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HEALTH In Our Own Hands '(Holcomb) 28 AIDS Treatment News (James) 29
Political Science (Harrington) i 30 PROVINCETOWN WAS A PISSER THE ARTS See News, page 10. Photo: Crouch / Raeburn Film Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle . 52 Performance Wah Wah Hut ~;'.' 53 Featu.res 100,000 AND COUNTING .... Cliff O'Neill Looks'At The Morbid Milestone 34
Larry Kramer On Who, Why And 'What Next 38 '.
Poetry Women Who ... .' .0,', r ,54 SCENES FROM A LESBIAN LOVE LIFE Maria Maggenti Tells It Like It Is 40 DEPARTMENTS >-1,4; Outspoken (Editorial) 4 Letters 6 Sotomayor 6 WELL-A-VISION Jeff Fennelly 32 Recovered TV Junkies Speak 47 Look Out 44 Out Of My Hands (Ball) 46 Nightmare Of The Week 46 FAG BAITING Gossip Watch (Signorile) 47 Signorile Fishes For A Date 50 Social Terrorism (Conrad) 48 Community Directory 58 Classifieds 59 SPEAKING IN TONGUES Personals 60 Liz Tracey With Words To The Wise 5 1 Going Out Calendar (X) 68 Best Bets For Dancing (X) 70 On the cover: Sports (Hamlin) 78 D.C. AIDS Vigil, October 1988 Crossword (Greco) 80 photo by Reinhard / Impact Visuals Hot Shot (Conrad) 82 .. OutWeek Kendall Morrison
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ne hundred thousand people. Over half are dead. It's astounding. Somehow, deep down, we thought - or hoped - that AIDS would never be associated O with so many digits. Think about the first few cases in the early part of the decade and think about what went through your mind: ·Oh, it's nothing major.· "Oh, I'll never get it.· Amazingly, many people, including many in the gay and lesbian community, are still in such a state of denial, of ignorance, of disinterest. And we won- der just what it will take for them to do something beyond simply reading this and going on with business as usual. What will it take for some people to act; to get angry about the fact that the rich, straight, white men who run this country would prefer to see us all dead?
The disease carries on. at lightening speed. The ftrst 100,000 cases took over 10 years to emerge. The next 100,000 are expect- ed to surface within 15 months. 15 months! No, AIDS has not "peaked.· It has not "saturated.· It has not "run its course.· Instead, it continues to ravage the gay community and other dis- enfranchised, "disposable" communities. Many of the ftrst 100,000 people with AIDS are - and the great majority of the next 100,000 will be - Blacks, Latinos, women, children, prisoners, and IV drug users. But for Mayor Koch, for Governor Cuomo, for President Bush, for Jesse Helms and the rest of the U.S. Senate, for William Dannemeyer and the House of Representatives, for the Supreme Court, for Arthur Sulzberger and The New York Times, for Jerry Falwell, for Donna Summer, for Pat Robertson, for cOOrs Beer, and for much of the vast, straight, white populace, AIDS simply has not affected "real" people yet Our only alternative is to show them we're real. To show them we're angry, to show them we're strong. All of us - all of the communities affected by AIDS, and, for that matter, all of the communities now without health care and the right to control their own reproductive lives - must join together and ftght. Subject your local, state and federal government representa- tives to relentless, unyielding pressure. Get into the streets and yell, scream, block traffic and disrupt others' lives the way ours have been disrupted. March on City ,Hall, Albany, the White House, the house of any public figure who is not doing as much as he or she should be to end this crisis. Rebel against govern- mental neglect, racism, sexism and homophobia. Fight the pow- ers that be. ~
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Member Securities Investor Protection CorPoration Member National Association of Securities Dealers ------buy it! It will burn your ass- hole!' At that moment I wished I had a camera, PS. When you write an article that you are looking THE FORCE BEWITH YOU lisher Charles L. Ortleb, and for a lubricant. the male I was delighted to pur- his increasingly decrepit readers may be anxious to chase a copy of your fifth family 9f rag sheets. know how much you use per issue when recently visiting As Spock might say. day, per week. Greenwich Village. I warmly -Live long and prosper!' Ben Schmidgall and wholeheartedly wel- Rich Grzesiak Manhattan come your publication, I Philadelphia hope OutWeek will faithfully serve its readers in an intelli- .SMUT SPAT gent. professional. rod con- LUBE TALE I'm familiar enough with scientious manner. Regarding Michelange- myopic, knee-jerk defenses Since the departure of lo Signoriie's lube story of the sexist pornography Brett Averill from the New (Looking For Lube tJ All The "What is it for?' asked trade by propornography York Native some six (6!) Wrong Places. No.6, July 31): the salesman. gay-liberationists such as years ago, and the subse- I remember that several -It is a lubricant for the Jack Nichols, which is why I quent (and regrettable) years ago when I got a hair- health,' answered the Amer- wrqte the essay he inveighs demise of The Connection, cut in my hometown of Ams- ican tourist. against to begin with. Never- Manhattan has not had an terdam in the Netherlands, a -I have something simi- theless, his would-be review ethical publication capable gay American tourist (to me lar: answered the salesman, of my book, Refusing ToBe A of serving its gay community. he looked like a gay college and showed a Dutch prod- Man (OutWeek, No 6, July Virtually the entire gay press professor from the Midwest) uct that has the same effect 31), confounds me on two knows of-and is appalled walked into the barber shop as Ben-Gay, I saw it in my counts, by-the anile and disrep- cum cosmetics store and mirror while I was getting my One: can anybody utable nature of Native pub- asked for KY. haircut and yelled, "Don't even dimly aware of AI
-by Daniel Sotomayor Goldstein's rabidly anti-les- upcoming history for his cles. One·dea" with the Giu- doesn't protect an unrelated bian and misogynist publico- "influential" cause, a future fCTIiOreakfast, the other with individual who may have tion really take seriously glory I do not forsee. Bristol-Myers' release of ddl, resided for years with the ten- Nichol's paean to him? (I a new AIDS treatment 'for ant of record, if the tenant guess they can. It's a freely which ACT UP had a great dies or is permanently hospi- pornographized country.) OVER ACT UP deal of responsibility. Not to talized. For exanple, a friend And two: Why didn't Re "Giuliani Picketed at- elicit comment from a group or relative IMng with a senior Nichols deal at all with my Face-Off With Les/Gay Lead- which was a pat of the story citizen who dies or a gay book? The essay that he ers" issue of July 31. I quote: would have. been journalisti- mCTIwhose partner has died freaks out about at such "Manhoff said that merrbers cally unfair. of AIDS could be evicted. length - ·You Can't Fight of ACT UP had been denied As to the GiuHanibreak- Such incividuals have just suf- Homophobia and Protect access to breakfast forums in fast, the article' could have fered a tremendous personal the Pornographers at the the past, and that there may more clearly indicated that lossand it would, in my judg- Same Time" - isn't even in be some form of protest ACT UP's.presence at that ment. be unconscioncble to the book. But there's a lot against the forum taken by meeting was the result of add to their burdens the pos- else that isthat he ignores: a ACT UPin the Mure: A num- pressure from ACT UP, and sibility that they might lose radical new look at the rela- ber of paragraphs later we did not represent a stancing their apartment: tionship of homophObia to read, "Do you regard homo- invitation. -Editor) The Mayor has been a the sex-class system, for sexuality as not a preference, supporter of domestic part- instance, the role of father- not a choice, but natural nerships long before Mr. Ka1z son eroticism in the family and normal' as a variation on KOCH ON KATZ would lead his readers to and in warfare, how sex films the spectrum of human sexu- As the mayor stated on believe-if anything the manipulate our experience Gay Cable Network in June, Mayor gave the bandwag- of "good sex: the function he will soon issue an Execu- on wheels. of phallic eroticism in the tive Order establishing a pro- The Mayor was not antiabortion crusade ... all cess for city employees to being deceitful when he said topics rather worth discus- register their dor:nestic part- that he cannot unilaterally sion, I should think, in a news ners coupled with' a . alter benefits for union journal with OutWeek's aspi- bereavement leave benefit employees. The Taylor law rations to relevance. But provision - an important step which governs city/union Nichols grinds an ax all his forward for our community. negotiations states that bene- own: The only evidence he We would like to respond to fits m.JStbe considered "terms gives of actually having read Sandor Katz' inn accurate and conditions of employ- anything in Refusing to be a commentary ("Koch's ment" CTldare consequently Man is his passing reference Domestic Deceit: OutWeek, a mCTIdatory subject of col- to its footnotes. Can other July 31) about this forthcom- lective bargaining, The Mayor authors expect such probity ing Executive Order. has made it clea that he SLp- in your pages as well, or do I Contrary to Mr. Katz' ports bereavement leave for get to be the only one? Photo: n.lin . statement that the Mayor a domestic portner of a city John stoltenberg "jumped on the (domestic employee, but his benefit Brooklyn al orientation?" asked Ann partner) bandwagon" after must be collectively bar- Northrop of ACT UP. the State Court of Appeals gained with the unions. Jack Nichols replies: So, which is it? Was ACT decision in the Miguel Braschi Mr. Katz says that the I've got plenty of UP invited into the Forum? If case, the Mayor's legal staff Mayor favors domestic part- • empathy with Stoltenberg's they were not, how did submitted a friend-of-the- nerships but his "negotiators attempt to cover important Northrop ask her question? court brief on behalf of Mr. keep saying no" when the issues, but he sadly shoots Please Clarify. Braschi that helped shape issueisput on the bargaining himself in the foot by aggres- Also, you babble on re the court's favorable deci- table. What Mr. Ka1zdoesn't sively recommending legal the so-called biased view- sion. In that brief, the city say is that what was put on witch-hunts against publish- point that The New York urged an expansion of the the table was bereavement ers and persons who dis- Native has in reporting the definition of fanily to include leave affecting domestic tribute what he defines as news, However, in your issue a domestic partner in lease partners combined with a pornogr~hy. Hislarger con- of July 31, reference to, or succession rights for rent sto- bereavement leave provi- tribution suffers while he quotes from members of bilized apartments. The sion for grandparents. remains an exitable ideo- ACT UP appear no less than Mayor wrote: Bereavement leave for logue who- fudges on free- ten times in your news sec- "I strongly support this domestic portners alone was dom of expression. He's no tion, Check it out. bill (A. 9545), which is based not considered. ' Voltaire who'd defend with David Felstein upon the existing Rent stabi- What Mr. Katz' com- his life a person's right to his Astoria lization Code, and believe it mentary attempted to .do or her say. He ignores a sec- is an appropriate place to was cast a shadow over the ond reference to his book in (In the July 31 issue, begin debate on succession good news coming from City my review, his quoted sen- ACT UP members are quot- rights. However, this bill Hall. Art Leonard, former Pres- tence precicting a definitive ed in two out of 13news arti- doesn't go far enough. It ident of the Bar Association the primary? Why did the gay and lesbian newspapers I believe the AIDS com- mayor's office block the and magazines from the U.S. munity vitally needs access Law Department when it and 10 other' countries to his detailed presentation said the city could legally awaiting my perusal. offering new treatment extend bereavement leave I resolved to tackle this options to consider. This is rights more than a year Pile From Hell with intense especially necessay to undo ago? And why is the mayor abandon, wildly flipping the trivialization of these the- opposing the Gay Teachers through pages, maniacly ories by Charles Ortleb's sen- <. Union in its suit against the flinging the pride and joy of sational, conspiratorial Board of Education for Rochester CTldSeattle in the presentations in the Native. domestic partner benefits? Is direction of the overflowing Ortleb's crackpot joumalism the mayor with us, or is he garbage sack from Jewel (a has done more to close against us? Chicago grocery chain), minds thCTIany propaganda We should get support Translation: I planned to read for the medical establish- and action from City Hall, the first word of every aticle ment. and hopefully after the elec- and skip 99 percent of them. Unfortunately, however, for Human Rights of Greater tion we" get some. Imagine, then, my hor- like so mCTIYalternative AIDS New York, framed the signifi- ror and anger upon discov- theorists, Mitchell has cance of the domestic part- ering that the first sentence responded to the gay/AIDS ner issue so well when he BECHDEL BUTCHERS in more than half of the arti- community's closed-mind- said, "but it seems clear that Please stop butchering cles in the four back issuesof edness with hysteria and having attained decriminal- 6echdel! Dykes To Watch OutWeek pulled me in, abusiveness. I have no quar- ization and nondiscrimina- Out For was clearly drawn grabbed me by the cojones rel with OutWeek's decision tion, the next step for our for a larger format, As she and demanded slow diges- not to serialize a book that community is to seek equal tion all the way through to was previously serialized by treatment in the sphere of the very last word, the Native. And I know that family life," The Mayor's Exec- Just who do you think OutWeef(s editors are open- utive Order will be an impor- you are anyway? And does minded about alternative tant step in this direction. this mean I'm gonna end up theories, as shown by their Lee Hudson living in New York some day, uncensored publishing of my Jan Carl Park paying $1.500 a month for a alternative/holistic treatment Mayor's Office for the studio apartment with bugs? column every three weeks Lesbian and Gay Community RexWockner (including a brief presenta- Chicago,IL tion of the AIDS~yphilistheo- Sandor ! After seven years as Chelsea's D~m" ";_ openly gay candidate for the 3rd C;Qimcil District',;?c)Vhich iIi~ Chelsea. Gramercy. Rose Hill. Waterside. Kips Bay, MtIp'ay It' "'..~ News P-Town In Furor Over Pride March Shooting of PWA Ignored In Clamor Over Sign by Andrew Miller PROVINCETOWN - When Walter Minister Fired Armstrong decided to carry a placard Reverend Keith in the Provincetown Gay & Lesbian Boyles, a gay min- Pride March that boldly stated -legal- ister who was one ize butt fucking" and "legalize clit of the parade's licking" on frorlt and back, respective- organizers, has ly, he never expected the brouhaha been publicly that has since resulted. denounced and The July 23 incident sparked a was fired by Inter- flurry of local newspaper articles and faith, a coalition of scores of letters to the editors, result- Provincetown ed in a special meeting of town churches that spon- Selectmen (Provincetown's town sors the yearly council) and angered both straight event. and gay residents of this usually Other parade sleepy resort town at the tip of Cape organizers took Cod in Massachusetts. pains to publicly James J. Meads, the Province- separate themselves town fire chief, said that the sign had from the group car- "set gay and straight relations back 40 rying the signs, years or more,· according to the Cape some of whom Cod Times, a local paper. were from ACT But others have charged that the UP/Provincetown incident has merely served as a cata- and at least ten of lyst to unleash latent homophobia in whom were from the town that has been a popular gay ACT UP!New York. and lesbian vacation spot for decades. In a letter And some of the march participants . (which was printed said they were angry that the sign in local papers) to SIGN OF THE TIMES Photo: Tina L. Browne received more attention from the ACT UP from the Conlrov.rsiaJ pos'.", P-Town march town than the shooting ofa parade Provincetown Busi- participant with a BB gun. No one ness Guild, the city's lesbian and gay are hardly profound, or worth sustain- has been arrested in the incident. business association,. the Guild wrote, ing" (see sidebar). Usually a quiet candlelight march "We now face great hositility as we try John DiMestico, one of the orga- for 200, this year's parade was larger, to rebuild trust, to apologize for your nizers, told The Cape Codder, another louder, and more political than ever excess, and to do so while maintain- local newspaper, "Those actions were before. That led the police chief to ing pride in who and what we are.» not sanctioned by the board and my request from the Selectmen parade reg- ACT UP's angry response, also sent to feeling is of shock. We were put in a ulations that would include a code of area newspapers, countered, "If a sin- dangerous situation and I feel it was a ethics. Tensions also developed on gle sign in a march has the power to complete violation of respect for the Sunday afternoon when marchers tried upset this 'balance' so completely, police," he said. to spontaneously reroute the parade then relations between the gay and Local Gays Angry past Provincetown's Town Hall. straight communities in Provincetown And local gay and lesbian busi- 10 OUTTWEEK August 14. 1989 ness owners lined up to denounce Provincetown business. Summoned to the day's events. "We regret that the August 3 meeting were the town extremists have managed to alienate manager, the chief of police, the An~~toAGT'" the very people they had hoped to Board of Selectmen, and representa- W YO,ur c;'rganb:ation, has do;! win over,· said Robert Vettrick, a tives from the Business Guild and ours a great disservice: Por twelVe member of the Provincetown Busi- ACf UP. Sources inACf UP/Pro~nce- town said 'that the group will attend yean the Provincetown" BUline," ness Guild, in The Cape Codder. Guild has operated to' prom~~e the meeting only to listen, and will For others, simply the unwonted toU,:risl1lIDout'~wn. pre August 14. 1989 OU~WEEK 11 TI did not create homophobia. [The business guild) act[s) like we created these problems, but all we did was expose them." But Philippe D'Auteuil, president of the Provincetown Business Guild,- had a different perspective. "We have no issue with ACf UP: we 'have an issue with signs that were carried,· he told Out Week, in a conversation that was not meant to characterize the position of the Guild. D'Auteuil, who has AIDS, added, "For AIDS activists to talk about legalizing buttfucking 'and not use the word condom in the same line really upset me.· Speaking for the Guild, he con- tinued, ·Our main concern is dollars, and we would never deny that. The ftre dept puts out ftres. The Business Guild promotes tourism. But we're very aware of gay issues. We're all for human rights. We've all done our activism. That is not the place of the guild." D'Auteuil said that Guild HIKE ON BIKE Photo: Steve Crouch / Roberta Raeburn bylaws prohibit the endorsement of Grand Marshall Rollerena is hoisted onto ·float· by Movin, Violations members, any political statement. if of our community tbatwant, m~>Ie ifk' ::;~:: ..",. , .::':.:~~1=:: 11 . " ir8 than just a celebration. The ~tof Ali Opentetter fromArrr UP/ ~rovincetoWll July 23 provide a sobering retninc:I6:. of how far we have to go in achieVing In response to the recent contro- time of unjustified oppression. ACf real, equal ity and civil rights fa( les- ve~~ver the Lesbian and Gay Pride HUP may not condone every actloo of bians and gay men across the Jand. M~fChl~ere on JQlyn,~~; AC;r:,UPyevery individual in our movement, but ,On this anniversary, an in~&s: Ptbyio:c'etown (AIDS Coalition t-o + weu-nderstand why someone might ingly militant and pOlitical sentiment Unleash,Power) would like to present feel it necessary to hit back at those was visible in every gay and lesbian our position. who have oppressed us for so long. pride march in the country. To expect First and foremost, we are not And that is what happened on this militancy to be tempered in ·o~tside agitators.