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News 12 CABARET:Maggie Moore
Outtakes 16 Maria MaggenJi meets the singer and
Eye Spy 16 her~ .->~ :......•.
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Queer Planet.. 18 CABARET: Gotham
Rim Shots 20 jonn Wasser looks back in
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Washington Journal 22
BOOKS: Rebecca Brown
DEPARTMENTS Victoria A, Brownworth chats
Outspoken ...............•... A with the author •.............. 58
leHers 5 LIP SERVICE:
Stonewall Riots 5. 8 Kissing to be clever 59
Blurt Out 6 BOOKS: Boys like Us
Nightmare of the Week 9 Max Cavitch on Peter McGehee's
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Jennifer Camper 10
Critical Conn.ections 24 MUSIC: A Month at the Opera
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Bruce-Michael Gelbert gives us
Insider Trading 26 the run-down 61
Milestones 28
GlAAD Tidings 28 MUSIC: HomQ love. Songs
jim Fouratt drags it out•••••••• .63
Shopping Out 44
look Out.. 48 SIT AND SPIN:
New York~ Aldo Hernandez".64
Gossip Watch 50
Gaydar 51 THEATER: Henry IV
Otis Stuart watches it whiz by.65
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the mayor's lesbian and gay. = Allen Roskoll, Anne Rubenstein. Sarah Schulman, Ira Silverberg, Karl Soehnlein,
Jarres St. James, WICkie Stamps. Bruce C, Steele. Otis Stuart. Liz Tracey.
'stock has fallen almost daily as once-avid supporters bemoaned Jonn Wasser, John Wing, Madam X, Eva Yaa Asantewaa
a series of mayoral missteps on crucial queer issues. ILLUSTRATORS AND CARTOONISTS
As recently as two weeks ago, Mr. Dinkins alienated many when Alison Bechdel, Mark Burdett. JennHer Camper, Tom Kalin.
he inexplicably spoke out against the Channel 13 pledge boycott, a Kris Kovick, Andrea Natalie, Daniel Sotomayor
boycott endorsed by one of the broadest coalitions of lesbian and gay CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
groups-left, right and center ever assembled iri this town. Bill Bytsura,Greg Clark, Desl Del Vaile, Charles Fowler, Marc Geller.
Efrain J. Gonzalez. Morgan Gwenwald, Marl~n Humphries, Andrew Lichtenstein,
Yet in politics as in life, it is often the defining moment that IL Litt, Patsy l¥nch, Jim Marks. Tom McGovern, Tom McKitterick, Myrna Morales,
stays with us long after day-to-day disagreements are forgotten. Scott Morgan. Ellen B, Nelpris. Rink, Lisa Romerein, Lee Snider/Photo Images,
Ben Thornberry, Theresa C, Thadani, Michael Wakefield
And for Mr. Dinkins' relationship with lesbians and gays, that
defining moment will always be his insult-marred, beer-bespat- PRODUCTION MANAGER DIANA OSTERFELD
_ tered and incredibly brave and moving march with lesbians and PRODUCTION EDITOR JAMES CONRAO
gays up Fifth Avenu(!, a sometimes dangerous experience he COPY CHIEF WALTER ARMSTRONG
GRAPHIC ARTISTS YVETTE ROBINSON' ,.
later compared to the scariest civil-rights marches of the '60s. PAUL V. LEONE
. The mayor's gesture was echoed by a wide group of city CAMERA TECHNICIAN SALVADOR MENDEZ, JR.
officials who announced their intention to boycott the parade if INTERNS Justine Barda, Robert campbell, Ann
, Conner, Patricia Lohr, Sara Simmons
the parade boycotted queers. Among them were City Council
President Andrew Stein, COmptroller Elizabeth Holtzman, Attor- PUBLISHER STEVEN POLAKOFF
ney General Robert Abrams, Consumer Affairs Commissioner ASSOCIATE PUB USHER GABRIEL ROTELLO
, Mark Green, City Councilmembers Ronnie Eldridge, Bob Dryfoos SALES DIRECTOR BART CHURCH
'and C. Virginia Fields, and many other officials. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES .
VEllA CORNELIUS, JACK HOFFMANN, EVA LEONARD, COLLEEN
The glaring absence from this roll of honor was Gov. Mario MANGAN, TROY MASTERS, ARMANDA C. saUADRILli, DOROTHY
("Family of New York") Cuomo. As the controversy got noisier, DERINGER; (CAUFORNIA) MICHAEL CROSS, (415)861-3142;
the. silence emanating from Albany grew positively deafening. (NEW ENGLAND) RICHARD DRINKWATER (617)389-5076
Ultimately, Cuomo's cynical, hands-off approach couldn't have ClASSIAED SAlES '- ROGELIO A. PARRIS
ADVERTISING COORDINATOR MATIHEW DAVIS
contrasted more sharply with Dinkins' genuine solidarity. CIRCULATION DIRECTOR GRANT LUKENBILL
In retrospect, it would have been easy for the mayor to have imi- GENERAL COUNSB. MICHAEL CARVER
tated the governor's moral equivocation. But David Dinkins did the~: TREASURER LAWRENCE BASI LE ,
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proved willing to alienate bigots for the benefit of justice and in so SYSTEMS DIRECTOR VON DORA CORZEN
CREDIT MANAGER KATRINA SIMPSON '
doing put himself personally in harm's way. Whatever problems he's PUBLISHER'S ASSISTANT JIM PROVENZANO
. had with ~ in the past, whatev~ problems we may have with him 'in ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DARLA J. FJELD
tJ:1efuture, a bond of goodwill has been forged and sealed in the cru- OFFICE ASSISTANT MISAEL MALDONAOO
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. and will not soon be broken. PRESIDENT KENDALL MORRISON
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BLEEPING WITH lack of self-love, while white "Yes, but." And that "but" is and I feeI I can safeIy say I'm
THE ENEMY boys who dare greet an very important to me. not a racist. I also grew up
Robert Vazquez qualifies African-American friend while Jake Stevens with a clear understanding of
his decision to forgo white walking by [at] the end of a Manhattan what white ,society is (i.e.
men as sexual/romantic part- GMAD meeting risk getting the white, capitalist, patriarchal,
ners with a statement that he cold shoulder. And a boyfriend I'm writing in response to racist, sexist, homophobic,
"publicly support[ s 1 interracial .of color can be an exotic aber- Robert Vazquez's article/col- etc.). I've also met horrible
relationships." Yet, while he ration to white friends. umn which appeared in the sexist, racist white trash. But,
may not have written it, the Mr. Vazquez reminds us March 20 issue. In this article because I've met white racists
headline for his article-'T~o that his decision and views he states: "I have no desire to this does not then lead me to
Longer) Sleeping With the conclude that I'll never fuck a
Enemy" [no. 90, March white man again. What I do
20j-telis another story, as STONeWALL RIOTS BY ANDREA NATALIE concl ude is that I don't want
does his repeated references to fuck any white racists.
to white boys. Obviously, there are a myriad
Mr. Vazquez presents his reasons why people choose
decision as though it is the their sexual partners, and any
rare one. And maybe it is, in TH[,( SAY wE CAli reason is legitimate, but Mr.
that it is a conscious one: He TR~OE Ol/I? VOll £S FOil Vazquez seems to exclude
has chosen to take control of LEGS AND GO IV/TN even the possibility that there
Till 1'/. WHO CO"L 0
his own life and shape how he are any nonracist white boys.
RESIST'
shares his love. But my expe- Can this really be what he
rience, perhaps more limited --- . - -.--- means? Is it really not possi-
than his, leads me to believe ., , .. ble for a white man to not be
that inte rracial ity, far fro m - racist? Granted, there are a lot
being the social ideal, is deni- of white racists. There are also
grated in most quarters. Most / - many white people who are
men, white and of color alike, .... '. _' 'i-'-~. informed and who, in many
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and home so I can be just like and your points were well artificially produced and man-
my minority brothers and taken. I think these things ufactured by the Pentagon,"
sisters who are only allowed need to be voiced more often. he tells me , "but not by the
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to experience discrimination. I just don't see things as Beast Reagan ... no, no,
Give me a break! What clear-cut as you do. no .... He's not smart enough
do you want me to do? Empty Duncan Elliott for that." I smile. "No, the
my pockets and go stand in Manhattan AIDS thing is Bush's baby."
the corner? I make a note of this in
Robert Vazquez's article LITTLE LAMB, WHO my notebook and write a little
"(No Longer) Sleeping With SILENCED THEE? star by it as he Changes the
the Enemy" was the straw that It has been some years topic of discussion from
broke this camel's back on since I attended that gay George Bush having been the
white-male-bashing. Why social mixer of the ever-color- previous director of the CIA to
must everyone, except white ful "Yalesbians" (Yale Les- Jodie Foster (whom he now
males, be allowed to experi- bians) and met Miss Foster. despises) as being the revela-
ence discrimination. Is it The friend I was visiting, a tory Whore of Babylon. My
something we are not privy to? classmate of hers, did not professors have clearly
We all experience dis- consider it too very presump- instructed me not to surren-
crimination at one level or tuous of himself to interrupt der any outside information
another. Whether we are male her amorously colorful behav- that could "encourage hjs
or female, white or Black, light ior with a striking young delusions," but the evil
or dark, gay or straight, Italian woman in the corner of the schizoid Alice-in-Wonderland
or Jewish, Catholic or room in order to proffer an queen arChetype that reigns in
Methodist, fat or thin, ugly or introduction. I was enticed by the bowels of my uncon-
beautiful, blond-haired or her charismatic personality, an scious simply cannot resist
brown-haired. Republican or appealing blend of developing this encounter. "You know,
Democrat, East Village clone feminine mystique, Brahamnic John," I provide, "that Jodie
or West Village clone, butch or carriage and just the right Foster is a lesbian. I've met
fern, top or bottom, big dick touch of that spicy, deciduous, her myself. She very much
or little dick. Need I go on? tomboy charm that has been prefers the company of
Robert, get over it! Better minted into nearly all of her women." He looks at me for a
yet, dbn't, because this is one roles. I remember thinking moment, his head tilted and-
white boy who doesn't want to how lucrative it could be to his eyes slightly askew, sizing
sleep with you either! the then-burgeoning gay me up to determine what part
Michael Runco movement to have such a I play in this conspiracyen\ire.
Manhattan popular young actress as an Finally, he grins a's.aJdonic,
iconic role model. knowing smile and says, slow-
In "(No Longer) Sleeping Now let us shift the scene ly, just above a whisper: "I
With the Enemy," you depict all some several years later, as I know that. But she'll sell you
whites as being racists. Obvi- am serving my internship in out. She'll betray you. She'll
ously, you have been sleeping Clinical Psychology at St. Eliz- lie, she'll eat you for breakfast.
with the wrong white people. abeth's Mental Hospital, Crimi- One day you'll look at her and
I can understand where nal Division, WaShington, DC. say, 'Et tu, Jodie: He had per-
you are coming from-I had Tonight I will be working with ceptively assumed that I also
to sever my ties to people (gay a brilliantly notorious patient was gay.
and non-gay), who offended by the name of John Hinckley, We talked abQut many
my political sensibilities. reknowned both for his things that evening, and I've
You are assuming that. all startlingly prophetic political kept the notebook I used in
people of color are politically accusations and hisunfortu- that session. I left St. Eliza-
correct. What are you going to nate lack of precision as a beth's that evening convinced
do when you're on a date with marksman. He has just fin- that Mr. Hinckley was indeed
a Latino who says something ished his first book, a fascinat- suffering certain psychological
offensive to the African-Ameri- ing treatise on numerology disturbances and had not
can community, or an African- and coming world events, in merely copped the insanity
American who says something which he foretells unimagin- plea to avoid incarceration.
anti-Latino, or either one who able devastation the AIDS epi- But as I review these notes
might utter a sexist remark? I demic will have on certain with the luxury of hindsight
have been in th is city ten areas of the globe and minori- and the privilege of clinical
years, and I have heard it all. ty populations in particular. insight, I am reminded of the
I enjoyed your article, "The AIDS epidemic is entirely poetic irony Mr. Hinckley
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understood and which our gay LAMBDA LAMENT their concerns. Further, Lamb- versy and into the future, so it
community is now beginning I am a member of Lamb- da has promised to change its can continue and expand its
to comprehend in the matter da Legal Defense and Educa- planning process to ensure good work to benefit us all. ,
of Ms. Foster and her surrepti- tion Fund and have been fol- that these concerns are fully James M. Emery
tious The Silence of the lowing with some distress the taken into account when San Francisco
Lambs, i.e., that one is never a ,
controversy over Lambda's future events are planned.
prophet in one's own country. upcoming fund-raising event Lambda has committed itself ANTI·INFIGHTING
Eric M. Pollard at the Broadway show Miss to continue its work building It truly saddens me to
Washington, DC Saigon. I fear the ,people bridges to all members of the read of the dispute between
protesting Lambda's plans lesbian and gay community. Lambda Legal Defense and the
The controversy surround- have lost sight of who our ALOEC and GAPIMNY should Center on one side and Asian
ing The Silence of the Lambs common enemies are. Some- now exercise some tolerance Lesbians of the East Coast and
deeply disturbs me. Having had times we attack friends and bridge-building as well. Gay and Pacific Islander Men
a close encounter with one because they are the only peo- To demand now that of New York on the other. It
such killer, who murdered my ple who listen to us. Lambda cancel its fund-raiser, saddens me because this
lover of 15 years without Gay men and lesbians- cripple its finances and mort- whole incident is another
motive, I'm troubled by the and all people of color-face gage our future is misguided example of various groups
movie's homophobic fascina- discrimination and the threat and wrong. The educational within the gay and lesbian
tion and exploitation of morbid of violence every day. Hate goals of ALOEC and GAPIMNY community fighting one anoth-
curiosity. My lover's killer, who crimes are increasing against are being achieved. I under- er instead of fighting those
was no less deranged than the all minorities. Lambda has a stand Lambda has written to who are most guilty of op-
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homosexual killer fictionalized long and distinguished history all its ticket-holders, offered pressing us.
in Lambs, was homophobic by of effective advocacy combat- full ticket refunds and included I have never seen Miss
his own admission. ting discrimination and pro- ALOEC and GAPIMNY state- Saigon, so I am not in a posi-
Sadly, Jodie Foster, an moting the rights of al/ les- ments in the mailing. In this tion to judge its content. How-
Oscar [winner] for her por- bians, gay men and people way, the criticism of Miss ever, I am sure that neither the
trayal of an abused victim in with HIV. When 'Lambda Saigon and the controversy Center nor Lambda was aware
The Accused, makes a 360 changes the rent control laws surrounding it have height- that the content of the show
degree turn in Lambs, where in New York state, represents ened awareness of the inane would so. deeply offend many
the victim is little more than lesbians denied custody of stereotypes that populate members of our community.
an object. There is no insight their children and fights dis- Broadway musicals. Those I am grateful that the gay
into the victim's life achieve- crimination in the military, it who attend the show will, I an~ lesbian Asian groups have
ments, nor is there witnessed helps all of us. hope, have these issues on brought this issue up so as to
the devastation endured by the Certainly there is room their minds. Further, I am cer- educate and sensitize the Cen-
victim's family or loved ones. for criticism and creative dis- tain Lambda would be most ter and Lam bda as well as
There are the typical graphic cussion among different receptive to any suggestions many others in our communi-
scenes of horror and focus on groups within the lesbian and for positive outreach, pro- ty about the anti-Asian racism
capturing the criminal. For the gay community. I agree with grams that ALOEC, GAPIMNY that is prevalent in both the
story of the survivors of homi- members of Asian Lesbians of or others might propose. straight and gay communities.
cide victims is not thrilling. It the Ea,st Coast [ALOEC] and Protest the show, not However, I see little net gain in
is heartbreaking. Gay A¢ian and Pacific Islander Lambda, if it offends you. having both the Center and
What does this movie Men of -New York [GAPIMNY] Protests, pickets and sit-ins Lambda cancel their benefits,
really say about the working that Miss Saigon is not a pro- are to make people listen to which would result in signifi-
of the criminal mind? It gressive, empowering show. you when they are ignoring cant financial hardship for
dishes out some cheap-shot I don't think it follows, you. Lambda is not the FDA or both organizations.
psychology with a blunt and however, that Lambda's asso- the NIH. Tom Stoddard is not On the other hand, as an
disgusting homosexual slant ciation with a politically 0 btuse Cardinal O'Connor, or even Asian person, I know that anti-
of defamation. It perpetu- Broadway production war- former Mayor Ed Koch. Asian racism is an issue which
ates violence. rants threats and boycotts Lambda has reached out is too often ignored. I can
In the aftermath of my against Lambda. From what I to ALOEC and GAPIMNY and empathize with my Asian
own tragedy, I kept asking, have read and heard, Lambda listened to them honestly and brothers and sisters who feel
over and over, "Why? Why?" can satisfy ALOEC and sincerely. Lambda for 17 years outraged that two prominent,
"There is no why," the GAPIMNY with nothing short has been a determined and supposedly racially inclusive,
detective repeated. "It was just of cancelling their event. unrelenting fighter for our organizations in our commu-
his time to kill. It didn't even Why? Both the eXjlcutive staff rights. Lambda does not need nity would give their support
matter who he killed-just of Lambda and Lambda's to prove its commitment to to an arguably anti-Asian,
whoever was around when he directors have met with repre- our community by canceling racist show.
got the urge." sentatives from ALOEC and the Miss Saigon event. We I do not believethat a boy-
Gregory Maskwa GAPIMNY. Lambda has made must continue to support cott or bullying of either organi-
Manhattan a genuine effort to understand Lambda through this contro- zation is very constructive at
this point. Tomake amends which no one else adheres? equate "clout" with excellence to seriously rethink his con-
With the gay and lesbian Asian Why the mockery of compar- anywhere in my review. On ception of "free speech," if his
community, I propose that ing a work that required some the matter of standards, I coverage of Brown Universi-
lambda offer to divert itself thought on the part of every- hold lesbian and gay work up ty's expulsion of a student for
partially and temporarily from one who contributed to it to to the same standards that I name-calling [no. 89, March
'its primary mission of gay the mindless consumer flot- use when assessing all litera- 13] is any indication.
rights and PWA advocacy and sam that washes up on late- ture-skill, grace, depth of Goff's description of "the
help take on some significant night television? Maybe it's feeling, originality, clarity, whole free-speech-on-campus
Asian rights cases. The Center Ms. Maggenti's forte to review honesty and meaningfulness, thing" reveals just how limited
could offer to help fund-raise the written word while she among other criteria. lesbian he thinks that freedom should
for GAPIMNY and AlOEC and watches the idiot box into the Bedtime Stories is compared be. "But really," he asks, "is
offer free use of the Centerfor a wee hours. But hey, if she's so to "mindless consumer flot- freedom of speech about the
certain length of time. fascinated by Chia Pets, why sam" because that's how rights of a drunken idiot to yell
I encourage GAPIMNY doesn't she cover them and poorly it is written. I'm sure 'faggot' and 'nigger' in the
and AlOEC to continue their spare us her book reviews? the people who created the middle of the night in a cam-
fight against racism. But per- Terry Diamond ridiculous Chia Pet also pus courtyard?" Well, yes.
haps instead of accosting Manhattan thought their idea "required That's exactly what free
Tom Stoddard, who has inar- some thought on the part of speech is supposed to mean.
guably done much for the Maria Maggenti responds: I everyone involved. " Bad work If I have freedom of speech in
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entire community, the Asian said that lesbians still don't is bad work no matter what every sense but to insult
groups should be zapping wield the same publishing we call it. someone, I don't have free-
Cameron Mackintosh and power as gay men, and this dom of speech at all.
leading protests outside the has to do with sexism and GOFF GAFFE ,Words ,like "bigot,"
theater where Miss Saigon lesbo-phobia in the main- I'm glad I don't live in the "homophobe" and "queer-
will be showing. . stream publishing indus- States, where someone like basher" are as offensive to big-
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try-not with the quality of Michael "Gaydar" Goff could ots, homophobes and queer-
Los Ange/es lesbian writing. I do not become president. Goff needs bashers as "faggot," "dyke"
and "queer" are to faggots,
SPARE US dykes and queers. But that's
Maria Maggenti's snide not the point, no matter what
potshot at the "sorry state of Michael Goff thinks. However
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lesbian literary affairs" based flawed its application, the US
on her reading of Lesbian srONEWAtt RIOrS BY ANDREA NATALIE First Amendment exists to pro-
Bedtime Stories 2, is pure tect that very kind of offensive '
ignorance [no. 87, Feb. 27]. speech. "Universities mtJ~t
. She lumps several literary teach students the responsibili~
lights of the past w~th un- ties that come with the right of
named contemporary lesbian free speech," Goff says'. Th~
writers as evidence that the only responsibility students
p,atriarchy is not as omni- have in that regard is to fight to
potent as everyone says it is. keeptheir speechfree.
