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EDITOR IN CHIEF GABRIEL ROTELLO NEWS EDITOR ANDREW MILLER ARTS EDITOR SARAH PETT1T FEAlURES EDITOR VICTORIA STARR STAFF REPORTER NINA REYES March on Hollywood DESIGN MARIA C. PEREZ EDITOR AT LARGE MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE
Ever since Vito Russo deconstructed Hollywood homopho- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS bia in his seminal 1981 book, The Celluloid Closet, lesbians and AIDS, PAUL RYKOFF COLEMAN; POETRY, DAVID TRINIDAD; gays have slowly come to recognize the enormous culpability of LISTINGS, DALE PECK filllll?in fostering anti-gay attitudes. Unfortunately, awareness of CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS the damage imparted by queer-bashing movies has never been Janis AWlr del Valle, Laura Briggs, Vidoria A Brownwor1h, Mark ChesooI, Joe ' CIa/t(, loweD B. Den~ III,Scoll Hamil, Artlnr S.leonard, Avril McDonald, high in our community. Karen Ocamb, DIIlCiIIl Osborne, Rachel Peppar, Dell Rkhards, Rayroond Rogers. African Americans long ago dealt with a similar filmic bias Maer Roshan, James Waller, Allen Wilie, CaRie Wolford by organizing protests and boycotts and loudly demanding NEWS WIRE SERVICES change. They were often led by Black actors, whose anger was Cliff O'Neill, Rex Wockner, John Zeh .-" . sharply focused from having been forced to portray the very CONTRIBUTING WRITERS stereotypes which so grossly offended th~ir people. Bradley BaI, Mike Barr, Greg Baysalll, Jay BJotcher, Peter Bowen. Max Cavich, Sarah Chiln, AnllKhrislile d'Mesky, Susie Day, Kathleen Joan DeBold, Risa Denenberg. Perhaps because, unlike Blacks, lesbian and gay actors are John Donahue, Morim Dorenkamp, Tom Eubanks, Dawn Falai, David ltinberg, not limited to playing lesbian and gay roles, there has been .inFoIJ3I, Bsmc Gae. ~ Gellert, WllIII Gtf, JeweIe Ganez, Jon Greenberg. much less leadership in our community to fight Tinseltown's NoeIe Hanrahan, Ernest twit!, Mark Harrington, Joe E. Jeffreys,l.arTy Kramer, Gerard Mackey, Mlria Maggenti, ..1m Marb, Michael Paler, SycDy Pommy, John PresIon, phobic depictions. And within our political leadership, there • Jim ProWIIllIOO, Klit B. Reley, Allen Roskoff, Anne Rubenstei1, SRI Sch~man, often seems to be a feeling that the focus of liberation lies only Ira SMrberg, Karl Soehnlein, James St. James, WtcI • LlZA WITH A WHAT? "Queer Curse" issue and the Pet Shop Boys are the Liberaces might anger or alienate some of Remember Dusty Spring- "Why Won't the Pet Shop Boys of tOday-blatantly obvious her fans. Until then, I'd urge peo- field?, She's the British female Come Out" issue [no. 97, May 8] queers who refuse to say so out ple to pick up a copy of Dusty singer who first brought us "I are closely linked in that both are of fear of losing the devotional Springfield's greatest hits the Only Want to Be With You" (no, cases of entertainers not wanting love of their fans. next time they go to the record 12 in 1964). More recently she to be perceived as queer. Cleatly, Sorry Mathew Davis....You store and pass up the likes of sang a duet with the Pet Shop in all industry 75 percent queer, can keep on staring at your large closet cases like the Pet Shop Boys called "What Have I Done the "real-life" queers are terrified glamorous posters of this talented Boys and safe, non-alienating to Deserve This?" which reached that the public will find out. and caring woman, but as far as Liza. Dusty's music is a lot more no. 1 in 1987. In her biography Entertainment-industry people I'm concemed, if she really loved fun anyway. Dusty, by Lucy O'Brien (1989 TonyArena Sedgewick and Jackson Publish- Manhattan ing) Dusty Springfield, the god- srONEWAtt RIOrS BY ANDREA NATALIE dess of '60s mod culture came "Liza with a a"? Liza with a out as a bisexual. She also spoke C is more like it-"e" as in col- out on the hypocricy in the DI C K- Ole 1(- laborator! It's a shame that music industry and in Hollywood Mathew Davis did not ask Liza in this way: FREE PL liS why she sang at Ronald Rea- "I'm in a business where at gan's birthday party. ~ ) least 50 percent of the business I > If you must put celebrities is gay. There is [also] a very on the cover, how about k. d. strong anti-gay feeling in Holly- lang or Sinead O'Conner. wood which is extraordinary in Liza, please! You think the an industry which is 75 percent entertainment industry has done gay. Because the industry heads a great job responding to AIDS. are very anti-gay, it's very tough The film industry has been hor- for most gay people and difficult rendous, Liz Taylor raises money to speak out, but there are a few for safe, mainstream, unchal- brave people, and there's a lenging AmFAR. Only Susan growing number of enraged peo- Sarandon has the guts to sup- ple, straight and gay, who are port PWAC and ACT UP. Who not going to take it anymore." else is consistently involved? With an attitude like that, is The homophobic American rock it any wonder that those Pet and pop music industry has Shop Boy darks quickly dropped done almost nothing (Red Hot collaborating with Dusty and and Blue originated in Britain). instead now work with Liza Min- Only the theater world joins the nelli? A woman who doesn't fight daily with Broadway Cares want to discuss outing, the gay and Equity Fights AIDS. men in her life, or take any pub- don't care though if other enter- .us as much as you claim, she Out Week, give us feature lic position on anything that may tainment industry people know wouldn't sing "Hey, Old Friend" to stories about the women who anger or alienate any of her fans they are queer because they all Ronald Reagan. She'd scream, are making a difference. ["Liza With a Q," no. 98, May watch out for, beard for and pro- ''You're a fucking murderer!!!" Tony Davis 15]? Not to mention that she tect each other. Let's see her become, as Nanette Kazaoka seems to enjoy hanging out with "Why don't the Pet Shop Dusty says, one of the "enraged right-wing Republicans and sang Boys come out?" Why should people, straight and gay, who The straight media usually "Hey, Old Friend" to Ronald Rea- they come out? After all, don't aren't going to take it anymore." gives Liza what she deserves: gan at his birthday party? their careers mean more than Let her really start "step- attention. And lot's of us queers I agree with Dusty Spring- the AIDS crisis? Aren't waves of ping out" for us. really dig her too. Still, I'm all for field that Hollywood is 75 per- applause more important than Let's see her have the guts abandoning oneself to worship cent queer, and I think that the mountains of dead bodies? The to take a public position that at the feet of deserving Diva's, May 29, 1991 ou I .VEEK 5 • but this Liza-fest made me sick. press deal with them. There are much appreciated. I wholly agree Liza, when asked how she plenty of interesting queers far with his view that the overpriced identifies with a female imper- more deserving of the publicity performance would go over bet- sonator in one of her routines, OutWeek offers. ter in a small boite. However, I talks about the universality of Morris Ratner am receiving the magazine by loneliness (rather than, say, talk- Cambridge, Mass, mai/ either on Wednesdays or ing about the mutability of gen- Fridays, so the calendar is more der or the oppressiveness of LOOKING FOR A historical than practical. roles, etc.). And she says Out- STRAIGHT DATE? Allen Windsor Week is necessary because I was perusing your per- Manhattan "anything that makes people sonals, and there are some real understand that theY'le not by freaks, A few twisted readers are TV TRUTH themselves is important." actually searching out "straight- It was good to' read My fi rst gripe: Liza makes it acting, straight-appearing," Michelangelo Signori/e's call to sounds like we all lead these These guys must be into some address Hollywood homophobia tragic, lonely lives, and that Out- heavy scenes, looking for some- [no. 96, May 15], and Sarah Pet- Week is there to make us feel a one who: tit's "Blurt Out" [no. 98, May 15] little less shitty. 1, beats his wife. on The New York Times piece Liza, baby, if this rag func- 2. gets drunk and acts macho about the ABC film Our Sons. tions as a 12-step program, ifs a (makes farting noises with his The New York Times spoke program to help us get over het- armpit). of the fear of TV dealing with gay era-privileging myths like "gays are 3. shows no emotion. themes, in this case Our Sons, tragic, lonely figures," OutWeek 4, doesn't use condoms, The ABC executive said homo- does act as one of many forums 5. drives a car he can't afford, sexuality is one of the largest through which a national queer 6. won't pay child-support. taboos on Madison Avenue . • community is being constructed. 7. shops at Chess King. Why such major denial? It is as And it is also a product of that 8. wears "Sans-a-Belt" slacks if Madison Avenue sees in- community, a reflection of our and acid wash. creased visibility and plays strength and our love of the differ- 9. buys suits of artificial fibers "let's pretend," ences you regard as a liability. because they wash up so well. The exec goes on to say More importantly, OutWeek 1O. thinks digital watches are how the movie plays it safe and reflects and usually performs cool. picks up where one character our rejection of silence, which 11. cums in your mouth. is sick, and there are "no inti- leads me to my second gripe: 12, abandons his family, mate scenes between the Being queer is about being 13. uses words like ''la-Ta.'' men." Why not? There is inti- proud. It's about being visible. 14. likes Kevin Costner. macy between men (and And OutWeek is a precious 15. doesn't cut his nose hair. women). It takes the message . vehicle through which we pro- 16. has no concept of foreplay, and purpose of the film and mote our queer identities. 17. doesn't care if you cum. surrounds it with lies. Another If Liza "refuses to take a 18, [calls] Craftsman is his message is created- there is • public position on anything that favorite tool. no intimacy between men-but may anger or alienate any of her 19. can't dance. disease-yes, there is disease fans" (read: she won't affirm 20. parts his hair in the middle. between men. They'll show queers), then we should not be 21. often high-fives buddies at what's safe (for them), never publicly promoting Liza. OK, sports bars. what men and women who are Lypsinka is one of her "favorite 22. doesn't look good in wigs, queer live day to day. And if people" (read: some of my best 23. thinks Calvin Klein ads are one [member] of the male cou- friends are...), about "being all you can be." ple is sick, even more reason But I want to know why 24. collects shot glasses and to show intimacy. That is what Liza's in our queer rag. How road signs. people do. That is what human does Liza see herself and her 25. is generally clueless. beings who walk around on career in relation to the lesbian We revel in the diversity of planet Earth and breathe air, . and gay community? What are our community. But, keep this eat and shit do. They are inti- her queer inspirations? Is she shit away from me. mate with each other. That .... straight-identified? Is she queer? Name Withheld includes affection and sex. BaSically, "Liza with a A" was Manhattan What is it that creates Holly- Liza with a "z-z-z-z." wood-Madison Avenue types I'm tired of reading about HISTORY IS BOrrE that have no balls? n the Lizas and the Madonnas, etc. Jonn Wasser's critique of Joe 9aputo Let the Advocate or the straight Julian Clary's Ballroom act is Manhattan o ON TOP scribed-role models, pe,r- I remember being desperate for nity who struggle to be heard, ' Your article on "A Queer haps?--or something quite nega- behavior models. I would have who want to prove to the rest of Night in New York" [no, 95, April tive someone to share our pain ,grabbed onto this article and society, and to themselves, that 24] was great. I had a lot of fun with?--it would have been good. lived out every one of those real- gay life is worth living, is fulfill- and didn't even get exhausted. This extends to physical or life fantasies, Perhaps putting ing in ways other than sexual Could you do more on the mental challenges of all kinds. myself into a position of almost release, For the very young, they jerk-off clubs? Where, how, How do these individuals feel certain failure trying to emulate want the validation of living gay when? "Personality" of each? when reading that gay life seems behavior completely in'appropri- outside the bedroom; for the Your magazine is great! It's only worthwhile, only exciting, ate to my own personality. older, they may no longer value informative (rights, AI OS) and when it's peopled by the able? This feature is also bizarrely this behavior (if they ever did) "on top" of the scene, And someone just coming ageist-there are people at the and may resent its being pre- Rick out-what example does that set young end and the older end of sented as the standard. Manhattan for them? When I first came out, the age spectrum in our commu- I am certainly not above EXCLUSION IN THE NIGHT I loved your feature, "A Night in the Life of Queer New York." I read through it briskly, , nodded in recognition as on't 1-00 roun Michelangelo made time with • Henry, formed vivid mental pic- tures of J's as described by I emorr oi S! those who ended up there, swelled with prurient envy as the foray into the Sex Room at Mea Culpa was detailed, It could have been a night in my queer life. But I am very ashamed at my reaction, and, upon further consideration, I'm a mite shocked at you. There was quite an imbalance in reporting, some of which represents, I believe, a gross oversight on your part, and which might offend and exclude some important ele- ments of our gay culture. ~ the former life-partner of someone who lost his life to AIDS, I remember our "queer nights" together. The despair he felt that he could not participate in such activities. His deeper despair that he was denying me the opportunity to participate as well, knowing I really wanted to, but Jeffrey E. Lavigne, M.D., F.I.C.S., F.A.C.A. knowing I wouldn't leave him alone, We had to learn different " We Specialize In Ano-Rectal Surgery" ways to entertain ourselves on Fri- day nights. Some of this enter- We Have 9 Convenient Locations Throughout the tainment was rather mundane by New York Metropolitan Area Including: anyone's standards. But suppos- ing an article such as yours had 7 East 68th Street 60 East 42nd St. #901 detailed some of the ways people New York, NY 10021 New York, NY 10017 in our position made it through a • Friday night-while Friday night was making its way through the ••• rest o't the gay wor1d? Whether it New York City: (212) 517-2850 was 'something positive de- May 29, 1_1 OUTWEEK 7 ... 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May 29, 1_1 ou ••\lEEK 9 • • Commentary ose utin by Gabriel Rotello , - uting is a dis- all, as anyone who has spent time there metaphor, "staying in" and "coming out" 1l O aster-the sig- can attest. It did offer relative safety in persist as well. It's hardly sruprising that a ~ nifier, that is, not the the era before Stonewall, when it was hostile straight person was allowed to ~ political action it sig- wiser to hide one's homosexuality from coin a term that defined and distorted an ~ CD nifies. the world, and it was in that dark era that essentially gay debate. We were sitting ~ Coined by the metaphor of the closet was invented. ducks for the word "outing." Q; someone who Today, however, I've met not a sin- So let's toss the term and take a fresh .--5 thought that the gle out person who says that life was look at the phenomenon, What we have ~ practice was deeply safer when they were in. Indeed, if we called "outing" is a primarily journalistic t5 ..c immoral, the word were to abandon the metaphor of the movement to treat homosexuahty as "- has a negative connotation that sounds closet and invent a new one, it's likely equal to heterosexuality in the media. On both frightening and mean. And that, of that those who are hiding their sexual a larger scale, that's the goal of the entire course, was just the point. orientation would be termed "out"---QSin gay liberation movement: to raise homo- The term "outing" derives from the "out in the cold." Those who are publicly sexuality to an equivalence with hetero- idea of dragging someone out of the lesbian or gay would be described as sexuality in all spheres of life. The press closet and conveys the image of a person having "come in," meaning into the doesn't hide heterosexuaiity or treat it as a being forced from a safe place into a dan- safety of a healthy self-image and a bur- private and unbroachable secret, so why gerous one. Given the subtle power of geoning community. should homosexuality be so treated? words, every time we use the term "out- Yet the image lingers of the safe In 1990, many of us in the gay ing," we accept and convey that image. closet out of which one ventures at one's media announced that henceforth we Yet the closet is not a safe place at own peril. From that mildewed would simply treat homosexuality and heterosexuality as equals, We were not , going to wait for a perfect, absolutely safe, utopian future to arrive before equalizing the two: We were going to do it now, That's what outing really is: equaliz- ing homosexuality and heterosexuaiity in the media. And that's why I'm abandon- ing the word "outing" for good, with 1ts antiquated, slanted, pejorative imagery, and adopting the word "equalizing" instead. The imagery of "outing" is inac- curate, and I want to be clear about what it is.we're espousing. I also want those who oppose the practice to be perfectly clear about what it is they're opposirig. Equalizers like me begin with the assumption that the media has perpe- trated a damaging double standard by ') omitting homosexuality from the roster of i8 th6se human facts and foibles subject to .§ the scrutiny of celebrity journalism. ~ Celebrity journalism in America is based ~ on the concept that public figures surren- if • THEGREATEOUAUZER?-Malcom Forbes: in or out? der their right to "journalistic privacy" l , when they agree to become famous, adultery are openly discussed, but ble standard in maintaining that private . Such people, in effect, make a pact with queerness is feIVentlyhushed up? lesbians and gays have a right to stay society: They accept fame, fortune and In reaction, many of us in the les- private. They certainly do. Those who influence and, in return, accept that their bian and gay media have called for an oppose us based on fears that every pri- private lives may now ~beexposed in a end to this double standard, insisting vate homosexual is now at imminent way they cannot control. that since public figures long ago traded risk of exposure by fellow queers, are The courts have repeatedly upheld their privacy for fame and routinely suf- being paranoid. Equalizing is only con- this concept, ruling that a very different fer embarrassing, even damaging, revela- cerned with public figures, people who standard of libel applies to public figures tions in the press, it is hypocritical and have accepted the benefits and should than to ordinary folks. And the public, by damaging to exempt only homosexuality accept the liabilities of fame. elevating the unauthorized biography, the from that process. The second guideline is to confine gossip column and the 1V tabloid to the Despite persistent jabs from detrac- equalizing to those celebrities who are hottest commodities in journalism, has tors, I do not feel that equalization will already out in their private lives, a cate- issued an overwhelming endorsement. instantly result in a golden age, an end gory which includes most gay public So we are bombarded with the figures indeed, that's usually how we divorces, separations, traumas, infideli- know they're gay. Since such people ties, substances abuses, illnesses and have already dealt with coming out, general trials and tribulations of the Homosexuality has been they're unlikely to face any particular famous. From Nancy Reagan to Mamie psychic damage by extending the Eisenhower to Mary Todd Lincoln, we've cast as the only unmen- realm of those in the know. But target- learned pretty much all of it, whether or tionable in a world of can- ing deeply closeted gays who aren't not. such revelations were devastating, even out among their close friends or damaging or just plain embarrassing to dor, giving it an inevitable family would be cruel, possibly devas- the people involved. tating--and would hardly advance any- - The big exception to this journalistic patina as the worst one's agenda, fr€e-for-all has been homosexuality. - ' Thirdly, we should avoid disclosing There has been a tacit agreement that possible human vice. the sexuality of those whose careers celebrity queerness is unfit to print, and would likely be destroyed. Staunch out- that lesbian or gay public figures can ing opponents raise this objection in count on the media to cooperate in main- to homophobia, a thousand points of every case, but they're vastly overreacting. taining their secrets. While many gays role-model light or even an immediate (I once considered doing a story on would like to think that this is done by a visible difference in our lives. But such major celebrities who had come out or sympathetic, media eager to avoid damag- benefits will never become possible until been outed, and whose careers had sub- ing the lives or careers of famous gays, the ban on homosexual candor is ended. sequently been destroyed. I had to aban- such has never been the case. The media If the goal of gay liberation is to don the idea when I couldn't find a smgie is rarely so concerned with the damage it raise homosexuality to a moral equiva- example, except for one right-wing, anti- caUses celebrities and frequently reports lence with heterosexuality, then equal- gay, anti-moice Republican hypoaite.) facts about famous people which cause ization is liberation, It's practicing what ' We live in a society in which hun- serious hann: Just ask Nancy Reagan, For we preach: treating our sexual orienta- dreds of thousands of people are out, that matter, ask the small-town police- tion as a normal part of life: yet very few lose their jobs because of beat reporter who makes sure that every All journalism operates on guide- it. Nonetheless, there are occasional chump in Podunk arrested on a morals lines, however, and equalizing should be cases among everyday people, And charge gets his name in the paper, a no exception, Number one: Because the there are entire professions the mili- practice that has damaged more people privacy of the non-famous is usually tary, the diplomatic service-where than an army of outers. Yet I've never respected by the press, there is no dou- ___ OUTING on pag_ &4 heard any pundit complain about that, although in many countries such' reportage is illegal and libelous. Damage isn't the reason we've cov- ered up queer. Most editors and publish- ers are simply homophobic, uncomfort- able with- the subject and feel that their readers will object. As a result of this double standard, homosexuality has been C2St as the only unmentionable in a world of candor, giv- ing it an inevitable patina as the worst possible human vice. Indeed, what other conclusion should the public draw when celebrity alcoholism, child abuse and M_lI' 29, 1991 OU I .WEEK 11 Commentary The ~olor0 by Jay Blotcher passion between her, a Jewish girl of Lithuanian descent, and a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. His name was Arnie Porotocarrero. He was tall, lanky and Nicaraguan. For an adopted boy of unknown origin, I suddenly faced a provocative pedigree. A person of color in America faces daily oppression. As a child, growing up in Randolph, Mass., I faced the same quintessential American expe- rience. I • was ..2 OU. WEEK M_y 29, ....91 to the schoolyard monitor to inform her finger outstretched at both. myself, was berated for allowing the that I had just called him a nigger. Our On the gay bar circuit, however, I Village Voice to shoot our group for the principal, Mr, Dodero, provided me with realized that my wild card ethnic status cover and feature only one person of my first lesson in human tolerance. As was not a matter of exclusion. It was a color. I seethed over that one. Of the 17 Kevin and I stood in front of his desk, I fetish factor. In bars and clubs across people who posed, one man was obvi- felt a mixture of anger at Kevin, having Europe, fancying myself Goodwill ously Black. But there were three Latino • squealed, and a sharp fear that I had said Ambassador of the United States, the men present as well, whether or not that the worst thing imaginable, Dodero story was the same. Some shady man was immediately apparent. And as long pointed out that my skin was far from would approach me and coo, Are you as' we were playing the token game, did white; how did that make me different Italian? Greek? Latin? Iranian? I count as a half-person of color? The from Kevin?He pointed to his own freck- Lebanese?-and had already imagined a debate raged for a while, until a cooler led hands. What did it matter what color certain stereotyped bedroom scenario, ,head pointed out that we should not be they were? I was instructed to tell Kevin depending on my response. pillorying the Voice cover; it was merely that I was sorry, and I was grateful for the As I came to know my natural a reflection of our own woefully inade- opportunity for absolution. Kevin quate membership. responded with a tone of genuine hwnil- The dilemma can be phrased as a ity, "I accept 'your apology." riddle: When is a person of color not a uBy age 18, I took my first halting The dilemma can be person of color? When you have pre- steps out of the closet. I haunted my sumed they are white? When they pass hometown bar, the tacky Randolph phrased as a riddle: When your skin-color test? When there are no Cou9try dub, and traveled into Boston is a person of color not a - telltale signs of everyday oppression? As for ~me provincial preppie decadence. someone caught between two camps, In 1981, I lived for a short time in person of color? , and having savored the treatment of London. My pasty-faced host country both, I am pigeonholed daily. was still grousing over their sinking Presumptions irk when they shortchange empire and blamed the Pakistanis that so brazenly, My skin color seems at odds had taken over much of their com- mother Valerie, I realized she, too, had with my origins, but prejudice crosses merce. A shade darker than most, I was been the target of racism. In the late '60s, class lines. Talk to any well-dressed the target of vituperative mutterings by she had manied Walter Bishop, Jr., a suc- Black man who can't hail a cab in this old biddies in grocery stores and on the cessful jazz pianist who had januned with city. I am alternately oppressor and streets. The identity crisis had occa- Charlie Parker. Walter was Black. Valerie oppressed, but why celebrate one or the sional light moments, too. One day, had grown up in music circles her late other? As activists comparing color walking down Westbourne Grove, I father, Hany Paul, was a publicist for the oppressions, we have created a dubious heard a voice behind me, yelling Newport Jazz Festival-and most of her parlor game. Such distinctions may be politically "Abdul, AbduU" A young man in a tur- friends were Black. She worked for, ban ran the entire block to catch up to awhile for Ike and Tina Tumer, introduc- expedient, but they don't always graft me. His words spilled out breathlessly. ing Tina to Buddhism, But outside of the accurately on to the real experiences of "Don't you remember me? I'm Ali. We tolerant, cool music circles, she was people's lives, leading some of us to a met in Teheran." taunted for her marriage to a Black man. perpetual search for a pronoun some- I trekked across Europe via the The recent growing pains of Queer where between us and them. T museum-and-bar circuit. My proficiency Nation brought back the color-and- Jay Blotcher recently co-jounded with French and Spanish allowed me oppression issue for me. Week after Public Impact, a media consultingfornm greater access to other countries and pe0- week, people of color stood before the for progressive groups, He writes the ples. But my swarthy looks opened me floor to bemoan our color inequity. I, ''FieldTripping" columnforOutWeek. to another phase of European custom: white racism. In Paris, I was standing on the Metr<;>platform near a group of ' Iranians. A pair of gendarmes swooped down on the group, swept me along with them and demanded my passport. When they saw that I was American, I was released. On the border between France and Spain, a chum and I were passing through customs. I was snatched out of line, my passport fingered by a customs official. I stood to the side for 15 minutes, my only company a small, frightened man of Arab origin. Incensed at the treatment, I offered my friend a photo op: He shot me standing between the French and Spanish flags, my middle May 29, 1991 ou. '''EEK 13 • NYC POLL: GAY = denced by a recent New York Observer polled by the weekly New York news- ABNORMAL poll, where respondents are character- paper believe that homosexuality is ized by their increasing but limited toler- "nonna!." The rest consider it, variously, NEW YORK-We've come a long ance towards queers. a "disease," "genetic" or "psychological way, but how far we've yet to go is evi- Only 28 percent of 502 people disorder" or an "abomination." by ELLEN B. NEIPRIS < > < • , • , HUDSON RIVER, WEST VILLAGE-Taking a well- before, the two women had discovered, to their amaze- deserved break from pounding the pavement of the unem- ment, that some men use the secluded spot to sunbathe in ployed, Rhonda Johnson (top) and Lerine Mitchell (bot- the buff. "If they're doing it, we can do it too," exclaimed tom) came all the way from the Bronx for a romantic Rhonda, "but she won't let me take my clothes off." Aw, picnic on the West Street piers. While out strolling the day come on, Lerine. ..4 OUTWEEK May 29. 1991 Two in five respondents, if confronted with a teenage son or daughter's homosexuality, would respond by sending them to see a doctor or counselor. One in five would call in a priest or other reli- gious leader, Just over half believe that they would eventually come round and respond with love rather than resort to punishment. It may also be comforting to learn that although many New Yorkers feel uncomfortable around us, they are big- hearted enough to oppose discrimination against us because of our sexua1 orienta- tion. As one woman quoted in 'the Obseroer put it: "Just because they're gay or lesbian doesn't mean they're monsters HURRY! LAST PERFORMANCE MAY 26! or that they're terrible people .... You could like someone and not like their "SolTl8thing to p/88se being gay or lesbian." and disturb every gay , Such open-mindedness does not, YOU ARE taste, Deftly directed. unfortunately, extend to allowing us to A gallery of diverse • marry or adopt children. By 55 percent talents. " to 31 percent, pollsters said that mar- WITNESS Jim Provenzano, J:bml riages between gay men or lesbians "Hilarious. Highly SOME ... original. " should not be legally recognized, and, Quentin Crisp, ~ by 50 percent to 35 percent, they thought that queers should not be allowed to adopt children. "That's against God," one participant com- ) mented. Exactly what kind of discrimi- , nation the majority of those polled are " allegedly opposed to remains unclear. Attitudes on gay-bashing, one of the , most immediate threats to gay people's I /' existence, were not garnered. / In addition, 52 percent of respon- deqts thought that Mayor David short gay plays by Dinkins did the right thing by helping the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization ROBERT PATRICK march in the St. Patrick's Day parade DANIEL CURZON and by marching with it. Among .VICTOR BUMBAlO Blacks, that statistic jumped to 66 per- ROBERT CHESLEY cent. Only 22 percent do not think that CARL MORSE gays and lesbians should be allowed to Bil WRIGHT teach their children. Finally, we are everywhere, and WED THUR FRI 8pm directed by New York is getting the message. SAT 7 & 10pm RICH RUBIN Although 40 percent of pollsters did not SUN 3 & 7pm hazard to guess what percentage of the city's po-pulation is gay, of those that CALL HIT - TIX did, 33 percent reckon that we make up (212) 564 - 8038 SET DESIGN over 30 percent of the population. Eigh- Tickets also at JAMIE LEO teen percent think that we are between A Different Light PRESENTED BY Pi ... , PROOOCTIONS COSTLOE DESIGN 20 percent and 29 percent, and 27 per- GREGORY MELENDREZ THEATER AT 224 WAVERLY cent figure that we are between 10 per- llGHTlNG DESiGN (Just Off 7th Ave, South GLENN J, POWELL cent and 19 percent. Between Perry St. & West 11thi -Avril McDonald May 29,1991, OUTWEEK 'IS • r------, I I 'DYKES GATHER, I I I I TOSORTOUT I I I I LESBIAN I I CONFAB I I I I NEW YORK-Nearly 200 lesbians I I gathered here last week for a follow up to I -OCKNER I the National Lesbian Conference, proving I I that the passions which erupted in late , I April'S national confab in Atlanta are still I BELGIUM-ACT UP invaded the French-language 1V network last month I running high among this region's lesbians. I to protest the absence of programing about AIDS social issues (in favor of scien- I The event, entitled "Forging I tific infonnation) as well as the network's alleged presupposition that AIDS is not a I Partnerships: A Lesbian Conference for I threat to heterosexuals. Posing as stage hands, activists disrupted a live program I Cooperative Strategies," was designed to I called The Witness Screen. They unfurled a banner reading "Silence = Death" and I continue discussion on issues posed at I chanted, "Let's talk about AIDS on the newsmagazine," The program's host WdS I the NLC. Panels on visibility, power and I unruffled, according to Gai Pied. ; I diversity, each of which featured articu- I I late speakers representing a diversity of FRANCE-ACT UP wants the theme of this year's Gay Pride celebrations I , I viewpoints, provided the structural and I to be "Struggle Against AIDS, Struggle Against HomophObia." But organizers insist I thematic focus of the May 11 assembly. I on something "soft" and "neutraL" Consensus has not yet been reached: I "A lot of people saw [inclusivity dis- I Meanwhile, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence joined ACT UP on Holy Friday for I cussions at the NLC] as being stuck in I its weekly picket at the Ministry of Health. carrying a giant rosary, which symbol- I process instead of as an extreme com- I ized the 9,000 persons dead of AIDS in France, the Sisters proclaimed their faith in I mitment to helping educate each other," I life and joy and granted a plenary indulgence to all who fight in this spirit. I argued Jennie Merovick, a Connecticut- I I based activist and professor, giving one I GREECE-Greek TV viewers have seen their first self-avowed lesbian. I of several overviews on the NLC. "We I Activist Irene Petropolou, editor of the Athens gay magazine Amphi, published by I have to remember this is the work-this I AKOE (the Greek Lesbian and Gay Uberation Movement), recently popped up on I is the work for our community." I the screen twice, first on an AIDS program and then on a show ~hat tackleq homo- I Other attendees, differing with I sexuality directly. Amphi may be reached at Box 26002, GR-10022 Athens, Greece, I Merovick, expressed frustration with the I Phone: 011 30 1 36 39121. I lack of cohesiveness and disorganization I that many participants felt characterized : HONG KONG-The nation's policy-making Executive Council has I the NLC. Still other women said that they I decided to Ie.galizegay sex, according to Radio Hong Kong. The council will intro- I were disappointed that no clear national I duce the decriminalization measure as a draft bill to the lawmaking Legislative I lesbian agenda had emerged from I'Council, which already has voted 31-to-13 to endorse the administration's plan. I Atlanta, or that the various agenda items I Current law allows for life imprisonment for the crime of gay lovemaking. J I that were discussed did not remain as I clear in participants' minds as the labori- I NETHERLANDS The city of Deventer has created a gay and lesbian : ous proces5-{)rientation did. I "wedding register" after being convinced by a foundation attached to the newspa- I "I feel like our community is always I per De Gay Krnntthat it would be legal to do so. The Netherlands-along with, I at the brink of something," stated Kathy I Czechoslovakia, France, Norway and Sweden-is racing to become the second I Acey, of the national lesbian foundation I country in the world to legalize gay marriage, Denmark WdS first, in 1989. I Astraea, drawing laughter when she dis- I Meanwhile, ttJe Dutch tabloid newspaper Prive gay-baited Prince Friso, son of I closed that she refers to the NLC as "the I Queen Beatrix, reports De Gay Krant. In an article about a royal ski vacation to I Switze~and, Prive repeatedly referred to Friso's skiing companion as "his friend." In I best of times, the worst of times." I But while a number of high-pow- the nuances of Dutch, the phrase "his friend" implies "boyfriend:' while the phrase I I• ered lesbians delivered compelling and I "a friend" just means "friend." Got it? I inspirational talks at "Forging I I SOUT~ AFRICA-The Society for Homosexuals on campus has formed Partnerships," including New York may- I oral liaison Dr. Marjorie Hill, state at the University of Witwatersrand in Soweto, A spokesperson said that organizers I ~ Assemblywoman Deborah Glick and were inspired by South Africa's first Gay Pride march last October. An earlier group, I I the Wits Gay and Lesbian Movement, petered out in 1987. Native-American activist Leota Lone Dog, I I Manhattan Borough President Ruth I I Messinger, who delivered the opening I I address, nearly stole the show, I NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD I "You are simply organizing to assert L~ ~ ~ '1 6 OUTWEEK Mav 29. 