· ASX'UP Provin~e~ ,July 23. That is exactly what such a Provincetown because some in ,the town'i:slargely composed of year-!/'''vulgar" and "disgusting" sign was local gay community are intere~d round town residents., ' , 'intended to do. Its main target was solely ,In profit shows just how far out The only outside agitator present the tourists who line the streets of the of touch those people are with the ,at the march was the person, who town. It demanded that they confront fightfor gay rights today. shot at the crowd with a BB gun and the language and anger so often used 1'0 say that tile fight is not in injured a marcher. That person came .against gay men and lesbians; that for Provincetown but ·out thereW ignor~ with the intent of harming someone ohce, they make the accommodation, the movement as'a whole and v-hhe- regardless of any signs, and regard- not us. washes the overt and covert homo- less ,of whether the march was a can- Can a single sign or a single phobia that exists in this town today. die light vigil or a proudce\ebration group in a march have the power to If the local lesbian and gay corpmuni- of lesbian and gay pride., upset so completely relations between ty actually feels they have attained to~'see the local lesbian and gay;; the gay and straight communities in real acceptance, rather than just toler- community fall all over themselves Provincetown? We find it hard to ance or financial convenience, they denouncing fel\ow gays and lesbians believe this is the case. are sadly deluding themselves. for militancy completely ignores histo- This being the 20th anniversary of It seems, in fact, what we are ry, including that of the Stonewall the Stonewall Riots (the origin of gay being told is this: when it comes to Riots ~at we celebrate each year. All,,, pride across America), it was more your dollars, youa~ fllore than wel- of us carry suppressed .rage over a life-k' ,-than appropriate to include elements come, but when it comeS to your ;J>!?li- 12 OUTTWEEK August 14. 1989 ~ Contrast With Past Years and it's hard for me to believe there's being expressed against deRenzis Provincetown'S first parade was anyone here unaware of that. " and Kendricks, he said that he did held only two years ago, when partici- Whistman was referring to Shop not regret his decision to carry the pants silently walked along Commer- Therapy, a novelty store and head sign through Provincetown's cial Street at dusk, carrying candles. shop on Commercial Street that sells streets. Local papers estimated that this year's t-shirts and buttons with sexual, scato- "Gays and lesbians are outlawed march was twice the size of last year's logical, and generally vulgar expres- in 25 states, and I wanted to draw with nearly 1,000 people participating. sions and slogans. attention to the sodomy laws, but the Adding to the contra,st, this year's While all of the local straight word sodomy is the language of our march was led by a contingent of papers carried in-depth stories about oppressors,· Armstrong said. •And I tweqty dykes on bikes, The Moving the march, and the sign, with head- wanted to confront people with their Violations, from Boston. Following lines like "Vulgar sign angers towns- own homophobia. It's very honest to them was the grand marshall, RolIere- people· (The [Provincetown) use those words, and not just gays na, who led the parade wearing her Advocate), none explicitly reported and lesbians use them. One of the signature wedding dress, granny what the sign in question actually said. basic principles of coming out is tak- glasses, and roller skates, and carrying And while a reticent Walter ing our fantasy lives out of the private her magic wand. Armstrong said that he felt some- realm and making them J>ublic.• ~ In an interview with Next, a gay what responsible for the hostility - filedjromNew Ym and lesbian publication based in Provincetown, one local resident had a very different take on the whole sit- uation. Vera Whistman, a sociologist, said she thought it was hypocritical to react so strongly to the sign. "My own opinions about the sign aside, n she told Next, "those same words can be seen everyday in Provin~town .. tics, stay out. Sorry, folks. You can't have it both ways. As for the offICial reaction to the march, we strongly protest all refer- ences to threats of violence, intoler- ance and censorship. Chief of Police James Meads must take responsibility for his reactionary and potentially threatening statements to the Select- men, the Provincetown Business Guild, the press and especially to members of ACJ' UP Provincetown. Let the chief of police-and everyone else who prefers only silent, respectful candlelight vigils-know one fact: We will not be silent, now or at any time in the future. Activism is a legitimate expression of any struggle for,civil rights. Attempts to suppress it 90ly strengthen the cause, ACJ' UP Provincetown's objective is AIDS activism. Like other ACJ' UP chapters worldwide, we see this strug~ . gle as intertwined with the ftght for gay civil rights. We will continue to pursue this agenda vigorously in Provincetown until the need has ended. ~ HAM SANDWICH? Photo: Steve Crouch / Roberta Raeburn -ACf UP Provincetown RollerenB nesdtlSlesbian bikers in P-Town, August 14. 1989 OUTTWEEK 13 News Les/Gay Advocates Strike Back at Military Victories in Discrimination Cases by Catherine Saalfield Meade, who was charged with associ- "the evidence against her was insuffi- In two separate cases last month, ating with "known lesbians.· And cient to justify an involuntary separa- advocates for lesbians and gay men in Lambda Legal Defense and Education tion from the Marine Corps." Meade, the military prevailed in court when Fund won an initial battle in its suit who was stationed at Camp leJeune, they challenged the military's long- against the Naval Academy regarding North Carolina, was charged with standing policy of dismissing men and the forced resignation of gay midship- "conduct unbecoming an officer,· women who are, or are suspected of man Joseph Steffan. having a "longterm personal relation- being, gay or lesbian. The Marine The Gay and Lesbian Military ship with a know lesbian," and on Corps Board of Review reversed its Freedom Project reported that the one occasion sleeping "in the same own previous recommendation to dis- Marine Corps Board reinstated Cap- bed with a known lesbian: charge Marine Corps Captain Judy tain Judy Meade on July 6 because Sue Hyde of the National Gay NEWS FOCUS and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) characterized Meade's case as "another example of the Naval Inves- tigative Service's (NIS) obsession with homosexuality .• Meade was court-martialed after a grueling, year-long investigation which involved many women at the Parris Island, South Carolina Marine base. The NIS led investigations into the lives of several women based on their alleged lesbian activities. At a meeting in April of the Defense Advi- sory Committee on Women in the Ser- vice (DACOWITS), four of the women, including Meade, testified that the investigations had constituted sexual harrassment, and called for their abolition. DACOWITS is a group of civilian men and women appointed by the secretary of defense to advise him on issues relating to women in the military. DACOWITS recommended that the Department of Defense "recogniZe lesbian baiting as a form of sexual harassment and include material to NAVAL OBSESSION Photo: Patsy Lynch that effect in its training program~.· M.nn. CD". C.pt.in Judy Mild. Meade, who is not a lesbian, was 14 OUT'YWEEK August 14. 1989 Dave Taylor: He's out for you. "Twenty years after Stonewall our vision of what is possible for our community has come so far. Lesbians and Gay men make up 15 to 20 percent of the population of New York City. It is an outrage that we still have no openly Lesbian or Gay elected officials in City Hall. We deserve more than zero percent representation." -Dave Taylor, Candidate for City Council. Dave Taylor for City,'Council. Dave Taylor is an openly gay candidate in the 4th Council District which includes Clinton and the'Upper West Side of Manhattan. ------Yes, I want to elect Dave Taylor to the Fourth Council District. By providing the following information. you double your gift by Here's my contribution: making it eligible for matching funds of up to $500. $500 a $250 a $100 a $50 a $25 a Other Business/Employer _ a I would like to volunteer for Dave's campaign. Business Address _ Name __ Occupation/Job Title _ Address ~ _ """...., City/State/Zip ---' _ Friends of Dave Taylor Phone __ 2095 S'way (72nd), 11505, NYC ~OO23. Tel: 212·72J..()()64 ------reinstated, in an NIS decision which up,« she told OutWeek. appeared to acknowledge that it had -It's Not Over Vet- Walking the overstepped the boundaries of dis- OutWeek contacted Meade short- crimination. "Withchhunts like this ly after her recent transfer to a Marine Gay Gangplank produce a chilling effect on female Corps base in Quantico, Virginia. The ALAMEDA,CA-A U.S. Coast Guard I friendship,« said Sandra Lowe, the base is coincidentally the sight of the review panel recommended tbe Lambda staff attorney who worked on Marine Corps brig where three honorable discharge ,of Petty Offacer I the case. "This partiCular case ended women from the Parris Island base Ricardo Huertas here July 19' favorably, but the psychological ter- were recently incarcerated, basically because of his self~proc\aimed rorism against gays in the military, for being lesbians. The three served homosexua1ity. Although the review particularly lesbians, 'continues." jail sentences following their convic- board recommended that the Coast NGLTFs Hyde cited two reasons tions for violations of military justice Guard re~ine its discharge p0li- for the NIS' decision. "The NIS bun- statutes prohibitng certain sexual acts. cies concerned with sexual orienta- f gled their initial investigation,· Meade's transfer is seen by many as a lion, the board said it could not defy I' according to Hyde. In fact, an NIS direct result of her recent court case. CXi$tingpolicy. agent lied in the original report stating "I still have to keep fighting," Huertas voluntarily told his that Meade had been identifted as a Meade said "It's not over yet.· Accord- ~perior offteerS in January that he lesbian by another woman at Parris ing to OutWeek sources, the personnel was gay. At the"time he was ,st~- Island. That woman had actually said records which followed her to her new tio(led aboard the Coast Guard cUt- the opposite. base are far from complementary, and ter Rush. "It was getting more The unusual amount of media may prevent future promotions. In difficult for me to' serve with 130 coverage of the event also embar- what has already become a military men,· Huertas told the review rassed the Marines, according to appeal, Meade says she wants "the bad ~ard. "All th~y talked about was Hyde. "The lesson here is, never shut things taken off my performance eval- sex,and e~entUany the words ;tag and queer' would surface, and I found it inaeasingly offensive.· W Since JanuarY he has bee,n transferred from ship duty to the cOast Guard base here. The reconi'- mended discharge would' com~ tinder what Coast Guard regulations refer to as a "Class Three Homosex- ual" which applies to anyone wllb -exhibits', professes or admits,to homosexual tendencies· even though there is rio evidence of any homosexual acts while on duty. Huertas told the review"panel that he has not had sex with men during the almost four years he's been in ~he Coast Guard. "lam homosexual,· Huertas said. "I am no( a practicing honlosexuat ho~ever.·' Ten former shipmates and c0- workers testified in Huertas' behalf at the board 'hearing, including ~- era! yorhogave, telephone teStimony from ships on the East Coast. Huertas told the three-member panel of offtcers that he wanted to complete his sefYice in the Coast Guard and go on to medical school to, become an Army physician. , The ~ew board recOmmenda- tion will now go to (;past .Guard ~cc:>romandantAdrnirat Paul Yost Jr. 'fOr his decision. Y, -Ketth Clark OllT OF THE CLOSET AND INTO THE COURTS Midshipman Joseph SteHan 16 OUTTWEEK August 14. 1989 uations and records." dom project has been instrumental in the Although she says she is complet- success of these cases. Created in CORRECTIONS ley exhausted from the continuous November, 1)68, it is a collaboration of harassment, she expressed apprecia- the National Gay and Lesbian Task '~,n 0t.t!Week ,l'J'o. 6 Qµly 31, tion for the involvement of lawyers Force, the National Lawyers Guild Mili- 1989) an unfortunate production and political activists in her case. "If it tary Law Task Force, the' American Civil error affected Karl Sohnlein's film wasn't for people like Lambda, Liberties Union's Lesbian and Gay Rights commentarY titled, "Lost in La-La nobody would have cared. I would Project, Citizen Soldier, The Women's Land," a review of Gregg Araki's have been swept under the rug." Equity Action League, Lambda Legal TheLk:ng '!'eekend. We r~~et .,~y She said she likes her job and Defense and Education Fund, and others. dist(;ti'ion arid' misunder5taridings:.§! intends to stay in the Marines, but The Military Freedom Project is looks towards the future less than opti- working to end discrimination and In OutWeek No.7 (}..ugust\bt mistically. "If they continue to pressure harassment on the basis of sexual ori- 1989), in a features story titled "New me, I want my severance pay. I've entation and "perceived sexual orien- York Ne.wsday's Same Sex Love served 13 years, and they at least owe tation" in the U.S. Armed Forces, Affair;" (as w<;l1as in that issue's edi~ me that. They won't get me out with- through various policy and statutory toria\), it was stated that The New out a fight; she told OutWeek changes. These include the repeal of York Times has no full-time AIDS "Voluntary- Resignation the policy which states that "homo- repOrter. The Times does,'jn fa4t;;i In the case of Joseph Steffan, a sexuality is incompatible with military havei'Bruce Lambert, who covers the midshipman held in high esteem by service," which remains in place municipal AIDS situation on a fu,ll- his peers and his teachers, the heart despite a recent Ninth Circuit Court of time baSis. of the military'S policy on homosexu- Appeals decision to reinstate openly ality is being challenged in court. gay Sergeant Perry Watkins as a mem- .f:.:n a9a1ysis oCSpike ~e~~ 7~. Represented by Lambda, Steffan is ber in good standing in the Army. The tion from the Academy. the time he entered the military. T Community News. < '9', The Navy responded by filing a I I' , I motion to dismiss on the grounds that Steffan'S resignation was voluntary. In fact, Steffan had been told to choose between voluntary resignation and a dishonorable discharge, after his superiors discovered that he is gay. Historically, the courts have deferred to the military, and refused to hear such cases. But in Steffan'S case, Judge Oliver Gasch of the Fed- eral District Court in Washington, D.C. has declared the case viable. This pre- liminary achievement is already being viewed as a victory by Steffan'S lawyers, because it removes the appeals process from the military's jurisdiction. "The smoke screen of 'voluntary' resignation precludes judi- cial review of the constitutionality of the regulations," said Lambda's Lowe. "It is a victory for Joe Steffan that the em i i'i n n 0 court has declared its intention to examine the constitutional issues at TRATTORIA stake in the case: With Two Dinners Steffan could not be reached for Courtesy bottle of red wine - Sal ice Salentino Riserva '82 comment. His lawyer said that because **** Special Pizza from our Woodburning oven his case is still viable, he is not making **** any statements to the press. Your host Sal Acquista Community Challeges **** The Gay and Lesbian MilitaryFree- 165 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.v.. 10011 Tel: 212-989-2330 August 14, 1989 OUTTWEEK 17 News· "The brave people of Nicaragua Gays Caucus at and the Sandinista government have undertaken great sacriftce and shown tremendous bravery in fighting for basic human rights for all their peo- Global Conference pIe," the conference said. "We hope that these rights will be fully extended Americp's New Alliance Party to lesbian and gay citizens." In another action, conferees unan- imously rejected the membership Banned From Vienna Parley application of the U.S.-based New by Rex Wockner But they said a few statistics demand- Alliance Party. While the NAP purports VIENNA-As the 11th World Confer- ed particular notice. to be militantly pro-gay, Americans in ence of the International Lesbian and It was the largest ILGA confer- Vienna charged that NAP is really a Gay Association came to a close July ence ever-260 participants. Delegates political cult which has ties to the 22, organizers proclaimed the week- from 33 countries-more than ever right-wing and which is "mining" the before - attend- gay and lesbian community for money. ",'.u- ed the confer- New official ILGA protests were & ence. Activists undertaken to combat sodomy laws in from some of the the Australian states of Queensland world's poorest and Tasmania. Other protests will tar- gay/lesbian rights get human rights abuses and harass- groups came ment of gays in Argentina [see from five Latin separate story) and the Canary Islands. American nations The embassies and governments [see story]. And of Bulgaria, Rumania and Czechoslo- five East Block vakia were also put on the ILGA European nations action list. Member groups intend to were represented bombard officials of the three coun- by a total of 20 tries with inquiries about HIV anti- activists. body testing and about the social Also of note status of gays and lesbians. 1 ,,:,as the participa- Activists from Barcelona, Spain's tIOn of 21 Catalunya Gay Liberation Front activists from the [FAGC) drafted and saw passed a U.S. Although "Charter of Rights for the Expression Americans have of Homosexual Practice." Irish partici- overlooked ILGA pants, meanwhile, received a .pledge in the past, sever- of international support in their battle al observers pre- to force Ireland to honor a recent dicted that the European Court for Human Rights National Gay & decision overturning the country's Lesbian Task sodomy law. Force, the human England's Lisa Power and West Photo: RexWockner Rights Campaign Germany's Jean-Claude Letist were re- Fund and similar' elected ILGAsecretaries general while groups will final- Sweden's David Murphy will take long gathering successful beyond ly take the plunge at next year's con- over as information secretary. their highest expectations. Bouquets ference in Stockholm. Guadalajara, Mexico was chosen to and potted plants were given to Notable Decisions host the 1991 conference; the 1992 almost everyone, and the thank you's Among the notable decisions of gathering will be in Brussels, Bel- delayed lunch by an hour. conference plenary sessions was the gium. A European regional confer- The reasons for the success were sending of a telegram to Nicaraguan ence is scheduled for late December many, according to ILGA officers and president Daniel Ortega on the occa- in Athens, Greece, and an Asian Homosexual Initiative [HOSI) Vienna, sion of the 10th anniversary of the regional conference will be held in 'which organized this year's gathering. Nicaraguan revolution. August 1990 in Bangkok, Thailand .... 18 OUTTWEEK August 14. 