. knows what new hottest music in town. writing and art for the past eight years, friends await your Every second Tuesday has been adopted by new editors, Old Dyke Tales by Lee Lynch. Naiad Press arrival is comedy night with Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz and Michaela (Box 10543, Tallahassee, FL 32302), $7.95 US. Dinner Special for 2, Faith Nolan. Drinks Uccella. Founded by Harriet Ellenberg Sinister Wisdom, Box 1023, Rockland, ME Mon. thru Wed. are reasonably priced. 5pm-7:30pm • Sunday (aka Desmoines) and Catherine Nichol- 04841. Subscriptions: 4 issues/$13 US, $15 TOGETHER son (1976-81), and passed to Adrienne US for Canadians, $6 US "Hardship". Brunch for Two 12pm- 457 Church St., Katherine V 3pm. Rich and Michelle Cliff (1981-83), Daughters of the Coral Dawn by Toronto 923-3469 Sinister Wisdom has been through many Forrest. Naiad Press (see above), $7.95 US.

38 C THE BODY POLITIC G SEPTEMBER 1984 VIDEO

The social message of a British gay tape takes on special relevance under the watchful eye of the Ontario censors Seized Youth

some ways Framed Youth is a peace demonstrations. A man's voice modernized, British version of relates how once he discovered gay Inthe Mariposa Film Collective's liberation, he didn't stop there. His true Word is Out, made in the US in liberation meant involving himself in 1978. Both works are based on a other struggles as well. series of talking-head interviews, aimed This comment seemed especially time- at representing a wide range of men and ly at the end of the screening at which I women with different racial and eco- saw Framed Youth, on May 31 at A nomic backgrounds, political outlooks Space in Toronto. No sooner had it end- and interests. Its focus on youth noted than dark-suited officials of the On- withstanding, Framed Youth sometimes tario censor board moved in to confis- also suffers from the lack of depth that cate both the tape and the equipment this strategy necessarily entails. used to show it. The similarities stop here, for Framed Richard Fung Youth benefits from the distance of time and geography that separates it from its FICTION American counterpart. Word is Out's structure sticks to a simple formula and its content is squeaky clean. Framed The Kryptonite Kid, Youth is highly influenced by the every- May 31: Officials representing the Ontario censor board cart off video equipment and two tapes, thing-piled-on aesthetic of contempo- including Framed Youth, from Toronto's A Space gallery. A Space has recovered the equipment, rary rock videos. There is an irreverent but the censors still hold the tapes — the only copies available for exhibition in North America. older, but no wiser combination of every gimmick young pro- The gallery is suing to reclaim the tapes. Donations to help cover legal costs should be sent to: ducers are warned to avoid: keying, col- The A Space Anti-Censorship Trust Fund, 204 Spadina Ave, Toronto ON M5T 2C2. As If After Sex by Joseph Torchia. Holt, Rine- ourizing and montage techniques are ap- hart& Winston, $18.50. plied to campy footage from old Holly- standards. In the late Seventies however, first sexual encounters. A black woman wood movies, television news shot off British feminist theoreticians began to relates her unplanned coming out when Although Torchia' s second novel is any- the screen and on-the-street interviews criticize the filmmaking practices of her mother arrived unexpectedly to find thing but the sequel to The Kryptonite with questions like "What if your their American sisters. How is it possible her painting a banner for the lesbian Kid, his award-winning, quasi-young- daughter told you she was a lesbian?" to deliver a feminist message using patri- switchboard. In a variation of the usual adult, epistolary pop fantasy about a This style not only makes the video in- archal language, they asked? In re- breast-beating, her mother blames her young boy's infatuation with Superman, teresting, it increases its useability with a sponse, British filmmakers began to pro- daughter's lesbianism on the fact that the books do have at least one thing in youth audience. duce theory films that, like Brecht and she brought her to England, where she common: a preoccupation with fantasiz-

In the standard realist tradition of Godard before, attempted to "distanci- has grown up with white people. There is ing and hero-worship. But whereas the Hollywood filmmaking and television, ate" the viewer, making him/her aware a horrific story of a man who had tic- Kryptonite Kid (alias Jerry Chariot) the camera is looked upon as a transpar- of the construction of film, the seams tac-toe played on his back with razor never met the man of his dreams, ent window on the world, through which the realist would try to mask. blades. There is an exhilarating account Robert, the bewildered narrator of As If the viewer looks. The final product is In Framed Youth the viewer's atten- of a man who is Paki bashed, studies self After Sex, actually lives with his Man of processed and edited in such a way that tion is drawn to the edit points by the use defence and is able to fight off his Steel, Julian, an oppressive, nightmarish eliminates anything that might interfere of freeze frames. At the end of the inter- assailant the next time. embodiment of adult fantasy. with the illusion of untouched reality. view sequence the image freezes for a Perhaps the strongest indicator of Here the similarities begin again,

Except for the odd exception in news few seconds as the voice continues, pull- Framed Youth's geographic origins is its however, for although Robert may be a broadcasts, a "jump cut" edit, a jerky ing apart the two elements of sound and political immediacy, The American- little older than his obsessive, boyish camera pan or a microphone dipping in- image that produce a "realist" image. made Word is Out is decidedly laid back counterpart, he is certainly no wiser, and to the frame is recognized by even the While this technique is interesting and when compared with Framed Youth. In Julian, although a little less intangible, is youngest child as bad TV. innovative, it unfortunately also serves contemporary Britain, the organized just as silent and unfathomable as Clark In order to reach a wider audience, to draw our attention away from the struggles around race and class are far Kent. Robert is in many ways just Jerry most filmmakers attempting to deal with subjects of the video and their stories. more acutely developed than in North still dreaming some twenty years later, alternative or radical content work with- The video is divided thematically into America. The tape ends with a montage and similarly Julian is just the Castro in the boundaries of these established segments on relationships, parents and of TV footage of Reagan, Thatcher and Street equivalent of Superman, domesti- cated with the help of a lot of drugs, a lot of muscles, and a lot of sex to blend Michel Foucault, into an urban gay ghetto. This is not an easy book to summarize 1926-1984 because much of its action is more psy- chological than physical, more hallucin- atory than real. Covering roughly four

or five years of his life, it represents Robert's attempt to recreate, after the The French philosopher who revolutionized fact, the experience of his obsession with thinking on sexuality and on the social definition the elusive, shadowy, and often vacant and control of difference, author of Madness figure of his lover. In addition to long stretches of what sometimes seems like and Civilization, the three-volume History of very murky philosophizing about the na- Sexuality and many other works, died of a ner- ture of desire, much of the novel is taken vous disorder June 25. up with Robert's frenzied investigations He came to Toronto in 1982 and was not the of Julian's activities as a hustler, set person we expected. Instead of the flamboyant against a lurid backdrop of a series of super-intellectual, there was a man who, dur- unexplained murders. ing breaks in his lectures, lined up for coffee Although written for an adult audi- and chatted quietly with graduate students. He ence, As If After Sex is not nearly as was here to teach, but we heard the reason he grown-up, nor as impressive an achiev- ment, as Torchia's earlier novel. It suf- accepted the invitation was to see an old lover. fers in particular from a deliberated Perhaps this was so. We heard that he liked The jumbled presentation of events, a defici- Barn, which is not a genteel bar. We heard that ency that makes the book unreadable in he like The Barracks Foucault at the baths. places and that is intensified bv the high- A man with a quiet smile: it seemed not to be strung, jittery personality of Torchia's Foucault. It seems he is no longer Ask for him. breathless narrator. Despite the dis- Heisnotthere. AlanO'Connor claimers Robert frequently makes that

Y POLITIC SI P11MH1 R NS4 JW 41 AESTHETERA he has recorded the incidents in the h order in which they become significant to Fiction him, the book, although intense, is un- accountably structured and its chrono- The Sea Horse Press (Box 509, Village Stn, logy unjustifiably scrambled. are New York, NY 10014) continues its cham- There pioning of young gay writers with Dennis moments, as a result, when Torchia Cooper's Safe, a "study of love and imagina- doesn't seem to be fully in command of tion among the Southern California post-teen i> his mercurial novel's moody and subjec- generation" ($5.95 US), and Brad Gooch's tive organization. .- ** Jailbait . And Other Stories ($6.95 US). Daniel R Harris Brilliance Books (14 Clerkenwell Green,