1_1 , your agenda," Messinger remarl Human Rights Campaign Fund, was held , at the Center. office hours by appointment -Nina Reyes ~~,!a,~'''l~t, AIDS SUIT You i'haveto AGAINST FEDS • PICKS UP STEAM up Idtobegay• , < te NEW YORK-The American Medical Coming Out to God Association has announced that it will file an amicus brief in su pport of a su it Prayers for Lesbians and Gay Men, against the Social Security Administration's Their Families and Friends restrictive definition of AIDS. Chris Glaser The AMA's endorsement, made "For Chris Glaser, prayer is a mysterious, public at a hearing last week before City wondrous, yet earthy place where the dance of Cou,ncil President Andrew Stein, comes spirituality anp sexuality is celebrated, His own as the lawsuit is picking up momentum, fondest prayer for all of us is that we may be and as interest among AIDS activists and opened up to greer God's coming out-to us," , , advocates on the issues of women and -Malcolm Boyd, author of Are You Running with Me, Jesus?, Take off the AIDS is sharpening. Masks, and Gay hiest: An Inner Journey Paper $8,95 , "An AIDS diagnosis is not a useful indicator of disability,» reasoned Karen Wiviott, a spokesperson for the AMA, ••.andyou i have to compromise noting that researchers and scientists • • have not sufficiently studied how HIV your 11UlSClIltntty , manifests in women, "We also think that looking beyond the AIDS concept is to be liberated important in the context of Social Security and Medicaid benefits.» The Intimate Connection Testimony at the hearing, which Male Sexuality, Masculine was. organized by Michael Rosano, a spe- Spirituality cial assistant to the Council president, ,, , pointed out that the current AIDS deftni- !$T fames B. Nelson This book "demonstrates clearly what men have to , tion, fonnulated by the CDC for sutveil" lance purposes, excludes HIV's clinical ""'~'" gain ftom the feminist revolution, "-james W presentations in women particularly, Maddock, Ph,D" President, Americall AHOc;flt;OIlof' poor people and people of color gener- Sex Education, Counselors, flnd TherflpiJ'f>',Nc:lson. ally, and intravenous-drug users who are who teaches Christian Ethics at a leading seminary, "deals with friendship. H1V-infected, homophobia, sexist dualism, body theology, images of masculiniry. and That exclusion is the basis of the sexuality of Christ." - The Disciple Paper 58, l)) class-action lawsuit for which the AMA recently announced support. The suit, Available from your local bookstore or direcl from the publish,·f. filed by Teny McGovern, director of the (Please include $1.50 per book for poslage and handling,) MFY Legal Setvices' HN Project, names Secretary of Health and Human Services WESTMINSTER/JOHN KNox PRESS Louis Sullivan and targets the Social 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville. Kmrucky 40202·13% Call Toll-Free: 1-800-227-2872 Security Administration. Mav 29, 1991 OUTWEEK .. 7 , As the CDC definition is used by tien of their immune system, then they woman-to-woman transmission of HIV, an many federal, state and loCal agendes to had AIDS," McGovern stated at the hear- , issue that has been virtually ignored both 1, 'determine eligibility for benefits and ser- ing. "It is arbitrary and capridous to give by the research and epidemiological ' vices, the suit alleges that thousands' of one class of individuals benefits immedi- establishments and by the public, women who are severely disabled by ately and deny the other class, which "From 1974 to 1987, I lived with a HIV are unable to access programs happens to be women, people of color, woman who was my lover. She never designed to assist people with AIDS. fonner or current IV-drug users." used drugs,' began Brenda Goodman, an "As far as I am concerned, if they At the May 2 hearing at City Hall, HIV-positive fonner IV-drug user, "She's would not have died without the destruc- one speaker also broached the topic of passed away now ....When we met, I was an addict who shot drugs, and she never shot any drugs, at all, and I wonder, Did anyone ever study to see if women can pass this infection to one another? If not, why not?" -Nina. Reyes AIDS CUTS NOT AS DEEP I, AS WAS FEARED NEW YORK-Advocates for pepple with AIDS expressed qualified praise for Mayor David Dinkins' proposed budget for the coming fIScal year. But they say that the dty continues to be shortsighted in dealing with a growing AIDS caseload "AIDS was treated relatively well,' said David Hansell, deputy executive director for policy at GMHC. "Some of the draconian cuts that were being dis- cussed were not proposed.' Serious cuts in AIDS services were rumored to be planned by the Dinkins administration, which must close a $3.5 billion gap in the $28.7 billion budget for the fiscal year starting on July 1. But according to administration sources, the budget for fiscal year 1992 shows an increase in funding for AIDS services, even before adding the $32.7 million in Ryan White funds New York City is slated to receive. Despite the claimed increase, many, conununity-based AIDS-service providers will receive no increase in the dollar value ACT UP DEMANDS SOCIALIZED MEDICINE of their contracts with dty agendes. For conununity groups, this "flat-funding," with WASHINGTON-Over 100 AIDS activists from ACT UP groups along the no adjustment for inflation, functions as a Eastern Seaboard gathered in Washington on May 13to protest the lack of afford- cut able health insurance. Demonstrators gathered outside a health insurance building "It doesn't speak to our prograrrunatic and proceeded to Lafayette Park outside the White House, costs,' said Ron Johnson, executive direc- The demonstration is the first of three scheduled for this year as part of a tor of the Minority Task Force on AIDS. broad plan to push for national health insurance. ACT UP members are working "Above and beyond our personnel, we-- _ with labor organizers from the AFL-CIO and other unions to create a massive public are hurting in our programmatic costs.' national march on Washington for free health care in the spring of 1992. According to Johnson, his agency's Meanwhile, labor unions have called for their local chapters to organize direct- contracts with the Department of Health action protests against health insurance companies on June 6. and the Human Resources Administration -Carrie Wofford have been "flat-funded" for the past two 18 OUTWEEK May 29, "199"1 I, I. ,~'YOURTICKET TO A GREAT GAY VACATION WonuotkJ.a~ !kuetkJ. a~ VERMONT • KiNNiDY • TRAVEL Charming guesthouse on 20 private PRIDE TOURS acres with pond, 802-633-4047 267 -10 Hillside Avenue, Floral Park. NY 11004 Innkeeper: Peter (718)347-7433 - (800)237-7433 (USA) M#1 I30x 112 Oomet, vr 05821 ~, Member, International Gay TravelAuociation - Gay Owned and Operated. 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Harris Democrats is expecting Mayor David Dinkins to stop by the Wofford, the new senator Montauk Club in Park Slope to pick up an award "for the from Pennsylvania, has two moral courage he exhibited by marching in the 1991 St. high-profile gay relatives: Patrick's Day parade with the Irish Lesbian and Gay his brother Jack, a member Organization." ...After five long years in the planning, the of the board of directors Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the Graduate Center of and treasurer of Gay and the City University of New York is at last funded and up and Lesbian Advocates and running with official recognition from the school's board bf by ANDREW MILLER Defenders, New England's , trustees. "Our mandate is to encourage scholarship on the Boston-based gay rights lives of lesbians and gays," said historian and CUNY professor with reporting by Cliff O'Neill , law finn; and Jack's daugh- M!lrtin Duberman, a major'force behind the center's estab- and Nina Reyes ter Carrie, our own national lishment, the first of its kind in the nation, ...And Paulette correspondent, who also sits on the board of the Human Rights , Goodman, president of the Federation of Parents and Friends Campaign Fund. ,of Lesbians and Gays-and everybody's favorite Earlier in his career, Harris Wofford was a leading advisor mom-addressed the annual meeting of the American to President John F. Kennedy and a member of Martin Luther Psychiatric Association in New Orleans last week, where the King's civil rights entourage. Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists presented her Will this translate into support for our issues? "We with an award. "P-FLAG's tireless stance proclaiming their assume he'll be as good on civil rights issues now as he was trust in their children's future is a boon to the mental health of in the '60s," said a source familiar with Wofford's record (no, , a.lliesbians and gay men," commented Dr. Peggy Hanley- it ~asn't Carrie or Jack). But supporters are already worried Hackenbruck, the gay group's president. , about the liberal Democrat's chances of being elected in a fairly conservative state. " Wofford was tapped by Gov. William Casey to fill the AiSeat of the late Republican Sen. John Heinz until a special election can be held in November. Heinz was killed in a plane j-.••• crash last month. Stay tuned. (Confidential to Harris: If you sign on to the federalles- bian and gay rights bill now, you can still beat some of your a: ~ closet-case colleagues to it.) , , E ~ ,-~co TRUTH OR HAIR?: Cocktails at Laura Bell, a scre_ening -,- at the Ziegfield and dancing 'til dawn at Shelter: The New York City benefit premiere of Truth or Dare netted in excess of $100,000 for the American Foundation for AIDS Research. And Madonna and Mathilde have reason to smile not only was her dress fabulous, but La Ciccone has raised close to a MADONNA AND AMFAR'S MATHILDE KRIM • , years as expenses and the agency's tion, and that cutting prevention leads "In the long run, these cuts are case10ad have increased. to an increased caseload. counterproductive," Johnson told The administration has also pro- But advocates are most concerned OutWeek "Those denied care will go to posed closing the health department's with proposed cuts at the city's Health emergency rooms or delay treatment and District Health Center in Chelsea to save and Hospitals Corporation. Johnson anive sicker. These primary care cuts will $1.8 million. That closing would elimi- described the ID-ICcuts as "dismal neWs be devastating." nate an anonymous AIDS testing and bordering on disaster." The budget now moves to the counseling clinic and a sexually transmit- While HHC proposes to add 60 City Council for six days of pearings ted disease clinic. long-term AIDS beds at two city hospi- beginning May 21. Last year the A second OOH cut would save $1.3 tals, the agency will save $41.4 million by Council opted not to exercise its- million by reducing case investigations eliminating outpatient phannacies, dental exranded budgetary powers granted and patient treatments in that agency's clinics and walk-in clinics. ID-ICwill save under the city's new charter, but sexually transmitted disease program. $31.5 million by reducing nursing cover- Council Speaker Peter Vallone has AIDS activists say that these pro- age and other hospital services in the strongly opposed some of the grams are often the first contact for city's already overburdened municipal Dinkins proposals indicating that the many people in need of AIDS educa- hospitals. .council may use its budgeting powers 20 OUTWEEK May 29, 1991 this year. -Duncan Osborne WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE. TO TURN FOR . ...'. COPS EXPAND ALL YOUR PROFESSIONAL, BIAS-CRIME TAG PRINTING NEEDS ... NEW YORK-In a move long sought by anti-violence activists, the New York WE DO. City Police Department has amended its cUffinitionof a bias crime to include aimes only partially motivated by bias. 'We've added the phrase 'in whole or injpart,'" said Thomas Palazzo, executive offtcer of the Department's Bias Incident Investigating Unit. "What we wanted to get to the troops is that, if bias is even a part of • the motivation, it is a bias crime, What we're trying to do is make them under- _ stand the totality of the circumstances." According to Palazzo, the new defi- nition will become part of the Department's patrol officers' manual and will be part of precinct-level training ses- • S10ns. raetieal hies, inc. Activists claim that the Police Department has narrowly defined printing / typesetting / disk conversions / design m bias crimes, characterizing crimes as M/C 135 west 20th street, 3rd floor, new york, ny 10011 VISA -: bias-motivated only when bias was 212-463-7800 ',. ______1 I ,I I • :;"-' ,,.,: ~ ...•. INTE ERON STUDY -r:: 1- " Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York City is currently conducting two clinical trials with • low dose oral liquid preparations of alpha interferon (human leukocyte derived). \Ve are looking for men or women who are HIV-positive and are: • '. • AZT takers or non-takers • Currently have one of the following: • CD4 counts below 350 unexplained fever or diarrhea unexplained weight loss thrush or herpes zoster cutaneous fungal infections Subjects currently on the studies have reported symptom improvements, especially decreased fatigue, increased appetite, and decrease in severity and frequency of some HIV-related conditions such as thrush. For information and enrollment, call: Joseph Hassett, MD Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York 212-241-6331 , Mal' 29, 1S91 OUTWEEK 2'1 • the sole motivation. sal was spearheaded by many lesbian- employees. The old definition, activists claim, feminists in the area and brought bisex- The vote comes six months after resulted in a six-month delay in tagging ual protesters and their friends from residents passed Proposition K, a domes- the Julio Rivera killing "bias-motivated" Boston and surrounding areas last year. tic partners ordinance that allows unmar- and a ten-month delay in fmding bias as This year, the committee kept "les- ried spouses in both gay and straight motivation in an assault on two lesbians bian and gay," but the hostilities relationships to register with the city. at the Purity Diner in Park Slope. increased between lesbian feminists who The enactment of this health care But some police higher-ups insist have created a lesbian haven in plan makes San Francisco the largest city that the change in the defmition is only a Northhampton and bisexuals, many of in the US to offer such coverage, joining clarification of existing policy. them students at U Massi Amherst, Seattle, West Hollywood and others. ''These revisions to the department's where, as on many college campuses, The plan comes two years after a written material will clarify the depart- bisexuality is embraced. Ochs found the recommendation by Mayor Art Agnos' ment's policy and practice regarding the hostility at a "real intensity that's never Task Force for Family Policy to pro- classification of bias incidents," wrote been reached before." vide such coverage. The Task Force Jeremy Travis, the Police Department's Queer Nation sold T-shirts with was chaired by lesbian Supervisor deputy commissioner for legal matters, "Diversity Is Our Strength," rold bisexuals Roberta Achtenberg. in a letter to Matt Foreman, executive carried signs proclaiming "Bi-bi, sepa- It was only three months ago that director of the New York City Gay and ratists Don't reign on my parade," "A the city's Health Service System, which Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. march bi any other name is divisive" and administers the health policies of city ''We're extremely pleased that, after "If I'm your enemy, who's your frjend?" employees, endorsed the Task Force's years of effort, the Police Department is Meanwhile, rally speaker and lesbian plan after months of heated debate. finally going to change its defmition of feminist Sarah Dreher chastised: "Those Sustained criticism came from rep- a bias crime to reflect reality," Foreman people who want to weaken the lesbian resentatives of the retired city workers, told OutWeek. community have found the perfect who've frequently expressed concern -Dunaln Osborne way....They have found an issue....SOme of that the new plan doesn't allow for addi- us feel it takes a lot more than sexual tional staff and will affect premiums. oppression to be a community ....They Reportedly, some 2,000 municipal ORTHAMPTON would erase our politics,our identity...randl employees, split evenly between gay ISEXUAL FLAP reduce all our issues to sexual ones." and straight, are expected to use these In a telephone interview she added, benefits for their domestic partners. CONTINUES "The bisexual issue is being used by Under this new health care plan, people who want to undermine the les- only those non-married spouses who are NORlHAMPTON, Mass.-It's pride bian community." registered domestic partners can buy season again, and the Western Some people in the audience into the coverage that had previously .Massachusetts lesbian enclave of shouted "bi-phobic" at Dreher, and a sub- been available only to married spouses. 'Northampton kicked off the season on sequent speaker, Elisa Campbell (the The city pays only for its employees, not May 4 with another year of controversy chair of the town's board of selectmen), their dependents. over whether to include bisexuals in the shared her experiences coming out as All of San Francisco's municipal Lesbian and Gay Pride march. bisexual. health care insurance providers have One hundred feet behind the offi- "A sizeable majority of the commu- reportedly agreed to honor the new pol- cial banner ("Lesbian and Gay Pride of nity has come to support inclusive poli- icy, which will take effect inJuly, Northampton 1991") came a second offi- tics," charged Ochs. "But the minority, A similar benefits package was cial-looking banner which read "Lesbian, who are mostly lesbians-and some sep- passed by the Board of Supervisors dur- Gay and Bisexual Pride of Northampton aratists-are more scared, more ing Dianne Fienstein's tenure as mayor, 1991," according to those who attended entrenched. The battle lines have but she vetoed it. the march. become drawn more clearly....I don't see Agnos has put his full support With signs scattered throughout the an easy way out of this." behind this and wrote that "the adoption crowd, bisexual activists showed a strong -Carrie wofford/Wasbingtan of this plan will end years of discrimina- presence in their continued effort to gain tion faced by lesbian and gay families." official recognition at the festival. "I was -LoweU B. Denny III amazed at how many of the banners HEALTH included the word 'bisexual,'" remarked INSURANCE FOR Boston bisexual activist Robyn Ochs. "In FALLeUT FROM the past three years there was a small bi GAY COUPLES LAPDFIASCO contjogent I had marched with. This year there were inclusive banners allover." OK'D IN SF LEADS TO OUT- The controversy comes in the wake SAN FRANCISCO-In an 11-to-O of a decision in 1990 to reverse the 1989 vote, this city's Board of Supervisors INGATTEMPT Pride Committee decision to include passed a landmark plan that would pro- LOS ANGELES-The fallout from "bisexual" in the official title. The rever- vide health insurance to unmarried city the brouhaha surrounding Daryl Gates 22 OUTWEEK Mav 29, 1991 I J' took an unusual turn when gay activists I I attempted to out a local City Councilman who supports the embattled police chief. utne ones ountaln ul e*- • Queer Nation members c:illed for City I Councilman Joel Wachs to come out of the "" closet and support gay rights instead of eeWo es eme • standing behind a police chief who is con- sidered an anti-gay bigot by many. "Joel Wachs must stop supporting Jo'n the Daryl Gates and other queer-bashing cops," said that gay activist and attorney Mic~ Wheatley. Summer Activist Thomas Coleman-who is a SPECIAI11!D AI~FOh.r HllM[1 A $59 95 VALUE F~(f WITH PURn1t,Sl member of the same law firm as ,It'l.,. • Whefltley-began by sending Wachs a eye 'ng '." I,,~. "",. letter which opened with the words" As _.. "., ."~..' ., - one gay man to another" on April 8. .. On April 30, Wheatley and Coleman Revo ufon < ..~:. ..,;..~ claimed that Wachs is gay during a local " radio talk show. And Queer Nation Cycling is Hip and HealthYI AND you get to buy demonstrators paraded on City Hall steps with shocking pink fluorescent posters FABULOUS ACCESSORIES! that called Wachs a "queer and present danger" on May 9. Wachs' office was unaware of the B CYCLE The Big Apple's Best Bike Shop demonstration. "I didn't even know 172 7th Avenue (bet. 20th & 21st) about it," said Greg Nelson, Wachs' aide. 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LGCMShas lesbians don't feel 'heard' in the courts. recently broke up, the most intense also dealt with cases involving domestic- So it's a chance to be heard" end-of-relationship altercation wasn't partner disputes, landlord-tenant matters After someone calls the mediation about who would keep the furniture or and alleged harassment between straight service's office at the Lesbian and Gay , the apartment. and gay neighbors. It is the first service Community Center, a screener contacts '-L Both wanted custody of...the dog. of its kind in the country. all the parties involved and decides L_ Another gay man, whose semen According to Dr, Susan Rogers, who whether or not mediation might be was used to artificially inseminate a les- volunteers as a mediator, the group pro- ~pianfriend, wanted more involvement in vides an alternative to a standard judi- ~parenting after the baby was born . cial-system court hearing. "We've been .' ~ ,But instead of seeking the services Socialized to believe that when you have pf an attorney, the two couples got a a conflict, you go to an attorney," she helpful. After making every effort to ,heutral mediator to intervene. Like many said. With mediation, those involved in help people solve disputes on their 'If ~ew Yorkers usiI)g the new lesbian and the dispute sit down with a trained own, a mediation session is arranged. . Gay Community Mediation Service, or mediator and work toward a mutually The sessions take about two hours, and LGCMS, they didn't have to face an ugly agreeable settlement usually end in a mutual agreement court battIe or pay more than $25. Larry Chanen, secretary for the between those in dispute. The fee is Since January, LGCMS has been LGCMS board, told OutWeek that the ser- never more than $25, and nobody is helping gay men and lesbians solve vice has been pleased with the response turned away because of the inability to problems ranging from visitation rights to it has received in the past four months. pay. If a case doesn't qualify for media- "We are getting more and tion, Quarto said, people are referred to MHECiTS more calls from people alternate resources. ' '1(00 GET ,DOWNTOWN, needing mediation, and While some mediators are THE VILLAGE that's heartening," he said. lawyers, LGCMShas recruited teachers, Chanen said that therapists, health-care workers, sensitivity to gay and les- activists and others from different dis- bian concerns has made cip1ines. As Chanen explained, "We do LGCMS a success. not act as lawyers." "What we provide is , "In contrast to the courts--or even a sensitive, safe place," an arbitration where you're asking a third agreed bo~rd member party to make the decision for you-the. Roslyn Quarto, "You can role of the mediator is not to decide the get beyond the issue of issue," he added. ~ being gay or lesbian and Quarto said that LGCMS training ~ get on to the dispute and sessions for mediators initially focus on ~ the problems. Mediation general techniques and practices. is is trying to help parties to Monthly training sessions, required for all '~ reach their own agree- mediators, now focus on specific issues, ~- 24 OUTWEEK May 29, 1991 such as AIDS-related disputes. HERE WITHOUT FEAR Dr. Rogers, who has taught conflict T OUT LOUD AND PROUD T resolution at several universities, said that she is specifically concerned about prob- , UNION SQUARE PARK lems existing among' organizations in the ,New York gay and lesbian community. ~ SATURDAY T JUNE 29 T 2-6 PM LGCMS has serviced gay and lesbian organizations experiencing unproductive conflict, where mediators find that the SPEAK OUT LOUD AND PROUD major problems involve clashes of per- sonality and leaders feeling unappreci- at the 1991 Lesbian .. Gay Pride Rally ated and overworked. This year, in keeping with the official theme of New York's 1991 Pride "Mediation is good not only for indi- 'Events-Out Loud & Proud-you can have the chance to speak out at the viduals it's also good for the organiza- 23rd Annual Lesbian T Gay Pride Rally. tions that are so much the base of the gay Five speaking slots will be reserved for five individuals selected in a and lesbian community," Quarto added. COMMUNITY LOTTERY.Each participant will have three minutes to speak The need for a mediation service out about any important Lesbian T Gay topic. was mentioned last year at a dinner Here's how it works: Just fill out the entry form below and return to Heritage for the Bar Association for Human of Pride by May 31st. Winners will be selected in a random drawing Rights and at the Lavender Law to be held before the June 3rd general membership meeting at the Conference. A working group was Lesbian T Gay Community Services Center. formed, and, by last fall, the first 25 volunteer mediators were trained by r.:d like to SPEAK OUT LOUD AND PROU~ at the 1991 Pride Rally! -, Canadian gay activist Nathalie Name I Rockhill. Among the original organiz- I Address ~------ers were Roz Richter, formerly an I Day Phone -- Night Phone I executive director at Lambda, and now I'd like to SPEAKOUT about: I a New York City criminal court judge. I IMPORTANT: ENTRYDEADLlNL May 31,1991, ENTRYLIMIT: 1 entry per person, Participants will have 3 minutes to speak I~~the topic of their choice. The time limit will be strictly enforced. Topics can be any lesbian'" Gay issue. I The service received most of its ini- ~TURN TO: Community Lottery, Heritage of Pride, Inc, 208 W, 13th Street, New York, NY 10011, ---.J tial financial support from Lambda, the Bar Association for Human Rights and " the Lesbian and Gay Community Center. LGeMS will receive most of its future funding from foundations, Quarto said. America's Largest Although mediation is becoming Gay/Lesbian quite popular throughout the country, it is relatively unknown outside the legal Computer world. "It's a fairly new concept to peo- Information ple in general-and to those in the gay and lesbian community who aren't Service lawyers, it may be very new," she added. "The courts throughout the country have begun requiring mediation prior to cases' going to trial, so it's becoming more and more the nonn." Since LGCMSbegan, Chanen said, gay and lesbian leaders in San Francisco and Los Angeles have expressed interest in starting similar programs and have contracted the New York LGCMSabout training procedures. Call us with your "We hope to be a model for gay Computer! and lesbian communities around the country," Chanen said. "Mediation kind 718 of presents an evolutionary step in , where we are as gays and lesbians." "f' 849-1614 For more information on LGCMS, (modem) call (212) 713-5089, Medi£ltorsfluent in sign language are also available. May 29. 1991 OUTWEEK 2S • • by Allen Roskoff Don't Hold Your Breath ested in being helpful to our community. ACT UP's zaps against him for the On May 6 , the 1."",',,0,'.•._._...... __ n._' r I Cuomo reminded us that he recently governor to focus on our concerns, Empire State Pride introduced a gay rights bill into the leg- Whatever its cause, this commitment is Agenda held its annu- islature and has said that if Connecticut good to have from an articulate gover- al Gay and Lesbian can do it, so should New York. Cuomo nor who has proven he can lead a o~ says that he is committed to lobbying crusade for an issue he feels strongly Lobby Day in Albany, ·;••t::'1 about. Unfortunately, these promises an event which pro- religious leaders, some of our staunchest • vides our community :?':~ and most powerful opponents. Cuomo were long in coming, but there is a " an opportunity to :::. also says that he has reaffirmed his com- season for everything. ':: refocus its priorities mitment to seCuring passage of the anti- One can only hope that the gover- on the state agenda. ji!]i!:!f/'.' '1. ·.·::::#~th~ bias bill, and he anguished over his nor's renewed commitment to our com- It was an opportune time for lobbying, inability to influence Republican Senate munity compels him to attend this year's since the gay rights bill passed the Majority Leader Ralph Marino, And Gay Pride march: His presence, beside Assembly's Governmental Operations Cuomo, saying that he is committed to our mayor, who marches annually, Committee on April 24 and passed the would be a powerful statement to all heavily Democratic Codes Committee on New Yorkers. Our parade is as important May 14. It now goes before the full to us as the St. Patrick's Day parade is to Assembly. Though the Assembly previ- the Irish or the Israeli Day Parade is to ously defeated the bill in 1971, 1975 and Cuomo has reaffirmed the Jews. Cuomo's presence should be a 1983, victory is within reach this year, matter of course. Ipon't"hold your breath, however, wait- his commitment ihg for passage "In the Republican Sen- It's a New world, Carol I/". , .- ate. Because of the inclusion of sexual The City Planning Commission has tri~ntation, Republicans still refuse to to the anti-bias bill sent its recommendations to the City ~ote for an anti-bias bill which would Council siding with Beth Israel's quest to i ·ncrease penalties for those guilty of and expressed anguish open an AIDS hospice in a building it ~te-motivated violence. owns right across the street from the has- t The vote on the gay rights bill in the over his inability to pital- 26 ou. 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A few doctors on 5 month period, better rently, Adria will release rifabutin on a case-by- both coasts are recommending it for all --! treatments for five of case basis to people who are not responding to patients with fewer than 50 T-<:ells,some in 3 the most common marketed antimycobacterial drugs like rifampin, combination with clofazimine. At this point, all ~ Oppoourusoc infections, ethanbutol, clofazimine and ciprofloxacin. prophylactic doses are speculative. or Ols, that affect peo- I ...