(Those silly dykes.) Further, To top it all off, Goff
lesbian writers don't measure makes these evaluations in a
up to the achievements of gay gay and lesbian newsweekly
male writers because they with a cover story on SIM sex,
don't wield the same "publish- for heaven's sake a perfect
ing clout." When did "clout" example of the benefits of free
become equated with literary speech. Goff should remem-
excellence? -: ' .\ ber how often the free speech
Why do, Ms. Maggenti or , I\ of gays and lesbians has been
her colleagues need to trash infringed in the past. It's ironic
all lesbian literature every time indeed that he should be
a bad book comes out? Does advocating the restriction of
The New York Times book- free speech for otper people.
reviewer, Chris lehmann- , I acknowledge in advance
• , Haupt, condemn the whole any objections that I'm naive,
spy novel 'genre every time' politically incorrect, an uni-
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"Gay Men With HIV Given 5) That this was a case she did with the Stonewall sex." You were charged with
Harsher Prison Sentences." I grandstanded by a prosecu- Committee for Lesbian and sexually exploiting a minor.
was surprised to learn that tor running for the GOP ticket Gay Rights (not mentioned in but the article's seventh para-
Ms. Dell Richards tied my for governor, keeping him on the article). graph states clearly that you
case [to] the one from Boise. the front pages at the time. To me, Ms. Richards had were never convicted of that
Admittedly, Mr. George Her- 6) That I have a 1OO~ the means in which to write an charge, and convicted instead
bert Lewis received an outra- page scrapbook full of the excellent, detailed article on of paying to take nude
geous sentence because of mass-media coverage includ- this miscarriage of justice- Polaroid photographs of a 16-
his HIV status. These cases ing six front-page Seattle disappointingly, it turned out year-old boy and for offering
have little in common. I was dailies screaming the result to be a mediocre one. to pay a prostitute for sex.
never charged with child of my "now-ruled-illegal" Steven G. Farmer While an article ina
molestation. Ms. Richards forced HIV-test. Seattle national news magazine
fails to mention that: 7) That this case is not might not focus on the local
1) I do not fall under likely to be reconsidered by On the contrary, the article politiCS behind the case, its
"sex-offender" status under the Washington state Su- was entirely accurate, non- central point was that people
Washington state law. preme Court and will most judgmental and angled dif- with AIDS or HIV-infection
2) I was never "charged" likely end up in Federal Court ferently from most of what who are, rightly or wrongly,
with "having sex" or [with] the US Supreme Court, while has been written in the les- convicted of sex-related
any "sex crime" as paragraph I wait in quarantine or soli- bian and gay press. crimes are facing stiffer
• seven infers. tary confinement. The comparison between prison sentences, and that
3) I qualified for a "first- I do appreciate the cov- you and George Herbert Lewis the introduction of AIDS and
offender status" of 90 days, erage on my case, and several is clearly drawn between your HIV-status into the case had
not three and one-quarter important points were made. HIV-positive antibody-status, been disputed as unfair by
years. However, I provided Ms. not your convictions. Thearti- the defendants.
4) Why AIDS was an Richards with mass written cle never stated that you were When your case ends up
issue in my case at all, when information and verbal inter- a sex offender charged with in state Supreme Court, feder-
clearly it should not have been. views, including an interview child molestation or "having al court or the US Supreme
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in your 100-page scrapbook could not be further from the at The following sentence was omitted from the discus-
down to four columns. truth", As a pel"$on in re.covery, I sion of the Opera Orchestra of New York's La Sonnam-
-News Ed. am very active in AIDS and hula in issue no. 86 (Feb. 20): "Eve Queler presided with
queer activism as well as the an aptly light touch and made a particular highlight of
KEEP THOSE war resistance. I've worked on 'D'un penstero,' the concerted number parodied by
CARDS AND LETTERS many issues and actions and
Gilbert and Sullivan in Trial by jury."
COMING IN have been very outspoken on
It pains me to do it, but.1 the floors of ACT UP and Queer
have to correct the nice letter Nation, my inspiration being the stand or at least accept it as our and use drugs safely, but for
Paul A.H. Babitts wrote about dozens of other recovering choice of a way of life. Just in some, abstinence is the differ-
my work ["Letters," no. 90, addicts and alcoholics I see case you make your comments ence between life and death.
March 20]. While he's certainly doing the same, week after to inspire change within our Why not help save some lives
entitled to his flattering opin- week. My road to activism was community or to enlighten us to by offering information on
ions-heaven knows I'm not via AA and NA, without which I'd the ills of this world: "Climb addiction and where one can
arguing with tha~the work he be of no use to the activist com- down from your ivory tower, receive help if [one] decide[s]
praised was actually from the munity for, most likely, I'd return sister!" You are certainly no sav- [one] has a problem?
colu mn I co-author with to a life of active addiction. Peo- ior to our community, just as a You've been challenged.
Madame X. And the truth is, as ple in recovery are everywhere het could not be to queers, men fdO.
our editor once said, Madame X accomplishing, inspiring, taking cannot be to women, or just as Manhattan
is the funny one. action and saving lives. We are a white cannot be to a commu-
I hope this doesn't dis- people of all colors, women, nity of color. OUT SILENT
courage anyone else from men, queer, straight. We do not I suggest you think twice Thirty percent of all queers
writing in to say kind things wear scarlet "A"s on our chests before you rant, condemn and have had, are having, or will
about me and Madame X, to set us apart from the rest. judge. Remember, we are every- have, a problem with drugs
together or separately (hint). She also claims we are where. Maybe the next time you and/or alcohol. You're silent.
We really appreciate it. "too wrapped up in our recov- hear someone standing up for Seventy percent of IVDU's
Anne Rubenstein ery, [our] righteous indignation his- or herself or community, entering rehabs are HIV-posi-
Brooklyn surrendered to a higher power you'll pause and wonder if tive. You're silent.
and too shut down ...." Bullshit maybe that person is in recov- Twelve-step programs are
as AGAIN again! We are an empowered ery, and if maybe the reason he bashed in your magazine.
I'd like to address the community who have arrested or she sounds so clear and , right . You're silent.
issues of addictophobia, igno- our addictions, overcome self- on is, in fact, the voice of em- You have the ability to
rance and intolerance of 12- destruction and are moving on powerment received from the inform thousands of addicts
step programs, and the baiting to other issues in our lives. We strength of 12-step programs. and alcoholics about the dis-
and ,bashing of people in these are on the front lines challeng- Furthermore, I suggest ease of addiction and how to
programs that has been found ing those who would oppress that OutWeektake responsibili- better protect themselves and
in 'OutWeek over the past us, arm-in-arm with the rest of ty for representing the entire their lovers during the AIDS
months and, specifically, in the queer nation. More often queer nation and cease allow- crisis. You're silent.
Noelle Hanrahan's article and than not a 12-stepper helped ing vicious attacks upon our Out Week, must we re-
response to Adele B.'s letter. organize, run or pull off that community by addictophobic, mind you: Silence = Death?
. R rst off, addiction is a dis- last action you attended. We ignorant blame-seekers such Addicts' Rights Caucus,
ease, not a choice, and left are certainly not Shivering in as Ms. Hanrahan. It is estimat- ACTUP/NY
untreated will destroy one's life. our closets, accepting our own ed that 30 percent of queers
One of the most effective means deaths and threats to our com- are addicts or alcoholics, and
many more suffer from other All letters to the edi-
of treatment is abstinence within munities or world.
manifestations of the same dis- tor must Include a
a 12-step program, a decision Her narrow-minded bigotry
name, address and
which needs to be made by the is repulsive, and your attack ease (that's 100 percent more
daytime phone, al-
individual affected by this dis- upon our community is shame- than in the het wOrld). Instead
though names may
ease. Recovery from addiction is ful. We deal with an incredible of offering only one-sided, nar- be withheld at the
a long and difficult process and amount of addictophobia every" row-minded opinions, why not author's request. Out-
happens in its own time. AA/NA day-and with people like you, offer some facts and some Week reserves the
has saved hundreds of thou- who choose to condemn entire choices? Or does Out Week right to edit letters
sands of queers from a life of communities, instead of making really support this form of big- for clarity and space
despair and/or death and has the slightest attempt to under- otry? Many people can drink considerations.
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bV Avril McDonald Law gives the commissioner the power Law, prohibits mandatory testing for HIV.
. NEW YORK-The thorny subjects to make such designations and that he "We saw a direct conflict between the
of mandatory HIV-testing and name- was correct in his decision not to list it. AIDS Confidentiality Statute and adding
reporting were debated in the New York The doctors' groups, which include HIV to the list,"she told OutW~k
Cqurt of Appeals last week, when the the New York State Society of Surgeons, But the doctors' groups allege that
cciurt heard oral arguments in a case the New York State Society of the statute dealing with communicable
inyolving New York State Commissioner Orthopaedic Surgeons, the New York diseases and STDs and those dealing with
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He is being sued by four state doc- Gynecologists and the Medical Society of A trial court judge ruled against the
tors' groups who claim that he failed to the State of New York all claim that the four doctors' groups in November 1988.
fulml a legal obligation to designate HIV commissioner had no discretion under They appealed to the Appellate Division
as,a "communicable" and "sexually trans- the statute and that even if he had, he of the State Supreme Court, which also
missible" disease under the Public Health abused it by not adding HIV to the list of ruled against them on May 9, 1m. "
Law. Such a listing would allow for communicable diseases and SIns. "The actions taken by the commiS-
mandatory testing, reporting of names According to Evelyn Tenenbaum, the sioner and the department of health in
. and contact-tracing of the partners of lawyer from the attorney general's office response to the AIDS crisis are in accor-
seropositive individuals.' working on the case, which is called dance with the policies set forth by the
In its defense, the state health Public Health Law, Article 7:7(0, but is bet- Legislature and the recommendations of
• department argued that the Public Health ter known as the AIDS Confidentiality leading public health experts in the
, ,nation and are not in any way arbitrary,
capricious, illegal or irresponsible," the
Appellate Division's decision read
The state's highest court, the Court
of Appeals, which is currently reviewing
the case, accepted, last month, a "friend
of the court" brief from 23 groups and
individuals with expertise in public
health, urging the court to reject the doc-
tors' appeal.
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WASHINGTON-After a weekend of testimony at a recent "Hopefully, the CDC will not change their guidelines sig-
conference at the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, AIDS nificantly," said Belinda Rochelle, health lobbyist for the
lobbyists are looking forward to quick action from the agency "
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "Hopefully, they'll favor
on new disease-prevention guidelines for HIV-infected he;ilth- infection-control based on the improvement of equipment and
care workers to help repel expected congressional proposals . .
on protective equipment like gloves and needles. because remov-
the controversial issue. .: . ing the worker from the workplace does not protect the
Sparked by last year's revelation that a Florida'dentist patient from AIDS:'
may have transmitted .his HIV infection to three of his Once the proposed regUlation changes are announced,
patients, the Atlanta-based agency from Feb. 22 through Feb. federal law mandates that they be published in the.FederaJ
24 heard arguments from health-care, patient-advocacy and Register for 60 days, during which period the public may sub-
public-policy groups on the contested issue of HIV-infected mit comments to the agency before the guidelines are made
health-care workers. final. Sources suggest that the CDC may announce its new
There, in full force, Were representatives from a broad guidelines as soon as this week.
coalition of AIDS, gay and lesbian and civil liberties groups, who But Capitol Hill lobbyists are concemed that some legisla-
argued that the standing CDC guidelines calling for "universal tors will-try to capitalize on the attention around the issue to
precautions" are sufficient protection from what they character- impose their own restriction on any number of money- or
ized as a "minimal" risk of HIV transmission from infected health-related bills while the CDC is finalizing its guidelines.
health-care workers to patients. "Regardless of what the CDC does," said Feldblum,
But despite nearly unanimous pleas from a broad array of "I'm sure that [Rep. William] Dannemeyer of California and
interested groups at the meeting, some in the health-care and [Sen. Jesse] Helms of North Carolina will think they can do
patient-advocacy arenas feel that something more needs to be it one better:' ,
done to protect patients. Both Helms and Dannemeyer in each Congress have
Among those groups are the American -Medical introduced a series of proposed amendments calling for the
Association and the American Dental Association, which have mandatory HIV-testing of a wide array of populations. And
called on HIV-infected physicians, dentists and health-care while each of their amendments have failed, Dannemeyer's
Workers to voluntarily inform their patients of their HIV status newfound position as ranking Republican member of the piv-
and refrain from performing "invasive procedures" on them. otal Health and Environment Subcommittee, however, is
Gauging from the bulk of the testimony given at February's expected to give the califomia conservative added clout to get
Atlanta conference, the CDC's new guidelines are expected to be his expected amendments.
largely in keeping with the current "universal precautions." -Cliff O'Neill
testing programs, thereby dramatically are considered to be at the highest risk should not have to take them all the
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undermining the benefits of l-llV testing.· for HIV infection from a patient . time,· McKee contended. "As soon as
Signers onto the amicus brief "There is no doubt that there is a you make something routine, it
included the American Nurses vested interest,· said McKee. "These spe- becomes routine.·
Asso,ciation; the American Red Cross; cialities are most highly susceptible." If a patient's serostatus was known,
AIDS Action Council; the American Civil rights attorneys from the universal precautions would not be nec-
FOllndation for AIDS Research; Dr. Allan Lambda Legal Defense Fund also argued essary, McKee added. Although he
Rosenfield, dean of the School of Public that the universal precaution that all admitted that current HIV-testing pro-
Health of Columbia University; Larry O. hospitals are required to follow obviate duces false positives and negatives.
Go~;tin, the executive director of the the need for mandatory testing. ·You a __ TEaTING .. n pag_ 43
American Society of Law and Medicine;
and Mathilde Krirn, the president of the
board of the American Foundation for
AIDS Research.
However, Francis McKee, the exec-
utive director of three of the medical,
societies bringing the case, insisted.th3;t.
"the overwhelming majority of the pro-
fession is in support of our proposals.·
The Medical Society of the State of
New York, which represents doctors in
specialities, is considered to represent
the spectrum of the profession. The
other three groups, which McKee repre-
sents, involve those specialities which
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"Each generation of Americans has held each June, to push the bill toward The first target for actual legislative
been given the task of expanding the the co-sponsor mark of 100. action on the bill will be the staging of
Constitution's protections to a new group And the Human Rights Campaign congressional hearings on the measure,
of Americans," said Gregory King, Fund has plans for a massive long-term potentially in 1992. Hearings on the bill
spokesperson for the Human Rights project to realize the bill's passage by the were last held in Washington in January
Campaign Fund. "Our generation has the year 2000, which includes upping its 1982, when a handful of AIDS cases
noble task of including sexual minorities political contributions to congressional were only beginning to emerge in sev-
under the edicts of the Constitution's candidate1i in the 1992 election cycle to eral American cities. T
protections. "
. To effect that end, gay lobbyists will
initially focus on expanding the list of
co-sponsors and documenting incidents
of anti-gay discrimination for use at con-
gressional hearings,
Also, activists are currently in the ini-
tial stages of discussing the possibility of ..
a third March on Washington for Lesbian
and Gay Rights in either 1992 or 1993.
For its part, in addition to its regular
lobbying efforts, NGLTF will continue its
grass-roots work to urge additional mem-
bers of Congress to co-sponsor the pro-
posal, combining its constituent postcard
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FOURMORE lobbyists from coast to coast are
delighted at the current prospects for
tee hearings in California and Maine indi-
cate substantial support among state law-
STATESlAUNCH passage of significant legislation barring makers. A broad-based anti-discrimina-
discrimination against lesbians and gay tion bill will be introduced this month in
GAYRIGHfSB men. In Connecticut, a law may be Illinois. The only defeat so far, in New
SAN FRANCISCO-Activists and signed by the end of April while commit- Mexico last week, was the first try ever
by ELLEN
B. NEIPRIS
MADISON AVENUE, MIDTOWN MANHATIAN The reign of the Forbidden Empress IV of New York
(above right) ended last week when Her Imperial Highness Empr~ssCamille Beauchamps crowned her
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Duchess Electra (above left) and Queen of the Queer Nation, Rollerena, were among the many roy-
alty spotted at the Imperial Court's Fifth Annual Forbidden Ball held this year at the Roosevelt Hotel .
• .And one of the few ladies clad in ciwies, Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger, presented
Empress Camille, with a plaque proclaiming March 16 "Night of a Thousand Gowns Day." Proceeds will
go to the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center.
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• Embankment to Hyde Park (via Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and the Houses I
for the Illinois Lesbian and Gay Task
-- • • of Parliament) on Feb. 16 in protest of Clause 25, Paragraph 16 and Operation I
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• fuck!' We say, 'Fuck you!" and other, less-catchy slogans. Clause 25 is proposed •
have as many as 15 co-sponsors and that
• legislation that will sharply increase penalties for several public-cruising-related •
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current Illinois Human Rights Act. It also
: GERMANY: East and West German boys more than 16 years of age ' :
changes the word "handicapped" to "dis-
• will soon be free to celebrate reunification from a male pOint of view. following '. ,,'.
ability" to be congruent with the Federal
• months of gay protest, Parliament announced that it will delete Paragraph 175 . I
Americans for Disabilities Acts,
• of the West German penal code from the lawbooks of the new Germany. The .•
New Mexico
• statute sets a higher age-of-consent for gay male sex than for lesbian or hetem- "~I
The only defeat so far this year
• sexual sex. The paragraph took on increased significance after reunification •
came earlier this month in New Mexico.
• - But Neil Isbin, a spokesperson for the
• because the East German corollary had been repealed in 1968. Activists had •
• feared the West's law would prevail in the new Germany and turn former East •
New Mexico Lesbian and Gay Alliance,
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I German boys between ages 16 and 18, as well as adults who have sex with •
said that he was not surprised by the
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loss. 'This was our first year, but we are
going to keep trying," he promised. The
: LIBERIA: It's not only in America that war gets in the way of gay lib. •
bill was passed by two subcommittees
• Club Lambda, the only gay group in the West African nation of Liberia, has dis- •
before it was defeated by a 24-to-15 vote • ' banded for the duration of the country's ongoing bloody civil war. Prior to the time :
in the New Mexico Senate,
• that rebel forces reached Monrovia, the capital, the grou~'s mem.bership had grown •
The law would have amended the
I to 75 and plans were afoot to start a seco~d c~apter.1n a regional capital. Now, •
current New Mexico Human Rights Act
• most of the 75 members have taken refuge In neighbOring Freetown, Sierra Leone, •
by adding the word sexual orientation to
• or Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A few of the group members who have money want to
other protected classes. Support came
• emigrate to the United States, but they must await a determination by the State ':
from several religious organizations, the
• Department on who is and isn't a "Liberian refugee." Club Lambda was launched in •
Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce,
• 1988 by US Peace Corps volunteer Tom Myers, who says that he "saw the spark" I.
both daily newspapers in the city and • of gay liberation "and blew on the spark really hard to start the fire." •
many Native American organizations.
Opposition, which Isbin said was very • I
well organized, came from fundamental-
ist groups and the local Episcopal Bishop. :L NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ~:
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A. Perigard, who probed gay sick and perverted:' commented a caller to the Seattle-based
; bodybuilder Bob Paris' prissy Asian Pacific Lesbians and Gays, or APLG, one of three to leave
•. / press presence in the Feb. 7 threatening messages on the group's answering machine in the
issue of the Boston-based gay STEVEN BECK past year, according to the Seattle Gay News, or SGN.
weekly. Speaking anonymously, an APLG member told,SGN that
Seems that Warner Books, the publisher of Paris' new members of the Aryan Nation, a neo-Nazi group, were the'
workout guide, Beyond Built, is anxious for gay men to pur- source of the harassment.
chase the tome, although its author won't talk to lesbian and Meanwhile, members of APLG have ceased using their
gay journalists. name in the press, no longer leave a pre-recorded events .caI-·
"Bob has a problem with the gay press," Warner Books' endar on their answering machine and have beefed up secu-,:'
Kelly Leonard tOld.Bay Windows. rity at meetings. ' ,.
Contacted by OutWeek, Kelly denied saying that but con-
firmed that Paris is remaining mum, and was unable to fill in WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT: Get ready to take oW.
the blanks. Paris' Jan. 3 appearance on Donahue with his lover your dancing shoes, put on your hiking boots and schlep
Rod Jackson, whom he married last year, helped to flesh out around the Upper West Side with a zillion queers and their
his position. friends. Yes, it's that time of the year to plan for Gay Men's
"Why should you have to have an article that appears Health Crisis' annual AIDS Walk New York, slated for Sunday
about the love of your life... and it appears next to a sex ad for May 19. To sign up, call (212) 807 -WALK. And look for
a sex tOY?" he reportedly whined to Phil Donahue, presumably OutWeeKs contingent of sassy strollers there,
about the cover stories that appeared last year in OutWeekand
the Advocate shortly after he married Jackson. "We had a lot TO EVERYTHING, TURN, TURN, TURN,
oftrouble getting respect for our relationship as a couple." THERE IS A SEASON, TURN, TURN, TURN: •
Not hard to see why. I'm sticking to Jane Fonda. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, General Motors and Philip Morris are
among the "top sponsors of pro-homosexual programs,"
STAMFORD, WEAR FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR: according to a recent study by the Amer'ican Family
• The Stamford Board of Representatives approved a gay arid Association based in that hotbed of activism, Tupelo, Miss.