London EC1) is matching its fine line-up of books by gay men with new releases by women such as Sarah Baylis's Vila, "a rollicking Instant citizenship; adventure story with tree people, water witch- *^5 es, villains and a happy ending," and two short delayed lesbianism story collections, Weddings and Funerals by Aileen La Tourette and Sara Maitland ($7.95 The Law of Return by Alice Bloch. Alyson US) and The Evolution of Darkness and Other (Box 2783, Boston MA 02208), $7.95 US. Stories by Rebecca Brown ($7.50 US). MMMMM Other lesbian lit this month includes: Snow The "law of return" is Israel's law that by Jennifer Levin (Poseidon Press, $15.95), Making Herstory: Shirley Perkins, Moreen Blair, Raymonde Martel, Patty Williams, Lisa Lough allows any Jew who imigrates to that in which Raina and her lover Kaz do battle and Mary Gilliland, members of the Saskatoon collective that produces the Herstory Calendar country to instant citizen. with a US chemical company in the jungles of have announced that their 1985 edition is now available. For more information, write the become an In Alice Bloch 's novel, a South America; a new edition of Nancy Thunder Creek Publishing Co-operative, 2337 Maclntyre St, Regina, SK S4P 2S3. young woman Toder's Choices ($6.95 US from Alyson — from an American family, in which see above), which Jane Rule described in TBP (and great-grandson of a certain Victorian Jewishness is a fact of heritage and per- thought-provoking; as moving and and poet) offers candid memoirs on 26 years of sonal history (if not of great religious Baker's Dozen: Stories by Women, edited by Pop music notes heterosexual marriage and a dozen years in importance), travels to Israel to redis- The Ficfive Collective ($7.95 from The the gay world, which he entered at age 50 ($26 The latest addition to the current crop of open- cover her culture. Press, 313-280 St W, Tor- Women's Bloor US from Andre Deutsch/ David & Charles). ly gay bands from the UK is Brorrski Beat. Ellen decides to go to Israel because onto, 1W1), which delves into "the ON M5S Sappho has had to do without a translation This trio from Scotland breaks new ground in her first male lover suggests that she of her work for thirty years, a situation the gay that they are neither outrageous nor especially should. She adopts the name Elishiva British publishing house Brilliance Books attractive — and their music is no fun either. (the Hebrew version of Ellen) and en- brings to an end with Sappho: Poems and In "Small Town Boy," the five-foot-tall Jim- rolls in school, Fragments, translated by Josephine Balmer my Summerville sings in a falsetto voice about Hebrew language eventu- ($6.95 US; see address above). Paul Binding the trials of growing up (gay): "Pushed around ally learning the language well enough to explores the work of Spanish poet Federico and kicked around, always the lonely boy / get a job typing in the university. Garcia Lorca (1899-1936) in Lorca: The Gay You were the one that they talked about In the process of learning the culture around town as they put down." The Imagination ($17.50/$7.50 from Gay Men's you and language, Elishiva finds herself be- single is available only on import. Press, c/o Alyson Publications, Box 2783, coming more attracted to women. Also in the coming-out department we have Boston, MA 02208). Warrior at Rest: A Meanwhile, however, she chooses to Morrisey, lead singer for Collection of Poetry by Jane Chambers ($5.95 the group to be into at- lately, The Smiths. Homoerotic record cover screw every man that she meets. In an US from JH Press, Box 294, Village Stn, New art and interesting lyrics (check out "This tempt to resolve her self-destructive im- York, NY 10014) gathers work by the late play- Charming Man") should have tipped us off, pulses she begins seeing a Freudian wright of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. but it all came out in an interview in the June psychoanalyst. So You Think You're Attracted to the Same Rolling Stone. Morrisey also declared that he Sex? by John Hart (Penguin, $4.95), gives When Elishiva finds out that the one is celibate (whatever that means). The group's practical advice on coming out, and stresses man who will not sleep with her, an old main preoccupation continues to be pointing that everyone's sexual dispositions may vary college friend visiting the country, is out how awful life is, in their unique (if throughout life. The American Civil Liberties gay, her life begins to turn around. After somewhat monotonous) style. Their new Union has released a revised edition of The considering marriage to this man as the single, "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now," Rights of Gay People, which includes an up- Elishiva is available on import only. solution to her problems, de- dated state-by-state review of laws ($3.95 US We'd like to extend Congrats to everyone's cides to take a more realistic look at her from Bantam Books, or from 132 West 43rd favourite set of S/M homos, Frankie Goes to own sexuality. She meets a woman of St, New York, NY 10036). Sophia E Voum- Hollywood, on the phenomenal success of her dreams and spends the next ten years intricacies and contradictions of relationships vakis and Richard V Ericson detect important their most recent single "Two Tribes," which both lesbian and heterosexual." patterns in News Accounts of Attacks on with her. provided us all with a politically aware disco The Brig by Mason Powell ($8.95 US from Women: A Comparison of Three Toronto As a lesbian novel, The Law of Return hit to remember the summer of '84 by. Alternate Publishing, 15 Harriet St, San Newspapers ($5 from Centre of Criminology, falls short. Three quarters of the book is Francisco, 94103) is a well-crafted porn YOW! She's back.... D-D-D-D-Divine CA University of Toronto, 130 St George St, devoted to Elishiva's misguided hetero- fantasy about a young soldier who learns that wants to make you dance. A must for the Room 8001, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1). sexual attempts during her first two or life as a dog isn't necessarily all bad. Those serious dancer, "You Think You're a Man" John AllecD three years in Israel, while the rest of the enterprising SFers have also come up with combines a heavy-duty beat with Divine's only Blue Collar Buddies, a quarterly newsletter heavy-duty vocals to create a monster dance book rushes through her one and Include SI handling "for hot blue collar workers and admirers." Note: postage and track. So what if he can't sing? lesbian affair, an event that spans ten whenever ordering books by mail. Subscribers ($15 US to Live-Oak Press, Box AlanMcGintyD years. The reader is given details of 99444, San Francisco, CA 94109) receive a Elishiva's male lovers, and of her gay free 25-word personal td. The Smith's Morrisey: Homoerotic record cover art and a coming out in Rolling Stone friend's anonymous sex encounters, but with the exeption of a couple of brief Nonfiction scenes inside women's centres, there is almost no discussion of real lesbian Rita Mae Brown loves it, and Felice Picano experiences. says: "With a historian's curiosity and a poet's command of language, she has woven The book's greatest defect, though, is together myth, legend, anecdote and auto- that it is written with too great an emo- biography into a grandly structured tapestry, tional distance. Throughout the narra- with all the fascination and readability of a tive, the things happening to and around good story." The book is Judy Grahn's just- Elishiva are reported, but without any released opus. magnum Another Mother real conviction. The overall tone is one Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds, a wide- of lassitude. Also, parts of the story are roving look at lesbian and gay heritage written in an extremely didactic style, and (Beacon Press, $27.50). Hebrew words are used thoughout with Also of interest are The Foucault Reader (Pantheon, $l9.95/$9.95 US), edited by Paul no translations or explanations. Rabinow, who Publisher's Weekly says "has Along with the lesbian /coming out performed a valuable service for readers seek- theme, Bloch attempts to comment on ing easy entry into Foucault's thought," and family dynamics, cultural differences, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by the Freudian psychotherapy, the differences noted black lesbian feminist Audre Lorde between gay men and lesbians, and the ($16.95/ $7.95 from Crossing Press, Box 640 difficulties of breaking away from the Trumansburg, NY 14886). family, but none of these are adequately Among the startling information Frank addressed. The coming-out story itself is Spiering reveals in Lizzie (Random House, interesting enough, although one would $17.95), is that Emma and Lizzie Borden lived comfortably together after the notorious hope that no one would make all the stu- trial, "until Lizzie's passionate liaison with a pid decisions that Elishiva made. The young actress drove them apart." The sisters brief mentions of her lesbian life are died in 1927 within days of each other. In The probably material for another novel, this Haunted Mind: Autobiography, An Hallam time a truly lesbian story. Tennyson, British writer and radio producer Jackie Goodwin

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PORNOGRAPHY woman. Theresa, however, has matured enough to no longer idealize the woman she loves, and both women are free to cut their losses and begin again together. Authentic 19th-century bathos, Wilde or not Lovers in the Present Afternoon also deals with lesbians and child custody, but the thirty years between the two Teleny. Attributed to Oscar Wilde. Win- Ed: books could not be more obvious. ston Leyland. Gay Sunshine Press, $7.95 US. Besides the love scenes being more expli-

cit, there is a greater sense of intimacy,

It doesn't really matter to the reader of more anger, more willingness to write of Teleny whether or not Oscar Wilde such past unmentionables as incest, wrote this book. It would have to be a child abuse and marital rape. The plot far better piece of writing than it is for us is simple. Ruth and Lynn, both subur- to care about who penned it. ban wives and mothers who have gained greater self-awareness and confidence Nonetheless, editor Winston Leyland through therapy, work and just plain enthusiastically provides a detailed re- growing older, fall in love and struggle counting of the rumours circulating to break free of their marriages. The around the authorship of this late- 19th- process is relatively easy for Ruth, her century X-rated homoerotic fiction. children grown and away at school, but Leyland is persuaded by the available there seems to be no end of problems for evidence that Wilde indeed had a signifi- Lynn, with two of her four children still cant hand in its production, which he for years dates circa 1890, shortly after the com- young and needing mothering to come. (Even Ruth ends punishing position of The Picture ofDorian Gray. up Only scholars would want to take up the her for having so many kids, flatly refus- quarrel. Certainly, a host of "legitimate" ing to live under the same roof as the writers since Wilde have churned out children). Finally, Lynn emerges trium- porn in their spare time for fun and phant in the custody battle, and finds a profit. duplex to share with Ruth. Although The Price of Salt is a classic, In any case, Teleny is unarguably an a courageous work from a time that de- authentic example of the fin-de-siecle manded lesbians pay for their perversity, bathetic school of erotica. It is distin- the emphasis is on plot and we don't get guished from its contemporaries in the to know the characters as well as we genre only by its homosexuality, al- could. Lovers, on the other hand, is a though, as Leyland notes, there are re- Did Oscar do it? Even if he didn't, Teleny "offers a glimpse of gay practice at the time' study in character development; through ports of similar and earlier instances of flashbacks, we live through brutality and gay porn in English and, more frequent- The principal attraction for present drop of prussic-acid — its delicious loss with Lynn, and when she wins, we ly, in French. Apart from a few amusing readers is probably the descriptions of savor. Life, without either, would be know it is because her life has taught her and histrionic moments, however, Tel- sex. Although the reader is made to suf- sapidless." to be strong. eny is not especially good porn. Those fer through various unappealing hetero- Despite such occasional touches — The similarities, and the differences, with a taste for the period might find it sexual liaisons for a third of the text, which, alas, are rare — Teleny hardly in these two sensitive treatments of les- charming. But readers looking for mas- when we finally get to the matter at hand lives up to the editor's implied claim that bian motherhood make them valuable turbatory accompaniment are advised to it turns out that gay lovemaking, or at it has something to do with literature. Just contributions to our literature. stick to the Boyd McDonald Meat/Flesh/ least its porn version, is filled with as the desire to distance oneself from ho- Joy Parks Sex/'Cum series. swoony ecstasy, convulsions and the mosexuality's integral relationship to The minor service that the republica- rushing in of "paroxysms of mad deliri- pornography is almost always preten- MYSTERY tion of Teleny performs is of a documen- um," reflecting the then common tious, the effort to identify gay porn tary nature: it gives us an idea of what enough view that sexual pleasure is akin with literature seems an unnecessary went on in the minds of gay pornograph- to madness. conflation. Teleny is porn. Rather than Timely gimmick for ers at the end of the 19th century. And "He stretched his hole open, the tip unearthing it as a lost classic, isn't it suf- a insofar as porn provides a funhouse mir- entered, he moved a little, half the ficient to recognize it as a mildly amus- ror of reality, it may also offer a glimpse phallus was plunged in; he pressed ing document? As for great gay mo- slightly musty sleuth of gay practice at the time. down, lifted himself up, then came ments in literature, by Teleny's time, One immediately noticeable feature is down again; after one or two strokes the Vautrin has already met Lucien in the A Death for Adonis by E X Giroux. St Martin's levels turgid lodged within the difference between of literacy whole column was garden of Balzac's Pere Goriot, and Press, $11.95 US. assumed by Teleny and Mr McDonald's his body.... Thereupon, he began to ride Charlus will soon encounter Charlie Even before I began to read Death Straight to Hell. Teleny is replete with a Priapean race with masterly skill; from Morel in Proust's cork-lined bedroom. A for literary, historical and mythological ref- an amble he went to a trot, then to a Stan PerskyD Adonis, I experienced a sense of dejd vu. publisher's material described erences — everyone from the "god- gallop.... I writhed in delightful torture. The promo a familiar plot: a murder involving a corpse of Antinous" ("seen by the sil- I was melting away, but he never MORE FICTION artist, and a daughter seeking, very light of the opaline moon, floating stopped till he had quite drained me of famous on the lurid waters of the Nile") to the last drop of life-giving fluid there many years after the crime, to clear her parent's name. These elements have been Shakespeare's Iago, all of which could was in me. My eyes were swimming in Mums and lovers be taken as Victorian standard issue their sockets." Ours too. This single used before, by Agatha Christie in Mur- Kathleen in Retrospect. It can be dangerous for among the public-schooled upper-mid- sample should, it is to be hoped, suffice Lovers in the Present Afternoon by der dle-class of readers for whose amuse- to convey the book's flavour. Fleming, $8.50 (US). The Price of Salt by a writer to invite such direct comparison Press, with a past mistress of the craft. ment it was intended. Unlike today's It can be said, on Teleny's behalf, that Claire Morgan. $7.95 (US). Naiad Box How- ever, the author, a publishing mass marketing of porn, its production in its one political moment it has the 10543, Tallahassee, FL 32302. Canadian and distribution in the 1890s was in the decency not to deny itself. When the under the rather unlikely name of E X hands of discreet booksellers who dou- protagonist awakes "on the morrow," In 1952, when The Price of Salt first Giroux, has acquitted herself well with a bled as semi-clandestine publishers. The he finds that "far from being ashamed appeared, it was the first lesbian book respectable mystery in a very classic vein. democratization of porn was yet to of my crime, I felt that I should like to with a more or less happy ending. It no Adonis has all the trappings of a stan- come. proclaim it to the world." When asked doubt was also the first book to deal dard British mystery of an earlier time: a This story of a young London busi- by a sceptical interlocutor if he did not with lesbian motherhood. gentleman sleuth, an elegant country nessman's love for a Hungarian pianist "shudder at the thought of having a Theresa, a young woman, falls in love home packed with guests (any one of named Teleny also provides a smattering man for a lover," the unrepentent hero with the mysteriously cool Carol, who is whom might have reason to commit a of social information. It suggests that declares, "Why? Had I committed a in the process of obtaining a divorce murder), a neatly executed twist of plot contacts among the gay bourgeoisie were crime against nature when my own na- from her well-heeled husband. This that reverses our expectations, and a frequently made in the ante-rooms, lob- ture found peace and happiness thereby? union has produced a daughter. The at- climactic gathering of suspects at the bies and post-performance receptions of If I was thus, surely it was the fault of traction between the women is immedi- scene of the crime. Not to mention the the theatre world. Teleny also offers, my blood, not myself.... Was it my fault ate and they soon set off on a car trip. device, no less implausible for being briefly and with distaste, a scene of if the scale of reason was far too light to Later, the couple learn that Carol's hus- hoary with tradition, of basing the solu- dockside cruising in which phantasmo- balance that of sensuality?" band has hired a private investigator to tion to the crime on trivial details re- goric and lurid hustlers lurch into view. In a rhapsodic passage — one that ar- gather defamatory evidence to use called a quarter century later. The slight- For the most part, would-be lovers re- gues for Wilde's authorship — the hero against Carol. She rushes home to see ly musty quality ot the tun el suits our pair in carriages to sumptuous manors. continues: "Fate, Iago-like, had clearly what damage has been done, leaving hero, Robert Forsythe. a young law