~@"';=" ,I According to Adria's Dr, Beverly Wynne, "We The phase-two study is rapidly enrolling will provide in three cities and examines 1,000 mg, 2,000 ple with AIDS. Since much of the scienIific kn0wl- not refuse to rifabutin, to anyone edge and experimental agents needed to com- who is in need of alternative therapy." mg and 3,000 mg per day doses as a single plete this task already existed, a sense of tugeney agent A compassionate-use program is being and a commitrrent on the part of government, designed for people who are ineligible for the ipdJstty and community-based groups to seeing , clinical trial and will randomize people to this happen was all that was necessaI)', The FDA won't allow either 1,000 mg or 2,000 mg per day. Search Occasional updates to the "Countdown Alliance, a Los Angeles community-based is Months" plan have been issued as research drugs of European research group monitoring people taking 'and treatments evolve. What follows is what's manufacture to be imported c1arithromycin, provided information ~p with Mycobacterium au/urn complex, or that 1,000 mg per day may be effective. Peo- MAC, a systemic bacterial infection related to distributed in the US. ple are taking a variety of doses, often tuberculosis that affects many PWAs, There is because they cannot afford the 2,000 mg no FDA-approved therapy; currently, treatment dose, which can cost up to $24 per day, usually consists of a• cocktail of three to five Recently, another obstacle to clar- anti-tuberculosis, and anti-leprosy drugs, Clarithromycin ithromycin access has arisen in the form of More than 300 people with AIDS have FDA quality-<:ontrolsafeguards-Abbott needs Rifabutin imported c1arithromycin from Europe to treat to gear up production of the drug, which may Rifabutin was made available on a com- their MAC infections since the drug became take until mid-:June, and the FDA won't allow passionate-use program to approximately 3,400 available for import into the US last July. A sma11 drugs of European manufacture to be distribut- people with life-threatening mycobacteria1 dis- French study showed that the drug could ed in the US, even though clarithromycin was eases, most of whom had MAC,between Octo- reduce bacteria in the blood of PWAs, and a recently approved for the treatment of MAGin ber 1983 and May 1989. Then the CDC, which small German study indicated that the drug France. AIDS activists will see about that was distnbuting the drug, and the FDA both could rechJce some symptoms when adminis- decided that the program was growing too tered at a dose of 2 g per day. Azithromycin 1arge in the absence of any finn data support- The phase-()ne study at the National A phase-()ne study in San Francisco is ing the drug's efficacy and that clinical trials Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md, found providing some encouraging early results that showing efficacy were needed Adria, the mak- that the concurrent administration of clar- the drug can rechJce the amount of bacteria in ers of Rifabutin, then waited two years to begin ithromycin and AZf rechJced the blood levels the Jo>lood.Ptizer has submitted a set of proto- the trial, during which the drug became com- of AZf by up to 50 percent Because of this, col outlines to the FDA for azithromycin. pletely inaccessible for MACtreatment the FDA has put the clinical trial on hold until These protocols will examine 600 mg vs,-- The long-awaited trial of rifabutin for the more information, presumably from the 1,200 mg, as well as 600 mg in combination treatment of MACfmally opened to enrollment phase-two treatment study, is available on the with available agents, and provide open-label in Febru;UY. It is a blinded study comparing interaction. It is possible that c1arithromycin azithromycin to people who experience rifabutin to a placebo in 200 people with affects the absotption of other drugs as well "unacceptable tOxidly" from available agents MAC. A protocol amendment to allow people Meanwhile, an increasing number of or who are failing on them f.µIing on blinded therapy at one inonth to PWAsare beginning to take 250 mg to 500 mg Interestingly, because Pfizer made the receive rifabutin is under discussion. per day of c1arithromycin as a prophylactic S__ AIDS on p_g_ &2 28 OUTWEEK May 29. 1991 SHEPHERD RAIMI • AUornel' • R. Allen Wood, D.C. Wills and Estate Chiropractic Care Planning For Peak Performance! II (415) 563-1888 , Member or the rounding hoard or directors or Lambda Legal Defense 3637 Sacramento St., Ste. F San Francisco, CA 94118 By Appointment (212) 860-3974 WHAT CAN YOUR SMILE DO FOR YOU? '-" --'. -"-".' -.-. INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN IDENTITY, INC. 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The following eulogy James Schuyler, the Pulitzer Prize-winning • poet, died of a stroke early on Friday, April 12, (in edited form) was delivered by the poet Tom 1991, at St. Vincenfs Hospital in New York. James Carey, who was a close friend of Mr. Schuyler's and Schuyler was born in 1923 and has long been rec- is an Episcopal Franciscan brother in the Society of ognized as "one of the most original poets in Amer- Saint Francis: ica," as Howard Moss has written, He is the author I met James Schuyler in the summer of 1979. of several books of poetry, including Freely Espous- My brother, Steve, was substituting for Eileen ing (1960), The CrystalLithium (1972), Hymn to Myles, who was Jimmy's assistant, and one day Life (1974), The Morning of the Poem (1980), that summer, I substituted for my brother. It didn't which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1981, and entail much; I was to deliver some medications- A Few Days (1985). In addition, he wrote two nov- Jimmy was on medication in those days, Arr;Nay, I els, Alfred and Guinevere (1958) and Whafs for went to the Hotel Chelsea, the sixth floor, turned Dinner, and was the co-author, with John Ashbery, right off the elevator, through the double doors, of a third: A Nest of Ninnies (1976). Mr. Schuyler walked to the tim COrridor, turned right to number also published a mixed collection of poetry and 25 and knocked. The door was opened by a middle- prose entitled The Home Book (1977). Selected aged gentleman in a short-sleeved burgundy shirt, Poems was published in 1988 by Farrar, Straus and brown corduroy trousers and a pair of those rough- .. Giroux. He was the recipient of numerous awards out brown-leather shoes with the clay-colored and grants and became a fellow of the Academy of soles; black hair, worn short and neaUy combed. I l Am8rican Poets in 1983, said, "I'm Tom, Steve's brother." He said hello. I thing. He said, "No, this is fine." I said good-bye Funeral services for Mr, Schuyler took place gave him his package and asked if he needed any- and left That was almost 12 years ago, and, during those 12 years I've talked to Jim, either in person or OUR. SKIN DOC IS BOARD- on the phone, almost every day. What do I do with CERTIFIED NOT ONLY AS A ", ,. DERMATOLOGIST , that place in my life where Jim was? What or who BUT AS AN '~ ~ HE KNOWS WHAT'S do we put there? INTERNIST, ~ /' ~1 GOING ON TOO! 1% ~~ INSIDE AND James Schuyler was a great poet; he was rec- , / .r'~. OUT! ognized by not a few of his contemporaries as .-:.~\!(, .~~ being a great one. And as happens with great poets, ' ~,"" -' ~ or great anythings, there gathered around him a .-," I'· .. group of younger poets, now in their 30's and 40's, < k cO who loved his work but, more importanUy, loved him-the man James Schuyler who lived at the Hotel Chelsea, Room 625, who loved Ruth Draper, ~ -• • Glenn Gould, Mildred Baily, who read the diaries of .-.,- , . - - .-., J 18th-century English priests, 19th-century, New , . , York lawyers and 2Oth-century English novelists. I . , . came late to that fold of student friends and began writing poems later than most of my contempo- DONALD RUDIKOFF M.D., P.C. raries but number myself among them-and we WESTSIDE DERMATOLOGY are Jim's children, a legacy beyond even his poems. And then there are the painters whose work he lreatment of all skin & scalp conditions knew and loved: Fairfield, Darragh, Alex, Ann, Jane, • warts • moles • acne • hair loss Duncan; and those who were neither painters nor • psoriasis & seborrhea • skin cancer writers, just his friends-people who loved him and ...... , Collagen treatment of wrinkles -'- ., whom he loved. "' Diagnosis & treatment of all Skill conditions associated with ARC, Yesterday morning, I remembered the feeling AIDS, HIV INFECTION & SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES of his hand on my arm when we'd go down the 140West 79th Street front stairs at Chelsea Central; the serious look on "':', I between Columbus & Amsterdaml his face as he watched a movie; his chuckling ijA Daytime & evening hours "~to. 212/496-1400 laugh, his less frequently heard, but quite distinct, loud raucous laugh; his way of enunciating the 30 au I _WEEK Mav 29, 1991 • • , f£vent of tne 6 rear Join emcee comedienne The 3rd Annual Lambda Kate Clinton for a rousing Literary Awards Banquet evening of celebration with , , will be held May 31, 1991, writers, publishers, editors, .•. at The Grand Hyatt in New booksellers, readers, and York, NY, coinciding with the others who enjoy gay and les- American Booksellers Associ- . bian books as we honor and '.'., '~" "'_ ..,' ation Convention. There, this recognize the brightest lights in "'.".,",....,,'~\.: II:::E ,,'.'.,' year's Lambda Literary Awards the meteoric rise of gay and lesbian~S~.. .. .:,,-l'/••«/ recipients will be announced. Here's literature. This year's Awards banquet . - -. ALSO FEATURING: ...... ,. ,,,.. ,. ,...... ,",., . ---- ,'" .-,','.'.' ,.,., ... ,., ... ,.,., ..... ,., ..... ,',., .... ««-:-:-:-:.:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:.:.:-:-:-:-:-:.:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:.:: ::: ::::-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- 'J'I"" '" "1id£" '(B'" "{[c' "1V&" , "·"""fili"""ft&""""" 'fJe"'" ',',',',',',',',',',',',',""',',',',',',',',',',' •••. ,',,', 'n""'·n··'··- ,", ". ," , ,' ,"·t··t' ",. . ··'··c.'.···t',,", .,.~,., -. • _._"" •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• < .''" .•••,,", H ••• ' , ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••·e"".'·"··..·• ·>... '··ufl> < • :It' r------, II : 0 Please send me tickets to the Lambda : i..:;'.~. : Literary Awards @$75.00 each. : .,".. ~:-:., ,':;>;>" _. 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I remember one about his But the comerstone of our faith is that we don't die: at NYU's lisch School of the Arts Department of friend Billy Vinson: The punch line was "I order you We are changed, just as we are changed from one Design, producer Harvey Brosten first caught sight ,back to your ship." Who's going to live in that space moment to the next; that, just as the crucifixion and of Steven's design prowess, Consequently, he was ,Ill us where James SChuyler lived? I don't know. resurrection hllPpen now, so eternal life is contracted to design costumes for Sta.rblast a tour- Someone wrote that faith is not having all the now-from one breath to the next. Past is past, and ing children's musical. On Easter in 1984, Sf1lrblast answers-faith is living with the questions. Jim etemity is tireless~temity is the ever-present now. played at the White House. During Steven's contin- lived with his questions-with grace, with humor So we celebrate the life of James SChuyler, but not ued association with BHB and Mainstage Produc- and with truth. He told the truth, which is the the life that ended for us on April 12, 1991. We cele- tions, he created the original costumes for How most---and all--we can ask of an artist brate his continuing life. Because James Schuyler SWeet It Was; Your Fabulous Fifties Show, a touring I came to James Schuyler as his employee, lives, at the very least, in his worl< and in the heart musiCal revue; Olympus on My Mind, a 1986 Off- moved on to become his love-object for a time, for of his friends, and, at the very most, he is here, in Broadway hit musical; and Romance Romance, the a time abused our friendship, and, when I tried to the eternal now, alive, Changed, free, speaking to 1988 Tony-nominated Barry Harman-Keith Herr- change all that, he let me. He let me change, and he us, praying for us. mann Broadway musiCal. Some of his other accom- , changed; and then we really became friends. He -Tom Caf8~ SSF plishments include Cincinnati's Playhouse in the was my best friend. It seems to have taken his Pari , • Design, located at 721 Broadway, 3rd floor. In lieu of flowers, the Jones family has requested that donations be sent in Steven's name to GMHC, -Nlchael DavIes, Joseph A. Onorato, Glen GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS Santiago and CraIg Sloane 32 OUTWEEK MaW'29,119911 , • • , " " I A E HEALTH CRISI • , , • • As summer rapidly , " \ approaches, urban queers are beginning to sweat as they embark on a desperate search for a • respite from the heat. ~:f:~:;~~{ ~#:tm. ~i!~Iit1jf ~mmw~tmmM Some of us pack it off to r..;::·:-:-:~<~Jfil1~ff~~W~ilif}ili~r~]r. ,~.::. ::~:.:::~. ::-{:~:~:~ Fire Island (or the Rus- ,, .·.·.·.w.·.·. , :lWf~ f.flm~ ::~:~:#:~~ m::~:~:H sian River or P-Town), .'~:.:.;.;.:-:..~ m:"·:--";f. ~~:!:!::~::::~~~~~::::::::~::: :.....~,;:~:::::::}~:.:.:.::;:;}/, v~,w.·.·*:::::::~~:::::: $1:mr-~;::: h:;~~:;::::: ~ti~~1~~mm~tr.~.. others are even more @if:lf. x}~::};:::;~ :::IDr.<:::::N.';,"x"::; • w}~~?~?-~:* ~';::::.::::;~1~,:. •.;.:.>:.:•• ~ creative. In his never- :.;.-'«-xx' 'l'i- '.:+x::j.:;;:::r}:!~1f@~~:"~~x' :::::l:r.~~*~ ~::~ ,"" ending search for cool, photographer Michael ::-:::::::~~.:~ itl!li Wakefield happened • X'X;;;::::::::' , ...Ntl:.:",~. &;:;~:::: *?"'"~:::: upon a cross section of «~r~:- ?~:~. • f¥l It:.· ~;~.::~%.:~::.:.:~~.}~..'1 .z..'....:::';':':'~m' ...,. ~:(.}~:*'/,:::::::~;:~~ ~.:~:.::::::~~: New Yorkers whose »:.~:~.~?~~::::/:v ~witt~f[~.~»,'..:-: m~f1:t~t:f:~ :.;.;.;.~:'~~:.': 1,;11 realities seemed so l''';.l-:'~:'~;~ fantastic that he could [i~l~t,;~ ~:~;l-:':;:;'~:':;~~~.::. iMIrlili hardly imagine their ~~~M~~~ ;;r:::-::-::[email protected] .:::::.: ideal getaways so he ~J~I!lli;H t-;::..:~~:~X···~V·····:~ ./~'" ,.::~ #~~~~;n;•~'.'~~l-:-:? .~~<-••' Mi}W~~ll>••l-:•...•• asked them. ~:~::::;:~ .;...~:.:.~ • • , Ie ae a e Ie Credits: Trash, Eric and Vinnie's swimsuits courtesy Alfredo Viloria; SAGE photo: plastic fish courtesy Little Rickie; Poseidon's Dungeon: courtesy Cellblock 28 , 34 GUI.WEEK May 29, .._ .. • , Ie ila I roman, rob in • ztemer, heather murray "We would submit to any initiation ritual of the Amazon tribe as many times as it takes for them to wel- come us into their flourish- ing, reproduc- tive society," , • keith cylar and harry wieder "We would live in a world where we ••.It would then ~'g, have the free- dom to do • 'more than just fantasize, "9 'wli~re our fight • to end AIDS has brought a new reality, and there are countless sex- ual possibili- ties, especially for a militant sexual. dwarf ... , \ , I • , • arlene , kochman, executive director of SAGE, and adrian mayer, president, board of directors of SAGE,. "Our ideal get- away would pe to transport the older gay men and lesbians, are beginning to experience now, to the years of our youth to have our entire lives to live openly and proudly." • trash, erik estrada, •• vtnnte bui "We'd sail to a lush par- adise where re?lity is'a forbidden sin, and passion is a ritual reli- gion. We • have a dollar, and this is our dream," • • shaneca • • davis and • watn- wright "We'd live on a secluded tropical island where we'd co nti r1ually"" • express ou!'" at deep passion 1 for one another.p We're already halfway there." .. , • meUnda kay" thom- wood • enotcaras and susanna wyrrd "Oh, we're just simple folk any place where • we're free to pump our gas anyway we please. We'd especially enjoy the self- serve island, alone or with friends." \ , • , , , , kim , schultis, wayne snellen, , <, , , ,'. clare scandel, , brian jillian thea "q~'j "..,Real-live baked clams." " , "'J; ~:--,~ -' , • leonard steven waller and gerard rera "To be pulled by a mysteri- ous undertow and held , ,f captive in Poseidon's pungeon." • • \ , • • , ,'. ::, :: -·:~'b:-.-.-., -·t~~~~~t .:.:." - :;:;~,:-:-' -.:<. )\'.~.' z (» Z ,;:,;:,. mCO -~' - ':./ ~ II::E 0 • • • Are you experiencing anxiety, confusion, or stress from coming out, relationship problems, HlV status, or addictive behavior? • Psychotherapy in a gay-positive environment can help you to better cope with the problems and challenges you may face. • With over 12 years of experience serving the lesbian and gay community, Butch Peaston provides compassionate therapy that (J) can open <;Ioorsof understanding. c ,-o iii , ,-o C ::l E BUTCH PEASTON E E..ve.-y F.-iday 8 Psychotherapist at -.-rJ (212) 243-1570 ~ liMEliGHt Cl 12.step/Addiction Specialist· Group or individual Sessions o c ~Y\te.- at 47 W, 20th St o Convenient Chelsea Location (betweeY\ 5th & 6th) -GI " dust " ", \Nhat' ,.. " , .'-' " \Nere ;:,... , , , 1, "", \Naiting :~, for .", straight " ne\Ns. l , , I I I , " ,i , " " , 44,oUTWEEK May 29,1991 • • •• • • ~ ::' ". ,,~; ,to, ;~.~,,' , , , ;' "tl ~ G ~ ,--Q) ii- ~ -Q) ~u '- :i!.. f .9 0 I if May 29.1991 OUIWEEK • hank God I'm gay,;; .,•••'..;'!i);iI! ;;IIIiiI;;' •·•••·".1J ·,·.W help myself and curtly cut in You see I was alwaysi. ''.... ' '...... / ,•••.,',. " '," at that point saying that she t ',:::::>:,:,: .:;:::;;:::::." .. : ... c·: '. _:_:.,::::::_ '_:,:. J one of those aggravating)) ...,/ .".,' .','..'.',.' had a "warped mentality." 'l i , '., ,', "i' ,.,'.' 'h d h'll monster ch I dren who ••••) ,'.''..'.',,.... '" ..,.,''., ..,.",i", '.'.' '..•.... , .. , ,..,...... ••.... ,. ., ', . ,,",',', '" T e show went own I could not abide injustice of' .' '.•....••..: :.', ,.. ...•••..,:•.•:,' ), { ,•••,.' ,.:•...•...... ••..•:. .' : • •" .,', , '" from there. any kind ("Mommy, you After the show, for the have to feed the pigeons sheer entertainment of the all of them!"). I also loved 1V crew, C. and I got into a animals (my dream was to bigger scrap, in which I, in live on a wildlife preserve). my usual madness, pro- So, if I weren't gay, I'd probably be an (and for provoking Michael Musto to fina1- claimed her "a piece of shit" because animal rights activist. And couldn't you Iy just print the danmed posters of Jodie she'd called me so many horrible names just see the columns I'd write: and Merv) and for further enhancing my in her anti-outing article and didn't recog- "OSCAR DE LA RENTA, YOU and others' reputation as enfanJs terribles. nize that, whatever people may think of DEMENTED, GREEDY PIECE OF SHIT. In light of the resurfaced debate, I me, I'm still an activist trying to get stuff IF I FIND ANOTIiER MINK SKINNED decided to do the talk show Heart of the done and doing it in the best way I know FOR YOUR COATS, I'LL SQUEEZE Matter-one of those vapid and vastly how. She countered that I was the "ayatol- YOUR GUTS OUT WITH MY BARE unwatched early Sunday morning \ah" because I am "passing judgment on HANDS, SO HElP ME, sr. FRANOS OF ones soley to meet scheduled guest people," At that point, I left the studio. ASSISI!" Cindy am. I thought that perhaps we Since then, I've been thinking more Then I'd probably go on some mad could nonna1ize relations. and more about it and realize that Cindy ausade, urging all of the minks who were I did so want the show to be civi- Carr alone is' not a piece of shit-the posing as beaver and skunk to fess up lized. And it did go on without any sort of entire Village Voice is. about what they rea11ywere, and I'd prob- hostility for about ten minutes. Then Outing is but one issue generated ably report the truth about the chinchilla Cindy told our host, Doug Johnson, that within the pages of OutWeek This maga- pretending to be rabbits and then- one of the reasons she is against outing is zine has been involved in dozens of , Oh, thank God I'm gay. important issues and controversies that ,':: ': Although I suppose that C.Carr at have brewed within the lesbian and gay 'the Vtllage Voice would rather that I ' community, from the hiring of the health weren't. In fact, right now she probably , commissioner to the hypocrisy of Co- wishes that I were a mink so that Oscar venant House, from lesbians portrayed as de la Renta would skin me alive ~nd ayatollah ice-p~ck mu:derer:s in films .to the gay- ,.throw my carcass on some smug nch bashmg epidemiC explodmg on our person's back. streets. Regardless of your opinion of As you know if you scrupulously "Gossip Watch," you have to admit that -follow these absurd public squabbles, C, that "visibility is not going to end homo- OutWeek has been vital to this communi- and I just don't get along. And I fear, my phobia," implying, I presume, that every- ty, covering the stories that no one else . dear readers, that the relationship is only one stay in the closet She qualified this will and getting those stories, eventually, getting worse. statement by saying that "visibility of into the mainstream press, Here's where we're at: Recently, I Blacks has not ended racism." So what is And if this sounds like we're tooting agreed to do yet another talk show on her belief? That it isn't important for our own hom, then so be it. The truth is outing (snore). Now, mind you, last year Blacks-or gays-to be in films and on that nobody else does-certainly not the I'd babbled on about this issue on every television? That such presence does notb- Village Voice. No, so protective of their show from Larry King and Sonia Live to ing to combat prejudice? own little fiefdoms at the Voice and GeraIdo and 48 HOUTS. By December, I'd I sat there in disbelief, stunned and threatened by any new political bloOd, pretty much put a moratorium on debat- horrified by what I was hearing. How they, rather than cultivate and encourage ing this topic. As far as I'm concerned, could a woman, whose feminist views I've a small, struggling, important queer publi- there's nothing left to discuss: I report always respected, defend the closet in a cation-and focus on the positive, signifi- about the queer lives of famous people such a way? How could a person who is cant work we've done have instead when I see fit~d, if you don't like it, so progressive on certain issues, who elected to bash us over and over again tough shit. (But obviously, a lot of you years ago championed Karen Finley's pro- about one single issue with which they do like it very much.) found work, be so backward on queer seem to have an irrational obsession. And last month, however, because of the issues? (The answer, I suppose, is that we they've pigeon-holed us into being the OUI'post "Absolutely Queer" posters, the can't all specialize in everything, and that "outing magazine," not even recognizing.., debate surfaced again. And, this time, got being at the forefront of one "ism" doesn't that there is a vast diversity of oPmfon on itse1f all tangled up in the predictable and mean that any of us is on the cutting edge the subject right here among the staff. pandering pages of the Village Voice. I of any or all others.) Anyway, I couldn't Even the bozo who chaired the • • Voice's Obie Awards last ' Gary Indiana, .Guy Tr~bay a~d ay III~ eane0Inor I e R~ W~e~n, ~ent off iOto an c.earr for keepmg the ISSuealive ann-outmg diatribe onstage and refused to even refer to OutWeek by • name (he called it "a gay publication"). That is, in essence, the reactionary and reductive way that the Voice has recently treated this whol~ outing thang. In fact, if not for Michael Musto's decision to write about it in his gossip colunm, there Jt.;renon Television: would be no pro-outing point of view • expressed in the pages of the Voice. And, Snap 'IS from what I was told by someone very high up at the Voice, the rigid editors and bout In Living Color's "Men on the Advocate's "AIDSline" column, here columnists there are so infuriated by outing I Television" sketch: Hated it. AI: first, is a good one for you: If AIDS is a "man- that they'd never even allow a balanced the thing was funny, in spite of how dose- ageable chronic illness" as you say in piece, showing all sides, to be written. So ly the writers walked a homophobic line. your column, why do people keep dyin~ much for the free exchange of ideas. Well, that line was crossed last week. From your bio, we see that your San (Maybe Nat Hentoff should write them up.)' When Blayne said that women like Francisco office cares for more than 1,200 In their attempts to squash us, Roseanne Barr are why he made the HIV-positive patients. When these they've also reduced the huge spectrum "switch" in the first place, the Queer patients die, is it because you didn't of what one might call "disclosure" to one Nation cringed. It was allover, though, "manage" their treatment correctly? No. simple word and act. Cindy Carr and Guy when a sandbag fell on his head, immedi- They die because we are not there yet Trebay say that they're anti-outing. But ately transfonning a beautiful queen into a Many doctors have warned about the what does that mean? Would they say that nightmare het-as if all we need is a swift disturbing trend among their colleagues: it's wrong to ask a celebrity if he or she is blow to the head for our silly ways to end. premature optimism about mv, It's not lesbian or gay? What about exposing These writers are from hell and have suIprising, but it is irresponsible. We are hypocrisy? What about gay people in no conception of what they parody. Con- all sick and tired of the crisis, but offering Congress who vote anti-gay? What about sultations with even one- West Hollywood misleading information in a national mag- publicists who make up fake, heterosexu- twinkie would have kept their fictional azine is completely out of lirle.' In this al relationships regarding their celebrity reviewers from panning-of all shows--- case, Waites was addressing a question <:lients, even though we know the dients Golden Girls, Designing Women, and from someone who very dearly says that are gay? Do we reveal these lies? And Roseanne. ' he doesn't know much about HIV. what about doseted lesbian and gay gos- • •• Undoubtedly, theAdvocate is the prirnaly sip columnists who willfully print false- A big hello to Larry Waites, MD, source of AIDS infonnation for many. hoods about gay celebrities to portray MPH. As question-and-answer man for While Waites is correct that there are them as straight? Does C.Carr back this more options for treating mv than there kind of journalism? And how does she were six months ago, we are far from the justify the fact that she, a proud lesbian icnae "managing" stage. And from all the "iono- feminist who fights for the rights of the \"r"'!', ., downtrodden, is, on this issue, fighting for the rights of millionaires to make more AIDS IS NOT A CHRONIC MANAGEABLE ILLNESS millions by lying to us all? How can Carr make blanket state- ments about "outing," a complex political act, when it is dear that there are so many levels to it? And how does Carr plan to make it stop ("Outing must stop," she fumed in the Voices pages), if she hasn't defined what it is she's talking about? And ' even if she does have a dear picture of what she wants to stop, how will she go about doing it?By silencing us? By trying to intenupt something that's been in motion for some time now? By halting progress and the work of committed activists? By asking journalists to go back to archaic -.-c: principles? By demanding that a whole ~ E new generation of gays, who proudly wear ~ c:.. T-shirtSwith the word "Queer" across their o chests; police all public discussion of mem- .~ =::> SEe GOSSIP VVA"'I"CHeNi page 7B • - May 29, ..99" OUTWEEK 47 • • ~ent victim" stories, it's clear that how too much optimism, too early, works ger and underestimated another. The real , AIDS is discussed has much to do 'with its against us. And that goes for drug trials as sources of intolerance on campuses are perception. Downplaying the seriousness well as it goes for educating people about aggressive racism, sexism and homopho- lets people off the hook. At this point, AIDS. At this point, more people are sick bia." Yes, they said the word. inertia looks pretty attractive. and more people are dying than ever In the end, the Times says that for People are not dying because their before. That is far from "manageable." Bush (and all those others) "to dismiss ailments have been mis-managed. They • • • increasing alarm about racism and other die because promising therapies aren't It all comes around, you know. intolerance as 'political correctness' is slo- available or haven't been approved More than six months ago The New ganeering, And it obscures the real dan- because of the FDA's inadequacies and York Times incited fear with a bunch of ger: the rising tide of hate." Enough said. lack of resources. They die because articles on the frightening rising tide of This is not a debate over free speech. It's Congress hasn't allocated funding to "political correctness" on campuses. Since about the responsibilities we have in a <::overhealth care for all Americans. They then, every other media outlet fell all over modem society. Bashing PC-ness on the die• because researchers waste our time themselves to hit on this hot topic with a grounds of free speech is a last-ditch with poorly conducted clinical trials catchy name. But a Times editorial last effort by all those old guys who know which don't meet basic standards of valu- week slammed those who have taken the they can't win by arguing about the sub- able research or health care. criticisms too far, This is required reading stance of politically correct ideas, Sub- A good example is the rompound Q for anyone angered by the knee-jerk ten- stance? What a funny idea. trial (1989) in whim our Pollyanna colum- dency to write off the progressive agenda • •• nist, !any Waite, was widely criticized for as fascist controls on free speech. The first issue of the new Blueboy is rushing to release overly optimistic condu- The editorial took George Bush to on the stands with little porn, an attempt Sions based on inconclusive data. task for his anti-PC speech at the Unver- at substance and a high price ($5.95). , The point here, is not to discredit sity of Michigan, where he "endorsed a Blueboy? What a funny idea, Not many those who are working hard in the fight wide, hysterical attitude toward 'political months ago, the new editor Greg against AIDS, but rather to caution that correctness' ,..,He exaggerated one dan- Phillips said that he was turning it into , . , . .\. .' the gay Vanity Fair. He started all over, importing real writers and real politics. But, according to David Drake, a free-lance writer and editor there, the ••• straight owners at Leemar Publishing '. took one look at the ftrst issue and asked, i The New Yorke;s "Talk of the Town" has friends that are gay and "Where's the dick?" • Phillips and Drake had to trash their • " living with AIDS. They told the story of a man named Adrian and second issue, which was ready for the printer. Drake's stories on poet Essex Hemphill, queer art's boy-wonder ~ how his life has changed now that he has visible KS lesions .... Adam Rolston and the New York Gay , • and Lesbian Film Festival went out the The Basic Instincts stink heated up with the San Francisco press window-in their place, 40 more pages of beefcake. The only Drake piece going crazy. In New York, the Times did a great job, and the Daily remaining was on the new Anti-Vio- lence Campaign in New York. News didn't. The CBS Evening News even did a two-minute seg- Editor Phillips downplayed the prob- • lems, saying that the cut articles would, be used in later issues. He now says that he ment with John Blackstone reporting from SF. . .. Kevin Ses- is excited about turning Blueboy into the I "gay Playboy ...a very classy, adult book." sQms (in Vanity Fair) asked Dolly Parton about the Sapphic Of course gay men like nudes. I There is no denying it. But Drake says rumors linking her with best friend and personal assistant, Robin, that he feels that the straight owners were way out of line. They basically said to put I mean, Judy Ogle. Dolly denied the rumors, saying that she's the pictorials back in "because that is all gay men want," according to Drake. It's that straight tendency to think of gar men, , drawn to the "macho type" man for her lovers. But if she were simply as sex-crazed air-heads. The latest word is that Phillips will IQvers with Judy: "I would not be ashamed of it, I'd just say there's give the owners their gay Playbo{' and then hit them up to start the magazpe he a great love between us so there." -M·.G. wanted to do in the first place. Who knows? 