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AIDS Era, Perhaps None Is As Sur- ,Fl,- Prising Or Disappointing As the New York Times with YOU/Iq)Jg MICIAH CONNOllY PfRfIDIA DANCIN~! JOIN S~lI~A ~O·~OBOYS! & lARRY Tff . flVf flOORS Of nN- C[)OO/Ig (0peLt\ AND A ROOf! at 9 pWl Contents OUTTWEEK August 7, 1989 NEWS 10 HEALTH Political Science (Harrington) 26 Positive Alternatives (Lederer) 28 THE ARTS Film Do The Right Thing 48 Music The New Music Seminar 50 Theater The Lady In Question 52 LEMMETAKEVAPIC-CHA! April helps Erich Conrad chronicle the opening of Funk, Theater The Quintessential Image 54 Inc., the Outlaw Party and other hot spots. (Social Books The Pursuit Of Sodomy 55 Terrorism, page 44.) DEPARTMENTS Outspoken (Editorial) 4 FEATURES Letters 6 Sotomayor 6 HOW GAY NEWSDAY? Nightmare of the Week 7 Chris Bull on the lesbian and gay newspaper Xeroxed 8 of record. page 32 Dykes To Watch Out For (Bechdel) 8 Out Of Control (Susie Day) 30 Out Of My Hands (Ball) 40 WHIRLING, FLYING, POUNDING Gossip Watch (SignOrile) 41 Charles Barber talks to dancer/choreogra- Look Out 42 pher Stephen Petronio about love, life and the Social Terrorism (Conrad) 44 new work. page 36 Community Directory 62 Personals 64 PEEK-A-BOO Going Out Calendar 68 Are you on the list? page 40 Best Bets 70 Sports (Hamlin) 74 WORD OF THE MINUTE Crossword 80 Get OVERit! (snap!) page 47 Hot Shot 82 AT LONG LAST...GESBIANS! Liz Tracey charts the phenomenon. page 46 ON THE COVER: ACT UP ACTING UP AT ARTHUR HOW TO GET LAID SULZBERGER'S HOME LAST WEEK .. Alison Camperwith lesbian sex tips. page 47 PHOTO BY T.l. UTI. August 7,1989 OUT?WEEK 3 Outspoken Publisher The Times And Our Lives Associate Publisher Editor In Chief Art Director f all the organs of society that richly deserve blame for News Editor the tragedies of the AIDS era, perhaps none is as sur- ,fl,- prising or disappointing as The New York Times. This Features Editor "liberal" paper, onetime supporter of good causes and champion of enlightened public policy, has failed so conspicuously in enlightened AIDS reporting that it's already made journalistic history. For the critical first 19 months of the epidemic, while the num- ber of reported cases reached 958 and tens of thousands more became infected, the Times published a total of seven articles about AIDS. During the same period, the Tylenol tampering claimed seven lives and got 54 Times articles, many of them on the front page. Writers such as Larry Kramer and Randy Shilts have painstakingly traced the remarkable, homophobic decisions of the Times' editorial staff to ignore AIDS. Other historians are at work documenting this historic conspiracy. And no, conspiracy is not too strong a word. But what concerns us here, and what concerned the activists who led a raucous and daring anti- Times protest this week, are not the paper's past failings, but its present ones. Because the sins of The New York Times did not end when it belatedly discovered AIDS. Some may question why the policies of the New York Times are so important to our community. The answer is that the Times is the nation's most influential newspaper, the supreme journalistic court that legitimizes trends, events and people in our society. Presidents and senators, scientists and philanthropists, editors and opinion mak- ers all read it, and then often act on what they read. Sadly, if it isn't in the Times, then it isn't actually real to many in power. And what hasn't been in the Times for years now is good, in-depth, aggressive reporting about the decade's biggest health story. Once second to none in scientific reporting, it's now taken for granted in research and scientific circles that the Times' coverage of advances in AIDS research is sloppy, spotty and unreliable. The Times has no full-time AIDS reporter, and has no AIDS reporter at all in Washington, where public policy on AIDS is made every day. It ADVERTISING lags behind even a local tabloid such as Newsday, which sent five (212) 68S-Ul8 reporters to the Montreal AIDS conference (to the Times' one), or a FAX (212) 179-4452 financial paper such as The Wall Street Journal, which published Director IInales twice as many Montreal articles as the Times. Reporter Gina Kolata's KitWihter articles are the one bright spot in an otherwise dim selection of lazily Account Executive reported, often insensitive articles on AIDS. Sidney Briscese Classified Sales Represel\tltive Now, more ominously, what had at least been a fairly accept- Tom Eubanks ' able stance on the Op-Ed page has turned damaging. The Times stood virtually alone in supporting Health Commissioner Stephen BUSINESS Assistant to the PubUsh,r Joseph's now totally-discredited plan for contact