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lesbian rights ordinance protecting city employees from job These companies, which have in the past also been .
discrimination earlier this month. The vote was 29 to 7, with under fire from gay and lesbian advocates, bou~ht airtime
one abstention, according to The New York Times. The during episodes of LA Law, Cop Rock, Doctor Doctor and
Connecti~ut city joins the enlightened municipalities of New The Simpsons (!), which the good folks down in Tupelo
Haven and Hartford in affording such protections. found objectionable because of their depictions of gay men
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While that battle showed Duffy was priated $58,000, on March 14 at a gala claim Vice President Bartholomew .
clearly willing to publicly differ with the swearing-in ceremony held in the Casimir challenges. ,
mostly Democratic gay and lesbian polit- Massachusetts Statehouse. "If this infighting is put out on a
ical establishment, his new high-profile -Nina Reyes/New Yor-k national level, it's going to set back AIDS
position has been met with strong sup- a long way, n Merdian said. Casimir
port from lesbian and gay activiSts. believes that the problems stem fr9m
His sudden rise to prominence also RACISM personality conflicts, and not from race.
serves, he says, to give greater visibility
to gay Republicans, both in the eyes of
C '.. ,GES, In the statement, three former
regional board members, one alternative
straight Republicans and among gay men RESIGNATIONS
. . . board member and the treasurer, claim
and lesbians. "I think it's helped make that the executive director withheld
the idea much more acceptable, and it's
FLY AT NATIONAL financial statemen~ regarding programs
legitimized the idea of gay Republicans,· AIDS GROUP aimed at people of color from the trea-
he commented surer, Alexander Robinson, who is Black.
But even while political axes are WASHINGTON-Citing racism on "[Merdian] was able to stonewall
being buried, from the outset, it is clear the parts of the executive director and me ....As treasurer, I interpreted [fmancial
that Duffy's job will be a- hard one: other board members, five African- oversight] as my role,· Robinson said
MCADhas a backlog of more than 6,000 American members of the board of But Merdian asserts that he never
cases, a staff that is half what it was at directors of the National Association of blocked Robinson from accessing mate-
the agency's resource peak and is facing People with AIDS, or NAPWA,signed a rials. "It is not my responsibility to pho-
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level funding in the next fISCalyear. And, "statement of collective resignation· on tocopy grant proposals for Alexander
even as he surveys the swamp of Feb. 18. when he lives two blocks from the,
cases-going back to at least 1984-he But NAPWA rejected their resigna- office,· he charged '
has declared that he will attempt to tion and requested individual resigna- 'There are more personality ronflicts
increase utilization of the state's anti-dis- tions instead-which have, in fact,
crimination protection for lesbians and come from four of the five. To compli-
gay men, which was enacted in 1989. cate matters further, the executive direc-
Some local activists, while pleased tor, Michael Merdian claims that three
that their electoral support for Weld has of those who signed the resignation did
resulted in the selection of openly gay not actually have positions to resign, a
individuals to fill sensitive positions, have
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also expressed misgivings about the fact
that Duffy replaced the only woman on
the commission, leaving MCAD without
HELP PRIDE HAPPEN
a woman on the executive board for the Your sponsorship of a block of the Lavender Line will help us pay
first time since the agency was created. for the paint and labor to make sure New York's Lesbian & Gay
'This is something that has resonated Pride March will once again follow the Lavender Line. Your block
with the [Weld] administration,· Duffy can be dedicated to. someone lost to the AIDS crisis, a public
replied with equanimity, "and they've proclamation of your love - whatever you want the world to know.
committed themselves to having the next In order to be sure these dedications appear in the Pride Guide,
(Mq.o] appointment be a woman .. we need your check and this form back by April 8, 1991.
, Upon acce(Xing his job, Duffy made
it ~Iear that the lack of bureaucratic and Please reserve block(s) @ $75.
political experience can be used to his
advantage, even while critics fault him Name ___
for his inexperience: In a maverick Address Apt. _
departure from the code of politicians,
Duffy announced that he would forego City State Zip _
20 percent of his salary to help offset the
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level funding the agency is faCing. That
amount represents nearly half of the The dedication should read: _
amount Weld has proposed that MCAD
lose in the next fiscal year. _
"I haven't gotten any direct feea- Sponsored by: _
back,· Duffy acknowleged "But I realize
that times are tough, and everyone's got •
Make check payable and mall with this form to:
to do a little belt-tightening: Heritage of Pride, Inc. '
Duffy fonnally assumed the position 208 West 13th Street
of MCAD commissioner and chair, New York, NY 10011
salaried at 20 percent below the appro-. Attn: Lavender Line
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by Carrie Wofford
IDS Clinical because trials have shewn that AZT members ef ACf UP's Wemen's and lati-
A Trial #076 is increased the risk ef vaginal turners in no. Caucuses frem Bosten, Los Angeles
ene ef those henify- female mice; because wemen will be and New Yerk, who. intenupted a plan-
ing gevernment- required to. bear any fmancial cests ef ning meeting en #076; members ef ACf
sponsored "scientific" hespitalizatien ef the baby after birth UP's Treatment and Data Committee; and
trials that demands (and the NIH has admitted that malfer- members ef the Community Constituency
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action. Even the fed- matiens in fetuses ceuld eccur); and Group, er CCG. They are advocates fer
eral Food and Drug because wemen will be infermed neither HIV-affected cemmunities including
Administratien ef the risks to them and to. the fetus nor members ef ACT UP-who. were
reportedly called an ef the fact that many of their babies appointed as full members to. the ACfG
early versien ef the trial "unethical." What weuld be born HIV-negative anyway. committees in Nevember (after a year ef
divides AIDS activists is just what type ef There is virtual unanimity among ACf UP direct actien) and have asked
actien to.take, AIDS activists that #076 sheuld net begin ACf UP net to. protest at ACfG meetings.
At the eleventh NIH-spensered as it is currently designed and that The ether players are, ef ceurse, the gev-
AIDS Clinical Trials Greup, er AcTG, wemen must be infermed ef the risks ernment scientists who. defend the trial.
Meetit;lg, #076 (the gevernment numbers and facts. Similarly, mest AIDS activists I flew to. DC to. report en any new
its AIDS clinical trials) served to. highlight agree that AZT is probably not the best AIDS develepments but feund it necces-
ene rift currently affecting AIDS activists way to. prevent prenatal transmissien. sary to. speak eut against this unethical
everywhere, and ACf UP/NY in particu- They point to. recent European studies in trial. I began trying to. maintain S9me
lar: Sheuld AIDS activists jein the gevern- which the percentage ef HIV-pesitive ebjectivity, but the mere I heard, the
ment at the metapherical table ef de.ci- babies dreps to enly 15 percent when angrier I became, and I ended up jeining
sien-makers? HIV-infected wemen are given better the protests.
In theory, #076 was designed to. test prenatal care. On Sunday, March 10, the first ef
AZT in 748 pregnant wemen. The "scien- AIDS activists do disagree, hewever, four days ef the ACfG meetings, roughly
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tific" hypothesis is that AZT will decre-dSe over whether to. implement their time- 25 members ef ACf UP interrupted :an
the chance ef the fetus beceming HIV- henered tactic ef direct actien against #076 team werking meeting by' reading
infected. In reality, the scientists invelved #076. The players in the cenflict include aleud a statement calling #076 "bad
ignered two. previeus trials (ACfG #019
and ACTG #082). in which AZT was
shewn to. have no. effect en transmissien
to. the fetus but to. negatively affect both
the fetus and pregnant wemen. In reality,
#076 seems designed to. maintain Bur-
re~ghs Wellceme's cerner en the AIDS
drug market.
Like the Tuskeegee syphilis trials, in
which
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were purposefully net treated in erder to.
study exactly hew slewly they died and
exactly which parts ef their bodies the
disease ravaged, #076 is unnecessary
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and unethical .
It is unnecessary, AIDS-activistcritics
charge, because previeus trials have
shewn AZT to. have no. effect en prenatal
transmission, and because fewer than 30
percent ef babies born to. HN-infected
wemen are HIV-positive themselves, POINT OF ORDER-Members of ACT UP/NY's People of Color Caucus reading their
It is unethical, they charge further, statement March 18..
ing, Daniel Hoth, director of the AIDS asserted that •he was excluded from the activists have had to join directly in gov-
Division at the National Institutes for CCG people-of-color statement because ernmental debate.
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who he disagreed with them. The past eight months have wit-
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oversees the ACfG, told those reading to Meanwhile, the government scien- nessed an activist move from the street
stop, or he would adjourn the meeting. tists uneventfully conducted two further to the negotiating rooms and a supposed
When they continued reading, he did meetings. At a private meeting with the direct influence on the design and imple-
indeed end the meeting. Dr. Janet" principal investigator, CCG members are mentation of programs. One of those
Mitchell, a researcher at Harlem Hospital, reportedtp,Pave sided with the govern- programs is the representation of people
where #076 will begin, began screaming ment outbf.fuistration with the ACf UP with AIDS at the AIDS Clinical Trial
at the mostly white activists, "You are tactics. later,at the second #076 planning Group-through the creation of the
racist," and two Black members and one meeting-which demonstrators did not Community Constituency Group.
latino member of the CCG joined in. interrupt-most CCG members and ACf But many in ACf UP say that the
Mayhem ensued. Two latino men, UP members were absent. There, the CCG does not represent their concerns
one a member of the CCG and one from government scientists discussed the because it refused to let ACf UP speak
ACT UP, each accused the other of fastest way to enroll women in the trial. at a plenary during November's ACfG
racism; the same Latino CCG member Then the #076 disruption moved meetings, and' because its members have
and a Native American man in ACf UP center stage .in ACf UPs nationwide, not pursued #076 and other trials over
got into a shoving match, And numerous sparking debate between those who which activists have expressed concern.
people screamed at each other. Mean- believe in challenging government and Infighting in ACf UP over whether
while, the government scientists quietly those who believe in negotiating. During to sit at the table with government, as
slipped out of the room. the floor debate in New York last week, well as over just who sits at the table
The next day, a group of people of the people-of-color caucus read a state- and just whom they represent, has been
color on the CCG put out a statement ment leveling a further charge of sexism plaguing ACf UP/NY since the CCG
calling ACf UP "racist" and "paternal- against the ACf UP men who advocated was formed.
istic," because #076 affects women of sitting at the table with the government Meanwhile, government scientists
color, while ACf UP is "primarily repre- and who criticized the demonstration. continue their plans for #076. T
sentative of white gay men and women," ' But the '''new model of activism," which Carrie Wofford is OutWeek s nation-
and because women of color on the Treatment and Data members advocate, al CO"esporuient.
CCG were prevented by ACf UP from
"scientific discussion." White members of
the CCG and of ACf UP's Treatment and
Data Committee (all white men, except
for one Asian man and one white
woman) agreed, releasing their own JOE M. PUMPHREY
statement condemning the intenuption as
"racist" and "censorship."
Demonstrators countered by accus-
Accountant
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ate" themselves with the CCG power
bloc and then produced a letter from Life
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HIV-infected women, mostly latina and
African-American) stating support of the Small BusillessAeeoullfillg IIId Taxes
action and denouncing the accusations of Speeializillg hi Small Cooperafive Apartmellf Corporafions
racism. Life Force claimed that #076 and
its ·scientists constituted the real source of
"patelTJaiism"and "racism."
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tists put out a statement defending
#076 and quietly continued their plan-
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ning meetings. Chiropractic Care
In closed-door confrontations, For Peak Performancel
demonstrators called the ACf UP'men
who sit on the government panel sell- (415) 563-1888
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time to create. We lose sight of what it is usual slashing of social programs like day
T ':::~bl:ked=~~ . we are trying to change, including our- care; here in New York, we're talking
gle rods tbe color of . selves. While we need direct action and about maybe a dozen teachers per public
rust, nicked and . i protest, we also need the opportunity to school. What will that do to the literacy
scored by tbe vari- .C consider our actions. rate in America? About AIDS, we know
ous sexual beats , .. i:::::: . I bring this up because it's 1991, and all there is to know-4hat it's been hell,
limbic vines twist .\. the question of liberation and social and it's only getting worse. Racism seems
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and travel, buncb- :.//:::::::::::- change is very much on my mind, to be epidemic (instead of just endemic);
ing out in grapes, ',I though it seems so narrowly defined in housing and homelessness are almost
tbeir green anten- · . the gay and lesbian community as an impossible to discuss. And to top it all
nae vining my arms, and all tbat we "is5ue," rather than the way we live out off, we have the war, which is only over
know, wbich, twistedagainst wbo we are, our values and what kinds of barriers we if you have your head in the sand.
dimbs tbe trellisof tbe day. are actually "breaking down." Aside from It's not surprising that, given the
~retel Ehrlich, Our PrivateLives sexuality and gender, how personally lib- "new world order," one either feels
erated are we as American gay men and numb, frightened or very depressed.
Almost every evening, I wake up lesbians? In ourselves and with each Newsweek calls it the "Age of Anxiety,"
from a nap and look outside my window other? How fearful do we remain? How and, for most people, it probably will be.
on Avenue C to observe what is there: conformist? How do we participate in the On the other hand, I don't want it to be
Pigeons strutting on the opposite roof; power structure and capitalisrIi What are that way for me, and I think one way to
fights or deals going on in front of the we doing in our community to address challenge that is to look to ourselves as
,bodega below; the souped-up cars that racism and class bias? Who do you know the reservoir for change, to become the
rev their motors at the stoplight. It is my who lives what would be called a "politi- alternative, as it were, to try to get more
favorite time of day because things are cally radical lifestyle"? What does that of what we need from each other and
winding down a bit, and I am in that even mean nowadays? our community.
,state between dream and wakefulness We're in a period of history that, The war is a goOd examt>Iefor me,
I, when I feel happiest.· The light is turning, while repressive, offers its own opportu- because my reaction was to be so pissed
and I am allowing thoughts to slowly nities for change. We must closely exam- off that I didn't want to participate in ·it. I
surface easily without trying to give them ine this question of what a truly pr0gres- decided not to avoid the war (I did
fonn, just letting them flow to observe sive gay and lesbian community would protest, march, etc.), but consciously put
whatever comes. Call it the slowed-down look like. It would mean focusing togeth- , my energy into changing what I. might
state, semi-consciousness, drifting. I p,ut a er on collective needs as opposed to indi- within my own community. As the first
premium on it. vidual needs. It would mean questioning US bombs were dropping, I was at the
Lately, I've been talking about this the way most of us live now, in our sepa- regular Wednesday meeting of ACf UP
habit of napping to explain what's miss- rate apartments rather than more commu- Treatment and Data Committee at the
ing from New York life and especially, nally, eating out instead of cooking Lesbian and Gay Services Center on 13th
our .lives-gay and lesbian lives. Call it together, etc. It would mean an alterna- Street. I remember feeling relief that there
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do things, cramming in meeting after as it does the rest of American culture. diverted to something over which we
meeting until it becomes hard to think Looking at the "big picture," which had so little control or say.
and even harder to analyze our actions. few of us need to be educated about, At the same time, I realized how lit-
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focused on "doing something" that we've duction, is in shambles. The cuts in city days, it's all direct action and infonnation
become experts at creating agendas and funding we are seeing are unbelievable: and announcements and more
slaves to completing them. We forget arts, education, public transportation, actions---to the point where every aspect
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Last Octo- ILGO couldn't march. The riext' day,
'Der, ILGO applied to the organizers of mayor too, Ed. COuncil President Anillew Stem issued a
New· York's St. Patrick's Oa:y parade, the press statement saying that fie would
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did not issue an invitation to march. As Committee urging them to rev;e~ their
·the parade date neared, ILGO pressed True .Colors decision. The mayor did not commit to
theit request, only to be told that they At first, the mayor came up with an not marching and pressed for further
·would not be allowed to march this year. artful compromise. He offered to extend negotiations. The big surprise was Man-
The story might have died there. But the length of the parade So that all the hattan Borough President Ruth
I, Jqe 1IIicholson, an openly gay reporter groups on the waiting list, could be Messinger, would not state her intention
from the New York Post, who received a . included. That's when the Hibernians and took no position publicly.
·tip from gay activist Andy Humm, learned balked and showed the true colors of Oil the state level, Senators Manfred ,
of the exclusion and penned a short bigotry. They refused the compromise Ohrenstein (Senate Minority Leader) and
., piece for that paper. The Hibernians told and said that the Irish lesbians and gays Franz Leichter both added their names to
Nicholson that ILGO had been placed on (as well as a group of wheelchair-bound the list of potential boycotters. The gov-
a waiting list necessitated by a supposed kids who were also excluded) could ernor's was an entirely different story.
city restriction on the length of the march only if they were invited to join a
parade, but gay activists didn't buy it. The group already in the parade--and then Where Wes NJario?
story wasn't long, but it was hot. "St. only if they did not carty their own iden- On March 12, Cuomo made this .
Paddy's.Day Gay Furor," screamed , the tifying banners. outrageous statemer:lt through a
Post cover on March 7. ILGO got their Irish up, refused to spokesperson: "I certainly plan to
That headline ignited a firestorm of march without their banner and called [march), and now it looks like I may be
publicity for which ILGO was unpre- upon the city's politicians to boycott marching with our friend Steve McDon.c
pared. Initially, the group said that they the parade. , ald, a great law-enforcement hero, and "
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Joe Bracco-a passionate voice on the perfonned concerts (solo and with others) at will be published in a book on lyric writing by
gay music scene-<lied on March 3, 1991, New York area nightclubs and universities. He Sheila Davis, a lyricist/composer.
in NYU Medical Center. Born on May 2: .also was guest artist at benefits for ACT UP, Joe was a very close friend of mine for
! 1960, Joe was raised on Long Island's South the PWA Coalition, the New York Memorial more than 18 years-we met on the first day
Shore, where he began writing mainstream Quilt and the Lesbian and Gay Community of junior high in 1972. I cannot say enough
pop songs at age 9. He launched his per- Services Center. about the incredible courage he showed in the
forming career while attending Five Towns Joe was unable to complete an indepen- last two years, during which he was subjected
College and, in a male-female duet, was dently produced cassette of his music, but to one medical horror after another, or about
soon being booked in Long Island and Man- one of his songs has received, and will con- the courage and love shown by Joe's family,
hattan bars. Over the years, especially after tinue to receive, media attention. When work- particularly his mother, Millie, who was
moving to Hell's Kitchen, Joe found his own ing as a volunteer for GMHC, Joe was aAvays there for Joe.
voice; to be true to himself, he drifted away inspired by a poster with the slogan "A Rub- Joe's funeral service, attended by many
from composing synthetic "hit songs" and ber Is a Friend in Your Pocket." As part of the family members and friends, was held on
took a more meaningful direction-writing effort to educate the public and save lives, Joe March 6 in Seaford, his hometown. His
songs that portrayed gay feelings and lives wrote "Friends in My Pocket." This upbeat, ashes will be scattered on the beach at
in a positive way. With his melodic flair, Joe catchy tune has been used on several cable Jones Beach's Field 6. Donations made in
crafted a repertoire of solid materiai-rang- TV shows, including the soundtrack to Joe's name to God's Love We Deliver will be
ing from romantic fantasy ballads ("G reat GMHC's "Say Yes to Safer Sex" and the much appreciated.
Expectations of a Knighf') to quirky, humor- soundtrack to a Flo Kennedy Show on safer "We will not go back, take our word.!
ous tunes ("He Tried to Be an Aardvark") to sex; was featured in a multimedia exhibit on If silence equals death, then we've got to
moving, timely pieces ("Coming Out" and AIDS at the Uddoh Gallery's Keith Haring print be heard. "-"With Our Voices," Joe
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that they list gay and lesbian cable programing in local editions of six cities and has been written
the magazine. This means that in New York you will find neither the up by the "mainstream" media.
Gay Cable Network (GCN) nor the Gay Broadcasting System listed. We also demonstrated that it
Ditto for the five other cities in which GCN is broadcast. airs only one hour less than
TV Guidus reasons for their refusal are as contrived as they National Jewish Television,
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do not list any networks that air on Manhattan Cable's channel 35. other gay cable station. The real impediment to obtaining this list-
il• So we pointed out that they list National Jewish Television, which ing is, of course, anti-gay bigotry at TV Guide.
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term. We pOinted out that GCN produces a multitude of shows on this week's column, or about GLAAD, call (212) 966-1700.
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you have betrayed Christianity," "Catholic-Basher" and "Dink- than five times since he has been mayor, and the two rarely
ins, beware the AIDS of March" and by a chorus of screams make appearances together. And in Dinkins' view, his politi-
of abuse and missiles thrown from the crowd. cal alliance with the gay community, if at times rocky, is
Dinkins was in good company during the parade, joined nonetheless longstanding.
as he was by a bevy of New York's leading political lig~ts. When members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash
Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger marched with Power, or ACf UP, led a loud demonstration outside and
the gay group, as did Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman, Com- inside St. Patrick's in December 1990, Koch suggested that
missioner for Human Rights Dennis deLeon and Robert they go elsewhere to establish a church more to their liking,
Abrams, the state attorney general. and Dinkins joined every other politican in the country, it
Once-and-future openly gay City Council candidate Tom see,med, in denouncing the disruption. Yet when Irish gays
Duane, Commissioner of Consumer Affairs Mark Green and wanted into the parade, it was Dinkins who made it happen.