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Unlike the bistros at 53rd and Third, when last call meant sliding in at 2:30 am, snatching up a looker and whose boy-escort commerce keeps business humming, Bogart's / luring him under the Queensborough Bridge for a hasty tryst Dan, a never, had such allure. Its success over the past dozen years came banker from Boston who resembles )FK, recalls the spring night in from pub piano sing-alongs and boozy camaraderie. But the clien- 1983 when he dropped in. Sitting at the bar was a famous clothing tele had faded steadily. A couple of weeks ago, Leona Helmsley designer. Dan said jauntily, "Hello, Mr. Klein, I just wanted to tell you bought back the lease. When word spread that the place was I'm putting some money into your pocket--l'm wearing your under- gasping its last, the faithful returned. My friend Scarlet, a man large wear." The designer liked his line and chatted with Dan about his of torso and wit, surveys the room and mutters, "That's just like current beau, a towheaded porn star named Leo Ford. Ed, a guy in a families they only get together for wakes." polo shirt and sunglasses, has no time for soggy memories. He Tonight, we are the aforementioned Scarlet (Kevin), Caress points a shaky fInger at the golden planter in the comer and vows to (Gregg), Sable (Bob), Sue-Ellen (Harold) and myself, Adelaide, We steal it tonight. Joe is a short Iatino man dressed like a lounge lizard, were the ladies who sipped. When I moved to New York in 1982, mascara circling his dark eyes and fIngers adorned in diamonds and aspiring to 9-t0-5 fame, Bogart's was our watering hole. For hows turquoise. Does he want to take any souvenirs? He shoots me a look on end" we'd sharpen our tongues on passersby with a bitchiness of deep hurt: "I'd take the people if I could" not seen since Tallulah sashayed through these parts. We sang A'man flits through the room, sporting a, pinstriped gangster alo'og to dusty Broadway scores and silently prayed that we suit a la Guys and Dolls. He resembles a fussed-over Frank Uingel- wouldn't become lonely, old queens. I was the first to break away, la but regulars call him Marilyn Michael, because every Halloween trading my suit for downtown activist garb: regulation black jeans he does The Seven- Y&:lrItch thing. Michael admits never fInding and a T-shirt. From then on, our reunions were infrequent--not love among the regulars, but he made good bar friends, But tllat it affected my romantic life. Here, ban mots are more likely Michael feels lost now. "I'm going to miss a lot of them, because I than sexua1 intrigue. My sole conquest was a man who resembled won't know where to fInd them." Nicholas Cage, a resemblance severely aippled by natural light. Soon, sentimentality gives way to wishful thinking. The It is 6 pm on the fmaI night. The sole hint of festivity are bal- rumor starts to ftIter through the room that Bogart's has been lOOnbouquets hovering above the bar. Kevin, the twinkie bar-keep, bought and will reopen soon. But the owner knows nothing of it. greets regulars wjth a handshake and snidely announces, "Last Sporting a thin, well-groomed beard and wearing a suit, he says night,· as if it were some joke. Phil came down here from West that he feels "delighted" and runs off. At 7:45 pm, buckets of Ken- Point to meet mends. He turns thoughtful, picking at a bowl of stale tucky Fried Chicken materialize, and patrons exercise great cau- popcorn and recaIIs the lover he met here ten years ago. They broke tion not to stain the pinstripe. A short dandy waving a red necker- up after a while, but Phil hasn't been back since. For JXl5terity, how chief flounces by, yelling, "Besos, besos for everybody." At 9 pm, will he remember Bogart's? "It was a bar with too many suits." the call goes up: Next half-hour is open bar. The faithful dutifu1ly People start pouring in. The scene plays like drown their sorrows. Sondheim's Follies. Old employees hold court. Michael, a boyish WASP in a white 1>010 Roger, a waiter, coat-check, bartender and cook shirt and baseball cap, sits down to assay "The for the past six years, predicted the demise. An Trolley Song" and segues into that time-honored anemic economy forced many to leave the city. Broadway cliche, "Memories." Rebecca, the resi- I Many more have died from AIDS. "Everything dent songstress for the past three years, belts out changed in the last year or two," Roger says. ''I Get a Kick Out of You." She later admits that "1here was a chance for the owner to get out she thought that this night would not come so after 13 years, so he did it. There are no hard feel- soon: "I was just hoping the good times would ings,· He sips a beer and grows subdued "I'm last a little longer." She offers "Over the Rain- kind of stunned in a way. It's hard to say good- bow" to a roar of recognition. , bye to some people. I'm not good at that, so I Afterward, Rebecca fIelds desperate kisses -- tend to shy away. I don't want to start aying. It's of gratitude and reassures the morose that" they'll like the end of an era." Max, a bartender for five all fInd another bar. She's also hustling her busi- years, 'greets me warmIy as if I'd never left. He / ness card, asking if anyone knows of a piano hoists a Dewar's and water, proclaiming: "Long bar in need of a piano woman. She watches the live the legend I had a wonderful time here." room of people fonn a sentimental hudclle and Matthew, a short, dark, very hot man in a lie e r sighs, "We're looking for a home." ... , • • • , Every April, Club Sweeps month rolls Sydney: Yes, Mother Superior. But I am around, and you suddenly find your phone afraid to ever eat buffet food or drink from a ringing at all hours, with people inviting cleaning bucket again. At Michael Alig's you to this paTty or that dinner for someone birthday party, I just sat in a chair, afraid. you had no idea existed and are nowsuJr Liz: Well, at Marc Berldey's3 birthday, I posed to muster up publicist-inspired enthu- actually wanted to drink. I just couldn't get a siam for and break bread with while sitting beer at the "open" bar. at an enormous medieval table next to pe0- Sydney: I think people were trying to ple you have dtssed recently. While gazing induce gender dysphoria by giving Marc T- i!i glassily around the table, you notice how shirts that read "Dyke" and "Nobody knows ~ eerily reminiscent this is of the Last Supper I'm a lesbian." I want to go out and get him a g and hope, with what little self-esteem you pair of Birkenstocks and drawstring pants to ffi have left, that this isn't yours. Or else you really finish him off. ~ find yourself at one of many over-hyped Liz: Gender dysphoria was in over- l. events that has succeeded in producing a (LEFT TO RIGHT) BEAURAGARD drive at Highway4 when Seduction can- crowd too large for the venue only to be celled their show in person and Tony, HOO OMERY. ROBIN BYRD pushed, pulled and shouted at by police, Keith and Dominic dressed in drag and AND ZOIfRA lAMBBlTJ~T.... B..IG1fI' promoters and patrons alike. went on instead. Sydney: That was the only perfor- ,SYDNEY: Do you know who this dinner is for? mance of "It Takes Two" so fierce, even the two members of LIZ: Zohra Lampert. Seduction that showed were laughing. Sydney: Wait, I thought this was Beauragard Houston- Liz: Speaking of not showing up, Love. Spit. Love5 seemed Montgomery's! birthday dinner. Who the hell is Zohra? to lose their lesbian contingent a little close to opening, don't Liz: It is, but they are honoring Zohra's contribution to the you think? image of legumes, or something. I can't believe you don't know Sydney: I consider it in good fonn to go on every press who she is, Let's ScareJessica to Death?The many guest appear- show from Joan Rivers to News 9 and then claim that you are ance on Kojak? The Goya-Bean lady? being exploited when the people start lining up, Sydney: Look, I'm not the only one here who doesn't Liz: Lucky break there were lesbians on line willing to fill in know who she is. Nobody but you and Beauragard are clued in at a moment's notice. to this woman's obviously monumental stardom. Sydney: Yeah, maybe I'm naive, but even though Pat Liz: Who is that annoying woman over there who keeps Field cancelled, I admire her for coming out as a lesbian and trying to take people's food? standing up to all the criticism and hostility that was thrown at Sydney: Oh, you mean abrasive performance-artist Penny the two gay couples. Say what you will about all the publicity Arcade? When the busboy asked if anyone needed a new place that Kelly and Ronnie Cutrone whipped up, they forced setting, George Wayne requested another napkin to "shove people to confront issues of sexual freedom and homophobia. down this woman's throat." And I thought he was being kind, Liz: Well, Madonna may not have come out at her Liz: It's nice to feel protected. But tell me, is it my imagina- movie premiere, but she certainly stood up to some criticism tion, or does it seem that everyone in clubs about the fUm. has a birthday in a one-month period? Sydney: Ray Kerrison is a pig. Madonna Sydney: Is it really their birthday, ot are is bigger than Jesus Christ. I think he should people just running out of party ideas? be locked in a room and forced to watch her Uz: Well, if you're looking for innova- videos until he repents for his sins. tion, fake birthdays wouldn't seem to be on Liz: I feel a bolt of lightning with my name the top of the list. on it somewhere. Sydney: Unless it's Robert Twin's2 Sydney: The fUm kind of brings a whole birthday, and it gives you an excuse to dole new meaning to "come together over me," out two large buckets of "magic" punch, I doesn't it? I didn't think she would show up at know that you didn't have any, but I tried the post-party, but I saw her carrying a giant some and spent the rest of the night with my metal ,bowl of popcorn around Shelter. I head in the toilet. know that all you want to do is get in bed Liz: Sort of gives you a whole new per- with her, right? spective on people when you're lying on their shoes, doesn't it, Sydney? Saa LIZ & SYDNEY on page 78 May 29, .._ .. OUTWEEK 51 ore • aterla , • lr TRUTH OR DARE. Directed by A1ekKeshishian. Produced by Jay Roewe and Tim Clawson. Miramax. by MayerRus Nobody went to W1Jos That Girl? to see the story of a buoyant, little moppet who overcomes adversity to bag the rich guy with a heart of gold. Nobody went to Shanghai Surprise to see what the video- cassette package describes as a "wild rik~ shaw [sid race adventure with every con- cubine, karate-killer and crime boss in town in hot pursuit" Certainly, no sane person went to Dick Tracy to see the wiz- ened carcass of the once-attractive Warren Beatty try to breathe life into a flat comic- book character. Truth or Dare is the movie we've wanted all along. Truth or Dare, the wildly entertain- ing fUm that documents the Madonna demimonde during the Blond Ambition tour, operates on the same basic princi- ple as Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: It promises us an intimate portrait of the rarely exposed private aspects of celebrity life. But instead of having, say, Connie Stevens take us on a whirlwind cuisine tour of Budapest, Troth or Dare gives us two hours of concentrated Madonna, the most exciting perfonner (and personality) working today, the DOUBLE DARE-Madonna returns the objec- tifying gaze of the spectator. apotheosis of glamor and power. the mother affectionately puts her arm Yourself bustier for a modest suit and To represent the dissonance between around the singer and proclaims, "She proceeds to dance off with a young the Madonna commodity-the mythic on- is so tiny and cute," Madonna smiles boy, leaving the porn-shop propri- stage, on-ocreen perfonner-and the sup- and poses obligingly for a snapshot. It etor to chase after them, Her mes- ' posed realities of Madonna's life off- is a particularly human moment; she sage seems to be that she reserves a stage, director Alek Keshishian juxtapos- really is tiny and cute. certain portion of life for herself, es color footage of the sinning siren's If Truth or Dare purports to iIIu-, that the acquisitive gaze of the spec- concert performances with grittier black- minate the process by which Madonna tator may be omnipresent but is not and-white footage of behind-the-scenes gets from point A to point Z, it fails to all-consuming. goings-on, Since Madonna is the con- do so convincingly. The two Madon- Likewise, Truth or Dare stops cert, and the concert is Madonna, an nas are portrayed graphically and bril- short of turning the Madonna package exploration of life "behind the scenes" liantly, but at best we are given only upside down and shaking its contents amounts to an exploration of the forces veiled clues as to the origin of her onto the floor for the world to see. behind Madonna. The ostensible goal of ~ransfonnative powers. If anything, the this project is thus to bridge the gap monumentally jarring contrast between between Madonna's.. incarnation as post- the two would lead us to believe that The movie modern Uberfrau and Madonna's off- they are, ultimately, irreconcilable. stage appearance as a bossy, gum- The question, then, is, Why did • chewing, bleached blond-to provide Madonna make this movie, and what may gIve us some clues as to how the latter man- does it mean in the greater narrative ages to pull off the extraordinary, Bat- of her career? girl-like transformation ~to the former, Truth or Dare started out as a Take, for example, the Madonna straightforward concert film meant to a tour of we know from Express Yourself, her document and repackage the Blond grandest, most inaccessible and-judg- Ambition tour for even wider consump- ing from the number of times she has tion, The singer's -late decision to Madonna's life, worked it-most satisfying incarnation. include more personal, off-stage footage Not only is Express Yourself the first repr~nts a significant turning point in number in both her Blond Ambition her career. For the past decade, Madon- but Madonna concert and in Truth or Dare, but the na has gone from Big to Bigger to the song's video is arguably her greatest point where she now virtually defines achievement in that medium. She has Bigness. So, like the scientific theory held on to that image longer than any that claims the universe will reach a crit- herself serves other in her mature, post-open Your ical point of expansion and start to fall Heart years. In the stunningly filmed in on itself, it would seem that Madonna . " Express Yourself sequence in Truth or has decided to get smaller, to look as its Dare, Madonna appears dressed in a inward, to become more accessible. golden bustier over a pair of men's suit Madonna has already physically pants, wired up like a robot, striking transformed and thoroughly commodi- highly subjective epic, Valkyrian poses. She defiantly fied her body. The image of her physi- asserts her dominance, lifting us to a cal self has been photographed, pack- , higher ground with one hand and strik- aged and sold a billion times over. With tour guide. ing us down with the other. It is Truth or Dare she has started to sell the Madonna at her most powerful and substance underneath-to commodify complex, madly, effortlessly cross-refer- her inner self. Having given us the encing her own work and that of other package, we may now open it up and The movie may give us a tour of artists she has appropriated. see what's inside. But Madonna has Madonna's life, but Madonna herself In a later black-and-white sequence, long ago served notice that all is not for serves as its highly subjective tour, we visit Madonna in her dressing room sale in the great buyer's market of her guide. What Truth or Dare does, offer as she prepares for a performance, her professionaVpersonai life. In the open is an enticing but sketchy series of fierce mask only partially applied and Your Heart video of 1987, Madonna, case studies manifesting the issues and her I Dream ofJeannie ponytail/power- portrayed herself sealed in a room, per- positions Madonna has more and plug already inserted in her head but forming for a host of spectators includ- more come to represent, holding' out not yet turned on. She is halfheartedly ing a lecherous old man, a fresh-off- the promise that broader treatments bitching about the noise coming from the-farm straight boy, a are still to come in some as the dressing room of her backup reporter scribbling notes, yet undefined, potentially singers and talking about the mother of two gay men, a lesbian profitable vehicle. one of her dancers, who is waiting out- and others. At the end of One of these issues, of side for an audience with the great the video, she trades in her course, is the queer thing. lady. When Madonna finally emerges, vixenish, protO-Express Madonna has done more for MaW'29, 199"1 OUTWEEK 53 , • massive queer visibility than almost any , 'other performer, and, to be certain, Tntth or Dare has its fair share of titillat- ing moments that will make most les- bians and gay men in the audience squeal with delight. Watching one man stick his tongue down another man's • n the weeks when everyone kiss. Audience reaction? Noisy--but favor- throat may not be earth-shattering for was talking about Madonna's ab~noisy. Too bad 1hey weren't the preview most of us, but it's nice to have the two-parter with the Advocate audience, whose alleged negative reaction experience validated on the big screen or the last episode of Dallas was the excuse Edwards needed to cut the by the most powerful entertainer in the (how well are we really surviv- sex scene between Barkin and Lorraine world, even if she is uying to exploit the ing sans J,R.?) some fags and dykes, Bracco's dyke character, Sheila Faxton. scene in the hope that some freakish, more in-the-know, were talking about me Warner Brothers' press release describes inbred minister will try to have the and my new column (and welcome to it). Faxton as an "elusive cosmetic mogul.' movie expelled from Bumfuck, Alaba- Scanning the big and small screens, I'll Lesbianism is one of those things that ma. Truth or Danis treatment of queer bring you the best in gay and lesbian some people don't quite get, I guess. issues, however, is not wholly unprob- (mis)representation. Less attractive was other Switch co- lematic, Inexplicably, the one supposed- New York magazine recently queried star Jimmy getting-too-big-for-LA-Law ly straight, decidedly homophobic on its cover, "Are we bored with the stars?" Smits, on Arse-nio. When asked if he dancer in Madonna's troupe is given far and yawns came up ag reed with Barkin more time than any of the other sup- like thunder. Let's face by 1nonica that "there's some porting players, which, perhaps, might it: They were only male and female in be justified as a comment on the intru- asking so they could dorenka1np each of us,' Smits sion of homophobia even in the sancti- have Madonna on the got nervous and fied confmes of Madonna's garden. But cover. Of course, there's really no way to made some limp-wristed gestures. Thus the mm is edited in such a way that two declare this a Madonna-free column from safely distanced from queers, he of the big bonus scenes for the start-as tempting as that may answered yes, and the audience applaud- queers--Sandra Bernhard's appearance be because I never get' sick of her. Even ed. Arse loved it all, of course. and footage of the gay dancers attend- so, her brilliant and relentless self-promo- Elusive women all over have been ing the Pride Day parade in New tion shouldn't be allowed to overshadow talking for weeks about the most elusive York-are intercut with the homo- others equally worthy of our lustful gazes. woman on TV, C.J. Lamb of LA Law. After phobe's offensively misguided musings, Madonna is fabulous, but if heterosexual weeks in court, a brief working jaunt to the As an introduction to a shot depicting men should be slapped around a bit (as Carribean with Zoe and piles of reruns, C.J. the parade's powerful moment of she said in the Advocate interview), what finally found time for a date with Abby. Dis- silence, for example, we get the homo- about heterosexual women like herself? appointing as far as dates go (after the phobe's tired protestations that his She doesn't really think of herself on that highlight of looking at photos of the nuns~;, queer colleagues desire him and are out ever-growing bisexual continuum, which who raised her, C.J. told Abby that she·,; , to get him. Un'fortunately, this frame- most dykes I know won't go near, does didn't think that she Abby was ready work presents the queer issues as a foil she? Those childhood Sapphic skirmishes for this), the scene was satisfying for other to the seemingly more pressing exami- just don't cut it with me. Until.there's some reasons. After all those rumors that it was nation of the one dancer's attitudes, well-publicized, adult, dyke action (XXX), all a tease, that C.J. was going to go effectively robbing the queer scenes of she'll always only be my favorite fag-hag. straight, if not remain celibate, her bisexu- some of their impact, Of course, she risked losing all our ality seems as secure as anyone's sexuality But, quibbles aside, Tntth or Dare affections when she showed up for the ever gets. Let's just hope that, having delivers entertainment of mammoth pro- LA premiere of Truth or Dare looking established this, the producers won't get portions. It's a queen's-eye view (Madon- more like Elvira than anyone but Elvira scared and next give her a boyfriend, na's or Keshishian's, take your pick) of should. Even so, k.d. lang (a.k.a. "the And how does Amanda Donohoe, life at the very tip-top of popular culture. female version of Sean [Penn]"!) was who plays C.J., feel about the whole thing? The movie may not provide answers to almost giddy as she told Personalities There she was on Channel 4's 11 o'clock some fundamental questions about the cameras (bonus points for those who news, in her tank top and baseball cap, woman who writes the songs that make noticed that her date for the evening was looking like she may have just left the latest the whole world swing, but watching her Melissa Etheridge) what she thought of lesbian town meeting. She explained: "I'm colonize a Chanel boutique in Europe the girl: "[Madonna's] the pinnacle of going to do this, because I have 100 much and tum it into a private playground for what the industry is about I'm proud of respect for those friends of mine, people I _ herself and her entourage, to take but her.' Good girl, Madonna care about, who are gay, that I thought, one example, will have Madonna devo- In a move that would make Ellen Well, I can deal with this. If they'll let me if tees, floating in a pool of vicarious ecsta- 8ar1 54 OUTWEEK May 29, 1991 , offered as the "incriminating" proof of Hughes' homosexuality. Yet, in this con- text, you transformed the poem from evidence of repressed desire to a soft beginning a long-in- ~ male writing? ~.. •• Ell:We--ruunely, gay African Amer- icans need to be asserting what our ~ experience is. Brother to Brother affirnJs • what is largely an invisible experience, which, even within the gay and lesbian community, is represented according to the needs of white gays and lesbians-as A Talk With Brother to Brother's Editor opposed to Black gay men being able to say: "This is who I am. This is how I by Michael S. Smith , tribute to the latt; Joseph Beam, your name myself. These are the things I feel, I Tbefirst time I met Essex Hempbill, friend and the -man who conceived of believe, Ithink. This is my inspiration." be was performing his poetry at a night Brother to Brothet! MS: In the introduction to the anthol- club in DC. I fell in love. So I sent him ~ Hemphill: When I wrote the ogy, you talk about "coming home"-not some of my poetry for critical analysis, 'introduction, the line "I loved my friend" necessarily to our particular families, but He responded, thinking I was a sensitiVe came to me it fell into the rhythm of returning to our communities at-large as a straight man. I burned my evasive poems what I was seeing, which was brothers, "visible" part of our community. Why and confronted my desire. uncles, cousins or even fathers gathered does the Black community need "visible" Michael Smith: Let me read you in this circle, sharing these stories, telling Black gay men and women? this poem: us about the friend that they loved. I am Ell: Oh! With the talents and skills I loved my friend. thinking of the friend that we all have that we have, we have so much to give. He went away from me. had, as well as my personal friendship For instance, I look at many of the people There's nothing more to say. with Joseph, we celebrate from the Harlem Renaissance: The poem ends, MS: Is this poem Though you might not Soft as it began,- symbolic of a coming be able to say that they I loved my friend. out? Poem for F.S. is were homosexual-gay You end the introduction to Brother wrapped up in silence or lesbian in the same to Brother with a reference to the Poem because this is the way that we use those for F.S. by Langston Hughes. Is this a poem most often words today--they were May 29, 1991 OUTWEEK 55 • sexually progressive people. don't want to hear nothing a faggot has divorcing myself from the Black commu- MS:But how does knowing who slept to say." Well, I counter that they are nity, We have always been in the com- with who benefit the Blackcommunity? wrong. They probably need to hear munity, and we are going to always be Ell: In my own coming of age, if I everything I have to say and things I in the community. What I'm asking is had known about Langston Hughes, it have yet to say. They need to be waiting that there now be an acknowledgement would have had an impact. I would have to hear them of what our contributions have been and battled less with my desire as I tried to fit MS: It sounds to me that as Black what they continue to be and what they it into the heterosexual mode. I needed a gay men we need the same thing that will likely always be. role model in the same way we as Black the Black community needs, which is MS: The African-American commu- people argue that we need more role more love and respect for who we are. nity has so many problems. Why should models for young Black people. I add Ell: Exactly. This is why I can't see see ESSEX on page 62 that some of these young people are gay and lesbian-they need to know that what they are feeling is not new and 00" ers unexplored territory. Young Black gay people need to know they can make roo- itive lives out of the kind of desire that BROTHER TO BROTHER: NEW WRITINGS BY BLACK GAY MEN they have. Young people need to know edited by Essex Hemphill. Alyson. $8.95 pb. 275 pp. ~causeeverything in this society says, "As a homosexua1, you should be a fail- by Jim Marks constant presence African-Americanslive. • ure, heartbroken, despairing, suiddal ..." On a recent PBS program, Sweet The book's four sections focus on MS: Tragic. Honey in the Rock founder Bernice family, sexuality, AIDSand cultural identi- Ell: Right. The classic homosexual. Johnson Reagon defended her music's ty. But Brother to Brother isn't a philo- MS: The underlying assumption is political content: "We Black people had sophical tract, Just as Reagon combines many roles in her one work, Brother to that you, are putting a Black homosexua1 to get so much business done in that and a Black heterosexual on the same arena [culture]because that was an arena Brother combines short stories and poetry level.. as being potentially productive mem- where we had control." Reagon added with diary entries, open letters and a full- /:x:!rs. of the African-Americancommunity. that she didn't make a distinction scale bibliography of Black gay writing. /trEll: Yes, but I am also talking from between being a perfonner, an historian One of the anthology'S funniest and' , a personal space where I've had to go and a dvil rights activist: "They are all busiest pieces is Guy Mark Foster's "The through a lot to begin to see the stages part of the same work." Book of Luke." On the surface, it is a of consciousness, the stages of loving Brother to Brother, the recently pub- simple tale of adolescent lust in a locker- myself and of learning me. Then, lished anthology of Black gay male writ- room shower. The simplicity is decep- through me, I learned how to love ings, shares Reagon's view of the busi- tive. Foster's narrator must deal with , ' another man, because at the end of the ness of African-Americanculture, and not damaging assaults on his self-esteem. !, , f day it is love that we are all after. simply because both the late Joseph During a fight between his parents, the , MS: In the introduction to Brother to Beam, who originated this book, and his narrator hears his mother mention him:" ' Brother, you talk about wanting to friend Essex Hemphill, who brought the "Have mercy! Eyes, teeth, those rubber remove the "veils."What are these "veils'? project to fruition, have drawn heavily tires for lips, that child is your mirror Ell: A "veil" is the idea that you're on the lessons of Black feminists like image. But let me tell you something. I obscuring and hiding. Reagon and Black lesbian feminists like swear his life will not be a carbon copy MS: What are we hiding from? Barbara Smith.More importantly, Reagon's of yours, you nigger." Add homophobia, ElI: We are hiding from ourselves. vision of the unity of Black culture rever- and the gay child's struggle for whole- We are hiding from our potentiality as berates within Black gay life. ness takes on heroic yet Hercul(~an human being;. You hide the fact that you Indeed, for more than half a decade, dimensions. The urge for unity remains desire to kiss another man, And this ulti- a primary issue for Black gays has been strong. Even the AIDS crisis inspires a mately disables you, if you can never their separation from African-American vision of human unity in Melvin Dixon's face yourself within that issue. We've culture a theme Joseph Beam articulat- "Aunt Ida Pieces a Quilt" and forces a operated so long under heterosexual ed in In the Life (1986), his pioneering dying man's lover and his mother to "dis- predetenninations of what happiness will collection of Black gay men's writings, cuss some serious business" in Assoto be. To "remove the veil" means not to with the lament "I cannot go home as Saint's "Hooked for Life." consider heterosexual happiness as an who I am, and that hurts me deeply." Brother to Brother's concluding option, if it is not your desire. Yes, even The writings in Brother to Brother begin essays recapitulate the book's presentation though you risk not having some materi- with Beam's statement and test it, chal- of both the forces that separate Black gar- . al things or even have diminished lenge it, look for strate- men from their commu- res~ct in the eyes of your community. gies to solve its dilemma. nity and the solutions MS: But how do we gain respect While only an occasional they have devised to from our community when acting on our focus, facing white end their alienation. No racism daily is the back- one captures the O.l1Tent desire is, the way to lose that respect? Ell: Like when some people say, "I ground roar in whose dilemma better than 56 OUTWEEKMay 29, ~99~ • filmmaker Marlon Riggs. "Black faggotty is • •• • all the rage. Black gay men are not," Riggs Ivas 0 IS Inc Ion writes, as he demonstrates how "the par- tirular appropriation of the snap by Holly- THE MAY CONCERT, New York City Gay Men's Chorus Chamber Choir, wood's Black Pack deflates the gesture into rank caricature. Instead of a symbol St. Peter's Episcopal Church, May 4. HYDROGEN JUKEBOX by AI,en of communal expression, the snap Ginsberg and Philip Glass, BAM Opera, May 7. THE NORMA by Peter becomes part of a simplistically reductive Wing Healy and Linda Dowdell, Mesopotamian Opera, RAPP Arts Theater, Negro faggot identity." Riggs, whose film April 21. BENITA VALENTE and TATIANA TROYANOS, 92nd Street Y, Ethnic Notions took deadly aim at the way in which white America's caricatures of April 24. SEIGFRIED, Act 3, Scene 3, by Richard Wagner, Brooklyn Black men were devices of oppression, Philharmonic Orchestra, Brooklyn Academy of Music, April 26. sees in Black America's caricatures "dis- turbing parallels" to "America's most by Bruce-Michael Gelbert rus ushered in the month of May with an entrenched racist constructions around The New York City Gay Men's Cho- uplifting concert by its Chamber Choir. African-American identity. Behind the A COCKSUCKER.AN IGNORANTGIRL-Allen Ginsberg inspires Hydrogen Jukebox, Sambo and the SNAP!Queen lies a social psyche in tonnent." J Riggs answer---Qfld that of the book 6 as a whole is not to silently accept the ~ stereotypes, As BlaCk gay men and les- ~ bians have forged a rulture, the pressing ~ need for reconciliation with the Amcan- if American community has seemed a ques- tion of priorities. Ron Simmon's interview with Riggs elicits a wonderful response: "As some would phrase it, What are we first-Black or gay? I tty to invalidate the argument. The way to break loose of the schizophrenia in trying to define identity is to realize that you are many things within one person. Don't tty to arrange a hierarchy of things that are virtuous in your character and say: 'This is more important than that.'" As Hemphill stated elsewhere, the challenge is to come home "with all your identities." Riggs' rejection of the fonnulation "Black or gay" doesn't signal that the "mainstream" gay community can take for granted the support of Black gay men and lesbians. Essex Hemphill'S introduc- tion paints a gloomy portrait: "When Black gay men approached the gay com- munity to participate in the struggle for acceptance and to forge bonds of broth- erhood ..., we discovered that the beauti- ful rhetoric was empty," It is precisely this refection that inspires Hemphill'S sense that the true ally of Black gay men is to be found in the shared experience of Amcan-American rulture, So, while Brother to Brother preach- es the message that honesty and open- ness is healing, it also sounds a wake-up call: Racism is, if anything, a more poi- sonous evil than homophobia. Much business remains to be done before "Gay, straight, Black, white-same struggle, same fight" is more than a slogan. T • , Included were premieres "Maple Leaf Rag," A ten- drowns them in an amplified drone. of works written by der "Flower of Beauty," Visuals include projections of choir members and by John dements, was ancient statuary, looming skyscrapers and music of favorite gay the encore. printed circuitry, with the most memo- composers. Dean X. • •• rable images being a gas mask-like face Johnson led the IS-voice The latest presenta- of the idol Moloch and shrinking, smok- complement with pianist tion by BAM Opera, at ing American flags. Costumes begin with Woody Regan assisting. A guest guitarist Brooklyn Academy of Music, was the New fatigues, giving way to a police unifonn, and a beloved drag diva also put in York premiere of Hydrogen Jukebox. The glitzy cheerleading garb and so on. An appearances. text is by Allen Ginsberg, whose poetry eery glow, playing on the perfonners late The choristers began with a bouncy contained gay references more than a in the work, suggests radioactivity, The assessment of their experience making decade before Stonewall, set to music by fine sextet of singers James Butler, music in conductor Johnson's new and Philip Glass, with production design by Richard Fracker, Suzan Hanson, Mary pulsating, synthesizer-accompanied Jerome Sirlinand staging by Ann Carlson. Ann Hart, Daryl Henriksen and Lynnen "Singing Songs." Introduced as well was Ginsberg's poems lament and protest Yakes-had several scenes of affection, Choir baritone Tony Shenton's "What the destruction and privation, war and the some of it same-sex pairings. World Is, We Are," with words from great bomb, greed and dehumanization, drug Martin Goldray directed the musi- gay poet Walt Whitman's leaves of Grt1S5, abuse and government hypocrisy, person- cians-three electronic keyboard players, reflecting the fervent contemplation of a al loss and pollution. Moments of repose two percussioni&s and a snrophone player pair of lovers who are at one with nature. offer hope for peace and interludes of (Lenny Pickett) whose instrument wailed Shenton's setting called for reciting, lyrical affection and sensuality. The poet invokes vividly as the second half ofJukelxxx began. singing and low-pitched rumbling, while resonant names ranging from Adolf Hitler ••• granting the interpreters some choices to Mahatma Gandhi, Emily Bronte to Two seasons ago, amid hilarity, hys- abOut rhythm, tempo and pitch. ' Nancy Reagan, Buddha to Geotge Bush, teria and drag for both sexes, the pro- The singers delivered a d~\cet and styles himself a "cocksucker ...lacklove ducers of Jane Heir abandoned Charlotte account of French gay composer Francis and manIess" and "an ignorant girl." But Bronte's high-Romantic heroine to the Poulenc's lush a cappella prayers of St. the music, meandering and lulling, and clutches of Manhattan's trendy money- Francis of Assisi. They proffered lively sometimes sweet-notably iJ.l the hymn- and-arty set. In gear again, the demented ..,( like fmale does little to enhance the Mesopotamian Opera company recently· renditions of a folk-like choral dance • frOm gay Englishman Benjamin Britten's formidable words and, indeed, often pitted BeIIini's Norma, priestess of the opera Gloriana, about Queen Elizabeth I, and took a light-hearted look at clever rogues in our own Aaron Copland's amµtgement of "The Dodger." Joined by • PhiJip Koch, en travesti as Philene Wan- neUe of La Gran Scena opera~ vision in black and hot pink-they limned a delicately flowing serenade by gay fore- bear Franz Schubert. Wannelle's other offerings, sung in a clear, lyric mezzo- Dd: Mark Cicero soprano, were a seductive "Sequedil/e," from Carmen, and brilliantly bravura CITV: New York fmale from Rossini's La Cenerentola, Nimble-fmgered guitarist Ana Maria CLUB: Eag!e's Nese , Rosado accompanied polished and per- (Fridays,) and ParaUel suasive Choir soloists in chorister Edgar CoI6n-Hernfuldez's version of Angel Mis- lan's "rn y yo," a fotmal, turn-of-the-cen- 1. "Gyp.y Woman" by Cry.tal Wat.r. turydance from Puerto Rico. She fol- 2. "All W. Got" by Mlcha.1 McDonald lowed this with a Paraguayan waltz. 