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ZAPPED!by Timothy Stirton and Michele DeRanleau

Protestors in Los Angeles and San Francisco struck out at the Catholic Church in two separate actions that left churches in both areas bearing anti-church posters and red paint representing blood.

In Los Angeles, a new group called Greater Religious Respon­sib ility (GRR) claimed responsibility for the posters o f Archbishop Roger Mahoney captioned “ MURDERER” , pasted on four area churches. Above Mahoney's picture was a statement he made to bishops gathered at last m onth’s National Conference o f Catholic Bishops. “ Safe sex is both a lie and a fraud.”

A member of the group told Los Angeles Times that the action was a response to the bishop’s stand rejecting the use o f condoms as a way to stop the spread o f A IDS.

In San Francisco, the group Boy wiih Arms Akimbo plastered St. Mary ’s Cathedral with posters, including one that read as a lakciiff o f the posters for Proposition S, the domestic partner’s ordinance: “ Yes on Sex.” According to a Boy, the protest was a response to the Catholic Church getting involved with politics while at the same time retaining its tax-exempt status.

“ They get all the benefits o f being a political organization without having any o f the responsibility,” the Boy said. The statement is a m irro r image o f the archdiocese’s claim in the election that the domestic partnership law would “ give unmarried couples all the benefits of married couples without any o f the responsibilities.”

The group also put up some o f their ubiquitous "Sex Is” and “ Just Sex” posters. “ We’ re saying if you are going to bring church politics into our lives, we’re going to bring our sexual politics into yours,” the Boy told iheSenlinel. He was surprised to hear o f the Los Angeles action, but said it is "great.”

In Los Angeles, the paint and posters were removed from three of the four targeted churches by Sunday services, but in West Hollywood and in San Francisco, the posters remained until Mon­day.

The pastor o f the West Hollywood church. Father John Beattie, said the posters were left up as a reminder that “ anger and in ­tolerance (is) out there, not just against us Catholics, but that we har­b o r.” Beattie estimated that about a third o f his congregation is gay o r lesbian.

Archbishop Mahoney said in a written statement that the Church w ill not rethink its position on AIDS because o f the action. “ It is both sad and ironic that those who will not accept God’s revelation as Uught faithfully by the Catholic Church with respect to human sexuality would attack G od’s houses. . . Neither I nor the Arch­diocese will be intimidated . . . .”

In San Francisco, Deacon Norm Phillips o f the archdiocese’s communications department said, “ There is some anger generated; some dismay that somebody felt they had to do something like this i f they disagree with the church.”

He defended the church’s role in the domestic partners campaign, saying the church was “ not involved in the politics. The church was saying in the campaign, not to politicians but to our people that this issue (domestic partners) is immoral, this issue is wrong.”

Robert Foss, a gay man who works for the Los Angeles arch­diocese, said that while he could understand the reasons for the ac­tion , he is worried about its effects. “ I think it destroys the possibili­ty o f dialogue with the archbishop. To the extent that it is polarizing, I think it was a bad idea.”

Neither group is affiliated with ACT-UP.

For more on the reaction to the Cathobc Church, see Politics on Page II.

C a t h o l i c D o g m a D e n o u n c e d

Police and thousands of ACT-IT demonstrators clashed at a protest at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.

by Rodger Pettyjohn

A man places his hands on red handprints left by Boy With Arms Akimbo on St. Mary’s Cathedral.

A demonstration at St. Patrick’s Cathedral almost erupted into a riot when AID S and abortion activists joined forces Sunday, December 10 to con­front the hierarchy o f the Roman Catholic Church.

ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and the Women’s Health Action Mobilization (W H AM ) came together to protest the church and Cardinal John O ’Connor’s recent denouncement o f the use of condoms for prevention o f the spread o f A ID S and the church’s continued opposition to a woman’s right to choose abortion.

About 4,500 people picketed the church during mass performed by O ’Connor, and about 40 people dressed as parishioners staged a “ die in ” in the aisles during the ser­vice, chaining themselves to the pews. 111 people were anested at the protest, 47 of them inside the cathedral.

While the protestors were being arrested inside the church by police with bolt cutters and stretchers, O ’Connor attempted to maintain order by instructing the congregation to recite the rosary. A large group o f priests and altar servers went to the front o f the church and flanked O ’Connor, prompting one person to comment that they were “ like a wall or mighty army ready to attack.”

Outside, tensions rose between the New York police and protestors bundled against the winter chill. The police were attempting to keep the demonstrators as far away from the cathedral as possible and pinned into an area that was too small for the crowd. Numerous shoving matches ensued, and the demonstrators finally gained full control o f the comer opposite the main entrance to the cathedral.

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fy Frederic Millen

P olice officef Richard Cairns has characterized reports that appeared in the Sentinel concerning the Tac Squad sweep of Castro Street October 6 as “ oadand- ish Bes.” We reported November 16 that Chief Frank Jordan reassigned Cairns to a desk job foBow- ing accusations that Cairns broke ranks to chase

down and beat demonstrators the night an entire neighborhood was paralyzed by police action.

Cairns told \hcSentinel, “ These are ____________________________________blatant lies. I f there’s no retraction, I ’ll have my attorney sue the paper. These are lies. Research your stories.”

We reported November 16 that the Tac Squad has been relieved o f its crowd control duties and shorn o f its mounted units by Jordan.

“ We do not beat people,’ ’ said Cairns. “ We take a lo t o f abuse from a lot o f people.’ ’

ACT-UP demonstrator Frank Rouse was covered with bruises when he was arrested the night o f October 6. He had so many bruises the arraigning judge ordered an immediate medical report, which has never been filed. When inter­viewed by the Se/trwe/ four weeks after his arrest. Rouse still had bruises on his head and ribcage.

“ I don’t know where iheSenlinel got this in fo rm ation ," Cairns said. “ It slanders all the officers in the Tac Squad.’ ’

Rouse recently told the Sentinel,“ The night o f the demonstration, ACT- UP marchers sat down on Castro Street in front o f Bank o f America. Unsuper­vised Tac Squad officers tried to drive motorcycles through the people. We continued chanting in peaceful protest.Officers surrounded us and there was an immediate climate o f fear. Then they at­tacked us.”

Rouse has filed a report with the Office of Citizen complaints. His OCC deposi­tion states;

“ I saw d e m o n s tra to rs and bystanders climbed on, shoved and beaten with clubs. One ACT-UP member had his legs wrapped around a newspaper box while being stomped

Hennessey refers to the brutality o f October 6 as “ this alarming and distur­bing event. That evening, protesters were taken to the Hall o f Justice but were, ultimately, released while still in custody o f the Police Dept.”

Laurie McBride, a vice president o f Stonewall Democrats, was arrested in Washington, D.C. on International AIDS Day (Dec. 1). Her description o f the D.C. Tac Squad provides a contrast with the experience o f protesters in San Francisco. McBride told IheSenlinel:

“ It was very clear the D.C. Tac Squad was properly trained. We shouldn’t put up with the brutality we have here. D.C. police are very profes­sional. They don’t throw people around. They realize the police are not the target. I t ’s the jerk in the White House who is the target.”

Events leading to the arrest o f

Police and demonstrators in the Castro on October 6.

and clubbed. An officer lifted me by the hair, then grabbed my ears while his partner held a nightstick across my throat. I tried to kick free and was club­bed by four officers until I was covered with bruises.”

On the subject o f Rouse’s injuries, Cairns said, “ Qieck your facts. (Theck with M r. Rouse. Check with Sheriff Hennessey.’ ’

A representative o f the Sheriff’s Dept, told (he Sentinel, “ The sheriff has already expressed himself on this m atter.” We were referred to a letter that appeared in the Bay Area Reporter.

demonstrators as described by McBride show one point o f similarity to eyewitness accounts o f the Oct. 6 pro­test. In both cases, chanting protesters stopped traffic. When marchers block­ed Pennsylvania Ave., D.C. Police fu r­ther barricaded the street with buses in order to ensure that no traffic could en­danger the demonstrators. There was no climate o f intim idation.

“ D.C. police realize i t ’s our constitu­tional right to protest,” said McBride. “ There’s simply no excuse for the cracked heads and other police miscon­duct that’s taken for granted on the West Coast.” ■<

AIDS E x p e r t s . “ V a c c in e St il l Y ea r s Aw a y ”

by Jonathan Am ow itz

O nce again many newspapers using boW and sensa- tHMialistk headlines have reported tremendous breakthroughs in an new AIDS vaccine. Innovations have been made; however, experts report that a vac­cine remains at least ten years down the road.

A Tnlane University study discovered a vaccine that appears to prevent infection of a HIV-like virus in rhesus monkeys.The study, led by Michael Murphey- Corb o f Tulane’s Delta Regional Primate Research Center in Covington, Louisiana, involved injecting Rhesus Monkeys with an AIDS-like virus called the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV). The virus attacks a monkey’s im­mune system in much the same way as H IV attacks humans.

Nine non-infected monkeys were in­jected with a “ whole virus vaccine” o f clinically neutered SIV cells. The monkeys’ bodies still recognized these benign cells as an invader, thereby creating antibodies to the virus.

These monkeys were later injected with a dose o f live SIV . O f the nine monkeys who were injected, all nine re­mained in a healthy physical state. Eight monkeys were virus free, meaning that their bodies successfully fought off the virus. One monkey’s blood test did show SIV present, but did not get any related opportunistic infections.

This advance in the race for an AIDS vaccine has brought us a step closer, however the vaccine remains years down the road.

The major advance has been largely theoretical. “ This issue has changed from i f we can develop an AIDS vaccine to when we develop a vaccine,” stated Dr. Wayne Koff in a recent article in the Los Angeles Times.

Another major advance is the use o f the whole-virus to make a vaccine. Most studies presently being conducted on live humans involve only portions o f the genetic structure o f the H IV virus. The partial-virus vaccines, while less

likely to be toxic, are also less likely to be efficable.

The Tulane study basically illustrated I that a whole-vims vaccine can prevent a | strain o f virus similar to H IV .

H IV is known to mutate itself quick-1 ly. This mutation constitutes a major | stumbling block toward developing a vaccine to H IV , which has several strains and mutates itself constantly in-1 to more strains. Using the Tulane method, a separate vaccine would have to be developed for every new strain o f | H IV .

The study does show that in a clinical environment researchers can manufac­ture a vaccine that appears to k ill the H IV-like virus. Putting this new found knowledge into practice, however, re­mains many years off.

Murphey-Corb said in the Times ar­ticle, “ We have one thing that works and it works well, but it is not ready for human trials. There’s no guarantee (when a vaccine will be ready), the op­timistic view is ten years; I ’ve set a per­sonal goal fo r five.”