Queens Assemblyman Alan Hevesi and, of course, mayoral "The mayor is very committed to the inclusion of the les-
liaison Marjorie Hill were also helping to fly the queer Irish bian and gay community," said Marjorie Hill, the director of
flag. But not even this show of support from politicos and the mayor's Office for the Lesbian and Gay Community, who
community leaders quelled the homophobic sloganeering of is credited with much of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering
the hatemongering throng. that resulted in the lavender contingent on the Day of Green.
Comments from the crowd that the gay presence was, The cardinal was sent a message that, like it or .
alternately, gross, irreverent and motivated by a craving for not-and clearly he does not like it-inclusion is the policy
publicity were commonplace. Such sentiments might have of the Dinkins administration.
been expected from the mouths of middle-aged, pig-ignorant It is also the law. And at least one member of the Dink-
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Catholic fundamentalists, but coming from teenagers and ins administration, openly gay Human Rights Commissioner
I from toddlers egged on by their hate-filled parents, they were Dennis deleon, feels that the parade committee may also
I. I especially ominous. hilve trampled on the municipal ordinance guaranteeing
To take only one example: Hollering, "You're gross, it's a equal treatment for gay men and lesbians that passed during
disgrace" a young, blond cheerleader-type, visibly recoiled and Koch's last year in office.
screeched, ''Yuck!'' when a lesbian marcher refused to respond Deleon's office is currently conducting an investigation
to the provocation f~om the crowd and blew her a kiss instead. into the parade committee's opposition to ILGO's presence and
r But ILGO spokesperson Anne Maguire, who had antici- has promised a lawsuit should evidence of bias be proved .
pated violence, said that she was surprised that the crowd's
reaction was not worse. "It was te'n times worse during the he gay odyssey into the arcana of New York Irish-
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anti-bashing protest in Greenwich Village last August," she Catholic politics began in October of last year,'when
recalled. "I was in fact surprised by the level of support from the organization made its application to thy Ancieµt
spectators. I only looked at those people who were cheering. Order of Hibernians, the all-male fraternal group that
I couldn't be bothered with the rest of them. I think that the oversees the parade each year. ILGO sought to march
people who stood there, in the midst of all that viciousness, behind its own banner. After three months o(non-
and cheered us on deserve a handshake." committal communication with Frank Beirne, the .
Maguire's lingering memory will be of those people who parade chair, ILGO was told in January that "due to
stood, mute, on the sidelines. "Their silence was deafening. physical and municipal restrictions," the group could
Maybe they were scared to show their support. Maybe they not march.
were ambivalent. I believe that these are the people we have to ILGO was wait-listed, though the parade com-
reach. The others, who abused us, are beyond redemption." mIttee declined to produce the list that allegedly had roughly
The viciousness of some of the heckling will be grist to 30 groups ahead of ILGO on it.
the queer-activist mill, she continued, "if only in dismissing As the parade date arrived, ILGO's exclusion received
any illusion that homophobia is not all-pervasive." high-profile media play, and, true to the Dinkins administra-
Marie Honan, 29, from Brooklyn, who is a member of tion's penchant for the role of arbitrator, the mayor ordered •
ILGO, agreed that the parade will bring home once and for all negotiations. Marjorie Hill, whose help the Irish gays had
110wdeep-seated is the hatred felt toward gays. "People who sought earlier; Debra Pucci, director of the mayor's Office
may have thought that gays are always whining over nothing for European-American Affairs; and, ultimately, Bill Lynch,
will have seen with their own eyes on TV the level of homo- deputy mayor for Intergovernmental Affairs, spearheaded
phobia. It is going to have some impact on those people who administration efforts to find a solution.
didn't take a position." _ ILGO wanted to march behind its own banner, but
And Honan congratulated the gay contingent and their the Hibernians would not hear of it. The administration
supporters for their reserve in not reacting to the crowd's proposed extending the parade by an hour, allowing all
provocation. "They wanted us to respond so that they could the wait-listed groups to participate, but the Hibernians
start a fight. They would have been delighted if we had demurred. ILGO rejected an administration solution that
reacted, then we would have been blamed." would have had them kick off an hour earlier than the
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The media, which once might have ignored such a Councilmembers Robert Dryfoos, Ronnie Eldridge and C.
conflict, was fixated. Following a front-page story by Joe Virginia Fields vowed that they would not march if ILGO
Nicholson in the New York Post, headlines blared from the was not allowed to march with its own banner, adding
pages of the tabloids. Columnists lined up to denounce .weight to the considerable political pressure from City Hall.
the bigotry inherent in the decision to nix the gay group. Those officials were ultimately left to finesse their
Even an editorial in the Irish Echo, the city's right-wing stance: Eldridge and Fields did not march, but Dryfoos and
IriSh weekly, seemed embarrassed by the parade commit- Stein joined the parade with Stein walking with Ed Koch,
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i~tration's most intensive series of meetings, reminiscent of versy was Gov. Mario Cuomo. Responding to a question at a
those sparked by Dinkins' clash with organized labor the press conference just before the parade, Cuomo said, "I
week before. Hibernians, Irish gays and administration rep- know that the mayor is trying to resolve it. I hope that he .
resentatives met no fewer than three times that day, but a can. If there is any way we can be helpful, I would be
resolution remained elusive. Speaking of the request to pleased to be helpful. I would be perfectly comfortable
march with their own banner, ILGO member Marie Honan marching myself with Irish-Americans who describe them-
said, "The Hibernians said, and we reali~ed, [thatl this was selves as gay or lesbian, if anybody asked me to. What I
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The ultimate solution came early Thursday morning. But when a group of wheelchair-bound children were
fLGO agreed to march with Division 7 of the Ancient Order also denied permission to march, Cuomo, along with Dink-
of Hibernians, a subgroup with apparently more liberal lean- ins and other politicians, rallied to their cause, and it was
ings, or at least a lower thresh hold for embarrassment with them that the governor marched along the green stripe
Mayor Dinkins would be ILGO's only banner. A similar form in the middle of the avenue, pausing once to kiss the
of this proposal was among a number originall¥ put forth by cardinal's ring.
ut the solution brokered by Dinkins was not Fifth Avenue at 46th Street, it was clear that every last per-
taken easily by ILGO members. Reports are that son in the crowd knew exactly who they were. In fact, the
when members not present at the negotiations crowd never let them forget it along the entire parade route,
heard of the deal, they declared that their nego- described by one mayoral aide as "two miles of hate."
tiators had no authority to take such action. But Vicious anti-gay verbal artillery was hurled at the contin-
with the outcome announced in front of all the gent from start to finish, and more than one can of beer.
world at City Hall on Thursday morning, these sailed through the air toward the gay marchers and the
objections were academic. m~yor. Dinkins would later liken the experience to that of
"It seemed important to us to be visible and civil rights marchers led by Martin Luther King through the
make a statement," said ILGO's Honan. "I was streets of hostile Southern cities nearly 30 years ago. Less
very torn about that decision. We seemed to have like a banner than a lightning rod, Dinkins bore more than
let the Hibernians off the hook, but in the end, it was the his share of the crowd's insults and wrath.
right decision." "One term, Dinkins, one term," yelled many on Fifth
Nonetheless, no decision can be made in the gay and Avenue. "Fag-lover" was the imaginative epithet of a sec-
lesbian community without someone objecting, and this ond bigot. More predictable anti-gay invective was ubiqui-
one was no exception. Some felt so strongly about the tous as this mob screamed its hatred and sheer disbelief
issue of visibility, symbolized' by the banner, that they char- that the mayor would champion the cause of those so
acterized the solution as "a sellout." Their feeling was that repugnant to them at a parade they considered theirs and
ILGO should have settled for nothing less than its own theirs alone.
contingent parading behind its own banner. But insiders Activist Bill Dobbs had been among those who disap-
say that the eleventh-hour solution was proposed as "take proved of the Dinkins solution. "The issue of discrimination
it or leave it." was lost," he commented. "ILGO was not let in as ILGO but
And when ILGO, bannerless, turned the corner onto was shoehorned in with the mayor."
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central to the community's latest and most public conflict
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involved in arranging the group's stroll down Fifth Avenue on St. consensus decisions. Some kind of loose structure, based around
Patrick's Day. sub-committees and possibly after the ACT UP model, may be
Maguire believes that the recent furor that saw the adopted'in the future, particularly if membership grows. ;
tabloid papers launch her group to rare heights of front-page Anyone who can trace their lineage back to the Aurd Sod
visibility can only help its membership drive. "We have can join ILGO. Irish-born members get no special privileges.
received dozens of calls from prospective members since this "We don't exactly ask to see your credentials when you join,"
all' began," she commented. . Joked Maguire, "but I can't see why there would be much pOint
<' Maguire went on.to assert that ILGO's membership repre- in being involved unless you have some link with Ireland."
sents only the tip of the iceberg of the queer Irish presence in Maguire reports that some men of other nationalities have
New York, bolstered by the recent wave of both legal and Illegal sought to join for no reason other than that they believe Irish
immigration from Ireland's counties and cities. "We will have to men to be cute, and ILGO has been firm (albeit gOOd-natured)
try and contact more people through outreach programs," she in its stance that the bars are the place to cruise for them.
said. The group also wishes to increase its links with lesbian _ ILGO does have a healthy social scene going, but the focus
and gay groups back home, through exchange of newsletters at its monthly meetings is largely on business. Informal social
and interpersonal contacts. and political discussion is -left for the bi-weekly women's and
In addition to increasing the group's visibility, the men's groups meetings and for the occasional get-together for
brouhaha over ILGO's participation in the parade will allow it to ceo, caint agus crack or good old Irish-style fun.
better focus its nascent energy, accordtng to Marie Honan, a While no topic is taboo, the most tension-creating ones
member of the group. "Up till now we have been fairly quiet," are probably unique to a gathering of Irish gays. "There are cer-
she said. "The only thing we did for visibility was to march in tain SUbjects we cannot broach without it creating a lot of ten-
the Gay Pride Parade. We haven't really been following any kind sion," said Hoan. "We can't talk about Northern Ireland or
of agenda and have been fairly amorphous. One result of this Catholicism without someone getting up in arms. We have
controversy will be a tighter organization, now that we have a some ardent Catholics in the group, while others hate the
cause to rally around. There is a lot of energy there. Our mem- church." There are some Protestant members as well.
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ohhose who have wintered here before
you: Katharine Hepburn serves a tennis
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wasted, thrashing Elvis from the pool.
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Singer stitches up new drapes for the BY TOM EUBANKS
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guest house. "Welcome," interrupts the
,, whining voice of present-day Mayor
Sonny Bono, "to Palm Springs, California.
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Playground of the stars."
Since the Golden Age of Holly-
wood, movie stars, Las Vegas acts and
even Albert Einstein have flocked to this
tiny desert paradise in the heart of the
Coachella Valley (made up of Palm
Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage,
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Palm Desert and Indio). One look at a
, map of the area shows what kind of
control that the stars have had over the
region, with roads named Gene Autrey
Trail, Bob Hope Drive, Frank Sinatra
Drive and Dinah Shore Drive. (Even Ger-
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changed. Although. Bob Hope still main-
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and from the gay bars), the area is domi-
nated more by gay porn stars than Holly-
wood stars, more by self-elected queens CRUISING THE QUEER C,UL-DE-SAC
than' unelected presidents ...and plenty of
European tourists.
The gay vacation season normally supported by gay and lesbian businesses GLAD, or Gay and Lesbian Alliance of
begins around Christmastime, although and a burgeoning patchwork of activist, the Desert, a gay and lesbian Alcoholics
some people weekend in Palm Springs self-help and AIDS organizations. There's Anonymous and a very successful AIDS
.year-round. The busiest times, of course,
are holiday weekends Labor Day, East-
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resort and threw a continuous weekend
of gay debauchery, which, I'm told,
makes the Saint parties of the past seem
like a,couple of nights out at UncIe Char-
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shopping day, a chic white-sequinned
bathing cap, two pairs of ultra-comfort-
able, ultra-bright and ultra-stylish golf
shoes, a pair of Pucci bell bottoms and,
the piece de resistance, an assortment of
cast-off personalized coffee mugs
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"A1monda,· "laVerne" and "Babs· (and
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GRAZING WHllf GAZING AT STARS AND OTHER STRANGERS in Palm Springs, you're probably ready
for a little night life, so head back to your
or I. Magnin's or that cruisey suburban- qafted from balsa wood and pseudo- lodgings, take a nap or another dip in
mall feel, there ate plenty of shopping American Indian tchotchkes in abun- the pool, layout that colorful outfit you
centers to keep your credit cards busy. dance. I've always theorized that the wouldn't dare wear in New York and get
There are alsOantique shops, art galleries closer you get to retirement communi- ready to head out. But remember the
and those Southwestern-themed tourist- ties, the more secondhand and thrift - operative word, because going out in
trap boutiques with howling coyote stores you'll find. In the case of Palm Palm Springs is as low-key as the pre-
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women who .
, Of course, you may just want to started it all-Pat. Described as
go and watch the unfolding spectacle, "fiercely independent" and "strong-
The House of Field's its employees minded" by her employees, she
and their extended family-are ~ll nonetheless inspires -almost fanatical
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figures who set the pace and standards. Voguing House, she has led her clan to
that we all follow blindly. They attract many a trophy in the ballroom scene.
all manner of creatures, from drag: ,. But the special trophy that she holds
queens to skinheads, from club kids to dearest is the Emmy she won for her
banjees, who consider this store their work costuming Shelly Duvall's Rock
clubhouse, And, of course, anyone and and Rhyme cable shows.
everyone in the scene pops in for a Once you discover Pat's, you'll
kiss and a quick look-see when they fmd de rigueur shopping for day and
are in the neighborhood. night wear. But, then, you knew that
And at the heart of all this already, didn't you?T
but of commercial viability. Columnists o, we all Watched as "the little rµedia card from you to counteract his
are commodities, and newspapers s story that could" leapt from the Irish inevitable hate mail wouldn't hurt.)
make decisions every day about whose press to the New York Post (in a front- Though horrifying to see, the hate
column they will and will not run, page article by openly gay reporter Joe and harassment of parade-participants
according to their own ethics and Nicholson) to an international spectacle. showed the world what we face every
morals and the community's expecta- Other papers and media picked up the day. And finally, the determination of
tions and demands. The Post sure as scandal, and we made some enormous ILGO, the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organi-
hell wouldn't run my column. And it is gains. The New York Times amazed, zation, made it clear that we are every-
perfectly within their right not to. covering the story with thoroughly where and refuse to be invisible even
Similarly, there are papers that won't responsible reportage and taking the among the Irish.
run the freak Buchanan's column. The obscene display of homophobic violence Perhaps most interesting was how
Pos~which has gotten considerably better at the parade to the Sunday front page. columnists scrambled to take a position,
in its coverage of gays since Jerry Nach- When the issue changed from Irish- facing their own discomfort and trying to
man took over, must now be vigorously vs.-homos to basic human rights, there make some sense of the hatred, so sudden-
hounded to drop Buchanan and add an was no going back. Mayor Dlnklns had ly and undeniably, brought to the surface.
openly queer columnist. We must demand to take a clear stand on gay and lesbian The Bad: Ray Kerrlson weighed in
that they not sell papers on the backs of rights the one we have been pressuring at the Pest with his "Message to Homo-
lesbians and gays. Years ago there were for since he took office. (A thank-you sexuaI Activists: Enough!" a piece riddled
scores of blatantly racist bigots writing with factual errors, faulty logic and last-
colulTU1S. But many of them became unac- ditch desperation. This guy is spooked.
ceptable. That is what should happen with
Patrick Buchanan----and damn fast.
icnae He began with a litany of "civil
strikes" committed by homo-
We must phone-zap the Post over sexual activists recently. He
and over again and tie up their fax said that we ,threw "Andy
machines. We must badger the editors Rooney for a spin." (I
in person, picket the offices and pull thought that it was the other
off some bold demonstrations and way around.) He said that
protests. And we have to go after gays and lesbians "imposed
Buchanan himself. We must be willing their values on public-school
to go as far as is demanded of us to - sex-ed courses and persuaded
make this man stop affecting our lives a weak schools' chancellor to
in'this sick way. It is absolutely abhor- . distribute free condoms."
rent and disgraceful that, in 1991, our (Never mind that the Catholic
newspapers are running this shit as church did all it could to
commentary-and we're all just sitting influence these same issues.)
around and letting it happen, Then he got to the
Call Post editor Jerry Nachman and parade, calling ILGO's re-
editorial page editor Eric Breindel quest to march "inflammato-
(another rabid homophobe) and ry" because, in his version;
demand that Buchanan's column be dis- they wanted to ~stick it to the
continued. (And don't listen to their Catholic church by defiantly
garbage about how they have "no con- filing past the cathedral.'
trol" over it. They run the fucking' When the group rejected an
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it while Steven Lewis1 was stand-
pooed out of your hair, In frus- ing there? I'm afraid of him, but I
tration, you scream, "Where do :- ;.
have no reason to fear him.
all the normal, real people go?" Liz: Yes, you do. You were
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But of course, you get there I hope those laundry machines
and realize that normal, real people are just as sex-crazed and aren't too close to his heart.
drug-abusing as the 17-year-olds, it'sjust that they're not wearing liz: This is too ridiculous--dlere has to be a better way.
three dresses and a flower pot on their bead. And that tbfry are as Sydney: Well, how about the Testosteroom? , .. ..,.
celebrity-crazed among their own circles as club /and is with Liz: Now, that's closer to my idea of a party-too bad
itself.Mulling over these issues, Liz arzd Sydney sit amidst a wash- there aren't any girls. Guys can go out almost eyery~night of.the
er-and-dryer se~ fully functional, with a dozen other people at week and find a legitirrJate nightclub with a backr09m.to satisfy
Shampoo, the Tuesday night jete at Limelight. their needs.' e ,
would lase her balance, fall to the tracks and Sy<hiey: Yeah, unfortunately you'll have to
die among burnt feathers. ,. wait because they. were closed down by the
Sydney: And then it would have • turned cops for some dumb violation like too many
into a barbecue. No, the only part I hated was lightbulbs or something. . ,
when we were trapped at the Third Avenue Liz: The opening party was·
stop because someone pulled the cord. super-though I wouldn't have called it a,
Liz: Jesus, four ambulances and 12 "mixed" night. I've seen more straight peo-
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police cars-they should send the bill to ple at Crazy Nanny's. If the opening is any
Limelight. indication-it's worth the wait.
Sydney: Well, I think they probably have See LIZ & SYDNEY on page aa
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ob is a familiar face at the Tunnel Bar, a queer watering you can't ask me ever again." He went home and returned a few
R hole in Manhattan's East Village. But Rob's never seen the minutes later, lugging a bucket nearly topped off with quar-
inside of the bar, a rough-hewn wooden decor resembling a ters---$129 in total. Most people aren't so generous. "You get
mining-town saloon. He commands the slab of sidewalk outside, your assholes too," Rob says without malice. One guy respond-
hitting up patrons for loose change. ed to the charity pitch with a British coin, sneering, "Fuck you, I
Rob is the Tunnel Bar's resident panhandler. don't give bums money." Ten minutes later, a man in flashy garb
He gives his age as 24. His puffy face has a perpetually alighted from a cab. Rob hit him up too. In an English accent,
bewildered look, as if he'd been slapped silly as a child. A film the man said that he'd be glad to accommodate him, but only if
of dirt is tattooed on his fair, freckled skin. Tonight, under a cold, Rob would escort him through New York's mean streets to the
light rain, Rob wears a blue trenchcoat, a blue hooded jacket, nearest cash µlachine. For playing bodyguard, he was given five
white sneakers and a striped train-conductor's hat that reads crisp $20 bills. A week later, an Asian man blew off Rob by
Strasburg Railroad. His entire wardrobe, he says, has been handing him a Chinese half-yen. "I don't give you guys change,"
begged, borrowed or stolen. he explained. "You're white-rc)U look too good." Rob told him
His hard-luck story has noticeable gaps, but Rob tells it sim- the coin would bring him good luck. Ten minutes passed, and a
ply, without overdramatizing. -A native New Yorker, he fell out Japanese man walked into Rob's pleading eyes. He peeled off a
with his family and fell in with a charity scam that landed his $50 bill.
bosses in jail for racketeering. The IRS nailed him for back taxes, Occasionally, a patron will tell Rob that he can make a night's
and his roommates stuck him with the rent on their roomy SoHo wages for relatively effortless work. One guy offered him $50 and
loft. He lost the place. After being busted for selling weed, Rob waved the bill under his nose. Rob stammered that he's straight,
decided that he'd better find a new means to income. Panhan- has a girlfriend (a topless dancer, whom he says, is pretty) and
dling "has been keeping me alive ever since." isn't attracted to men but respects the guy for who he was. Satis-
A year ago, he wandered over to the southeast corner of fied with the open-minded answer, the man gave him $20.