And, of course, in the absence of public showed me that if I would damn myself, Theresa alone in a Strange town. who has retired out of a rather archaic venues, gay socializing is confined pri- I could do so in a more delicate way than Spurned bv her lover, Theresa eventu- sense o! honour. Giroux is at her best marily to private homes — a Symposi- drowning.... Withal, I never said with ally puts her life back together and re- describing that venerable British legal in- um-like orgiastic get-together is set in Iago — 'Virtue, a fig!' No, virtue is the turns to \ew York, to find a Carol who stitution, the Temple, and its da Lord Bryancourt's baronial digs. sweet flavor of the peach: vice, the tiny is a pale shade of her old self, a broken A writer working within a gem

THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 41 VANESSA MAGNESS right, if not the duty, to respect its con- ventions, but one hopes as well for inno- PAUL T.WILLIS, B. A. S. (Finance) vative variations on the familiar themes. B.A.,LL.B. member of the C.I. C. A.M. JohnHiggins Despite the publisher's wish to have us BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR believe the novel is at once "classic" and Barrister & Solicitor NOTARY PUBLIC "modern," in many respects the story is traditional to the point of being stuffy. Tax Services The author may have felt that the in- 467 Church Street For the General clusion of homosexual characters was Small Business Toronto, Ontario Practice of Law sufficient challenge to convention. Un- M4Y2C5 Bookkeeping fortunately, the treatment of the gay WISHES TO ANNOUNCE & characters is disappointing. Although Office: Home: HIS LAW OFFICE THE RELOCATION OF Accounting their actions are central to the plot, their (416)968-9054 (416)922-6544 1984 EFFECTIVE JULY 3. perceptions and sensibilities are left large- TO ly unrecorded, while those of the other Practice restricted to 248 Gerrard Street East. Suite 1 characters are explored in detail. The fact Corporate & Commercial Law, Toronto. Ontario M5A 2G2 of homosexuality is confronted only in Real Estate. terms of other people's reactions to it. Wills and Estates. Telephone: (416) 926-9806 The inconsistency in the main charac-

368-1365 ter's attitude toward gays is especially ® office in downtown Toronto troubling. At one moment, Forsythe, our sleuth, says that gay love is "as pure as any emotion human beings... are capable of," while at another he bridles at the very thought of lesbianism. While such behaviour might be attributable to ordinary human hypocrisy, the incident leaves Robert G. Coates a bad taste. Forsythe's prejudice has the last word, and the author gives us no indi- B. Sc., LL. B. cation that his disdain might be mis- placed. This confrontation with lesbian- Barrister & Solicitor (Srtffim ism, and its effect on Forsythe's outdated sense of chivalry, suggest a theme that might have been explored in greater depth: the conflict between different sets ^— Sirring ^lounge of moral values based on sexual assump- tions. Had this been developed in a more "Good food... Friendly atmosphere* complete and organic way, I believe the novel would have been stronger and more Just around the corner. interesting. As it is, A Death for Adonis For That Quiet Difference is a competent and enjoyable, if conventional, book. Robin Metcalfe 70 Dundas Street East Toronto, Ontario M5B 1C7 117 Dundas St. E. (Near Church) 598-4922 365-9825 Refreshing trash

Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada by Kenneth Hale. Spartacus Books, Amsterdam.

Dr. Willem H. Otto At first glance, this book doesn't look

too promising. The cover is quite stan- REGISTERED dard: a shockingly handsome young PSYCHOLOGIST man with golden hair and no shirt stares provocatively out at you from under a rather odd title, which, if suggestive of anything, seems to promise yet another tract on a handsome model negotiating his way through the New York /Fire Island jet set disco scene. A glance at the dust-jacket blurb changes that impression some: this is the chronicle of a "likeable, intelligent, normal and gay high school senior...." This hardly sounds better, but the book turns out to be quite good, and difficult to put down.

Clicking Beat is the story of Steven "Trotsky" Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Cody, the attractive friend with whom he embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Their situation is refreshingly different: Trotsky's father had been killed several years earlier, his younger brother has a best friend who becomes Trotsky's lover, and his mother Private practice in is an outspoken socialist at the local university. Trotsky and Cody are both individual, couple philosophically inclined, which makes and family therapy at 44 for some interesting conversations. Jackes Avenue Trotsky is put through an assortment of crises: looking for a job; discovering (Yonge and St. Clair area), the limitations of his friendship with Toronto, Ontario M4T 1E5. Cody; dealing with the death of a friend and redneck harassment of his family Free consultation. for being socialists. Clicking Beat does, unfortunately, suffer from the same Fees on sliding scale problem many other similar novels do in according to income. that there is an unreal or even unbeliev- able quality about it. All things consid- Confidentiality guaranteed. 9 Isabella St.,Toronto, Canada ered, however, the book is quite entertaining and a very fast read. A fine example of "good trash." Telephone 962-5328. (416)921-3012 Alan McGintyD

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TO SHARE IN LONDON. Two-bedroom luxury apt MEN, 59 West 10th Street, NYC NY 1001 1, USA. CANADIAN MALE SEEKS Caucasian or Chinese overlooking forks of the Thames. Two-minute walk Cantonese-speaker as tutor. Ability to read and write to Dundas and city centre. $250 inclusive. Drawer characters essential. Patience, sense of humour an OTTAWA E605. asset. Drawer E461. WANT TO BUY TORSO's May/ 84 issue. Send CAREER & PERSONAL COUNSELLING photocopy of top of cover page (so I can see month printed) then I'll send you $10, plus postage, or cost of LONG- & SHORT-TERM professional counselling. mailing it. Also, 1 would like to buy the video reviews WORK Peter Scargall: 922-5754. Real Estate SELBY HOTEL looking for experienced maids and of these previous Torso issues: November '83, EXPERIENCED COUNSELLOR December '83, '84. (or photocopy) front-desk staff. Contact Tom Patterson at 921 -3 142. January Cut out call EXPERIENCED COUNSELLOR — multifaceted top of cover page send as proof, then I'll send you THIS IS IT! approach to individual stress problems. Call Barbara $6.50 plus postage cost, for each cut out monthly WAY to earn extra money while pro- Earle: 762-41 10. are also ac- THE PERFECT video review (clear photocopies of reviews Harvey Mai insky moting the arts. Your great voice and enthusiasm LEARN TO PLAY THE FLUTE cepted.) PO Box 1461, Stn B, Hull PQ J8X 3Y3. about theatre are the only prerequisites. It's fun; FLUTE LESSONS for beginners or advanced there's wage /commission; and part-time openings 922-5533 Res:364-1900 students. Individual or group instruction. Call are available now. Call Ms J Bennett, 636-2720 923-5201 Offering personal real estate (days), 636-8559 evenings. Restaurant/Bar For Sale services to our community HALIFAX OTTAWA CERAMIC ART CLASSES with a difference. Call WANTED: positive-thinking, people-oriented per- Paul at 829-9812. son to assume the position of bar waiter/ess, DJ and Analysis handyperson. Experience an asset , but willing to train Exellent downtown Toronto Market the right person. To arrange for interview, call Keith location (Yonge & St Joseph at Rumours Club, Mon-Fri between 12noonand2:30 GUEST This certificate entitles the bearer(s) to pm. Sts), perfect for gay business. HOUSE one market analysis of their Carls residential property at no charge by a SERVICES Cimerman real estate agent pibvincetowfi 110 - seat restaurant, dance INTERNATIONAL club, outdoor patio, fully equip- CERTIFICATE LOS ANGELES MAILING ADDRESS! ped and licensed. VALID UNTIL SEPTEMB ER 30 )994 Center of Town "USE OUR ADDRESS as yours." Confidential low- cost mail forwarding and phone message service (long April thru October PER S.A.S.E. for details). Personally Yours, Inc, 859 Clean, confortable, inexpensive North Virgil, D-19, Los Angeles CA 90029. FOR AN APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL 281-6490 Carl, your host ONTARIO HARVEY MALINSKY 922-3533 INDIVIDUAL, COUPLE, and family therapy. Rik Ruiter, 151 Robinson Street, Hamilton, ON L8P 1Z6 68 Bradford St lha \ no) ***o"' v %oi^ • (416) 527-5610. BOOKS P»op» ..*• Provincetown MA 02657 MALE HOMOSEXUALITY IN LITERATURE. Cimerman Real Estate Ltd TORONTO Paths Untrodden Book Service, PO Box 459, Village SOLSTICE. GAY ASTROLOGICAL and tarot con- (617)487-1650 Station, New York, NY IO0I4-O459. Catalogue 501 Parliament Street sultations. 463-9688. $2 00 US Toronto. Ontario M4X 1P3

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THE sex. My interests are: travelling, music, nature, male VOLUNTEERS porno photos and magazines, and of course, sex with boys. I'm waiting for letters with photo, only in Ger- penpal club man. K.T., PO Box 167, 42200 Czestochowa, Poland. PRINTMAKERS Canada's oldest LESBIANS AND GAY MEN wanted for peer counselling and information phoneline. Should possess a TRAVELING SALESMEN, truckers, etc. If you're —^— GALLERY for gay men. mature attitude, common sense and empathy. Phone —— good-looking, 21-35, trim, clean and passing through at 964-6600. TAG mid-USA, let's meet. I'm nice-looking, white, 6' 150 NEW LESBIAN /GAY female theatre company lbs, long brown hair, age 23, discreet. Send photo, needs volunteer help, knowledgeable in incorpor- phone and desires and I'll reciprocate. Drawer E540. ating and administrative work. Reply to Drawer BE MY SON AND MAKE ME PROUD E585. GAV VOYEUR FATHER, 47, seeks son. Optimistic, cheer- CHARLES ful teddy bear wants to share happy experiences and GROUPS affection with lonely young man. Any colour, anywhere, wishing loving relationship with older man. BOOTS AND BIKES CLUB Drawer E543. CLUB FOR MEN into boots, misc footwear, motor- WELLS mATEf ENGLISH GUY, 31, SLIM, 6'l", graduate, seeks cycles, uniforms, leather, rubber, sports, western correspondence with slim guys (21-40) worldwide gear, etc. Write GTS, 707-1045 Haro St, Vancouver with view to friendship and future reciprocal visits BC V6E 3Z8. Annual fee $10. Free forwarding where practical. interests including reading, October 13 -14 1984 service. Many Members across Canada rambling, photography, politics, travelling and sex! MORMON GAYS, LESBIANS and friends. Affir- Photo helps. All letters answered. Ron Sheldrake, and the U.S. is mation, a support group, now here in Canada. We 231 Upper Bridge Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0RU can help. Write for info. Drawer E622. England. MUSICIANS-SINGERS AFFECTIONATELY JOIN METROPOLITAN Community Church of HOT ATTRACTIVE GWM, 33, 5'11" 145 lbs. Interests: P.O. Box 3043b, Saskatoon Toronto's baroque instrumental ensemble or choir. 97 WINCHESTER STREET swimming, water-skiing, boating, travel, cycling, Sask S7K 3S9 Phone 536-2848. TORONTO 923-5513 music and quiet evenings at home. Wishes to meet GAY U.S.A. same, 21-40, for companionship, relationship. En- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION head- joys long sessions of hot, affectionate sex. If interest- quartered in Washington DC is launching its 1984-85 ed in good times in a country atmosphere, write to Oc- membership drive. For information please write cupant, 160 Parkview Ave, Dundas ON L9H 5X7 or G. U.S.A., 1900 M St NW, Suite 1246, Dept C, call (416) 523-1968. US gays welcomed. Washington DC 20036. AUSTRALIA. INTELLIGENT, friendly, discreet G.O.O.D. (GAYS OUT OF DOORS) male intending to visit Canada (extensively) would KITCHENER AREA now has an outdoors activities like to meet people from all areas. Your hospitality in and social club for gays. Gay men and lesbians are in- gay . . . got a return for mine if/ when you visit Australia. Please vited to participate. We are now a viable club and will write John Stephens, PO Box 379, Potts Point, have events for year-round activities. Join the fun and Sydney NSW 2130 Australia. meet a great group of people who just happen to be HIP-BOOTED RUBBERMAN, mature, uncut, gay. Information PO Box 2751, Kitchener ON odor-eatin', seeks same for mating, not dating! S/M, drinking problem? N2H 6N3. B/D out! T.L.C. in! Sincere replies promptly ac- ALBERTA TV AND TS contact club for those with knowledged. J Coll, RD I, PO Box 839, Stockton unique tastes. Box 4667, Stn. C, Calgary AB Springs ME 04981 USA. T2T5P1. I AM 21 YEARS OLD, have black hair and brown