The Times also reported that the Tulane experiment confirmed similar research studies conducted at the New England Regional Primate Center and at the University o f California at Davis.

The vaccine, Murphey-Corb reminds us, is still 10 years away, meaning that for some time to come, risk-free sex and clean needles remain our only guarantee o f H IV infection prevention.

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by Frederic Millen

P roject Infoim’s Martin Delaney, saying, “ W e’re not cutting near the bone yet,’’ repeated his call for a nationwide boycott of Buiroughs-Wellconie products Actifed and Sudafed. Delaney spoke at a roundtable forum sponsored by Stonewall Democrats December 5 in San Francisco. After Delaney described the re­

cent 20 percent price reduction of AZT as inadequate, Stonewall voted unanimously to endorse the boycott.

In doing so, the club joins AC T-U P, Delaney noted that $6,000 a year is Alice B. Toklas Democrats and Harvey beyond the reach o f the vast number o fM ilk Democrats in what Delaney described as “ an unprecedented coali­tion o f activists” who fought for the price cut, which brought the price o f A Z T to $6,000 annually for most pa­tients. The manufacturer o f A ZT , Burroughs-Wellcome, is a wholly own­ed subsidiary o f Wellcome Trust, a British charitable organization.

Americans who do not have health in ­surance. “ And A Z T is so far out in o r­bit pricewise that it can’t even be con­sidered for A frica ,” he said.

Delaney pointed out that Burroughs- Wellcome is reporting a 25 percent in ­crease in net pro fit and said, “ BW stockholders are having a very good Christmas this year.”

M arlin Ddaney o f Project In fo rm criticized Burroughs-Wellcome, manufacturer o f the AID S drag A Z T .

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A t the Stonewall forum, Hank Wilson o f Bay Area Network o f Gay and Lesbian Educators called for BW to open its books.

“ I t ’s incumbent upon us to make sure that this whole debate takes place out in the open,” said Wilson. “ We want the public to understand how outrageous it is to be taken advantage o f simply becuase persons with A ID S are in a life o r death situation.”

Delaney to ld the Senfine/, “ 1 feel the failure o f BW to open its books is an ex­ample o f bad fa ith. They haven’t even taken the first and simplest step to gain the public’s confidence.”

Wilson said, “ We’ re not saying no profit for drug companies. We’re say­ing let them make a reasonable profit. Bui how can we know what’s reason­able if there’s no disclosure?”

Delaney pointed out that BW obtain­ed its patent on A Z T on the basis o f research initiated by the federal govern­ment.

Delaney said, “ I t ’s not known if there was competitive bidding before the government granted an exclusive right to manufacture A Z T to BW. I f the government grants a monopoly to market a drug, the manufacturer ends up charging whatever it can get away w ith,” Delaney said.

Harvey Mauer o f the AID S Vigil said that he couldn’t see the financial well­being o f BW threatened even by a fu r­ther price reduction, because the market for A Z T appears to be growing exponentially.

“ ACT-UP chapters in Los Angeles and San Francisco want a 50 percent reduction from what the price is now, based on a growing market,” said Mauer. “ But what’s really needed is a disclosure law. I f they open their books to public scrutiny, they’ll embarrass the hell out o f themselves.”

S to n e w a ll D e m o c ra ts vo te d unanimously to support a disclosure law. A t the suggestion o f Wilson, the club is drafting a proposal for a windfall profits tax on drug companies with the proceeds earmarked for research on all life-threatening diseases, including but not restricted to A ID S.

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ACT-UP W a n t s $700,000“ T h a w ed ”

by Michele DeRanleau

A CT-UP San Francisco picketed City Hall Tuesday, demanding that $700,000 of AH)S funding that was frozen after the earthquake be released to AIDS service organizations. Much of the money was earmarked for outreach to minority communities.

The money itself is trapped in a Byzantine bureaucratic limbo; ACT-UP planned to protest the office of Supervisor Nancy Walker, who chairs the finance committee, but she passed the buck to the mayor’s office, saying of ACT-UP, “ They’re full of shit.”

According the mayoral aide Larry Bush, the finance committee found surplus funds in the m ayor’s budget and allocated the funds for A ID S serv­ices after a request from Supervisor Harry B ritt’s office. The mayor ap­proved the funding in the form o f a “ supplemental” , and his budget-office was in the process o f allocating the funds when the earthquake hit.

After the earthquake. Bush said, the mayor froze all supplémentais because he was no longer sure there would be the money to pay for them, since money from hotel, sales, and parking taxes declined with tourism.

The mayor responded in a letter; “ 1 concur with your insistence that the city move forward with funding for the new programs and additional support we planned earlier this year . . . While the overall supplemental spending in this fiscal year w^l be about $500,000, it w ill be spent at a rate equivalent to $700,000 on a pro-rated basis.”

“ $500,000 on a pro-rated basis is in ­appropriate and outrageous,” said Brandy Moore o f the Black Coalition on A ID S . “ We do not get A ID S on a pro-rated basis . . . People who are liv ­ing with A ID S should not have to come down here and beg.”

^ ITtey (ACT-UP) are fu ll of shit. ”

— Nancy WalkerBut speakers from the San Francisco

A ID S Foundation, Black Coalition on AID S, Community United Against Violence, the C ity Health Center, Com­munity Research Alliance, and the Tenderloin A ID S Network demanded that the money be released immediate­ly.

“ We’re not talking a lot o f money here,” said Ken Jones o f the SF A ID S Foundation in an interview. “ But i t ’s crucial in my mind to a lot o f smaller organizations who are depending on that commitment o f dollars.”

Co m m issio n Re l e a s e s Repo rt to Pr es id en t Bush

T he National Commission on AIDS on December 6 released its Tirst report to President Bush that calls for urgent action by the White House to deal with an inadequate system of health care delivery and tinancing for persons with AIDS or HIV.

“ In summary, a series of problems have resulted in a health care system singularly unresponsive to the needs of HIV infected people," the report says.

Belinda Mason o f the National Commission on A ID S .

The report also cites national obstacles to providing adequate health care and financing. These impediments include a growing air o f complacency towards the epidemic, lack o f a national plan for dealing with a health care system that is faltering even without the impact o f A ID S , and a national drug strategy that fails to factor in the ominous potential for rapid spread of H IV among intravenous drug users.

Even more alarming, the pattern of H IV infection is evolving and is now “ reaching crisis proportions among the young, the poor, women and many m inority communities,” according to the report to President Bush.

The Commission also outlined five initial steps to begin solving the prob­lems o f health care delivery to the

m illion or more people in the United States with H IV infection.

These include: I) “ recognition that a crisis situation exists in many cities,” 2) creation o f a “ flexible, patient- oriented, comprehensive system o f care,” 3) possible creation o f regional centers o f H IV care, perhaps modeled after the regional hemophilia treatment program, 4) creation o f units that treat patients who have both H IV and drug addiction, 5) providing comprehensive health care services under one roof.

Dr. June Osborn, Chairman o f the Commission, said, “ Finding durable solutions to problems identified by the Commission w ill take much hard work and cooperation. But the solutions also stand to benefit people far beyond the specific arena o f H IV , for the health

care system itself requires urgent atten­tion .”

Dr. David Rogers. Vice Chairman o f the Commission, said, “ A ID S has spotlighted some o f the most serious gaps in our ways o f delivering medical care. Many chronic diseases which plague Americans demand more humane responses out o f hospital systems o f care. Developing such a system for those with H IV related i l l­ness should do much to improve medical care for all Americans.”

Though the Commission is not re­quired to make a report to Congress and the White House until August 1990. a decision was made to speak now because o f the urgency o f the health care delivery and financing issues, and because a national voice is essential to solving them.

The National Commission on AID S is an independent body created by Con gress to advise Congress and the Presi­dent on development o f “ a national consensus on policy” concerning the H IV epidemic.

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A Broader Definition Of Family”F a m il y Reg istr y Pla n A n n o u n c ed

fy Karen M . Everett

I n the wake of Ihe defeat of San Francisco’s domestic partners law, a Washington, D.C. lobby group plans to create a national family registry to build support for the concept of lesbian and gay families.

The Hum an Rights Campaign Fund, the largest group in the country fighting for gay rights, is developing the

registry. The group hopes the project will give visibility to “ a broader definition of family" and increase public support to

change laws which prohibit same-sex marriage.“ We can no longer wait fo r lesbian straight live-in lovers some o f the same

and gay men in long-term loving rela­tio n sh ip s to be va lida ted and acknowledged by th is coun try ’s legislative and political bodies,” said T im McFeeley, director o f the Human Rights Campaign Fund. “ The lesbian and gay community is going to have to lay the groundwork firs t.”

McFeeley hopes to launch the Na­tional Family Registry on Feb. 14, 1990, Valentine’s Day.

Plans to create a central repository of records for gay families materialized after San Francisco’s domestic partners legislation lost in the November election by a tiny margin, 49 percent to 51 per­cent.

Sponsored by Sup. Harry Britt, the legislation would have given gay and

benefits that married couples receive.Since the legislation’s defeat in the

polls, some gay leaders have advocated broadening the legislation to include “ extended fam ily” members as well as domestic partners as beneficiaries o f the proposed city ordinance.

The Human Rights Campaign Fund also provides for extended family members in its planned national registry, according to Kathleen Stoll, director o f the Fund’s Lesbian and Outreach Project.

“ These family units are not limited to traditional domestic partnerships or two-person couples,” she said. “ We want to emcompass a broader defini­tion o f fam ily.”

The consensus that San Francisco’s

proposed domestic partners bill should be expanded to include blood relatives is gaining both in City H all and in the gay community, according to Scott Shafer, press secretary for M ayor Art Agnos.

But gay leaders who favor the domestic partners version point out that an extended family registry serves a d if­ferent purpose than a sim ilarly defined law would.

M att Coles, the ACLU attorney who drafted San Francisco’s domestic part­nership legislation, said the registry’s broad definition o f gay relationships is “ commendable” . But Coles added that efforts to legally ban discrimination on the basis of an “ extended fam ily” unit is “ much more tricky.”

“ I f you try to pass a law that sets up a mechanism to give extended family members health insurance, fo r exam­ple, things are not quite that simple,” said Coles.

The Human Rights Campaign Fund says the goal o f the registry is not legal but educational. The group hopes the record system will “ recapture the term ‘ fam ily’ from the right w ing,” as well as provide an alternative “ institution” to conventional marriage.

“ It is clear that the general public has not yet moved to the point where it is w illing to affirm lesbian and p y families,” said McFeeley.

“ What we can do with the registry is educate the public so that they will understand that many lesbians and gays have families which are as important to us as the families o f heterosexuals are to them,” he said.