Seventh Street and First Avenue. This was virgin How do gay men differ from every other Manhattanite hit
territory-noOOdy else seemed to be staked here. When he told up for money each day? "They talk to you more. They ask more ,.
his cronies of his good luck, they scoffed: None of them would questions," Rob says. "I've communicated with some.ofthe ~-
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be caught hustling coins near a gay bar. "I don't care," he says, pie more so at this bar than at any other place." ;Oileguy
shrugging. "I'm not running for mayor." Sexual orientation is the called upon Rob for some street-smart advice. He'd been salivat-
least of his concerns: "I see a dollar sign over every head." • ing over a fellow patron but was sweating bullets about'the right
Soon, Rob vyas a ftxture outside of the place. Regulars opening line. Rob suggested that he offer a drink and then move
throw him a few coins or a token, In about four hours, he col- in for the kill. "I don't know if he likes me," the guy stammered.
lects about $40 in bills and change. Friday and Saturday Rob responded, ''Why don't you just let him know that you like
evenings, he says, rake in the most. Rainy nights are a total loss, him?" An hour later, the guy came out of the bar with a tri-
because it's impossible to make eye-contact as umphant look on his face and a stud on his
people rush by: The psychology of begging arm. Each of them handed Rob a dollar
dictates that passersby appreciate a witty word before jumping into a cab.
and a grin before you put the bite on them "I The story of the genial beggar strains
checked around with other panhandlers: when you hear from the staff inside. Bar-
You're more likely to get money if you give tender Pierre, who's been here six months, •
them a smile," Rob says, "They don't like to grimaces at the mention of Rob. 'We get com-
see you frowning." Eventually, the manage- plaints from people all the time. He doesn't
ment of the Tunnel came to accept their unof- just ask customers for change he harasses
ficial doorman. One evening toward closing them." Pierre points out that Rob doesn't
time, after Rob had been there for a month, a seem to be homeless: He always wears clean
bartender popped his head outside and said clothes and is fresWy shaven. "He gets bent
with a grin, "OK, what are you drinking?" Rob out of shape when people make gestures or
ordered a ruin and coke. sexual advances. He does get upset if people
One patron, "a nice-looking guy with a suggest that he is gay. He just pisses them off,
goatee," lives across the street from the bar. so they try to piss him off." Jody had worked
After hearing Rob's pitch night after night, he -n e r 'here since October. Questions about Rob are
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,Sunday, April 7, at 9 pm.
by Maria Maggenti Moore: Singer/Songwriter/ Actress/Motor- person onstage." But it is more like
"1 wish 1 could drive a motorcycle cyclist," and her repertoire dabbles in cabaret with a peppermint twist.· Play-
on stage, take off my cape and cap everything from Vicki Lawrence to the ing the vampiest vamp- and the campi-
and get up to do a solo," laughs Partridge Family to original material. A est camp, Moore winks at the audience
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Toronto-based chante.use Maggie known club and cabaret performer in throughout, allowing her clear, beautiful
Moore, "but the Duplex isn't ,big Toronto and a fIxture at gay and lesbian voice to tell the real story. She counts
enough for that." benefits in Canada, Miss Moore modest- among her influences "anyone who was
Her resume reads "Miss Maggie 1y describes her act as "a piano and a a gun gal in the '4Os, and anyone from,
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"Stepping Out:' Songs are presented. , ment? Surely, generational differences then, that Brown's latest book, Tbe
without any unifying. theme and seem abound, but age should never deter Children's Crusade, which is being
merely to showcase one member;s one's enjoyment. I wanted to enjoy released from Seal Press this month,
specific . talent, usually David this show-after all, how many gay uses the Crusades as a metaphor for
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McDaniel's throaty baritone. Inter- caballeros are there in 'New York City? the dark world of childhood.
spersed are leaden routines and jokes My multiple reservations stem from The book tells a variety of tales,
concerning dildos, Saddam Hussein either a renewed sense of conscious- and each explicates Brown's
and a tasteless comparison between ness or a change in my musical tastes. provocative vision in which inno-
lesbians and elephants, Barring these unforeseen occurrences" cence is frequently betrayed and
The' primary, question raised by I, too, would be forever stuck in a there are few happy endings.
this brief 50-minute act is, How can time warp. T Brown's work has been widely pub-
• lished and well received in Britain,
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and where she is perceived as a seri-
erell,CS ous feminist writer with a lesbian
"edge" to her work. Her books have
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as weekly magazines and dailies.
Crusading With 'Rebecca ..Brown Tbe Children's Crusade is the sec-
• ond work that Seal has reprinted,
but in the US, the author's writing
has met with a confused audience
unable to categorize her work. She
has found that response disturbing
but not surprising. "In London, I
think, people simply read more," she
notes. "There's less television-it's
expensive to have television-and
newspapers, magazines and books
just seem more important. There's
also more of a tradition of literary
criticism and less categorizing. My
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But Brown admits that.' her work
isn't easily accessible to audiences,
British or American. "My work isn't
obviously lesbian, although charac-
ters are lesbian and refer to their Iles-
bianism in the course of the stories,"
Brown stresses. "I think what lesbian
feminist readers look for here is
somewhat more uplifting-positivef
stories about their lives. Why I think
my books do so well in England is
that the split between 'literary' and"
'popular' fiction is less dramabc." ~
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would just be a lie to say it's done ~
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Brown's other US publication, if
ROLL OVER. ST. TERESA-Author Rebecca Brown The >Haunted House,
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by Victoria A. Brownworth religious and spiritu- of a dysfunctional
In another time, Rebecca Brown ai, with an ascetic alcoholic family on
might have been burned at the stake intellect reminiscent the daughter in that
as a heretic or a witch. She is. both of stories from Lives family. "There's no ,
question that much of my work is she terms "my religious duty as a Ljving by writing is a struggle
depressing," she admits. "The color planet member." for Brown, as it is for most writers.
of the world is dark-it's an evolu-
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Brown reads regularly from the "I've always wanted to write, but I've
tion of darkness. Haunted House ,is a works of ascetics and "f!eminist" always supported myself, mostly
Iittre Iighter-[the protagonist) has saints, such as St. Teresa of Avila and with grunt jobs," she laments. She
som;ething at the end. But Children's St. Catherine of Sienna.' She loves the currently teaches college writing
Crusade is about how we are com- work of Virginia Woolf, Samuel courses in Seattle to supplement her
pEcit in war, deception and betray- Beckett and, of course, Franz Kafka. income, but, when asked if she
al-they learn something, but what Writing, for Brown, is "religious, a would consider writing more popu-
tµey learn is pretty bleak." meditative act. My most intimate larist lesbian fiction in order to make
. ,Although Brown's literary vision relationship is with the muse. I more money, spe insists, "It's
shows the' full range of human believe in the goodness and truthful- immoral to write just anything."
despair, she is no cynic. One of the ness of the storytelling act." She dis- In addition to her two novels,
reasons she returned to the United likes much of 20th-century writing Brown
, has also written a book of short ,
States from Europe was her belief and finds most current fiction "silly stories. "My stories are even more dark
that she had a "duty to be here and and superficial." She has applied the and weird. My editor of my first book
take part in the anti-war moveme.nt, use of religious terms, including [of stories) stared at me over lunch and
to act and live as an American citizen Christian terms, to her writing and said, 'Rebecca, you're so normal, and
against the war." Brown also does discovered that there are elements to your books are so weird.' But the work
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work with people with AIDS and religious writing that parallel her is simply the most important thing in
other community work that she sees own sense of language: "It's a cul- my life," she comments . ..-
as "for the good." She is, ultimately, a ture that believes in high drama, The Children's Crusade by
believer in hope, and much of her· • suffering, mercy and resurrection. It's Rebecca Brown ($8.95 pb, 110 pp) is
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spirituals, honoring African-American His- ova was radiant and her clear, full-bodied son. These numbers featured ,sizzling clar-
II tory Month, were nearty, subdued~ soprano soared as she dreamed of free- inet solos by Joe Avena and lusty'trom-
mournful, exultant and campy in turn. dom. She grew agitated as she wrestled bones solos by Trudy Lundgren.
One title "Straight Street"-broke up with her conscience, rapt in the presence Broadway babies could revel in
artists and audience alike. Haydn and of her lover, Boris. Benackova aptly penetrating and effervescent excerpts
Bartok music completed the program. shaded her bright tone and appeared from Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kle-
••• increasingly dispirited as her character's ban's A Gborus Line and Mitch Leigh and
Carnegie Hall was the site, severa! peace of mind shattered. Veteran sopra- Dale Wasserman's Man of lA Mancha,
days later, of a solo appearance by no Leonie Rysanek was a forbidding courtesy of the full complement. An
sonorous. bass Samuel Ramey, capably Kabanicha, Katya's mother-in-law and energetic march, complete with flag
supported by pianist Warren Jones. adversary, who spread gloom and doom twirling, was an encore.
Ramey proved anew his rare flexi- relentlessly. Disgusted, she separated son •••
bility and breath power in zesty Rossini Tichon and his spouse as they embraced; Soon after the band concert, mem-
songs and ringing arias from George fended off, or tolerated, boorish Dikoj's bers and guests of the New York City
Frideric Handel's Orlando and Giuseppe attentions; and had an icy last word Gay Men's Chorus collaborated on You're
Verdi's Oberto, the last an at-fust-smolder- when Katya's body was hauled from the Gonna Love Tomorrow, a delightful
ing-then-furious call for vengeance. He Volga. Mezzo-soprano Susan Quittmeyer revue, with music by our own Stephen
mined farewells "Mentre ti lascio" by made an agreeable, lyric Varvara, Sondheim, at the Harold Clurman The-
!. Mozart and ''L'ultimo ricordd' by Rossini Kabanicha's foster-daughter, who aids ater. Exploring the familiar and the rare,
the company began with Larry Moore's
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for depths of sorrow and solemnity. and abets Katya in her romance.
Contrasting selections by American gay Idiosyncratic instruments of the vocal arrangement of "All Things Bright
composers Aaron Coplafld and Cole Porter three tenors in key roles scarcely jarred and Beautiful," from Follies, and a tongue-
followed. Representing the former were in this angular music. Wieslaw Ochman in<heek list of audience dos and don'ts,
Ramey's aptly folksy "The Dodger," a good- was a Boris more elusive than ardent, from tbe Frogs. There were upbeat quar-
I natured warning about schemes and scams; Allan Glassman a meek Tichon, thor- tets from Follies-the evening's title song,
I fervent hymn "At the River"; the playful "I oughly cowed by his formidable mother, with Michael Schultz, Joanne Lessner, Bill
Bought Me a Cat"; and the lively "Clling--a- and Peter Straka (debut) an affable Poock and Jennifer Joy~nd Paciftc
Ring Claw." The bass cut a suitably suave Vanya, Varvara's beau, despite a raspy OVertures "Someone in a Tree," sung
figure in Porter's "Tale of the Oyster," a fuble serenade. Best of the men was bass Aage con brio by Schultz, Poock, Gary Bruback
of social climbing and queasy stomachs; Haugland, a huge, overbearing bear of a and Dan McGeachy. The cast broke into
"Night and Day," in which he floated excep- Dikoj, Boris' stem uncle. same-sex pairs, plus "fifth wheel," for a
tional pianissimm, and an earnest rendition Pale hues and weathered wood pre- touching ensemble version of A Lif!le
of "Blow, Gabriel, Blow!" dominated in Met newcomer Robert Night MusiCs "Send in the Clowns. n
Other offerings included a breath- Israel's stark settings, with a vivid storm Playing a parting couple in. "With So
lessly paced but fluent "Finch'han dal in Act 3, mirroring the heroine's turmoil, tittle to Be Sure Of' (An;uneCan Wbis-
• vino," from Mozart's Don Giovanni; "He worthy <;>fmention. tie), Poock and Brubach bid eichother a ,
Is There!," an odiously jingoistic military ••• loving, lyrical fare~eIl. Later, Brubach
march by Charles Ives; and "01' Man Uptown Saturday Night was the and Jane Wasser competed for Poock's
River," from Jerome Kern's Showboat, on name of the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple affections in "Not a Day Goes By"(Mer-
which Ramey lavished velvety vocalism. Corps Symphonic Band concert led by rlly We Roll Alonl!). In scenes from A
••• Tom Ferguson and given early in March Funny 7bing Happened on the Way to tbe
. The Metropolitan Opera Premiere o( at West-Park Church on the Upper West Forum, a whip-wielding dominatrix and
Leos• Janacek's terse and tempestuous Side. New York's "Empress" Razor a high-heeled, leather-harnessed muscle
Kdtya Kanova (1921), sung in Czech and Sharp served as emcee for this vital and queen were part of pimp Marcus Lycus'
set in a small, repressive Russian vill.age, varied evening. stable, and Miles Gloriosus (resonant
took place the next night. Katya, who is Classical pieces included a rollicking Brubach) numbered strapping Amazons
unhappily married, has an affair and, overture to late gay composer Leonard and a flaming sissy among his troops.
.driven by guilt, confesses, her "sin" and Bernstein's candide, a coIOIful processional "What More Do I Need?" (Saturday
, commits suicide. Conventional morality polonaise from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Night) and "Another Hundred People" .
I triumphs, but those who espouse it are Mlada and a serene and dignified "PavaruJ' (Q)mpany), WI)' love songs to our frenetic
I , clearly depicted as villains oppressing the by Gabriel Faure, the last dedicated to the and fiustrating city, were winningly deliv-
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free spirit.· . merIlO1)' of tha;e who have died of AIDS. ered by Lessner and Joy. "Being Alive"
Returning maestro Charles Mackerras On a different note, the Corps' New (Q)mpanys hero's song) was pIangently
and theater's Jonathan Miller (debut), Amsterdam Dixieland Jazz Band got hot sung by Wasser. A heart-warming "Old
directing ,a strong ensem- with. a toe-tapping "It Friends" (Merrily We Ron Along) concIud~
• ble, r~lized Katya's rich Don't Mean a Thing (If It ed the revue.
tonal color and dramatic Ain't Got That Swing)" Staging was by Paul Lazarus, instru- ,
intensity. Making a long- by Duke Ellington and mental accompaniment by a quartet led
awaited Met debut as "Five Foot Two (Eyes of by pianist Michael Lavine and narration
Katya, Gabriela Benack- Blue)" by Ray Hender- by chorister Gary aide. ... '.
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..Center would make it accessible to all of discourse charts the emotional waves tively balancing • the emotions of
its potential audience). Recreqting their gay men in touch, with .the world . Dan's songs. And we saw flesh,
living room ,onstage by sharing, rather around us are forced to navigate: life, thank you very much, including
than hiding, their spontaneous intimacy, death, the meaning of friendship, dicks and ass, in a manner that inte-
Dan and Michael work hard to remove sex, relationships, support, fear and, grated the whole person rather than
the fake performers' masks and reveal most eloquently, the complex mean- simply objectifying the surface. I
the tender, sexy side of two men inter- ing of love. Schmaltz, it was not. cried, I laughed, and I saw two sexy
acting as lovers and artists. The evening opened with a sly guys across the room. Most of all, my
Michael is the writer, and Dan and wicked slide-show of slicked- heart was thrilled.
the principle performer, who sits at down and heightened minimaliza- If you care about the living as
the baby grand, operating the tape tions of graffiti-like collages juxta- much as you fight for the dying, check
deck and taking center stage to pre- posing ordinary images with highly out Homo Love Songs. And, by the way,
sent a queer version of Elton John, erotic totems: Michael also did physi- it is defmitely woman (and even het-
James Taylor, Johnny Mathis, the cal props, the very small things that ero) friendly. '"
seductiv'e syncopated back-beat elec- make the real difference in transition A cassette of the songs performed
tronically weaving with his heartfelt and transformation. He danced, in the show is available at most gay
'post-cabaret sensibility. Their musical mimed, posed and pranced, effec- bookstores.
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tality but also for~ the viewer to look up in the panelled basement of the house where I grew up.
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a little girl's dress or down a little boy's My dad sat across from me " f•,
pants. This produces its own thrill, and the i,
at the old kitchen table:
partidpant viewer becomes petYert.
The all-white wardrobe and its frag- My mom, hands folded, sat besiqe'me.
ile manufacture suggest the vulnerability Dad took my hands in his,
of childhood and identity, and how eaSily and said their house would always be my home.
small children are manipulated and over~
powered by others, even other children.
My mother stared,
At least in theol)', early childhood is also asked me what I'd said,
the time when we're all still androgynous and as I spoke, she crumpled into sobs,
and bisexuaL But in reality, even babies her red hands over her red face. •
are color-coded, enabling sex identifica-
tion, and peIhaps for this reason, Schorr
chose white to blur such differences.
This compelling work is doubly sub-
versive: As the viewer is seduced into a sex-
ual curiosity regarding these children, she or
he also wants to mother them and give
them good advice. These shells of child-
hood' seem to suggest that children are Charles Sock is an undergraduate
scolded, shamed--even loved--mto being English student at Brooklyn College. This
"good girls" and "brave, little boys." While is his first published poem ....
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of the hate mongers lining the parade As a reporter covering the parade an ILGO member who marched in the
route were never Dinkins fans. for OutWrek, I saw firsthand the level of parade, told OutWeek that "stepping out
That fact was not lost on Cardinal vitriol felt by many spectators toward the on Fifth Avenue was a step further out
O'Connor, whose diminishing influence gay group. The standard response to my of the closet for Irish lesbians and gay
on municipal politics was paraded up polite requests for an explanation of men, and it should be remembered as a
Fifth Avenue in front of him. abusive behavior was "Get out of my very courageous act-far more coura-
So while drawing boos from his face~ dyke bitch." I was told, among geous than the cowards who were b0e-
opponents, Dinkins solidly cemented ing and hissing us."
the support of a community much Fay was horrified, although unsur-
more within his natural constituency. prised, by the verbal violence of some
Other longtime Dinkins supporters, of the spectators. "The display of hate
including Rev. Calvin Butts, view his and rejection from the sidewalks was
championing of a civil rights cause anything but a reflection of Christian
favorably and have sa·id so publicly. charity and justice and simply reflected
But the continuing power of the a sickness and uncomfortableness with
. Catholic church, whose real estate sexual issues amongst the Irish-
holdings are surpassed only by the American community," he added
city itself, cannot be discounted. Eco- "The most homophobic gesture of
nom ically, the church will remain a' the day was as we passed the review- -'" u
force to reckon with. Ci-tyHall ing stand and the leaders of the AOH il
spokespersons take pains to point turned their backs on Ireland's gay sons ~
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out that the mayor maintains a "cor- and lesbian daughters," he continued "I a:
dial" relationship with the cardinal. do not believe that their gesture was l
Cf.)
(Zwilling, the cardinal's spokesper~ representative of the entire Irish com- . l:i
son, declined to characterize the Car- munity but reflects more on themselves ~
dinal's feeling about the mayor, at otqer things, that "I should be hung," as an organization."
least for Out Week.) . that a good fuck would sort me out, and In fact, members of the Ancient
Dinkins' supportive stance for the that I had better jump if I was not to get
ILGO did not end with the parade. it on the spot. I quickly realized that they THIS ""EEK"S
CC>VER STC>RIES
Invited to join its membership at a would rather see me dead than a proud ""ERE EI>ITEI> BV
street fair the next day, St. Patrick's lesbian. Most of those I spoke with, who __ I>RE"" NlILLER
Day proper, Dinkins initially declined. were, literally, hissing and spitting, wore .
So Irish Lesbian and Gay Organi- their venom on their contorted faces. Order of Hibernians had compared a
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zation members were surprised and The reaction of the police to the gay presence in the St.-PaJrick's
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pleased when I;>inkins, fresh off the gay marchers was mixed To their credit, parade to the Ku Klux Klaii at a Martin
tennis courts, arrived at Sheridan most were supportive and went all-out Luther King Day celebration~ ,
Square in the West Village to dance a to protect them from what could easily This year is the 75th anniversay of
jig or two with some of his most have been a lynch mob. After the the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, when a
ardent supporters. And the usually parade, ILGO members and their sup- group of Irish intellectuals staged an iIl-
circumspect mayor, clearly affected by porters were escorted to the subway sta- fated coup against the British administra-
the hate-filled atmosphere of the pre- tion at leXington Avenue and East 77th tion occupying their country. One of the
vious day'S long walk, seemed gen- Street by cops who warned them that to parade's central themes was the remem-
uinely happy to be among people he travel alone would be to risk injury. brance of the rising, which, for Fay,
considered his own home. Thirty members of GOAL, the gay brought to mind the struggle of the Irish
City Hall sources playfully told cops' fraternity group, linked arms with people aginst years of hatred, fear and'
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OutWeek that while the mayor is an ILGO members up Fifth Avenue. Nev- oppression at the hands of the British.