RAIN MAKERS make golden showers. Details send eyes. I weigh 60 kg and am 176cm tall. My hobbies in- 1 £ or 2 IRCs to Box RM-UK 52 (TFL), Broughton clude correspondence, reading and collecting gay lit-

Street, Edinburgh EH1 3SA Scotland. erature from all over the world. I promise to answer (416) 964-3962 all letters received in English. Marc John Southon, PO Box 625, Strand, 7140 Cape Province, Republic MESSAGES of South Africa. WOULD LIKE INFORMATION on Gays in Nazi Germany for a paper on the Pink Triangle. All help NATIONAL appreciated. Drawer E583. OR WRITE BOX "A" 730 BATHURST STREET. LUST-CRAZED FOR YOUNG MEAT TORONTO, ONTARIO M5S 2R4 LET ME WORSHIP your hot sausage. I need FRIENDS straight-type street numbers. This bi-stud also gets off on hot, humiliating J/O letters from punk school INTERNATIONAL studs and street kids. Remuneration considered. Send hot horny reply to Rick , PO Box 1 363 , North Bay ON BRITISH GUY seeks Canadian woman for mutually P1B8K5. beneficial marriage. My lover has had to return to Canada and I would love to join him in southwestern BARE- NAKED HORNY stud wants to hear from Ontario. Drawer E603. other guys into cocksucking, W/S, chicken, what-

ever . Let me strut my stuff for you . Revealing photo a CANADIAN GUY SEEKS British girl for mutually must for reply. Drawer E513 beneficial marriage. I have had to return to Canada

but I would like to rejoin my lover in England. Drawer JO BUDDIES WANTED with big balls and cock. If E604. you enjoy JO, talking dirty, phone calls, fantasies, big balls, bare feet, write now. Am 37, attractive. Drawer I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU E271. ISOLATED, BLACK, 31, wishes to correspond with "native" North Americans, orientals and asians. Will GWM 50, in great shape, seeking young GWM masc- answer all replies honestly. Drawer E589. uline, sexually versatile to relocate for relationship. Reliable, sober, honest type only. Photo and full de- INTERESTED IN CORRESPONDENCE ( + ) with tails please. Henry, PO Box 6864, Stn A, Saint John authentic horse-lovers/dog-lovers. Box 1134, Stn F, NB E2L 4S3. Toronto ON M4Y 2T8. NOVICE SLAVE TORONTO 25, 5'11" 160 lbs seeks master(s) anywhere in Canada who know(s) how to put a slave through his paces. FRIENDSHIP MALE OR FEMALE S/M, B/D, W/S. I travel widely with my work in all RESPONSIBLE, STABLE, established GWM, 40, areas of Canada but Maritimes, so I will be in your 5'1 1", fit, living downtown. I enjoy a conservative, area sometime Sir! Drawer E453. masculine approach to gay life, have average good 6'1" 155 lbs, brown hair and looks, athletic and artistic interests and am open, 23-YEAR-OLD GWM, sharing-type person. Would like to meet similarly eyes, looking for guys to 27 for long-lasting intimate conservative gay men or women with whom to build relationship. Prefer beardless and slim. Currently good friendships. Drawer E625. working professionally, but will relocate for right person. Write Box 1208, Thompson MB R8N 1P1. FRIENDS: FEMALE GLADIATOR WANTED 32-YEAR-OLD 168 lb 5'11", blond hair GWM into INTERNATIONAL bodybuilding, horticulture, seeks others with similar interests as friend, companion and possible lover. GAY WOMEN WRITE /meet everywhere! through Reply with photo to Box 56, Spruce Home, SK. The Wishing Well Magazine Program. Confidential (Code Numbers used), supportive.dignified, prompt. ALTERNATE LIFESTYLE Ten years' reliable reputation. Tender, loving alterna- GAY COUPLE, 24/30, Cape Breton NS, seek male Starring the CHIPPENDALE'S MEN tive. Introductory copy US$5 (mailed discreetly first live-in or? companion under 35. Must appreciate class). Canadian women especially welcome! Free in- farm lifestyle/winter isolation. Will supply will Hold onto your hearts and get MUSCLE MOTION progressively formation: Box 117, Novato, CA 94948-0117. Room /board /occasional labour. Own income an asset. Try us. Photo/introductory letter appreciated. ready for some heavy breathing as build strength, endurance and SASKATOON Let us know what you're Looking for.Drawer E572. - 6', the world's best men lead you muscle tone total exercise and LESBIAN-SASKATOON: I'll be your lover, friend GWM, 32, lost in small town Saskatchewan, wants or penpal. I'm a healthy part-time fashion model and to meet western travellers. Am versatile and into through a workout you'll never total entertainment in one head pantry chef. I am 20 years of age and believe it or massage. Write with photo and phone number forget! unique program. not, I have never had the opportunity to have a rela- Drawer E586. tionship with a woman. I enjoy all types of sports, Put the bulge back in aerobics!! love journalism, writing books and New Wave Music, SAME BRITISH COLUMBIA especially Culture and Parachute Club. Please adress HOWAVAILABLE ON VIDEO respond! Thank you! Drawer E558. BOOTED BIKERS LOGGERS LINEMEN APT CITY MASCULINE slim motor-cyclist, 36, digs a slim ONTARIO dominant dude with very heavy boots. I'm sincere, PROVTNCE code and/or your boots please. WOMAN, EARLY 20s, seeks same in Southern On- answer all. Photo of you likes sex with boots on. VTVv tario. Enjoys conversation, sense of humour, sports No S/M, but need a man who MASTEF CHAPf! 1 *** llnouiaoig tax S handling! IS&i levis, leather, rubber uniforms, outdoor fun and and dancing. Write me, will answer all. Drawer E531 I like PERSONAL CHEQUE MONEY OPOEP PltOAz ottoW 2-3 UKiki licking your boots, on your bike, in a van, truck or hot authentic sports uni- VISA/M.C. NO to* deJUvvu) car. I like mottcross gear, pro FRIENDS: MALE forms, and I'm clean and discreet. Please write: VISA/M.C. EXPIRY DATE Foa un{omaJUon call 1416) J69-0J52 707-1045 Haro St, Vancouver BC V6E 3Z8. 0ut6-tde Toionto oAeo, INTERNATIONAL 5'9" BETA I | V.H.S.| I • OF COPIES call collect GBM 28, 130 lbs, brown hair and eyes. Seeks I'M A POLISH BOY, 28, 172cm 64 kg, and I'm look- goodlooking, well-hung top white male for friendship SICNATURE .MAIL TO: 121 Patrick St. Toronto M5T 1V3 ing for other boys in all countries for friendship and and possible relationship. Many interests. Write with

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photo and phone number. All letters will be answered. Drawer E538.

VANCOUVER, 46-year-old professor, GWM, in good shape, financially secure, seeks a younger lover. WELCOME TO TBP CLASSIFIEDS No racial bias. Please send photo. Drawer E598. Gay people out to meet other gay people, right across Canada and beyond our borders too. ALBERTA COST MALE, 32, TALL, seeks casual friends in Fort Mc- Murray. Drawer E627. Just 35

GAY WHITE MALE, PASSIVE, 40, 150 lbs, 5'6", tised deadline. Late ads will be held over for the following issue, unless you instruct otherwise. would like to meet dominant gay males, well-hung, very active in Greek, bondage, gang bangs. Only let- We cannot accept ads over the telephone. ters with photo will be answered. Calgary area only. If you do not wish to print your address or phone number, you can request a drawer number. We will for- Drawer E466. ward replies to you twice a week in a plain envelope. This service costs $4.00 per ad per issue. GWM, 25, 5' II "seeks guys to 30 interested in playing strip poker or other gambling games in which loser Replies to your drawer cannot be picked up at our office. submits to winner. Will respect any limits you may is still illegal if either or parties are if set. Got the guts to put your ass on the line? Photo Gay sex both under21, or more than 2 people are involved, regardless with reply if possible but not necessary. All replies of their ages. Please word your ad accordingly. We reserve the right to alter or refuse any ad. answered. Drawer E599. Remember, too, that your ad is reaching other people, not just a box number. So it is smart to be positive ATTRACTIVE GWM, 35, 5'9" 150 lbs, brown hair and easygoing person seeks a person 21 to 29 for a cor- about yourself, not insulting to others. We will edit out phrases like "no blacks" or "no fats or ferns." respondence and possible relationship. Must be honest, reliable and trustworthy. Help with relocation ANSWERING AN AD? possible for right person to Alberta. All letters ans- Postage here wered. Photo if possible. Let's hear from you guys if No charge. Put your reply in an envelope and address it as in the interested. Willing to try anything for the right per- TBP CLASSIFIEDS son. Please write me today. Thanks. Drawer E610. diagram. Be sure the drawer number is on the outside of the envelope. Box 7269, Station A Drawer. Toronto, ON M5W 1X9 EDMONTON Office staff do not open mail addressed to a drawer. HOW TO DO IT ORGY WORKOUTS 21 GWM ARRANGES GROUP SEX for GWMs Write one word per box. The amount in the box when you finish is the basic cost of your ad, but please be 21-50, married, bi or straight. Hot raunch scenes. sure to add in the cost of a special head if you choose one. Mail your ad along with your payment to Photo and sexual preference desirable. Drawer E381 us here at: Station A, Toronto, ATTRACTIVE GWM, university student, 22, seeks TBP CLASSIFIEDS, Box 7289, ON M5W 1X9. educated male for possible relationship. 20-30 preferred, no kinks. Varied interests, social activities, must be out of the closet ! Send particulars and phone BOLD (Max 30 characters)»» n number to Drawer E447. STANDOUT (Max 20 characters))))) GWM, 30s, 5' 10" 150 lbs, cleanshaven. Intelligent, sensitive, affectionate. Seeks discreet, intimate rela- GRABBER (Max 15 characters))))) tionship. Drawer E580. Write the text of your ad below, one word per box. SPECIAL HEADINGS SASKATCHEWAN $7 $7 $7 $7 $7 of headings above, WELL-TRAINED SLAVE AVAILABLE Choose one the $7 $7 $7 $7 $7 WILL SERVE a dominant master or couple who en- and your ad will practically jump off joy W/S, B/D, and humiliation. I'm 29, 5'8" 130 lbs, the page. See the examples below $7 $7 $7 $7 $7 and well-hung. Novice masters welcome. Drawer is best for you. E524. to decide which one $7 $7 $7 $7 $7

PRAIRIES INTEREST YOU? $7.35 $7.70 $8.05 $8.40 $8.75 INTELLIGENT, DISCREET, together, fun-loving, First, and cheapest: BOLD! gregarious GWM, 26, decent body, invites your letter $9.10 $9.45 $9.80 $10.15 $10.50 For just $5.00, you get up to 30 if you are 18 to 35. Must enjoy life away from the bright lights, and like great cooking, white wines, characters of bold type to head off $10.85 $11.20 $11.55 $11.90 $1225 music, sports, the outdoors and travelling. I would your ad. Here are a few examples: like to hear from those capable of lots of caring, cud- $12.60 $12.95 $13.30 $13.65 $14.00 dling and loving, plus the ability to keep open a pos- $14.35 $14.70 $15.05 $15.40 $15.75 itive line of communication. Not into excess smoke or MEET ME IN ST LOUIS drink, the bar scene, one-nighters, laziness or bizarre OR EVEN DOWNTOWN Toronto would do. I'm $16.10 $16.45 $16.80 $17.15 $17.50 sex. Please be honest so that we can start things off the looking for the great-looking guy in the Speedo right way. Three times daily, the Greyhound stops bathing suit who ran out of Chaps last Wednesday. $17.85 $18.20 $18.55 $18.90 $19.25 half a block away. Write soon. Drawer E616. Call me at 591-7693.