3. "I've Been Thinking About You" by London Beat Selections from a mass by Renaissance composer William Byrd shqwed off 4. "Wh.re Love Llv.... by Alison Llm.rlck singers' ethereal head-voices, while a 5. "Anthem" by N·"ol hushed aqd affecting "Eulogy" by Scott 6. "Ring My B.II" by Monle Lov. vs. Ad.va Warrender honored the memories of late Choir members. . 7. "Hymn" by Magna Charta , In a cheerful "Gay Nineties" medley, a. ....·al Peur" by Feldman and ..amlson the men combined "Bill Bailey" with a 9. "Kiss My Plano" by Emily H.y· campy "Tararaboomdeay" and sang 10_ "Being Boring" by the Pet Shop Boys recently discovered words to Scott Joplin's 58 OUTWEEK May 29, 1991 .. • I CAN'T DANCE... Last week, we told should be made out to "The Network" and sent to you about the teaming up of Miller Beer and Trent Duffy, 83 E. 7th St., New York, NY·10003).- one of rap's most notprious homophobes, Big The Ubrary opens on June 6 between 6 pm and 8 Daddy Kane. Since we promised to keep you pm. Be there to hear from Assoto Saint, J,ewclle posted on what was brewing in Miller's PR Gomez, Sarah Schulman, Ourles Busch, Bina Sharif, department, we thought that we'd report that Mariana Ben Ceboe and other pre- they never got back to us. sent-day literary luminaries. Fortunately, the company continues to find EXPOSE YOURSELF. ••lf you can't tell itself surrounded. The latest word is that Miller from all the hot pants and traffic to the piers, it's was in the process of negotiating a major spon- nearly summer. When thing<; get too hot, find a sorship deal for this summer's New Music Seminar when the Helms cool, datk seat in the Biograph Theater for the third annual New shit hit the fan. Someone had the foresight to sta1l the d~ York International Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film. According to usual, queers are everywhere (you'd think they'd have figured this Susan Horowitz, the Festival director, this years theme is "Decent out by now). Now, with the Seminar approaching, the brewery is Exposure." The 17-day program includes gillions of fabulous queer sti1l angling for a slice of the NMS pie. But rumor has it that it won't films and videos and a special series on "Growing Up Lesbian" be without SIring<; attached. Uke maybe a queer act on the bill? and an overview of latin-American gay film, "Las Cosas Del Quer- READlNG ...come into Giovanni's Room, drown in 1be WeB of er." New York audiences will get their first look at Monica Treut's Loneliness, have The Dream of a C1JmmonLanguage, love Going My Father Is Coming, Ron Peck's Strip Jack Nak£d, Felix de Rooy's fuJJn WiJbjanis. The Lesbian and Gay . SeMces Center's Am y Gabriel and Peter Adair's Absolutely Positive. The New Festi- libraly project is up and running. \blunteer t!rre (call Brian Phillips at val runs from June 7-23. The Biograph is located at 225 W. 57th St. 212-614-7932),donate books (deliver, or mail, them to the Center, ~ Please aill (212) 966-5656for further dish, w. 13th St., New YOlk,NY 10011),or help grease the wheels (checks -Compikd by victoria Starr, Sarah Pettit -- Mother Goddess and defender of the for- tical goddess and frenzied Slavic cleaning breathlessly rescued her (as the page est, against wanton polluters of the plan- woman-cum-perfonnance artist. More boy) from the wrath of the mistress' jeal-' et who plan a Mars-bound flight after moments of grandeur came from Healey ous spouse. Troyanos proffered a pas- tainting Earth. The Norma, campy and himself, Michael McQuary ("doing" sionate address to a young lady love in eclectic entertainment with a serious Katharine Hepburn) and hunky Gene "An Chloe," and Valente replied with message, was written, choreographed Reddick and the rest of the corps, who "Das Veilchen," singing with feeling of and directed by Peter Wing Healey. were responsible for steps ranging from the violet smitten with a shepherdess and Composer Linda Dowdell, a stiffing and ritual dance to cha-cha, a merry" Un moto di gioia," an alternative contemporary voice, contributed a score Richard Gordon led the accom- Figaro aria. , that reflects Baroque and Romantic influ- plished complement. Susan Ruddie creat- In a virtuoso rendition of Mahler's ences, with sides of Broadway flash and ed colorful robes, bizarre designer finery haunting RUckert Songs, the mezzo dr~w early rock. Bits of Bellini's Norma, Verdi's and garb a fa Fredericks of Hollywood. on an array of tone, from light and Aida and symphonies of Dvorak and Maria Manhattan designed a bright "Cali- limpid to lush and plangent, to convey Tchaikovsky made appearances along fornia forest" backdrop and cut-out trees both the gentlest of loves and plumb the with a riotous revelation ensemble. and noxious, threatening cloud. profoundest depths of despair. Valente Healey evoked spirits of Charles Watch for a revival of The Norma in relinquished, for her part, Brahms' lusty Ludlam and Ethyl Eichelberger in an October. Gypsy Songs, and a playful Brahms duet evening of extravagant delivery, move- ••• brought Troyanos' eager serenade to the ment and makeup as Norma (Rochelle Discerning diva fanciers tUrned out duo's portrayals of rivalrous sisters. (We Mancini) lamented the devastation of in full force soon after as soprano Benita won't raise an eyebrow at the sisters' nature and made other pronouncements, Valente and mezzo-soprano Tatiana admission that "we...sleep in one bed.") of portent in a bright and formidable Troyanos, singers of rare commitment, Delving into perfumed French reper- soprano that surely equals Bellini's origi- teamed up for a scintillating joint recital tory, the artists gave ecstatic accounts of nal. King Paul (Paul Batsel), her macho assisted by pianist Warren Jones. Faure's exquisite love duet" PuisqU'ict-bas nemesis and former spouse, was the Opening with Mozart, the women 'toute arne' and the florid "Tamnte/kf and kind of villain one loves to hiss. Wren blended splendidly in an effervescent waxed spiritual in a saccharine setting (by Arthur, an intense performer, and duet from Cosi Fan Tutte, proving Gounod) to the reverent words by Racine. Richard vayda, an ardent divo, were their endearing and expressive as sisters con- Troyanos offered a voluptous souvenir of children, Came and Polyestrius, preten- fiding their preferences in types of European imperialism in the Near East in tious and confused. As Paul's too-pliant lovers. In selections from Bizet's "Adieux de robot wife, Simulacra, Janet Norquist Le Nozze di Figaro, l'hostesse arabe" she's applied full-bodied mezzo-soprano tone Valente's Susanna faith- exotic and forlorn, he's to a tango-meets- Twilight Zone solo and fully seconded Troyanos' white, handsome and a florid air about spaceship malfunction. Countess' rhapsodies in callous and a sizzling Janet Panetta doubled (tripled?) as a mys- the letter duet and "Seguedille," from his • • carmen. Valente's lyrical "Mandoline," by American active in Europe. ment. He has never seen a woman but Faure, and the pair's dulcet "Barr:ariJlle," Lending a huge, silvery soprano to claims her as his property.) from Offenbach's Les Contes d'Ho./fman, lines of Briinnhilde,Wagner's heroic Ama- The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orches- completed the program. zon, Kelm, with aband~, pealed forth with tra, under Lukas Foss, offered worthy ••• resounding high notes and brought warmth support, parting company with the And finally, ringing the rafters at and sensitivity to reflective moments. singers just once, late in the scene, Foss' Brooklyn Academy of Music in the finale Singinghis part in a SlIYJQth, pinging tenor, own Fanfare for Orchestra, juxtaposing of Wagner's Seigfried were the penetrat- Versallewas Seigfried,the instinctivelysexist jolting, clipped sounds and lyrical "Pas- ing voices of Linda Keirn, locally familiar Aryan protagonist. (Seigfried awakens toral" Symphony (Number Six), by as Turandot, and Richard Versalle, an Briinnhilde from a long sleep of enchant- Beethoven, rounded out the evening .... • IS by James Schuyler (1923-1991) Coming from the deli Now, without saying a block away today I why, you've let me go. saw the UN building You don't return my , shine and in all the calls, who used to call months and years I've me almost every evening lived in this apartment when I lived in the coun- I took so you and I try. "Hasn't, he told you would have a place to why?" "No, and I doubt he meet I never noticed ever will." Goodbye. It's that it was in my view. mysterious and frustrating. I remember very well How I wish you would come the morning I walked in back! I could tell and found you in bed you how, when I lived with X. He dressed on East 49th, first and left. You dressed with Frank and then with John, too. I said, "Stay we had a lovely view of • five minutes." You the UN building and the did. You said, "That's Beekman Towers. They were the way it is." It not my lovers, though. was not much of a surprise. You were. You said so. Then X got on speed and ripped off an antique chest and an air conditioner, etc. After he was gone and james Schuyler's books include Selected Poems, A Few Days you had changed the and The Morning of the Poem, which won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. "This Dark Apartment" is reprinted Segal lock, I asked • you on the phone, "Can't with permission from Selected Poems, Farrar Straus Giroux, you be content with 1988. A eulogy for Schuyler appears on page 30 .... your wife and me?" "I'm not built that way," you said. No surprise. 60 OUTWEEK May 29. 1991 • , . "GREAT ••• A "THRILLING. JJ series of - Richard Corliss, TIM. - , astonishments "The most of ever..; • • dynamic widening wit, documentary - . humanity, since• and ROGER & ME. JJ relevance. ****JJ - David Denby, • - Larry Frascella, US N.W YORK MAIIAZIN. "BRILLIANT. ··Forget FUNNY, DANCESWITH TOUCHING & , Bs,THE TOUGH - SILENCEOF You're THE ENEMY, unlikely to SLEEPING • see a film as WITH THE good as this DOORS, this • one this' is my favorite year.JJ, • movie ••• - Dennis Dermody, in many PAP.R moons.JJ "REMARKABLE, - Georgia Brown, MASTERFUL••• VILLAII. VOI(f A politically "BEAUTIFUL. astute, Lively, historically intelligent, important exploratory ••• document Its -spirit is buoyant. JJ of our precarious times. JJ - Terrence RaHerty, TH. N.W YORK.R - Michelle Parkerson, BLACK 1ILM R.VIIW PRODUCED .. DIRICTED BY IINNII LIVINGSTON EDITOR lONATHAN OPPINHIIM CINEMATO.RAPHY PAUL GilSON CO.PRODUCER BARRY SWIMAR MON,FRI 2,3:35,5:10,6:45,8:20,10 FRI 11:30 SAT-SUN 1,2:35,4:10,5:45,7:20,8:55,10:30 SAT MIDNIGHT 209 WEST HOUSTON ST, NYC I FILm FORum I (WEST OF 6TH AVE) 727·8110 • ESSEX conscious of what it means for us to be nephews, our cousins, OUf_ sons, the men Continued from page 56 Black people in this country or even in and the women to follow in tbis lifli If we be concerned with issues surround- this world, If it's got to be called a hierar- we are going to leave them in the same ing transgressive sexuality? , chy, then I'll hesitantly accept. place to start from-that we started Ell: I don't see our problems being MS: Put it in the image of a pyramid. from--then our work hasn't been done, able to be dealt with without confronting Ell: The top of the pyramid is my and we've missed some important beat. the issues of sexual identity. What about Blackness, and my Blackness permeates They should be able to build on the the young Black girls and boys who go all of the pyramid ground that we have broken. Our work out here and sell their bodies to whomev- MS: Correct me if I am wrong: isn't just for this present moment of er without consideration for any risk at all Understanding the context, or at least empowerment, it is for the others com- as long as they get crack? So we attack where you are coming from, sheds some ing behind us who need to know all of the problem. We get this brother or this light on the complexities of Brother to the range and all of the possibility of tbis sister off crack into rehab, into school, Brotber. life. They need to know that it does need into a job, whatever, and everything will EH: Yes, to the extent that I am the to be a life disconnected from primary be fine. I disagree. You are only treating editor-but the most significant space to things like family and community one aspect of the situation. What about investigate is the context from which the because, this life is a part of the greater these kids' experiences with sexuality? A contributors are coming. I just orchestrate African-American family.... kid might be heterosexual, but he gave the larger vision. up some butt or some dick-whatever it MS: At times, the anthology seems MAC took to get what he wanted. You can't tell as much a social aitique as it is a seed of Continued from page 28 me that those experiences have been a growing Black gay identity. purely physical and therefore passing. Ell: Oh yeah. I think that is a very commitment to expanded access for ,I There has been an impact on his or her cool one. Even though the initial seeds azithromycin without all the fuss that Abbott , consciousness. No one can tell me that were sown in In the Life, there are more made about releasing clarithromycin, less has we don't need to talk about sexuality. of them in Brother to Brother. Yet Brother been written about the drug, and fewer pe0- MS: This is the same dilemma with to Brother is not volume two of In the Life. ple have received infonnation about it Drugs 'AIDS? Insomuch as In the Life is a aitique of the that people can't get always receive more EH: Exactly. The problem I have larger gay and lesbian community, it isn't press than drugs which people can get, thus with how the Black community enough to continue to say white gays and adding to the demand. approaches AIDS is that now the Black lesbians are racist-that's a given. Brother corrnnunity will pump up the heterosexu- to Brother not only critiques that structure eon.lex Combinations al woman who did not know that she but also confronts home. ACTG 135, a trial testing four oral ha9 a bisexual lover, or the innocent MS: In the flfSt pages of Brother to antimycobacteria1s vs. four omI and one intra- infant. What about these gay Black men Brother, it says the project was managed venous, has fmally opened to enrollment, that have died-50me of them in the mid- flI'Stby Mrs. Beam, Joseph Beam's mother. three years after it was first proposed. Enroll- dle of fighting ~or the Black corrnnunity What was her contribution to the book? ment is off to a very slow start While their on all fronts including the battle against EH: She managed the financial end research questions are still important, once AIDS. And if for no other reason but for of the project. But more importantly, she again reality is light years ahead of research; the prevelance of AIDS in the Black com- and Mr. Beam gave spiritually: Their love the advent of newer, less toxic MAC treatments munity, all of us need to be more realistic for their son permeated everything. Their makes it unlikely that this 120-person trial will and honest about sexuality even when love helped me to see that this project ever completely enroll in its current fonn. we resist. Yes, men are going to fuck was more than putting a book together, , men, and women are going to fuck it was about learning to love a friend in Clofazimine Prophylaxis women, and men and women are going death. This is the last thing that I could Clofazimine (Lamprene), an -FDA- to fuck each other-then they are going possibly do for Joe. approved anti-leprosy drug, is being used by to look stiII for other ways tp fuck. MS: Would you say that Mrs. Beam's some as prophylaxis against MAC at 100 mg MS: What would you consider to be love is like yours? per day. San Frnncisco's Conununity Consor- a strong Black gay man? Ell: She's the mother; there is some- tium, or CC, is conducting a trial of clofazimine EH: I'd say defmitely someone who thing of a given about her love. [But! (SO mg per day) as MAC prophylaxis. Howev- does not disconnect from their corrnnu- Mrs. Beam also has a natural concern for er, they do not have the funding to analyze the nity, first and foremost. That's why I'm Joe's legacy. data from the study or to conduct an interim • always Black, and then I'm gay. Though MS: His legacy? analysis in July. Relying on donated efforts I do not consider it to be a heirarchy. Ell: Yes, his legacy. Joe asks a ve'Y may make the analysis take months longer-.. MS: It sounds like one to me. important question at the end of the than it should It's possible that data exists to EH: Well, I am trying to maintain anthology in the essay "Making Our- say whether this is an effective prophylaxis or the primacy of my negritude without selves From Scratch." He asks, "What not, but, because the money doesn't, we have denying my individual sexuality. I do not legacies will we leave?" It is a very no way of knowing. The American Founda- want to take the position of a hierarchy important question-not only in the con- tion for AIDS Research has twice rejected pro- [andl dismiss, in a dangerous way, how text of AIDS but in the context of our posa1s from the CC for biostatistica1 support. critically important it is for us to be very lives. What are we going to leave for our What a world ... 62 OUTWEEK May 29,1_1 • , LAND WHITE) , .:;.;:::. , ... - .... ,-.", :.:.;..-, .",", ," "." ....., .... -.-, ....', - -,- . ',"' .:.. "':'::::" '::::."-,,- -,','.',' ... - ::. , .:- ,." .....'.;.' .... '." -,'.',.- ,....' ...,'.; :::: :-.'c. ...., ... ~:::::,;, ,.....,..:. ,'-" ,..... '..' , ::r , , ,,<.., . ..... }..... ".:., ... .:. ','. ,-..' ...: '~...... J .....~l., , '.:.- :;: 4): :;:;;;:ei:::·~:;:i::{. .w LES FILMS DU VOLCAN presents a film by CLAIRE DEVERS 'NOIR et BLANC' • starring FRANCIS FRAPPAT and JAC QUES MARTIAL THIS IS NOT A FILM FOR CHILDREN produced by LES FILMS DU VOLCAN and THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE "In "N" IINCl"R 17 WILL BE ADMIITED written and directed by CLAIRE DEVERS PLAYING A SHORT FILM BY WITH: )0 MEN ELL t')!YQI Rana!u< V1l1~,,·.An hl.and VI~ualA~I~.lnc CnmranyQ~ STARTS FRIDAY CINEMA VILLAGE 3RD AVENUE daily 3: 15, 530, 745, 1000 MAY 24TH! (be/vveen 12th and 13th Streets) 505-7320 FRI/SAT MIDNIGHT SHOWS • me over and over that homosexuality is The attorneys claim that what they OUTING not the dirtiest little secret in the world really want to do is make politicians like Continued from page 11 But ralso didn't go into journalism Wachs responsible to fellow-gays. such an outcome is certain. It would be to deliberately hurt people. And I didn't "We are call,ing him to account to cruel and unkind to target celebrities in enter the movement to derail it. So I fol- our community," said Wheatley, such occupations, even in the name of low my guidelines, and urge others in the But not everyone in the gay and les- liberation, and it hardly advances our media, including the mainstream media, bian community agrees. "The outing only goals to penalize our sisters and broth- to follow them as well. And I draw a dis- clouded an issue that was simple," said ers by getting them fired. tinction between outing, which homo- David Smith of the Los Angeles Gay and Guideline number four applies to phobes have been doing for centuries to Lesbian Community Services Center. "The all journalism: Know your facts. The destroy lesbians and gays and which I'm LAPD has been brutal in its treatment of sloppy activist outings of straight people against, and equalizing, which is a power- gays and lesbians, from the top on down, may be sensational, but they give the ful, positive, defining end in itself. while Wachs has been a staunch sup- porter of the gay and lesbian community," " opposition ammunition to blast the And I pray that others, particularly entire process, and they're simply lies. the leaders of our movement even col- Many gays also are fearful that out- Finally, I do not believe-and here leagues at my own magazine--<:an grasp ing will become a weapon used against is where the word genuinely does this distinction too. If they can't, I'm private citizens as well as public figures. apply-in outing politicians or others to afraid it'll be business as usual in homo- Amidst the furor, Wachs took a trip force them to toe the line on lesbian and hating American journalism, the single to Europe with a dozen members of the gay issues. The threat by a gay lobbyist most powerful institution in society. And building industry to study affordable r to out a closet-ca.se member of Congress as goes journalism, so goes the nation .... housing. Activ:ist Wheatley questioned l unless he voted in favor of an AIDS the timing of the trip and wondered if I funding bill smacks, to me, of using Wachs wasn't "escaping the heat." homosexuality as a form of blackmail. I OUTTAKES "I hope he does some soul-search- might reconsider if the target were Jesse Con1:inued from pa.ge 23 ing while he's gone," said Wheatley. Helms, but I hope we can live without me." Aides have also declined to discuss Aide Nelson responded that the trip Iffiltating. . .' our oppressors. whether or not Wachs is gay. was planned six months ago. , Although arguments against this Citing his regard for due process, Mayor Tom Bradley and other process have been pursued relentlessly, Wachs has steadfastly refused to join the prominent officials have called for Gates' opponents don't discuss the alternative, ranks of angry Angelenos who are call- resignation and taken steps to suspend j especially for us in the media. ing for Gates' immediate ouster, "If, in him. Gates took his battle to the courts, Equalizing is almost entirely a our temptation to dispense frontier jus- which upheld his right to remain on the media phenomenon. And because tice, we tamper with the time-honored job at least temporarily. equalizing is, in essence, telling the truth, safeguards of our civil service system, -DeURicbards the alternative is to lie. Those who call then we will undermine the integrity of' , us immoral for speaking truthfully about city government," wrote Wachs in an celebrity homosexuality imply that it's April 10 Los Angeles Times opinion piece. REV. LOU moral for journalists to lie, at least when Critics charge that Gates' backward LEARNS JUST , the issue is being queer. attitudes toward people of color and gays Imagine parallel situatio!1.S--{lpoliti- contributed to the March 3 videotaped WHAT'S IN cian masquerading as a WASP who's assault of Rodney King by Los Angeles actually Italian or Jewish, a male celebrity Police Department officers. A NAME who's actually a woman in disguise. The outcry that followed has led to WASHINGTON-Rev. Louis Sheldon There are few who'd advise reporters an outpouring of brutality won't be able to operate his anti-gay that they have a moral obligation to assist allegations-including anti-gay hate Traditional Values Coalition here if a vet- in maintaining such deceptions. crimes involving the LAPD itself. eran activist prevails. ' Yet assisting in deception is exactly Although it has caused nationwide Frank Kameny has kept Sheldon what anti-outers insist we do. They say outrage, to gays the King beating is part from incorporating in the nation's capital that journalists have a moral obligation of a long and dismal LAPD record. The by establishing his own operation with not only to cover up the truth, but to climate of anti-gay remarks and discrimi- the same name. The innovative move assist the deceiver in their deception as nation is so great that it eventually led to keeps California-based Traditional well. And that if we don't, we're fascists an anti-discrimination lawsuit by Mitch Values Coalition from doing business or radicals. Grobeson, a former LAPD member. The ' here, unless it changes its name or wins That is the position of the Village all-star officer claims that he was driven a lawsuit. Voice, tbe New Yom Times, and most les- out of the force by such anti-gay harass- "I've given them notice to close up , bian and gay organizations in the United ment that it actually endangered his life shop in Washington," Kameny said. States. They tell us that-because queers on at least one occasion. ''They're operating illegally." are apparently not ready to be treated For Wheatley and Coleman, Wachs' TVC has worked to oppose gay with equality-that journalists, even gay refusal to use his power on the City rights laws in cities across the United journalists, have a moral obligation to lie. Council in that GlSe, 'coupled with his will- States, has held trainings to convert gays I didn't go into journalism to lie, And ingness to back Gates, was what pushed S __ OUTTAKES on pag_ 9"'1 the lesbian and gay movement has told them to tum on a progressive ally. 64 OUTWEEK Mav 29,1991 • , , , , , _. ,.- ,', . -- _.:_-, .,..,: 0' , . ,"., ' ..... " .. ;;", .:."; "-'~- J .. ," ._._' .. " " ,:,I ,', , , " . . .~. ,", . ..,' - <', '," . " .. " ...... , , , .. • "I not nnowlng. 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Entry WH=r at 8 pm, Sa at 7 and 10 pm, Su forms are available throughout the at 3 and 7 pm. "Tickets:(212) 564·8038. community and In various publications. Through May 26. Submit them to HOP, c/o The Center, 208 W. 13th St, New York, NY 10011. EIGHTY·EIGHTS presents Sara ZaM, For more Info, call (212) 691-1n4. performing Both Sides of Bernstein. $10. 228 W. 10th st. Thursdays at 8 LIVELY ARTS GD.pllld lIy Dill PIck ' pm. Reservations: (212) 924·0088. Also ses the daily listings for showings Send announcements and listings to: 159 W. Through May 30. of one or two days. 25th St_,7th floor, New York, NY 10001. Next MIDTOWN PAYSON GALERIES pre- STICKY MIKE'S FROG BAR presents deadline: Monday, May 20, for issue #101, sents an Exhibition 01 Pantlngl by Da,ld Simpalico as Vinny "Mr, Lucky" available in New York on Monday, May 27. Hugh SI18ra, 745 Fifth Ave., at 57th Rocco in Cara/cad. of 'ears. This Street. Tu-Sa from lOam to 5:30 pm. "psyconeurotic extravaganza" confronts Info: (212) 758-1900. Through May 31. homophobia, prejudice, violence, para- noia and musical comedy. $8 plus a THE WESSEL O'CONNOR GALLERY two·drlnk minimum. 6·8-10 Great presents Lowell Nubltt's Tb. Mal. Jones St., at Lafayette St. Thursday, Nude: drawings and paintings 1963- except May 15, at 9 pm. Reservations: 1991. Also showing: Alan Bonlcattl's (212) 581-6032. Through May 23. Ima,o: new photographs. 530 Broadway. Tu-5a from lOam to 6 pm. THE WOW CAFEpresents Lynn Hay.. ' Info: (212) 219-9524. Through June 1, Ora, NI,ht at the Whll. Hou,,: A Lor. Blo,.,. Directed by Lucinda R. Zoe. With .bPS 122 GALLERY presents Oabrlilli Hamilton, BellY Crenlhaw, Commlllion a Portrait, a fund-raiser. Nancy Swartz, Lynn Hay'll; KarIna Artists include Nan Goldin, Klkl Smith, Rahall, LIla Llrner, Karin Campblll -' John Ahearn, Rlgoberto Torrel, Ken and Barba,. ROllnthal. Orag Night is The leds've been trying to take money away Irom progrealve Bill Rice, Timothy Gr18nfleld set at a gay cabaret club called the lit venuel any which way they can. Now they're pleldlng "il- Chu, Sandell, JOllf Altor, Ken Tlla, Frank Whits House, "where lesbian drag per- cal crisis.- Polltlcallennons aside, PS 122 needs bucks, so go , Franca, Juln Allen, Darrel EIIII, formers take on the roles of on over to the Gallery for, their Commission a Portrait lund- Tabbool, Hopa Sandrow, Bill COlta ijollywood's leading men of ths 194Os." raiser. Artists Include Nln Goldin, Klkl Smith, John Ahearn, r ~$8.59 E. 4th St Th, Fr and Sa at 8 pm. Rlgoberto Torres, Ken Chu, Bill Rice, Timothy Greenfield Richard Brlnlzenhope, Alan McWee- R888rvations: (212) 460-8067. Through Sanderl, Josel Astor, Ken Tlsa, Frank Franca, Jules Allen, nay and Sandra Bloodworth. 150 First Ave., at 9th Street. Reception: May 23 May 25. DlrreIE"'I, Tlbbool, Hope Sandrow, Bill Costa Richard Brlntzenh,ope, Alen McWeeney and Sandra Bloodworth. at 6 pm. Gallery hours: Th-Su Irom GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents Discerning queers Ihould recognize a lew ollheir peers In that 12-6 pm. Inlo: (212) 228·4249. May 23 Padro Mong. Rafull' NIICb. d. Ronda. list; call to lind out which day they'll be worting. 150 First Ave., through June 2. Directed by Eduardo Machado. at 9th Street. Reception: May 23 at 6 pm. Gallery hours: Th-Su PS 122 presents Lila Kron'l Fat:lng P~oduced by IIka Tanya Paya and from 12-6 pm. Inlo: (212) 228-4249. May 23 Ihrough June 2. Lit,', Probl.m" a performance com- Oulll.rmo L Vasquez. The play is paring the "unconventionality~ol her aliout the birthday party for a character Notlhatl have any Idea why anyone would want to loin the mll- nary, but II you're Interested, DARTMOUTHGALA Is presenting lamily in Lansing, Mich. (her lather, a named Eladio, and contains "vital AIDS Jewish survivor of Nazi Germany, and Information" as well. Free. Intar II Pink Triangles In the Pentagon, a panel discussion with David her mother, a selHaught' community Theatre, 508 W. 53rd St Fr and Sa 8 GraaeHI, Annapolis cadet; James Holobaugh, ROTCscholar; 1 at organizier and part·time junk dealer) pm. Reservations: (212) 807·7517. Sheri TllboH, Marine Corps lI.rgeant; and William Rubenstein with her own life as a New York. down- Through May 25. of the ACLU Lublin and Gay Rlghls Project. Admission Includes buffel, cash bar, video screenllig and panel. Business town lesbian performer." Directed by Kale Siallord. Written by Clalra Moed. CUNNINGHAM STUDIO presents drell, please. 18th 1I00r banquet room. Yalli Club. 50 $10 or TOF. 150 First Ave. Th-Su at William Douglll and Dancerl in Vanderblll Ave., at 44th Street. May 20. 5:30-8:30 pm. Inlo: 9:30 pm. Through June 2. Camd In nllb, a series of five dances (718) 858-7190. exploring physicality and sexuality. TEN TEN PLAYERS presents CDwardy Danced by Brenda Danllll, William My lecret networt 01spiel tells me that these are a blast. My Idvice: Read Dorothy Allison's -A Lesbian Appetite,· In Trash, Cumrd, a collection of songs, readings Doughlas, JOII Nuas and Dlnlz and scenes Irom Noel Coward plays. Ottay. Scores by MIlII Green, Mary and loin SOUTHERNERSlor their May Potluck rn the Garden. To Featured performers are Judith Jarosz, Killey, Jonathan lIl1on, John Olwald mllntlln I ballnced meal, Southerners suggests Ihe following Anna Gartian, Kannalh Garner, and Norman Sal ant. $10. 55 Bethune dlvilloni 01menu by everyone's last name: A-E bring entrees; Jeanette Landll and Richard Brei' St. Th-Sa. Reservations: (212) 674· F-J bring vegetabls or salads; K-D bring polaloes, starches or Miller, $121$10 for students and ,senior 4392. May 23-25. breads; P-Z bring deselts or appellzers. lcad tea and soda pro- vided. Entertainment by Sourtherners members 10 be'lealured. citizens. Theatre Ten Ten. 1010 Park Ave. May 10, II, 17, 18, 23-25 and MCGREGOR'S presents fb. Full Moon $8 nonmembers/$5 members. The Center. 208 W. 131h St. May 30-June 1 at 8 pm; and Su at 3 pm. Ii, SbOll, an evening of comedy starring 20. 8 pm. Inlo: (212) 674-8073. , ' Reservations: (212) 879·7669. May 10 Thl Allin Camlc, Jo Andrn, Mimi through June 2. 01011 and lbe Sodomne WaniOIl. $10 Queer Nation'S two most ellecllve actions, to my mind, have been Ihe WNET boycott and the first Take Back Ihe Nlghl. Well, plus a two-ilrlnk minimum. 15 St Marks 494 GALLERYpresents Shari Diamond .. PI. Th-Sa 9 pm.. Reservations: (212) It's time to mlrch again: THE BANK prelenls a Drag Show at Family ofFriend.. a photographic instal· 674-1851. May 23-25. lation responding to AIDS and what it is to be gay. Therewill also be a group exhi· THEATRE-AT-224·WAVERL Y-PLACE bition by the 15 women artistll who make II presents Homoll1lUai Aetl, a series of up the gallery's collective. 494 Broadway. ~ 12 short plays, Including sevsn world I Th-Su from 12-6 pm. Reception; May 7 ,I premieres and three New York pre· from H:30 pm. Info: (212) 925-9841. I' mleres. They are: Robert Patrick's May 9 through June 2. Ludwig and Wagner, The Family Bar II, ! May Z9, 1991 OUTWEEK 67 , , I !: I • THE ACTOR'S PLAYHOUSE presents " CENTER, presents Friendly Ears Robert Patrick's The Haunted Halt and Ol,cuulon and Support Group. WACC. Pout POIltlve, Directed by Eric Concklln. West Hempstead, NY. 7:30 pm. For com- Starring Harvey Fierstein and Jason Extravaganza, hosted by Brenda Sexual and Glennda Orgasm of plets details: (516) 483·2050. Workman (The Haunted Host only). The The Brenda and GIBnnda Show. The party benefits the Take Haunted Host, written and set in 1964, Back the Night Action on June 22. Starring Miss Understood, GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRIS tells the story of a "Greenwich Village Eshter'and Lester, Danny Torr, Hedda Lettuce, James Adlesic COUNTYpresents Womyn's Natwork and playwright haunted by the ghost of his tas The Lady In Red). Sets by Jamie Leo. OJ Victor. Go-go Men's Rap Group at 7:30 pm, before young protege when the dead man's dou· boyz and glrlz." $5-$10 sliding fee. 225 E. Houston St., at their General Meellng at 8:30 pm. ble walks into his life." Pout Positive Essex Street. May 21. 10 pm. (212) 505-5033. Tonight's discussion topic is 'Coming shows "a Greenwich Village playwright in , Out to the State Police.· Guests Trooper the final hour of his life." $27.50 and Because homosexuality precedes high school diplomas: THE Jeff Torno and Sergeant Joe Klrshhofer $32.50. 100 Seventh Ave. S, We and Th EDUCATIONCOALITION ON LESBIAN AND GAY YOUTH presents talk about what the troopers are learning at 8 pm, Fr at 8 and 11 pm, Sa at 7 and Invisibility, Violence or Education: What Do You Want From the from the Awareness Training Program 10 pm and Su at 3:30 and 7:30 pm. Public Schools? This community forum features Amina Abdur they're enrolled in, 21 Normandy Heights Reservations: (212) 691·6226 or (212) Rahman, deputy chancellor 0 the New York City Board of Rd. Morristown, NJ. Info:' GAAMC Gay 564·8038. Through June 2. Education. Dr. Marjorie Hill of the mayor's Office for Lesbian Helpline: (201) 285-1595. and Gay Concerns will also be on hand. Tlipl" Include: Inclu- bRAINBOW AND STARS presents sion 01 lesbian and gay culture and history In the curricula, ACT UP General Meellng. Minetta Lane Maureen McGovern in a salute to Cole anti-lesbian and -gay bias within the school, parental Involve- Theater. 