1989 Latin American Groups: Many Ideas. No Cash by Rex Wockner VIENNA-Latin Ameri- can activists attending the international Lesbian and Gay Association 11th World Conference July 17-22 all told an identical story: They have hun- dreds of ideas for bring- ing gay liberation to their countries, but no money for only but the smallest ';,"!Ii" of projects. Gay and lesbian groups came to Vienna from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru. At the first Latin Ameri- can workshop, they detailed the important undertakings that have been put on hold: newsletters, newspapers, hotlines, AIDS services, offjc~ space-even tele- phone calls and stamps to stay in touch with LESBIANAS UNIDAS JAMAS SERAN VENCIDAS each other. ILGA delegates from Peru's Homosexual Uberation Jorge Romero Men- Pride Movement Photo: Rex Wockner doza, from Guadalajara, Mexico's Homosexual Pride Liberation port to the gay male population of the Group (GOHL), said his organization world's largest city. has yet to recover from a bomb Ca/amo, too, is broke, and has which destroyed the facade of the suspended plans to open "an alterna- GOHL community center last March. tive space," publish a magazine and The bomb was most likely planted by add a "human rights defense wing" to homophobes who believe gays the organization, according to Her- brought AIDS to Mexico, Romero nandez. said. Since the explosion, GOHL has Co/ectivo 50/ works on AIDS been unable to pay its rent or phone issues in 'Mexico City and was repre- bill, and the group's disco has closed. sented at the conference by Raphael Still, Romero said GOHL members Manrique-Soto. are hopeful and are moving forward "What we're doing now," Man- with plans to host ILGA's 1991 confer- rique-Soto said, "is putting emphasis ence. "I think we can do it," he said. in resqling the positive side of sex for 'The governor of the province promised gay men, because we think the reac- his help, as well as the mayor.n tion against AIDS has replaced the Mexico City was represented by whole idea of feeling guilty about Carlos Hernandez of the group sex. AIDS has created a climate where Ca/amo, which provides legal, psy- homosexuality is discussed in the chological, cultural and medical sup- continued on plge n August14, 1989 OUTTWEEK 19 News House Kills Sex Survey Committee Bill Also Threatens AIDS Funds by Cliff O'Neill This kind of research is entirely appro- sex lives. Other critics of the survey WASHINGTON-The House Appropri- priate for the federal government to have suggested that the results of the ations Committee killed aU funding for support: he added. survey would be the opposite, with a federal survey on the sexual prac- Funds for a preliminary survey, most gay and lesbian people declining tices of Americans, and eliminated all which have been previously approved to answer the survey truthfully. funds speciftcally earmarked for AIDS by Congress, have been undergoing Pro-survey forces have now research in their final committee review for several months by Dr. Louis turned their attention to lobbying report, released July 25. W. Sullivan of the Department of members of the Senate Labor, Health In particularly harsh words, the Health and Human Services (HHS). and Human Services Appropriations report stated that the survey "does not Sullivan agreed to review the survey in Subcommittee to have them reinstate appear to be an appropriate use of mid-spring. He took responsibility for the funds for the survey, or at least .7: the survey to divert eliminate the harsh report languag~, attention from Office of which they contend would have far- Management and Budget reaching impact on any government Richard Darman, who funded resea~ch involving sexuality. had come under AIDS Research Funding immense pressure from For the first time, the bill's fund- right-wing members of ing proposals for the National InStitute Congress Sen. Jesse of Health does not specifically set Helms (R-NC) and Rep. aside any funds for AIDS research. William Dannemeyer (R- The bill instead allows all research CA), vociferous oppo- funding to be decided upon by offi- nents of the survey. cials at the National Institutes for Broad Federal Support Health, who could opt to use the The study, which funds for research on diseases other was ~o have been con- than AIDS. ducted by the f:-Iational "The exact amount that is spent Institute on Cllild Health on AIDS will depend on how we\1 and Human Develop- grant proposals will do in the compet- ment, has been praised itive process;" stated Human Rights by the General Account- Campaign Fund lobbyist Steve Smith. ing Office, the President's "It has set up a strong competition for dollars that previously had been ear- TAKING THE HEAT FROM HELMS Photo: Tom DiMaria Commission on the HIV Epidemic and a host of marked for AIDS." NGLTF Director J,ff Levi other federal health NIH normally spends most of its public funds," and added that the Pub- . agencies as vital to determining the budget through grants to researchers, lic Health Service "is directed not to course of the AIDS epidemic, and pre- mostly from universities. Grants are proceed with the study." The study cise measures to control it. While pri- generally awarded aft~r a peer review was intended to gauge the pattems of vately public health officials are process, judged on their scientific AIDStransmissions on a national scale. reported as supp~rting the survey, merit. Earmarking certain dollars for The vote surprised the survey's political pressure from right wing advo- AIDS research has guaranteed that a backers, and the language with which cates has led most of them to decline to specific amount of those NIH dollars it was rebuked stunned even the most be identified in their support. are spent on AIDS research. With the pessimistic of the study'S proponents. Dannemeyer and Helms have House's action, there would now be "I guess I cannot say that I am maintained that the survey is a ruse by no such guarantee. shocked that the money [for the sur- the "militant homosexual lobby" to "The researchers who get the best vey] was taken out,· stated National falsely inflate the numbers of gay and grades in this process may be people Gay & Lesbian Task Force Executive lesbian Americans, since, they contend, who have submitted proposals to do Director Jeff Levi, "but the manner [in non-gay Americans would steadfastly AIDS research, and maybe not," added which] it was taken out was appalling. refuse to answer questions about their continued on page 14 20 August 14, 1989 ":":'. News seized upon the precedent to ask that House Democrat the ethics charges be made' on the House floor, instead of the closed committee, as is common practice, Threatens Dannemeyer according to Paul Mero, a Dannemey- er spokesperson. . "Mr. Dannemeyer welcomes the with Censure opportunity to talk about the substan- tive issue of how homosexuality Matter Pending Before House Ethics Committee relates to public policy," stated Mero. "We'\1do it any way ijacobsJ wants to by Cliff O'Neill to release the correspondence, stating do it, but we would prefer doing it on WASHINGTON-A Democratic House that the matter is "currently pending the House floor. I think the viewers of member has sent an official letter of before the ethics panel." C-SPANwould enjoy that and beneftt complaint to a House ethics commit- In accordance with House rules, from that." tee asking that Rep. William Dan- the ethics panel will not release the Openly gay Rep. Barney Frank nemeyer (R-CA) be censured and that text of the letter. (D-MA), a frequent critic of Dannemey- his written comments about homosex- The comments in question were er, expressed concem with the inquiry. uality made in June be stricken from part of a lengthy diatribe offered by the "I am reluctant myself to exercise cen- the Congressional Record on the California Republican, which described sorship, but I do think it is worth not- grounds of obscenity. in detail what he called the "tactics of ing that Mr. Dannemeyer is becoming In his July 26 letter to the House the homosexual movement in their increasingly bizarre," Frank said. Committee on Standards and Official desire to gain social legitimacy.• "People ought to understand not Conduct, Rep. Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D- Citing the San Francisco AIDS only the inappropriateness of what he IN) asked that certain comments writ- Foundation safe sex brochure "Can put in the Record but the inaccuracies We Talk?· as his source, [included in itJ," Frank added. "Fan- Dannemeyer described tasies about lightbulbs? It's bizarre. I "[A]ctivities peculiar to think the few slender threads that homosexuality,· includ- connected Mr. Dannemeyer to reality ing "rimming, or one appear to be fraying very rapidly. And man using his tongue to we continue to be lucky he is our lick the rectum of anoth- leading opponent, because he is not er man; golden showers, one of the 430 most respected mem- having one man or men bers of the [435-memberJ House of urinate on another man Representatives. " or men; fisting or hand- "I've been around a couple of ba\1ing, which has one times and there are a couple of the man insert his hand things in this list that I'm not even and/or part of his arm aware of: added Human Rights Cam- into another man's rec- paign Fund Communications Director tum; and using what are Robert Bray. "This is a classic exam- euphemistically called ple of Dannemeyer out of control." 'toys' such as one man Other gay and lesbian activists, using dildoes, certain however, expressed mixed emotions vegetables, or lightbulbs about the inquiry, citing concerns with up another man's rec- siding with an effort to declare descrip- tum,· tion of certain sexual acts "obscene." In a three-page "I think that any time a member RIMMING, FISTING AND ... UGHTBULBS? response to Jacobs' of the House can file a complaint Rep. Seme, Frank charges, Dannemeyer against Dannemeyer, the [National ten by Dannemeyer be reviewed, pointed out that - using a 1921 Gay and LesbianJ Task Force would charging that they violated House precedent - Jacobs would have to applaud that," added NGLTF lobbyist rules against inserting obscene materi- offer what is ca\1ed a "privileged Peri Jude Radecic. "Still, it seems kind al in the Record. motion" on the floor to instruct the of strange in that House members are Jacob's offtce has confirmed the ethics panel to conduct the inquiry. squabbling with each other over what existence of the letter, but has refused Dannemeyer's office has now is obscene and indecent." ... 22 OUT~WEEK August 14, 1989 i I ~ Dannemeyer's Obsession New'York' WASHING'FON-The U,S. House of Representatives on Aug. 2 syccessfQlly scuttled an effort by ahti-gay Rep. 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Box 1908 26 Chandler at Berkeley, Boston MA 02116 ticular to' homosexuals·-whi£:h Frederlkated, U.S.V.I. 00840 "::) , ,,7' W0~ (617) 482-3450 InClude a the insertion 6(·cert~}n" TOLL FREE: 1·800-524-2018 or 1-809-772-1205 coda"'" oa pep 74 d.ily, except Sun. 7:00 •• m.-S:OO p.m. E.S.T. August 14. 1989 OUTTWEEK 23 News against the episode last.yearfor.,their advice 00 the script d nother~~dnight Midnight Caller executive pro- ducer Bob Singer said". "'W~ wanted their assistance because~hercr~~, a lot of knowld'dge [about AIDS) tH~y can ,Caller":': ."'::~r ~,--~,~on ,AIDS "'- . { passRon to us .that we don't have." , At a mid-July meeting with repte- sentatives of the three AIDS groups Activists Consulted"o~ Spript and one of tbe seri~s' wrii(!'f,$.,the j NOS actiVi~l$),?rged ,t~at th~,ltoJ:Y's ;<:>; iicharacter d~;I7with th'~obY~ins of by Keith Clark over the script, which'ihey said would, getting an experimental 'g for an SAN FRANCISCO--Lorimar Studios, enco};lrage violence against people AIDS-related illness. Such SCript, producers of the,NBC-1V series Mid- with ~ disease. " activists said, would put the TV.' 1W night Caller that sf)'!rked n~lionwjd,e in a position o( advocating Jot£eas t f\;~': . ,):::.,:_Ai , .:;{< :Y: ::;;: ,.tl~rs~tjpt for th,~ upcoming ~rt>r~testsAa~~'f,~~t"over an~j)iso~~ eplsod.~" concerns another 'Woman t a~ess to treatment. '.' cc,prkernlng Arbs, have contacted jnfecte<:!.by the same bisexual man. . Paul, Boneberg of M<)biI:~ation three AIDS groups here for their input As l'nitfally outlined, the episode will Against AIDS, one of the activists "on a new scdpt also involving the dis- foIlow'the woman's' struggle to cope attending the meeting, said; "Treat- ease.'", m with,tbe' advance of the disease. Sen- ment access is .the most impprtant Last Dece ..triber AIDS gfpups sitiv,e to the possibility of another "issue in AIDS'loday. An epiS<)d.edeaI~ ptot~stea~tan Warfound'=t the¢'O'uht{¥',:=;::=:-1t!.;.:.:,.:.:, ,"',:' :~: pr'1erli'toJirnar StudlOsiofftCials c~-,~! ing with thaLissufhW()Ul~ ~~e to ., ,e of theer~ tha;t p6nrayedia tact.edthe' three San Frandsco orgam- put. j,t actoss [0,. tn1l1ions o!~ople W~()man who ~ted !okill "~$~~xUal za~Jon,",ACT UP/SF; SaokFrancisco across the country jn a way tffat only man 'wbo h;ts,jnfect&i her Witb- the Arj)S~1!9undation and Mobilization 'IV et1tertain~t can.· % r AIDS virus. A~tMsts were aBgered Agaio"'stAIDs-that led the protests continued OR page 14 Domestic Partnership Challenge in Court by Keith Clark repeal petition forms claim that the domestic partners bill SAN FRANCISCO-Cindy Bologna and Sydney Erskine had establishes "the registering of certain city benefits" for planned to be among the first lesbian and gay couples to unmarried heterosexual or homosexual couples, Bologna register July 5 when the city's new domestic partners legis- and Erskine, however, note that the domestic partners bill lation was to have gone into effect. Their plans to turn itself does not provide for any city benefits, but merely for their three-year relationship into a formal partnership, how- registration. A separate Board of Supervisors resolution at ever, were thwarted when Phyllis Schlafly and other reli- the time also established a city task force to develop plans gious opponents of the law filed repeal petitions that for extending benefits to city employees, But neither bill suspended the ordinance until after a November vote. Not actually establishes these benefits, which can only be initi- so easily thwarted, the two women have gone to court in ated by the city's Health Service System Board, which over- an attempt to void the repeal petitions that stymied their sees employee insurance programs. registration plans. Chinese Version MMisleadingW Alleging flaws in the petitions themselves and possible In addition, I3ologna and Erskine presented a transla- fraud in how signatures were gathered, the two filed an tor's rendering into English of the Chinese-language appeal with the San Francisco Superior Court July 24, description of the repeal petitions. According to that ren- demanding the decertification of the repeal petitions, dering, the Chinese-language petitions state the domestic which would void the repeal move. It is unclear, however, partners bill's "main goal is to have the government recog- what effect such a court order would have on the legisla- nize that homosexuals can enjoy all the rights and benefits tion itself. of the family just like normal married couples." Bologna In their court petition, Bologna and Erskine claim the continued on page 74 24 OUTTWEEK August 14. 1989 NEWYORK-In response to an increased threat to federal funding of controversial and .rotic art. mem- bers and supporters of the arts com- munity staged a proteit on A Wednesday evening, August 2 in ~.r~~ . front of the Metropolitan Museum of t~ Art. The two-hour demonstration !W!!IJ was arranged by Art Positive, an organization which fights homopho- bia and censo~hip of the arts. The protest included a makeshift rally in front of the.museum, and was fol- lowed by a meeting to discuss fur-" ther actions. Demonstrators expressed out- rage at an amendment proposed by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-Nt), passed by. ". ' th. S July 2&. wbi.h ••• ksl to prohib!t the use of ~ederal funds to Photo: Desi Del Valle support obscene or IAdecent mate- , rials.· The amendment came just two weeks after the House .f Representatives cut the budget of the National Endowment for the Arts, which had supported controversial exhibits by Andres Serrano and the late gay photographer Robert Map- plethorpe, Afterwards, demonstrators adjourned to the Dia Foundation for a planning meeting, where they found polic. waiting for them outside of the building, at 155 Mercer Street Art Positive's Bill Dobbs said that the police tried to enter the meet- ing to find out who was in charge. - Mllrk Ch"snut August 14, 1989 OUTTWEEK 25 ( .•~_..fA I~I I j au - I NEW YORK- Over 500 hundred people gathered on chain is one of Operation Rescue's most generous con- BI.. cker Str .. t in the West Village on Wednesday tributors, according to protest organizers. evening. August 2nd to picket a store-front church where Five church members a'pparently followed the the New York chapter of Operation Rescue holds its reg- demonstrators e .. t, and were permitted through the ular m.. tings. Protesters, responding to a call by the police barricades in front of the pina shop in order to Reproductive Rights Coalition, then marched up Sixth purchase dinner. Afterwards, they co.uld be seen on the Avenue and Across Eigth Str.. t to the Domino's Pizza on sidewalk in front of the store, munching pizza while Third Avenue near Saint Marks Place. The giant pina simultaneously fondling their rosaries. - Andrew Miller and T.L Litt Photo: IL. Litt Koch Presents Gay-Bash Victims with 'Magical' Ties by David Kirby more dramatic hearing it directly from "It was a terrifying experience NEW YORK - Two victims of the the victim, and I think it has an impact and it all happened so quickly. They brutal, anti-gay attack July 22 in Carl on the public," Koch explained to the just beat the hel1 out of us. It was a Schurz Park attended a brief, publi- half-dozen reporters present: very, very scary thing," said, Elliot, cized meeting with Mayor Edward On the warm Saturday night in who needed 18 stitches above one Koch in his City Hal1 offtce, at which question, Stuart El1iot, a 37-year-old eye and on his nose. El1erin, who was the mayor praised the two for their reporter for USA T-oday, was sitting on not at the City Hal1 meeting, sustained bravery and gave each an official a bench talking with Bruce El1erin, a fractured cheekbone. New York City tie with "magical pow-, when 11 teenage boys and one girl of the three or four dozen peo- ers.· Koch routinely meets with vic- approached them and began calling ple who reportedly filled nearby park tims of any bias-related violence in them "faggots.· When Ellerin benches, only one person, Ron the city. responded with obscenities,- 'the Meyer, a 48-year-old industrial "Even though the story once group attacked the two men, sending researcher from the Upper East Side, appeared in the papers, you find it far them both to the hospital. came to the aid of Ellerin and Elliot. 26 OUTTWEEK August 14. 1989 Koch, while praising Meyer for his quick action, called the compla- cency of the other parkgoers "outra- geous and shameful." Meyer was also beaten during the attack, and required hospitalization. Six of the alleged attackers have so far been arrested. "If the anti-bias legislation in Albany had been passed already, the penalties would 'be much greater," said Koch, restating his support for the derailed bill which sought stiffer sanctions for those found guilty of hate crimes. -MagicaJ ne.- Reaching behind his chair, the mayor then pulled out two slender, ------'------'1 white boxes with blue ribbons, and , presented them to the two, men. "These are ties that have magical ~ SERIOUS THERAPY FOR MEN !: powers: Koch announced, amid ner- I vous chuckling from those present. " Leading expert on gay male identity, sexuality, and .I relationship issues. Affiliated with major N.Y. research hospital. Stress and psycho-social training. Dr. James A., Serafini, Ph,D. Li (212) 877-3119~ ,, I ' I •• ANAL WARTS. FISSURES HEMORRHOIDS • Call for a FREE CONSULTATION with a Male or Female Board Certifie<;l Surgeon. We treat all rectal problems with LASERS in our modern offices- without surgery. Fast return to normal activities. 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'Y office hours by appointment I August 14. 1989 OUT~WEEK 27 Out of Our Hands Why Dykes Need to Take on tbe Insurance Industry by Desma Holcomb an average of one-third less than nical excuse the industry has raised The AIDS epidemic has further men. With low incomes and high (and still raises) for not providing do- exposed the hardships of illness with- health care costs, we literally cannot mestic partner coverage. What is "ad- out health in~rance. As a result, gay afford notto have insurance. verse selection-? men have been following closely the Since insurance companies oper- (" progress of proposals for domestic Taking on the Insuranc.