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accomplished ballroom dancer, they ertheless, there were allegations of "The parade organizers and the
could not comment on his skill at tra- police brutality. spectators who abused us seem to have
ditional Irish dance. Terpsichorean And of course, there were many forgotton that two of the leading figures
talent aside, that the mayor chose people yelling out their support, thank- ' in the [up]rising, Roger Casementland
Sheridan Square for his homecoming ing ILGO for fighting so hard to realize Padraic Pearse, were gay," he said "The
after a long, bruising game of politi- its right to be there, and these spectators participation of Irish lesbians and gay
cal football-and that he chose to made ILGO's valiant battle for inclusion men in the Sl Patrick's Day parade was
dance with'gay men and lesbians
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rather than chat with ·the cardinal- who took part. resented a rising up against hate, fear
tells a story all by itself. And that Lined up with many of the thumbs- and oppression. What I did in marching
story is not likely to be quickly for- turned-down were many pointing up, up Fifth Avenue," he concluded, "was to
gotten byanybody.T that belonged to straights and gays alike. express my own passion for justice."T.
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Mlllrl .... Th. Millry, an emotionally
I charged look at growing up Italian in
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL
America, which uses, among';other
RESEARCH presents The SIale ollhe
things, footage of a filmed ongoing
City: A Gay and Lesbian Perspective,
argument between Penny Arcade and
given in conjunction with OutWeek mag-
azine. "Gay men and lesbians are• vital her immigrant mother. PS 122. 150
participanm in the lile 01 New York City," First Ave. Thursdays through Sundays
says the class description. "Despite this, at 9:30 pm. Rese.rvatlons: (212) 477-
many believe that the popular media and 5288. Through March 31.
mainstream arts communities either fail
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gay and lesbian concerns.' Given in sent B.f1. Rlprl" •. What if Stanley
three sessions which focus on the arts, Kowalski were a lesbian In drag and
Blanche DuBois were a drag queen?
the media and politics, respectively, the
classsswill be led by Arts Editor Sarah
Ca.plleJhbJ DIll Peck Belle Reprieve addresses all this and
Pettit, Features Editor Michelangelo
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Writing: From World War II 10 store. 167 Ave. B, at 10th Street. 2-10
SIonewal1. Instructor: Jossph Cady. pm daily. (212) 475-8623. Through
"The years after World War II witnessed April 6..
a significant body of gay and lesbian lit-
erature that has tended to become over- PS 122 presents Mabou Mines' Th.
shadowed by the more open homosex- Brlbl, a poetic musical work in
ual expression of the post-Stonewall progress which traces a day in the life
years of the '70s and '80s. But the rela- of Gill Clout. Written by Terry O'Reilly.
tive burst in gay and lesbian writing Directed by Ruth Maleczech. Music by
from the mid-1940s through the 1960s John Zorn. Performed by O'Reilly and
contributed to the change in cultural Sucked in by Vampire Lesbians of Sodom? High and dry Black-Eyed Susan. $6. PS 122. 150
atmosphere that helped make possible because you missed Psycho Beach Parlfl Now, THE WPA Rrst Ave. March 13, 20, 27 and April 24
the contemporary gay and lesbian liber- THEATREpresents Red Scare on Sunset,the latest mad- at 8 pm. .Reservations: (212) 477-5288.
,
ation movement and is an integral part cap creation by (and starring) Charles Busch, creator of
of the background of the present gay THEATRE-AT-224-WAVERLY-PLACE
and lesbian situation. Among the
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and Psycho Beach Party. presents Homoll1Cu.'Alit', a series of
authors we may consdier are: Directed by Kenneth Elliott. Starrring Ralph Buckley, Roy 12 short plays, including seven world
Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers, Cockrum, Andy Halliday, Julie Halston, Mark Hamilton, premieres and three New York pre-
Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Townsend mieres. They are: Robert Palrick's
Judith Hansen and Arnie Kolodner. 519 W. 23rd St. Tu- Th Ludwig and Wagner, The Family Bar
Warner, James Baldwin and Janet
Flanner." The six sessions begin on
at 8 pm and Su at 7:30 pm-$22. Fr and Sa at 8 pm and and The Way We War; Daniel Curzon's
April 4. $130. For more info, contact Su at 3 pm-$26. Reservations: (212) 206-0523. S&M, Celebrities in Hell and One Man'S
Jim O'Connor at the New School at . "
OpiniofT, Carl Morse's Annunciation and
Fairy Fuck-In, or A Call to the States;
(212) 741-8778. What's SO enticing about Oscar that both Whoop! Roberl Chesley's Sqmebody'slittle
6SENIOR ACTION IN A GAY ENVIRON-
Goldberg (hmm) and Kevin Costner (hmm hmm) ar'e BoY; Victor Bumbalo's Show; Bil
MENT takes you on a Crulce Around reaching for his crotch on the cover of TV Guide? Perhaps Wright's Mother Father Lover MalT, and
lYIanhattan. Join SAGE on the Spirit of COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECTcan tell you, when they Rich Rubin's That AI Pacino Look. $20.
We-fr at 8 pm, Sa at 7 and 10 pm, Su
New York-they've reserved all three visit the Pyramid to present Queer Os'car. Featuring at 3 and 7 pm. Tickets: (212) 564-8038.
decks/and offer a gourmet brunch, a
Broadway revue, dancing and views of
Mistress of Ceremonies Linda Simpson, and perfor- Through May 26.
the New York skyline. $45 for one/$80 mances by SheUyMars, Frank Maya and Diviana
for tWo. Prepayment required by April Ingravallo. Also expected to be on hand: Michelangelo THE NEW YORK OPEN CENTER pre-
'. sents Susan aennell's Sh,pllhtn.rr,
1. Cruise date is May 5. Boarding time Signorile, Deborah Glick, Peter Adair, Michael Musto, an exhibition of painters. The New York
is 11:30 am at Pier 11, near Wall Street
For more info and reservations: (212)
Danitra Vance and Martin Duberman. $5. 101 Ave. A Open Center. 83 Spring St. Mo, Th, Fr
741-2247. March 25. Midnight. Info: (212) 675-3559. from 1--5 pm. (212) 219-2527. Through
April 3.
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6BROOKLYN WOMEN'S MARTIAL Meanwhile, back in th!lleal world ... BRONX LESBIANS THE PUERTO RICAN TRAVELING THE-
ARTS offers Karale ClasslS lor Women UNITED IN SISTERHOOD and GAY MEN OF THE BRONX
in Golu karate. Beginners may start the ATRE presents Alberlo Adellach's
week of April 2. Sliding fee of $5-$115 present a Forum on the domestic partnership bill. Invited Sdln •• nd Lueffcl•. The play ie about
based on monthly income. Free child speakers include Fernando Ferrer, Bronx borough presi- "two women fugitives from an. asylum
whose views of reality clash wilh one
care offered. 421 Fifth Ave. Park Slope, dent; Carolyn Maloney, council member and chief spon- another in a series of oddball
.
Brooklyn. (718)
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788-1775. sor of the legislation; and Liz Holtzman, comptroller of sequences which ultimately end in a
LIVELY ARTS New York City. One Fordham p,laza, suite 800. March 26.. serious resolu.tion.The play wa~
Also' see the daily listings for showings 7-9 pm. Info: Ron Jacobowitz at (212) 519-8746 or. Lisa inspired by a true incident which was
reported In the Argentinian newspa-
of one or two days. Winters at (212) 829-9817. pers." With Cordelia GonZiles, Marilyn
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JUDY'S RESTAURANT AND CABARET
Alba Oms. Design: Edward Glanfran~ .
presents Evan Matthews, performing a
C8lCO. Ughting: Rick BuUer. Costumes:
blend of popular tunes, jazz, bl ues and
Mary Marsicano. $10/$12/$15. The
theater music, $8 cover/$l 0 minimum.
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre. 304 W.
49 W. 44th St. Wednesdays at 9 and 11 47th St., at Eighth Avenue. Opening
pm. Reservations: (212) 764-8930.
March 21. English schedule: Wfrfr at 8
March 6-27.
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pm. Reservations: (212) 924-0088. RIGHTS, STONEWALL DEMOCRATIC THE GAY AND LESBIAN ANTI-VIOLENCE St 12-1:30 pm. (212) 929-0586.
CLUB and LOG CABIN CLUB present Do PROJECT Peer Counseling for survivors
PEOPLE WITH AIDS COALITION presents You Like to 'Be Called Queer? Invited of bias assault. domestic violence and LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCA-
a Sunday Evening Weekly Social for gay speakers include: Stephen Beck, execu-
tive director of GLAAD; Warren
sexual assault. Held every Wednesday
and Thursday from 6-8 pm. The Centsr.
TION FUND goes to see MI"
Call for complete details: (212) 995-
'.',on.
men and lesbians who are HIV-positive or
have AIDS, and theirfriends. PWAC Living Johannsen, Encyclopdia of Homosexu- 208 W. 13th Sl (212) 807-0197. 8585.
room. 6:30-9:30 pm. (212) 889-2334. ality; representatives from Lesbian
Feminists/Radical Lesbians; Donna ACT UP OUTREACH COMMITIEE pre- DIXON PLACE presents Mltthew
MONDAY, APRIL 1 Mlnkowltz, lesbian journalist for the sents Falhlon Fcir Action, a benefit auc- Courtney In a new poetry performance
Village Voice; representatives from Queer tion to send a representative of the that works with "found conversations,
THE MOMENTUM PROJECT presents Nation; and Dr. Campion Reed, a mem- Outreach Committee to the Seventh rhymes and rhythms of speech'. Also on
Volunteer Orientation. Momentum pro- ber of the Stonewall Democratic Club. International AIDS Conference In the bill, Jasmine, who brings you
vides communal meals, clothing and gro- The Center. 208 W. 13th St 8 pm. Info: Florence, Italy. A parnallist of contribu· "impressions of the abysmal drudgery
ceries to people living with HIV and AIDS. (212) 627-1398. tors includes: Andy VII entin, Dlyld which pa8888 for life,today" while accom-
19 W. 36th St. 6:15-7:45 pm. Info: Spada Dalgn, Lee Chappell, UYing Doll panying herself on the accordion. $6 or
Sandra Levine at (212) 268-2610. TWENTYSOMETHING presents a Rap by Amanda Uprlchards, and Mlchlll TOE 37 E. 1st St., between First and
GroUl!, addressing "Body Image." $3.The Kors. $5 admission. Visa. MasterCard and Second avenues. 8 pm. (212) 673-6752.
NEW YORK ADVERTISING AND COMMU- Center. 208 W. 13th St 89:30 pm. Info: American Exprees accepted at the auc-
NICATIONS NETWORK presents the first Perry at (212) 242-3038. tion. The Center. 208 W. 13th St. 7 pm. MAXWELL'S presents Two Nice Glrll,
NYACN/PFV Reel Night, directed by Dan Info: Andy Valentin at (212) 564-2437. live in concert Other bands will also be
Berkowitz.
, PFV screens the best of their WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 playing tonight. In between bands,
best for NYACN members. Downtown TOWER BOOKS presents Bo HUlton, OutWeeKs own Madam X will be spin-
Community TV Center. 87 Lafayette St. BRONX AI.DS SERVICES offers a Support Marti Ameen, Patrick Moore and 8tan ning records "for your non-dancing edu-
6:30 pm. Info: (212) 517-0380. Group for HIV-Posltlve Women. Share Leventhal, reading from, their moet cation." Maxwell's. 1039 Washington St
your concerns, ideas and feelings. Free recent works. Lafayette lit Fourth Street. Hoboken, NJ. (201) 798-4064.
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SAGE presents Adult Survivors 01 Sexual and confidential. The moming program is 8 pm.
Abuse, an experiential therapy group for in Spanish, the afternoon program is in SUNDAY, APRIL 7
women ages 21 and up to support the English. One Fordham Plaza, 8th floor. GAY WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE presents
recovery process and free you from the pain Bronx. 10-11 am and 1:30-2:30 pm. Robin Morgan, political activiet and editor THE GIRTH AND MIRTH CLUB presents
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and silence of sexual abuse. Psychother- Info: Edith Gutierrez at (212) 933-2400 or in chief of the new M•. magazine, in Brunch at the Dugout Christopher Street
apists: Joyce Z. Meyers, CSW and Robbye lsa Martinez at (212) 295-5605. Another Around the Wor1d in 80 Minutee at Weehawkin Street 12 pm. Info: (914)
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Stuart-Russell, MA The Center.208 W. 13th with Robin Morgan. For women only. $5. 699-7735.
, St 7~:3O pm. (212) 741-2247. THE GAY AND LESBIAN ANTI-VIOLENCE The Universalist Church. Cenbal Partl West
PROJECT Peer Counseling for survivors at 76th Street. 8 pm. (212) 595-8410. AMERICAN GAY AND LESBIAN ATHE-
ACT UP General·Meetlng. Cooper Union. of bias assault, domestic violence and ISTS Monthly Meeting. AGLA is a non- .
Fourth Avenue at 7th Street. 7:30 pm. sexual assault. Held every Wednesday FRIDAY, APRIL
,
5 profit, educational organization dedicated
Info: 564-AIDS. and Thursday from 6-8 pm. The Center. to preserving separation between state
208 W. 13th St (212) 807-0197. MEN OF ALL COLORS TOGHETER pre- and church and upholding the civil rights
IN OUR OWN WRITE Writer's Wortlshop sent thsl r Slventh AnnUli Pilsover of lesbian and gay atheists. The Center.
for lesbian and gay writers. Workshops JUDITH'S ROOM presents Claire McNab, Seder. The Center. 208 W. 13th St 7 pm 208 W. 13th St 1-3 pm. Info: Dial-A-Gay
are held on the first and third Mondays of reading,from her book, Cop Out, the sharp. (212) 222-9794. Atheist at (718) 899-1737.
the month. Please bring work. The fourth Detective Inspector Carol Ashton ,
Center. 208 W. 13th St 8-10 pm. (212) mystery. 681 Washington St 7 pm. (212) THE ANSWER IS LOVING presents JUDITH'S ROOM presents Loul .. Rafkln
620-7310. 727-7330. Women Talking Women's Talk: and contributors, reading from Different ~
Women's Passover Seder, dinner and a Mothers: Sons and Daugthersof
,, HIGH RISK READINGS present Bob SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS,pre- substance-free, sugar-free, smoke-free Lesbians Talk About Their Lives .. 681
Flanagan, Mary Galtsklll, Ana Marla sents Pool Night. Featuring free pool, evening with women of all backgrounds; Washington St 3 pm. (212) 727-7330:
Sima, David Trinidad and David ping pong, billiards, air hockey and reading from a Hagadah for women . '. ", "
Wolnarowlcz. The writers will be reading shooting hoops at Brownstone Billiard. about women. $15. 1964 E. 35th St. PEOPLE WITH AIDS COALITION:ptesenlB
,/ from their work, which appears in the Seventh Ave. at Flatbush. Afterwards, Brooklyn. 7 pm. Info: R.uth·Berman and a Sunday Evening Weekly Social for gay
anthology, High Risk. There will be a pub- relax at the Roost at 9 pm. Seventh Connie Kurti at (718) 998·2305. men and lesbians who are HI\(~positive
lication party after the reading. The Avenue at 8th Street The evening begins or have AIDS, and their friends. PWAC
Kitchen. 512 W. 19th St at 7 pm. Please call 24 hours in advance GAY FATHER'S FORUM General Living room. 6:30-9:30 pm. (212) 889-
• to confirm all SAL activities: (718) 965- Meellng. The Center. 208 W. 13th St 7 2334.
TUESDAY, APRIL 2 7578. pm. (212) 288-3236.
DIXON PLACE presents Marti Ameen and
1- ORGANIZATION FOR GAY AWARENESS SLOPE ACTIVITIES FOR LESBIANS pre- Paula Martlnac, reading in the poetry
I GAY MEN OF THE BRONX General
Meeting. 1 Fordham Plaza, 8th floor. 6-8 presents Dr. Richard Plant, author of The sents First llmel1 Aprtl Fool's Plrty and and fiction series cllrated by Cathy
pm. Info: Chris (212) 0806 (English) or Pink Triangle, speaking about Nazi perse- Game Night Specially designBd for women Taylor, owner of mosaic Books. $6 or
Robert (212) 882-3404 .. cution of lesbians and gay men. The who've never been to a SAL event before. TOE Dixon Place. 37 E. 1st St, between
evening will include information from Dr. Bring snacks, drinks and games. 7:30 pm. First and Second avenues. 8 pm. (212)
t·, GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS presents a Plant's recent inspection of newly opened Pleass call 24 hours in advance to confirm 673-6752.
Health Seminar: Benefits Informallon. archives in what was formerly East all SAL activities: (718) 965-7578.
129 W. 20th St., third floor. 7 pm. For Germany. St George's Church. The cor- MOVEMENT RESEARCH presents Thr .. -
more information, call the GMHC holline ner of Ridgewood and Woodland roads. DIXON PLACE presents Richard Eloylch Day PlI .. Up, featuring performances and
in Someone EI.e From Quellns I. Queer, discussion by Laurie Carlos, TIre •
I• at (212) 807-6655. IDD (212) 645-7470 Maplewood, NJ. 8:30 pm. (201) 743-
for the hearing impaired . 5322. a new solo play written and performed by O'Connor, DANCENOISE, Jennifer
Elovich and directed by Itamar Kubovy. Monson, Kate Stafford and Eileen
THE COALITION FOR LESBIAN AND GAY THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Also on the bill for tonight. EII.. n Myla Myles. $5. 179 Varick St 8:30 pm. (212)
I RIGHTS General Meellng. The Center. "does verbal improv or else talks." $6 or 691-5788.
TOE 37 E. 1st St., between First and
I 208 W. 13th St 8 pm. (212) 627-1398. LONG ISLAND GAY MEN'S GROUP pre-
sents Bar Night at Grand Central. For Second avenues. 8 pm. (212) 673-6752.
l' THE NI NTH STREET CENTER presents
Queer QU8l1l0ns, Queer Answers, a
complete details, contact LlGMG at (516)
694-2407. SATURDAY, APRIL 6
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Tuning In: A TV/Radio Guide for OutWeek Readers
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• 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 & Ern, 555 Fifth Ave, 10th FI, NYC 10017;661-4500) 9:00 AM WIND-lV Best Talk Scheduled topic: sexual harassment ,
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CCTV (Rick X, Box 790, NYC 10108) . 11:30 PM MAX Cleo/Leo A male chauvinist is mysteriously transformed into
GBS (Gay Broadcasting System, Butch Peaston, 1787th Ave, Ste. A-3, NYC 10011; a woman, Viewers interested in drag should note that a man and a
243-1570)_ woman play the male and female parts.
GCN (Gay Cable Network, lou Maletta, 32 Union Square East. Suite 1217; 4n- . Midnight RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers, live
4220) ,:" ...
call-in show; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35
GUB (Gay and Lesbian Independent Broadcasters. (212) 473-1689.) "'.'
GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis, Jean Carlomusto, 129W 20 St, NYC 10011; 807-
7517)
THURSDAY, MARCH 28
RB PROD (Robin Byrd Prod., Box 305, NYC 10021;988-2973) Noon MAX Mothra Probably the best Godzilla spinoff ever.
WABC-TV (T7 W 63 St, NYC 10023; 456-7777) 1:00 P~ WBAI-FM This Way Out; the international gay/lesbian news maga-
WBAI-FM (505 8th Ave, 19th FI, NYC 10018;279-0707) zine; 99.5 FM (:30)
WCBS-TV(51 W52StSt, NYC 10019;975-4321) 1:30 PM WBAI-FM An Afternoon Outing: local news and infonnation about
WNBC-TV (30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 10112; 664-4444) the gay and lesbian community with Lany Gutenburg; 99.5 FM (:30)
WNET-TV (356 W 58 St, NYC 10019; 560-3000) 3:30 PM WNBC-lV Phil Donahue Scheduled: Jeanne White, mother of
WNYW-TV(Fox, 1211AV/AM, NYC 10036;556-2400) Ryan. For television's version of that story, see Tuesday at 5:30 pm. CH 4.
WPIX-TV (220 E 42 S1; NYC 10017; 949-1100) 5:00 PM WNET- TV Sex and Gender No program description was available
for this installment of the show Discovering Psychology. CH 13.
9:00 PM HBO The ,Josephine Baker StoryShe was fabulous, but we can
MONDAY, MARCH 18 only cross ourfinges about the movie.
9:00 AM WIND-lV Best Talk Scheduled: Promoting racial and ethnic 10:00 PM WUNI-lV Fama YFortuna Invitado: el director Pedro Almodovar.
understanding in New York City. CH 11. CH 41.
11:30 AM MAXA Woman's Face Joan Crawfrod stars as a scarred black- 10:00 PM GCN Be Our Guest entertainment for and about the lesbian/gay
mailer who embraces a career of crime to get even with society. community; Manhattan Cable, CH 0/17 (:30)
Repea1ed Friday at 6 am. 10-.30PM GMHC living With AIDS: health and politics; Manhattan Cable, CH
1:30 PM WUSB 90.1 FM The Ward Is OutMarc Gunning hosts a weeldy les- V/35 (:30) .
bian, gay and bisexual variety show. 11:00 PM GCN Gay U.S.A.: news and entertainment from around the coun-
2:00 PM WUSB 90.1 FM Lavender Wimmin News, songs and music pro- try; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:00)
duced by women for women. Midnight GCN Men in Rims. male erotica, interviews with adultfilmstars;
2:30 PM WUSB 90.1 FM This Way Out More queer news. Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30) , ,
8:00 PM WABC-lV Barbara Walters She talks to Jeremy Irons and ,Sophia 12:30 AM RB PROD Men For MerT. Robin Byrd presents gay male porno
Loren, but watch especially for Whoopi Goldberg, who's been both a stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:30)
dreamboat and a nightmare to our community in the past CH 7.