AFFECTIONATE GUY SEEKS SAME $19.60 $19.95 $20.30 $20.65 $21.00 WINNIPEG I'M LOOKING FOR a man who'll give me all the loving I need, and who can take all the loving I have to $21.35 $21.70 $2205 $22.40 $22.75 GWM, 29, average-looking and passive, seeks pen- give. Write Drawer DXXX. pals anywhere. Interests include music, movies, More to say? Jus [keep writing on a separate sheet of paper, at a cos of 35c per word. theatre and quiet evenings at home. Drawer E568. Even better: STANDOUT! Business ads: 70$ per word. ONTARIO Up to 20 characters for just $10.00! Cost of ad $ times number of runs Check out HANDSOME MASCULINE these examples to see HEADINGS ARE YOU ATTRACTED to other men but unsure of how your ad would look: BOLD ($5.00 times number ofruns) $ how to deal with it? I'm a straight acting and appearing man looking for another open, honest, discreet STANDOUT ($10.00 times number ofruns) $ guy to explore intimacy, closeness, warmth. Quiet HOT BUNS, EAGER LIPS GRABBER ($15.00 times number ofruns) $ GWM, 36, 5' 10" 155 lbs, would like dinners, long walks-talks, white wine, theatre, cuddl- to service you in Total cost of ad before discounts $ every way possible. Have great ass and great techni- ing and sharing are more my style. You should be DISCOUNTS 27-40, secure and stable, attractive and masculine. que. Drawer EXXX. D Two runs. Deduct 15% Serious replies with photo answered. Drawer E541 CABBAGETOWN APT Three or four runs. Deduct 20% _ c MAN HAS APT TO SHARE in quiet section of Cab- Five to nine runs. Deduct 25% _ J NORTHERN ONTARIO bagetown near TTC and shopping. All utilities, own room, Ten runs. Deduct 30% _ c THUNDER BAY: You are under 30, straight appear- non-smoker. $300/month. Call 666-3223. _ c ance, enjoy the occasional night out for supper, I am a subscriber. I can deduct $1.00. 1.00 show, lounge. I enjoy conversation with knowledge- And for tops in attention-getting: DRAWER SERVICE Subtotal $ able younger set over drinks in quiet setting. What GRABBER! comes later depends upon you, but you will not be dis- Please assign number and forward replies.

appointed. Write soon. Tell me about yourself. Photo An extra $15.00 over the basic cost I enclose $4.00 per ad per issue. appreciated. Drawer E463. of your ad buys you up to 15 charact SUBSCRIBE! Subtotal $ NORTHERN ONTARIO. Handsome, well-built, ers that will spotlight your message. I want to subscribe. Canada $ 15.95 early thirties, travelling all Northern Ontario, looking Check out these examples: 17.95 for fun, friends throughout. Well-hung. Anything (Add subscription cost to subtotal.) International $ goes!. Drawer E553. Total enclosed $ SLAVE WANTED DEADLINE FOR THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE: 5 PM, THURSDAY, SEPT 6 MALE, SENIOR, RETIRED, interested in meeting MASTER, 39, MERCILESS, seeks slave who is will- another male. Non-smoker, honest and discreet. Box Name ing to surrender his all. Limits respected. Drawer _ Cheque/money order enclosed 42. Warren, ON POH 2N0. DYYY. Address Charge my Visa Mastercharge City Card number SOUTHERN ONTARIO CAR FOR SAUT Province Code Expiry date HAMILTON AND SUDBURY 1980 RABBIT, good condition, blue, jusl driven occasionally to the bars, asking 15,000 or best offer. Call Clip this form and mail it with payment to: TBP CLASSIFIEDS. Box 7289, Station A, AREA GBM, 21. seeks GM 18-25 for friendship. James. 944-3214. good times, and possible relationship. Am honest, af- Toronto, ON M5W 1X9 DM13