-tndustry ate for profit using the law of aver- partner health benefits. But lesbians Unions and the lesbian and gay move- ages, they want to be sure that they also have a special stake in this fight. ment are challenging employers and don't get an above-average number of And we'll need to take on the insur- politicians to provide domestic partner sick people on their policies. Any ance industry to win it. health benefits. But even when an em- time "too many- sick individuals be- ployer or a city is willing, most insur- come eligible for an insurance policy, Why Lesbians Lack Insurance ance companies simply refuse to write it throws off the average and is con- As women, lesbians are less likely to policies that include domestic partners. sidered adverse selection. have health insurance than men (iQ~ This refusal derailed contract negotia- Insurance companies assume that cluding gay men). Women in m:ihy tions for insurance by District 65/UAW people marry for reasons other than predominantly-female jobs don't get at the Museum of Modem Art in 1987, getting spousal health beneftts. As a health benefits. This includes many and has stalled implementation of a city result, spouses as a group will have waitresses, garment workers, sales council resolution on benefits in Seattle. an average amount of good health clerks, home health care workers, We should not be surprised. This and illnesses. On the other hand, in- child care providers and office cleri- is the industry that for decades made surance companies assume, that, given cals. And more than 75 percent of premiums for Blacks more expensive the chance, many people will desig- women work in traditionally female than those for whites. This is an in- nate a non-lover as a "domestic part- job categories like these. dustry that still charges women an av- ner" because they have a roommate Part-time workers---90 percent of erage of $100 more a month than it or friend who is ill and needs cover- whom are female-are routinely ex- charges men for individual policies. age. So they assume that domestic cluded from coverage even in compa- And this is the industry that has been partners as a group wi11 include an nies that provide health insurance for using every means possible, both above-average number of sick people, full-time staff. Lesbians who have got- legal and illegal, to keep people with many of whom are not really domes- ten jobs with movement organizations AIDS, and gay men in general, off tic partners at all. That's why they or wornen-owned businesses often fmd their policies. think domestic partner coverage that their employers ·can't afford" Insurance companies have as- would lead to adverse selection. The health coverage for employees. And a sumed that "domestic partners" are all prejudices that lie behind these as- lesbian who is lucky enough to have a gay men and that all gay men have sumptions are that domestic partner job and insurance through that job may AIDS. When they make these relationships are not as legitimate as very well have a lover who does not. assumptions, they are making lesbians marriages, and that the kind of people Historically, lesbians have been invisible. They are being homophobic who would openly claim to have a more likely than gay men to settle into because many straight couples will lover (straight, lesbian or gay) are long-term relationships. They are also apply as domestic partners, and they likely to be liars. more likely to have responsibility for are being AIDS-ignorant because not Two solutions have been devel- children, whether from divorce, adop- all gay men get AIDS and not all peo- oping to the so-called, problem of ad- tion or alternative insemination. For ple with AIDS are gay. verse selection. At the Village Voice, many lesbians, insurance coverage for But even' before the AIDS epi- couples register as co-habiting our lovers' children will be just as im- demic, insurance companies resisted "spousal equivalents" with an afftdavit, portant as coverage for our lovers. the concept of domestic partner cov- and get covered one year later. So it's Finally, as women, lesbians earn erage. "Adverse selection" is the tech- impossible to get qUick coverage for a 28 OUTTWEEK August 14, 1989 sick friend, and word is likely to get refund to the employer any benefits to the problem of adverse selection out if you're not really lovers. During received if the relationship is a fraud. exist, the continuing refusal by the in- the seven years the policy has been in Under either system domestic partners surance industry to cover domestic effect, there have been zero cases of have to put up with stricter rules than partners is primarily a problem of dis- fraud at the Voice. married couples, but tbe insurance crimination. Lesbians have a special In the city of Berkeley, California, company is protected from potential stake in bringing that discrimination and its Unified School District, which cheaters. Under either system, domes- to an end. have had coverage for five years, cou- tic partners as a group would tend to Until we achieve the goal of na- ples swear out an afftdavit that they have the same amounts of good and tional health insurance, domestic part- are co-habiting and sharing the neces- bad health as spouses. nership is an interim measure worth sities of life. They are legally liable to Since these time-tested solutions struggling for. ... "AiDS Treatment News ~'ddl*Overview' and Importance by John S. James who cannot use AZT, or for whom to go throug~ a two-year ,ritual in pdI emerged from "the June AZT·is no longer effective. And labo- which a statiStiCallysignif.lcantnumber Montreal AIDS conference with ratory tests have suggested that when of deaths and serious infections must ;1 wide,spread professional consensus different drugs attack the virus in dif, accumulate jnthose in a control group that it is the most important new AIDS, ferent ways (as suggested here bY' not receiving' the treatment. -Trials to" antiviral at this time. The drug ap- lack of cross resistance), it may take look directly at which patients do o~ ,I pears to be much less toxic than AZT, much longer for the virus to develop do hot improxe while usm,g the qrug and the toxicities it does have are dif- resistance to the combination than to could be co~ducted much more'rapid~ ferent-opening doors to more effec- any of the drugs separately. ly, and would provide exactly the in,~ tivf};doses, as well >as compination Some scientists also suspect that fo~tion pal:,ientsand physicians want , 4*' therapies. bone-marrow toxicity from Prolonged to know-but such trialS would not be Like AZT, ddI is not a cure, and use of AZT might make it more diffi- accepted for drug approval, because it wilt bave to be used as a maintenance cult for the immune system to recov- is hard to meaSure patient improve- treatment It can be taken less frequent- er, even jf the virus causing the im- ment SCientifICally.· ly than AZT, probably twice a day. mune deficiency can be stopped. DdI ,Since importantantivirals will J\\though the drug is in the same may provide 'evidence of whether or take' years to go through the approvat' geneJ;a1 class as AZT, there does not not this theory is true, by allowing process, and patients cannot wait for appear to be cross resistance:-mean- AZT to be compared with an antiviral refonp of th~.current unproductive re- ingthat strains of the virus which have which has no bone-marrow toxicity. It search system a.nd the entrenched in- ,. become resistant to AZf are not auto- will be important to see whether T- terests behind il, immediate discus- matically resistant to ddI. Therefore, help<;r cells (for example) recover sion has focused on programs to ddI may be effective for people for fastest with ddI alone, AZT alone, or make drugs available before full ap- whom AZf no longer works well. DdI a combination of the two. proval to those who need them. may also be synergistic with AZT, In short, ddI wiU be most impor- \ most-after the drugs have passed meaning that the combination may tant for those who' cannot use AZT. <> safety tests and shown some evidence work even better than would be ex- But also it may open doors to a that they work. The basic fact shaping pected by adding the efficacies of the whole range of new treatment possi- this discussion is the conflict between two separate drugs together. But no bilities, making possible creative re- the ir!terests of patients, who want to one knows for sure, because as far as search which can advance HIV man- have more and better treatment op- we know there have been no human agement for the benefit of everyone. tions available, and'the interest of in- tests of the combination. 11tese potential benefits, however,_ stitutions which, for differing reasons, Eventually AIDS virus strains will, may be slow~ or blocked by the inef- want to restrict access. ... probably develop resistance to ddI, as fectual system of clinical research now Reprinted by permission of AIDS with AZf. But the new drug should at in power. For example, no matter how Treatment News, P.O. Box 411256, San least work for some time for people clearly ddI works, the drug will have Francisco. CA 94)41. August 14, 1989 OUT'YWEEK 29 I T. Political Science toxicities are far less dramatic and Add'I'Directory dangerous than AZT-linked toxicity. DdI is half as "active" as AZT, but by Mark Harrington ten times less toxic. ThIS means a larger effective dose can be taken. Phase I safety studies are continuing ast year, the u.s. government Blood cells and nerve cells are with subjects receiving up to 2000 mg held a baby auction. They very sensitive to nucleoside ana- (2 grams) a day. Some people in the L were selling licenses to logues. AZT suppresses the bone Phase I study have experienced in- "Broder's babies"- 30 OUTTWEEK August 14, 1989 I I , 5 ..,. -f.~ r system. The ACTG has been a notable failure in providing new AIDS thera- .~~~ ~~,::,~ pies, despite half a billion dollars in funds over the last three years. Other trials may be conducted through commun4ty-based research groups such as New York's Community Research Initiative (CRI). QUEST N: Because potential subjects already re- ceive health care from CRI doctors, IS THE ·SEASON'S FIRST these trials may enroll subjects faster and get results quicker than the BLOCKBUSTER HITI ACTG. CRI trials may compare differ- . l • ent doses of ddI in people who are 'liTHE LADY IN QUESTION' AS WRITTEN AND unable to take full-dose AZT because ACTED BY CHARLES BUSCH IS HILARIOUS' of its toxicity (such people are called COMPANY. THIS PERFORMER'S THEATRE-IN- LIMBO COMPANY HAS FOUND ITS MOST AS- AZT-intolerant). SURED STYLE AND, I SUSPECT, ITS BIGGEST There may be another trial of ddI HIT. CHARLES BUSCH RULES BY FORCE OF in people who have been on AZT PERSONALITY, OFTEN PROVING THE COOL, over a year, and in whom AZT may ELEGANT, JUST SLIGHTLY OFF-CENTER EYE OF no longer be working. Some people THE FARCICAL STORM AROUND HIM. WHAT will be randomly assigned to receive MATTERS HERE IS THAT THE PERFORMER IS A ddI, while others get Azr. STAR. MELODRAMATIC CHILLS,., BACKLOT SHOCK EFFECTS.•. IT'S ALL HERE." Finally, there may be another na- _Frank Rich, THE NEW YORK TIMES tionwide program for people who are unable to enroll in a controlled clinical "THE LADY IS A CHAMP I I LOVED IT. I COULD trial of ddI, and who have no other NOT HAVE HAD A BETTER TIME! DO NOT MISS therapeutic option. This has been called 'THE LADY IN QUESTION'!" _Clive Barnes, THE NEW YORK POST "Treatment IND· by FDA Commissioner Frank Young, "Parallel Track" by NIAID "THIS LADY IS A HOOT. IT HAS EVERY LOVABLE Director Anthony Fauci, and OLD CLICHE FROM THE 1940's MOVIE HISTORY "Emergency or Compassionate Drug SENT UP WITH A FOURTH OF JULY SKYROCKET. Program" by Bristol-Myers. Whatever its NOT JUST FUNNY, BUT ONE OF NEW YORK'S final name, for this program to succeed, BEST GUILTY PLEASURES!" -David Patrick Stearns, USA TODAY it must provide access to ddI to people who need an alternative to AZf. TMa•. "CHARLES BUSCH'S LATEST SEND-UP OF Previous efforts like FDA's AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE IS HIS BEST Treatment INDs for trimetrexate or WORK YET, NOT ONLY AS A PLAYWRIGHT BUT erythropoietin (EPO) have failed to AS A PERFORMER. A GIDDY GENDER-BENDER distribute Treatment IND drugs to COMEDY, 'THE LADY IN QUESTION' DEFI- people who need them. But times NITELY RATES A DATE!"_ Michael Kuchwara, AP have changed. In June and July, 1989, ACT UP representatives met with the "GREAT FUN! 'THE LADY IN QUESTION' IS A scientists from Bristol-Myers who are LAUGH-RIOT, A NIFTY PRODUCTION AND A designing the ddI trials. It was proba- -I: WITTY HOMAGE TO A FORM OF ENTERTAIN- bly the first time in history that a drug . MENT WE SORELY MISS." _Jacques Ie Sourd, GANNETT NEWSPAPERS company met with people living with a disease to plan together trials of a T "AN INSTANT HIT! A MUST SEE!" drug to treat that disease. 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WEEK 31 Jeff Fennelly COlnlllentary of P-town's own vox clamanti, I Provincetown Journal decided it was high time I'd taken action on my duty as a young fag Home is Anywhere They Bash Your Pride activist away from home: AIDS doesn't take a vacation (though P-town's treat- By Sunday evening, July 23, with by P-town summer resident Steve ment access system, which requires a ACT UP NYers on hand to supply Crouch and a handful of others, had trip to Boston for certain treatments, chants, posters and volume, and with spent the previous week tirelessly suggests that some in the medical the evening's honorary guest, New planning for the event. community must think otherwise). York's own Fairy Goddess-sister, Roller- As the march surged onto Com- Nor does homophobia. (As ACT ena, in ful\ skating regalia as the mercial Street, Provincetown's main UP/NY's Walter Armstrong said upon parade's grand marshall, it seemed that thoroughfare, the predominantly returning to NYc, "Between the rent-a- Provincetown's lesbian and gay com- straight onlookers (thousands, said cops and the internalized homophobia munity, residents and visitors alike, was the local press) were treated to [in Provincetownl, there is about an inch finally prepared to bid a proud, raucous poster-carrying queers who had taken of freedom there." Examining the farewell to the funereal candlelight pro- to this unexpected infusion of rowdi- crescendo of negative sentiment preced- cessions which have replaced-not ness as natura\1y as they'd taken to ing and following the march, Arm- accompanied-gay pride marches here the dance floor at the A-Bar Saturday strong's words seem an understatement) in the past few years. night. While the swarm screamed Witness the rumors that'd been spread around town by our own brothers and sisters that those radical parade organizers had gone and invit- ed "outside agitators· to disturb the peace. Witness the verbal assault on an ACT UP/NYer Sunday night by an irate lesbian who has "lived in this town for 30 years and never seen such filth," referring to his sign demanding that buttfucking and clit licking be legalized in a\1 fifty states. Okay, sister, the wording'S a bit harsh perhaps, but is not a patriarchal het- erosexist court's Hitler~ue intrusion into our bedroom not infinitely more vulgar? Witness the homophobia of a gay bar-owner as Rollerena sought to lfGAUZE POT LUCKING? Photo: Steve Crouch I Roberta Raeburn inform its young clientele of the Provincetowne,. On Parade march. The owner of the Boatslip, which is the only place where queers For the parade's diligent organiz- chants compiled the night before, can t-dance nightly (and the joint ers, the sheer volume of people and some of us distributed flyers detailing most drastica\1y in need of political voices, the combination of jubilation the government's negligence in nourishment), refused Rolla and her and rage in the face of an ever-pre- responding to the AIDS crisis and escorts entrance, citing a club policy sent enemy, represented a sma\1 vic- tossed into eager hands the party forbidding leaflet distribution. When tory. Paul deRenzis and his lover Eric favor of the gay nineties, the condom. challenged by the sword-tongued Kendrick, two young native New There could be no question on the ACT UP boys of the political import Yorkers who a year ago transferred to part of the crowd as to why we were of their gesture, the owner concocted Provincetown, had assumed the roll screaming our queer little guts out. a convenient club policy barring per- of parade organizers after it became For our rights. And for our lives. sons on roIler skates from entering clear that few if any of their queer As I looked at the stunned faces the establishment. peers were interested in the responsi- of tourist families and tourist queers I Considering these relatively tame bility. Inspired by a desire to illumi- decided it was well worth the time examples of homophobia-fears, real- nate the plethora of fJDS issues still spent leafletting on the beach, ham- ly, of those brands of queerness unaddressed in the community, and mering out plans and posters in which disturb the peace-in Province- to emphasize lesbian/gay pride and smoky living rooms. Fueled by the town, it became increasingly clear to strength, the two men, accompanied examples of self-sacrifice on the parts me why Paul and Eric and their com- 32 OUT~WEEK August 14. 1989 rades had abdicated their comfortable couches of quiet citizenry to scream for life and rights. It was only a matter of time, however, before homophobia's tame growl turned violent. As he marched, Provincetown's Chris Alvarez was hit by a shot from a BB gun. Reporting on the march, an inac- curate local press set the tone for an ensuing week of offtcially sanctioned queer-bashing. "The police reported no violence at the orderly march,· ran the story. ·However,· it continued, Provincetown resident Chris Alvarez suffered a small injury to his chest from an unidentifted [?)object he said was hurled [?) into the crowd.· No violence, huh? Were the queers mere- ly getting what they deserved? In a town selectman's meeting on Tuesday night, it seemed most resi- dents thought just that. If we activist ·punks,· as a lesbian business leader called us, were shocked by the vitu- perations of one of our sisters against u~all over a silly old sign?--none of us was ready for Tuesday night'S bashing. PrefaCing their remarks with such disclaimers as ·We've lived here all our lives and have always been accepting,· the townspeople-about 23 of thern-listed maligning stereo- types of gay behavior as defense for their anger. When her turn came to WE WORK WITH add to the crowd's invectives, one parent shamelessly revealed that the scope of the vitriol transcended a sign QUEENS (which enjoyed more attention than and Brooklyn, Manhattan, and even Boston! did the BB or AIDS). Implicitly sanc- WE DON'Ttake listings over the telephone, give out "pre-printed" lists, or distribute tioning, as a result of "that sign,· her outdated information. ' three sons' homicidal rage against all gays, she said she had to "leash them WE DO use computers 1Dpre-screen your listings for you, update listings daily, up," to prevent them from ·going out personally meet each and every applicant, and give referrals to both people seek- ing shared housing and people with housing to share. and beating you people up.· When human beings are raised as dogs, it's If you've been disappointed in other gay referral agencies, give us a call or stop by. a wonder they don't gnash the bones We think you'll be pleased. of those they're taught to hate .. By week's end some had taken Mom's cue. Kendrick and deRenzis, publicly dubbed sole riot-inciters on Thursday by a fellow organizer eager THE ROOMMATE to clear his name, received their ftrst ~ threatening phone call on Friday. Despite long-term plans to return The Nation's Largest Referral Network to family in Brooklyn, deRenzis now 24 Hour Info: (212) 518-2953 says, "We have to stick around. We Out ..... NYI (8001 ..... 283 don't want them to run us out of town.· NEW YORK 162 W. 56th St.· New YOrk, NY 10019 BQSImI 316 Newbury SI.· Boston, MA02115 BROOKUNE 1469 Beacon SI.' Brookline. MA 02146 CAMBRIDGE 52 JFK SI.· Cambridge. MA 02138 Fight on, lone sisters. Fight on . .,. August 14. 