8:30 PM Manhattan Cable The Brenda and Glennda Shaw CH 17
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FRIDAY, MARCH 29
9:00 PM WABC-lV Academy Awards Just watch. You never know what 2:30 PM WBAI-FM Rompiendo el Silenciu: todos los viernes, Goozalo
might happen. CH 7. . Aburto con temas y noticias para la comunidad latina gay y lesbiana;
9:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's. community news, discussion, interviews. BQ 99.5 FM (:15)
Cable, CH 56 (1:00) 7:00 PM WBAI-FM AIDS In Focus, Michael Alealey, produc 1:00 AM RB
10:00 PM BRV Ten Great Writers Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen is pro- PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers; Manhattan
filed. Cable, CH V/35 (1:OO) 1 ,
10:35 PM TBS What Ever Happend tv Baby Jane? Betts Davis and Joan 8:30 PM BET Conversation With Ed Gordan Scheduled: Whitney Houston.
Crawford doing the things that Bette and Joan do. Maybe she'll talk about her hubby-to-be. Repeated at 1:30 am. ),.;
11:30 PM Tomorrow/Tonight live: entertainment; Manhattan and Paragon
Cable, CH 0/17 (1:00)
- SATURDAY, MARCH 30
Midnight CClV The Closet Case Shaw. Kloset Klips; Manhattan IParagon
8:30 AM WBAI-FM Any Saturday with, Dllyid Rothenberg; live call-in; 99.5
• Cable, CH C/16 {:30 FM (2:00) \
{~ 7:00 PM GCN Gay U.S.A: news and entertainment from around the country;
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TUESDAY, MARCH 26 Ba. Unity, Ar;..J Cable, CH 56 (1:oo) lForManhattan Cable, see THURSDAy)
7:00 AM WCBS-lV This Morning Scheduled: Part two in a sexuality series. 11:00 PM Gay Tv. male porn; Marihattan Cable, CH V/35
(Part one was never listed.) CH 2. 1:30 AM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male & female strippers;
12;00 PM SHO Cry-Baby John Waters' latest movie. Johnny Depp stars. Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:oo)
. Repea1ed at 10 pm,
5:30 PM WFOX-lV Mr. Belvedere 'One of Wesley's classma1es, a SUNDAY, MARCH 31
hemophiliac, contracts AIDS and is ostracized." CH 5. " 7:30PM WBAI-FM The Gay Shaw Alternates with Outlooks. 99.5 FM (1:oo). j-'
8:05 PM TBS Rebecca One of Hitchcock's best. about a woman haunted by 10-.30PM RB PROD Men For Men: Robin Byrd presents gay male porno
the specter of her husband's former wife. Joan Fontaine stars. stars; Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (:301
10:00 PM DIS Judy Garland: The Concert Years A Disney version of Judy, 11:00 PM GaS Way Outl Mark Chesnut and Michelle VanVoorhies host
with host Lorna Luft and all your Judy fave~: Rich Volo is the producer. CH C/16 (:30)
10:00 PM RB PROD The Robin Byrd Show. male and female strippers;
Manhattan Cable, CH V/35 (1:oo) • Well, that's it for this queer week in television. Sorry if it seems a little
10:30 PM LlF Legends in Love Speaking of camp queens, this 'documentary' slim--but then, we've known fora long time thBt the mainstream medill !
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11:00 PM GBS Out in the 90's. news, information and intervtews;
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profiles Princess Grace, Uz Taylor, Princess Di and Evita Peron. aren't our friends. There are some good Hitchcock movies on. Might as well
give those a tty. Or there's lliways the movies. Anyone far Silence of the
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Manhattan/paragon Cable, CH C/16 (1:00) Lambs? See you nllirt week.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27
7:00 AM WCBS-lV This Morning Scheduled: Pa rt three in a sexuality
series. CH 2.
pm1$7 after.) 12 W. 21st St. Shescape: (212) invite; opened Nov. 16) 17 Irving Place at 15 between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. (212)
. 645-6479. Private Eyes: (212) 206-7772. St. 643-0728.
Private Eyes (YMVA Night. Students, profes- bThe Bank (Alternative Music Night, hosted by Stingray's (Brand new club, brand new sound
siOllal and women. Door often benefrts a Lee Chappell, David Leigh and Michael T. OJ , system, everything else is a surprise. $8.)
gayllesbian organization. $7.) 12 W. 21st St. Ralph Duncan. Mixed crowd. $101$7.) 225 E. 641 W. 51stSt. (212)664-8668
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(212) 206-7772. Houston St., at Essex Street. (212) 505-5033 The World (Christina Vista and Junior Vazquez
Silver Lining (2-4-1 drinks.) 175 Cherry Lane. [Please note: The Bank is closed until March present an after-hours party. Doors open at
Floral Park, LI. (516) 354-9641. 30.] midnight) 254 E. 2nd St., at Avenue C.
Stutz (2-4-1 drinks.) 202 Westchester Ave. .Clit Club (Jocelyn & Julie, Every Friday Party;
1 White Plains, NY. (914) 761-3100. go-go girls, lesbo videos; opens 8 pm, bil- Sunday
• liards & $1 drinks between 8 and 9 pm; $5) The Building (Dallas' The Men's Room, stu-
, Thursday 432 W 14 St; 406-1114 dents, professionals, men; go-go boys & 6O-
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bThe Bank ( Upstairs it's Sperm Bank for Fags, Columbia Dances (1st Friday of every month, ft. ceiling) 51 W 26 St; 576-1890
with hostess Hapi Phace, DJs Craig Earl Hall, 10 pm-2 am.) 116th St & bCrazy Nanny's (Sunday evening Tea Dance. "
Spencer and Victor Anonymous? Down- Broadway; 854-3574 days Free before 9 pm!$5 after:) 21 Seventh Ave.
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South. (212)366·6312.
*FUCKI (DJs Craig and Victor spin industrial,
_house, bass, soul and twirly disco. ' •
Downstairs, the Lesbian Luv Lounge with OJ
Lori E. Seid and guest DJs. $5.) Pyramid. 101
.Avenue A. (212) 473-7184.
Kelly's (OJ Moaning Lisa spins the records for
dancing dykes. Doors open at 8 pm. $3.) 46 . ,. ' '. ".
House. First Sunday of the month only. Private Eyes, 12W. 21st St (bet Fifth and Sixth The Monster, 80 Grove St (Seventh Ave.) 924·3558
Grand opening April 7, with OJ Marlow. $5.) Aitenues) 206-7770 New Jimmy's 53 Christopher St, 463-0950 •
204 Varick St, at Houston. (212) 243-4940. Rawhide, 212 Eig~th Ave., (21st St.), unlisted Ninth Circle, 139W. 10th St, 243·9204
20/20 (Michael Fes,co's Tea Dance, opens 4 pm; Sneakers, 392 West St., 242-9830
$6; free Mimosas .& BMs from 4-6, buffet at Spike, 120 Eleventh Ave., 243-9688
7:30) 20 W 2QSt;727-8841. The Vault; 28 Ninth Ave., 733-3144 (F, 7-11 pm, Two Potato, 145 Christopher St., 242-9340 '
women) 255-6758 Ty's, 114 Christopher St., 741·9641
Every Night (or almost) West Village . Uncle Charlie's, 56 Greenwich Ave., 255-8787
• Bedrock (lesbian club, closed MaN .&TUE)
121 Woodfield Rd" W. Hempstead, U; Badlands, Christopher and West streets, 741-9236 West Side
516/486-9516 Boots.& Saddle, 76 Christopher St, 929-9684 .Candle Bar, 309 Amersterdam Ave., 874·9155
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*Club Edelweiss ('TVs, TSs, gays, bi's, singles, Crazy Nanny's 21 Seventh Ave. South, 366-6312 Cat's,730 Eighth Ave., 221·7559
couples all welcome'; TUE for lesbians, but (women) Don't Tell Mama, 343 W.46th St., 757-0788 .'
open to all TUE-SUN night) 167 W 29; 868- D.T.'s Fat Ca~,281W.l2th St,243-9041
6989 -,,- Gents, 360 W. 42nd St., (Ninth Ave.)967·0659
Pandora's B~x, 70 Grove St. (Seventh Ave.) 242- - \' .
419 (nightly Gay House Party, opens 6 pm) 419 Sally's Hideaway, 264 W. 43rd St., 221·9152
N. Highway (Ate 27), Southampton, U; 1408(women)
Town .&'Country, Ninth Ave. at 45th St,307·1.503
516/283-5001 ,
Dugout, 185 ChristopherSt, 242-9113 (formerly the
Grand Central (closed Mon, 2-4-1 drinks Ramrod) . continued next page
ThursdQY) 210 Merrick Road, Rockvilte
Centra, U; 516/536-4800
Magic Touch (ethnic mix: Anglo/Latin/Asian) 73-
1337th Rd, Jackson Heights, Queens;
718/429-8605 .'
Monster (West Village) 80 Grove 8t at Sheridan
Sq.; 924-3557 , ,
• Pandora's Box (formerly the Duchess)
Sheridan Square.& 7th Avenue. (212) 242-
1408. •
The Pyramid (Look under daily listings for indi-
vidual parties and themes. Also check Going
Out'for special events.) 101 Ave.A. (212)
P3-7184.
Spect{Um (good mix of gay men
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.& lesbians;
closed Mon- Tue, WED free, THU free .& 2-4-1
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drinks, FAI male/female strippers, SAT
recording stars, SUN variety show.& free
a~mission 9-10 pm; Coors served) 802 64th St
'@ 8th Ave, Bay Ridge, Bldyn; 718/238-8213.
• TO~'$ (Night club and restaurant, Mostly
women, but men are OK.) 2 ~eorges Rd.
New Brunswick, NJ. (201) '545-8!19o•
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Bogart's, 320 E•.59th St., 688,8534' • Hideaway, 87-36 Parsons Blvd., Jamaica,657·4885
Bunkhouse, 192 N. Main St, Sayville, 567·2865
Love Boat, n·02 Broadway, Elmhurst, 29·8870
B[andy's Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St.,650·1944 - , Cherry's, Bayview Walk, Cherry Grove, Fire Island,
G.H. Club, 353E. 53rd St., 223·9752 Magic Touch, 73-13 37th Rd., Jackson Heights, 597·8820 . ,
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429·8605
· Johnny's Pub, 123 E.47th St.,355·8714 Club Swamp, Disco/Annex Restaurant, Monta~k
NY Confidential, 306 E. 49th St.,308·8390 Staten Island " Hwy, Wainscott, 537·3332
Rounds, 303 E. (ar.a cod. 718) Ice Palace, Cherry Grove Beach Club, Fire Island,
. 53rd St., 593·0807 "
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597-6800 . .
South Dakaota, 405 3rd Ave., (29th St.) 684·8376 Sandcastie,88 Mills Ave., 447·9365
Kiss, 161 Farmardie Dr., Lake Ronkonkoma, 467·9273
Star Sapphire, 400 E. 59th St., 688·4710 Westchester Club 608, 608 Sunrise Highway, W. Babylon,
The Townho~se, 236 E. 58th St., 754·4849 (ar.a cod. 914) 661·9580
· Twenty·Nine Palms, 129 Lexington Ave., 686·8299 Playroom, 590 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers, 965·6900
, Millennium, 1770 New York Ave., Huntingdon,
East Village Stutz, 202 Westchester Ave., White Plains, 351-1402
The Bar, 68 2nd Ave., (4th St.) 674·9714 761·3100 Starz, B36 Grand Blvd., Dear Park, 242·3857
101 Avenue A. (former(ythe Pyramid), 101 Avenue Long Island Nassau Thunders, 894 Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, 864·1410
A,420·1590 (ar.a cod. 516) 'New Jersey
'Tunnel Bar, 1161st Ave., (7th St.) 777·9232 ,. Bedrock, 121 Woodfield Rd., West Hempstead, (area code 201)
486-9516 (women)
Brooklyn Blanche, 47-2 Boundary Ave., Farmingdale, 694-
Charlie's West, 536 Main St, E. Orange, 678-5002
(area code 718) Feather's,77 Kinderkamack Rd., River Edge,
6!!06 342·6410
After Five Plus, 5 Front St., 852·0139 Grand Central, 210 Merrick Rd., Rockville Centre,
Spectrum, 802 64th St., (Eighth Ave.), 745-9611 Friendly's Bar, 6310 Park Ave., West New York,
536·4800
Sweet Sensations, 6322 20th St, 435·2580 854·9895
Pal Joey's, 2457 Jerusalem Ave., North Bellmore,
Excalibur, 10th and Jefferson, Hoboken, 795-1023
785-9301
Queens Nite Lite, 509 22nd St, Union City,863·9515
Silver Lining, 175 Cherry Lane, New Hyde Park,
(area co'Cie718) Vibrations, 165 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, 836-5518
354·9641
Breadstix, 113·24 Queens B(vd., Forest Hills, Yacht Club, 366 Berksire Valley Rd., Jefferson,
Station House Pub, 3547 Merrick Rd., Seaford, 785-
236·0300 697·9780
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A.C.n.C. AIDS CENTER' OF 212-874-5064, or write to: P.O. Box '.. '.' BISEXUALYOUTH COMMIW4ITY Friday each month, 7pm, at The
QUEENS COUNTY SOCiAl SER- 6828, NY. NY 10163-8m3. Infon'lial social & support group RESEARCH INrnAllVE Center, 208 W. 13th St., West of
VICES EDUCATION - BUDDIES- for,BiaQxual kidsfyouth. Monthly CRI tes1S experimental drugs and 7th Ave. Contribution: $8. Bring a
COUNS8JNG-SUPPORGROUPS ATR (AI)S TREATMENT ma-ating7potluck lunch held treatments for AIDS and HIV main course for 4 people (or pay i
VOlu.... r Opportunili .. (718) 896- RESOURCES,IIIC.) '1:00pmon fourth Sunday of the related illnesses. Monthly treat- $!i food charge.1 For infonnation
~v9ice} (718}896-2985(TDD) Publishes a quartally Directol)' of montli at members homes. Call ment and research group for HIV+ call: 212-979-7541 or212-286-3238
clinical trials of experimental NYABN for 1his month's location. individuals. Treatment and
ACT UP (AIDS CoDlilion III AIDS/HIV treatments in NY/NJ, This group is pa rt of the New York research newsletter, forums and GIAAD -GIIy" Lesbi8llAlliMca .
Unlealh "-r) and Philadelphia, and has educa- Area Bisexual Network. . public seminars. Call Alice Spears Apb. Defamation
496A Hudson Street, Suite G4 tional ma18riaW seminars for trial or Ken Fomataro at (212) 481-1~ 80 Varick Street, NYC 10013 (212)
NYC 10014 (212) 564-2437 A panicipants. AlR also advocates BWS-BRONX LESBIANS for info and maning list 866-1700 GlAAD combats homo-
diverse, non-partisan group of for improvements in the trial sys- UNITEDIN SJSTERJfOOD phobia in the media and else-
individuals united in anger and 18m..25QW. 30th St,9th fl., NYC, Social, political and support CONGREGAllON BETH where by promoting visibility of
committed to direct actionto 10001. (212)268-4196. Publications networking group for women SIMCHATTORAH the lesbian and gay community
end the AIDS crisis. Gen. meet- free/donation requested. .and their friends. Regular social NY's Gay and Lesbian Synagogue and organizing gra18roots
ings Mon. nights 7:30, in The events and meetings on the first Services Friday at 8:30pm 57 response to anti-gay bigotry. Do
Great Hall, Cooper Union, on BAR ASSOClA1l0N FOR and third Fridays of every Be1hune Street For info. call: (212) you have 30 minutes a month to
Cooper Square between Astor /llMAN RIGHT'S month. At The Community Cen- 929-9498. fight homophobia?Join the
and St Marks Place's. Lawyers Referral Service for ter, 208 W. 13 Street, from 6:3()" GlAAD PhoneTreelCall (212j-866-
the Lesbian and Gay Community 8pm. For more info call Lisa at CONGREGAllON 1700for infonnation.
AIDS RESOURCE CENTER (ARC) Full Range of Legal Services (212) 829-9617. B'NA1JESHURUN
Supportive housing for home- (212) 459-4873 Free Walk-in Monthly Spriwal Gatherings and GlIl
less PWAs (Bailey House and Legal Clinic. Tuesday 6-8 pm. BODY POSITIVE tnle ca18red fastiveluncheons for Gay and Lesbian Independent
apartments). Non-judgemental Lesbian & Gay Community If you or your lover has tested a// People With AIDS, their lovers Broadcasters invites you to tune
pastoral care for PWAs and Centro Ground Roor HIV+, we offer support groups, and families. Program includes into Ol1TLOOKSon WBAI-NY, 99.5
loved ones. Volunteer opportu- seminars, public forums, refer- music and discussion led by our FM every other Sunday, 7:30-
nities. (212) 481-1270, 24 West BIDS (BISEXUAL DOIoINANCE" ence library, referrals, social Rabbis. Call (212)787-7600 &:3opm and join us &Vel)'Tuesday
30th St., NYC 10001 SUB_ION GROUp) activitie-s and up-to-date at 7:00pm to 1t00p1n to become a
Share S/M experiences and national monthly, 'THE BODY DIGMTY member of GLIB. No experience
ALOEClAPlN-NY fantasies with oti),ers in a posi- POSITIVE" ($2!i/year). (212) 721- BIGAPPl£ needed. 505 Eighth Avenue, NY,
(A,ian Le,bians of the East tive, non"judgemental atmo- 1346.2095 Broadway, Suite 306, A community of Lesbilm and Gay NY 10018 Attn: Outlooks or call
Coa,I/Asian Pacific Le.bian sphere. First Sunday 'of the NY, 10023 Catholics. Activities include litur- (212) 24&838&-ask for GUB.
Network-New York) We are a month, 4:45pm at the Commu- gies and socials evel)' Sat, 8:00
political, social and supportive nity Center 208 W. 13 Street, BROOICLYN'SL£SBIAN AND GAY pm, at the Center, 208 W. 13 GAY"lESBIAN HEAIJII
network of Asian Pacific les- NYC. This group is part of the POUTJCAL CUJ8lA1011DA Street, NYC.CaIl(212}816-1Q. CONCERNS
bians. Planning meetings on the New York Area Bisexual Net- IIIDEPENDENI' DEMOCRATS An office of the NYC Dept. of
1st Sunday and social events work. Ll.D. endorses and works for DIGNITY NEW YORK Health, provides linkagesbetwn
on the last Friday of each candidates in local, state and Lesbian and gay Catholics and NYC Health & Human Svcs, and,
month. Call (212) 517-5598 for BISEXUAL INFORMATION" national elections, lobbies for leg- friends AIDS Ministry, Spiritual the Lesbian & Gay community,
more infonnation. COUNSEUNG SERVlCE.INC. islation, and conducts community Development The Cathedral Pro- focusing in ALL health concems;
A professionaly staffed, non- outreach through street fairs and ject Worship S.ervices & Social- resource information for health
AMERICAN GAY/ profit organization for bisexu- meetings on special topics. Join Sun. Eves. 7:3OpIJt'St John's Epi&- services consumer, ,and
LESBIAN ADf8STS als, their families and partners, us. 336 Ninth St, Suite 135 Brook- copal Church 21aWest 11th Street providers. 125 Worth Street, Box
AGA.lncj701 7th Avenue, Suite fa cing problems of a psycho- lyn, NY11215 (718}96&-8482 C Waverty.875-2179 67, New York. NY 10013. For info
9W/New York, New York 10036 logical or medical kind. We also call (212) 566-4895.