Does AZT Ca u s e Ca n c er?

by Stephan Pardi

As the Sentind was going to press, in item was carried in Wednesday’s media regarding a product alert put ont by the mannfactnrer of zidovudine (AZT), Borronghs-

WeBcome.Fear o f the news’ contents were ex­

pressed by A IDS specialists, who wor­ried many o f the thousands presently on A Z T would stop upon being informed o f the announcement.

The study, which is part o f an on­going, Phase I I I clinical tria l o f A ZT , is a routine part o f any research study into any experimental drugs, namdy, deter­mining the “ carcinogenicity” (cancer- causing) potential o f the investigational drug. I t has been determined that at high doses, A27r does have the poten-

tia l fo r causing tumors in aging laboratory animals. However, there is very little correlation between this discovery, and making any definitive predictions that similar developments w ill occur in those taking A ZT .

For one, the study cited “ high doses” o f A Z T given (although it was not specifically stated i f the amount were a biomass equivalent to that o f human dose regimens). W ith the August announcement that half-dose A Z T is as effective as fu ll (“ high” ?) dose, most A ID S physicians have been prescribing the lowest amount possible. Another aspect needing to be balanced is the age o f the lab animals, l ik e hu­mans, these animals become more susceptible to “ mutagenic” cdlu lar changes with the advance o f age and a dim inution o f their immune system. Lastly, not cited was the time span in ­volved— a definitive consideration with those on limited total periods o f taking A Z T .

Federal health officials sought to reassure those AZT-taking patients that carcinogenic changes have not been documented or established in humans

yet. The Public Health Service still strongly recommends that “ AIDS pa tients continue taking their zidovudine therapy under consultation with their physicians.” The manufacturer said in its notice: “ Results from rodent car cinogenicity studies are o f limited predictive value for humans. ”

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As long as the mainstream television crews were present, police remained businesslike, but when they left, the situation became tense. Numerous shouting matches erupted between demonstrators and police. One police officer grabbed a protestor and began repeatedly hitting him in the face in front o f hidden video cameras operated by members o f Testing the Limits Video Coalition and Damn Interfering Video Activists. When the altercation began, the CTOwd erupted and several officers threw a metal barricade into the crowd, injuring at least two people.

Protestors began throwing things back at the police, but organizers quick­ly dispersed the crowd down the street and police reinforcements moved in to calm the officers down, and the tension diffused.

Because the pobce seemed to an­ticipate the action inside the church,

organizers at AC T-U P believe that the group has been infiltrated by the police. Whether or not to protest inside the church was a hot topic in the planning stages o f the demonstration, and organizers finally left the decision up to individuals. But organizers say the police and the church seemed to know about the specific details o f the action. A t a meeting the night after the protest, several demonstrators reported that key people were arrested without warning. They also reported that a woman was anested and beaten at the protest.

In addition to the uniformed police at the protest, numerous undercover police were on hand, including one who was videotaped speaking with a “ pretzel vendor” who in turn spoke in to his collar.

ACT-UP and W H A M are looking into the beating o f protestors as well as possible infiltration.

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A New York Stale trial court on December 1 vacated the guilty plea of a man arrested and convicted in 1969 under statutes since declared unconstitutional in New York. The court decision cleared his record, helping to ensure that he will not be further penalized for charges used in the past to criminalize sexual conduct between

consenting adult partners of the same sex.Lambda Legal Defense and Educa- received listed the unconstitutional ar-

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Earlier this year, twenty years after his arrest, M r. Doe’s conviction resur­faced when his job required that he move to a foreign country. M r. Doc learned he would need a “ Good Con­duct Certificate” from the Police Department before the country would grant him residency. The certificate he

that such charges, however old and in­valid, might prejudice his chance o f get­ting residency abroad, the man turned to Lambda for help.

“ This case illustrates the continuing and very real harms that consensual ‘sodomy’ laws and related statutes pose to the gay community, even when they’ve later been overturned,” said Evan Wolfson, the Lambda staff at­torney who handled the case. “ Here, twenty years later, this conviction came back to haunt M r. Doe, just as they do many people when they go to fill out a job application, seek a license, or get asked about their past.”

To get the conviction vacated and the record expunged and sealed. Lambda contacted the Manhattan District A t­torney’s office to seek their coopera­tion. Lambda submitted a record of the

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Despite efforts by the lesbian and gay rights movement to obtain reform, con­sensual sodomy and related offenses re­main crimes in twenty-four states and the District o f Columbia. The statutes vary in the specific acts proscribed and the classes of people prohibited from engaging in them. Although most states that still have sodomy laws on the books criminalize oral-genital or anal- genital conduct by anyone, whether gay or non-gay, seven states criminalize on­ly those acts when engaged in by people o f the same gender. .Shockingly, people are still in ja il for such ostensible o f­fenses.

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Se n a to rs J im S asser (D-TN) and Sam Nunn (D-GA) this week signed on as cosponsors of the Federal Hate Crimes Statistics Act, bringing the total number

of Senate supporters to 56.

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The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), which has lobbied Sasser, Nunn and a host o f other cosponsors and potential supporters, is optimistic the b ill can pass during the 101st Congress — pending attempts by Senator Jesse Helms to delete gays from the b ill can be defeated.

The House o f Representatives passed the bill last June 27 by a vote o f 368 to 47. Last year, the bill was passed by the House but killed in the Senate during a last-minute move by Helms.

The Hate Crimes Statistics Act directs the U.S. Department o f Justice to compile and publish data on crimes that manifest prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity. Gay and lesbian activists see the b ill as an important first step by the federal government in stemming the alarming increase o f “ gay bashing.”

N G L T F ’s Anti-V iolence project reported last year about 7,250 cases o f anti-gay violence and defamation, with a vast majority o f the incidents going unreporled because o f fear o f anti-gay stigmatization and discrimination. In an earlier survey, NG LTF reported that one in four gay men and one in ten les­bians have been “ punched, kicked, or beaten” because o f their sexual orienta­tion.

“ Getting Sasser and Nunn to cosponsor this critical legislation is proof that ongoing constituent pressure w orks," said Peri Jude Radecic, NG LTF legislative director. “ When the local gay and lesbian community puts its mind to winning and exerts its political muscle, legislators are more likely to do the right thing.”

NGLTF is now pressuring Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell to set a firm date to move the bill as early as possible in 1990. Advocates fo r the legislation have until the end o f the lOlst Congress, scheduled to adjourn in the fourth quarter o f 1990, to pass the b ill under the current list o f cosponsors.

H onoluluA M A R ejects P rotections F or G ays

The house of delegates to the American Medical Association voted against a d d in g “ s e x u a l orientation” to a clause in its b y lin e s p r o h ib i t in g

discrimination in its membership on the basis of “ sex, color, creed, race, religion, ethnic origin, and national origin."

According to A M A spokesperson Craig May, the A M A delegates “ did not feel comfortable setting a policy when there was no demonstrated need for i t . ” He said the A M A does not discriminate against gay or lesbian doc­tors.

The A M A is the largest medical association in the country, with about 295,000 members, or nearly half the practicing physicians in the country.

According to the minutes o f the meeting, “ Some (members o f the A M A ) felt that the adoption o f this resolution would constitute an approval o f so-called ‘alternate lifestyles.’ Others pointed out that they knew o f no actual discrimination in membership on the basis o f sexual orientation, and therefore the action was unnecessary.” — M ichelle DeRonleau

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B rain F unction M ostly N orm al in A ID S -In fected M en________

In an apparent reversal of a two-year-old California study, scientists at Johns H opk ins and N o rth ­western universities have found that a majority of healthy men

infected with the AIDS virus have essentially normal brain functions. This study may have im portan t im plications for e m p lo y m e n t p o lic ie s , particularly for safety-sensitive jobs.

Study author Justin M cA rthur, M .B.B.S., M .P .H ., warns, however, that the results from this self-selected group o f volunteers may not apply to all groups at high risk o f A ID S infection, particularly intravenous drug users, because o f such difference as education levels that can influence performance on mental tests. The men in the study had an average o f 16 years o f formal education and ranged in age from 26.7 years to 46.2 years.

The new study o f 270 healthy, H IV -I infected homosexual and bisexual men and 193 healthy uninfected homosexual men from Baltimore and Chicago revealed only one man with m ild H IV -I dementia, according to M cArthur, assistant professor o f neurology at The Johns Hopkins School o f Medicine, and Bruce A . Cohen, M .D ., assistant professor o f neurology at Northwestern University Medical School, in the November A nnals o f Neurolog}'.

The investigators screened the men with a battery o f tests, including measurements o f movement skills, memory, attention, language, thinking ability, mental speed and mental flex­ibility. The investigators also asked the men about drug and alcohol use.

“ Our findings suggest that healthy H IV -I infected people have an extreme­ly low rate o f brain function impair­ment,” M cArthur says. “ And. their impairment rate does not differ significantly from healthy uninfected gay men.”

The results largely reverse the find­ings of a 1987 University o f California at San Diego study that suggested that healthy HIV-1 infected persons fre­quently had impaired mental functions, M cArthur says. The 1987 study promp­ted demands for mandatory HIV-1 testing for employees in safety-sensitive jobs, particularly among the U.S. military and commercial air transporta­tion industry. Such screening programs and demands to remove healthy HIV-1 infected people from jobs have since declined as a result o f uncertainty about the results o f the 1987 study and as clinical experience with HIV-infected people has grown.

“ Most o f the abnormalities we found were minor, did not lim it functions and were not caused by H lV -1 ,” said McArthur. “ Rather they related to alcohol or drug use or existing neurological or psychiatric disorders.” None o f the men was tested while under the influnce o f illegal drugs or alcohol. However, during the six months prior to testing some men reported u.se o f co­caine (21 percent) and daily drinking (13 percent).

Californi a REPORTOaklandDis ea s e F o u n d atio n E s ta b lis h ed

T he Infectious Disease Research Institute, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to the study of infectious (fisease, has been established by one of the East Bay’s leading AIDS researchers. Dr. Patrick Joseph.

The foundation has been created to pursue private funding for the study, treatment, and control of

infectious diseases in the East Bay population, with a primary focus on AIDS, or HIV-related infections.

In AlDS-related studies, the founda- tious viruses and bacteria makes it in-tion retains its involvement with the Merritt-Peralta Medical Center’s Adult Immunology Clinic (A IC ), an East Bay dedicated facility fo r the consultative and comprehensive care o f H IV - infected individuals.

“ The A IC is a comprehensive East Bay site conducting formal clinical research on behalf o f the National In ­stitutes o f Health,” states Dr. Joseph. “ The majority o f our patients are from the East Bay. But, others come to us from as far away as Nevada and the Monterey Peninsula, as well as San Francisco because we offer total health care, including therapy and counsel­ing, along with being at the cutting edge o f research in the fie ld.”