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fectionate, loving and clean. Photo not necessary. meet slim, strong, Greek active black male who en- na. . I . don't have one.) I find this city to be a cold and Will answer all. pals welcome, nationality joys the good life. I travel a great deal by myself Pen race, and difficult place to meet people. That's why I travel a not important. Drawer E528. need a sincere, loving companion. Photo, phone with lot. And that'swhyl've written thisad. I would like tu SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO reply appreciated. Box 2647, Stn F, Scarboro ON meet men who share my interests, and not necessarily M1W2T1. (but not ruling out) bed. 35, LOOKS AND ACTS younger, looking for friend my Men who are successful seeks and who enjoy good conversation GWM over a good meal or around same age in Grey-Bruce area. Sincere and car- VERY ATTRACTIVE GWM, 28, into body-build- cold pizza and at ing. Enjoy nights out with good friends. Photo and ing, very nice body, dark hair, blue eyes, 5'9" 155 lbs, warm beer 2 a.m.; men who like popular music, theatre, phone gets fast reply. Have car will travel. Drawer looking for under 30, prefer tall blond guy with good books, television, films, music videos, dirty movies, getting E545. body but will answer all. Like dancing and sex. Pic- drunk and silly, same weekends in Montreal and New York, winter vaca- ture, phone, fast replies. Go ahead, I'm horny. 20, 6' 180 lbs, interested in meeting a guy with weight Drawer E448. tions in hot climes, imported chocolates and cham- set for training and companionship in Kitchener-Wat- pagne, Joan Rivers on the Tonight Show, lazy days at erloo area. Drawer E533. PROFESSIONAL new to Toronto. 6'3" MALE 210 the beach, Dynasty (ABC or Ming), shopping, crying, lbs, losing, 30. Not into bars but enjoys life. Take a GWM, LATE FORTIES, into bondage and tickling, living, laughing and loving. 1 don't want to get mar- chance. Photo, phone. Drawer E449. give or take. Like to hear from like-minded guys, any ried; I'm not looking for a permanent relationship age. Drawer E555. COUPLE, MALE, in mid-thirties, with cottage on because I enjoy my independence, but then you never water in Muskoka region, would like to meet other know. I believe your friends are the most important NEW TO AREA. 24 years, fairly goodlooking, seeks cottagers or local gays for weekend socializing. GWF seeks people in your life (next to your mother, of course) friends for fun, etc. Travel to Toronto for the occa- Drawer E554. and you can never have too many (friends, not moth- sional weekend. Recent photo and phone ensures re- ers). If you think we can be friends, acquaintances or ply. Drawer E606. MAN, 39, seeks other man for buddy-friendship and just two ships that go "Sail me, dock me, drop an- sharing. 25-42, must be mature, warm, fun, caring, KITCHENER-WATERLOO chor" in the night, drop me a line. For those into vital intelligent same 6'1" and financially independent. Sincere re- GWM, SHY AND INTELLIGENT, 22, 150 lbs, stats: you already know my age, I'm almost 6' tall, plies only. Drawer E518. non-smoker, straight-looking, seeks Renaissance almost 160 lbs, brown and green (that's hair and eyes male with sense of humour under 25 for friendship GWM, VERY GOOD-LOOKING, moustache, seeks and never vice-versa), very clean-shaven, noticeably and good conversation. Discretion assured and ex- same for sexual encounters of the fun kind. Into most white, usually male, unswayingly homosexual and pected. All replies answered. Photo and phone ap- things. Possible relationship with right person. Send often gay, considered handsome by those with good preciated. Drawer E626. photo and phone. Drawer E544. taste, never had VD and never wish to, and, fanfare please, well-hung-and-nice-ass-but-not-a-size- SLAVE, 28, 130 lbs, beard, seeks hot leather master CLEAN, LEAN, INEXHAUSTIBLE GWM, 24, queen-though-I-do-love-a-man-with-a-moustache- into S/M, B&D, W/S, T/T, CB/T and leather. Al- seeks muscular topman who lives alone or muscle- and-hair-on-his-chest-but-not-exclusively-and-I- most anything for right master. Send letter with pho- bound couple for physical love. Photo, phone appre- hate-tattoos. I work odd hours sometimes, which can to, sir! Drawer E618. ciated. Drawer E539. put a damper on one's social life, but it also allows me 25, 5' ll"1501bs, seeks master for long, PASSIONATE, affectionate, romantic male, 39, GAY MALE, to be flexible. I welcome responses from anywhere in 5'8" 165 hot, sweaty sessions. London to Windsor area. lbs, seeks honest, sincere guy up to 35 for the world, and especially from Toronto, Montreal, Drawer E612. long-term relationship. Looks unimportant. Not into New York and our beloved City-By-The-Bay (San bars. Discretion assured. Drawer E529. PROFESSIONAL GWM, 38, 5*1 1" 175 lbs, virile, Francisco Bay, not Hudson's Bay). Discretion, re- secure, love arts, travelling, active, healthy, looking EASY-GOING MALE 42, 5'9", sexually versatile, spect and privacy assured and expected. Sugar dad- for friends, lover 21-35. Slim. Can help financially. seeks considerate, honest, giving person 38-48 who dies, celebrities and handsome, young heirs not man- Phone required. Discreet. London, Toronto, else- enjoys good conversation, music, country hikes, trav- datory but always appreciated. All credit cards. (Just where. Drawer E609. el and is not currently into bar scene. Discretion as- a little joke!) Well, they did say "any length" with my sured and expected. Drawer E530. subscription. Write soon, as Victor Kiam once said, STRAIGHT-ACTING CUTE GUY, 24, down to ' "What have you got to lose. . . except your whiskers! earth, has varied interests, seeks same for friendship MALE, 30s, looking for sincere type. Enjoys movies, Drawer E537. in London area. Photo appreciated. Drawer E597. arts, dining and travel. Males 25-40 please reply. Pho- GAY CHINESE MALE 5'8" 135 lbs, sincere, honest, YOUNG, HOT AND HORNY to appreciated. Thanks. Drawer E532. kind, pleasant, considerate, decent, young, attrac- ATTRACTIVE STUDENT, male, 21, slim, physical- COMBINATIONS tive, seeks same quality weight, 5'7" What does this mean? GWM. Reply height, ly fit , 1 30 lbs, seeks similar young guys to 30 with GWM, COUPLE, 20s/30s, well-hung, sexually ver- age, photo, phone. Drawer E557. hard cocks. Love cocksucking and deep kisses. Let satile, G/A/P, seek other like-sexed, B/W, singles, my hot lips satisfy you! Guelph area. Your place. couples for multiple combinations. Photo/phone PROFESSIONAL TORONTO GWM couple 33 and Classified shorthand is a good way Drawer E560. first reply. Drawer E534. 35, seeks professional gay male and gay female coup- to say a lot in a little space, but it can les in Metro Toronto and greater Buffalo areas for CUDDLY GWM SEEKS SAME. Am 60, slim, masc- LOOKING FOR AN HONEST, affectionate gay strictly platonic friendships. Drawer E559. uline, 6' tall, well-hung, honest, quiet, sincere, pas- male, preferably Portuguese or Italian, for a mate or leave you saying things you may not sive nature, need easygoing GWM buddy fond of af- companion. I'm masculine, 31, 5'7" 138 lbs. Send YOUNG MAN, 28, fun-loving, sensitive and true, mean. If you're a Gay White Male or a fection, kissing, arts, music, outdoors, close friend- your photo, phone number to guarantee response. green eyes, Celtic good looks, seeks burly, artistic ship for lasting relationship. Age unimportant. Seri- Discretion assured. Drawer E535. Gay White Female looking for a fling "mountain man" with big, big beard and bigger ous replies with photo only. Drawer E591. heart. Age unimportant. Drawer E369. BODY-BUILDER and karate gay, very attractive, ~ or a friend, and if race doesn't matter professional, sincere, independent, seeks slim, dis- GWM, 29, into body-building. Blond, blue-eyed, 145 to you, don't limit your options lbs, well-built, nice EASTERN ONTARIO creet gay man 20-35. Not into bar and public scene. I with sense of humour. Looking 5'7" for Top with big "D" to please. Prefer under 30, slim, GWM, 36, 175 lbs, 6' needs hairy ass spanked or know that you are somewhere. I'm 31, 138 lbs. inadvertently. Tell people what Send photo /phone number to guarantee reply. good-looking. I am into leather, bikes, denim. Not in- beaten with belt. Interested in B&D and S/M. Limit- and Drawer E536. you want in your own words to SM. Dinners, music, video, and love good times. ed experience in both . Will answer all . Photo if possi- My place or yours. Well-established. If you're from ble. Your place only. Prefer2l-35. Groups and coup- ARTIST, MALE, 32, slim, shy, witty, informal, seeks you'll get results! outoftown, stay with me. Givemethetimeofmylife. les. Sir! Ottawa West - Kanata. Drawer E619. masculine, compassionate, non-promiscuous friend Photo and phone, please. Will answer all. Drawer who lives in west end. Please send photo. Drawer looking easygoing younger male or couples for good DOMINANT MASTER ES73. WM, 5' 10" 170 lbs requires slave who responds well E520. times, have country home. Let's hear from guys in 40, 5' 10" 160 lbs, in- to strap, crops and other discipline. Prefer submissive central and eastern Ontario. Hope to hear from you MAN, LEAN AND STRONG, soon. Drawer E001. vites rough / gentle, hot / warm occasional sex play and ass-eating blond who finds ecstasy in being naked, BOOTED BIKER licking fantasy workouts with equals, any age. Drawer E570. bound and my boots. Write with photo and MOMMIE CAN'T TAKE the pictures this gentleman PROFESSIONAL GWM, 38, 190 lbs, 6'4", seeks phone. Drawer E602. photographer can. Lean and mean or butch and bur- young man over 21 for hot times. I am into most BLUE EYES, DARK HAIR, moustache. Articulate, ly, if you want your macho male look on film, seek no things and love spanking. Discretion assured and ex- intelligent and attractive career professional looking 5'7" PETERBOROUGH more. Discretion assured and payment a smile. Now pected. Drawer E162. for same. 30, 130 lbs. Prefer 25 to 35 with some sincerity. Photo a plus. Drawer E571. YOUNG-LOOKING Chinese, cute, flaunt it and say cheese. Call 922-7816. seeks sincere, BOXERS/FIGHTERS WANTED slim or masculine guy for one-to-one relationship. Let PROFESSIONAL 38, hairy chest, 150 EX-COP, GWM, 36, 6', 175 lbs, seeks one special GWM 5M0" GWM 38, 6' 155 lbs, trains regularly, experienced, us explore the future! Peterborough area. Drawer lbs, looking for clean-cut, uncut masculine man for hot and good a man to share a relationship, mutual- looking for opponents. State your terms. Exchange E526. ly stimulating emotionally, times. Butch masculine attitude and photo gets mine. intellectually, and physi- photos, details. Discretion assured. Drawer E550. cally. Theatre, reading, skiing, outdoors, music, sun- Let's go for it! Drawer E561. ATTRACTIVE MASCULINE GWM, 30, wishes to OTTAWA bathing, travel are some of my interests. Discretion for hot meet hot Italian or other mediterranean men 2 1 -40 for HOT, HUNG AND HANDSOME, looking assured. Let's meet. Drawer E522. 22-YEAR-OLD WITH BLUE EYES, dark brown discreet encounters and heavy sex. Drawer E551 young buns to plunge into. Reply with details, photo hair, 125 lbs, 5'8". I've been described as looking a lot and phone. Drawer E562. THIS IS NOT A SEX AD! My friends all hate my better than average. I am not the GQ narcissistic type, WRESTLING PARTNER WANTED by 23-year-old computer! I have a Commodore-64 and want to meet HI SAILOR! nor am I a rocker in faded jeans, but rather I am like gay guys who adore their 64s. I'm no expert but I'm butch, built, blue-eyed GWM. Photo/phone. many men in Ottawa, straight-looking and, more or I DO NOT WANT to tie you up and beat you and I ex- keen to learn. Dave 920-3283. Drawer E563. pect will have no desire to the to me. I less, "straight" behaving. I love films (foreign or you do same VERSATILE, GWM, 35, 6' 165 light), appreciate intelligent discussions (political or TV/TS MISTRESS required by tall, trim, masculine abhor violence. And, aside from one smart easy chair MOUSTACHED for bi-male, 46. I picked up in Europe, I not into leather. I mean, if lbs, wants and needs you adventurous and imagin- non-political) and least of all, I don't like exhibition- You are extrovertly attractive and prefer- am 21-35 I leather sex, I'll rent I like are ative affairette if you're and looking for the ists. I'm interested in meeting a similar guy (i.e. a Yup- ably pass in public. You will be treated as a lady with want a cow. What do same. Fantasy and photo required. Drawer E564. pie, who can be, sometimes a bit square), preferably warmth and sensual attention. Discretion and no- people who are humane, intelligent, sane, witty, inde- financially secure, clean, well ca- in his mid-twenties, who enjoys company just as pressure enjoyment assured. Photo and phone appre- pendent, educated, GOOD-LOOKING MALE, 35, 5'7" 140 lbs, would fun-loving. like I much as time spent relaxing by himself. My reply will ciated. Drawer E523. reer oriented and People me. am 25 like masculine top male 21-27, trim, well-hung, 6', years old (I still get asked for ID on good days), but ex- be guaranteed only if you send a photo. Confidenti- masculine enjoys Greek , water sports, porno, also en- SEX SLAVE perience has taught that age has nothing to do with ality is guaranteed to all. PO Box 1461, Stn B, Hull me joys music, theatre and good restaurants. Prefer Tor- HOT YOUNG submissive male has need to service PQ J8X 3Y3. maturity so 1 do not seek a man in any particular age onto area. Write sending photo for quick answer. one or more masters into B/D, light S/M, V/A. Tell bracket. Sex is great at any age. It is not, however, my Lasting relationship wanted. Drawer E628 SLAVE WANTED me how you want to use me, Sir! Photo appreciated. sole purpose for placing this ad. I have lived in Toron- MASTER, 40s, trim, masculine, sane, experienced, Drawer E527. MATURE, AFFECTIONATE MALE who believes to all my life and I can count my good friends on one accepting applications for evening or weekend slave. in black and white men together seeks black counter- hand. (I can count my current bedmates on my vagi- Limits respected and expanded. B/D obligatory. HAVE YOU BEEN STROKED TODAY part for friendship, relationship. Need someone to 5' 11" Long-term relationship possible. Drawer E581. WHY NOT! GWM 44, 150 lbs, needs live-in admire, care about and love. Drawer E574. playmate 35-50 who's tuned in and turned on. Must ForSale TORONTO be professional and discreet, masculine and sincere. PHOTOGRAPHS & LET ME HEAR WHAT YOU WANT 3-piece suits 9 to 5 and cutoffs and raunch after 6, CUTE, BLOND, BLUE-EYED 24-year-old male HANDSOME BI J/O STUD seeks action with other great! Leather/denim and tuxedos are in the closet, would like to be dominated by good-looking GWM 6' POSTERS hot men. Am 29, 165 lbs, moustache. Photoamust not me! Anything goes sexually. Race and colour are under 40. Must be well-hung. Let me hear it! Reply before meeting! Travel frequently — can accommo- not important. Photos exchanged. Roy. Drawer OF with photo. Drawer E575. date buddies. If you want the best, then go for it! E547- UNDER 5'5"? Drawer E049. UNIFORM/BUSINESS SUIT LESBIAN & GAY PRIDE ARE YOU THIS 5' 10" BLOND digs hot stuff in small packages. NUDE PHOTOS OF YOURSELF? GWM 30, blond, blue eyes, hot buns, wants well- DAY '84 I'm affectionate, honest, shy, randy, sensual, fun, Head shots, nudes, negatives returned. Phone studio hung studs in uniform or business suit. Into desk-top colour shots of flexible. Let's get together. Drawer E576. 532-4380. Inquiries welcome, inexpensive. action or related activities. Your photo gets mine. 165 candid Drawer E548. celebration held in ATTRACTIVE BLOND, 32, slim, body-builder, ATTRACTIVE masculine male, 27, seeks masculine the seeks good-looking man, athlete preferred, as fuck- attractive male under 25, with jeans and black leather Toronto on July 1st. DO YOU WANTATRUE LOVER buddy and possibly more. Photo a must . I 'II send you jacket to have fun and jerk me off slowly. I love to MALE 27, golden-brown hair, green eyes, well-built, Send $3.00 tor complete mine in return. Drawer E577. cuddle. Photo and phone. Drawer E456. 130 lbs, honest, warm, caring, wants to meet attrac- illustrated catalogue. THIS OPPORTUNITY requires a down-to-earth BM, 34, 6'2" 185 lbs, wants hung married CI active tive male, 20-30, sincere, for friendship and true rela- kind of guy into film, politics, wine, theatre, music W/M able to go more than one round. 22/40 wants tionship. Drawer E549. Innovative Cinema Distribution (equivalencies considered) to interface with 26-year- just satisfaction. Drawert458. GWM, 35, 5' 10" 175 lbs, brown hair, reddish body Company, c/o Drawer E632, The old GWM who prefers above to baths/ bars. No opportunity. Drawer BLACK MALE WANTED hair, muscular build, masculine, easygoing country Body Politic, Box 7289, Station A, agents. Equal E578. TALL, HANDSOME, well-built white male who is type, very horny, well-hung. Enjoy quiet times, mu- BLOND, HANDSOME, FIT & MARRIED Toronto, ON M5W 1X9 shy, sensitive and athletic but also lonely would like to sic, little drink and smoke, mutual JO. Seek straight- ME: BLOND, 5'1I" blond moustache, blue eyes, 150