A non-profit, educational organi- work with those in doubt a bout CllClE OF MORE UGHT BlGE Education in a Di.... 1ed
zation dedicated to preserving their sexuality. Confidentiality is Spiritual support and sharing in a Gay &MIDI.INIII GAYMAll St'M ACTMSTS
separation between state and protected by law. For informa- gay/lesbian affirmative group. For the physically disa bled Les- Dedicated to safe and responsi- ,
ch9rch and upholding the civil tion phone: (212) 496-9500 West-Park Presbyterian Church bian and Gay Community. P.O.Box ble S/M since 1981. Open meet-
rights of Lesbian and Gay Athe- - 165 West 88th Street Wed: wor- 305 Village Station, Now York. NY ings w/programs on S/M tech-
ists. Meetings the firsts Sunday BISEXUALPRIDE ship service 6:30 pm, program 10014 niques,lifestyie issues, political
Community Cen18r, 1 to 3 P.M. Dial DISCUSSION GROUP 7:30. Marsha (212) 304-4373 Char- and social concems. ;.w, special
a Gay Atheists (716}899-1737, 24 Topical discussions on issues of lie (212) 691-7118. RIGHT RUNN8IS events, speakers bureau, work-
hours; interest to the community in a A running club for lesbian and gay shops, demos, affinity groups,
, congenial atmosphere, fol- COMMUNITY HEALTH athletes of all abilities. Fun Runs newalettar, more. GMSMA - Dept
. 'ARCS (AlDS-llelIItDd lowed by an infonnal dinner at PROJECT of 1-6 miles held every Sat. at O,496A Hudson Street, Suite D23
- ComrIInity SeMc_) a friendly local restaurant. 208 West 13th Street, NYC, New 108m and Weds. at 7pm in Cantral ,NYClOOI4.(212}m-9tf18. .
for D'utchess, Orange, Putnam, Every Sunday, 3:00- 4:30pm at York 10011 For Appointments and Park and every Tues. at 7pm in
Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and 1he Community Center 208 W. 13 Information (212) - 675-3559 Prospect Park. For information: GMAn (GAYMEN OFAfIICAN
Westchester counties. AIDS Street, NYC. Part of the New (TIYNoice}PROVIDING CARING, call (212) 724-9700. DESCEN1l
education, client services, crisis York Area Bisexual Network. SENSITIVE AND LOW COST 80 Varick Street, NYC10013 a sup-
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intervention, support groups, HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE THE GAYAF!IICAN port group of Gay Men of African
case management, buddy and BIWAYS NEW YORK LESBIANAND GAYCOMMUNITY AMERICANS OF Descent dedica18d to conscious-
hospital visitor program. 214 Monthly social,eve.nts for the WESTCHESTER(Tha G.A.A.) nas&-raising and the development
Central Ave., White Plains, NY Bisexual commun[ty·and friends. COMMUNITY HEA1JH is a community based support of the Lesbian and Gay Commu-
10608 (914) 993-0006 838 Broad- Call NYABNfor details of upcom- PROJEcr. HEAlJllIllFORMA- group formed in Westchester nity. G~ is inclusive at African,
way, Newburgh, NY 12250 (914) ing events. (212)459-4784 l10N UNE fUR mNS County. Various activities are African-American, Canbbean alld
562-5005 AIDSline (914) 993- Do you have questions about planned for th~ coming months. Hispanicl Latino men of color.
Il107 BIPAC (BISEXUAL POunCAL • your health? Your Body? Com- Call 914-3~mfor more info. Meetings are held, weekly, on Fri-
ACTION COJlollollITTEE) ing Out? Safer Sex? Feel like days. For infonnatiori, call 718-
ASIANS" fRlEND5- NEW YORK Political action on issues of you have no one to talk to? Not GAYrADfBl'S fURUM 8OHl162.
A not-for-profit organization importance to the Bisexual /les- any morel Now you can call the A support organization for gay
which promotes friendships with bian/Gay community. Monthly HOTT-lINE.212-255-1517The father's, their lovers, and athers in GAYMEN'S HWl1I
Asian/Pacific Islander, Asian- meeting! potluck held 8:00pm on Teen HOTT-LiNE for Healthl Call child-nurturing situations. CRIS1S HOTUNE
American, and non-Asian gay fourth Thursday of the month at Monday to Thursday, 7pm to Monthly meetings include a FOR INFORMATION ON SAFER
men 1hrough social, cultural, edu- members homes. Call NYABNfor 9pm. At other times, leave a po1luck supper, support groups on SEX AND HIV-RELATEDHEAlTH
cational, and service activities this month's location. ((2121 459- message and we'll call you varied specialized topics, speak- SERVICES, AND FOR INFORMA-
and programs. Call our Hotline: 4784 backl ers, and socializing.Meetings: 1st TION ON ONE-TIME, WALK-IN
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AIDS COUNSELING SERVICES INSTIIUTE RIR WMAN unions working on domestic part- Come play with usl For informa- .(212) 807-6578 for information.
212-807-t855 212.a4s.;7470 TDB IDENTITY IIC. nership benefits and AIDS issues. tion: MTG, Suite K83, 498-A
(Far'the ... ring Impaiiwd) Mon.- New York's non-profit lesbian For more information call Hudson St., New York, NY NOII'IHBIN UGHTS
Fri.ll1:3O a.m.1II 9 pm. 12:001II31lO and gay psychotherapy center. (212)923-8890. 10025. (718) 852-8582. AIJBIrwMS
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• Ucensed psychologis1ll, psychi- Improving Quality of ute for Peo-
. GIRTH. MIRTH atrists, and clinical social work- LESBIAN AND GAY MOCA (Man of Color AIDS ple with AIDS/HIV. THE AIDS
! a.ua OFI\IMYORK ers. Sliding scale fees. Insur- RIGHTSPROJECr I'Nnnlion Program.) MASTERY WORKSHOP: Exploring
Social club for heavy, chubby ance accepted. Individual, of the Amarican Civil Ubarti .. Provides safer sex and AIDS the possibilities of a powerful and
gay men a their admirers. couple, and family therapy. Vari- Union KNOW YOUR RIGHTS/ education information to gay creative Iifa in the face of AIDS.
Monthly socials at the 'Center", IIty of Men's and women's WE'RE EXPANDING THEM (212) and bisexual Men of Color; Can (212) 255-8554
weekly bar nights Thursdays at groups forming continuously. 118 944-9Il00, axl545 coordinates a network of peer-
the 'Chelsea Transfer", monthly W.72nd Street 212-799-9432 • support groups for gay and NYC GAY & lESBIAN
. Fit Apple Review, bi-monthly lESBIANS AND GAYS bisexual Men of Color in all 5 ANTI-VlOl£NCE PROJECf
F.A.R. pen pals. For more infor- INlIGRnY/NY OFRA1BUSH boroughs of New York City 303 Counseling, advocacy, and infor-
mation call Ernie at 914-899-7735 Lesbian and Gay Episcopalians Brooklyn's social organization Ninth Ave, New York, NY mation for survivors of anti-gay
or write: GaM/NY, Dept 0, P.O. and friends. Eucharist and pro- for both gay men and les- 10001or call (212) 239-1798. and anti-lesbian violence, sexual
60x 10, Pelham, NY 1~ gram lIVeryThursday, 7:30pm. St bians. P.O. Box. 108, Midwood assault, domestic violence, and
Luke's Church, Hudson and Station Brooklyn, NY 11230· NATIONAL GAY AND lESBIAN other types of victimization. All
HEAL Christopher Sts.INFO: P.O. Box (718) 859-9437 TASKFORCE services free and confidential.24
(1IHIth Ed_lion AIDS Uai_) 5202. NYNY10185 (718) ~ is the ~ational grassroots politi- hour hotline (212) 807-0197
Weekly info. and support group LESBIAN H8ISTOIIY ARCIIVES cal organization for lesbians and ,-
for treatments for AIDS which lMIIDA P.O. Box 1258 New York, New gay men. Membership is PAllENTS,flllENDS OF
do not compromise the immune lEGAL DEflNSE York 10118212/874-7232Since S31Vyear. Issue-orien~d projects lESBIAN AND GAYS
II' ' AND BJUCATlON RIND 1974, the Archives has inspired, address violence, sodomy laws, Let P/FLAG help you and your
sYltem further, including alter-
j. , native and holistic approaches. Precedent-setting litigation shaped and reflected Lesbian AIDS, gay rights ordinances, family deal with the upheaval of
• Wed 8pm. 208 W. 13th St . nationwide for lesbians, gay lives everywhere. Call to families, medi~, etc. through lob- your coming out. Our meetings
men and people with AIDS. arrange a visit or to volunteer bying, educ_tion, organizing and a re free: monthly on the 4th Sun-
I (212\674--HOPE.
day, at 3:00 pm, in Duane Church,
Membership ($40 and up) inc. for Thursday worknights. direct actio". NGLTF 1517 U
HERITAGEOF PRIDE-INC. newsletter and invitations to ---------!L Street NW, Washington, DC 201 West 13th. Inf07 call Jeanne,
Organizers of New York's Les- special events. Volunteer
, night
. IIRlNE 20009. (202}332-8483. 212-463-0829
, bian and Gay Pridi events: the on Thursdays. Intake calls: 2- The National La,bian and Gay
March, the Rally and the Dence 4pm Mon thru Fri (212}99H!i85. ToIl-Fre. Service NBNYORKAD~NGAND PEOPlE WITH AIDS
I on thli Pier. Call (212) 891-1774 1-8OO-L1FE. COMMUNICATIONS NEtWORK COAUTION
for meeting schedule or more lAVA-(LESBIANS ABOUT ---------------L NYACN is the community's (212) 532-0290/1-800-828-3280/
1, Hotline (212) !i32-0588Monday
information. '208 West 13th VlSUALARll lDNG ISlAND ACT... largest gay and lesbian profes-
1I, Street, NY,NY 10011. Call for slides for Lesbian Artists' Meets Tuesdays at 8pm at 181 sional group, welcoming all in thru Friday 10am-8pm Meal pro·
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Exhibition, Gay a Lesbian Com- Post /INa. in Wes1b~ry, NY. Support communications-and their grams, support groups, educa·
munity Center, NYC. For more us for change on Long Island. friends. Monthly meetings, 3rd tional and referral services for
INSTIIUTE information, send SASE to : Mailing address: PO Box 514, Wed 8:30pm at the Community PWA's and PWArc's.
for lesbian and gay youth. Coun- Miriam Fougere, 118 Fort Greene Wes1bury, NY11m 51&.338--4882. Center. Members' newsletter,
seling, drop-in center (M-F, 3- Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217. job hotline, annual directory. PEOPlE WITH AIDS
8pm), rap groups, Harvey Milk LSM Phone . (212)
. 517-0380 for more HEALTH GROUP
High School, AIDS and safer lESBIAN AND GAY is a support and information info. Mention OutWeek for one Underground buyer's club import-
lex information, referrals, pro- ADll.TEDUCATORS group for lesbians and bisexual free newsletter. ing not-yet-approved medicatiol18-
feslional ,aducetion.(212) 833- Meet with other lesbians and women interestad in fantasy, role- and nutritional supplements. 31
8920 (voice) (212)833-8928 m gays who work in adult educa- playing. bindage, discipline, SlM, N.Y.FEMMES
Support and discussion group for
West 28th St 4th RoorJ21~}532-
0280 .
for deaf. tion as teichers; administrators, fetishes, altemate gender indanti- "
counselors, tutors, etc., to dis- ties, cOS1Umesand so forth. Mem- lesbians who self identify all , ", . I'
,. HISPANIC UNITED cuss issues such as coming out bership is availabl\l only to Femme and are primarily PIIK PAN11tERPA11Iot
GAVS.IESBIANS • to staff and students, materials women 18yuars and older. Ac1ual atttacted to butch women. For Community street patrol i~'East
Educetionalsarvices, political and curriculum, workshop and experience is'not required but membership information call Usa and West Village dedicated to
action, counseling and social conference participation. We genuine interest and an open (2J2) 829-9817. deterring violent crime against
activities in Spanish and English meet the first Friday of every mind are. For infonnation please gays and lesbians. For info and
by and for the Latino Lasbia.n and month at 8:00 pm at the Lesbian write: P.O. Box 993, Murray Hill N.Y. WOMEN'S SOFIIIAU. GUIlD meeting time for West Village,
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Gay Community. General meetings and gay Community Center 208 S1ation, NawYork, NY,10158 For experienced, serious Soft- call 212-475-4383. for East Vil-
,8:00 pm 4th Thursday of every Wast 13th Street. Call Bryna . ball Playurs, Coaches and Man- lage Patrol info, call 212-248-
month .t 208 WfIItt 13th Street CaR Diamond at (212) 932-7902 MARANATHA: agers. We play mod/fast pitch 8588.70 A Greenwich Ave., Box
201-863-7824 orwri1a H.U.GL, P.O. (days) for information RNERSIDERS AIR weekenc!s in Manhattan and 107, NYC 10011
Box 228 Canal Street Station, New IESBIAN/GAY CONCERfG Queens. Try-outs begin Feb. 11
YOlk,NY 10019. me LESBIAN AND GAY Monthly program meeting on thru April- or until filled. (212) PROFBSIONAlS IN FUWMDEO
BIG APPlE CORPS second Sunday for gay/lesbian 255-1379 Janet 338 Canal Street, 8th Roar, NYC
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IDENTITY HOUSE Get your instrument out of the Christians and friends. Educa- 10013212-845-3351
I
l. Now in our 20th year, we provide
peer counseling, therapy refer-
closet and come play with us.
Symphonic, Marching, Jazz,
tional, political, and social
activities scheduled, 12:30 p.m.
NINTH STREff CENTBI
Since 1973, a community dedi- QUEER NA110N
Queer Nation is a multi-cultural
I' rail and groupl for the lesbian,
gly and bisexual community.
Dixieland, Rock, Flute Ensem-
bles and Woodwinds. 123 West
Riverside Church, 490 River-
side Drive, Sunday worship
cated to demonstrating that a
homosexuallifestyte is a ratio-
nal, desirable choice for individ-
direct action group dedicated 111
fighting homophobia, queer
,. Call us at (212) 243-8181. Visit us 44th St Suite 12L New York, NY 10:45 a.m .. For info.,call (212)
at 544 8th Ave., bet.ween 14th- 10038 (212) 889-2922. 222-5900 (ext 290) uals dissatisfied with the invisibility, and all forms of
1~ Stree1ll, Mimhattan. rewards of conventional living. oppression that any queers
LESBIAN. GAY MEN OF AU. COLORS Psychologically - focussed rap might face. Anyone can suggest
INTERNAnONAL GAY & CO.uNIIY TOGEnlERNY groups, Tues., Sat., 8 to 10 pm. an action and should come to
lESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS SERVICES CENTBI A multi-racial group of gay men peer counselling ava~able. 319 E. meetings prepared to organize
CO.... SlON 208 West 13th Street New York, against racism. Meetings every 9 Street, New York, NY 10003, for and implement it QN, Box 1524,
i' workl to foeul the spotlight of NY 10011(212) 820-7310 9am- Friday night at 7:45 at the Lesbian info call (212) 228-5153. Cooper Station, New York, NY
I world opinion on the oppres- 11pm everyday. A pia ce for and Gay Community Services 10003. CaJI 212-483-7208 for
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aion of gays and lesbians community organizing and net- Center,208 W. 13th Street. For NORTH AMERICAN MANIIIOY meeting info.
throughout the Yt!ortd. Currently working, social services, cul- more info. call: (212) 245-8388 or lDVE ASSOClAnON (NAMBlA)
Qrganizing' an Inti symposium tural programs, and locial (212)222-9794. Dedicated to sexual freedom SAG£: ~Senior Action in
on Gay and Lesbian issues to events sponsored by the Center and especially interested in gay .GayEmi~
be held in Moscow and Lenin- and more than 150 community METROPOUTANTENNIS intergenerational relationships. Social Service Agency. provid-
grad in July 1991, in additon to organizations. GROUPlMrG) Monthly Bulletin and regular ing care, activities, a educa-
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many other exciting projects. Our 200 member lesbian and chapter meetinga on the first tional services for gay & lesbian
For more info write IGLHRC, lESBIAN AND GAY gay tennis club includes play- Saturday of each month. Yearty senior citizens. Also serves over "
2978 Folsom Staet, SF CA 94110, lABOR NE1WORK ers from beginning to tourna- membership is $20; write NAM- 180 homebound seniors & older
or call (415)847-0453. An organization of Lesbians and ment level. Monthly tennis par- BLA. PO Box 174, Midtown Sta- PWA's .208 West 13th St. NYC
Gays who are active in their labor ties. Winter indoor league. tion, New York, NY 10018 or call l00l1,(212} 741-2247
tion. Call 212-732-3812 or write UNITY'94, PO Box 202, whipped-cream wrestling, car phones,
NY,NV10038.
gym bunnies and pastel colors. But every
WHAMI-WIlllllln'1 Health Action And MobiliatiolL time I enter Palm Springs, it becomes
A direat a ction group commited to demanding, secur-
ing and defending absolute reproductive freedom and even more difficult. It's as if that ever-
quality health care for all women. We meet every Wed. present gorgeous sun, which has baked
at 6:311pm at 105, E 22nd Street, 4th floor. 212-713-
5966Mailing address: WHAMI, PO Box 733, NYC10009 the surrounding mountains brown, is
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about places like the Bank, More or see him every day, and I get tired of see- to negotiate with ILGO late into the night
Sound Factory is that people have the ing him. He probably makes more on Wednesday, March 13, word came of
best gossip about real celebrities not just money than 1 do." a story to appear in the next day's Post
about themselves. At the Bank, my friend Rob admits that he doesn't know quoting Frances Beirne, the parade chair,
told me that his sister claims that Ivana where his life is heading. When he's not bitterly criticizing the mayor for interfer-
Tromp tried to pick her up at a business panhandling, he hangs out on a St. ing in the parade and comparing ILGO's
meeting. Mark's Place stoop with his friend Spaz, a attempt to get into the parade with 'the
,liz: Sbe''s not a lesbian-what about short blond punk-rocker with a mouth KKK trying to march on Martin Luther
Donald and the kids? full of jack-O'-lantern teeth. Rob insists King Day. Calling himself an "out:st:\Pd-
Sydney: Have you ever heard of that he has standards, intimating that oth- ing Catholic," he also said that he and the
bisexuality? And besides, didn't it make ers on the street don't. He never begs cardinal would not tolerate a gay group
you wonder when Liz Smith and Mar- from people at outdoor cafes, nor will he in the parade.
tina Navratilova sided with her haunt cash machines for a handout: "I'm
against Donald? a bum with class. I'm not going to be Was Marching the Right Thing?
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liz: Well, not really-l mean, every- one of those guys with a pushcart." T The bigoted Hibernians had tipped
-one should wish Donald Tromp some their hand, and Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch
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Reddy on? CONNECTIONS rately, the mayor would not march. At 1
Sydney: What? Sbe's not a lesbian. Cc. .. tl.,. ......c:I .rCII.... po_g ... :ZS am, however, a compromise pushed by
Just because she sang "I Am Woman" ery-give a massage, get a massage. A Ruth Messinger came to the fore. It
doesn't mean she wants 'one. But Iheard a women's bathhouse, with saunas. ,And would allow ILGO to march within the
rumor about that other Australian pop star. while I'm at it, a gay clothing bank, ranks of the liberal 7th Division of the
Liz: Which one-':"Michael where we can trade suits for fabulOuS Hibernians without the ILGO banner but
Hutchence? dresses, depending on our gender mood with sympathetic politicians, including
Sydney: No, the same guy told me that day. the mayor, by their side. ILGO represen-,
that OHvia Newton-john and Christie There are people in our community tatives Paul O'Dwyer and Anne Maguire
Brinkley had an affair before either one who have been putting some of these accepted the compromise.
wasmanied. . communal ideas into practice, usually The upside of the deal was that the
liz: Ooh ...fun Down Under. But, tell with a lot of struggle and no cash. Off mayor demonstrated to the whole city
me something, Sydney. Now that you've the top of my head, there's the Lesbian whose side he was on and took the heat-
exposed me for the sex-crazed 24-year- Herstory Archives, the St. Mark's along the parade route for doing so. He
old that I truly ~what's your idea of a Women's Health Collective, Kitchen was quoted as saying that it was'like ,
good party? Table, Women of Color Press, the PWA marching in Binningham, Ala.,, during the
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Which, 1 know, puts you to sleep--like the bian and Gay Community Services Cen- der, though, since the discrimination
time you actually fell asleep at Sound Fac- ter, where space is tight, even for meet- against ILGO was so blatant, if marching
tory. . ings. But as community resources, they're was the right thing to do. Would it have
liz: I wasn't the only person sleep- still limited by the frame of private enter- been better for ILGO to hold out for
ing, I was just the only person not crash- prise and profit. equal status, and for the city to force the
ing off of a coke high. The "big picture" ,is a matter of per- Hibernians to change their discriminatory
Sydney: Yes, but now it is the new spective. From my little window in practices if they refused to grant it? Per-
Sound Factory, and I guarantee you will Alphabet City, 1 see a decade full of haps. But it seems clear that the gay and
never fall asleep with Frankie Knuckles challenge, where the day can be long lesbian community won this fight on the
playing. That is, if you ever go back there not short, the broken sidewalk a good evidence of the media's parade coverage.
with
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liz: Some of us have day jobs. community the greatest source of energy marchers were the top story on all the
Sydney: Then there is always More for change. T local TV stations. Our contingent was
Men with deejay Tommi Ri. loud, proud, identifiable and articulate.
lightweight version of Frankie Knuckles. Color this St. Patrick's Day lavender.
liz: I'll just curl up here while you Now that this year's parade is over,
do another load (she indicates tbe wasber- SUBSCRIBE openly gay commissioner of human rights
and-dryer seO. Is there room in there for Dennis Deleon is initiatipg an investiga-
my socks? T. ALREADY! tion into the discriminatory practices of
the Hibernians. We hope that ILGO coop-
Notes: erates with the investigation and is able to
1. SeIf-<iescribed "pit bull,· creative director damn. receive official status in the parade next
of limelight. year. They won this year's battle. Now
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