Under Dr. Joseph’s leadership and on-going cooperation with East Bay physicians and hospitals, the founda­tion also plans to spearhead a major study to raise the standards o f practice in infection contro l, raising it to one of the most influential components in every hospital and clinical practice.

“ The transmutable nature o f infec-

cumbent upon all health care profes­sionals to have direct contact w ith specialists in infectious disease and con­tro l.” D r. Joseph emphasizes. “ There has never been a more crucial time for specialists in the field to work hand-in- hand with surgeons, physicians, nurses, and patients to control the spread o f in ­fection in the practice o f medicine.”

As Director o f the Infectious Disease Research Institute and one o f a few local physicians certified by all three American Boards o f Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Infection Con­trol, D r. Joseph aims to raise the awareness o f donors about the im por­tance o f research that responds to the local population’s needs.

“ Because San Francisco has been such a focus in A ID S study and treat­ment, meager research has concen­trated on the East Bay population,” Dr. Joseph admits. “ The incidence and cause o f HIV-infectious diseases among the E a^ Bay population warrant local attention.”

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In one of the odder political stances the A naheim - based Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) has taken in r e c e n t y e a r s , th e fundamentalist organization led

by Lou Sheldon has denounced AB 2417, originally introduced in March by Assemblyman Tom Bates (D-Oakland), and which deals exclusively with marriages of opposite sex couples.

Lesbians and gay men might be a li t ­tle surprised, as the Rev. Jerry Sloan, president o f Sacramento’s Lambda Center, was recently, to discover that, according to the November issue o f TV C ’s newsletter, Trad itiona l Values Report, the Bates b il l actually “ legalizes homo.sexual marriage.”

Indeed, Assemblyman Bates, along with the 11 Assembly Judiciary Com­mittee members currently studying AB 2417, were all startled to receive a letter from Sheldon’s TVC earlier in May de­nouncing the b ill because “ homosexual couples could file for a vesper marriage and ‘enjoy all the rights and privileges afforded married couples generally’ ” and urging committee members to vote against it.

AB 2417, in fact, doesn’t legalize gay marriages, but rather establishes “ vesper marriages” w ithin the Califor­nia C ivil Code.

The idea behind vesper marriages stems from economic problems that older individuals often face if they marry later in life: a widow receiving a deceased spouse’s pension, fo r exam­ple, would lose that income i f he or she remarried.

Because o f such economic obstacles, many older citizens have avoided mar­rying the partners they live with. The vesper marriage, which in this country has been legalized only in the Virgin Islands, gets around these problems by recognizing the partners as a legally married couple except for purposes of taxes, inheritance and pension benefits.

where they are treated as individuals. Aside from the C ivil Code restrictions banning same-sex m arriage, the language in Assemblyman Bates’ bill also specifically refers to couples as “ husband and wife.”

Sherry Novick, a spokeswoman for Assemblyman Bates, said, “ The intent o f the b ill clearfy has nothing to do with homosexual marriages. I ’m not sure why the TVC thinks what they think about the b ill. 1 guess anything that me.sses with their ‘ traditional values’ is unacceptable. But I really have no idea why they’ve described the b ill in such a completely inaccurate way.”

A spokeswoman for the TV C in Anaheim, who refused to identify herself, also wouldn’t or couldn’t explain the group’s peculiar interpretation of the Bates bill. “ 1 think our newsletter speaks for itself,” said the unidentified woman at TV C ’s office before hanging up abruptly.

Lambda Center’s Rev. Sloan said, “ I think it ’s just typical o f the usual misin­formation that TVC puts out about anything that doesn’t fit their narrow political agenda. Whether they’ re com­pletely o ff base or not doesn’t matter to them.” — Keith Clark.

Redw ood CityGa y O fficials F orm N ew G roup_______

Tw elve C a l i f o r n ia le sb ia n /g a y e le c te d governm ent officials have announced the for­m ation of the California Association of Lesbian and Gay

Elected Government Officials. CAL/G EGO is an offshoot of the National Organization of Lesbian and Gay Elected and A ppointed Officials whose efforts offer a national forum of poKtkal strategy and discourse

concerning lesbians and gay men in governm ent, and legislation concerning the gay community. CAUG EGO’s co­chairs, San M ateo County Supervisor Tom Nolan and Laguna Beach Mayor Robert Gentry, feel that the CaUfomia chapter will serve a signifkant purpose in supporting local and state-w ide in itia tives and candidates.

C A L/G EGO’S recent participation in San Diego Assemblywoman Lucy Killea’s December 5, 1989 senate vic­tory offered campaign funds and direct volunteer support to her pro<hoice campaign.

C A L/G EGO’s plans include a state­wide conference in 1990 to address the legislative need o f state and local

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LETTERS EDITORIALBush and AIDSTo the Editor:

The National Commission on AIDS called for the creation o f a comprehensive health care system for AIDS patients and more ag­gressive efforts to combat H IV among intravenous drug users.

This is what we as AIDS ac­tivists, caregivers and PW A's have been saying for years.

President Bush’s reaction “ I ’ ll need to see the financial cost involv­ed’ ’ is something that doesn’t seem to matter to him when he is waging war and sending billions o f tax­payers’ money all over the world.

How much longer arc we as voters going to allow these po liti­cians to kill us?Dante Roberto Paladoni

Witchhunt Belote & Wannabe WhiteTo the Editor:

On November 28th, I attended a Milk Club meeting scheduled to di.scuss election results, and featur­ing several local media personalities. However, what actually occured was an unnoticed witchhunt, instigated by Maurice Belote. This mean- spirited and destructive display went on for 90 minutes, so that invited guests, who were forc'ed to wait throughout the spectacle, were only allowed to speak five minutes.

The subject o f this temper tan­trum was Rick Hauptman, VP for Political Affairs, a hard working alliance builder, who is greatly ad­mired in the neighborhood and minority communities and our own. We need alliances to win elections.Ycl the M ilk Club, in an un­precedented step, censured him because he could not (in good con­science) follow the dictates o f their skewed endorsement prcKess. Nine years of devoted service notw ith­standing.

The Club has no rules for censur­ing an officer, nor rules governing the process he was charged with subverting. After a six month ex­pedition, the Audit Committee found “ nothing substantially" amiss with former Treasurer Hauptman’s b<x)ks. A letter from the current

Treasurer praising him as the “ best" in a long line of in­competence, was not allowed to be read. The allegations were not ac­companied with evidence, nor was he given any time to prepare a re­ply. No democratic proces.ses were allowed to interfere with the job at hand. In a room full o f lawyers, only one, John Wahl, spoke against the railroading. Robert Barnes (an adult) even hissed during Haupt­man’s disheartened denial o f the charges.

How was this handled by the press? “ Reporter” Allen White tied it up, with headlines about the audit, which were not even mention­ed by Belote — who was rewarded with a photo o f himself, looking so cute and helpless (which he does so well). After writing three articles about the Hauptman censure. City Hall wannabe White has yet to in­terview the public servant whose career he so gleefully attempts to destroy.Douglas Comstock

Bad AttitudeTo the Editor:

How enlightening to learn from Julian Baird that the cause o f A ID S is Bad Attitude, that gay men get AIDS because they feel guilty about being gay! Like a true master o f Holistic Gut-Feeling, Mr. Baird has left it to his disciples to draw the more obvious corollaries o f his in ­sight: that needle users get AIDS because they feel guilty about taking drugs, that hemophiliacs get AIDS because they feel guilty about bleeding, and that Africans gel AIDS because they feel guilty about being black. But I still wonder alxiut the monkeys: perhaps they were hemophiliacs in former lives? Michael R. Ackerman

UFO’S Are RealTo the Editor:

On October 19th Andrew Krastin critiqued the Anaheim homophobic fundamentalist conference with con­siderable accuracy, stating that their scapegoating o f gays represents their

own insecurity and a need, in lieu of communist concessions, to find new issues for political opportunism. Completely agreed.

In the process o f this, however, Krastin went on to trash apprehen­sions o f Trilateralist designs and a belief in UFO’s as though these were a peculiar concern exclusive to the Far Right. I objected to both trashings by vi.siting ti\eSenlinel of­fice in person with a letter o f com­plaint on behalf o f those o f us who share these concerns. That was on November 2nd. I suggested that UFO activity would prove an even­tual foil to, among others, the Trilateralists.

On November 16th, a full page ad appeared in ihe Sentinel pro­moting a Benjamin Creme lecture at the Unitarian Church on November 21st. I attended that lecture and Krastin should have been present. Creme addressed the issues o f fun­damentalism, Trilateralism and UFO activity. He further indicated UFO activity shall prove the foil to Trilateralist designs and why and where Cmitially, in Russia, hence Glasnost.)

This letter comprises my second visit in an appeal that you follow for equal time for those o f us who believe in UFO activity. Gallop polls consistently indicate that the USA is split 50/50 on the issue.

One summer day back in 1952 I scorned relative’s belief in UFOs and, that night, a large, silent disk with a lit-up rim went over the farm­house and took its sweet time.The experience was awesome. There is more to this, but I w ill settle with saying it returned over the cow pasture and shot toward the nearby forest and “ blinked out” (changed frequency) where it would have col- lideid with the trees. I have had 7 encounters. Two were over the Atomic Energy Commission at Han­ford, Washington near where I was bom and raised with other writnes.ses present. The latest was above Santa Rosa. Febmary o f this year (witnessed by others in Sebastopol).

I recently travelled through Bolivia and Pern for a month and cross-examined people there about the phenomenon. It is commonplace and accepted there. One Peruvian group resonates with them and has successfully named a time/place for

sightings to the press. They add that the Bible is a book about such visitations and that Sodom/Gom- morah had nothing to do with homosexuality (rather, it seems, a convenient heterosexual blame- transference) and involved bad kar­ma for the visitants.

I regard UFOs as representing potentially the most important issue in our current global history. Far- out? Spacey? I can think of some things much more far-out. such as much of the current politics of AIDS, but who would listen. Don’t mind me. I ’m in process of taking up residence in Concord . . . fun­damentalists, ready or not.Rich G. McKirkeby

SpeedsexTo the Editor:

Thank you for ranning Tim Vollmer’s interesting news analysis “ Reflections on Speedsex" (Nov.16, 1989). It certainly broadened my understanding o f some o f these issues.

Informative as the article was, it unfortunately created the impression that speedsex is exciting and desirable. I would remind our com­munity that wild, uninhibited, fantasy-fulfilling sex is available without dmgs to everyone. A ll one need do is give oneself permission to have it. and then go for it. guy! John M . Kovach

Frank RouseTo the Editor:

I am writing in response to Frederic M illen’s diatribe (I scarce­ly would call it an article) on page four o f the November 30, 1989 issue (“ Act-Up Demonstrator Convicted"). The story amounts to little more than a public airing o f M r. M illen’s version of Frank Rouse’s dissatisfaction with his at­torney; it contains no newsworthy information, and certainly is not up to the usual high journalistic stan­dards I ’ve come to expect from the Sentinel.