1989 OU~WEEK 33 Business as Usual as the Numbers Swell to Six Figures Angeles; they are 84 people in steel town Allentown, PA, byaw O'NeiU 122 residents of the New West's Tulsa, OK, 76 in the bread- The nation recently passed through a somber threshold. basket's Omaha NE, 105 lives in Old New England's With little attention, the American population has witnessed Springfield MA and an overwhelming 1,564 souls in the the achievement of a morbid milestone. Caribbean's San Juan, Puerto Rico. On July 1, 1989 the l00,OOth case of Acquired Immune "But the devastating meaning of this [100,000) number Deficiency Syndrome was reported to the Centers for reaches far beyond the stark reality of lives lost and lives Disease Control (CDC). With an average of 189 AIDS cases now at risk," states Jean McGUire, executive director of the reported to the CDC every day, AIDS AIDS Action Council. "The real has hit a new and grim landmark: six news today is that what took eight digits. years to happen so far will sadly With eight years of mounting be repeated within fifteen months caseloads and gruesome predictions, when the next 100,000 cases are many in the gay and lesbian communi- reported." ty have become desensitized to the One of the first 100,000 is ever-rising numbers. Which often Mike Meridian. As executive direc- makes it difficult to understand, or tor of the National Association of even to accept them. So, what does People 'with AIDS he has acted as 100,000 represent? advocate, as lobbyist, as media One hundred-thousand represents spokesperson and as AIDS advo- the entire population of Alexandria, cate. But at a recently-staged press VA; of Fullerton, CA; of Davenport IA. conference called 'by the coalition One hundred-thousand represents the National Organizations Respond- total number of people employed by ing to AIDS (NORA), he was one McDonnel Douglas, Exxon or Xerox. thing above all else: the face of One hundred-thousand represents the CumN"G RED TAPE? AIDS. entire nu~ber of den~ists i? America, Dr. Anthony Fsuci, Nstionsllnstitute of Allergies 7he projection of human ec~- all the actIve duty offICers tn the U.S. snd Infectious oisesse nomIc costs, the need for a bIll Army or the Air Force, or the total such as the Americans with amount of pediatricians and general practitioners in the U.S" Disabilities Act [which would ban AIDS discrimination on a combined. national level) and the urgency of reform needed is over- And of those 100,000, there have already been over whelming," said Meridian. "The numbing statistics and pro- 60,000 deaths, well over the total number of American posals must not mask the real issue-men, women and deaths in either the Vietnam or Korean Wars. children, rich and poor, white, Black and Hispanic, from all Today, the figures represent not only the staggering walks of life are living with HIV, and in too many cases numbers in cities like New York, San Francisco and Los dying from it." 34 OUT... WEEK Augu~t 14, 1989 Civil Rights In recent months, the issue of AIDS has undergone a marked decline in newspaper coverage and has seem- ingly evaporated from national news broadcasts. While the numbers of cases have continued to mount, the American population has largely been brought to the conclusion that the advancements made in AIDS policy- making and research have been brought "under control." Columnists in the nation's leading daily newspapers have expressed confusion as to how the media can now cover AIDS issues. Callers into radio talk shows are echo- ing complaints buzzing within the medical community that there is now too much attention placed on AIDS. Which ~~s to what AIDS advo- 'OEVASTAllNG MEANING' Photo: Doug HinckleI Washington Blade cb~tes are bVllew~n~ aSheprobably thde Jean McGuire, executi"e director of AIDS Action Council Iggest pro em lacmg t ever-expan - -1IJII!I----!IIII---I!II-IIII!I!!IIIII!IIIIII!II!III~!JIII!II--- ...- ...I1!111... !!!IIII!II. ing epidemic: complacency. And that complacency makes But while President Bush even endorsed the bill dur- addressing the vital issues of civil rights and health care in ing his 1988 election campaign, it is currently undergoing the epidemic all the more diffICUlt. strict review by the White House and leading Senate Over eight years and 60,000 deaths into the epidemic', Republicans on several details, including employment anti- activists, scientists, physicians, health commissions and discrimination provisrons pertaining to small businesses. politicians have singled out the guarantee of civil rights as [Mark-up of the ADA by the Senate labor and Human a vital step in bringing this national health problem under Resources Committee is tentatively scheduled for AUgust2. The control. And while a handful of states, counties and cities U.S.House has already begun holding hearings on the bill.} have passed AIDS anti-discrimination measures, to date, in most parts of the U.S., people with AIDS and HIV infection The Health Cire Crisis are only free from discrimination in employment within the In no other area have the failures of the nation's federal government and in housing. health care delivery system been displayed than in the "Every single report or commission that has addressed country's addressing the myriad of such problems around the AIDS epidemic has called for anti-discrimination pro- the AIDS crisis. And nowhere else in the portrait of AIDS in tection as a means of helping to stop the spread of AIDS," the final months of the 1980s does the picture offer a more says American Civil Liberties Union AIDS lobbyist Chai bleak outlook. Feldblum. "Public offtcials have consistently and vigorously Mayors, hospitals, nurses' and doctors' groups and stated that, in order to encourage voluntary HIV antibody researchers have joined AIDS advocates in pointing out the testing, individuals must feel that they may undergo such seemingly insurmountable problems of nursing shortages, testing without fear of subsequent discrimination.· patient dumping, homeless people with AIDS and stagger- While anti-discrimination protections were the center- ing health care costs facing the nation. Over and over piece of the June 1988 report of the Presidential again panels and advocacy groups have predicted that Commission on the HIV Epidemic, then-President Ronald AIDS may soon completely bankrupt the nation's health Reagan brusbed aside the proposal and left the issue to be care system. Experts are predicting that costs of AIDS care addressed by incoming President George Bush and the may result in increased hospital charges up to 20 percent a U.S. Congress. year for the next two years for all services. One New York And in November 1988, when Congress sat poised to City hospital alone recently reported 1,700 AIDS patients pass the nation's first comprehensive AIDS bill including on its daily census. such anti-discrimination measures, a last-minute delaying One doesn't have to look far to see the effects that tactic by arch-conservative Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) effec- "hospital grid-lock" is having on care for the entire range of tively extracted the anti-discrimination measures, leaving the 'nation'S ills. them to be deall with by the 101st Congress. "Where will the second 100,000 go for care?" asks Currently all hopes are being pinned on the compre- Donna Richardson of the American Nurses Association. hensive Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which "With the Public Health Service estimating 1 to 1.5 million would-after 25 years-extend to all people with disabili- infected Americans, hospitals and communities which ties the anti-discrimintation protections of the Civil Rights believe they have been untouched wi11share the cost of Act of 1964. care, even if they have not identified any HIV infected indi- August 14. 1989 OUT~WEEK 35 at $32 billion. By 1991, estimates put that number at close to $141 billion. Meanwhile, Congress is considering a fiscal 1990 AIDS budget of $1.6 billion, $300 million short of what the U.S. Health and Human Services Department predicted would be needed for 1990. The future The chief challenges in facing the morbid predictions appear to be twofold: money and complacency. . And with a growing complacency gripping the public consciousness and a heightened sense of competition between AIDS activists and those pushing for research and attention for diseases other than AIDS, the money prob- lems are expected to worsen. Case in point: the federal AIDS budget. In approving the Labor, Health and Human Services Budget for Fiscal Year 1990 in late July, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee for the first time left AIDS research funding to the competitive process of the National Institutes for Health. While AIDS lobbyists are promising to push the Senate to earmark funding for AIDS research, they are clearly stating that the creeping competition between researcbers--a competition AIDS activists want no part of-is beginning to make its effects felt "There should be funding for AIDS research mQ can- UCKING THE GAY LOBBY Photo: Jim Marks cer research,· stated outgoing National Gay and Lesbian Seliatol Mae He/",. (R-North Calolina) Task Force Executive Director Jeff Levi. "It shouldn't be cancer research at the expense of AIDS research." viduals as of yet... It has been said that homelessness in Government complacency is perhaps taking an even New York is an AIDS Calcutta. The ~cond 100,000 could greater toll on people of color who are being hit dispro- be as devastating in its death toll and citizens' morale as portionately by AIDS. Just as homophobia has been the Civil War was to this nation.· responsible for government's scandalous neglect of people Neither are easy solutions forthcoming. While federal with AIDS, so too has racism and a basic lack of caring for AIDS program director Dr. Anthony Fauci has publicly stat- the poor and disenfranchized caused a lack of even the ed that the National Institutes of Health-a medical most basic of prevention and epidemiology studies intend- research institution-will seek to do its part in addressing ed to slow the spread of AIDS among those populations. the nationwide problem, and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D- But if there is a bright spot in the portrait of AIDS MA) has stated he will add five new health care ftnancing 100,000 cases into the epidemic it is in the arena of AIDS proposals to his already-pending measures addressing research efforts, where, thanks largely to the work of AIDS some of the health care delivery problems head-on, in an activists, unprecedented gains have been made. age of city, state and federal budget constraints I things are Now four drugs are on the market to treat AIDS and expected to get inftnitely worse before they get any better. AIDS-related disorders; one other is available through the Consider the following statistics: Food and Drug Administration's "Treatment IND • With cost estimates averaging $60,000 per AIDS [Investigational New Drug)" program. By September, ddI, a patient, already the 100,000 American AIDS cases to date new and promising anti-HIY drug is expected to begin have compromised much of the nation's health care sys- broad human trials, both in strictly controlled university tem. The next 100,000 are expected in 15 months. studies and in another far-reaching program called a "paral- • Of the l00,ro> cases row repcxted, 2,ro> d those have lel track" system, intended to help patients not qualifying been infants, dtidren and teenagers. Three thousand ilfants will for university studies to receive the drug free of charge. be born wkh AIDS annually, beginning thr; year. But to continu~ to make advances, all agree: the com- • HIY infection, rates are 'dimbing among women placency around the epidemic must be shattered. faster than in any other population. "Our coalition effort here today marking this tragic • Since AIDS disproportionately strikes those below event is evidence of a stronger, more powerful, more 40, the disease already ranks as the seventh leading cause diverse AIDS advocacy community," stated M~ridian. ·We of ·Years of Potential Life Lost"-a measure devised by are hopeful that our works and proposals will be heard staticians. By 1991 it is expected to be ranked third. By and acted upon. 1995 it may possibly be ftrst. "For me and 99,999 others, it is a matter of life and • This year, the economic impact of AIDS is estimated death." ... 36 OUTTWEEK August 14. 1989 CCUNOUIT ~~o/~~ Proudly Presents ~M~ f!J, !Tk Yea STARRING - -_ ..,.. '"<> DON'T MISS "THE TOUR OF THE YEAR" Saturday August 19, 1989 Ogunquit Beach, Maine General Admission $14.50 7:30 P.M. Tickets available at all Ticketron Locations or Charge Tickets NOW by calling 1-800-382-8080 Tickets also available at the following Maine Locations SANFORD OGUNQUIT OGUNQUIT Springvale Chamber Fancy That Information Bureau of Commerce. Jackie's Too Summer Fare This is it Village Food Market (NO Alcohol, Bottles, Cans, Pets, or Coolers) Presented by Creative Productions, Inc. , Photo: IL. Litt In March 1983 I wrote an essay, But as I witness how few on-the-line "1,112 and Counting." And in fighters there are in the gay and les- October of 1983 I wrote one, "2,339 bian population, as we\1 as in the and Counting.· Black, Latino and IV-drug user popu- What am I thinking now that Too many of us are still dying and lations, I try hard to fight against 100,000 has been reached? Pretty still too little is being done by our despair. I try hard to look at the more much the same things I railed against governments, by our elected officials positive aspects. At last we have ACT when I wrote those first two dia- and by us. UP, a growing nationwide contingent tribes. I hesitate to list them, lest I be Of course, there is no way, when of effective scrappers. At last we known as such a one-note wailer. a tragedy like AIDS gets out of have, in John James' AIDS Treatment But the same situations, the same hand-and it is out of control - News, a superb means of networking deficiences, the same denials exist. wherein enough can ever be done. regular and reliable information on 38 OUT'YWEEK August 14, 1989 And C"ounting ... the latest treatments. At last we have, abandoned by those who selfishly mercy of swifter action. in Martin Delaney, a gay spokesper- think only of their lucky escape. This new chapter requires more son who has been able to get previ- Ten years into an epidemic and than ever just what we have lacked ously inaccessible government so few have had so little effect in from the beginning: coordinated officials like the Food and Drug ch:mging the mind-set of so many. action, particularly in Washington. Administration's (FDA) Dr, Frank And yet, I do think some sort of cor- More than ever we need power dis- Young and the National institutes of ner has been turned; it's certainly bet- played consistently and continuously Health's Dr. Anthony Fauci to talk ter to get sick today than a few years and constantly in that city of power. with us on a regular basis. These are ago. It's certainly possible that many We need a Human Rights Campaign no small accomplishments, though of us are going to live through this Fund, a National Gay and Lesbian they come ten years into an epidemic after all. That's a wonderful gift. Task Force, an AIDS Action Council, a that still has the power to kill off But we're not going to live National AIDS Network, a Gay Men's many, many more of us. through it without somehow finding Health Crisis, that are stronger than We still live in a city run by a the energy within our many lesbian they have ever showed us they can Mayor and a state by a Governor and and gay communities--and without be. We need them to network and a country by a President all of whom, building coalitions with the other talk to each other, which they don't along with just about every other do. We need them to choose the most elected official, consider those suffer- powerful leaders available, which ing from, or susceptible to, AIDS dis- The same they don't do. We need their boards posable. We still have no national gay of directors to be courageous and and lesbian organization with any situations, the gutsy, which they aren't. We need power. We still have a stingy number communities across this nation to of lobbyists in Washington. We still same deficiences, finance the hiring of hundreds of lob- have no national leaders. We still byists in Washington, which we still have a lesbian and gay population the same denials lack. 'Oh, I have said all of this so that lives mostly in the closet. We still many times and for so long. have huge AIDS organizations that exist. But I have no choice but to say all spend most of their energies helping of it again. So, for those of you who people to die rather than ftghting for AIDS-affected communities--to fuel have been reading my words over us to live. this burst to the finish line. And the these past long years, now that we It is hard to feel good about very finish line, though it appears to be have reached that awful and awe-full much, even though, I suppose, it's coming closer each day, may yet tum number of 100,000, there is nothing possible to be grateful that it is out to be a mirage. I worry that we're new I can bring to solemnize its arrival. "100,000 and Counting· and not so tired we may not find this energy, I am still the one-note wailer. I'm grate- "1,000,000 and Counting.- I suppose, and die because of it. This new chap- ful I'm still able to be here screaming, as well, that there are now many gay ter of the epidemic, I think, can be and I'm grateful I'm joined by many men and lesbians who think the worst categorized as one in which the more screamers than were around is over, because they aren't HIV posi- delays we must attack are not so when I started my caterwauling anoth- tive, or because at last we're hearing much scientific ones as bureaucratic er lifetime ago. But I sure wish, as I've about new treatments that appear ones. Drug companies and researchers prayed from the beginning, everybody most promising. For those of us who are at last uniting with us against the else was screaming too. are HIV positive, or in various more hateful Food and Drug Administration We're heading for the last active stages of AIDS, we certainly (FDA), a system of civil servants that roundup, boys and girls. How many must try to wring hope from whatever thrives on red tape and punishes us men and women are willing to stand we can, and try not to feel desolately for criticizing them as we beg for the up and be counted, at last? ... August 14, 1989 OUTTWEEK 39 Scenes , roma Lesbian Love Lire by Maria Maggenti Photo: n. Litt ". 40 OUT~WEEK August 14. 