46 C THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 lbs, very fit, age 32, considered handsome by friends, dle-class character with definitive mind, versatile in straight-acting, straight-looking and married. Look- love/sex. All you must be is idealistic, average-look- /~ ing for super-hot but very discreet encounters with the ing and under 26. Go for it! Drawer E608. ^V lov- . This would lead to a long-lasting, very right man GAY TRANSVESTITE would like to meet same and CATALOGUE 5.00$ (REFUNDABLE ON PURCHASE) supportive friendship. I'm new to this ing, mutually others for mutual enjoyment. Write: Boxholder, PO I'm ready for it and I learn fast. Not in- scene but Box 1293, Stn A, Toronto ON M5W 1G7. terested in drugs or pain, but smoke joints occasional- ACTIVE, masculine male, very nice body, ly. You: Maybe married, maybe not. Definitely, BLACK, stable male to you're super-hot but very discreet. You're straight- university-educated, seeks handsome, attractive and well- acting, straight-looking. You like to talk, share, be age 30 for relationship. Must be appreciated. Drawer E629. open. You're not just looking for a one-nighter, built. Photo and phone either. You're handsome, you like yourself, know GIVEMEATRY! s who you are and what you want and need. Drop me a GWM, BLOND, MASCULINE, 38, 6' 170 lbs, seeks line. Photo and phone also appreciated. PO Box 170, fun friend 21-40. Interests include cuddling, VCR, Station Toronto, ON M4T 2M1. Q, toys, fantasy and/or stimulants. Let's get together. ffl QUESTION: Are you a man between the ages of 21 Drawer E601. and 35 and think you may be attracted to a good- PROVEN A "PERSONALITY WINNER," great to very looking, Italian, hairy student who happens be friend and chum, vibrant male is shopping for fall and horny, intelligent, and a touch shy? (OK, you can stop winter inspirational friend. Paul, 698-8585. laughing now!) MERELY MORTAL GWM seeks imperfect mate. ANSWER: Stop whatever it is you're doing and send Me: 39, 5' 10" 160 lbs, accidentally good-looking, in- me a brief letter today! PS: All light SMers are cidentally professional, modestly creative, sporadic- welcome to answer this ad. Drawer E582. ally intellectual, arguably hyper, gently paranoid, GWM, 40, LOVE TO WEAR GARTER BELTS, periodically filthy. Hates predictably horny and ALSO AVAILABLE ACCU-JAC II 895.00$ panties, baby dolls, etc. Want to meet a man who can pretension, falsehood and sleeping alone. Loves a give sweet discipline. If you're right and you love to tough mind, tenacious spirit and tight bod. You: spank my buns or other favours, send letter and 25-45, kind, warm and emotionally available, with a The original ACCU-JAC electronic masturbator never has a phone number. Drawer E475. sense of humour and a telephone number. Drawer headache. It provides simultaneous suction and masturbation with WISH TO MEET AND KNOW MALE 35-45, E600. variable speed control that's sure to please. Niagara-Toronto area. You are extrovert, your own OK, YOU WANT TO MEET a young (21) student. man, dominant, masculine, warm, considerate, bod- You're probably 23, give or take 3. Want to know ybuilder, enjoys city /country setting, not captive of more? Write. It's real easy. Let the BP show you the any role. Jeans /leather. From you as role model, I, way... Drawer E596. GWM 43, wish to learn, emulate, develop revised BLOND, BLUE-EYED, 28, 5*11" 170 lbs, artistic, style of life. Photo appreciated. Drawer E503. attractive. Seeks hunky male under 35 for fun, possi- HANDSOME AIRLINE CAPTAIN ble relationship. Photo, phone preferred. Drawer INTO SHORTS, DENIM, jockstraps, uniforms, E595. 5'11" lbs, 32 yrs. Explore my shining zipper 165 ARE YOU "MR RIGHT"? beautiful, thick, cock. Phone, A before taking my STRAIGHT- AND PROFESSIONAL-LOOKING photo. Drawer E509. man needed for "social" business functions, with would SUNTANNING BUDDY and summer friend straight- and professional-looking woman. I can re- be great: The perfect dream. GQ-type male seeks turn the favour. Lynn 239-1051. same. Box 921, Stn A, Toronto. MUSCLE-WORSHIP. GWM, 29, slim, short, into y GAY WHITE PROFESSIONAL MALE body-worship, seeks muscle guys who need adulation GAY WHITE PROFESSIONAL MALE: 30, lives and respect for their bodies. Novice bodybuilders downtown, good job, stable, seeks same 25-32. Am who want to try out posing routines also welcome. sincere, somewhat shy, conservative, good sense of Discretion assured. Drawer E594. humour. Enjoy most sports, bowling, movies, quiet times, good friends, going out weekends. Only clean, HOT BUNS FOR ASIAN GUYS down-to-earth, sincere people, who believe in one-to- NEW YORK GUY, 39, white, 5' 10" 145 lbs, visiting one relationships should respond. Reply with tele- Toronto Oct 1st thru 14th. Active french, passive afternoon brief en- phone number and photo if available. Drawer E370 greek, seeks young Asian guys for I counters. No long-term involvement, only mutual P R FUN-LOVING satisfaction. I dig oriental guys. George, Box 306, APE le sex-shop gal 1661 est, Ste-Catherlne, Montreal, Que. H2L 2J5 521-8451 GOM, EARLY 30s, professional, interested in all Fort Hamilton Stn, Brooklyn NY 11209 USA. life, specially sincere, honest, secure quality things in SINCERE, MASCULINE, HONEST persons. Am interested to meet someone who would 39-YEAR-OLD seeking masculine, clean-shaven like to share these qualities and more. Reply with pho- friend to age 25. Not into the gay scene. Enjoy quiet tos and phone numbers. Drawer E483. times and travel. Looks and nationality unimportant. Box 161, Agincourt I'm not prejudiced. Photo and phone appreciated. BOTTOM SEEKS TOP montgomenu (Toronto), Ontario, MASCULINE, CLEAN-CUT BOTTOM, mature, a Will answer all. Drawer E587. 5'8" Canada M1S3B6 bit shy, slim, 30, 130 lbs, healthy, dirty-blond ATTRACTIVE Leathers hair, firm ass, uncut. You are dominant, mature, re- ATTACHED YOUNG BLACK MALE, athletic, in- Visa, Chargex or laxed though self-assured, considerate, health-con- telligent, highly-sexed, needs similar AIDS-conscious Mastercard accepted scious, fit. Both of us enjoy intelligent scenes /unin- Latin, Italian or other dark, virile, hung-thick male to hibited sex, head trips as much as body trips. Neither 35 to work me inside and out on a regular basis. Please Catalogue5 now of us is into street drugs, pain or filth. I want an under- send photo and phone. Discretion assured and ex- available standing partner to exert his will and expand my pected. Drawer E590. boundaries. You need a subordinate male who is will- Illustrated 36 page MATURE MALE SEEKS ASIAN PAL ing to relinquish control of his mind and body to your catalogue MASCULINE, SINCERE 39-year-old seeking young authority. Please include phone number with letter. Indian, Arab or other Asian males. Masculine and $5.00 + 90c postage Reply to Box 653, Stn K, Toronto, ON M4P 2H1. clean-shaven guys appreciated. Not into gay bars or and handling. MUSCULAR MAN, 29, seeks others for body con- discos. Love quiet times and travel. Looks unimpor- tact, oil, and sweat sessions, wrestling, J/O, nipple tant. Photo and phone appreciated. Drawer E588. ASK FOR IT! work. Please enclose photo. Drawer E624. GWM, EARLY THIRTIES, well-hung, Mediterra- Adults only - legal CUDDLY MALE, NICE SMILE, weightlifter's nean look, interested in culture, arts, travelling and must be age. build. Various spiritual, cultural and athletic in- sex. Love cuddling and conversation. Affectionate, terests. Seeks another for friendship and /or relation- good-looking men, gay, bisexual or married can re- ship. I have a sexual dysfunction. Drawer E623. spond. Photo will be appreciated. Drawer E592. DISCREET, FRIENDLY, YOUTHFUL WM, 55, No. 783 nice-looking, clean-shaven, 5'7" 135 lbs. Very trim, MONTREAL smooth body. Seeks similar males of any race, colour. GAY MALE 29, good-looking and in good shape, GROMMET Ages 21 to 39 for occasional JO sessions. Total discre- 5' 10" 155 lbs, wishes to meet younger male 18-22, any tion essential. Drawer E620. race, for friendship, etc. Penpals also welcome. JOCK MILDLY MANIC MIDDLE-AGED MALE seeks Photo appreciated but it's OK if you don't have one. similar for friendship, quarrels, reconciliations and Drawer E552. what have you. Replies to all respondents. Drawer NEW TO MONTREAL E617. GWM, MID-TWENTIES, short brown hair, hazel 5'8" FAIRLY WELL-PRESERVED GWM, 45, 5*8" 140 eyes, 143 lbs, new to Montreal, the city of love MENS FASHION SWIMWEAR lbs, intellectual and cultural interests, seeks clean- and excitement. I would like to hear from and meet shaven attractive man to my age. Drawer E615. gay males 27-35 years of age for friendship and what- one fo r$9.50 or (wo for SI 7. ever else that may develop. Looks and race unimpor- GWM, 40, seeks young guys for kinky, raunchy sex. tant . interests are getting to Some of my meeting and fuitra-Violet fc- Dk. Brown Anything considered. Send revealing letter. Photo know new people, candlelight dinners for two, mov- appreciated, phone. Drawer E614. Red Turquoise 4 ies, leisurely walks and cycling etc. I love cuddling, Burnt-Orange Royal Blue "HARD" DAY AT THE OFFICE? kissing and caressing. Sex is great though I am not Navy White f ATTRACTIVE, MASCULINE, VERY really into the bar or sauna scene. When I good I HORNY am Sand Black businessmen sought who really appreciate regular, am good but when I am bad I am better. Now that you style good head on your way home from the office. No have taken the time to read my ad, take the time to 301 tyle308 5'8", ,v need even to undress. slim, masculine, straight- answer. Photo not necessary, phone number appreci- appearing, clean, trim black beard /moustache, good- ated. Penpals welcome. Drawer E62I. 23% looking, warm hungry mouth. Ethnic, social back- LYCRA MONTREAL REGION. Camping-hunting buddy Sizes Sm|28 } CHAS ground unimportant. Prefer clean, discreet, under 45 30)Med<3l 3311 wanted. I'm 6'2" 167 lbs, blond, athletic, 40 years, PO BOA 92M PEMBROKE PIMES fiA 55084 9251 years. Must be cut. Social connotations not request- O'y Size Colour Oty Sue Colour print professional, bi. Have very large, well-equipped tent. to avoid delay, please ed. Phone number, first name only. Imaginative, en- tOH Camp, hunt small game, September-December, 101 joy erotic, also. Phone calls. Facial hair big plus. ' northern Quebec. Enjoy excellent food, wine; no second choice colour Drawer E613. dope. Seeking bi or gay slim, clean, athletic, non- NAM! ATTRACTIVE. BLACK professional, 32, athletic, hairy, masculine guy, or a gal, under 28, French or ADDRESS healthy, creative, considerate, stable, English speaking, lo join me weekends camping. responsible, plus $2 00 lor shipping .1 sincere, masculine, straight appearance, with a sense Hunting your option. Educated, good conversation idanls '"• lu CITY STATE of humour and discretion, several interests, seeks alist essential. Reply with phone number, brief back- TOTAL ORDERS ZIP PHONEl 1 male with similar qualities, primarily for friendship, ground, photo if possible, to Box 1863, Stn B, Mon- Sorry noC 1 but possibly open to more. Photo/phone number ap- treal PQ H3B 3L4.

preciated and answered first. Drawer E6I I. rvV • 3* 4 I. BARS DO A JAIL CELL MAKE, lonely models and QUEBEC 5'9", stuffy moustaches too, while your life passes by. 125 WM, 144. thick, shotl. brown hair. Into A/T, WHOLESALE INQUIRIES WELCOME lbs of lithe, jungle male, clad in potent oriental flesh, dancing, poetry, (ravel, friendship. Wrilc: Box 431, dares you to break the mould. 22 years old, solid mid- Sherbrooke, QC JIH 5J7.

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48 THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 LEFT BANK BOOKS sponsors a Books For Prisoners NEW BRUNSWICK project. Through donations and a postage grant we are USED SNEAKERS, KODIAK BOOTS able to send free miscellaneous books to inmates every- ATTRACTIVE GWM, MASCULINE, 30, 6'4" 168 where, (provided an institution allows them). We offer lbs, hung, hairy, circumcized, wants to hear from special order books at cost (usually 35-40% off). Pris- guys 18-35, anywhere, who get off on well-worn oners and other interested persons should write: Books sneakers, Converse, Nike, etc, Kodiak boots, sweat- For Prisoners, Box A, 92 Pike St, Seattle, WA 98101. sox, woolen sox, jockstraps, gym gear, underwear, I'm from Jacksonville, Florida, weigh 165 lbs, am etc. Will buy your well-worn Nikes, etc. Photo gets 5*9", Black, and have brown eyes. Ernest Walker mine. All answered. Drawer E579. 034775, PO Box 221, Raiford, FL 32083.