As the directing attorney o f the Prisoner Legal Services section of the Sheriff’ s Department for the past three years, I have spoken to hundreds o f criminal defendants and heard dozens o f complaints about their lawyers. Some defense at­torneys. both public and private, probably deserve public excoriation for inaclequately representing their clients. However, Lisa Dewberry (Mr. Millen didn’t even bother to spell her name correctly) is not one o f them. I have always found her to be a conscientious, caring and ag­gressive advocate for her clients.Mr. Rouse isn’t in ja il because of Ms. Dewberry; he’s in ja il because he pleaded guilty to a burglary charge, which was subsequently compounded by a charge o f assaulting a police officer during the October 6. 1989 march and demonstration. No doubt, the police responded outrageously during that action; however, attacking Ms. Dewberry won’t in any way address the matter of police misconduct.M r. M illen’s story only serves to cloud the issues.

Just so there is no question about where I stand, I want it known that I am a lesbian, a supporter of ACT-UP, and a long-time advocate for defendants and prisoners. When I see an injustice committed that I can do something about, I feel obligated to speak out. M r. M illen’s story does an injustice to a fine at­torney. I think \Ue Sentinel owes Ms. Dewberry an apology for prin t­ing uncorroborated and unsubstan­tiated allegations impugning her competence as an attorney, and 1 think you owe it to all your readers to reaffirm the high standards of journalistic ethics that you have heretofore upheld.Sharon K. Heath Directing Attorney Prisoner Legal Services

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PHOTO OPW hat is t h e D iffer en c e Betw een Pornography and A rt? by John ÌV. Holmes

BRA N D Y : ' 'It 's a personal view based on your own taste. I t ’s something not to be decided in the ha ll o f Congress. What is pornographic is A r t being cen­sored by rich white people, i t should be a m ulti-racia l th ing ."

CAROL; “ Pornography is when you expose a ll o f yourself and a rt is not so revealing. ’ ’

JUSTINE: “ Pornography isploitative. A r t is interpretive. "

SH E ILA: “ A r t is with feeling, po r­nography is without feeling. ’ ’

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“Slop being so prissy, Donna, excitemenl is not always dean. ’ — Donald Dasher in John Waters’ Female Trouble.

I t ’s time Jesse Hetans faced the tnith: art b not always pretty. He may prefer to look at endess od paintings of backlit w a rn cradling onto the shore or a c r ^ matadors on Mack velret or crocheted pothoMers. They are an ex­pression of someone’s creativity, they arise from the material drcnmstances of their creator, they are expres­

sions of their creator’s truth. They are art.But frankly, most o f us in the anti­

polyester set find these examples o f art as aesthetically offensive as Helms finds Mapplethorpe photos o r Senano photographs. The difference is that the anti-polyester set is in no position to censor others’ artistic freedom, and Helms is.

Artists attempt to depict their truth, their reality. ^ withholding ftmding from artists whose truth he disagrees w ith, Helms is seeking to deny that that truth exists, and to deny others from seeing different truths depicted.

Helms says that “ politica l” art should not be paid for by the federal government. But the political art Helms is targeting is on the cutting edge o f social criticism, expanding the truths present the marketplace o f ideas. Since many on this cutting edge are not com­mercially successful, as their art does not appeal to the ruling class which it seeks to overthrow or the bourgeois which it seeks to discomfort, many radical artists are ironically dependent on federal frmds.

Whether or not any artists should be dependent on the government fo r sub­sistence is another matter entirely; in this country it is the system that exists. But to suggest that artists qualib ' for this funding by adhering to standards

set by a noted closed-minded bigot is censorship in its most blatant form.

Besides, all art is political. Just as many artists who are critics o f the ex­isting social and political order are pro­ducts o f backgrounds o f poverty and repression, a grandmother knitting potholders is a result o f an earlier political ideology that said women must leam domestic skills, that idle hands do the devil’s work, and that the elderly are cast aside without much else to do but kn it potholders.

However, painters o f seascapes and knitters o f potholders do not have to seek the protection o f the first amend­ment. It is only those who present ideas that threaten the system, who provoke dialogue on subjects that are taboo or

taken for granted, who must rely on this protection.

By withholding funds from artists whose ideology as depicted in their art runs contrary to popular sentiment, Congress is “ abridging the freedom o f | speech."

It is not offensive to turn away from art you do not like, to make fun o f it , to revile it. But to take it o ff the wall is to deny others the chance to form their own opinions and to get a real picture o f the range o f artistic expression.

A r t is truth and art is freedom. I f an artist confines himself to Helms’ guidelines, he is both a lia r and a prisoner.

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POINT OF VIEWWITNESSES: AGAINSTOur Van ish in g

by Tun Barms

D on’t let tnyone te l you th«t the currently controver- md (and bee-to-theirablc) exhibition beMg shown at ArtisU Space (223 West Broadway at White) in Manhattan isn’t erotic. The controversy and the political/artistic issnes sarroaniSiig this show are real. And so is the honest inherent sense of erotiosm con­

structed here that functions as a statement of sensnoos ining memory. This mixed m eda exhlNtion is also a statement of nnreteased rage. A statement of sexuality and how that exists and survives in the shadow of progressive ravage. A statement of death and fear and anger and grief and courage and introspection and pain and dreams and politics and witness against onr vanishing.

Curator Nan Goldin has picked a group o f Lower East Side artists who have something to say. These are on the

cutting edge artists who have shared liv ­ing and working together during an era tha t is seeing the ir com m unity

destroyed by a disease and a culture that reacts with numb complacent passivity. Witnesses: Against O ur Vanishing is anything but complacent and anydiing but passive; its focused fist o f rebellion is not only ideological, it is relentlessly personal and thought- provoking as well. In a whirlwind o f controversy the National Endowment for the Arts revoked a ten thousand dollar grant for the exhibition and then days later reversed itself and granted the allocated funds. This is guerrilla art, the kind o f art the YtEAshould be funding.

Senator Helms finds eroticism to be obscene and has put legislative pressure on the N E A in an attempt to censure or strangle its support for controversial American artists who do not produce traditional art for the art market. These are not works o f art designed as materialistic .commodity—these are visual statements and outcries that defy the surrounding silence—these are ar­ticulated visions that reclaim the strug­gling war-tom spirit as poignant vehicle for expression. The Village Voice's artbeat reports via sources at the N EA

that Senator Helms’ staff is currently going through all o f the files at the en­dowment in an attempt to police artistic morality.

This exhibition could have been aptly named: W E REFUSE TO V A N IS H . And that fact is nakedly and ruthlessly manifested in the deep sense o f artistic i humanism fimdamental to the concept | o f this show. Photographer David W oj- narowicz writes in the catalogue a ram­page o f angry thoughts that many, many o f us have had and have not known how to express. These are aitisU who have lost their lovers and their friends and their colleagues and their husbands and their wives and their health but never their ability to create. To feel. To explore where they are wherever they are. Which lends a selfless sort o f naked consciousness to the visual semantics and the structure o f any collection that dares to interpret, deliberately distort, and twist symbols around into something we’ve never seen before, never felt before, never understood before. U n til now.

Ha v e Y ou Rec eiv ed Y our F lu V a c c in e?

by Stephan Pardi B.S., R .R .T . © 1989 Pardi Medical Features

I f you are HIV positive, and even presently healthy, you should seriously consider receiving influenza vaccinations, if you haven’t already done so.

Thought some time ago a practice to be avoided (the theory being that one of the precursors from being HIV- infected but asymptomatic, towards development of full­

blown AIDS, was a resulting “ traum a" to the body—infectious- stimulating, or otherwise), most AIDS experts now advocate this preventative measure in an immune compromised individual.

The prophylactic program consists o f H IV-in fected persons often get

receiving first a "Pneumovax-23'' in jection, followed by an innoculation against that year’s anticipated influenza strains. First, some background on the Pneumovax. First introduced in 1980, it was a product o f single-minded deter­mination o f 30 years o f research by a dedicated researcher. D r. Robert Austrian. This vaccination, given one time only, produces long-lasting an­tibodies against the most common b a c te r ia -c a u s in g p n e u m o n ia , pneumococcus. Besides being responsi­ble for the majority o f bacterial pneumonias in the lung—itself a serious consequence in th e im m u n e - compromised host—this gram-positive organism can be common to ear infec­tions, bronchitis, inflammations o f the inner brain linings and mastoid process, and eye infections. Besides immune- compromised individuals, also con­sidered high risk are the elderly and in ­firm , who are urged to get preventative protection against the p. pneumonia; healthcare workers, by virtue o f their high exposure to viral pathogens, are given free influenza innoculations.

pneumococcal pneumonia, even with high T < e ll counts. Although those others also at high risk receive a 90 per­cent reduction ofp . pneumonias, H IV positives do not enjoy quite that high a response. However, the odds that they w ill probably prevent an infectious "traum a” from occurring and possibly triggering an HIV-activity response, make it quite prudent fora // those H IV - infected to consider these two im ­munizations. Some thought should be given towards a repeated “ booster” in ­jection in these individuals to study enhanced immune response.

Pneumococcus is frequent only in select, closed environments, but H IV - positives are much more susceptible to this organism than the general public. O f the 110 different, stable strains of this bacteria, the Pneumovax-23 has in ­complete particles o f the 23 most fre­quently disease-producing sets—which account for fu lly 60 to 70 percent of the resulting pneumococcal pneumonias. You don ’t have to have had a “ O .I.” (Opportunistic Infection) before being indicated to receive the vaccination. Even those with relatively high T-cell

counts (600-800) should consider this; but those in the 400 T-helper cell range should definitely discuss the vaccination with their HIV-knowledgeable physi­cian. In general, like all other medical treatment studies, the earlier the in ­tervention the better.

The yearly influenza vaccines are d if­ferent. The so-called “ flu shots” help boost immune protection when exposed to identifiable viruses that are thought to be particularly prevalent in any given year. While most usually come “ down with the cold” at least once during the winter, many times they mistakenly call it “ the f lu ” . The influenza viruses are much more virulent (stronger) than “ the common cold” , and along with the increased severity o f symptoms associated with “ colds” , a “ f lu ” is far more serious and debilitating. In the immune<ompromised person, the d if­ference between being exposed to any one o f the common “ seasonal rhinoviruses” versus an influenza virus, can mean hospitalization, even serious deterioration.

It used to be thought that certain flu strains came in regular cycles or pat­terns flike the Hong Kong-A flu every five years), but epidemiologists have found no real predictive value. It has been theorized, in fact, that a possible factor fo r the wave o f “ flu epidemics” has been that the wisdespread im ­munization programs (begun since the m id-’60s) have been very effective and have interrupted the viruses’ natural cycles.