tracing. And in its Erich Conrad notorious June 29 editorial, the Times, in telling us to ignore the pes- Vice President ' Peter Housos simistic results of a federal study, callously assured its readers that Treasurer AIDS is under control now that the newly infected will merely lawrence Basile replace the dead. Of Counsel Why is the Times doing this? We wish we knew. The respected Michael E. Carver, Steven Polakof daily San Francisco Examiner, in a special report on gay bashing, OUlWEEK is published weekly by OOIWEEK PUBlISIUNG ClllI'ORAlION. Tl linked former Times chief Abe Rosenthal with Anita Bryant, Morton lexilglon Aveooe Suite 200. HeN YOII:.New YOlk 100101212) 685-1i398. The ooIi1e cnn· tents of OUlWEEK are copyrittlt4:l1989by OUIWUK F\JBlISHlNG CQIlf'OOATIlN;,arld Downey, Jr. and Lyndon laRouche as a "key vocal opponent of mar /lO1 be reproduced in8hf m<mer. eithet in whole 01 inpar~ wi!~ WI~lenperl1\is· gays," but Rosenthal retired in 1986. Obviously his spirit, at least its sioofrom!hepOOlisher. Afttightsreserved. '1 .:::' f'lblicatlon of !he name or photograph of any pefSOl\••groop or organ/talmn homophobic shade, still lives on at the paper. appearilg or advertisilg it OUlWEEK mar not be taten as ... ind'ocalion of the selIual ACT UP, which has sometimes erred in its choice of targets, was orienlalioo 01 SIdl person. group or organization lIlIeu specifically staled. The opinions of OUlWEEK are expressed ont( in ClU' editorials. Other opWons right on target when it took aim at The New York Times. It should are 1hose of !he ""iters and artist. arld do no! necessarily repl8Sefl1 !he opinions 01 OUT, plan to go back again and again until it achieves visible results. 'Y W~. , 4 OUT?WEEK August 7, 1989 N FEDERALTAX. N TATE TAX. N ITYTAX. IF YOU EARN IT, WHY NOT KEEPIT - All 100% OF IT? You can with an investment in a New York Tax-Exempt Income Fund. And you get safety, affordability and liquidity too. New York Tax-Exempt Income Funds Offer High Tax-Free Income. A triple tax advantage for New Yorkers because they inve~t in municipal bonds which are exempt from City, Stateand Federal income taxes. New York Tax-Exempt Income Funds Are Safe And Affordable. Investments are made in diversified, quality municipal bonds, lowering your investment risk. And you can open an investment account for as little as $500. You Have Easy Access To Your Money. You can take your monthly dividends in cash, or reinvest them. 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NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP TELEPHONE - HOME BUSINESS CHRISTOPHER STREET FINANCIAL, INC. 80 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 Member Securities Investor Protection Corporation Member National Association of Securities Dealers ---------------------------------------------- August 7, 1989 OUT?WEEK 5 Letters To The Editor OutWeek NEEDS WOMEN people of color at editorial decision- Some suggestions for remedying We're concerned that the making meetings, issues of concern to this situation include the following: OutWeek structure of management our communities will not be covered Given the amount of work and decision-making is interfering and that our perspective will not be which publication of a weekly maga- with OutWeek's being accessible, included on issues of concern to the zine entails, we recommend hiring at informative and enjoyable to all seg- white gay male community. For exam- least 2-3 additional editors and that ments of the lesbian and gay commu- ple, the article on Compound Q, while these people be women and/or peo- nity in the New York area. noting that its derivative has been used ple of color. If finances don't allow Although the contributing writers, for abortion in China for centuries, did hiring 3 more editors, we recommend reporters and photographers include not raise the questions that occur imme- co-editing for the major sections of the many women and some people of color, diately to women. Will women PWAsbe magazine, namely news and features. the entire management of OutWeek, excluded form these trials? If • We recommend that several with the exception of one contributing Compound Q turns out to be the "cure," segments of material be solicited on a editor, is all male and all white. what will the impact be on women's regular basis from contributing editors It is clear that the editors have reproductive organs? Will women be who are women and people of color. made a significant effort to include forced to choose between treatment and Possibilities include book review sec- material of interest to women and childbearing? tions, a section on lesbian and gay people of color.
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