18 Minetta Ln., between Sixth Porter. $35. 30 Rockefeller Plaza. 65th floor. ment 01 lesbian and gay paren~s and speclesl needs and pro- Aveneue and MacDougal Street, one Tu-Sa at 9 and 11:15 pm. Reservations: grams lor lesbian and gay youth. The Center. 208 W, 13th St. block south of West 3rd Street 7:30 pm, (212) 632·5000, Through June 8. May 22. 7 pm. Info: (212) 788-2706. Info: (212) 564·A10S, THE GLINES present Evan Bridenstine's I'd be lying if I didn't admit I was just a IiHle partial to his work: SOUTHERNERSpresents May Polluck In Hlgh·Strong Qualtet, a comedy in which A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents Dennis Cooper, reading Irom the Garden. To maintain a balanced meal, "David loves Greg, Greg loves Sally, Sally Frisk. 548 Hudson St. May 22. 8 pm. Inlo: (212) 989-4850. Southerners suggests the following divi· loves Bruce and Bruce loves David." sions of menu b everyone's last name: Directed by Leslie Irons. Starring John Contribute a coupl'a bucks to an organization that's producing A-E bring entrees; H,vegetables or sal- Carhart"', Suzanne Cryer, Dane Hall the next generation 01 queer writers, IN OUR OWN WRITE pre- ads; K-O, potatoes, starches or breads; and Mark Leydorl, $15. 39 Grove Sl, at sents a Reading wHh Julie Blackwomon, Joan Nestle, Michelle and P-Z bring desserts or appetizers. Bleecker. We-Fr at 8 pm, Sa at 6 and 9 Parkerson and Jewelle Gomez. $3 donation. The Center. 208 W. Iced tea and soda provided. Entertain- pm and Su at 7 pm. Reservations: (212) 13th St. May 23.7:30 pm. (212) 620-7310. ment by Sourtherners members to be 869,3530. Through June 9. featu red, $8 nonmembersl$5 members. A IIHle of everything, and it's all for a good cause: DIXON PLACE The Center. 208 W. 13th St. 8 pm, Info: THEATER NADA presents An Evening presents a Benefit lor the Minority Task Force on AIDS. Nicky (212) 674·8073. With Shelly Mars. $8. 167 Ludlow Sl Sa Para Iso hosts an evening 01 reading and performance with at 10 pm, Reservations: (212) 420·1466. Jessica Hagedorn, Richard Elovich, Oan Froot, Robbie McCauley IN OUR OWN WRITE Writer's Workshop l]1rough June 28. and Eileen Myles. $8 suggested donation. 37 E. 1st St., between for lesbian and gay writers. Workshops , First and Second avenues. May 26 8 pm. (212) 673-6752. are held on the first and third Mondays of EVE'S GARDEN presents Prlnny Alavi's the month. Please bring work. The Celebrating Women, a photography Center. 208 W, 13th st. 8-10 pm. (212) exhibition. Alavi will be presenting her 620·7310. poster, "Her" Erection at the reception. 119 W. 57th St, suite 420. Mo-Sa from show only on Tu- Th/$32.50 for show MONDAY, MAY 20 PRIVATE EYES presents Lypslnka In 12:-6:30 pm. Reception: May 7 from only on Fr-Su, 323 W. 44th St. Tu-fr at "Anything G08l," a very short musical 5:30-8 pm. Info: (212) 757·8651. 8:30 pm, Sa at 7:30 and 10:30 pm and DARTMOUTH GALA presents Pink film by Bob Frame. The screening bene- Through June 30. Su at 3:30 and 7:30 pm. Reservations: Triangles In the Pentagon, a panel dis· fits God's Love We Deliver, Open bar. , , ' (212) 262·3333. cussion with David Grassettl, Aimapolis $20.12 W. 21st Sl 9 pm. THE:CARNEGIE HALL MUSEUM presents cadet; James Holobaugh, ROTC scholar, its Inaugural Exhibition, featuring memo THE WPA THEATRE presents Red Scare Sheri Talbott, Marine Corps seargeant; TUESDAY, MAY 21 orbilia of gay Russian comlloser Peter on Sun.. t, a new play by and starring and Wlllla~ Ruben,teln of the ACLU IIylch Tchalkovsky. Included in the exhi· Charlas BUSCh, creator of Vampire Lesbian and Gay Rights Project. BRONX AIDS EDUCATORS NETWORK bition are pages from Tchaikovsky'sorigi· Lesbians of Sodom and Psycho Beach Admission includes buffet, cash bar, video General Meellng. Lincoln Hospital. nal manuscripts, some of his diaries and Party. Directed by Kannath Elliott. screening and panel. Business dress, Conference room 3. 234 E. 149th st. letters, and letters to him. 881 Seventh Starrring Ralph Buckley, Roy Cockrum, please. 18th floor banquet room, Yale Bronx. 9:30-11:30 am, Info: Janet Ave" at 57th Street 11 am to 4 pm. Info: Andy Halliday, JUlie Halston, Mark Club. 50 Vanderbilt Ave" at 44th Street. Goldberg at (212) 293·2658 or Rosaline (212) 903'9750. Through June 30. Hamlllon, Judith Hanun, Arnie 5:30-8:30 pm. Info: (718) 858·7190. Morales at (212) 295-5605. Kolodner. 519 W. 23rd St Tu-Th at 8 pm 06THE CENTER presents New York In and Su at 7:30 pm-$22. Fr and Sa at 8 LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSEAND EDUCA· PROFESSIONALS IN FILM AND VIDEO June, a history of the lesbian and gay pm and Su at 3 pm-$26. Reservations: TlON FUND presents their Lambda presents a Sneak Preview of the New ~ pride march. The show includes banners, (212) 206·0523. Liberty Awards, a benefit for Lambda. Festival. $5 members/S7 nonmembers. placards, flyers, posters, costumes, orga· Mathilde Krlm, co-founder of AmFAR, The Dugout 185 Christopher St, at Uttfe nizational recrods, various other docu· CHERRY LANE THEATRE presents David presents awards to Democrat Rep. Weehawken Street Networking begins at mente and memorabilia, 208 W. 13th St Stavens' The Sum of U•. Starring Robart Barney Fra nk of Massach usetts and 6:30 pm, program is at 7:30. Info: (212) 620·7310. May 23 through Lansing and Nell Malfln. Directed by Richard Dennis of the Chicago Resource Reservations: (212) 245-1182. July 19. Kavln Dowling. By the writer of Breaker Center. Cocktail reception. $150. , Morant, this play is about a father who Municapl Arts Society. Villard Houses. GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents a THE CASTILLO CULTURAL CENTER reo tries to help with his son's gay relation· Madison Avenue at 51st Streets. 6-8 pm. Health Seminar: Nutrilionallllull and presents James Chapman's Our Young ships while looking for a new wife. 38 Info: Margaret Brown at (212) 370-5804. Benellls Information. 129 W. 20th St., Biack Men Are Dying and Nobody Commerce St $27.50-$32.50. Tu-fr at 8 sixth and third floors. 7 pm. For more S88m. to Care, a look at some of those pm, Sa at at 7 and 10 pm, Su at 3 and AIDS CENTEROF QUEENS COUNTY pre· information, calJ the GMHC Hotline at men whose lives and deaths are reflected 7:30 pm. (212) 989-2020. sents Client Orlentallon Meeong. ACQC. (212) 807·6655. TOO (212) 645-7470 for in drug·abuse, crime, police·brutality, 97·45 Queens BlVd., suite 1220, Rego the hearing impaired. . alcoholism, poverty and AIDS statistics. THE FRIENDS OF ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE Park, NY.6:3O-a:30 pm, Info: (718) 896· , $20, 500 Greenwich St, suite 201, Th-sa present Alice Austan: The Larky Llle, 2500. MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER pre· at 8 pm and Su at 3 pm. Reservations: From her bio, Alice Austen sounds like sents Newsletter Ediling. 225 W. 34th (212) 941·5l!00. Through Aug. 31. the Gertrude Stein of Statsn Island. Visit MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER St., /1500. 8 pm. Call before going: her house, now a museum, and see pic· HIV/AiDS Concerns Committee Meellng. (212) 736·5295. BLUE ANGEL THEATER presents tures that she took of upper middle class ' 169 Manhattan Ave., 14B, at 108th St. 7 , ,'Pag.ant, New York's nightly, audience men and women. 2 Hylan Blvd. Staten pm. Info: (212) 932·3138. TWENTYSOMETHING presents a Rap ./ participation, musical beauty contest. Island, Th-Su. 12-5 pm, Info: (718) 816- Group, discussing "Religion and $50 includes show and dinner. $30 for 4506. Through December. WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY Homosexuality: The Center. 208 W. 13th , && OUTWEEK ..... 12Q,"f • RIS COUNTY Executive Committee Experiences." The Center. 208 W. 13th St Party for the Human Rights Campaign St 8 pm. Info: Perry Roth at (212) 242· Fund. Large dance floor, outside patio 3038. Maetlng. At Ellen's. 7:30 pm. For com· Info: (212) 222-9794. plets details, call the GAAMC helpline at and bar. 2-4·1 drinks from 6-7 pm. $10. Diamond UI's. 44 Three Mile Harbor Rd. THE COALITION FOR LESBIAN AND GAY (201) 285-1595. WOMEN ABOUT presents Explore the East Hampton, NY. Doors open 6-11 pm. • RIGHTS General Meeting. The Center. Child Within. 7-9 pm. For complete Info: (212) 645·6479. 208 W. 13th St8 pm. (212) 627·1398. GAY MALE SIM ACTIVISTS present details and to join Women About, call , Ravenga of tha SIM Quiz Show, Join (212) 642·5257. GMSMA at their 200th meeting. $4 mem- SURVIVORS OFTHE NATIONALLESBIAN JUDITH'S ROOM presents a Poetry CONFERENCE present a Fund·Ralaar Raiding, featuring the judges of the bersl$6 nonmembers. The Center. 208 W. THE LESBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE OF 13th St 8 pm. Info: (212) 727-9878. COLOR COMMlillE pressnts Everybody Danee Party. Featuring OJ Gini de Santis. 1990 Judith'e Room Emerging Talent Wheelhcair accessible. Cash bar. Light Competition. Seating is limited, Dance Now, a joint fund-raising dance A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents Dannls party presented by 25 New York lesbian buffet Advance tickets on sale at Oscar Wheelchair accessible. 681 Washington Wilde Memorial Bookshop and A Different St 7 pm. Info: (212) 727-7330, Cooper, reading from Frisk. 548 Hudson and gay people of color organizations, St 8 pm. Info: (212) 989-4850. $&-$10 sliding scale. The Umelight Sixth Light. $8/$101$7. Columbia University Avenue at 20th Street 7:30-10:30 pm. School of Internationai and Public Affairs. ACT UP'S WOMEN AIDS ACTIVISTS 118th Street between Amsterdam Avenue Ganeral Meeting. Thie is a networking SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre- and Morningside Drive, 8 pm to 1 am. and support group for women in ACT UP. sents Pool Night. Featuring free pool, SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre· Tonighfs meeting includes a discussion of ping pong, billiards, air hockey and sents Poker Party at Pat', Place. Call Info: (212) 409·1131. women's visibility' and racism in ACT UP. shooting hoops at Brownstone Billiard. early so they can plan properly., (718) WEBO PERFORMANCE GALLERY pre· For women only. The Center. 208 W. 13th Seventh Ave. at Flatbush. Afterwards, 965-7578. sents KIller Spoken Word Scane 15, with St 7 pm. Info: Julia at (718) 237·4478. relax at the Roost Seventh Avenue at 8th Street. The evening begins at 8 pm. DIXON PLACEpresents David Cale, per· Tom Burnatt, Jared Hendrickson, Mr. Impala, Eve Packer and Susan Shenn.n. CELLBLOCK 28 presents a Uniform Please call 24 hours in advance to con· forming new selections including ·Your Hosted by Matthaw Courtnay. 317 E. Party. 28 Ninth Ave., downstairs, finn ail SAL activities: (718) 965-7578. Ambivalence" and "Bigfool." $6 or TOE $5. Houston St, at Attorney Street. 9:30 pm. between 13th and 14th streets. Doors 37 E. 1st St, between First and Second open 8 pm. Info: (212) 733·3144, HERITAGEOFPRIDE presents a Manhall avenues. 8 pm. (212) 673-6752. Outreach Social. If you're interested in COOPER SQUARE THEATER presents Bondage, a cabaret act 50 E. 7th St 11 THE EAGLE presents Out In th, '90. volunteering to marshall or otherwise SHOCK OF THE FUNNY presents Sarah pm, Reservations: (212) 228·0811. [See Night. A portion of the bar proceeds will help out HOP on Gay Pride weeker:td,this Schulman's Failure and Joel Marks' benefit GBS and Out in the '90s. The meeting Is for you. Free refreshments, Anoth8f Country and Sugar and C"am. May 24] Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave" at 21st Street and a elide show of past Gay Pride Failure is about "competitivism" ina 10 pm, Info: (212) 691·8451. parades. The Center, 208 W. 13th SI. 8 romantic relationship. Another Country is SUNDAY, MAY 26 pm. Info: (212) 691·1774. about a woman's coming to terms with WOMEN ABOUT presents Bike To Rlis THE 'BANK preeents a Drag Show her brother's being gay and HIV·positive. Park, For complete details and to join Extravaganza, hosted by Branda Sexual CHANNEL 69 presents The Lint Ball, In Sygar and Cream, an anarchist's ideal- Women About call (212) 642·5257. and Glennda Orgasm of TIre Brenda and your cheap alternative to the Love Ball. ism is challenged by a man with no pants, Glennda Show. The party benefits the Special performance by Fllyod. Also, $8. SI. Marks Studio. 94 SI. Marks PI. MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER pre- Take Back the Night Action on June 22. pose topless for the club photographer 10:30 pm. Reservations: (212) 722·2275. Starring Mill Understood, Eshter and and receive a free Polaroid. $5. The eents a Beach Outing 10 Rlis Park. Meet at the upstairs platfonn of the IRT #1, 2, Luter, Danny Torr, Hedda Lettuce, Pyramid. 101 Ave. A, Doors open at 10 COOPER SQUARE THEATER presents 3, 14th Street station at 10 am, or meet James Adleslc (as The Lady in Red). pm. Info: (212) 42(}-1590, Bondag" a cabaret act 50 E. 7th St 11 at Ratbush Avenue at the end of the 2, 5 Sets by JamIe Lao, OJ Victor. Go·go pm. Reservations: (212) 228-0811. [See line at 11 am. For complete details, con· "boyz and girlz." $5-$10 sliding fee. 225 THE EAGLE presents Movie Night: May 25] tact L1dellat (212) 222·9794. E, Houston St., at Essex Street. 10 pm. Sibling Rivalry. starring Kirstie Alley. The (212) 505-5033. Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave., at 21st Street SATURDAY, MAY 25 11 pm, (212) 691·8451. SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre- WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 WOMEN ABOUT presentS Easy Rva Mile sents a 30·Plus Picnic at 2 pm for les- Hike at Mianus River Gorge. For com· bians over 30. At Eleanor's Hill, Then, at 5 , THURSDAY, MAY 23 BISEXUAL WOMEN'S SUPORT GROUP plete details and to join -Women About, pm, it's a Zip Polluck In Bay Ridge, at a Ganeral Maatlng, Discussion and plan· JUDITH'S ROOM presents Judgas of the cail (212) 642·5257. SAL Gal's pad in Bay Ridge. Bring food ning for a trip to the Bi Fsst in Boston on 1990 JU,dith's Room Emerging Talent and fun things to do. Pleasecall 24 hours June 7 and 8, and a,party for women in Competion doing poetry readings, GAY MEN OFTHE BRONX presents Night in advance for all SAL activities: (718) New York on June 15. The Center. 208 W. Seating is limited. Wheelchair accessible. Trip to Atlantic City. For complete details, 965-7578. 13th St. 6:30-8 pm. Info: (212) 459·4784. 681 Washington St. 7 pm. Info: (212) contact Jimmy at (212) 365·6239. 727·7330. BISEXUAL PRIDE DISCUSSION AND SUPPORT GROUP General Meeting. THE EDUCATIONCOALITIONON LESBIAN MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER pre· Today's topic: "Bi·phobia in Others and in AND GAY YOUTH presents Invisibility, IN OUR OWN WRITE presents a sents a Blannlal Bicycle Tour de Ourselves.' The Center. 208 W. 13th SI. Violence or Education: What Do You Reading. With Julie BlackWomon, Joan Brooklyn, Bicyclists depart from the Want From the Public Schools? This NeaUe, Michelle Parkenon and Jewella Upper West Side of Manhattan at 10 am. 3-4:30 pm. Gomez. $3 donation. The Center. 208 W. For complete detiais, contact Bill at (212) community forum features Amlna Abdur MOSAICBOOKS presents Jewelle Rahman, deputy chancellor of the New 13th St 7:30 pm. (212) 620·7310. UN4-7936 or Tony at (212) 662-1397. Gomez, reading from her book, TIre Gilda York City Board of Education. Dr. Marjorie Stories. 167 Ave. B., at 10th SI. 4 pm. Hili of the mayor's Office for Lssbian and QUEER NATION Wllkly Meeting, The INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE presents Info: (212) 475-8623. Gay Concems will also be on hand, Topice Center. 208 W. 13th SI. 7:30 pm. Info: Hatha Yoga Clall. Hatha Yoga refers to (212) 9788-8720. the physical postures, deep relaxation include: inclusion of lesbian and gay cui· THE PWA COALITION presents a Sunday ture and history In the curricula, anti·les· and breathing practices which revitalize Night Social for lesbian and gay HIV·posl· blan and -gay bias within the school, WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY and strengthen the body and calm the tive persons, PWAs and their friends. Meet parental involvement of lesbian and gay CENTER presents Alternative Commu- mind. This class is especially for those and mingle in a relaxed atmosphere with parents and epecical needs and programs nity Discullion Group. Tonighfs Topic: who are HIV·positive. IYI. 227 W. 1,3th music and rsfreshemts. The Uving Room. for lesbian and gay youth. The Centsr. 208 "Women Against Racism." WACC. West St 12-1:30 pm. (212) 929·0586. 222 W. 11th Sl, west of Seventh Avenue. W. 13th St 7 pm. Info: (212) 788·2706. Hempstead, NY. 8 pm. For complete details: (516) 483·2050. SLOPE ACTIVIES FOR LESBIANS goes 6:~:30 pm. Info: (212) 532·0568. INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE presente Bowling In Brooklyn at 2 pm. Advanced DIXON PLACE presents a Benefit for the PATH Seminars: The Body·Mlnd FRIDAY, MAY 24 and beginning bowlers welcome. Dinner afterwards. Then at 8 pm, it's a Femme Minority Task Force on AIDS. Nicky Connection. Tonight's topic: "Relation· Paralso hosts an evening of reading and ships as a Path for Healing.' Seminar MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER pre· Appreciation Night Pary. Best femme sents Y-MACT 3D-and-Under Caucus takes home a prize. Also, bring your most performance with Je .. lca Hagedor", leader. Peter Hendrickson, PhD, psychol· Richard Elovlch, Dan Froot, Robbie oglst. $7 per clase (scholarships avail· consciousness-raising session at 6 pm. unusual earrings for a special contesl. 'II Then, at 8 pm, it's a MACT Conscious· Please call 24 hours in advance for all McCauley and Eileen Myles. $8 sug- able). IYI. 227 W, 13th St. 7:30-9 pm. gested donation. 37 E, 1st SI., between (212) 929-0586, neil-Raising S.. slon, discussing "Who SAL activities: (718) 965·7578. Do You Sleep With?-Sex-Positive First and Second avenues. 8 pm. (212) 1'"' 673·6752. GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE IN MOR· Activism In Interracial and Intraracial SHESCAPE presents a Benefit Dance May 29, 1991 OUTWEEK &9 II: • SHESCAPE presents a Memorial a reception for alumni of southern presents RIV. David Norgard, speaking dinner and dancing. Meet at the Casa Weekend Party for women, featuring a schools.$8 membersl$10 nonmembers. about Oasis, the ministry and outreach to Udo. 8-11 am. (201) -743·5322, midnight performance of a La Cage aux Miles Parker's apartment. 233 W. 83rd the lesbian and gay community by the Folies show. $10/$8.Cafe Society. 915 St, at Broadway. 7:30 pm. RSVP to (212) Episcopal Church of the Newark Diocese. GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents Broadway, at 21st Street 9 pm to 4 am. 674-8073, St. George's Church. The corner of Sex, Dating and Intimacy. Their flyer Info: (212) 645·6479. Ridgewood and Woodland roads. says,," Join us for a daY of exploration in THE COALITION FOR LESBIAN AND GAY Maplewood, N.J. 8:30 pm. (201) 743·5322, a fun, sex·positi·ia environment and dis· MONDAY, MAY 27 RIGHTS General Meellng. The Center. cover ways men are loving men in this 208 W. 13th St8 pm. (212) 627·1398. PRIVATE EYES presents Lypslnka in age of AI DS." For gay and bisexual men SOUTHERNERS presents a Memorial Anything G08l, a very short musical film only. Free, but registration is required. Day Field Trip to Jones Beach, lOam. HERITAGE OF PRI DE General directed by Bob Frame. Lypsinka will be 129 W. 20th St lOam to 6 pm (Iatecom· Call for complete details: (212) 674·8073, Membership Meellng. All interested per· on hand for the world premiere, which is ers not admitted), Info: (212) 807-6655 sons invited. The Center. 208 W. 13th St a benefit for God's Love We Deliver. 12 or WD (212) 645·7470. MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER pre· 8 pm. Info: (212) 691-1774. W. 21st St9-11 pm, sents a Polluck Picnic In the Ramble. INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE presents Central Park 2 pm. Info: (212) 222·9794. THE EAGLE presents Out In the '901 THE EAGLEpresents Movie Night Chlld'l Hatha Yoga Class. Hatha Yoga refers to , Night, A portion of the bar proceeds will Play 2. The Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave., at the physical postures, deep relaxation WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY benefit GBS and Out in the '90s. The 21st Street 11 pm. (212) 691-84~1. and breathing practices which revitalize CENTER presents Friendly Earl Eagle. 142 Eleventh Ave., at 21st Street and strengthen the body and calm the Discuilion and Support Group. WACC. 10 pm, Info: (212) 691·8451. THURSDAY, MAY 30 mind, This class is especially for those West Hempstead, NY. 7:30 pm. For com· who are HIV·positive. IYI. 227 W, 13th plete details: (516) 483·2050, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 JUDITH'S ROOM presents Irene Zahava St 12-1:30 pm. (212) 929-0586. and Contributors, reading from My GAY ACTIVIST ALLIANCE IN MORRIS THE ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT presents Mother's Daughters, an anthology. THE CONNECTICUTWOMEN'S CHORUSI COUNTY presents Womyn's Network and a Community Forum on the Bias Bill. Seating is limited. Wheelchair accessible, ANOTHER OCTAVE present a Benem Men'l Rap Group at 7:30 pm, before Panelists include: Dr. Marjorie Hili of the 681 Washington SI. 7 pm. Info: (212) Concert for the Triangle Community their General Meellng at 8:30 pm. mayor's Office of Lesbian and Gay 727-7330. Center. $10 donation. Southport Tonight's meeting is a Memorial Day Concerns, Mllyoung Cho of the Congregational Church. 524 Pequot Ave. Social. Eat, relax and chat with frineds, Committee A9ainst Anti-Asian Violence, QUEER NATION Weekly Meellng. The Southport, CT. 8 pm, Info: (203) 845- and discuss the changing attitudes Dick Dadey of the Empire State Pride Center. 208 W. 13th ~1.7:30 pm, Info: 0668. toward gay men and leebians in the mili· Agenda and Howle Katz of AVP. (212) 9788-8720. tary. 21 Normandy Heights Rd, Moderated by Andy Humm, member of SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Morristown, NJ. Info: GAAMC Gay the New York City Human Rights A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents Ken Helpline: (201) 285·1595. Commiesion. Topics include: an explana· Simon, reading from his book, Pizza WOMEN ABOUT presents Learn Swedish tion and history of the Bias Bill, a list of Face, 548 Hudson st. 8 pm. Info: (212) Musage. For complete details and to ACT UP General Meeting. Minetta Lane the the groups involved in the effort to 989·4850. join Women About, call (212) 642·5257. Theater. 18 Minetta Ln., between Sixth pass it, presentations by those organiza· Aveneue and MacDougal Street, one tions and a discussion of new ideas and WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY AMERICAN GAY AND LESBIAN ATHE· block south of West 3rd Street. 7:30 pm. strategies, including those suggested by CENTER presents Alternative ISTS Monthly Meeting. AGLA is a non· Info: (212) 564·AIDS. the audience. The Center. 208 W, 13th St Community Discussion Group. Tonighfs profit, educational organization dedicated' 7:30-10 pm. Info: (212) 807·6761. Topic: "Safe Sex for Lesbians." WACC. to preserving separation between state SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre- West Hempstead, NY. 8 pm, For complete and church and upholding the civil rights sents a Memorial Day Mailing Night. OPEN CIRCLE presents Focul on details: (516) 483·2050. of lesbian and gay atheists. The Center. Make June's newletter happen.Please call Hennel, a presentation of "myth, magick 208 W. 13th St 1-3 pm. Info: Dial-A-Gay 24 hours in advance for all SAL activities: and humor" by Rich Wandel, historian, THE DUPLEX presents Rick Burd's For Atheist at (718) 899-1737. (718) 965-7578. archivist, witch and elder of Kathexis Straight People Only and Thei., Gay, Coven. $5 donation, The Center, 208 W. Lesbian and Bisexual Friends Who Have BISEXUAL PRIDE DISCUSSION AND CELLBLOCK 28,presents a New York 13th StlHl:30 pm. Considered the Universe. A stand-up SUPPORT GROUP General Meeting, Strap and Paddle Assoclallon Party. 28 comedy routine using line graphs, pie Today's topic: "Bisexuals in the Gay and Ninth Ave., downstairs, between 13th and SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre· charts, sketches and a rose about a gay Lesbian Community.· The Center, 208 W. 14th streets. Doors open 8 pm, Info: sents Pool Night. Featuring free pool, man's journey through straight 13th St 3-4:30 pm. (212) 73&:3144. ping pong, billiards, air hockey and America.Christopher Street at Seventh shooting hoops at Brownstone Billiard. Avenue. 10 pm, Reservations: (212) 255- MOSAICBOOKS presents Darryl Holmes TUESDAY, MAY 28 Seventh Ave. at Flatbush. Afterwards, 5438. reading from his book, Wings Will Not Be relax at the RODlt Seventh Avenue at 8th Broken and Vlkl Aklwuml reading from WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY Street. The evening begins at 8 pm. FRIDAY, MAY 31 her book, Blood Secrets and Crystal CENTER presents Lesmol, a support Please call 24 hours in advance to con· Believers. 167 Ave. B" at 1Oth SI. 4 pm, group for lesbian parents, co-parents and firm all SAL activities: (718) 965-7578. SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre· Info: (212) 475·8623. Interested women. WACC. West sents Under 30 Potluck and Game Night Hempstead, NY. For complete details: A DIFFERENT LIGHT presents Martin Bring food, games and caesettes, Please BISEXUAL DOMINANCE AND SUBMIS-, (516) 483·2050. Duberman, reading from his book, call 24 hours in advance to confirm all SION GROUP General Meeting, The Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey. 548 , SAL activities: (718) 965-7578. Center. 208 W. 13th St 4:45-0 pm. GAY MEN OF THE BRONX present Gay Hudson St8 pm. Info: (212) 989-4850. Mal. SIM Acllvlstl. The evening will MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER pre· GAY MEN OF THE BRONX presents include a guest speaker and a question- CELLBLOCK 28 presents a Hot Alh Party. sents an Op.n House and June/July Picnic at Pelham Bay Park. Hi pm. For and-answer period. 1 Fordham Plaza, 28 Ninth Ave., downstairs, between 13th Newslener Malllng.The Center, 208 W. complete detail: Charles at (21) 378- suite 800. For complete details, contact and 14th streets. Doors open 8 pm. Info: 13th St 7:45 pm, Info: (212) 222·9794. 3497. I' Charles at (212) 378-3497, (212) 733·3144. LIVE AXE presents Dark Star Crew, a THE PWA COALITION presents a Sunday MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGETHER Sex· BODY POSITIVE presents Perlonal m uIti·gende rIo rientation/race/lJu Itu ral Night Social for lesbian and gay HIV· POlllive Caucus. This is their premiere Rnancel and HIV, a monthly orientation group of young artists, giving a poetry positive persons, PWAs and their friends. meeting. 169 Manhattan Ave., #4B, at forum. Topics include: immediate stsps reading. Wings Theater. 154 Christopher Meet and mingle in a relaxed atmosphere 1 108th Street 7 pm. Info: (212) 932·3128. you can take to protect your financial St 11 pm. (212) 627·2960. with music and refreshemts. The Living future; getting and keeping life, medical Room. 222 W. 11th St, west of Seventfi-· GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents a and disability insurance; selling life insur· SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Avenue. 6:30-9:30 pm. Info: (212) 532· Health Seminar: Medical Treatments. ance policies for cash; and keeping control 0568. ORGANIZATION FOR GAY AWARENESS 129 W., 20th St., third floor. 7 pm, For of your life through good planning. SI. more information, call the GMHC hOlline ' Vincenfs Hospital. Cronin 8uilding, Tenth presents Philadelphia Freedom. OGA at (212) 807·6655. WD (212) 645·7470 floor auditorium. 170 W. 12th St8-1 0 pm. joins the New Jersey Lesbian and Gay MORE LISTINGS for the hearing impaired. Info: (212) 721-1619 or (212) 697-2580. Coalition to travel to Philadelphia for that city's Gay Pride Celebration. Meet for NEXT WEEK SOUTHERNERS presents School's Dull, ORGANIZATI{)N FOR GAY AWARENESS brunch first; after the parade, there'll be 70 OUTWEEK ~ay 29. 1991 , Tuning In: A TV/Radio Guide for OutWeekReaders • Information must be received by Monday to be included in the following week's issue. Send items to OutWeek Listings, 159W, 25th St, NY,NY 10001. Compiled by Dale Peck. • ME (Arts and Entertainment 555 Rfth Ave., 10th floor., NYC 10017. (2121661- this one last week. C'mon, Phil, you're tripping up. CH 4. 4:00 PM WIND-TV Hunter LA police chief Daryl Gates plays himself, in 45001 CCTY (Rick X. P.O. Box 790, NYC 101081 GBS (Gay Broadcasting System. Butch Peaston. 178Seventh Ave., suite A-3, NYC 10011.(2121243-15701 an episode about 'violence in certain neighborhoods.' Now we know' GCN (Gay Cable Network. Lou Maletta. 32 Union Square East. suite 1217.(2121 why he hasn't done anything about police bias-violence: He's been 471-42201 GLIB (Gay and Lesbian Independent Broadcasters. (2121473-16891 busy pursuing his acting career. And here we'd just thought he was a GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis. Jean Carlomusto. 129W. 20th St, NYC 10011. racist, sexist, homopobic bastard. CH 9, (2121807-7517) RB PROD (Robin Byrd Productions. P.O.Box 305, NYC 10021. 5:30 PM HBO Victor/Victoria If a straight man plays in love with a man (2121988-29731 WABe-TV m W. 63rd St, NYC 10023(2121456-7ml WBAI- who's really a woman, does that make him a gay man? Or does that FM (505 Eighth Ave., 19th floor, NYC 10018(2121279·0707) WCBS-TV (51 W. make Julie Andrews a lesbian? 52nd St., NYC 10019,(2121975·4321) WNBC-TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 1:30 PM WIND-TV Hogan FamilyThe series 'addresses the issue of con- 10112,(2121664.44441 WNET-TV (356 W. 58th St, NYC 10019.(2121560-30001 doms for teenagers when David prepares for a romantic trysts and to WNYW-TV (Fox. 1211 AV/AM, NYC 10036.(2121556-24001 WPIX-TV (220 E. prepare him for manhood.' So what's the issue? CH 11. 42nd St, NYC 10017.(2121949-11001 Midnight RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers, live call-in show; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 MONDAY, MAY 20 8:30 AM MAX Who's That Girl? In this, the Age de Madonna, it's good to THURSDAY, MAY 23 remember that she has made some really bad career moves in her 1:00 PM WBAI-FM This Way Out, the international gay and lesbian news time. magazine; 99.5 FM (:301 1:30 PM WUSB 90.1 FM The Word Is Out Marc Gunning hosts a weekly 1:30 PM WBAI-FM An Afternoon Outing. Local news about the gay and lesbian, gay and bisexual variety show, lesbian community with Larry Gutenburg, 99.5 FM (:301 2:00 PM WUSB 90,1 FM Lavender Wimmin News, songs and music pro- 10:00 PM GCN Be Our Guest entertainment for and about the lesbian/gay duced by women for women. community; Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17 (:301 2:30 PM WUSB 90.1 FM This Way Out More queer news. 10:30 PM GMHC Uving With AIDS Health and politics. Manhattan Cable, 8:30 PM Manhattan Cable The Brenda and Glennda ShowCH 17 CH V/35 (:301 9:00 PM LlF The Return of theSix-Mil/ion Oollar Man and the Bionic 11:00 PM GCN Gay U.SA.: news and entertainment from around the Woman I know, it's not queer, and it's probably not even 'camp; but __country; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:001 but for a lesson in what '70s TV was all about and why it doesn't Midnight GCN Men in Films: male erotica, intelViews with adult filmstars; work in the '!K)s-this is all you need. Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:301 9:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: community news, discussion, intelViews. 12:30 AM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male porno BO Cable, CH 56 (1:001 stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:301 9:00 PM GCN Gay USA Paragon Cable. CH C/16 (:30l 11:30 PM WIND-TV Arsenio Hall Scheduled guest Diana Ross. With FRIDAY, MAY 24 these two girts, there should be a dis every minute. CH 9. 2:30 PM WBAI-FM Rompiendo el Silencio Todos los viernes, Gonzalo 11:30 PM TomorrowfTonight Uve: entertainment; Manhattan and Paragon Aburto con temas y noticias para la comunidad latina gay y lesbiana. Cable, CH 0/17 (1:001 99.5 FM (:151 Midnight CCTV The Closet Case Show. Kloset Klips; Manhattan /Paragon 4:00 PM LlF Bionic Showdown: The Six-Million Dollar Man and the Cable, CH C/16 (:301 Bionic Woman OK, this is pushing it, I know, but if you missed the bionic reunion on Monday, then here's your chance to catch one of •,, the original episodes. TUESDAY, MAY 21 1:00 PM WBAI 99.5 FM AIDS In Focus, Michael Alcalay, producer. 9:00 AM WCBS- TV Geraldo Scheduled: The Chippendales and the 1:00 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers; Penthouse Pets, An excercise in queer sublimation. CH 2, Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:001 8:30 PM WCBS- TV Fatal Attraction Glenn Close and Michael Douglas 1:10 AM WNET- TV Human Sex Duo 11 Choreographed by Edouard Lock, show you all the bad things that heterosexuality makes people do. CH 2. this dance perfonnance features the troupe La La La Human Steps. 10:00 PM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers; One segment is described as'a stylish work for four male dancers.' Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:001 We'v love stylish menl CH 13. 11:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's: news, infonnation and intelViews; Manhattan/Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:001 Midnight WNET- TV AIDS in Africa A documentary 'combining a sense of SATURDAY, MAY 25 8:30 AM WBAI-FM Any Saturday with David Rothenberg; live call-in; 99.5 exploration and investigation with penetrating insights and high FM (2:001 ' drama.' CH 13. 7:00 PM GCN Gay USA News and entertainment from around the coun- 12:55 AM WNET- TV The Right to Fight Everyday Ufe With AIDS A documentary about people with AIDS who 'refuse to be victims.' try. BO, Unity, ACV Cable, CH 56 (1:001 11:00 PM Gay TVMale porn; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 Included: a visit witha PWA in San Francisco who is involved in AIDS _1:00AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers. education. CH 13. Paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:001 1:30 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show Male and female strippers. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Manhattan Cable, CH V!35 (1:001 8:00 AM SHO A Chorus Une 'Hi, my name's, um, John, and I'm a homo- sexual.' 'Hi, Johnl' A second support group meeting is available at 6 SUNDAY, MAY 26 pm on Wednesday. 