Three viruses have been anticipated to strike this winter; Shanghai-A, Taiwan-A, and Yamagota-B. These predictions are based on estimations made from worldwide statistics- p the ring conducted by the W orld Health Organization (the W HO is the health agency arm o f the United Na­tions). In the United Sates, the AC IP (Advisory Committee o f Immunization Practices) culls information from a variety o f sources and makes an estima­tion o f those viruses that have changed and/or due to reappear—again, maybe

under a mutant strain. A ll those in­dividuals not previously exposed are at risk for being s u s c ^b le to developing disease when coming in contact with these (mostly airborne) organisms. There has not been a recommendation to become re-vaccinated with “ flu shots” fo r the last couple o f years, since the same variants have been relatively stable. This year’s estimated strains will be a first time exposure fo r most. H IV - positives are recommended to receive a repeated innoculation (assumedly the same mutant variety as this year) the following winter. This “ booster effect” w ill enhance the immunogenic response (which means increased titer levels o f antibodies), which also means the body w ill respond better and that H IV - infected persons w ill be protected for several years. Then, you would only need to get another innoculation i f a d if­ferent strain were anticipated to break out.

For those who worry about what they may have heard—that getting im ­munizations is potentially harmful for H IV-positives—don ’t w orry, both these vaccines do /tor stimulate T<ell production. Current consensus among A ID S experts postulate that immuniza­tions, in addition to stimulating the im ­mune system against a specific pathogen, also stimulate increased pro­duction o f T-4 helper cells in what is a n o rm a l im m une e n h ancem en t response. The idea here is you do not want to increase the number o f H IV - infected T<ells already present. This is why last year’s media sensation, the Typhoid vaccine as promoted by Dr. Catapano o f New York, never succeed­ed in gaining any widespread accep­tance. In a HIV-infected person, stimulation and increased production o f the infected T<ells might have been disastrous. These vaccines, however, stimulate B-cell p roduction—which, producing antibody, is a beneficial ef­fect. Also, no need to worry about “ catching the flu ” from the vaccine; they are made o f inert substances o f viral replicas o f the real thing. They w ill

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Although both immunizations can be given any time o f the year, the best time is shortly before winter cold onset. Im ­munity protection is granted in two to three weeks. Any new immunization formulations against a different set of virus is usually released in September or October. Usually, county clinics give them free to those at risk (which H IV - positives certainly are). You may also receive one from your physician at a nominal cost.

Lastly, i f you are not already doing so, make sure you are receiving month­ly inhalations o f aeorsoliz^ pen­tamidine i f at high risk. This includes those people with a c ip re tte smoking habit, history o f hairy leukoplakia “ oral thrush” , history o f KS, and/or T-cell counts below 200—although some are advocating below 300.

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P O LIT IC ST r o u b le a t t h e V atican

by Michael Colbruno

t hasn’t been easy sailing recently for the image T F department at the Catholic Church. The once and

I powerful church that practically ruled the Western World H for centuries from its Vatican bully pulpit lias slipped to H become an international embarrassment. Antiquated

policy edicts and stagnant dogma have not only lay people fleeing the flock, but many within the church hierarchy are now stepping forth to express their disdain. Scholars like Hans Kong and Rev. Charles Curran have either left or been excommunicated for their questioning of dogmatic principles on abortion, homosexuality, condom usage, or even the existence of God.

Shorts and Briefs

Recently, in New York, 4500 AC T- UP demonstrators joined W H A M (Women’s Health Action & M obiliza­tion) to voice their boisterous opinions on recent church policy regarding abor­tion, A ID S, and the separation o f church and state. Drowning out Car­dinal O ’Connor at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and chaining themselves to pews, the demonstrators made a well- publicized display o f the church’s zealous bigotry and ignorance. In San Francisco, Boys W ith Arms Akim bo plastered the walls o f St. M ary’s with blood red hand prints and stickers. But demonstrative groups are not the only ones to react negatively to the Catholic hierarchy and their assault on public policy. In San Diego the electorate stormed to the polls in objection to a bishop injecting church policy on abor­tion into the election.

Archbishop Leo T . Maher wrote Assemblywoman and Senate candidate Lucy Killea a letter saying that she could not receive communion because her TV ads warning against the return to “ painful, back-alley abortions” were “ a great scandal to the church.” Killea, who was the underdog in her race

I against Assemblywoman Carol Bentley for Sen. Larry Stirling’s seal, trium ph­ed after numerous groups and institu­tions objected to the bishops’ involve­ment in the race. Killea won by a 51-49 margin in the staunchly Republican district.

Actress Holly Hunter joined a coali­tion o f labor, environmental, campus, and women’s groups to build a strong core o f support for the 67-year-old Killea. Bentley tried to downplay the abortion issue, but was on record as op­posing abortion except in the case o f rape, incest, or threat to the mother’s life. Bentley also opposed the Equal Rights Amendment.

This was not Bishop Maher’s first I brush with controversy. In 1975, he

refused communion to a woman for organizing a local chapter o f the Na­tiona l Organization o f W om en, because o f their support o f abortion. He later demanded that former San Diego Padre star Steve Garvey resign from the board o f Catholic University, because o f the numerous paternity suits brought against him (remember the bumperstkkers; "Garvey’s not my Padre!’).

Killca’s victory, and the strong show­ing by the electorate that the invasion o f one’s privacy w ill not be tolerated, sends out a positive message to those of us struggling to win over support fo r the right to love who we choose w ithout the church or state wagging their moralistic fingers at us. A San D iego VnioniTribune poll showed that 70 percent o f the voters objected to the bishop’s involvement in the race. It

would be nice i f someday the electorate would react that strongly when the Church comes out against gays and les­bians in an election.

But one message resounds loud and clear across this nation from Killea’s election; We the people w ill not tolerate a bunch o f celibate old men in black dresses telling us what to do with our private parts.

Partnership Registry

I f you want a sharp contrast in ho li­day spirit and good cheer, just compare the Sm Francisco and San Mateo Park­ing Authorities. The Bah Humbug at­titude prevails in San Fran, where the city has sent out an aggressive fleet o f meter maids to ticket Christmas shop­pers and holiday revelers who have made their way into the city. Meanwhile down the peninsula, San Mateo is play­ing the role o f Good Saint Nick and giv­ing two free hours o f parking to shop­pers. complete w ith a “ M erry Christmas” note on all parking meters. . . Faggot! Faggot! Faggot! When w ill people ever learn that this is hateful, prejudicial language that de­means and insults us. Rapper Schoolly D, in one o f his songs, justifies beating up a punk once he realized he “ was nothing but a fag!’ ’ , Kathleen Turner uses “ faggot” as a derisive insult against Michael Douglas in the new movie War o f the Roses, and Redskins quarterback Doug Williams had to apologize for saying that he wanted to show the Eagles that they weren’t a “ bunch o f faggots.”

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HRCF executive d irector T im McFeeley stated, “ The lesbian and gay community is going to have to lay the groundwork first. As we have in so many other ways, our community is go­ing to have to provide for itself. HRCF will maintain the record o f gay and les­bian families who wish to be so iden­tified.”

Couples who wish to participate should contact Kathleen Stoll in Washington D .C ., (202) 628-4160. HRCF hopes to launch National Fami­ly Registry Day on Valentine’s Day.

Cohn, Dolan . . .First arch<onservative lawyer and

McCarthy aide Roy Cohn died o f AIDS, creating a fire-storm o f publicity that included two tell-all books. Then arch<onservative fundraiser Terry Dolan died o f A ID S, amongst substan­tially less fanfare. Now powerful Washington lobbyist Craig Spence has died, practically void o f any news coverage. Spence, you may recall, was one o f a group o f men close to the Reagan Administration who were in ­vestigated by the Secret Service after the Washington Times revealed that they were regular clients o f a gay escort ser­vice and misusing government issued credit cards. Spence was the primary client o f the escort service and allegedly spent as much as $20,000 a month for their services.

Spence had allegedly told friends that he would commit suicide before suc­cumbing to A ID S. He was found dead and fu lly clothed in his room at the Boston Ritz-Carlton. an apparent suicide victim. Two weeks before Spence’s death, he sent a videotape to f r ie n d s jo k in g and sp e a k in g philosophically about life. There was no mention o f death in the video.

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O pening shot. Scene 1. Camera pans room. Yon’re at a party. Checking out the crowd, yon spot the one. Snddedy, everyone else b edipsed and yon’re staring into each other’s eyes, making contact. A ibenain rushes into yonr btood stream. Yonr heart fhitters and yon feel exdted. I t’s been a long time since

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] We’ve identified with the image of “ love” and lost touch with the ex­perience. I f you have ever found yourself obsessed with a lover; full o f fear, afraid o f being alone, plagued with

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ed on legend, chivalric love and adven­ture. 2: a story with imaginary

I characters involved in events remote in time or place. Î : a love story, a class o f

I literature; something that lacks basis in fact. 4; to exaggerate or invent detail or

I incident.” I t ’s no wonder why romantic relationships can be so tentative and

I confusing. The way we have defined romance makes a great story, but has

I little to do with our day to day reality. The myth o f romantic love hearkens back to a mythological world that is un-

1 changing or cyclical, frozen in time and space, in which everyone knows his or her assigned role. The world o f today is in flux, uncertain and moving — change is the rule o f the day!

A romantic delusion can be defined as an intense relationship without substance in which partners share an in ­tense infatuation writh each other, but have few common interests. In the throes o f delusion, the relationship becomes the central focus o f one’s life.It momentarily provides a feeling o f wholeness and completion. It ignites a sense o f passion and sexuality. Roman­tic love is seductive in its promise to ease our pain, to f ill our void. I t ’s a promise o f completion and salvation. I t ’s a false promise that cannot be fulfilled. How easy it would be i f we could intoxicate ourselves vnth one person and forget all pain. But, alas, i t is not that easy, and to think so is delusion. The myth o f romantic love is a hollow one, and it stems from the belief that we can either be saved or save another. Ultimately, we can only save ourselves.

Love and intimacy are part o f a magical equation that makes life worth -

Intimate relationships become a prob­lem when we don’t love ourselves, when we lose track o f our inner reality and focus only on our outer reality. I t ’s a problem when we search outside ourselves for love and are w illing to sacrifice our own needs in order to get it. For many o f us intimate relation­ships have been a paradox between pain and pleasure, a razor’s edge between heaven and hell. I t ’s interesting that what we call “ love” makes people so

crazy.John Bradshaw says that in our

society most o f our beliefs about love are forms o f addiction. Addictive behavior in our culture is rampant. There are sixty m illion p » p le affected by alcoholism. Sixty m illion people in this country are sex abuse victims. F ifty percent of men and over sixty percent o f women in this country have an eating disorder. One out o f eight women are battered. Fifty-one percent o f all mar­riages end in divorce. U n til recently much o f our addictive behavior has been accepted a “ norm al” . We are a severely dduded society.