1989 I am trying to be a good lover. I am trying not to give in to the hatred closing in on us. fiBt lOVe August 14, 1989 OUr"-WEEK 41 the time and think I like them and find out they are straight. I can't believe it. I could have sworn we were flirting and having a romantic evening. They tell me they 'are shocked to find out I'm "gay." I go to Girl Bar and lean against the wall. How come everyone here seems to know everyone else here? I think to myself. I try to read Mary Daly'S new book and throw it across the room. Shut up, I scream. Since when have you tried to live in New York City by yourself as a radical les- bian feminist? One of my two best friends comes to visit me in New York and we go to Bloomingdale's because she needs a dress for her job inter- views. We are riding up the escalator Photo: lL. litt on a Tuesday afternoon and the store is jammed with female shoppers. She why dqes she have to act so god- bathtub, the empty office down the looks at me and says dryly, "I have a damned macho all the time, she's not hall where I am a lowly temp-any- feeling the revolution might not hap- communicating, she can't analyze the where we can find space to spread pen in our lifetime." situation and intelligently discuss it, out naked and unadorned to fascinate, we're all wrong for each other and tantalize and thrill each other. I say My best friend, who I was really have been from the beginning, how "my girlfriend, my lo~er, lesbian" in love with, is hooked up with some- did we let it go on this long anyway? dyke" real loud in restaurants and one else now-a girl with a mustache. Last week the big debate was on know that soon this relationship will They are completely in love and being out if you're famous. I said that be over. happy. I am so angry I could spit. when I win my Academy Award I My mother says I will ,be forced to Some sister, I think, as I practice my would proudly announce her. name as live in the demimonde of freaks and typing at night. During the day I walk my lover. She wavers. When she gets queers, like an ugly and mean circus. I around the city and pretend I am on her Grammy, well, she's not so sure. I tell her to shut up and go to a work- vacation, though I realize that this mean, it's a difficult situation, one shop on homophobia. vacation is going to last forever so I does have to consider one's career, I am the first of my friends to better figure out what I am doing and whose business is it anyway? I graduate, and I move to New York soon., I haven't had sex in eight run into the bathroom and cry. You alone. My lover has someone living in months, and my mouth is aching to traitor, I say. I've given kiss someone. Anyone. up everything for you. I meet a man. He is Then I wonder, what Even though I once had a gay male room- an older Jewish intellectu- have I given up? And h II GO I' al who is in analysis four what choice· did I have mate, e was a mystery to me. Ir $ were days a week. He hasn't in the first place? ., the only thing in life. been with a woman in ______five years. I tell him he's But I can't live got a serious problem, .without her. Whenever we suggest a our old apartment, and my mother has and it could probably all be traced trial separation, one of us wimps out all my things in boxes in her base- back to the misogyny of Freudian and gives in, and then we're back ment. She says not to worry, I'll get analysis. He tells me I have a problem together again barely holding on, over it. In New York no one cares that if I keep falling for straight women, walking on a tightrope, a long, thin I was a straight-A student or the editor perhaps a bit of internalized homo- piece of string high up above the of the literary magazine where I wIote phobia in there? r suggest that he ground. If I lose her how will I ftnd blistering articles about the psy- spend· some of his time helping others another girlfriend? What happens if chopathology of post-feminism in the instead of talking about himself on a she sleeps with someone else while Reagan Era. I fail typing tests and cry couch four times a week. He tells me we're not speaking? Didn't we say we all night in my hell-hole apartment I should put some of that lesbian fem- would love each other forever? We wondering if'my now ex-lover will inist theory into practice if I'm so hate each· other. Then it's back to bed, call and tell me to wake up, she was damn committed to changing the or the kitchen floor, the couch, the just joking anyways. I meet women all world. 42 OUTTWEEK August 14, 1989 I become a volunteer at the bat- never talked to a lesbian. When he dies, EROTIC OR tered women's shelter in Harlem, In Anthonysellstheir apartment and moves to the "library" there, which consists of Key West. two bookshelves, every single book is After my second client dies, I NOT? a Harlequin romance novel. I tell my decide I am a terrible buddy. I am new male friend that everything impatient and easily frightened by the ~"OllCbq~ wrong with the world is the fault of enormity of the situation. I can't hold .,J"o., Photo:ll. Litt he owners of Emkay MK. And, as usual, it's New York Appliances on Essex Telephone which is at the bot- T Street are getting an tom of all the co~fusion. When unusual amountof Monday night callers dial directory assistance business from lesbians dressed- and ask for MK, operators are to-kill and looking to get down. spelling it out as it sounds - e- What was a once-in-a-while m-k-a-y - and giving the phenomenon has turned into a ad'dress of the Essex Street common, annoying mistake appliance store. And women amongwomen trying to find Deb are arriving to find a different Parker's weekly fete at the club kind of bunwarmer entirely. 44 OUTYWEEK August 14,1989 Photo: IL. Litt nce one of the busiest center. Ourspies have already banks in Manhattan, seen the huge bar, and the The Provident Loan dance floor sadly replaces the Society of New York on Houston original interior which Johns Street closed it doors over 10 had left intact. Still, we'd much years ago and the impressive, rather see a bank become a granite building was bought by disco than the other way artist Jasper Johns who used it around. B Squared, a yuppie as his studio. Now, again, the club in Tribeca, last year landmark Lower East Side edi- installed Ii bank machine off its fice has changed hands, and, dance floor. And we all remem- from what Look Out hears, will ber Octogon, the nightclub become a nightclub, following designed for the "after Wall in the vault steps of MK (see Street" crowd which featured Look Out.opposite page),which an electronic ticker tape for too was once a money trading anxious patrons. -Michelangelo Signorile August 14. 1989 OUTTWEEK 45 UT OF o MV HANDS BY BRADLEY BALL Dear Brad: pies if nine! Did you know that John was, in April. He's never done any- Don't you think it's more than a Kennedy, Jr. was born in 1960 and I thing like this before except for little peculiar that Jacqueline Onassis' was born in 196O?~ were both raised maybe that time when we were first mother, Janet Auchincloss, died on by single mothers and people are often dating and he said he was going see the very same day that Rose Kennedy confusing the two of us with each A Dolls Life and I tried calling him all celebrated her birthday? other. What does all of this tell you? night and he didn't pick up the phone -Nobody's Fool Mere coincidence? Proof of the exis- until 10:38 in the morning two days Dear Fool: tence of darker forces too sinister and later. I promised him then that I The Kennedy Family has always complicated for any of us to under- would get over being so insecure but had more than its share of strange stand? Perhaps one day we will know this time I'm kind of beginning to coincidences. Did you know, for the truth. Until then you are wise not worry, especiaUy since I've had to instance, that the names Kennedy and to accept these matters at face value. take on a second job to make the rent Lincoln each contain seven letters and payments. that both preSidents, having died of Dear Brad: ~RANTIC gunshot wounds, were succeeded by Have you seen my lover? I could Dear Frantic: vice-presidents named Johnson? Did have ,sworn that I told him to meet Frankly, many of us were unable you know that Kennedy had a secre- me after work at Marvin Gardens to speak to people, even our loved tary named Lincoln and Lincoln had a restaurant on Broadway but maybe I ones, for a considerable period of secretary named Kennedy? Did you wasn't thinking and said Marvin's time after seeing A Dol/'s Life. I know that Rose Kennedy turned 99 Place restaurant on Ninth Avenue by remember that my best friend and I years old on July 15th and Janet mistake. I waited almost two hours could only stare helplessly at each Auchincloss was 81 years old at the and then went back to our apartment other after that curtain rang down time of her death? Both ages are mulli- anp I haven't seen him since. That and we still had the prospect of Liv UUman's Ghosts looming before us. Ever since that fateful autumn I've mentioned this to other fellow sur- vivors and have discovered that every singl~ person continues to experience periodic nightmares and extended episodes of severe with- drawal. I know of one extreme instance where a talented young man changed his name, left the country and was last seen operating a grain elevator in Moss Bank, Saskatchewan. Experts have called this the "Season- They-Murdered- Ibsen Syndrome· and it can be allevi- ated (though, unfortunately, not cured) with some mighty intense therapy. Your lover will almost cer- tainly return and you will have to be as sUPF0rtive and understanding as This wHk's nigh1marl, Stata Sinator John Man:hi of Stall. Island, wants to possible in helping him to deal with amlnd qlllirs out ofthl NIW YorkStatl Constitution. It IIIIDS the Craaturl FromThl the effects of this trauma. Garbagl landfill WallO outragld at till State Supreml Court'sruling tIIat gays arl family and can inhlrit tIIllr matis' apartmlnts, that hi wants to rawrite thl state char- Confidential to Nellie F.: tlr to splcifically radlfinl!amily as straight only. You could say life is just a bowl H Statln Islandlrs kllp rullcting tills cralp, wI'd likl to III tIIlm lleadl altar aU.Fromthl United Statesl of Jello but you would not, however appear more intelligent and smart. 'Y 46 OUT.... WEEK August 14, 1989 TI the same as usual, which makes me want that child accepted In a good pri- wonder how much of the column Liz vate New York school. ~ll once you actually writes when she is in town. go to the board and they ftnd out that Anyway, Liz's two assistants, who you're this person who's made a lot of seem to have an enormous crush on important people suffer, they're going "handsome Hal Rubenstein ...who will to say forget it. You can't get away become the editor of Malcolm Forbe's doing that kind of stuff.- upcoming magazine, EGG," (they even Fuck you, Liz! Fuck you! Puck ran his photo), quoted TheaterWeek you! Puck you! Puck you! magazine last week, something which Anyway, now that I got that out struck me as funny considering that a of my system, I should tell you more . By Michelangelo Slgnorlle boycott has been called of The Native of what Liz said in the interview with and all other Charles Ortleb publica- her a.nd supermodel Jerry Hall tions, which include TbeaterWeek. (together over dinner) in the August And I would have thought that Liz (or Mirabella. In one part of the inter- her assistants), of an people, would view she says of Spy magaZine, "They orne of you might want me to. join in on the boycott. Then again, it write mean, nasty things about people leave Liz Smith (New York was Liz, whom I thought would not be they don't like." Then, in another part Daily News), alone (you've worried about having children at this of the interview, she calls Oprah evenS told me as much). But I simply stage of the game (she and her good Winfrey a ·cockroach. - But the care- can't resist. And besides, her sins are friend, the archaeologist Iris Love, are ful reader will revel at the part when much too numerous for me to quit now. both in their sixties), who recently told Liz says to Jerry Hall, "I want you to As you cam imagine, I never did Mirabella magaZine, "You can't attack show off your bathing suit" (Jerry receive that letter from Liz (the one people in New York and survive. Or strips down). And later when Liz which she'd had someone can to say you might survive but you're never hands Hall her telephone number, she was sending) which was to be going to be part of the inside group. saying, "Just in case you ever want to some sort of response to something I'd You have a baby. You're going to get some news out in a hurry." ~ written about her in this very column h•••••••••••••••••• iiiii•• ii••••• i1 which seeks to balance the scales of justice tipped by all-powerful gOSSip Things that peopk-w(Jo'fJe-SUCcessjiit_i: columnists in their own favor, and also seeks to' combat the blatant homopho- b'-fompleted-psycbotberapy-b,:,t-stl~;:, bia which gossip columnists dabble in, though many of them are gay or les- Ulatcb-too-mucb-da:nm-televislOO say: "-'I bian (got that?). I don't know what Liz "I was always I$olated, alone, separate from the family. could've been mad about. The Brady Bunch. II Anyway, it's now day 30 and no :ti, letter. Either the mail is slow, or it's "I'd cbfue to the realization that most of my relationships had a l.ucy-Ri<:lcy something else. I do know that Liz pattern - classic, sexist and sadly o~rshadowed by failure and low self~ has been away for a while, as can be esteem. I knew I'd wanted something dse (and ,not an Ethel-Fred re1atiod- evidenced at the bottom of her col- ship sjnce that was simply a mote refmed, subtle version of the Lucy-Ipcky umn where it says, "Liz Smith is on model). No, wh:tt I wanted Was much moleradicaJ, O)uth nlOfe cutting vacation. This column is a collabora- edge. I wanted a Lucy-Elbel relationship and wanted it to include genital tion with St. Clair Pugh and Denis contact and - dare 1 say - Ii!e-partner-bonding which excluded ,Ricky and Ferrara." (It has said this for a couple Fred, but which may or may not have included Mrs. Trumble." of weeks now.) These two guys are Liz's assistant's who are obviously "In my family I was made to feel unneeded, unloved and ugly! Yes, tbe.y watching the fortress while she's gone were The Munster'S and I was the niece Marilyn.- - and of course they must be writing "It could never work. He was so Flintstones. [was ultimately very the column. See, I'm trying to under- Jetson's,· stand why it says ·collaboration· at *1was very abrasive. In any sort of group Interaction, be it a pc>t luck dinner the bottom. It just doesn't se.em con- or a lesbian affmity group meeting, I was consistently playing the role of Mr, ceivable that Liz would be cruising the Wilson on Dennis the Menace, or Dr. Smith on Lost in space or, worse yet, Nile, or touring Paris or lying by a Alexandra on Josie and the Pussycats ... pool in Palm Springs while simultane- ously barking orders on a telephone '-I'm a softee. I always took on too, toO many tasks at once. I was a veritable about what's going in the column. Hazel ... And even more peculiar is the fact that the writing style of the column is "You've 00 idea what it's like to be the Ted Baxter of your class'- August 14. 1989 OUT~WEEK 47 Social Terrorism Photos by Erich Conrad }(;;.Jllllilt't(,;", BUSTGHOSTERI Thtld,,,.,.ti,,, William Lo", .t Ib, Co,. FUNKY AND CHIC U,. Coo,., IfIId DOliMonro,.t Funk,Inc COPAKISS Sus.nn, B.ttsch .nd Mich.. 1CI.,k "t mushy .t Ib, Cop' 48 OUT~WEEK August 14, 1989 FANCY DANCERS Stephan tJ.tronio, "'adama and ",ich .. 1Cla,k al tha Copa MIXED MEDIA OutWaak~ K.ndall "'ollison and cabl. Wsllobin Byldal Bi, Haus _P!l~, _ LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED UP RENDER BENDER Guys and dolls al tha Copa Cla,k Rend.,al Funk.INC. W1GSHOCK RECUNING lEWD, RUDE AND AlMOST NUDE Ha"a w.,on. "'0 fa, lhislim.? Chickla". al the Copa August 14,1989 OUTTWEEK 49 PSUCK: emme: hese women are the femmes of the d almost solely by other girls about each Os, with a little less roleplaying and ther, either teasing them about their poor lip- ore fashion consciousness. Because tick application ("Cut the femme act, Olive"), or f the stupidity of some straight people, ,s use #1 for butch: "She's so femme, you just ey are often mistaken as members of 'ant her to take you home and make Betty ,e breeder nation. They are fun to rocker .... ate, if only for the jungle red they eave on your t-shirt collar. esel dYke: relative of truckdriver and build agger, this particular epithet is sually used by middle aged men. Deep in our heart of hearts, 'e truly love diesel dykes as the first women who were out aywoman: verywhere (along with butclVfemme couples pre-Stonewall) related term: "glamour lesbian"; as if the others weren't) what once is exchange (overheard) may epitomize this phenomenon: 'as a fairly adventurous thing to call yourself has now become the Irst Dyke (upon seeing a cute girl): Hey, chickee, baby ... pscaIe, Y-girl term for women who identify more with their cond Dyke: Oh man, I'd like to get me some of that. reersltheir gender more than what they're doing with their girl- Irst Dyke: Yeah, boy, she was hung like a doughnut. iends (and the implications thereon. omosexual: ormerly a term denoting gay men and les- ians. The only people who currently still se it this way are deranged psychiatrists nd right-wing homophobes, ex~pting Gov- rnor Tom Kean, who remembers that we're esbians in the same sentence as Satan- 'orshippers and lunatics yKe: word which has gone from hated to loved to despised to liked to loved. hese four little letters are so nuanced that gay men are afraid to say it to ,eir friends because they might say it the wrong way. Lesbian activists se it gleefully in the company of straights. Two things: 1) straight men hould never use this word, 2) gay men in the company of lesbians, should 'ait and see what word they're using ana: ,girl: uld be the girl you're sharing your days, nights and sex toys with, or the girls Not all women are girls, not all girls are u spend time with trying to hunt down someone to play with. Friends or lovers, men, some are wombin, wimmin, rs obviously adopted from the boys (thank you), and can be used in all its varia- ~. When lesbians are discussing girls, ~ons in everyday conversation. ou can be sure they are discussing ther lesbians for the most part (or men they wish were lesbians). This rd is usually prefaced by the word ute", or suffixed by ''with a bad attitude he couldn't afford." Fag Baiting by Micbelallgelo Sigllorile Everywhere you go men are talking about - what else? - how to meet other men. • Well, we all know this is a complex process which we sometimes, naively, try to explain in nine words or less. First and foremost, before discussing how to actually meet men, we have to figure out what kind of men we're talking about. New York City is a diverse metropolis, the World capital, as we're told. Although we couldn't describe every kind of man in the city, OutWeek has outlined some of the more popular types who proudly glide down the streets of New York, back packs in tow, every day - and how to nab one. (Note: Making things even more complicated, most men occupy two or even three of these categories. Some are virtual Sybils, and occupy all categories.) The Health Food Fag You can find him in any restaurant that serves Miso soup or in any unattractive grocery that has lots of barrels. Some- times he's a fake (says he eats this stuff, but sneaks Skippy peanut butter when you're not looking). Always full of surprises, he can whip out some sort of crunchy, nutty food and add yogurt to it at a moment's notice. He has a tendency to drink everything out of the carton. (Also, has weird things growing in the refigerator). Bait: Wear crystals, carry Louise Hay books and eat unpeeled carrots on the street. The Upper East Side Fag Likes stripes for clothing and furniture. Doesn't know the name of the subway that runs up Lexington Avenue. Always takes cabs. Likes humilation and loves to suck dick. Always has a cat. $250 phone sex bills are his way of feeling downtown. Bait: Stand ne,ar any corner where you see them hailing cabs in the direction of uptown. Grab your crotch. Fag de la Terminally Trendy Sideburns. Doo rags. The Bar. Boy Bar. 19 earrings. Ripped jeans or cut-off, folded-at-the-knee jeans. This sort of specimen, frequently tasty, is omnipresent at ACf UP meetings, in the East Village or at Mars on Sunday nights. Bait: Offer a few hits of Extasy and a place to stay for the night. Expect anything to happen. The Doublemints This is actually two fags. They are lovers and they simply refuse to separate - many times a sleeping arrangement with one means you will get the other by default. The doublemints can be annoying. Sometimes they even speak in unison and wear similar outfits. Bait: Engage one in stimulating conversation, while looking at the other's crotch the whole time. Fag on the Far Left Ultimately his politics are more important than what he plans to wear, what he plans to do, who he plans to sleep with and where he plans to go on any particular night. Reads INCESSANTLY. Does lots of public speaking. Has two goals: 1) to liberate the masses; 2) to become a lesbian. ' Bait: If you are Black, Latino, or - strangely enough - a lesbian, you have better chances. Otherwise, talk a lot about Blacks, Latinos, lesbians, liberation, Marxism and leftist scholars. The Faggot Republican , Says he's proud of his politics, which are just like Daddy'S. Joined Gay Republicans under a pseudonym. Doesn't think there is any contradiction between being gay and having -traditional" politics. Believes every disagreement should be solved in 'meetings, while wearing a suit. Sleeps with congressmen, senators and administration people. Bait: Ride Metroliner to Washington. Look for men traveling alone, wearing conservative suits and that just-a-bit-too- splashy tie (a dead giveaway), Tell them you want to be a page on capitol Hill. ~ Film Adventurous Duo Four AdventuieSof Rdnette and MJrabeIle, pro- of the most difficult and engaging one's experience. When the women do duced, directed and written by lessons of this ftIm. drag themselves out before dawn with Eric Rohmer. Qistributed by New Appropriately, then, both the ftIm nightgowns on to experience the cele- Yorker Fdms. Playing at Lincoln and the main characters' friendship brated "Blue Hour," their perfect Plaza Cinema. begin' with a lesson. Bicycling in the silence is ruined by the loud grumbling country, Mirabelle (Jessica Forde), an of a distant tractor. And when Reinette ethnography student from Paris, has suddenly becomes hysterically angry at by Peter Bowen no idea how, to fix a flat tire until the the disruption of her "moment," claim- country native, Reinette Qoelle ing "friends always ruin everything," Miquel), guides her, step by step, on the women's budding friendship seems alfway through the first the craft of tire patching. Curious also near ruin. But their friendship, as adventure of Eric Rohmer's about a world so different from either the ftIm necessarily demands, contin- Four Adventures of Reinette Paris or her parents' ·country- home, ues, based now as much on disagree- and Mirabelle, the two hero- Mirabelle accepts Reinette's seductive ments as on shared moments. On a ines---andH the audience-receive a invitation to experience nature's different night, the two women, inde- lesson from a local farmer on how to grand secret, the "Blue Hour,· that pendent of each other, venture out grow endive. Shot in a straight-for- momentary and invisible border again to experience this moment of ward manner with direct sunlight and between night and day when, as silence successfully{ and afterwards looking more like a farming documen- Reinette says, "nature holds its breath· embrace each other in the blue morn- tary than a French narrative ftIm, the and the night chorus of frogs and ing light with the same gracious silence endive lesson seems at first oddly owls silently gives way to the clang- that they have just experienced. inappropriate. Yet the nature of learn- ing of daylight. Shot on an extraordinarily low ing, of how one learns to grow endive We soon learn, however, that budget and as a working vacation from or to live in this world, becomes one one's intentions are not necessarily Summer (Rohmer'S own film about vacations), the film thus proceeds not by an enthralling narrative or an engrossing plot, but by a series of adventures, of simple interventions with the world, and-as with all Rohmer films---by subse- quent discussions about the events which have transpired. In the second adventure, "The Waiter," Reinette, who has moved to Paris to share an apart- ment with Mirabelle in order to pursue art studies, becomes terrorized at a cafe by the most terrifying element of French society, a Parisian waiter. In the third adventure, "The Beggar, The Kleptomaniac, The Hustler,· each woman lfSSON IN FLAT FIXING must confront her feelings Joille !tfique/.nd Jessie. FDrde continued on pag8 57 52 OUT~WEEK August 14, 1989 Performance .. by John Wasser Hapi Face and Ethyl Eichelberger - not exactly names you'll find on a Stage Deli ttention Students of the sandwich, but Wah and Mind! It's Thursday evening Professor Fashion A and you're pooped. What didn't care. was once "work" is now "slavery." "We were a hit: You and your boss constantly fight, chimes Professor further jeopardizing your already tenu- Fashion. TaIl and thin- ous employment status. Mr./Ms. Right hipped, Professor has yet to materialize, leaving you Fashion is a natural slightly depressed. To compensate, charmer. Decked out in you plop your butt squarely in front a full-length black of the boob tube and watch yet anoth- sequined outfit, he's the er Knot's Landing rerun. You and Val perfect hostess, flitting are becoming old friends. from table to table, smil- Get up! Don your best black out- ing warmly and wel- fit (black is de rigeur; wear white and coming freshmen and you'll immediately find yourself at alumni alike to the Don't Tell Mama), grab a taxi and haul evening's festivities. ass to King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. Every He's a diva on parade, a Thursday evening at 10 pm is v~ritable combinati~ of TlPTOE'ING THROUGH THE WAH WAH HUT "Speaker Nightn-and this is no ordi- Diana Ross and Little Ti Ti nary lecture forum. Richard. School was my 1m Eclecticism is the name of the never this much fun. been downtown for twelve years, An game. For example, five hundred peo- Soon, Wah and Professor Fashion hour before he was set to speak, he ple waited patiently to hear Sukhreet invited more recognizable faces to calls me up and cancels. I was pissed! Gabel extol about the virtues of family speak. ·Persona is important: offers So I hired a limo which we now use connections and the job market. Ultra Wah, lighting another cigarette "We for everyone-makes them feel impor- Violet recounted several episodes want truly autobiographical moments." tant-and he spoke. The audience deleted from her best seller (drinking Tiny Tim harangued them about money loved him." Salvador Dali's urine was one free- (he wanted much more that the $75 Franklin's case was not unusual. flowing thought.) honorarium) but eventual\y relented. Most often, the crowd is appreciative, Hosted by Professor Fashion He held two lectures and sang "The although hostility sometimes festers. (a.k.a. "Mr. Fashion" or Gerard Little to Beat Goes On" playing both Sonny and Take Sukhreet Gabel, at the time, residents north of Fourteenth Street) Cher. "People were shouting 'Tiny embroiled in a huge public trial, her and Wah Wah Hut owner Dug Wah Tim. Tiny Tim: It was amazing." Lane Bryant physique plastered across (ne Landau), the Speaker Series has Tiny Tim's initial reluctance could the media. Wah lights yet another already gained a cachet among the not compare to Channel Nine's Joe cigarette and moves forward in his trendy down~own crowd. "What Franklin. The self-proclaimed "Mr. seat. "The audience was ready to began as an idea, has t"ruly blos- Nostalgia" kept putting off the duo, pounce, but she deflected each and somed,· stated Wah, grabbing a using his secretaries as buffers. "I every one of them. As a matter of fact, cigarette. finally got a hold of him, n related she also did two shows." The duo first booked downtown Wah, "and he agreed to speak. You Of course, not everyone wishes artistes ... Taboo, Sister Demention. have to remember, this guy had not contiriued on page 57 August 14. 1989 OUTTWEEK 53 Poetry Women by Eva Yaa Asantewaa "...one iron silence broken ... N -AlJdrey Lorde (from "CaU·) hen I was a kid, my mother warned me W about many things, some quite justifiably alarming. But the strangest had to be this-women who read poetry to you. Translation: lesbians. It's still twisted around in my head. Was it their own poetry, written especiaUy to lure shy. lonely, unsus- pecting, West Indian, Catholic girls? Was it tried-and-true lyrical seduction from lesbians past? What, exactly, was . the connection between lips emitting poetry and lips that might find less savory things to do? And did my mom suspect that she harbored a poetlles- bian beneath her own, proper roof? Nuns read poetry to us in school, especially if the poems were tame, patriotic, religious, written by a renowned male poet, or written by a woman with a safe or sanitized life story (e.g., Emily Dickinson). Should I have feared the nuns a did-but only because they did unspeakable things with heavy rulers supplied by the CIA)? Meanwhile, writing copious poetry-and satires, ghost stories, and fantasies with revealing gay and pagan themes-quickly became my way of surviving in a family too caught up in its problems to notice the distinct presence and needs of a child. Through the years, my skills developed, and, in my senior year, I took the annual prize for ftction at my WORKSHOPFOR 'WIMMIN- Photo: Alan Kikudni Hattie Gossett 54 OUT'YWEEK August 14. 1989 university. I graduated, became depressed and shut down my creative writing for nearly fif- teen years. Fifteen years of silence which I filled by writing about other people's art. As an arts journalist, I could use my sensitivities to absorb, dissect, interpret, and sometimes champion. Yet I could not touch my own cre- ative core. That door appeared to be sealed forever, and the worst of it was my attitude of defeat, the times when I ful\y accepted that I would never write creatively again. About two years ago, I began to try to ftgure out how I got derailed in relationships with women as unloving as the men I'd hooked up with in ear- lier years. I started to read some popular books and even- tually fell in with a "bad crowd,· people my mother MARCHING ORDERS Photo: Marilyn Humphries surely wouldn't approve of, but Audrey Lorde whom I grew to respect and love. They'd get together in groups and talk about their ent & son; son claims writing is for girls and fags· and "edi- damaged childhoods and how they were doing today. torial: why does the media give more attention to white Some of them would even talk about how they'd gone on women rape victims than it does to women of color rape to abuse themselves with chemicals or food or sex or self- victims.· Goblins, fuck off! mutilation. I knew that, despite my avoidance of drugs and On a steamy afternoon in Chinatown, Genny Lim, like alcohol, in my love-hungry soul I had more in common Lorde, spoke of writing poetry as an act of naming and with them than not. They opened their mouths and spoke empowerment. Men outnumbered women in her smal\ the plain and painful truth. I saw that it was okay-and workshop. Her background in theater and journalism, of healing-to do so. course, delighted me. She nurtured our experiments, and I Poetry began to explode all over my life, and it had discovered how few words were necessary to make an everything to do with women. (Lesbian, straight, or as yet incendiary device. unidentified: It doesn't seem to matter. They're al\ rene- And then, in June, Pat Parker died. She made a good gades from the land of silence, where, for security reasons, life of poetry and healing and activism. At the massive it is best to keep the state secrets,) I first noticed it when I march for lesbian/gay rights in Washington, she had got this strange craving to have women read poetry not reminded us that whether we remained silent or shouted only to me but to people all over New York (through a our love from the rooftops, the forces of oppression would series of programs on WBAI co-produced with Jennifer come for us--so, why not speak? Years before, she wrote Bernet). The research took me to the library to find more (for her daughter, for us): women poets-the ones I'd forgotten, the ones I'd missed over the years. This is a progressive disease, and I soon Each generation improves the world found myself squeezed into a hot room with hundreds of for the next ... excited women, all eager to have Audre Lorde read her I give you a world incomplete fierce poetry to them. And Lorde, when she was finished a world with us, said it was not enough for us to admire her. Her where poems are not diversions: They are marching orders. women still Something was stirring, so I slipped into Hattie are property and chattel Gossett's writing workshop for "wimmin" where that bad where girl of poetry advised us to "sweep the goblins off our color still typewriters.· It is people-pleasing, the need for approval, shuts doors that feeds the silence. She offered a dozen suggestions for where writing exercises, little things like, "dialogue: between par- sexual choice still August 14. 1989 OUr..-WEEK 55 TI womanliness (and her autonomy) that nothing could mili- tate against it. She is the one who wrote in the 70s: ifound god in myself & i loved ber/i loved herfwrceiy from "I Sat Up One Night· in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When The Rainbow is Enuf For Colored Girls scared one of my boyfriends into helpless anger. It was the first time I saw up close and fully understood the impact on a man when an African- American woman unplugged the self-hatred machine. I needed ner message so much, and need it again today for the sake of my self-determination-my say over what I call myself, how I present myself, how I direct my power. There will always be people-some of them of my own color, gender and/or sexuality-trying to tell me how to do my life and trying to "make off with alia my stuff; as Shange would say. Thank you, 'zake, ftery sun goddess. At SummerStage, a friend of a friend asked, "What do you think started you writing poetry again?" Startled by the question I never stopped to ask myself, I muttered some- RIDING THE RUMBLE Jayne Cortez threatens but I give you a legacy of doers ofpeople who take risks 10 chisel the crack wider. from "Legacy" At a SummerStage show on July 7th, another ftghter poet charged onto the Central Park bandshe11. Jayne Cortez rode the rumble of her Firespitter Ensemble, keeping the rumble in the clouds at bay. If Gaia (mother planet Earth) were to sing the blues, it would be in Cortez's voice, rang- ing from soft melisma to sirens slicing the dark. They will try to exploit you absorb you confine you or killyou And you will disappear into your own rage into your own insanity into your own poverty into a word a phrase a slogan a cartoon and then asbes ... POETRY, HfAUNG, ACnVISM Photo: Barbara Rabey And we are programmed to self destruct The late Pat Parker tofragment ... from ''There It Is" thing about being healthier. And that is true. Being in love with a woman who can write me a poem when she is in Cortez's bracing performance energized us. Then she pain, and not being afraid to write her a frank, poetic delivered us into the hands of a dancing, near-singing reply, helps, too. Women reading to me in crowded rooms, Ntozake Shange (also aided and abetted by jazz musi- in recording studios, or under the stars may not be the pre- cians--Jean-Paul Bourelly and John Purcell on guitar and cise thing my mother worried about. But it is proving to be reeds, respectively). Shange radiated such pleasure in her every bit as deliciously dangerous. Y 56 OUTTWEEK August 14. 1989 RLM collli.. ed fIHI ,. ... 52 l!SBIAN LOVE COII1IIIHd .... pap a about individuals who, for any number hatred. I fear that someday I will look of reasons, are reduced to begging, wpn't come out of my mouth. We back and feel as though some Of Q1Y stealing, or misleading others for haye been together for ten months"h youth 'Yas stolen from .me,.,~ ...wil,i,Ie.i money. And finally in the fourth through every kind of protest, from' my lesbian peers have gone off to 'tty , adventure, "Selling the Picture,· the jaHs to safer sex forums to inter- to find stability, I have instead'found women return to silence as Reinette, minable, committee' meetings and myself caught up in the tumult 0{ a who talks incessantly about her art, is fights with. comrades, to exultant very demanding and merciless required by a wager with Mirabelle to ' moments of erripowerrnent'as we take 'moment of history. I want to stay In keep perfectly silent about it when she ' over some street or ..?ffice or·disrupt the~eiof the storm and try to tu,m attempts to sell a painting. some political soiree. my "ideals into actions. It is a very hard road .g " The film ends as inconclusively 1 She is younger than I, and femi- and haphazardly as it begins, but, as nism, though an interestiOg and some- My lover and I are walking Po!fll in any adventure, it never really times meaningful abstractioD, has not the'Stll?~ arrn-in-aqn as we often~(i! intended to go anywhere, just to been her life force. I doubt she has and a young teenage boy comes tip' explore the terrain. Rohmer surveys ever spent time' laughing about castr:a- and starts to talk to us. "Hey, "lie here the quotidian terrain of life (pay- tion. Sbe sees gay men as her corn- leers, ;y~ gi~s gay?" ·~sbian i$ the" ing rent, dealing with obnoxious wai~- rades and buddies, her sisters and light.wOld for female homosexualstI ers, etc.) and rarely strays into such brothers all at once. I \earn much from iay.'·I wanna get t6 know you gu~.' grand narrative subjects as love or her, though I don't always understand he says cheerily. "r mean r~ly. I want,; death. As such, the women (thank where she is coming from. She takes to be YQurfriends." .~ start laughing." God!) almost never mention boys. my hand in hers and lovingly looks ·Oh,· please," I say;'''leave us alone':!; Occupied instead with the complexi- into my ~yes. "How the hell did In; There are pl~ty of other lesbians'rio, ties of learning how to live, individu- meet someone like you?" she says !he v<~l~ for rou to be.friends ;wkj~" ally and together, their lives, the smiling. I feel a vortex swirling about He startS to walk away and then turDs women struggle, as if by accident, to ' me; ideals and passions spinning '1 ~ck:. He is smiling, ~Y~u girls have;a make adventures out of the necessary loose in a time out of space. "The ~ time ..J10v.r."he says, ",and moments of their days. .... AIDS crisis," I answer. 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MIRA morel OUIWeek Box Moustache/beard, Very hot, 43 year-old, 1010 beefy, hairy a plus. 6'1·, 170, BIIBI, study- AFFECTIONATE Outweelc Box 1019 ing Spanish seeks BIWM, MUSCULAR GWM, 31, 5'9·, 175 Puerto Rican man to 36, 5'6·, 142, hot, hard Ibs., stocky, non- teach him some new muscular body, smoker, a little Shy, GWF,28, words. Photo and healthy, discreet seeks seeks a tender, stable BARBARIAN PLAYMATES phone please. P.O. beefy muscle buddy, guy to 35 who is cute, Romantic Rocker, WANTED Box 1256, NYC, NY 160-260 for safe time. slim, to enjoy movies, Pagan, Slim, 5'3 112·, Butch-fem couple in 10159. Box 783 Church Street explore NY, hopefully with wild sense of Manhattan, ages 40 & Station, New York, NY romance. Write P.O. humor and deep blue 35, seeks lesbian sin- 10008. Prefer 25-55. Box 523, New York, eyes seeks feminine gles or couples for NY 10040. GWF, slim 18-25, intel- wild fun and adven- LOOKS& BRAINS ligent & sensitive, ture. Join us for' fan- GWM, 30, 6'1·, 170. under 5'2· who likes tasies, erotic games, Good-looking and in- BIIFEMALE SOUGHT rock, NYC, Bugs light bondage. No telligent. Baseball, for alliance wi para- . WMPUSSY Bunny and Meta- drugs, no pain. politics, arts, books, plegic single parent of Submissive BiWM physics. I like to lead OulWeelc Box 1020 pubs, safe sex. 5 year-old. DWM, 30, slut, 38, 6', 2051bs., but I don't like to push. Interested? P.O. Box computer graphics Exp. mild bid seeks to Foto optional. 1521 Cooper Station, artist with a touch of be used as a cross- OutWeelc Box 1013 NYC, NY 10276 offbeat madness dressed bound pussy DEFINITION seeks Bilfemale com- and slut by dominant Progressive hunk pliment to live rent- people 1-1 or by duos, (34,6' ,175) with post- free in Carroll trios, etc. Call Sandy, KEEP ME modern affectations WHITE MALE Gardens,Bklyn 212-978-3415, leave 23 year old NYU stu- seeks supple arti- COUPLE exchange for helping message. dent is looking to be culations of body and seeks to expand social hand. Replies: K.D. sponsored by well- thought--or at least horizons and meet King, 370 Court built, well-hung, well- former--with brawny other male couples. Street, Suite 15, financed Daddy in frlend(s). I enjoy We are 31 and 46, Carroll Gardens, Bklyn FRIENDLY BUTCH exchange for a hungry dancing, activism, safe enjoy movies, theatre, 11231. Send photo GWM, 28, Br/Gr, 5'8·, mind with an insatiable hot sex, cycling, sun, museums, bridge, and and phone •. 155, cleancut, muscu- appetite for new sexu- beauty, grace & all the friendship. Please lar, very smart, HIV al experiences. Send usual stuff. Send write to us at P.O. Box positive but healthy, photo. OUIWeek Box photo and the rest to 541 New York, NY seeks like-minded guy 1014 P.O.Box 1366, NY, NY 10034. UNCUT LOVER with a good attitude. I 10025. Photo wanted by steamy, bicycle, work out, play returned, if requested. dreamy, creamy jazz piano, like blonde 28, 6', 150 Ibs., movies, history, poli- PUERTO RICAN ClGARS! endowed. Jeff, P.O. tics, cuddling. If you're WANTED Cigar-smoking men Box 8309, New York, smart, in shape and Must be professional, MILDLY KINKY who love leather, uni- NY 10116-8309. This looking for someone masculine, between GWM, 52, attractive, forms, s/m, write H. stud's for you. special write Jim willl ages 20-40; relation· ' 5'10·, 145, versatile, Ash, P.O. Box 20147 photo/phone. ship desired. I'm 35, seeks hot sex, fun, London Terrace OulWeek Box 1066. 6', 180, All-American relationship, friends, Station, NYC 10011. looks, dominant, non- enjoys politics, acti- BARK LIKE A DOG smoker, ready to settle vism, conversation, GWM, 24 year-olc1BIB down. Photo, phone walks, travel, movies, wants a dog to walk. GWM,28,145, appreciated. P.O. Box much more. P.O. Box HIV POSITIVE If you like to get down 5'10·, swimmer's body, 8197 JAF Station NYC 173, NYC 10023. 