1:30 PM WBAI-FM Out/ooks, Alternates with The Gay Show. 99,5 FM. 8:30AM MAX Campus ManA movie, if you can believe it, about the mak- 10:30 PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male porno ing of a male pin-up calender. If International Male models could talk, stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:301 these are some of the dumb things they'd say. 11:00 PM GBS Way Outl Mark Chesnut and Michelle VanVoorhies host 9:00 AM WCBS- TV Geraldo Scheduled topic: unconventional sexual situ- Rich Volo is the producer. CH C/16 (:301 ations. With demonstrations, I should hope. CH 2. 12:40 AM WNET- TV Creative Edge: The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima A 9:30 AM WBAI99.5 FM Ghosts in the Machine This radio show is hosted documentary about the decidedly queer-and queer-Japanese by OutWeek Features Editor Victoria Starr. 2.5 hours. writer almost as famous for his suicide as for his writings, CH 13. 4:00 PM WNBC- TV PhitDonahue All the talk-show hostess twinkies did , Mev 29, .._ .. OUTWEEK 7"1 • Monday 2 am,) Columbia University Earl Hall, 116th Limelight (Gregg C.'s Heaven. Live perfor- Street at Broaaway. Daytime phone: (212) mances. DJs Sister Dimension, Seth K alJd 854-3574. Bill Coleman. Go·go angels and a live + Hatfield's (Women's night.) 126-10 Queens acoustic band. 10 pm.) Sixth Avenue at 20th Blvd. Kew Gardens, Queens. (718) 261-8484. Street (212) 807-7840. HEAD Dance (Xclusive performances at 1:30 Privete Eyes (Marc Berkley's Kool Komrads. am. OJ Nobody's Pussy, $5.) Pyramid, 101 Strippers, downtown crowd, students, pro- Avenue A. (212)420-1590. fessionals. 2-4-1 drinks till midnight .$7) 12 *Loony Bin (Hosted by Page and Don. OJ W 21 St (212) 206-7772. Patrick Butts. 'Deviant' crowd. $5.) Pyramid. Pyramid (Michael T. presents New York Nights. 101Ave. A. (212) 420-1590. Alternative music with OJ Bad Taste. $1) Mea Culpa (For men, with dancing, video and Pyramid. 101Ave. A. (212) 420-1590. live entertainment. $7/$10.) 47 W. 20th St. (212) 807-7840. +Millennium (Ladies Night) 1770 New York Ave. Tuesday Send Information to + Clit Club (Drink specials till midnight Lesbian (Route 110)Huntington, LI. (516)351-1402. OutWeek Listings, 159 W. 25 Parallel (Uncoln Palsgrove IV, Scott Currie and erotic videos and slides, Go-go girls Doors th St., 7th floor, NY, NY open at 8 pm. $3 before 11/$5 after.) Chauncy present Satyricon. Featuring 10001. Fax: (212) 337-1220. Pyramid. 101Avenue A. (212)420-1590. Matthew Kasten's beauties. OJ Johnny + *Club Edelweiss (TVs, TSs, gays, bi's, sin- tb[newinfo] +[women] Dynell. $12.) 229W. 28th St (212) 563·9292. gles, couples; Tuesdays are especially for *[attracts TVs] Privete Eyes (YMVA Night. for students and pro- lesbians, but everyone is welcome.) 167 W. fessionals.) 12 W, 21st St (212) 206-7772. 29th St (212) 868·6989. Stingray's (Free before 10 pm. $7 after.) 641 W. Danceteria (Chip Duckett's Gay Tuesdays. 51st St (212) 664-8668. Doors open at 10 pm. ) 29 E. 29th St. Info: + Visions 56-01 Queens Blvd" Woodside, (212) 353-8775. Queens. Club: (718) 899-9031. + Grand Central (Women's night.) 210 Merrick Rd. Rockville Centre, LI. (516) 536-4800. ess Hapi Phace, OJ Craig Spencer. For Saturday Roxy (John Blair's 'Muscle on Wheels.' Gay dykes, it's Egg Bank in the Jodie Foster The Bank ( Controversy. OJ Patrick Butts. Drag rollerskating. Doors open at 8 pm. Varied Lounge. Guest DJs, sleazy girl action. $10/$7) queens, drinking and dancing. $15/$10/$7.) cover,) 515 W 18 St (212) 645-5156. 225 E. Houston St, at Essex. (212) 505-5033. 225 E. Houston St, at Essex. (212) 505-5033. , *CopBcabana (Susanne Bartsch. Last Th of the Barefoot Boogie (For adults, kids on 2nd and 4th Wednesday month. Iffy door) 10 E, 60th St., at Fifth Saturdays. Smoke- and alcohol-free. May 13 *Channel69 (Drag Extravaganza, with Linda Avenue. (212) 755-6010. is 'Oldies Night' 8:30 pm to 12:30 am. $5/kids Simpson. Go·go stars, OJ Dany Johnson. Danceteria (Coming May 2. Shescape presents free.) 434 Sixth Ave., 4th floor, between Sexy, upbeat, East Village fag and dyke crowd. Every Thursday for Girls, Guest DJs. Doors Ninth and Tenth avenues, (212) 857-5152. $5.) Pyramid. 101Ave. A. (212)420-1590. open 6-11 pm. $5 before 7/$7 after.) 29 E. Center (2nd and 4th Sa, 9 pm to 1 am, $8. OJ The Boys Room (Hosted by Dallas. Cheap Thrills 29th St (212) 645-6479. Karin Ward.) 208W. 13th St (212) 620·7310. presents House music, downtown crowd, Excalibur ($1 drinks.) Located at the corner of + Center (Women & Friends. First Sa. OJ Karin go-go boys.Three floors. 60·foot ceiling. 10th Street andJefferson behind football Ward. 9 pmto 1am.)208W 13St (212)620-7210. $7/$5.) 51 W. 26th St (212) 576·1890. stadium. Hoboken, NJ, (201)195-1161. Clit Club (Erotic lesbian videos, slides and go- The Bunkhouse (Club Trash, a night of WDRE- + Pyramid (Alternating Thursday parties: Moe go girls.Doors open at 10 pm.) The Pyramid. alternative music, with Freddie and OJ Gonzalez' Fuego, with reggaie, house and 101Ave. A. (212) 420-1590. Kamakazie. May 8: guest hostess Cherry and hot women, or Deetour Productions; Eat Club West End (Michael Fesco's Saturdays. Vanilla.) Montauk Highway. Sayville. (516) Your Heart Out. with live perfomrancesby 12-9 am) 547W. 21st St 567-BUNK. . women for their women. Doors open 9 pm. Columbia Dances (Third Saturday dances with + Excalibur (Ladies Night. $1 drinks.) 10th $5.) 101Ave. A. (212) 420-1590. OJ Karin Ward. 10 pm to 3 am. $5.) Columbia Street andJefferson behind football sta- Hatfield's (2-4-1 drinks, female impersonators.) University Earl Hall. 116th Street at dium. Hoboken, NJ. (201) 795-1161. 126·10 Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens, Queens. Broadway. (212) 629-1989. *Limelight (Disco 2000, with Michael Alig and (718) 261-8484. 419419N. Highway,Southampton, U. (516)283-5001. Larry Tee. Doors open at 10 pm. $10.) Sixth More Men (Tony, Keith and Dominic present OJ Love Zone (dancing & performers) 70 Beach St Avenue at 20th Street (212)807-7.850. Tommy Richardson, go·go boys, videos, bil· Staten Island. (718)442·5692. *Limelight (Queer U. DJs Andy Anderson and liards. $101$7 with invite.) 239 Eleventh Ave. +Girl Saturdays (Shescape presents Saturday Keoki. $5/$10) Sixth Avenue at 20th Street (212) 518-3283. Nights for Women.With go-go girls and a (212) 807-7850, The Pump Room (Dallas presents go-go boys, a guest OJ. $8 before 10:30/$10after.) 20/20~2O + Cadillec Bar (Gini DeSantis presents Pure light show and a large dance floor. $12/$8,) W. 20th St., between Fifth and Sixth Party Production Dances for Women. Free 515 W. 18th St (212)645-5156. avenues. (212)645-6479, buffet from 6-8 pm. Renee Cooke, bar- Stingray's (New club, new sound system, Meat (OJ Aldo Hernandez. Go-go boys, videos tender. $5.) 16 W, 22nd St., between Fifth everything else is a surprise. No cover and a slide show. $5/$7,) 432 W 14 St and Sixth avenues. tonight) 641W. 51st St (212)664·8668. Parallel (John Blair and The Athletic Complex +Privete Eyes (Shescape Afterwork Party from present New York's hottest go-go boys. OJ 5-10 pm; 2-4-1 drinks b,fore 7. $5 before 7 Friday, Tommy Richardson. $15.) 229 W. 28th St. pm/$7 after.) 12 W. 21stSt Shes cape: (212) ABC (Chip Duckett presents OJ Merritt and (212) 563-9292. 645-6479. Private Eyes: (212) 206-7772. dancing in the ballroom and balcony. $101$7 *Roxy (Locomotion. Gay men, straight women, Privete Eyes (YMVA Night. Students, profes- w. invite.) 17 Irving Place at 15th Street. some lesbians.) 515 W. 18th St., between sional and women. $7.) 12 W. 21st St (212) The Bank (Nightmare on Wax: Alternative music Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) 645-5156. __ 206-7772. hosted by Lee Chappell and Michael T. OJ +Silver Lining 175 Cherry Ln. Floral Park, l(, Silver Lining (2-4-1 drinks.) 175 Cherry Ln. Aoral Ralph Duncan. Mixed crowd. $10/$7.) 225 E. (516) 354-9641. Park, LI. (516) 354-9641. Houston St, at Essex. (212) 505·5033. Sound Factory (Mixed crowd but mostly gay. Stutz'(2-4-1 drinks,) 202 Westchester Ave. + Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie present Clit Club Serious House music. No alcohol. Doors White Plains, NY. (914) 761·3100. West With go·go girls and lesbo videos. $1 open at 11 pm.) 530 W. 27th St" between drinks between 8 and 9 pm. Doors open at 8 Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212) 643-0728. Thursday pm. $5) 432W 14th St (212) 406-1114. Stingray's ($8.) 641 W. 51st St (212) 664-8668. The Bank (Forfags, it's Sperm Bank, with host- Columbia Dances (First Friday dances. 10 pm to The World (Christina Vista and Junior Vazquez \ 72 OUTWEEK Mal' 29, 1991 • present an after-hours party. Doors open at midnight) 254 E. 2nd St, at Avenue C, Sunday , The Men's Room (Dallas presnts muscle men and boys. Go-go boys, thre>e floors and 60- foot ceilings.) 51 W. 26th St (212) 576-1890. +Clit Club (Jocelyn and Julie's Tea Dance. $1 drinks from 6-7 pm. Go-go girls and free fin- Chelsea Eighty·Eights, 228W, 10th St, 924·0088 ger food. OJ Lisa Legendary. 6 pm to 12 am, The Hangout (J's) 679 Hudson St,242·9272 $5.) 432 W. 14th St (212) 406-1114. Barbary Coast, 64 Seventh Ave. (14th St) 675·0385 Julius, 159W. 10th St,929·9672 + Crezy Nanny's (Sunday evening Tea Dance. The Break, 232 Eighth Ave. (22nd St) 627-1J072 Keller's,384 West St/Christopher, 243·1907 Free before 9 pm/$5 after.) 21 Seventh Ave. Cellblock 28, 28 Ninth Ave., 733-3144(M-W) South. (212) 366-6312. Kelly's Village West. 46 Bedford St, 929-9322 Chelsea Transfer, 131 Eighth Ave. (bet 16th and *RJCKI (DJs Craig and Victor. Industrial, house, 17th) 929-7183 Marie's Crisis, 59 Grove St, 243·9323 bass, soul and disco. Downstairs, the Les- The Monster, 80 Grove St (Seventh Ave.) 924·3558 bian Luv Lounge, OJ Lori E. Seid and guests, Eagle's Nest, 142 Eleventh Ave. (21st St) 691·8451 $5.) Pyramid. 101 Avenue A. (212) 420-1590. Lavender and Lace, at the Vault, 28 Ninth Ave., New Jimmy's 53 Christopher St, 463·0950 The Highway (Presented by Tony, Keith and 255·6758 (Fr, 7-11 pm andSu, 3-8 pm, women) Ninth Circle, 139W. 10th St, 243·9204 Dominic of More Men. $7/$10.) 113 Jane St Private Eyes, 12W, 21st St (bet Fifth and Sixth Reeds, 8 Christopher St, 675·7333 (212) 924-JANE. avenues) 206·7770 Sneakers, 392 West St, 242·9830 + Kelly's (OJ Moaning Lisa spins the records Rawhide, 212 Eighth Ave., (21st St.), unlisted Two Potato, 145 Christopher St., 242·9340 for dancing dykes. Doors open at 8 pm, $3.) 46 Bedford St (212) 929-9322. Spike, 120 Eleventh Ave., 243·9688 Ty's, 114 Christopher St, 741·9641 Monster (Sunday Tea Dance at 4 pm.) 80 Grove West Village Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255-8787 St at Sheridan Square. (212) 924-3557, Parallel (Michael Fesco presents Sunday Tea Badlands, Christopher and West streets, 741·9236 Tribeca Dance. Open bar 5-7 pm. Free hors d's at 7. Boots & Saddle, 76 Christopher St., 929-9684 Altar, 161W. Broadway. 571·7272. Go-go boys. $6.) 229W. 28th St (212) 563-9292. The Comeback Bar, 507 West St, at Jane, 242·2432 G·spot, 50 Warren St., 219·2588 (Fr and Sa, women) + SOBs (Leticia Montalvo presents The Lust Crazy Nanny's 21 Seventh Ave. S., 366·6312 House. First Sunday of the month, beginning (women) - West Side June 1. OJ Marlow. $5.) 204 Varick St., at D.T:s Fat Cat 281 W. 12th St,243-9041 Candle Bar,309 Amersterdam Ave., 874·9155 Houston, (212) 243-4940. Pandora's Box, 70 Grove St (Seventh Ave.) 242- Cat's, 730 Eighth Ave., 221·7559 1408(women) Every Night (or almost) continued next page + Bedrock (Lesbian club, closed Mo and Tu.) Dugout, 185 Christopher St, 242·9113 121 Woodfield Rd. West Hempstead, L1.(516) 486-9516. *Club Edelweiss (Tuesdays are for lesbians, but it's open to all Tu-Su.) 167 W. 29th St (212) 868·6989. 419419 N. Highway (Rte 27). Southampton, L1. If (516) 283-5001. l2 Grand Central 210 Merrick Rd. Rockville Centre, L1.(516) 536-4800. A\ Magic Touch (Anglo/Latin/Asian) 73-13 37th Rd. ~ Jackson Heights, Queens. (718) 429-8605, 11\ Monster 80 Grove St, at Sheridan Square. (212) 924-3557. + Pandora's Box Sheridan Square & 7th Avenue. (212) 242-1408. The Pyramid (Look under daily listings for indi- vidual parties and themes. Also check Going I(jA\I~ I[)II~~()() Out for special events.) 101 Ave, A. (212) ~\ONDAY-lfRIDAY \\\'EDS.- IfRIDAY 420-1590. Spectrum (Look under daily listings for individ- 4PM-4AM 8 PM- 4 AM ual parties and themes. Coors served.) 802 ~ATURDAY ~ATURDAY 64th St., at Eighth avenue. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. (718) 238·8213. 12 PM- 4 AM 8PM - 4 AM + Tod's (Night club and restaurant. Mostly ~UNDAY ~UNDAY women, but men are OK.) 2 Georges Rd. New Brunswick, NJ. (201) 545-8990. 12 PM-4AM 8PM - 4AM Things change pretty IHA\II)II)'" IHOU l[l fast in the New York ~\IU~I[)A\~·lfl[lIII[)A\ '" club scene. We recom- 5PM-8PM ADMISSION S 5.00 includes 1 drink (housE'pour or dometlitic beer) mend calling before you hop on the subway to 507 WEST STREET (CORNEA JANE & WEST STREETS) make sure that a party 212-242-2432 is still in existence. YORK'S NEWEST GAY CLU B Sa 1.11Ire JOIIIIIIII for? Sa.llIl! May 22, 1991 au I.VEEK 73 • , , Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St,757·0788 (area code 718) , , Long Island SUffolk.. Gents,360 W, 42nd St, (Ninth Ave,)967-0659 Breadstix, 113-24 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, 236-0300 (area code 516J Sally's Hideaway, 264 W. 43rd St,221·9152 Friend's Tavern, 78·11 Roosevelt Ave" Jackson 419,419 North Highway (Rt 27), Southampton, Heights, 397-7256 ToWr & Country, Ninth Ave. at 45th St,307·1503 ~ 283-5001 Trix, 246 W, 48th St, (664-8331 Hatfield's, 126·10 Queens Blvd.,Kew Gardens, 261- Bunkhouse, 192 N, Main St, Sayville, 567-2865 The Works, 428 Columbus Ave. (at 81st), 799·7365 8484 Cherry's, Bayview Walk, Ch&rry Grove, Fire Island, East Side Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica,657·4885 597-6820 Love Boat, 77-02 Broadway, Elmhurst. 29-8670 Club Swamp, Disco/Annex Restaurant, Montauk Bogart's,320 E. 59th St, 688·8534 Magic Touch, 73-13 37th Rd., Jackson Heights, Hwy, Wainscott, 537·3332 Brandy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St, 650·1944 429-8605 Crew's Quarters, 36 R Pines Blvd" upstairs, Fire G.H. Club, 353 E. 53rd St,223·9752 Island,597·6873, Johnny's Pub, 123 E, 47th St,355-8714 Staten Island (area code 718) Ice Palace, Cherry Grove Beach Club, Fire Island, NY Confidential, 306 E. 49th St,308·8390 . 597-6600 Sand castle, 86 Mills Ave" 447-9365 Rounds, 303 E. 53rd St, 593·0807 KiSS, 161 Farmardie Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467-9273 South Dakaota, 405 3rd Ave., (29th St) 684·8376 Westchester Club 608, 608 Sunrise Highway, W. Babylon, 661-9580 Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St,688·4710 (area code 914) Millennium, 1770 New York Ave., Huntingdon, 351· The Townhouse, 236 E. 58th St, 754·4649 Playroom, 590 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers, 965·6900 1402 Twenty·Nine Palms, 129 Lexington Ave., 686·8299 Stutz, 202 Westchester Ave., White Plains, 761·3100 Starz,836 Grand Blvd., Deer Park, 242-3857 ,East Village Long Island Nassau Thunders, 894 Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, 864-1410 The Bar, 68 2nd Ave., (4th St) 674·9714 (area code 516J New Jersey Pyramid, 101 Ave. A,42D-1590 Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead, (area code 201) Tunnel Bar, 116 1st Ave., (7th St) 777-9'J3l 486-9516 (women) Charlie's West. 536 Main St, E. Orange, 678-5002 Blanche, 47-2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale, 694- Feathei's,77 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge, 342- Brooklyn 6906 6410 (area code 718) Grand Central, 210 Merrick Rd., Rockville Centre, Friendly's, 6310 park Ave" W. New York, 854·9895 After Five Plus, 5 Front St, 852-0139 536·4800 Excalibur, 10th and Jefferson, Hoboken, 795-1023 , , Pal Joey's, 2457 Jerusalem Ave., N. Bellmore, 785- Spectrum, 80264th St, (Eighth Ave.), 745-9611 Nite Lite, 509 22nd St, Union City,863·9515 9301 Sweet Sensations, 6322 20th St, 435-2580 Vibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, 836-5518 Silver Lining, 175 Cherry Lane, New Hyde Park, Queens 354·9641 Yacht Club, 366 Berksire Valley Rd., Jefferson, 697~ 9780 ' Station House Pub, 3547 Merrick Rd. Seaford, 785-lBII • II 40 YEARS OF DEPENDABLE SERVICE I • Desks-Traditional to Contemporary -"'","" • Ergonomic Seating =' • Computer Furniture - d • Book Cases - • Filing Cabinets • Office Panel Systems • Tables/Credenzas/ Rolltops • Conference/Reception Room Furniture '=t p • Steel Sh!,!lving • Shop Equipment / Lockers =' • Storage Cabinets/ Safes IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 924·1485 · 989·3670 · I I II • ~ OFFICE FURNITURE CO, INC. 155 WEST 23RD STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10011 74 OUTWEEK May 29.1991 • • Teen HOTT·LlNEfor Healthl Call A.C.a.C.-AIIS CENtER OF and church and upholding the BISEXUALINFORMAnON & activities and up·to-date national monthly, 'THE BODY Monday to Thursday, 7pm to QUEENS civil rights of Lesbian and Gay COUNSEUNG SERVICE.INC. A professionally staffed, non- POSITIVE' 1$25/yearl. (2121721· 9pm. At other times,leave ames· County Social Seriveces Educa· Atheists. Mootings the firsts sage and we'll call you backl tion • Buddies. Counseling· sup- Sunday Community Conter, 1 to profit organization for bisexu- 1348.2095 Broadway, Suite 308, port Groups VoIunlHr Opportuni- 3 P.M. Dial a Gay Athoists als, theirfamilies and partners, NY,10023 facing problems of a psycho- COMMUNITY RESEARCH tie. 17181896-2500, Ivoicel (7181 (7181899-1737,24 hours. INI11ATIVE.NY (CRII 89&-29B5(TDDI logical or medical kind. We also BROOKLYN'S lESBIAN AND work with those in doubt about GAYPOUTICAL CLUB lAMBDA The Community Research Ini· ARCS (AlDS-REIATED tiative of New York ("CRI NY" is CaImuity Servi_) their sexuality. Confidentiality is INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS ACT UP (AIDS COAUTION TO a not·for-profit, community- UNLEASH POWER) for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, protected by law. For informa· Ll.D. endorses and works for tion phone: 12121498-9500 candidates in local, state and based center for AIDS and HIV· 496A Hudson Street, Suite G4 Rockland, Sullivan, Uistor and related clinical research. Cre· NYC 10014 (2121 564-2437 A Westchester countios. AIDS national elections, lobbies for leg· BISEXUAL PRIDE islation, and conducts community ated in 1987 by people with diverse, non-partisan group of education, client servicas, crisis AIDS and their physicians, CRI indi,viduals united in anger and intervontion, support groups, DISCUSSION GROUP outreach through street fairs and Topical discussions on issues of meetings on special topics. Join NY tests promising experimen· committed to direct a ction to caso managament, buddy and tal treatments which many end the AIDS crisis, Gen. meet- hospital visitor program. 214 interest to the community in a us. 338 Ninth St, Suite 135 Brook· congenial atmosphere, fol- Iyn, NY 11215 17181985-8482 restore or stabilize immune ings Mon. nights 7:30, in The Contra I Avo., Whito Plains, NY unction, and treatments and Great Hall, Cooper Union, on 10608 (9141993-0608 838 Broad- lowed by an informal dinner at a friendly local restaurant. CEN1BI FORANTI-VIOLENCE preventions for AIDS and HIV- Cooper Square between Astor way, Newburgh, NY 12250 (914) EDUCAnONlBROOKLYN related opportunistic Infec· and St Marks Place's. 582-5005 AIDSline (914)993- E,very Sunday, 3:00- 4:30pm at the Community Center 208 W. 13 WOMEN'S MARTIAL ARTS tions.There is no change for 0&07 a non· profit organization teach- participation in CRI studies. ADULTSURVWORS OF Street, NYC. Part of the New York Area Bisexual Network. ing self-defense and karate for 17 Many laboratory tests and SEXUALABUSE ASIANS & AlIENDS- NY years. 5 week courses in self- physicals are provided free of (SpDn.Dred by SAGE) A not·for-profit organization defense for women. Community charge to participants. Child Mondays, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. which promotes friendships with BISEXUALWOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP workshops in salf-defonse. Ongo- care can also bo provided. All Sage Room at the Center Asian/Patific Islander, Asian- ing claSS8s in karate & tai chi fpr Identifying information is kept Experimentel Therapy GrDup Amorican, and non·Asian gay Discussion & CR Group meets every 2nd & 4th Wednesday, women. Courses & workshops in confidential. Call 12121481-1050 fDr WDmen IAges 21 and upl to men through social, cultural, edu- SD for lesbians & gay men. Slid- support the recovery process cational, and sorvico activitios 8:30 - 8:00 pm at the Community Center, 208 West 13th Street, ing fee scale according to CONGREGAnON BETH and free you from the pain and and programs. Call our HolLino: income. Call for more info. 718· 212-674-5838, or write to: P.O. Box Part of NYABN. SIMCHATTORAH silence of sexual abuse. In a 788-1775. 421 5th Avo., Brooklyn, NY's Gay and Le.sbian Syna- 6828, NY,NY101113-«123. safe setting, we share feelings, NY11215. gogue Services Friday at 8:30pm develop relationships with inner BIWAYS NEW YORK ATR (AIDS TREATMENT Monthly social events for the fiT Bethune Street For info. call: children, ,and explore and (2121929-9498. release beliefs and patterns RESOIIRCES.INC.) Bisexual community and friends. CIRCLEOF MORE UGHT Publishas a quarterly Directory of Can NYABNfor details of upcom- Spiritual support and sharing in a that block growth. This re-inter· CONGREGAnON grative process assists in clinical trials of exporimontal ing events. (212)~784 gay/lesbian affirmative group. AIDS/HIV treatments in NY/NJ, West-Park Presbyterian Church B'NAI JESHURUN uncovering your self worth and Monthly Spiritual Gatherings and and Philadelphia, and has oduca- BIPAC (BISEXUAL POUTICAL 185 West 86th Street Wed: wor- inner strength. Psychothera· free catered fastiveluncheons for tional materiahr/aeminara for trial ACTION COMMITTEE) ship service 8:30 pm, program pists Joyce Z. Meyers, CSW., sl1 People With AIDS, their lovei& participants. AlR also advocates Political action on issues of 7:30. Ma rsha (2121304-4373 Cha r· and Robbye Stuart·Russell, and families. Program includ~s for improvemonts in the trial sys- importence to the Bisexual/Las· lie (2121,891-7118. MA. facilitate the group. music and discussion led by our tem. 259 W. 30th St, 9th ft., NYC, bian/Gay community. Monthly COMMUNITY COUNSEUNG Rabbis. CaU12121787·7800 AFRICAN AMERICAN 10001.1212128&-4198.Publications meeting! potluck held 8:00pm on CENTER W1MMIN UNITED FOR free/donation requested. fourth Thursday of the month at members homes, Call NYABN Gay Affirmative Psychotherapy DIGNITY-BIG APPi.E SOCIETAL CHANGE for Individuals, Couples and A community of Lesbian and Gay Lesbian & Gay Community Cen· BAR ASSOCIATION FOR for this month's location. ((2121 HUMAN RiGHTS ~784 Gro'ups by licensed clinical Catholics. Activitias include Litur· ter 208 West 13th Street, NY.,NY social workors and psycholo· gios and socials evory Sat, 8:00 Meeting ovory Thursday 8:00 P.M Lawyers Roforral Service for tho Lesbian and Gay Community BISEXUALYOUTH gists. Special experience e in pm, ,at the Center, 208 W. 13 Full Range of Legal Services Informal social & support group addictions, stress management, Street, NYC.Call1212181&-1309. AIDS RESOURCE CENTER (ARC) depression, career counseling, Supportive housing for homo- (212) 459-4873 Freo Walk·in for Bis8Xua [ltids/youth. Monthly Legal Clinic. Tuesday 8·8 pm. meeting/potluck lunch held relationship concerns, AIDS DIGNITY NEW YORK less PWAs IBailoy House and Lesbian and gay Catholics and Lesbian & Gay Community 1:OOpmon fourth Sunday of the anxiety and coming out issues. apartmentsl. Non-judgmontal friends AIDS Ministry, Spiritual Centro Ground Roor month at members homes. Call ,Sliding feo scale. Insurance pastoral carD for PWAs and accepted. 'village location. For Development The Cathedral Pro- loved ones. Volunteer opportu- NYABN for this month's location. immediate appointment, call 212· ject Worship Services & Social- nities, (2121481-1270, 24 Wost BIDS (BISEXUAL DOMINANCE This group is part of the New York 353-2888. A staff !11omber will Sun. Eves. 7:3Opm-St John's Epi&- 30th St, NYC 10001 & SUBMISSION GROUP) Area Bisexual N~rk. Share S/M experiences and return your call within 24 hours. copal Church 218 West 11th Street qIWaverl~7~2179 ALDEClAPLN-NY fantasies with others in a posi- BLUS-BRONX LESBIANS (A. ian Le.bian. Df the Ea.t tive, non-judgmental atmo· UNIIEIIIN SISTEBHOOD COMMUNITY HEALnt PROJECT s!1here. First Sunday of the Is an active, visible, multicul- 208 West 13th Street, NYC,New DROP-IN COME OUT CDa.t/Aiian Pacific L.. bian RAP GROUPS NetwDrk-New YDrk) We are a month, 4:45pm at the Community tural membership organization York 10011 For Appointments and Information (212) 615-3559 FDr Lasbians and Bi18xual political, social and supportivo Center 208 W. 13 Street, NYC. that is addressing the social ITIY/VoiceIPROVlDING CARING, Women. Fridays starting April network of Asiao Pacific les- This group is pa rt of the New and political needs of the Bronx SENSITIVE AND LOW COST 5th 8:30-8:30 p.m. For Gay and bians. Planning meetings on the York Area Bisexual Network. Lesbian community. Regular meetings, the 3rd Fri, 8:30-8 pm HEALTHCARESERVICESTO THE Bisexual Men. Saturdays start- 1st Sunday and social events ing April 6th 11:30 a.m.-l:30 pm BLIOUX(THE BISEXUAL C 208 W. 13 th St. and the 2nd LESBIANAND GAYCOMMUNIlY on the last Friday of each *$5.00 Donation Rap GrDup fDr JEWISH GATHERINGI Wed, 6:30-8pm at One Fordham month. Call (2121517-5598 for Lesbian and Bi-Sexual Woman Cornel Noahl Schmoozel Meet Plaza, Bronx. Call Lisa 212·829- COMMUNITY HEALnt more information. over 40 1st $ 3rd Saturday 8-8 other Jewish bisexual (and 9817 IEnglishl or Miriam 212· PROJECTs HEAIJH INFOIIMA- 409-2892 (Spanish)) nON UNE FORTEENS p,m. *$5.00 Donation Rap Group AMERICAN GAYI alliosl and share your interests for L.. bian and Bi-Sexual at a "show- and-tell: Second Do ypu have questions about lESBIAN AntBSfS your health? Your Body? Coming WDman Every Saturday 2:30- AGA. Incl101 7th Avonue, Suite Friday of ea ch month, 8pm at BODY POSITIVE Out? Safer Sex? Feel like you 5:00 p.m. *$5:00 Donation Rap 8W/Now York, New York 10038 The Community Center 208 West If you or your lover has tested HIV+, we offer support groups, have no one to telk to? ~ot any GrDup for gay and Bi-Sexual A non-profit, educational orga· 13th Street, Part of the New Men Every Sunday 2:30 • 5:00 York Area Bisexual Network. for seminars, public forums, refer- morel Now you can call the nization dodicatod to prosorv· p,m. *$5:00 Donation ing soparation between state more info. Call (201)440-3902. ence library, referrals, social HOlT·LlNE. 212-255-1517The May 29,1991 OUI.VEEK 75 I • LESBIAN & GAY TEACHERS EDGE EDUCATION IN A DIS- Health, provides linkages betwn for meeting schedule or more raising, education, support and , ASSOCIATION-- NYC ABLED GAY ENVIRONMENT NYC Health & Human Svcs, and information, 208 West 13th empowerment for Latino gay - the Lesbian & Gay community, Street, NY,NY 10011. men. We are inclusive of Latino The LGTA has been in existence For the physically disabled Les· since 1'974. We promote the bian and Gay Community. P.O. focusing in ALL health concerns; gay men of all nationalities, col· resource information for health INSTITUTE FOR LESBIAN AND ors and ages. We meet weekly needs and rights of Gay/Lesbian Box 305 Village Station, New educators, students and par· services consumers and GAVYOUTH. and publish a monthly calender York, NY 10014 ents. We re currently in active providers. 125 Worth Street, Box Counseling. drop-in center (M-F, 3- of events. For more information 67, New York, NY 10013, For info 6pml, rap groups, Harvey Milk call 17181834·8785 or write to negotiations with the Board of THE AFTH NEW YORK LESBIAN Education concerning the multi- call 12121566-~ High School, AIDS and safer sex P.O. Box 7108 Grand Central AND GAY EXPERIMENTAL cultural curriculum, sensitivity ALM FESTIVAL information, referrals, professional Station N.Y., N.Y. 10163, GAY MALE SIM ACTMSTS education. i~121833-8920 Ivoicel training of guidance councilors, will be held at Anthology Film in social workers, and teachers September 1991. Submissions Dedicated to safe and responsible 121211m-8926 TTY for deaf. lAMBDA L£GALDER:NSE S/M since 1981. Open meetings AND mUCATION RJND and many other issues. We also will be accepted until June 30. have a friendly working relation- Please send your 16 or Super· 8 w/programs on S/M techniques, HISPANIC UNITED GAYS & LES- Precedent-setting litigation lifestyle issues, political and social BIANS nationwide for lesbians, gay ship with the U,F.T. For more prints or video transfer lonly film information call (7181828-4699· will be show at the festival) with concerns. Also special events, Educational services, political men and people with AIDS. 17181598-1884 return postage to Jim Hubbar, spea kers bu rea u, workshops, action, counseling and social Membership 1$40 and upl inc. demos, affinity groups, newsletter, activities in Spanish and English by newsletter and invitations to 503 Broadway, Rm 503, New LESBIANS AND GAYS York, NY 10012 Early applica· more. GMSMA - Dept. 0, 496A and for the Latino Lesbian and Gay special events. Volunteer night Hudson Street, Suite 023 ,NYC CormlUnity. Generel meetings 8:00 on Thursdays. Intake calls: 2· OFRATBUSH tions and premieres will be Brooklyn's social organization l0014~2121727·9B7Il pm 4th Thursday of every month at 4pm Mon thru Fri 12121995-8585. given priority. For further info for both gay men al1d lesbians. please call (2121925-5883. 206 West 13th Stroet Call 201-653- GMAD (GAY MEN 7824 or write H,U,G.L, P.O, Box 22Il LAVA P,O. Box 106, Midwood Stetion Brklyn, NY 11230, (7181859-9437 FRONT RUNNERS OF AFRICAN DESCENT) Canal Street Station, New York, NY LESBIANS ABOUT A running club for lesbian and 80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 a 10019. VISUAL ART support group of Gay Men of Call for slides for Lesbian Artists' LESBIAN HERSTORY ARCHIVES gay athletes of all abilities, Fun P,O. Box 1258 New York, New Runs of 1-6 miles held every Sat African Descent dedicated to IDENTITY HOUSE Exhibition, Gay & Lesbian Com· consciousness-raising and the Now in our 20th year, we provide munity Center, NYC, For more York 10116212/874·7232Since at lOam and Weds. at 7pm in 1974, the Archives has inspired, Central Park and every Tues. at development of the Lesbian and peer counseling, therapy refer- information, send SASE to : Gay Community. GMAD is inclu· rals and groups for the lesbian, Miriam Fougere, 118 Fort Greene shaped and reflected Lesbian 7pm in Prospect Parle For infor· lives everywhere. Call to mation: call 12121724-9700, sive of African, African-Ameri· gay and bisexual community. Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217. can, Caribbean and Hispanicl Call us at 12121243-8181. Visit us arrange a visit or to volunteer for Thursday worknights, GAY AFRICAN AMERICANS OF Latino men of color. Meetings at 544 6th Ave" between 14th· LESBIAN AND GAY WESTCHESTER(THE G.A.A.I are held, weekly, on Fridays. For 15th Streets, Manhattan. ADULT EDUCATORS UFELlNE is a community based support information, call 718-80H1162. Meet with other lesbians and THE NATIONAL LESBIAN AND group formed in Westchester INTERNATIONAL GAY& gays who work in adult educa· GAYTOll-FREE SERVICE County. Various activities are GAY MEN'S HEAIl"H LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS tion as tea chers, administrators, 1-8OO-UFE 66 planned for the coming months, CRISIS HOTUNE COMMISSION counselors, tutors, etc., to dis- Call 914-37H727 for more info. FOR INFORMATION ON SAFER works to focus the spotlight of cuss issues such as coming out SEX AND HIV·RELATED HEALTH world opinion on the oppression to staff and students, materials LOST PEER SUPPORT SERVICES (LPSSI GAY FATHER'S FORUM SERVICES, AND FOR INFORMA· of gays and lesbians throughout and curriculum, workshop and Lost Peer Support Services, a A support organization for gay TION ON ONE·TIME, WALK·IN the world. Currently organizing conference participation. We AIDS COUNSELING SERVICES an Inti symposium on Gay and meet the first Friday of every new program to provide counsel· father's, their lovers, and others ing and support to the lesbian, in child·nurturing situations. 212-807-&655 212-645-7470 TOO Lesbian issues to be held in month at 8:00 pm at the lesbian (For the Hearing Impairedl Mon.· Moscow and Lenin·grad in.July and gay Community Center 208 gay and bisexual community of Monthly meetings include a Greater Westchester, is planning Ffi. 111:30am. to 9 pm, l2:IDto 3:00 1991, in addition to many -other West 13th Street Call Bryna Dia· potluck supper, support groups its. first volunteer treining. Those on varied specialized topics, exciting proje~ts. For more info mond at 12121932·7902 (daysl for GAY STAMP COU£CTION write IGLHRC, 2978 Folsom information interested in becoming group speakers, and socializing,Meet· facilitators and peer counselors ings: 1st Friday each month, 7pm, One of the collections on exhibit Street, SF CA 94110, or call THE LESBIAN AND GAY should call the Lost switchboard at The Center, 208 W. 13th St., will be Alternate Lifestyles out (415)647·0453. of the Closet. This is the only BIG APPI.£ CORPS at.(9141 948-4922 for further West of 7th Ave. Contribution: $8. details. Experience and begin· Bring a main course for 4 people gay!lesbian stamp collection of INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN Get your instrument out of the • ning volunteers welcomed, (or pay a $5 food charge,l For its kind, It has won 9 gold DENTTTY INC. closet and come play with us. information call: 212·979-7541 or awards so far. For information New York's non-profit lesbian Symphonic, Marching, Jau, Dix· LONG ISLAND ACT-UP 212·288-3236 on GLHSC, send a SASE to: and gay psychotherapy center. ieland, Rock, Flute Ensembles GLHSC, P.O, Box 230940, Hart· Licensed psychologists, psychia· and Woodwinds. 123 West 44th Meets Tuesdays at8pm at 181 Post Ave. in Westbury, NY, Support us GLAAD-GAY & LESBIAN ford, CT 06103-0940 trists, and clinical social workers, St Suite 12L New York, NY 10036 for change on Long Island. Mailing AWANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION Sliding scale fees. Insurance 12121869-2922. GIRTH & MIRTH accepted. Individual, couple, and address: PO Box 514, Westbury, NY 80 Yarick Street, NYC 10013 12121 11590. 51&-336-4662. 966-1700 GlAAD combats homo· CLUB OF NEW YORK family therapy. Variety of Men's LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY Social club for heavy, chubby and women's grcu~~ forming SERVICES CENTER phobia in the me die and else· LSM where by promoting visibility of gay men & their admirers. continuously, 118 W. 72nd Street 208 West 13th Street New York, Monthly socials at the 'Center', 212·799-9432 NY 1001112121620·7310 9am· is a support and information group the lesbian and gay community for lesbians and bisexual women weekly bar nights Thursdays at llpm everyday. A place for and organizing grassroots interested in fantasy, role'playing, the 'Chelsea Transfer", monthly INTEGRITY/NY community organizing and net· response to anti-gay bigotry. Do bondage, discipline, S/M, fetishes, you have 30 minutes a month to Fat Apple Review, bi-mor. 