In our culture there is a pervasive sense o f inadequacy, weakness and in ­completion. Many o f us feel discon­nected. We’ve lost touch with the ability to create change in our lives. Our culture tells us that the outer world is more important than the inner world. Society values material things, and we have been conditioned to derive our self esteem from symbols outside ourselves; money, influence, prestige, being liked, knowing the right people, cars, jobs and an endless list o f forms that take us away from our inner reality.

I t ’s this loss o f our deeper self that makes it so hard for us to be in a rela­tionship based on communication, honesty and trust. Our minds are dominated by cultural delusions that tell us that there is one person who w ill make everything okay, that there is one special relationship different from all the rest, that our safe haven w ill be found in one “ special” person. We have been enslaved by the images, pic­tures and expectations o f love rather than experiencing the essence o f love.

In a deluded rdationship we mistake the emotional high we get from being with someone fo r true love. This intense feeling o f euplioria distorts and blocks other feelings. We get high on the rela­tionship and it becomes like an addic­tive dnig. Feeling good becomes the number one p riority . Qose friends are abandoned, im portant duties ignored, acts o f irresponsibility may become commonplace. The haze o f delusion settles in and our ability to see our part­ner is impaired. We feel good about the relationship, but in reality we don’t know who they are or what they are really about.

We take our expectations of what we think love is and project them on other people. Then we find someone we like and th ink, “ Oh, you’d be p ^ e c t for my picture o f how a relationship should be.” I t ’s not about loving the other per­son for who they are, or even getting to really know them. It becomes about changing them, try ing to make them fit our picture o f romance.

I f we are not conscious o f our rela­tionship patterns i t ’s easy to fall in love with the idea o f being in love, with the picture o f being in love. The ideas, im ­ages and feelings about love that we consume from the mass media consume us. We have been so brainwashed by the marketing o f love and sex in order to sell products, that our perception o f love has been skewed. Romance has become idealized in the advertising im ­ages we read, look at and watch. We have been conditioned out of feeling in ­timacy. We have been taught from the time we were little children how not to think thoughts o f love. We were taught our culture’s beliefs: you are separate from others; the world is a dangerous place; compete and win; one person in a special relationship w ill save you. We have a strong investment in the “ scarci­ty principle” , that there isn’t enough. From this place we look to others to complete us.

Closing shot. It is possible to have the kind o f relationship you want. It is possible to take up the challenge o f knowing and loving yourself. It is possi­ble to have understanding and love be the guiding force between two people. A healthy relationship is not exclusive, but inclusive. A heathy relationship is not conditional, but unconditional. A healthy relationship is not a delusion, but a reality.,

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BarsAlla PItM. 2301 Filmore St. SF Bar/Restaurant. Young upscale crowd.No dancing.A a e lia ’ s, 647 Valencia St. SF Women’s dance bar. Two levels. Open daily.A un t C h a rlie ’s, 133 T u rk SF. Neighborhood bar. Mixed crowd. Mostly men.Badlands. 4121 18th St. SF Castro Street men’s bar. Videos and pool tables.Bear, 440 Castro SF Neighborhood bar. Older mature crowd.B Street, 236 South B St. San Mateo Ca. San Mateo’s place to dance. Great music. M ixed crowd.

BJ’s. 5625 Paradise Dr. Corte Madera. Mixed crowd. Weekends DJ, open mike Friday and Sunday. Pool tables, C/W on Thursday.

The BO X , 628 Divisadero St. SF (The Kennel Q ub ) Every Thursday and Saturday. Mixed club. (Men/women) Younger crowd. Hot funky music.Cafe San Marcos, 2367 Market St. Hangout bar. Pool tables, and food. Younger crowd. Great place to meet so­meone for drinks. Men/Women.Castro Station, 456 Castro St. SF Friendly Castro Street Bar.Cinch, 1723 Polk St. SF This bar has been around for 23 years. A fun, friend­ly place where everyone is welcomed. G u b St. John, 170 West St. John San Jose. A ll purpose community center club in San Jose. You want it i t ’s here. Mixed crowd.Q ub 0 , 628 Divisadero (The Box aka Kennel Q ub ) Hot women. Hot music. Last Friday o f every month women on­ly - younger crowd, ethnically mixed.) Colors, 22 4th St. (Scouters) Every Thursday night latin music. Mixed crowd.Colors Too, at Rex’s 49 Grand Ave. on Webster and Grand Ave. Oakland. Salsa, funk, soca and reggae.T lie C orra l, 2140 Market St. SF coun­try western bar.

Dreamland, 715 Harrison St at 3rd. High energy gay dance club. A ll ages, every Sunday,Detour, 2 3 ^ Market St. SF. An in ­tense place to hangout when you’re through with the Castro. Not for the faint-hearted.Eagle, 12th and Harrison St. SF. Legendary Biker Bar. Not fo r wimps! E i ^ Creek Saloon. 1884 Market St. SF.El Rio, 3148 Mission St. SF Bar and patio. Wide variety o f clientele. Ethnically mixed and culturally mixed. Features comedy on Wednesday, Blues on Thursday, and Latin American, and Reggae music on Sundays. Dancing en­couraged. Free oyster bar Fridays 5-7 p.m.End-Up, 401 6th St. SF. Where disco still lives. South o f Market Q ub. Mixed crowd.Esta Nocbe, 3079 16th St. SF. Latin club. Everyone welcome. Weekly drag shows. Fun and friendly Mission hangout.Female Trouble, 1821 Haight St. SF at Nightbreak. Women’s rock’n ’ roll club. Younger crowd.Francine’s, 4149 18th St. SF’s only Castro St. women’s club. A ll ages. Fraternity, 22 4th St. Every Friday night at Scouters. Dancing.

The Gangway. 841 Larkin St. SF Neighborhood bar with same owner for 21 years. Good music and movies. Open 6 a.m.

Giraffe. 1131 Polk St. Comfortable Polk St. bar.I Beam. 1748 Haight St. Great dance bar. Gay night Friday, Saturday and Sunday, (tea dances.)JJ’s, 2225 Filmore SF. Piano bar. Sing- a-longs encouraged. Upscale profes­sional crowd. ‘Just Rewards, 2520 Camino Diablo, W alnut Creek. Great dance bar. Free shuttles to BART.Kimo’s. 1351 Polk St. SF. Old established bar where the royalty o f SF hangout. Great Drag!LION PUB — 2062 Divisadero St., S.F. Pacific Heights - Qassy Bar -Ties to Tee shirts - A ll ages. Noon to 2 a.m. Men’s Room, 3988 18th St. Friendly neighborhood bar. M ixed crowd.Moby Dick’s, 4049 18th St. Perrenial collegiate types. Quiet and friendly. Midnight Sun, 4067 18th St. The Castro’s video bar. Youngish trendy crowd. Mostly men.N Touch. 1548 Polk St. SF. Dance bar. Prim arily Asian men.Pendulum. 4146 18th St. SF. Another great neighborhood hangout. Good music, racially mixed.Phoenix. 482 Castro, TH E ONLY dance bar in the neighborhood. Good crowd.

PIsaer, 225 Church St. SF Local tavern.PowetkonK, 1347 Folsom St. You’ll find R EA L leather men here.Rnptnrc, 1484 Market St. at G ub Metropolis. Saturday night dance club for women.Rawhide II, 280 7th St. SF The city’s premiere country and western dance club. Friendly crowd. M /W .Sassy’i, 236 B Street (Downtown San Mateo) Dance dub for women.Skirls. 300 De Haro St at Q ub Touche. Sunday dance club. Prim arily women. Everyone welcome.Special, 469 Castro St. SF. Very Hall o f Justice! Old neighborhood bar.Stud, 3999th St. at Harrison. Everyone welcome. Hot dance bar.Transfer, 198 Church SF. Hard drink­ing neighborhood bar.

The Milt. 1942 Market St. Piano Bar, Neighborhood crowd.

Twin Peaks. 401 Castro. The Castro’s famous hang-out. First gay bar to in ­stall windows where people could see in. Older aowd.Unde Bert’s Place, 4086 18th St. Sports bar. Men and women welcomed. While Horse, 6551 Telegraph, Oakland. College crowd.

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Amaang Grace, 16 Church St. Vegetarian Food. Open 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Mon-Sat.

Annt Mary’s, 3122 16th St. American and Mexican food. Tues. -Fri. 7 a.m. - 2 a.m. Sat. Sun 8 a.m. - 2 a.m. closed Monday.

Alta Plaza, 2301 F ilm o re -Bar/Restaurant. Lunch 11:30 - 2:30 p.m. Dinner 5:30 - 10:30 late dinners weekends till 11:30.

Bine Mnse, 409 Gough St. Brunch, lunch and dinner served I I a.m. - 3 p.m. dinner 5 p.m. -11 p.m . late sup­per Fri/Sat till midnight.

Cafe Flore, 2298 Market St. Out­door patio. Breakfast and lunch served. A place to sip coffee, write a novel or read a book.

Chnrch Street Station, 2100 Market. A funky place where San Francisco’s most colorful gather. Especially after 2 a.m.

Carlene's of Mani, 1237 Polk. Good food. The menu has everything from Italian food to a good ole American steak.

Cha Cha Cha Cafe, 1805 Haight. Fabulous spicy food. Go early. Long lines.

Castro Gardens, 558 Castro. Local restaurant.

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Ivy’i Restaarant and Bar, 398Hayes St. Continental California cuisine. Hours Sunday 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. dinner 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. Mon/Fri lunch 11:30 - 2:30 p.m. D in ­ner 5:30 -10 p.m . Saturday dinner serv­ed until 11:30.

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L ’O fienI Caffe, 1666 Market St. Nouvelle Pacificque Cuisine. Lunch 11:30 - 2:30 Mon-Fri. Dinner - M on, Wed, Thu, F ri, Sat 6:30 - 10:30. 863-3103.

Le tlda ’i , 2223 Market St. (at San­chez) Mexican cuisine. Lunch weekdays I I a.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday brunch 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Happy hour 3-5:30 p.m. Dinner Mon-Thurs 5:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Fri-Sat 5:30 p.m. -11 p.m .. Sun 5 p.m. -1 0 p.m.Moishe's Pippic, 425-A Hayes St. (at Gough) A Qiicago Style Deli. Mon to F ri: 8:30 to 4:00. Sat: 9:30 - 4:00. 431-2440.