FREDERICTON . Do you want to meet a 35-year-old INCARCERATED BLACK MALE to be released STALLION'S TOP 50 SPECIAL GWM, 6'3" 180 lbs who has so much to give in so near the end of the year would like very much to cor- many ways? He's looking for a relationship with the respond with another male of any race for open- right fellow. He'slotsof fun (good sense of humour). ended relationship. I'm 5'11" 155 lbs, attractive, in He likes calligraphy, cats, cooking, hiking, swim- perfect health, intelligent, adventurous, romantic, ming, music, sex (of course) and is multilingual. If in- and as real as they come. Joe Lewis Holland 022832, terested, please write. You'll be glad you did. Drawer ORDER: PO Box 221/3-T-21 MHU, Raiford, FL 32083. E569. 5'11" 1 title at $37.95, including shipping 24-YEAR-OLD white male, 178 lbs, large NOVA SCOTIA frame, hazel green eyes, light brown hair. I'm doing 2 titles at $35.95, including shipping five more years to the Parole Board and seeking cor- NOVA SCOTIA MALE, 50, seeks correspondence respondents who might help me keep a civil and con- 3 or more at only $32.95 each, incl. shipping and friendship from all who enjoy letters. Please give structive mind. Am an optimist, intelligent, enjoy mailing address. Drawer E546. reading, music and sports. Ron A Tannert 153-355, 29-YEAR-OLD MALE between Digby and Yar- PO Box 45699, Lucasville OH 45699-0001. mouth. Not into heavy sex but likes male companion HI THERE. I'd like to correspond with people. for good clean fun. Cuddling and conversation my Please write to John Walker, Box 221-071456, specialty. Quick meeting possible. Drawer E260. Raiford FL 32083. Thanks! NS MALE, interested in hearing from same for I'M 24 YEARS OLD, approx. 135 lbs, brown hair 1. Doing It friendship and adventure. Please include phone num- and eyes. I'm into nature, some sports, and movies. I ber. Drawer E567. a 2. Malibu Days, Big Bear Nights (Re- release) ~ like Rock and Roll and country music. My favorite hobby is the study of meteorology. I will accept and D 3. Matter of Size ATLANTIC CANADA answer any mail. Anthony J. Trombitas 97711, PO a 4. Leo and Lance HORNY, HUNG YOUNG GWM, discreet, straight- Box 97, McAlester OK 74502. acting, considerate, sincere, wants to meet other 6'1" a 5. Best Little Warehouse in L.A. I'M 24, 190 lbs, and Black. I enjoy chess, goodlooking men for friendship, fun times or pen- reading, writing to B/M or anyone who wishes to 6. Hot Shots (Casey Donovan) a pals. Serious replies answered. Drawer E521. write, also being myself. James Hobley 63-216, PO a 7. Skin Deep TWO GWM SEEK FRIEND or friends for camping, Box 221, Raiford FL 32083. 8. Boys of Riverside Drive weekend outings, movies, nights on the town, and BLUE EYES with shoulder-length blond hair. Seek quiet dinners. Visitors welcome. Drawer E593. other gay males who are into politics, individual 9. Schoolmates rights, Asian culture and peoples. Especially in- D 10. His Little Brother NEWFOUNDLAND terested in hearing from Asians, but will answer all that enclose a S.A.S.E. Edward G. Evans C-41476, 11. Bad, Bad Boys TELEPHONE J/O AND SEX California Mens' Colony, 2150 PO Box A-E, San a 12. Falconhead MALE 25, 5' 10" 175 lbs, discreet, wants contact with Luis Obispo CA 93409. other males for hot sex and fantasies. Trade mags and 13. Tony's Initiation WHITE GAY MALE 26, very mature, sincere, hon- a videos, good relationship, confidentiality guaran- est and open. 5'9" 135 lbs. Blue eyes, brownish blond a 14. Dormitory Daze teed. Send name, photo if possible, and phone num- hair. Will answer any letters, and appreciate it very ber with time to call, or address. Here's your chance 15. Reflections of Youth much. Michael A. Hollon 8210, Reformatory to have a completely honest relationship, no strings D.O.C., PO Box 30 21-6-C, Pendleton IN 46064. 16. Huge no. 2 attached. Write Don Robinson, PO Box 781, Stn C, St John's NFA1K5L7. MY NAME IS LUCKY, informal definition of 17. Winner's Circle (new listing) Frederick. I'm 29, 165 lbs, black hair, dark brown 30-YEAR-OLD MALE has blue eyes, brown hair, a 18. For Members Only eyes, medium muscular build. Hobbies and interests: 150 lbs, enjoys exercising. Would like to hear from poems, cosmetology, modeling, cooking. I'm a realist 19. Games others. Not into heavy sex, drugs or bars. Would like a and will answer all who are sincere. Frederick Paul life-time commitment. Photo appreciated. Drawer a 20. Al Parker's Turned On Luckett 156525, PO Box 45699, Lucasville OH E566. a 21. Falcon Videopac no. 24 ("Style") 45699-0001. I AM A PRISONER in the Texas Dept. of Correc- a 22. The Other Side of Aspen 6'1" MODELS/ESCORTS tions. I am 25, 165 lbs. I love all sports and am 23. Good Times Cumming (Lace) very athletic. I have black hair and brown eyes, college education, lonely, honest and sincere. My hob- a 24. Greenhorn (Western) TORONTO bies are writing, reading, chess and photography. a 25. Seven in a Barn (J. Brian) Synnachia McQueen, Ramsey I, Rt. 4 Box 1100, HANDSOME, COMPETITIVE BODYBUILDER Rosharon 77583. 26. 1 TX a Huge no. available for modelling. Big, blond and beautiful. INCARCERATED BLACK MALE 29, 6' 157 lbs. 27. El Paso Wrecking Corp. (Joe Gage) Call 927-0558. Sincere, open and caring. Seeks someone with similar ESCORTS & MODELS 28. Nights in Black Leather (Peter Berlin) TORONTO traits. Looks, race, age or sex is unimportant. Please FULFILL YOUR FANTASIES. Lean muscular 26, write — will be released in Jan. 85. Lawrence McCoy 29. Johnny Harden & Friends (new listing) 5' 11" 170 lbs, masculine, clean cut-man available as 173-313, PO Box 45699, Lucasville OH 45699-0001. 30. Tuesday Morning Workout (J.Brian) escort and/or model. Call Rick: 653-21 15. PLEASE HELP ME find a new friend .I'm very lone- a 31. Printer's Devils (William Higgins) TORONTO'S FINEST ly and shy, my family has turned their backs on me. a 32. The Idol A 21- YEAR-OLD, brown-haired, green-eyed beau- I've been locked up 6 years and I'm very innocent. I'm ty. Hot, blue-eyed blond, 23. Available for model- 26 years old, will be 27 on November 3rd. MicKean S. a 33. Wet Shorts (award) ling/escort. Call Rob or Fabien. 964-8113. Davis Sr 158712, PO Box E, Jackson MI 49204. 6' D 34. Pacific Coast Highway HANDSOME, TWENTY-YEAR-OLD model and PRISONER 34, 1 50 lbs, black hair and brown eyes.

personal escort available. Write Dale C. , Box 83 , Stn Interests: music, dancing, all outdoor activities. 35. The Boys of Venice 1 F, Toronto ON M4Y 2N7. Stephen Burden 91507, PO Box 220, Stringtown OK 36. The Boys of San Francisco 74569 USA. BODYBUILDERS or trim, muscular men wanted by 37. These Bases Are Loaded amateur photographer for physique photos. PO Box SEEKING TO ESTABLISH a good relationship with a 38. The Diary (Toby Ross) 56, Buffalo, NY 14201 USA. someone who will write as often as I write; someone with whom I can share my feelings, thoughts, future CROP. When only the best will do. CREAM OFTHE 5' 11" 39. Brothers Should Do It plans and my deepest desires. I am 28, 148 lbs, Competent model, masseur and friend. Paul, brown hair, hazel eyes, clean shaven, and a non- 40. All Tied Up (Arch Brown) 698-8585. smoker. I love to write, read, swim, play bridge and a 41. Cell Block no. 9 bisexual man, clean, ver- ATTRACTIVE, BLACK, chess, and to cook. I have an associate degree in a 42. Jeff Noll's Buddies satile, looking for clients. For telephone number, Business Management and Accounting. Shelton Wm send letter to Box 1042, Stn F, Toronto ON M4Y 2T7. Durrah, PO Box 45699, Lucasville OH 45699. a 43. Centurians of Rome BOLD GWM, 2j, fun, versatile, available as escort. GWM 23, good-looking, attractive, sincere, open and a 44. Kept After School (Nova) 482-6621. JB. honest inmate seeks same for long-term relationship lasting TLC. Response gets mine. Brvan Stuber 45. Against the Rules BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE STUDENT, 21, discreet, and 29449, 1SR. BOX 30 K-6, Pendleton IN 46064. 46. Teenage Handymen versatile and youthful, seeks position as personal 961-4680. escort. Steve, LONELY GAY MAN, 24, blond. 1 80 lbs. Cancer, do- a 47. A Night at Halsted's HANDSOME MODEL/ESCORT under 25 required ing 10 years. Presently in solitary confinement.! love to read, and play sports. Originally from Oregon, 1 48. Cruisin' The Castro (Leo Ford) by attractive professional male, thirties, for regular encounters. Prefer student type. Totally confidential. have lost all contact with family and Friends Please 49. New York City Pro (Leo Ford) write. Mitchell C-22W9. Calif Men's Col Photo please. Box 21 1, Kitchener ON N2G 3X9. Emmette ony, PO Box A, San Luis Obispo CA 93409. a 50. Rear Deliveries ATTRACTIVE YOUNG BODYBUILDERavailable

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50 THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 -

Jack Anderson 1:1 David MacLean THE BACK PAGE

ASTOUNDING TALES U.F.O.'S

He is a writer, a fantasist. I look at them on buses, He lives alone, shovelling gravel Has always. outside my window, No one knows how he lives. at red lights He seems to know no one, turning to meet their eyes

:: friends. : that burn you: Has no close :?::; He keeps to himself. rubber laid across your soul. distant planet sighted

What he does is send stories, they walk the tightrope from outerspace Fantasies, to magazines, to my bedroom window — mm All of them alike. ::-:::-:•:: blood curdling scream, In his fantasies outrages and a little existential conversation Of immemorial slime to break the ice. Burrow beneath Main Street in our bubble we float Or howl in locked attics, ill his beer Or the ooze of corruption my need to disappear beneath him —

Oozes deviously then I steady myself: From the Great Lakes by moonlight. the convenient safetynet II in the blackhole of confusion. There is always a hero, one of many Reasonable, middle-aged, aline encounters.

Who always has a young friend (male), ever make it with a real monster 1 A "card, * a "character," or only dream about it? Who goes along on the adventure. comes the time-machine of morning — Sometimes they're hikers strange tracks Who decide to explore on the kitchen floor, A deserted farmhouse on the prairie, your skin turns green Or they're antiquarians with a taste for the macabre sheds in the shower Secretly digging in ruined churchyards, layer Or the hero's a reporter intrigued by strange rumors after layer And his friend's a bright-eyed grocery boy. after layer, but you don't report it. ANDERSON Whoever they are, the same things happen. They turn a key in a lock, Open a coffin, Roll away a stone, Scott Tucker And then behold the monstrous, the nameless, the unmentionable, WATERCOLORS What no one dares speak of,

And it comes alive, He's an old American aristocrat who give parties and who Oozing, creeping, slithering out paints. To get them. He and his wife have a civilized marriage: they both love Boys, It always gets his pal, and by Boys they mean males anywhere between fifteen and Then keeps on coming. thirty; their Boys must have fine physiques, and they're charmed if a But the hero manages Boy reads Proust. To hold it back They never discuss their loves in public; their friends are BRACKER And lock it back up, discreet. Lest it do more. He paints ballet dancers in flight, he paints Icarus losing his wings, he's Yet just as ready he paints St. Sebastian bristling with arrows, a martyr in To drive the stake ecstacy. Or shove the boulder into place One day I pose for him nude and when we break for tea and talk There is this moment when the hero he reveals his best and hidden work to me: watercolors of — But only for a moment — almost wishes sailors. He could give himself up to the slime Sailors with bull-necks and bull-cocks, sailors sinister and And be part of it all. serene, But the thought goes away sailors on sidewalks, in subways, on beaches, in beds, the departs, And hero sailors he sucked off and painted during World War II. The honest farm-folk and villagers His best work hidden and our best stories too long untold. Often unaware Sailors who doubtless suffered a sea-change, sailors who Of what nearly ran loose. drowned, MacLEAN sailors who got in the way of shrapnel, sailors who just got old, sailors who settled in suburbs and became Republicans. mm Jon Bracker My cock salutes those sailors, and the old man blows me; I come, overcome by the cocks that came before. LAST NIGHT So much salt and so much sweetness on the tongue.

sr I had been wanting things again: to be published to find a cheap hot-plate that worked to move into a wonderful arrangement with a neat, clean, faultless person who would keep me entertained and leave me alone k

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