27, glasses, intellectu- on all fours to bark Capricorn, mystical 10116. al, tall, blondish,- and eat from a person- Jewish artist! activist. like stocky or dark men (Jewish or Latin). 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No Hedonistic, Eclectic phone, and photo (if DATING SERVICE bodi.s bothered. Yes, games and Dyke seeks the unusu- possible) to P.O. Box I want mor., I want noone over 30. al. Write what you will, 1584, Cooper Station, Iov., I wait for you and say what you must, NY, NY 10276. This your magic. rve got no just tell me one thing-- could be it. .type., but pl.ase be -is there life after Get names young and •• xy. I'll LONELYINNJ lust??? All womyn r.ciprocate .af.ly. V.ry good-looking .ncouraged to & phone #'s Photo and I.n.r gets GWM, 6', 168, friendly, respond. Outweek TWO HOT GUYSI mine. Boxholder, P.O. .asy to be with, seeks Box 1077. Goodlooking white top, of quality Box 401157, Brooklyn, GWM, 18-30, slim and 33, Big cut tool and NY 11240. frl.ndly who is also bottom, 29, smooth lon.ly· and needs a wild ass. looking for 2 men looking friend. rm very attrac- GWF, 29, or more guys for hot tive so write for my looking for friends. I sex in various combi- to make a ALL AMERICAN photo. Box 8316, love books and nations. Short on wanted by m.. I am Saddlebrook, NJ movies, walking words, long on action. connection! Hispanic, 30 Y.IIIII old, 07662. around the Village and State your preference 160 Ibs., 5'7·, hand- talking to interesting and lets get it on . • ome and hot. peopl•. If it sounds like Photo/phone a must. Interested In a real I am a bor., I assure Tom, Box 950, NY, NY friend and lov.r for GWF, 40's, 5'3" you that I'm not. It's 10021. Spol'ts, movies, danc- 110, professional, diffiQllt to sound excit- ing and mor.. No looking for a good Ing in an ad but I phoni •• 1 Pictur. and fri.nd to enjoy NYC. promise to be uplifting MAN' TO MAN letter a must P.O. Box No drug., h.avy when we m.et. Give it SUMO 8430 JHA, N_ York drinkers, butch or fat a try. Outweek Box 37 year old, muscular NY 10116. Note/phon./ photo. 1078 white male looking to (ADULT FANTASIES, CALL 970·LOVR) Fr.nch sp.aking a start a relationship plus. Sense of humor with older GWM over (soe EACH MINUTE; 1.50 FIRST MINUTE) a must Prefer 30-45. 50, with sumo build: STUDENT NEEDS Manhattan. Basket MASCULINE MEN large nipples and tits HELPI cases abstain. (25-55) (not hairy). Sefid photo Ivy league .tud.nt, GWM .eeks dominant and description of self gay activist, writer, hunk. No hassles. SS to Box 123 Exec. r.ally nic. guy--may only. No drugs, pot, Suite, 330 West 42nd not b. abl. to afford HEY MATT AND heavy drinkers, hus- Street, NY, NY 10036. IUition. Ideas, patrons, BARTl tlers. S. Westchester .ugg •• tlon .... wrlte GWM, 34, 5'10·, 175, vicinity/parking. LSA .oon to: AMR, 76 musQllar, very hand- 147 W. 42 St. Room Undercliff, Millburn, NJ some, looking for w.lI- 603, NYC 10036. CULTURED TRADE 07041. d.lined gymnast types I love to be tied up or BB's for afternoon with operas and get-tog.thers. let's whipped into a have a hot, safe time. GWM 30 S'l" Broadway play, or DADDY ENEMASII Reply to' Box 306, slim, cl~an~sha~en, even lashed to Ii good All-play tool Saf., Bklyn, NY 11217. light br. hr., bright, movie. I must be g.ntl., s.nsual and affectionate and pos- forced to drink .roticl' I cat.r to shy, sesses a unique blend Margaritas and submit Qlrious guy. & begin- of dry humor in social to fine cuisine. I need n.rs too. G.t r.ady NEW FRIEND service profession, someone to discipline for the red, bl.!lging and confidante sought enjoys Art, Freud, left me with love and bag, hose and nozzle- by easy-going GWM, politics, movies, jazz friendship and bring briefs down, bonoms 32, who enjoys vocalists, long walks out the best in me. I upl All qu.stions Broadway, home cook- and romantic times, will willingly recipro- answeredl Ph/ph. Rick , ing, movies and light seeks sim. non-smok- cate. I'm a good-look- P.O. Box 45 Caldwell, FM and is ready to ing GM for friendship ing GWM, 38, 6', NJ 07006. Cum on, try me.t someone new. and possibly more. 1901bs.,brown/brown; one soon I Box 140 c/o 4712 letter/photo to moustache, seeking a Av.nu. N, Brooklyn, Outweek Box 1080 similar GWM. Send NY 11234. me your photo, phone number and a letter TOPGUN telling me about your- Boy wanted 18-25 by GWM, 25, 6', 145, self,and outlining your GWM-170 lb•• , 5'11·, SUBMIT TO ME BrownlBlue, creative, master plan to make Br/Br, clean-shaven, let me take you where handsome and affec- me really singl Reply smooth, Italian. I have your fantasi.s will con- tionate seeks dark- to JNP, P.O. Box 39, most .verything I sum. you and I.av. haired hirsute man 25- Planetarium Station, could want .xcept you in a Whimpering, 35 for fri.ndship/rela- NY, NY 10024. you. Enjoy NYC, trav- quivering pile of tresh. tionship. Body in prop. • 1, gym, dining out l.t's explore your to height letter/photo andfun tim... 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MEN OF ALLCOLORS BROOKLYNLESBIANS EIGIITY-EIGHTS presents 733-3144 TOGETIlER Conscious- TOGETHER Pot Luck; 209 Mr. Ruby Rims, female ness Raising SessIon: 12th St; 5-121 pm; 718n88- impersonator; 228 W 10 How money Operates in 3513, 718/439-7173, S~;8 pm; 924-0088 Our Personal Relation- 718/439-3658 ships and Anger, Wh3t MARSNEEDSMEN presents Sets Us Off and How We LAMBDALEGALDEFENSE Kristy Rose & the Mid- Deal wIth It; at the Center, AND EDUCATIONFUND night Walkers (12:45 am, CENTERSPORTS goes to 208 W 13 St; 7:45 pm; 222- Benefit: Champagne Sun- latenighO, and Miss Shan- Yankees vs. Cleveland 9745 set ifi the Pines, with non (1:30 am, latenight); IndJans; 7:30 pm; $13 & pianist Kurt Wieting; can- 13th St & Westside High- $18; 620-7310 for member- GAYMEN OF AFRICAN die-lit poolside dinner for way; 691-6262 ship DESCENTMeeting and underwriters follows; 6-9 DiscussIon: ASOs & BGMs pm; $25 up; 995-8585 CENTERSTAGEsees Sbow- in NYC, A Consumer Ing Off, a cabaret revue at Forum where gay men of DON'T TELLMAMA pre- S'="T~1 Steve McGraw's, 158 W 72 color can learn about AIDS sents Hot Peaches, with St, $30, 620-7310 Service Organizations and Jimmy Camicia, Internation- CENTERSTAGEsees Otber their treatment (or neglect) al Chrysis, Amy Coleman, People's Money at the EAGLEBAR MovIe NIght: of Black Gay Men and other Mark Hannay, tom Judson, Minetta Lane Theatre, Dirty RoUen Scoundrels; gay men of color; represen- Ron Jones; benefit for their Greenwich Village; 8 pm; 142 11th Ave (at 21 St); 11 tatives of nearly all NYC's European tour; 343 W 46 St $42; 620-7310 pm; 691-8451 AIDS and health organiza- (btwn 8th & 9th Aves); 10 tions have been invited to pm; $10 + two-drink min.; COALITIONFOR LESBIAN attend; in the Charles reservations 757-0788 AND GAYRIGHTS Forum: Angel/People of Color Domestic Partnership Room, the Center (620- THE ANNEX(TO THE Issues, co-sponsored by the 7310), 208 W 13 St; 8 pm; CELLBLOCK)Hot Ash Family Diversity Coalition; WHITNEY MUSEUMpre- info 718/802-0162 Weekend Party, for cigar at the Center, 208 W 13 St; 8 sents NIgel Finch's 60- smokers and their admirers; pm; 627-1398 min. documentary on HOT PEACHESpresents 673 Hudson St (btwn 13 & Robert Mappledtorpe, Concentrated Camp, a 14 SO; 10 pm; 627-1104 Madison at 75 St, 2:30 pm, newly revised production of 570-3633 the musical about an AIDS DOWNSTAIRSATTRG- internment camp; at the CADEROpresents Comedi- OutWeek JUDITH'S ROOM presents Woo Woo Room, 40 Ren- ans Rick Burd, Usa Kron, Maud Farrel, mystery wick St (off Spring St, btwn Danny McWllliams; 368 Advertising writer, reading from Skid, Hudson & Greenwich SO;8 Bleecker (near Charles); 10 where you will "meet PI, & 11 pm; $10; reservations pm; $8 + 2-drink min.; 242- 685.6398 Violet Childes, lover of 242-3056 0636 women, men, food, as she moves through NY scenes I 68 OUT~WEEK August 14, 1989 Best Bets DANCING FOR MEN & WOMEN WOMEN-PREFERRED DANCING MONDAY Private Eyes 12 W 21 St. 212/206-7770 (preppie; male strippers, 2-4-1 NOTE.· '1 till midnight) Party events are subject to change. ·Mars Westside Highway at 13 St. 212/691-6262 (mixed crowd, Monday nights began this summer) MONDAY TUESDAY I MK. 204 5 Ave at 25 St. 212/779-1340 (Deb Parker's women's night) ·Love Machine Broadway at 17 St. 212/254-4005 (at the Underground) TUESDAY The Monster ~ Grove St. at Sheridan Sq. 212/924-3557 HatReld's126-10 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Queens 718/261-8484 WEDNESDAY dub Uf'ayette (Seon Currie & R. Coori Hay) WEDNESDAY Private Eyes 12 W 21 St 206-7770 (Dallas and Sanker's CLUBBAD) Bedrock 121 WOodfield Road, West Hempstead, U 516/486-9516 Spectrum 802 64 St. Brooklyn 718/238-8213 (free admission all night) Bedrox 316 W 49 St. 212/410-5887 I THURSDAY THURSDAY ·Boybar 151/2 St Marks PI 212/674-7959 (has a new wave drag show) Bedrock 121 Woodfield Road, West Hempstead, 11 516/486-9516 ·Copacabana 10 E ~ St 212/755-0610 Oast TIlU. of the month has dub Lafayette (Shescape, "Downtown Girls") Susanne Bartsch party) ·Mars Westside Highway at 13 St. 212/691-6262 (mixed gay/straight; FRIDAY Thursdays gayer than Fri & Sat) Bedrock (West Hempstead, LI) 'Spectrum 802 64 St Brooklyn 718/238-8213 (free admission all night) Tracks 531 W 19 St. 212/627-2333 Oast Friday of month) Cheeks 2000 Long Beach Rd. Island Park, 11 516-431-5700 FRI,DAY Octagon 555 W 33 St 212/947-0400 (Shescape) ·Boybar 15 1/2 St Marks PI. 212/674-7959 Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd. Woodside 71!V846-7131 Columbia Dances Earl Hall, 116 St & B'way (1st Friday of every month) SATURDAY ·Mars Westside Highway at 13 st. 212/691-6262 (mixed gay/straight) Bedrock 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead 516-486-9516 Private Eyes 12 W 21 st. 212/206-7770 (preppies and young profes- The Center 2~ W 13 St 212/620-7310 (2nd and 4th Saturdays, & sionals) special events) Spectrum 802 64 St Brooklyn 718/238-8213 (male and female strip- dub Uf'ayette (Shescape event, ·Summer Saturdays") pers) Silver Unlng 175 Cherry Lane, Floral Pk, 11 516-354-9641 ( a.k.a "The Uning") SATURDAY Stan (Deer Park, 1.1.) ·ooybar 151/2 St Marks PI. 212/674-7959 west 610 610 W 56 St. 212/410-5887 ·Mars Westside Highway at 13 St. 212/691-6262 (mixed gay/straight) Private Eyes 12W 21 St. 206-7770(Club Chicago for Men, preppies) SUNDAY Spectrum 802 64 St Brooklyn 718/238-8213 (guest performer night) Bedrock (West Hempstead, LI) , MHersa Hers" at Downtown 666 Broadway at Bond St 212/979- SUNQAY 1500 (every other Sunday only) ·Mars Westside Highway at 13 St. 212/691-6262 (Chip Ducken's "Mars UIds 130 West Pond Rd. (Rt 22) White Plains 914-683-5353 Needs Men" night) Paradise 15 Waverly PI 212/696-5555 (a.k.a. ·Club Paradise") ·Pyramld 101 Ave A 212/420-1590 (Hapi Phace and Drag + Variety Show) EVERY 'NIGHT Spectrum 802 64 St. 71!V238-8213 (show; free admission) cubby Hole, Duchess II EVERY NIGHT Monster, Spectnlm (mixed GM), Tracks (exc. MON) • (TVs welcome) 70 OUT ... WEEK August 14, 1989 Q:confused about· parfylines? A: ..ssrfl'l'l' "\ " CS'(f. ~''''' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t? b';)b fO~ \t 1, ~ ? qqqq ~ft;) ~ 1 1 ~ ...... ,.J~\t ...... ,-000 LATIN AMERICA coRtla ..... '.,.. '1g1 19 media without negativeness for the ftrst time,· Hernandez said Other Mexican groups in atten- dance included the AIDS organiza- tions Voz Humana' (Human Voice) and Mexicans Against AIDS, as well as Guerrilla Cay, an organization which, according to representative Marco Osorio, "tries to raise the con- sistencies of those who go to bars via...workshops on sexology, homo- sexuality and lust.· From Peru came MOHL, the Homosexual Pride Liberation Move- ment. Spokeswoman "Rebeca· told conferees that social pressure in Peru forces many gay men and lesbians CAYING FOR ARGENTINA , "Photo: R'ex)Vockner into heterosexua1 marriages. ILGAprotatin, kid".pp;", 0/,., men byArge"tinecpo/;ce' .. The gay moment has been dis- rupted since 1980 by a civil war that _ENnNA conti.~d from ,.ge19 "\le would like to keep our care- has taken 10,000 lives, Rebeca said, " Tbe police harassment of gays spondenceup," ~~'t~the"~ "and the sensationalism and disinfor- and lesbians in Argentine cities bas cW' crisis ~ ~e "':15 uriab\e to answer mation of AIDS has created a huge Only cornplicated the severe economic ' because.~the hi8h prire~~: panic so that gay and lesbian people and social problems facing CHA and Ou~ ~tuatioois &sperate,· ~k1o have, for example, been expelled the country's homosexual movement contin~ SEX SURVEY continued from peg, 20 DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP continued fl'Olll pag' 24 . and Erskine maintain this Chinese-language version of the repeal petitions "mis- Smith. "There is no control as to what stated the effect of the ordinance" and is "false and misleading." researchers are going to research." According to declarations filed with their court appeal, signature-gatherers As with the sex survey funds, also told voters that the law would lead to higher taxes to pay for health bene- hopes for speciftc AIDS research fund- fits for partners and would be "the ftrst step to allowing homosexuals to adopt ing are now being pinned on the Sen- children.· The city control1er's office, however, has declared the legislation ate appropriations subcommittee would not cost taxpayers anything because any increased insurance costs where, now knowing what is in the would be the responsibility of city employees. The ordinance makes no refer- bill, AIDS activists will battle for funds ence to adoption. • specifically earmarked for AIDS While ballot initiatives and repeal petitions are often the target of charges researr.h. of improper signature gathering, it is unusual for critics to seek legal sanctions The Labor HHS Appropriations as Bologna and Erskine have. Because the repeal petitions were aimed at legis- Bill is set to be voted on in the house lation that had already been enacted, the city attorney's office was unable to in early August. Serious Senate action say at this time what effect a court order to decertify the petitions would have. is not scheduled to begin until One of two things seems likely: either the law would immediately take effect September. and would not therefore be subject to another repeal move, or a 3Q-day waiting The decision to cut the funding period would go into effect during which new repeal petitions could be filed. 'Y was made by members of the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Sub- ;1 committee and approved by the ful1 House Appropriations Committee. I¥ The members of the subcommit- 1,~'1 tee are Reps. William H. Natcher (D-" Bowling Green, KY) [Chair), Neal Smith (D-Des Moines, IA), David R. Obey (D-Wausau, WI), Edward R. Roybal (D-Los Angeles, CA), Louis 1 Stokes (D-Cleveland, OH), Joseph D. Early (D-Worcester, MA), Bernard J. Dwyer (D-Perth Amboy, NJ), Steny' 'I Hoyer (D-Landover, MD), Silvio Conte (R-Pittsfjeld, MA), Carl D. Pursel1 (R- 'I Ann Arbor, MI), John E. Porter (R- Deerfteld, IL), C.W. "Bill" Young (R-St. Petersburg, FL) and Vjn Weber (R-New Ulm,MN). As the subcommittee hearings are Photo: Rink'foto closed, there is no record as to the c.l1" atKRON. i!'''" mllt.:ilCi actions, motions or votes of any of the subcommittee members on the bill. ill' 1fliiigl%l~;* Historically, in the House, whatever AlDS a60ut their experlet.l comes out of the Appropriations sub- LQrimar's Singer said ajK:ript committees is agreed to in ful1 com- draft woUld be prepared $hort'-r mittee and on the House floor. 'Y andw9Uld be distributed to repre- sentative$ of the three AIDS groups DANNEMEYER continued from pag' 23 for theit,,(OtDments, .. 'I,. vegetables" and "lightbulbs· in each other's rectums-Frank asked Dan- nemeyer a rhetorical question. "I just wonder," asked a smirking Frank, "having read the material the gentleman from California put in the Congressional Record on June 26th, whether the material he put in the Record would be illegal under his own amendment?" 'Y -by Cliff O'Neill 74 OUT..-WEEK August 14. 1989 Safer Sex Guidelines 1 USE A CONDOM WHEN FUCKING. Avoid oil-based . lubricants such as baby oil, Vaseline, Crisco etc., as they can cause condoms to break. Instead use water-based lubes like KY. The olde( a condom, the less reliable, so find condoms whose manufacturers' dates are less than three months old. 2. USE A CONDOM DURING ORAL SEX. If you don't, avoid placing the head of your partner's cock i~ your mouth. HIV-infElCtedcum or precum can enter your blood- ~ stream through cuts, tears or ulcers in your mouth. I ALL-MALE MINI THEATER USE DENTAL DAMS DURING ORAL-VAGINAL SEX. (Lower Level) HIV is present in some amounts in vaginal secretions, Mon.-Sat.: 'llam-11pm I Sun.: 10am-7pm urine, menstrual blood, and infection-related vaginal dis- Ann Street charge: Adult Entertainment Center 4. NEVER SHARE WORKS. This includes needles, 21 Ann Street (btwn. Broadway & Nassau,St.) New York City I (212) 267-9760 syringes, droppers, spoons, cottons or cookers. If you must Mon.-Fri.: 7am-l1pm I Sat.: 10am-llpm reuse works, clean them after eaGtl use with bleacQ, or in Sun.: 10am-7pm an emergency with rubbing alcohol or vodka, by drawing the solution into the needle three times and then drawing clean water into the needle three times, 5. AVOID FfSTING, RIMMING,QR SHARING UNCLEANED SEX TOYS. 6. AVOID POPPERS. 7. AVOID EXCESSIVEALCHOHOL ORDRUG USE. Many people are unable to maintain safer sex practices after II getting high. 8. DON'T HESITATETO: Fuck with a condom, have oral sex with a condom. Play with; but don't shan~. clean sex toys, vibrators and dildoes. 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I' \ I\ I ..tion a?d welcomes all- regardless o~ skill level. brunch barbeque, 10- i Tµe group gets together for practice at various loca- formal outdoor tennis and wide screen viewing of live US tions. lone, for example, is Fort Washington Park under Open matches on their second day, and a full day at the the George Washington Bridge. Finding and organizing Open on the third day. places for practice is one of the functions of the group MTG, which is a member organization of Team NY, most helpful to its members, as there is limited court will be participating in the Gay Games III in August of space in New York and a permit is. almost always re- 1990 at Vancouver. At the previous Gay Games in San quired to play. Francisco two members of MTG brought home gold and In addition to actual play, social events are a major silver medals. Anyone interested in joining the team, or part of MTG's purpose. 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Cornb. form with Asian 52. Consumer 64. Austral native 17. La Cage star 54. Pericles, Prince of __ 65. Slang for recent war locale 19. Sugary suffIx 55. Stony or a rock star SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE 20. Fuss 57. Inches on Stryker 21. Exams 59. La 23. Carnaby streeters 60. La Cage composer 27. Place 66. Aril 29. Cafe au 67. Friend, to Albin 30. Tenor solos 68. Protozoan 32. Actor Marshall's inits. 69. Compass dir, 33. Cautions 70. Suggestive 34. He played gay opposite Sophia 71. Grip &Ior Fr/a 36. __ job 37. Eland DOWN 38. Mothers 1. Joke 39. Negative preflX 2. Be in debt 40. Zipper 3. Greek letter 80 OUTTWEEK August 14, 1989 'Hot Shot byErlcbCmmul Quentin Crisp, the grandfather of camp, revolutionized gay sensibilities with his classic autobiography The Naked Civil SewaRt It's been translated into eight languages, three movies and countless fashion statements, scarves and floppy hats. This queen of England moved to New York several years ago because -in America everybody's your friend.· lately he's been working on a book full of juicy tidbits about those very same friends, and we hear its very crisp indeed. Currently Quentin can be seen in the Art Against AIDS video (look for the flaming blue hair), and he keeps busy in pro- jects ranging from underground films to college lectures. Carry on, Quentin. 82 OU~WEEK August 14, 1989 Gay Cable Network salutes the 20th Anniversary of Stonewall. Turn on our programs every week on Manhattan Cable, Channel 23 (J) Thursdays Pride & Progress August 10 10:30 pm • Gay Week in Review • Act-Up • GCN Close-Up Exclusive Interview With David Dinkins, • Sports • Lavender Health Borough President and Mayoral Candidate, By A Blue Ribbon Panel Tom Hickey, Esq.-Family Diversity Coalition 11:00 pm The Right Stuff Julie Green-FAIRPAC • Naming Names Aurelio Font-Hispanic United Gays • All About Women Arthur Strickler-Chair. 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