'v Lesbian and Gay Episcopalians working, social services, cui· FAR. pen pals. For more informa· and friends. Eucharist and pro· tural programs, and social alternate gender identities, cos· fight homophobia?Join the GLMD tumes and so forth. Membership PhoneTreelCali (212)-966-1700 for tion call Ernie at 914-699-7735 or gram every Thur;,iay, 7:30pm. St events sponsored by the Center write: G&M/NY, Dept 0, P,O. Box Luke's Church, Hudson and and more than 150. community is available only to women 18 information. years and older. Actual experi· 10, Pelham, NY 10803. Christopher Sts.INFO: P,O. Box organizations, 5202, NY NY10185 17181~ ence is not required but genuine GUS-GAY AND LESBIAN , . HEAL - (Health Education LESBIAN AND GAY intsrest and an open mind are. For INDEPENDENT BROADCASTERS information please write: P.O, Box AIDS LiailOnl KLGHKOREAN LESBIAN LABOR NETWORK Gay and Lesbian Independent 993, Murray Hm Station, New York, .8roadcasters'invites you to tune Weekly info. and support group AND GAY ORGANIZATIONI An organization of Lesbians and NY10156 into OUTLOOKS on WBAI-NY, 99.5 for treatments for AIDS which do Is a group of lesbian and gay Gays who are active in their Koreans who are committed to labor unions working on FM every other Sunday, 7:30· not compromise the immune MARANATHA: RIVERSIDERS -.. - 8:30pm and join us everyTuesday system further, including alterna· supporting each other, creating domestic partnership benefits FOR LESBIAN/GAY CONCERNS at 7:30pm to 9pm to become a tive and holistic approaches. positive visibility and con· and AIDS issues. For more Monthly program meeting on member of GLIB. No experience Wed 8pm. 208 W. 13th St. 12121 fronting anti·lesbian and gay information call 12121923-8690. second Sunday for gay!lesbian needed, 505 Eighth Avenue, NY, 674-HOPE. bias within the Korean commu- Christians and friends, Educa· NY 10018 Attn: Outlooks or call nity. For more information call LESBIAN AND GAY tional, political, and social activi· Mack,Allen, (2121473-1689. HERITAGE OF PRIDE. INC, Gene (212)4n·6558 RIGHTS PROJECT, Organizers of New York's Les· of the American Civil Liberties ties scheduled, 12:30 p.m. River- side Church, 490 Riverside Drive, GAY & LESBIAN bian and Gay Pride events: the LATINO GAY MEN OF NEW Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! Sunday worship 10:45 a.moo For HEALTH CONCERNS March, the Rally and the Dance YORK(LGM! NYI WE'RE EXPANDING THEM 12121 An office of the NYC Dept. of on the Pier. Call 12121691-1774 Is dedicated to consciousness- 944-9800, ext 545 info"call 12121222·5900 lext 2901 7& OUTWEEK May 29,1991 • ted to demanding, securing and crime against gays and les· child care and custody, dis- MEN OF ALL COLORS and especially interested in defending absolute reproduc· gay intergenerational rela- bians. For info and meeting crimination, ,housing, healthy TOGEnlBlNY health planning, confidentiality tive freedom and quality health A multi-racial group of gay men tionships. Monthly Bulletin time for West Village, call 212·475-4383. for East Village and employment. The care for all women. We meet against racism. Meetings every and regular chapter meetings every Wed. at 6:30pm at 105, E • Patrol info, call 212-248-6566. HIV/AIDSAgency Training and Friday night at 7:45 at the Les· on the first Saturday of each 22nd Street, 4th floor. 212-713- 70 A Greenwich Ave., Box Assistance Project provides bian and Gay Community Ser- -month. Yearly membership is 5966Mailing address: WHAM I, $20; write NAMBLA. PO Box 107, NYC 10011 technical assistance to public vices Center,208 W. 13th Street and private agencies about PO Box 733, NYC10009 ' For more info. call: 12121245· 174, Midtown Station, New York, NY 10018 or call 12121 PROFESSIONALS IN legal and policy issues on 6386 or 12121222·9794. HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. WOMENS ALTERNATIVE 807·8578 for information, ALMIVIDEO COMMUN CENTER(WACC) 336 Canal Street, 8th Roar, NYC They provide training, individ· METROPOUTAN TENNIS A non'profit, Lesbian commu· NORTHERN UGHTS 10013212~3351 ual consultations, and model GROUptMTG) policy guidelines, among other nity center serving Queens, Our 200 member lesbian and AlJERNATIVES Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Improving Quality of Life for QUEER NATION items. If you have any further gay tennis club includes play· questions, please contact Ms. Thurs. night weekly discus· ers from beginning to tourna· People with AIDS/HIV. THE Queer Nation is a multi·cul- tural direct action group dedi· Catherine 0' Neil at 12121243· sion groups. 8:30 pm, for other ment level. Monthly tennis AIDS MASTERY WORKSHOP: activities please contact us at Exploring the possibilities of a cated to fighting homophobia, 1313. The Allociation of parties. Winter indoor leagu&, Nurses in AIDS Care (ANACI 518-483-2050. Come play with usl For infor· powerful and creative life in the queer invisibility, and all forms face of AIDS. Call(2121255-8554 of oppression that any queers has monthly meetings with mation: MTG, Suite K63, 496·A speakers and networking ATTENTIONWOMEN SOFT- Hudson St., New York, NY might face, Anyone can sug- gest an action and should opportunities. For meeting info, BALLPLAYERS 10025. (7181852·8562. NYC GAY" LESBIAN There is a Manhattan softball ANTI-VlOLENCEPROJECT come to meetings prepared to please contact Janet Vac· organize and implement it ON, ' cariello at (212)340-8724 league looking for players; MOCA (MEN OF COLORAIDS Counseling, advocacy, and especially experienced pitch· PREVENTION PROGRAM.) information for survivors of 208 W, 13th St., New York, NY 10011. Call 212-978·8720 for THE OUTREACHUSING COM- ers.lf interested please call Provides safer sex and AIDS anti-gay and anti-lesbian vio- Mary at 17181377·7279 Hope lence, sexual assault, domestic meeting info, MUNAL HEAUNG {TOUCHI education information to gay Community volunteers provid· to hearfrom you soon. and bisexual Men of Color; violence, and other types of SAGE: ing a weekly buffet supper for coordinates a network of victimization. All services free WRESTUNG FOR GAYS and confidential.24 hour hot- (SENIOR ACTION the Brooklyn AIDS commu· peer-support groups for gay nity. TOUCH·meets Monday & LESBIANS and bisexual Men of Color in line 1212180HI197 IN A GAYENVIRONMENT) Social Service Agency. pro· eves. 5pm to 6:30pm· at down· Watch the men of the knights all 5 boroughs of New York , town Brooklyn Friends Meet· wrestling club inaction every City 303 Ninth Ave, New York, PARENTSlfRIENDS OF viding care, activities, & edu· cational services for gay & ing House (110 Schermerhorn Sunday at 7:30 PM at the GAY NY 10001or call (212)239-1796. LESBIAN AND GAYS CENTER,The club also con· Let P/FLAG help you and your lesbian senior citizens. Also St. near Boerum Placel. Lim· sarves over 160 homebound ited transportation may be duct training classes on alter· NATIONALGAYAND fam~y deal with the upheaval of nate Saturdays afternoon (lst your coming out Our meetings seniors & older PWA's .208 arranged. Info: (7181622·2756. LESBIAN TASK FORCE TOUCH welcomes contribu· & 3rd Saturdays for men 2nd is the national grassroots polit· are free: monthly on the 4th West 13th St NYC 10011, 12121 741-2247 tions of funds, food and volun· & 4th Saturdays for womenl ical organization for lesbians Sunday, at 3:00 pm, in Duane for more information please Church,201 West 13th. Info? call teers. and gay men. Membership is call: 718-639·5141 Jeanne,212~ SETHIAN GAYS, $30/year,lssue·oriented pro· ULSTERCOUNTYGAYAND jects add ress violence, LESBIANSAN) BISEXUALS PEER COUNSWNG FORSUR- For all of US interested in reach· LESBIAN AWANCE sodomy laws, AIDS, gay riglits Meets first and third Monday ordinances, faf.lilies, media, VIVORS OF BIAS ASSAULT, ing out to each other in exuber- DOMESTIC VIOLENCEAND ance to spontaneously explore of ea ch month at 7:30 pm at etc. through lobbying, educa- the Unitarian Church on tion, organizing and direct SEXUALASSAULT and expand upon the Seth/Jane The New York City Gay and Roberts 'Philosophy' as it Sawkill Road in Kingston. For action, NGLTF 1517 U Street Information, call 914·628-3203 NW, Washington, DC 20009, Lesbian Anti-Violance Pro- relates to our lives, personally, (202)332·6483, ject (AVPI is offering free sexually and politically. Call AI peer counseling for lesbians 12121725-1289,x287 UNITY94 and gay men who are sur- NEEDS YOU to become a part NEW YORKADVERTISING of itl Organizers for Gay AND COMMUNICATIONS vivors of bias assault, domes- SUNDANCE OUTDOOR tic violence and sexual ADVENTURESOCIID Games IV, to be held in New NE1WORK York in 1994. Olympic·style NYACN is the community's assault, Trained volunteer A non·proflt club offering Out· sports and cultural event is " largest gay and lesbian pro· peer counselors will be avail· door activities for every sea· son including hiking, biking, largest in world. Theme is , C' O .. MMUNITY',.. , , .." ..,' ..'.... , fessional group, welcoming all able from & to 8 PM every , '..'::.' .;:.: ".' ',' ., Wedne.day and Thursday at skiing, water activities and INCLUSION,everyone is . -':' . ':':'- ". in communication&-and their needed. SUPPORT THE friends. Monthly meetings, 3rd the AVP offices, 208 West other outdoor activities for the I1STING~ill·' 13th Street. AVP offers free Gay/Lesbian community. For GAMES by volunteering, join· Wed 6:30pm at the Community ing or making a donation. Call Center. Members' newsletter, counseling, advocacy and information or complimentary information and referrals to Newsletter call 12121598-4726. 212·732·3612 or write UNITY job hotline, annual directory. '94, PO Box 202, NY,NY 10038. Phone 12121517·0380 for more survivors of bias assault, domestic violence and sexual TASKFORCE info. Mention OutWeek for . VISUALARTS PROJECT assault Call (2121801-0\97 for ANNOUNCEMENTS one free newsletter. In Honor of Artistic Vision MAIL OR FAX ~~; , more information. Women's HIVSupport Group at 349 East 149th Street Room,609, Effected by A.I.D.S. N,Y,FEMMES The Visual Arts Projects is MISSIO~ST6,.,••••·, PEOPLEWITH on Thursdays 11:00 - 12:30,This Support and discussion group interested in documenting and for lesbians who self identify as AIDS COAUTlON is an on going closed group 'for 12121532-029!Vl·80D-828-328!V women who are HIV infected. collecting art work Islidesl by ROGELI~P~\ Femme and are primarily those people who have AIDS attracted to butch women, For Hotline 12121532·0568Monday 2.3 individual consolations are thru Friday lOam-6pm Meal pro- required before admittance or Arc. It is the Project's inten· membership information call tion to not just focus on AIDS Usa (2121829-9817, grams, support groups, educa· into group. No fee. For further tional and referral services for information call Donna, Bersch but on someone' work and artistic vision. We are inter· N.Y.WOMEN'S- SOFTBALL PWA's and FWArc's. of Planned Parenthood!HUB at (212)585-5001 ested in receiving responses GUILD from those people in the fol- For experienced, serious Soft· PEOPLEWITH AIDS HEAlllI GROUP TASK FORCE lowing disciplines'painting, ball Players, Coaches and ANNOUNCEMENT drawing, sculpturing, illustra· Managers. We play mod/fast Underground buyer's club The legal Action Center tion, architecture and environ· pitch weekends in Manhattan importing not·yet·a pproved medications and nutritional sui>" located at 153 Waverly Place, mental design, interior design and Queens, Try·outs begin NY, N)' 10014, has begun two and graphic design. Should Feb. 11 thru April- or until plements,31 West 28th St 4th Roor 12121532.{I28Q new programs. All their ser· be interested please call Eric filled. 12121255-1379 Janet vices are free. The HIV/AIDS Strauss at 17181855-8491 Legal Service Project provides NORTH AMERICAN PINK PANTHER PATROL free legal services to people WHAMI-WOMEN'S HEALTH MAN/BOY LOVE Community street patrol in East and West Village dedi- with HIV/AIDS. Their scope of ACTION AND MOBIUZAnON. ASSOCIATION (NAMBLAI A direct action group commit· Dedicated to sexual freedom cated to deterring violent service is wide, encompassing May 29,1991 oUTWEEK 77 • LIZ & SYDNEY NOTES: GOSSIP, ""ATeH 1. Night-life icon and author of the recently continued 'from page 47 Continued from page 5"1 released Pouf Pieces, - bers of their own conununity? 2. Infamous club kid koown for his colorful And does she know how huge this Uz: Right. And you don't, Did you outfits, purple hair and identically dressed "twin," hear that Queerdonna was not allowed Tim. thing is that she's talking about stopping? 3. Longstanding gay promoter and Ume- Does she understand that it means, say, into the party? light's liaison to the gay and lesbian community, keeping Kevin Sessums from asking Sydney: Don't they know what a 4. Hip, hot and happe~g new Sunday cult figure he is becoming because of night gay party brought to you by the More Men Dolly Parton if she's a lesbian for a cover Danceteria? People were chanting his crew, Tony, Keith and Dominic. story in VaniO'FairCDolly said no, by the name before he came on-stage at the 5, Artist Ronnie and publicist wife Kelly by, but made some great remarks about Cutrone's performance insta1Iation of live nudes opening-night party. queers)? lbat it means stopping all the (one lesbian, one gay and one heterosexual Uz: I hear he even has backers for a newspapers across the country from couple) who demonstrated acts of love in front doclUllentary called "Queerdonna- Truth of an American flag while a soundtrack of love reporting that Merv Griffm is gay and is or Queer." Stop the madness ...... songs from the '50s through the '90s played in being sued by an ex-lover? lbat it means the background telling Madonna not to talk about her brother's homosexuality? That it means shutting up people who may be convers- ing about closeted celebrities at parties all over town? That it means stopping publi- cations like People magazine and net- works like CNN, which have lately been more open to reporting about closeted individuals? That it means ending some- thing that's going on within her own publication in Michael Musto's column? That it means stopping ME? c.c:arr is a conunitted, talented and immensely intelligent person who should not be wasting her time on a crusade that is pointless and, ultimately, futile. TIme marches on, Cindy, and things change--and not exactly as you may have planned. Sometimes people come up with bold, new ideas which are worth a shot but which may not fit so neatly into your idea of "politically correct." And you should accept that. • Otherwise, you'll be remembered not.for the work you've done until now, but rather for a Ray Kerrison-like rigidity that impeded progress, defamed conunit- ted people who were fighting for their liberation and stifled the normalization of reportage on homosexuality. CPS.I also know about how you tried to kill a story on Queer Nation for Art Fornm because you think that that group is some sort of threat. Now, really, c., look at yourself and what you are doing.) And I ask all of you other writers (and there are many of you for whom I have enormous respect) at the If)ice who believe in the free exchange of ideas and who encourage people to fight oppres- sion in the ways that they see fit: DON'T BE SILENT. STAND UP TO THESE ODDS. WE DON'T HAVE 1HE TIME TO WAIT FOR 1HEM TO FlAKE OFF liKE DEAD SKIN. Which is what will ultimately hap- pen to them anyway .... 78 OUTWEEK May 29, 1_1 • ACCoUNTllG ACCOUNTING • BUDDY DIKMAN, CPA Year-Round ' Take Charge Of Your Love Life. 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Box 310743, Tampa, FL 33680 Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. THE GAY ROOMMATE HIV POS,lllVE SERVICE and PIIIIING, Serving the Gay & Lesbian DEPRESSED -Feelingblue,down, hopeless? Community Since 1976 , ' -Loss of sleep, appetite or interests? • MANY shares always available -Troublecoping, concentrating? • Fast efficient placement • NO FEE to list your aparbnent -Anxious? Irritable? stationery • $125 Registration fM newsletters Maybe we can help. To (VIsa. 'MCwelcome) learn more about our free confi- brochures dential research programs call us 212-580-76961:30-7 pm, M-F at Cornell Univ. Medical Center. menus ~~ postcards (212) 746-3921 forms posters IHIIIPY catalogs ads David Lindsey Griffin, type KAM.RAN ,MD C.S.W., C.A.C. ! practical graphics GayAffirmative Therapy 135 w, 20th sl., 3rd floor, ny, ny 10011 o Psychiatry , M/C 212,463 -7600 VISA' FEES BASED ON THE ABILITY TO PAY ,. ------o Psychoanalytic Member. NY Slate Federation of Alco- o Psychotherapy holiem Counselors, Inc. ' Member. NY Slate Society of Clinical Social Work Peychoti1erapiete, Inc. Gay Issues Gay & Lesbian • • 212-603-9094 Indivldual/Couples west Village • Stress ,andAnxiety • Alcoholism & Drug Abuse • Sexual Compulsion • ACOAand CODAIssue:; GROUPS CURRENTLY FORMING: • Coming Out IlltlSIITI -Women's Coming - Out Group Uceneed By Appt OnlyOffices in - Men's 'Exploring Sexual Identity' CONTEMP COUNTRY HOME Manhattan, WoodetocklKingeton 10 Mints from Mohonk weekly Group- Bereavement Group monthly rental 2 Br 21/2 Bt Den - Gay Male Couples' Group 212/582-1881 914/688-5068 Jacuzzi inground pool garage very Institute for Human Identity private wooded area call 212-420-1561 (212179S-9432 WEST 17TH STREET GAY AND LESBIAN CONCERNS Grand Chelsea Depression, Fears, A.A. Issues, Care Chelsea's,Only New Partners Anxieties. I can help. 24-HOUR CRISIS UNE Luxury Full Serv Hi-Rise Licensed for In,surance C.S.w. Professional help is just a 1 BR's & Conv. 2 Br's Therapist. 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Free all-male listwi1h Deep and relaxing Swedish call. Call Euro-Guys rub ends W\th relief by MIDTOWN MASSAGE 1-900-737-9333 ($3Imin.). 20 yr old college athlete clean cut & Good-looking guy. attractive, well endowed 5'6' 1551bs. fRIENDLY, CUlt 6' 2"DlRTY BLOND $50 IN/OUT $75 Anywherel Anytimel 22 Year old college 94Y give's great Dancers/Students $40 212-287-5438 massage 1 to 1 and 1/2 hour sessions only, Deep relaxing experience, Mark (212)864-0091 SENSUOUS BODYRUB Physically and psyguily rewarding. Out By 22yr. old Latino, Cute, Sexy, fun Call Only.Call Greg 212-642-5071 build, IN/OUT-$90 Pedro-Dial 517- $50 an hour $70 1 and 1/2 - 0213 or page me at 458-4755 after it MIDWESTERN BOY rings, enter your phone I followed by YOUNG GOODLOOKING RUSSIAN 5'10", 150# 19 y-o college student pound sign: (I). gives stimluting massage & with beautiful body and cute face private hair design, your place available for bodywork. Very friendly. SUPER MASSAGE or mine. Legit Onlyl Call for in/out appts.lOam-4am any Full Body Professional Swedish (212) 969-8836 day. Also available with Chris. Massge by handsome Masseur. Damon (212) 243-6710 Release stress and improve PLEASURING THE HEART body conciousness. Sensuous, deep; healing bodywork VOICE-MALE! HOT MEN! Rex(212)~61 by handsome young expert mEE 10-DAY ACCOUNTI BROWSE Swedish/Tantric -In/Out DETAILED aUESTIONAIRES FROM SENSUOUS MASSAGE Paul (21~) 228-18891 l00'S OF GUYSI THE WORLDS MOST Strong, safe Bodywork. Handsome AMAZING SYSTEMI TOUCH TONE Italian. Ted (212)721-6718 HOT CHOCOLATE THE AUTH CODE: 6904(818) 566-7777 / Experience bliss at the hands of a (213) 370-2266 MASSAGE sexy black hunk, Sensuous bodyrub. Young German Man gives Massage By Appt, In Call/Out Call. Call Clifton m. FOUR STAR MASSAGE call Mark beeper 212-713-9339 (212) 581-3907 By attra ctive, sensitive, considerate, After you dial the number punch in and talented guy in mid-40's. For the your number and I will call you back. SENSUOUS MASSAGE massage you won't soon forget, in Strong, safe bodywork handsome beautiful surroundings in East Chelsea, POErSTOUCH Italian Ted (212) 721-6718 call 9:00 am - 10:00 pm, 7 days a week. Sensual Massage $15 for 11/2 hrs. $90 for 2 hours, Beyond Imagination MARC 212-255-8854 212-691-7934 MODELS/ESCORTS 6 FT BLONDE DANCER EUROPEAN COMP-MUSCLE-COP Swedish or Tantric Massage EX FOOTBALL'PLAYER Huge dominant BB 6'3", 53c, 20a, West 14th Street Area 6'3" 220 LBS MUSCULAR 3Zw, washboardabs, take charge S&M attitude, photos, , Robert 212-929-4019 HUNG 9' + THICK BODYRUB AND MORE Regionallitle Holder, 5'11', 2181, 5Oc, CALL BRIAN (212) 988-1442 19a,32w blond deep blue eyes. Play with Me. Matt & Kurt (2l2) 518-3214 , BODYBUILDER MASSEUR Excellent masage with release, tall NaNYOmrSHO~STTOP sculptured German Italian, Big Balls Fully equiped mirrored playroom, Sling, and feet I am very 900d, not like the rack suspension, elec enema, CBT, TT, restl Call Bruce (2:12)922-9186 ' VA,WS, SM, BD. 6 ft, 212, very hand- some, healthy, hung, 30yrs dominant PROFESSIONAL. MASSEUR, Clete, 212-249-8550. Call Nowl 6'1" / 35 Yrs / WASP Swedish Ins. Grad., In / Out BODYBUILDER Reasonable: Village Location COMPETITIVE 28 yrs., 5'9",225Ibs., Steve (212) 777-1217 huge pecs, monster legs XX hung Italian Kris 212-213-8657 THIS IS ITIII MARK The strongest, most incredibly Deep Southerner w/athletic, well-def. sensual massage you will mr.. body. Very handsome, versatile and well-hung. Friendly and articulate. get by a truly handsome, sweet, .. exotic sensual massuerlll 6'2', 180lbs., 32 yrs. Call Ariel 212-249-3047 (212) 721-3810 HOT BLOND SWIMMER Clean Cut, All-American Young/Good Looking/Blue eyes smooth chest, tight butt, Jason (212) 922-9186 May 29,1991 OUTWEEK 85.. • loDElS/ESCoRTS loDElSlESCoRTS • ~ NICE GERMAN MASSEUR B.OYISH TOP EXTREMELY Gives good massage well Hung please Smooth, green eyed blond 5'10", 145, ,HANDSOME call Mark at beeper 212-713-9339 Enter firm build 8 inches & thick BODYBUILDER your numer after beep. $125 in 718-212 $150 in 201, 914 & 203 The pvt. memoirs of the elite HANDSOME 37 Steve, 212-429-1666. Out only. & discerning few, shall always Masculine classy looks remember the voyeuristic Hung big and pretty HANDSOME STUDENT journey experienced in the pri- $80 Dave 212-242-7198 23 Years Old, Good looking vacy of my condo. A sensu- IN/OUT-'caIIMytime ous Swedish & hot towel full- BISEXUAL STUD SVEN Alex 212-459-8909 body rubdown, through the, Very handsome top 6' 185# 8" Sexy, Intelligent and Hot touch of my aesthetically pro- Blond, Blue Eyes Muscular Hardbody portioned suntanned muscu- $200 IN/OUT HOT TORSO lar Italian physique. 5'81/2, Absolutely no rushing Athletic bodywork from boyish 150# 1651bs. Clean, discreet, pri- Beeper (2121314-8017 5'9" 27 yo with a very muscular build vacy well-assured. By apt. and a nice tan line. Clean cut and WANNA HORSE AROUNDn friendly, Also available with Damon. 11 am-1 Opm, 7 days. $100- Hot Horse hung Italian stud 30min., $175-70, min. $265 Noon to 4am, with a thick 10" tool, muscular, ripped. Chris (2121496-6710 up to 2 hrs. Out service avail. Are you ready to ride?? , Call Vince 212-532"5768 TONY LANZA 212·677·7656 *ISRAEU STUDS* Sensually exquisite photo set 2 Hunky Horny BB's. avail. for your pvt. collection Hung Big, X-thickll (4 B&W5x7). Send a Very Masculine, X-handsome watch chk./m.o. for $38,00 payable or join in.Visa / MC/ AMX Accepted. to Cash only please (incl's Kobi or Tomer 212-356-7212 postage), along with a name, address, and Mail To: ONE HOT BOY Occupant, P.O. Box 1094, 24,6'2", 175lbs hung 8" and thick, Murray Hill Sta., NY, NY, clean-cutw/smooth swimmers build. 10156-0604. Allow 2 wks for tops, Daddies and boys. delive ry. 0604 982-4589 AlWAYS HARD 6'2" 190# Very good looking blond jock. HANDSOME HUNK 8"/cut/thick w/big juicy low hangers 5'9",155, smooth, Llyr. old gives great Ken (2121206-7138 bodywork and morel Versatile and hot Bodybuilder into hotfunl TOTALLY NEW IN TOWN MATT 315-5097 POLICY Professional Touch * All orders and can- OUT-CALLS ONLY • Models and Escorts cellations must be . LAS VEGAS BUDDIES , Your Pleasure is our Businessl received by noon on Awesome studs will show you VEGAS Friday, No exceptions! from gaming to shows and MORE. All types Porn stars / travel available Call (8001 Call (2121459-8930 * Orders must be 879-8069 ext #2 Anytime mailed to or dropped You've tried the Rest off in sealed envelope MODElS/ESCORTS Now try the Bestll atOUTWEEK address. SM: SENSUAL/CORPORAL MUSCLE COP &. FRIEND This Young exec GO Master will 6'3",246#, 53C, 20A, 32W, Rockhard * All telephone num- initiate the novice or expand the Abs, huge Picture frame shoulders bers in ads must be horizons of the experienced. Call Luke: ask for Matt, 5'10"1881 48C, 18A, 31W, 10am-12pm only 212-772-1097 Jr-BB, & former print model-Scott verified prior to publi- Scenes from $100 IN/135 Out fotos avail. --(2121518-3214 cation. CAliFORNIA * GREG BIWONAIRE BOYS ESCORTS * Full payment must 24 year Old Pretty Boy 6' 170 Brown If you haven't tried uS lately, you don't accompany ad order Hair and Eyes 212-410-1590 know what you're missing. form and must be paid ATHLETIC MASSEUR In / Out 24 hour by in-dividual placing Call Philip (2121473-1939 ; Handsome/clean cut/great nude mas- ad, , sage, also into wrestling &sensuous HOT BLOND SWIMMER , situations John 212-741-3282 Clean cut, all American. Young/Good * All corrections and changes are $10,00 NATIONAL COMPo BB Looking/Blue eyes smooth chest/ tight 28 yo 250# 6' x handsome x hung 54C butt Jason 21A 31"W big & thick DIRK 2127 (2121922-9186 " IN/OUT 642-80189 86 OUTWEEK May 29. 1991 • , All orders and cancellations must be received by noon on Friday. No exceptions! FAILED SOUTHERN cuse for a pu blish- • Orders must be mailed to or dropped off in sealed envelope at OUTWEEK address. lADY ing company. Ihad • All telephone numbers in ads must be verified prior to publication. Seeks mature a major crush on • Full payment must accompany ad order form and must be paid by in-dividual placing ad. woman with sense of you, but couldn't • All corrections and changes are $10.00 humor. I'm 36, pleas- quite figure you out ant1D look, at, tax ac- It was always fun countant, like foreign talking to you - write 10mel'S snow bongs on I'm runnin' freell'm slightly academic. films, books, desire back, will du? E.L the roof. OutWeek a cute, fun dyke Send letter, Out- serious committed Outweek Box 3315 _ersoilis Box 37'12 who's a little crazy, • week Box 3776. relationship. Send a little calm, got it? Photo helpful. Photo if available.to HOT DYKE SEEKS AT1RAC11VE TIRED OF QUEENS Versatile. Multi- Outweek BoX#:m5 SAME FEMME HISP./ITAI.. The borough, that faceted personality. HElPll'M Baby I'm an inferno- WOMAN is. I've left all my Infected with spring STARnNGTO BI-F FlUPPINA -will you be my fuel? 26,5'9" 160lbs, green girl friends in Long fever. Looking for LOOK AT MEN. 40 YO I can burn even the • eyes, looking for ma- Island City. Just ,some dates. Hang- 33,5'3", br hair Pretty, Petite, mar- most inflammables. ture attra ctive moved to Park ing out. movies, seeks sporty-fern ried child less, seeks 5' 6" 23 y.o. GWF femme female 21-38, Slope, looking for walks, dancing, women for relation- Bi-F/GF for friend- short brown hair- outgoing funny, intel- fun and fantasy anything,but espe- ship. In1Dhumor ship, hopefully lover, eye glasses make • • • ligent for walks in between Fourth cially dinners (we all honesty romance I al)1gentle, honest my VISion pierce the park. dining out Ave. and Prospect know how sensual and treating you & caring, I love sim- your soul to depths and dancing. If sin- Park West Out- food can be). So an- right Enjoy cozy ple pleasures of din- you never knew it cerely interested in week Box 3770 swer my ad be- evenings by a fire ing, occasional trav- had. A photo/ phone establishing true cause after all, we -- place. Take a el, talking, relating Iwill get you the bliss send phone and AC110N could have some chance on someone loving. Box 443 same--ifyou have photo to Box #45ffl. WOMAN SEEKS funl Photo, phone to nice. your photo will Manorville, NY 11949 the courage· to see Over to share great OutWeek box #4444 get mine. No drugs in yourself what I , FINE UPS? life I I am a morning non-smoker pre- CHINA PATTERN AT can show you. Out- 28, Warm, Sensi- run in Prospect Park. JUSTINE ferred Outweek BLOOMIE'S week Box 3719 tive, GHF would like a squirt of kumquat A new mail order Box 3707 GF,35, 5'6",135, you to join me for a as you bite, the hot company for the BI/gr, alcohol! drug lfFTHANDED champagne limo breath of a woman S&M woman. To be ARTSYBUT free SF native/ Man- ABCDE ride around the city speaking from the on our mailing list NOTFlAKEY, hattan dweller Seeks same. Who on my B-Day, You heart Love fresh send name and YUPPIE seeks to end years knows why some are fern, blond 25- food, dancing, kids, address stating you but not square ...but of serial monogamy, people "click'. Alii 35, intelligent. no Calif, O'Keefe, AI are 21. Justine, P.O. definitely artistic- Softball, Diane know for sure, is drugs, mature, good Jarreau, colors. At- Box 922947, Sylmar, looking, so not really Kurys films,ferron, that I'm 32 with sense of humor. tractive Androgy- CA 913922947 yuppie, but could gardening, politics short red hair. I Send photo + letter neous, successful • pass at the country and cruising the want to make the ASAP ,to Outweek entrepreneur / HEY THERE club and JUST page of Elle and world a better place Box 4483 Teacher, LWF,33. I'm a nice, cute, LOVES MONEYIAM- Mirabella. 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Am By attractive blue ated, P.O. Box 132, phone sex. If you or Gay Black man I won't accept the 35, professional, tall, eyed masculine ex- North White Plains, are/European it is sensitive and mature impossibility of find- slim, and attractive. cop, 5'8", 155, very NY 10603-0132 even more exciting to explore who we ing a decent sensi- Enjoy world travel, muscular, well pro- , (212) 529-2305 an~. Foto/Phone if tive man who is nature,people portioned, easy BLOND OR possible to P.O,Box warm and funny watching, film, going, healthy, RED HEAD? BWEffiS 20, NYC, NY 10012 with a fully function- beautiful music and mainly dominant If U-R 18-35 clean Clean cut, boyish, al brain, Am looking creating good regular guy. Prefer shaven and smooth 30' s, top seeks cute GAY BLOND for a secure inde- ' karma, Are you a football player/ body I want you' I bottom for safe fun / SEEKSRJN , . friendship. Photo / GWM 25-35 to enjoy tel to: Suite F-32, life, hot safe-sex & 496A Hudson St, monogamous rela- NY, NY 10014 tionship.I'm 30, 5'11', 17511. NO fats, fems, BOTTOM SEEK TOP fakes. Sefid photo Looking for you lets /phone/letter & fanta- get serious GWM sy. Outweek Box3lll8 42,5'7'195 success- ful secure sweet GAY COUPLE- guy looking for a PINEHILL special man to start NY 24 &34GWM& a relationship send GHM looking to meet photo phone num- other gays (couples ber to P.O. Box 31, or singles) for friend- Jackson Heights, ship hiking or what- NY 11372 ever boys do in the woods weekends in DEUTCHES HAUS the Ulster/ Delaware Doesn't fit my country border write schedule. Ned Box 222 Highmount. GWM German Col- NY 12441 lege Student for six weeks and more of GBM 5'5". conversationaltu- 28 YEARS OLD toring at home Ap- Handsome, firm, prox.6 hours a week looking for 24 - 36 ,~. - sex not a object Blck or Hisp. (body Outweek BoX#4211 conscious) big brother type to DICK WORSHIPER spend quality time WANTS together. Send Well Hung Top; Me Photo & Phone # to 36 GWM 170 Ibs Outweek Box #4230 5'10' send photo to P.O. Box 7118 Grand GHM 23YO 5'1' , Central Lock Boxes 135LBS New York, NY 10163 Seeks a GHM OR GBM to be my big DOMINANCE! daddy that hung 9' + SUBMISSION age between 18-40 I want to surrender to put your hot dick control to an in- in my juicy mouth , shape dominant man. and ass. I will give it , I'm 6'4', 185lbs, brlbl, to you like no one stache outside, we're else ever give to you equal companions in before, Please'send bed, you're in charge photo / phone to ' P.O.Box 610, Outweek Box 4150 Southampton, NY 11969,Travel City, Tri- GRAD STUDENT State. IN ARTS GWM, 29, 5'10", 160, GAY AND br/gr, into MOMA, 90 OUTWEEK May 29, 1991 ~, OUTTAKES ing it." • , Cage, Wm Bur- , Con1:inued frofT1 pa.ge 64 shaved Balls Eric No one from TVC roughs, Wooster 212-242-7198 returned a Grp, Lao-Tse, sks to heterosexuality and had planned to reporter's phone calls. -;/obnZeb safe, self-motivated HANDSOME establish a presence here to lobby • guy w/own passion- ~ SUMO Congress against what Sheldon calls ate interests to Not nearly as big as "the homosexual agenda." share ideas & they are but enuf 4 Kameny, a specialist in the rights of, maybe more, You: MEN who like their military service members' and federal pleased w/yr life, mates well-padded skilled in art of con- and proportioned, employees' security clearances, used the versation, (inc.lis- I'm 5'9' 25O#'s 32 yo same tactic to block Anita Bryant's "Save GAY CHAT LINES tening) & like me, musc, calves-n- Our Children" camvaign in the mid-70s. New York wd pfr gentle intima- thighs, cushy butt. "Part of our purpose was to save our cies with someone blk/br, smart, litry. chiJdreqJium the OOlefulinfluencesof pe0- (212) 319-2270 you care 'libout to gdlkng. LAT., great ple like [bed," he said, "Her star fell fast. non-committal sex kisser UR: Masc., Boston She never got here, and I let the corpora- w/a stranger. Innate Mat, sensµal, well wisdom & sense of tion lapse. But the technique remains." (617) 262-0040 hung top man/cud- , ' humor a +. Cd you dler 30-45yo 4: When Sheldon came here 13 San Francisco really be outthere? mind! body feast- months ago to hold what he called "a Ph/Ph, if u like, ing-n-manhandling national summit to preserve the hetero- (415) 781-4488 No smokers. w/a future? Photo/ sexual ethic," Kameny learned that lYC To OutweekBox Phone pis. to Chicago had not yet filed with the DC #4341 Outweek Box #4334 Superintendent of Corporations. (312) 332-7877 GWM "The name was still up for grabs, 'l15'11-150 BR,/BR HEREIAM so I grabbed it," he explained. Call us. AFTER the computer People say I'm hand- 29 years old 6' 195 TVC attorney Lauren Homer told answers dial the free some I am seeking a Ibs, OK Skin With Kameny in an April ,23 letter that he is fellow ardent male, a military hair cut, "infringing upon trademark and other membership number 8-4-3-1 to man who likes to sincere, passionate give and receive witty, loves music rights of my client." Contacted by be connected for FREE and sexual and emotion- wet kisses, reading. Out Week, she declined to say whether • anonymously to the next caller. al bliss, who wants Possed with a de- TVC will file for a federal trademark, to savor existence sire to be loved and which would supersede DC corporate Local tolls, if any extra., Be 18.' on many levels, a cherished, Seeks law. Kameny said that he has not filed Not a or call. 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