M etro Bar and Restinraat, 3600 16th St. Bar hours 3:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. Restaurant 5:30 - 11:30 p .m . Hunan/Szechuan.

M flaao Joe's, 1175 Folsom St. Italian cuisine. Lunch 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. weekdays. Fri/Sat Dinner served until midnight.

OHve Oils Bar & Restaarant, Pier 50. Great lunch and breakfast menu. Hours 6:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. M on/Fri. Bar open until 9 pm.

Orphan Andy's. 3991 17th. The only 24 cafe on the Castro. 864-9795. OppenbeiBicr Restaarant aad Bar,2050 Divisadero St. SF. Dinner Tues­day through Thursday 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m . Friday and Saturday dinner serv­ed until 11 p.m. Sunday brunch 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. For reservations call 563-0444.

Patio Cafe, 531 Castro. Outdoor cafe. Breakfast served til 5 p.m. Hours 8 a.m. -11 p.m.

P or Store Cafe, 1451 Haight St. P r im a r ily breakfast type fo o d . Weekdays 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Weekends 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Sparky's Diner, 240 Church St. Open everyday/24 hrs. Wide variety o f food available.

Sansage Factory, 517 Chstro. Italian cuisine and pizza. Open seven days a week. 11:30 -1 a.m.

Toni Bartonzi's, 4401 18th St. Deli food. Sat/Sun/IO a.m. - 8 p.m.

Wekome Home, 464 Castro St. Breakfast/lunch and dinner served from 6:45 a.m. -10:45 p.m.

W itbont Reservatioa, 460 Castro St. A good place for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Open 7 a.m. -2:30 a.m. weekdays. T ill 3 a.m. weekends.

Z an i’s Cafe, 1658 Market Northern ^Italian/southern French. Qosed M on­days. Tuesday-Saturday 7:30 a.m. -midnight. Sunday 7:30 a.m. -11 p.m.

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Alice B. Toklas Lesb ian/G ay Democratic Q ub meets every 2nd Mon o f the month. 7:30 p.m. at the Women's Bldg. 3543 I8lh St. SF Info: 621-3296.

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Legal Ginks for Gay & Lesbian Seniors had problems with Medicare, housing, social security or other legal issues? Operation Ckrncem’s G LO E program & Legal Assistance to the Elderly spons a monthly intake site at Operation Concern (1853 Market St. nr. Guerrero, SF) where lesbian & gay seniors can meet with an LA E attorney to discuss specific legal issues. First F ri­day o f every month. 10 a.m. -noon. Prior appointment necessary. Call GLOE 626-7000 or LAE 8614444 to set up an appt. or for more info on ser­vices.

Lesbian Agenda for Action: political & social action, anti-racist membership organization, committed to promoting lesbian visib ility. Info. 552-5677.

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Ahaval Shalom, lesbian, gay & bisex­ual synagogue. Biweekly shabbat ser­vices, 7:30 p.m. MCC-SF, 150 Eureka St. SF 621-1020.

Shabbat Services with Sha'ar Zahav. Jewish lesbian/gay congregation. Every Fri at 8:15 p.m . & last Saturday o f each month, 10:30 a.m. 220 Danven (upper Market) SF 861-6932.

Belt Shekhinah Congregation inspired by the feminine principle & Jewish sacred art. Creative egalitarian Judism. Meets in the Eastbay at Hillside (Thurch, El Cerrito. For info: Rabbi Leah Novick, 451-6437.

Jewish Lesbians & friends meet to celebrate Shabbat 1st Fri o f each month. EB location. Join us for song, food & Jewish culture — no experience necessary! Jewish women o f color and Sephardic women especially welcome. Info. 653-8745, 531-5465.

Dignity/East Bay: a faith community o f lesbian & gay Catholics, our families & friends. For times & locations call 995-2535. Also raps, social events.

Sunday's Women: meet 3rd Sun of every month. 11:30 a.m. at Montclair Women's Q ub. 1650 MounUin Blvd. Oakl. Woman-only event features d if­ferent woman artists, ritualists, her­balists. astrologists, politicians. A uni­que celebration o f woman spirit. Info: Women's Spirituality Forum 444-7724.

Tayu Fellowship a Fourth Way Spiritual School. Box 11554, Santa Rosa 95406 Info (707) 829-2579.

Emergence:SF: support group for Christian Scientists meets Fri. 7:30 p.m. For location/info: 485-1881.

St. Marks Lutheran Church commu­nion. Sun 8:30 & 11 a.m. 1111 O 'Far­rell at Gough. SF Info 928-7770.

SI. Panl's Lutheran Church worship & Eucharist. Sun 10 a.m. 1658 Excelsior Ave. Oakl (just o ff 1-580) info 530-6333.

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Hung hardbodied bnstlehead top has one muscle that still needs a workout. Vic647-2171 (50)

HOT TOPHandsome, professional man. 32, 6 '8". 220, 7■’ X 5", brrVgm if you're hot for it. call Brent 863-3823. $80/$100. (49)

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GWM, 28. 6T * . 180. straight acting, in up­per management of corporation desires female companion (22-32) to accompany me to lavish company Christmas party in ex­clusive dovmtown SF Hotel in December. $ negobable. Guaranteed to be alot of fun. Sentinel Box 50-A (50)

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Attractive bearded GWM. 41. 5 '11", 190 lbs. with huggable hairy chest seeks orally inclined GWM 35-55 for possible relation­ship. Smokers OK. should be outgoing employed, not major party animal. Good kissers encouraged. Exchange photos/let- ters. Senbnel Box 50-B (50)

J/O AND VACUUM PLAY PARTYHoping for 6 '8" attractive men who enjoy friendly, sustained, sexual play and have ex­perience with vacuum toys. Central Penin­sula location! Reply with phone or address and photo. Photo retvjmed if SASE is enclos­ed. Senbnel Box 50-C (50)

BALL CLUBNationwide communications network for men who have ’em and men who want 'em. Stories, articles, photos, drawings, eads Send SASE for tree information. BC/SE. POB 1501, Pomona, CA 91769. (50)

HOT SPANKINQS & PAOOLJNOSSafe, hot spankings & paddlings for guys 18 to 40. Cop. fraternity, coach, dad, military, etc. fantasies. Call joe (6 ft. 180 lbs.. 47, hung) at 558-8828 for time to report for your discipline. (50)

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MEXICAN FOR PLAYAROUNDIf you are; masculine, have nice size muscles, white or mexican american. mature, a construction worker or police of­ficer, have black or brown hair, are hairy on legs, have big hands, and between 30 and 40 yrs.. I am cute B/M 20 yrs. 5 '7 " -125 lbs. tight ass. short black curly hair and nice hazel eyes with smooth body. Can service your big cock real good. If interested, call (415) 7586370. No ferns, beards, or smooth bodies MUST be construction worker or police officer. Mike. (50)

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HUNK WANTED!Seeking a good looking (3WM. 20-40 for escort-buddy, dining travel, fun, and friend­ship. wm h e ij financially in exchange. Safe sex (No Gr.). I'm a very attractive 37 yr. old GWM professional. Reply with photo retur­nable. Phone to hunk wanted 2215R Market SLNo.211,SanFrarxHsco.CA94114 (41)

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GARSON CONROY WANTEDAnyone vrith Information on how to contact the above person, please call (415) 558-9063. (48)

CHRISTMAS EVE (OR?)Attractive 33 GWM bottom for gang bang fun. Available 12/24,11 p.m. -1 a.m.. other tim es too ' Let's ta lk Pager No. 749-8760. After beep punch in your no. from touchtone phone. (50)

Would like to correspond with gay person, for possible affectionate refationship. Write to: Mark Turdik No.183483. P.O. Box 221, Raiford.FL 32083 (50)

REQULAR J/O BUDDYInformal, rxinstereotypical GWM, 36 and proud of i t 5'9". slim, dark hair, bearded, masculine, handsome, healthy, health- conscioos. seeks healthy, masculine WM. prefer non-gym-toned, near my age. slim- average build for safe sex (strictly), massage and friendship. Not into: drugs, phone sex. heterosexual-styled top/bottom roles, nor yuppie pretentiousness. Dislike bars but occasionally go to the Eagle. Serious only to: 415 Jones Street, Box 404, 5anFrancisco.CA94102 (50)

h an d so m e HAIRY LATINHot. sexy masculine Latm man wants to meet well hung masculine tops. Me 27 years old. 5'3 ", 125 lbs., black hair, brown eyes, moustache, fricrxlly, affectionate. On­ly serious guys. Call 626-5254. (50)

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LOVERS WITH CAMERABrunette and blond couple in early and late thirties, both 5*7 '. 125 lbs . very well-hung, want to explore three-way fantasies, exhibí- tionism/voyeurism with other slim guys. Photo (exchanged) and ideas to Box 2977. SF.94126 (48)

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LOOKING FOR FRIENDSHIP?I'm sick and tired of the gay scene, seeking quality friendship and possibly more If you're sincere and know where you're going with your life, drop me a line. I'm 25. GWM. very attractive, educated, financially secure, ambitious, and very sensitive. Look­ing for someone similar. Boxholder P.O. Box 590391. San Francisco. CA 94159 (50)

HELP NEEDED WITH PIANO CONCERTOPart time work helping composer finish piano concerto. Excellent sight-reading abilities required. Must be able to play at least 3 major concerti. Some skill at or chestration very helpful. Computer skills h e lp fu l. Pay w ou ld be be tw een $12-$18/hour depending on background Leave message for Chuck at 821-2810 (45)

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SOMEONE SPEOALWanted by fun-loving, mature, easygoing, independent. 20 yerar old. 5'6 ", 125 lbs., HIV + , black hair, eyes with easy smile. En­joy swimming, travel, live 105. romance, dancing, humor. Prefer cleanshaven men under thirty five. Sentinel Box 47-A (47)

BRITISH GAY MANNew to SF 5 1 1 " 160 lbs. good looks HIV neg. seeks similar type friends. For friendship and maybe tha t special someone Reply with photo returned with mine Sentinel Box47 B (48)

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Goodlooking asían business man. well- educated and travelled, looking for hand­some GWM 20 to 27 tor company Stasrt with occasional dinner and conversation working into (lermanent part-time relation­ship. Perhaps travel and more. Serious call only. P O Box 46-B (49)

COMPANIONSHIPSensitive, caring, mature Asian professional man. seeks discreet, honest, act straight (22-28) WM (or companionship Travel/din- ner. fun & maybe more. Good personality, clean shaven, goodlooking. Reply with phone number and picture if available P.O. 38-C

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COMPOSER WANTS SIMILAR LOVERGood looking! Masculine, stable, humorous, highly in te lligen t, "achievement-holic 45-young male wants similar male for monogamous lover. HIV pos. Currently working on Piano Concerto, 2 M A s - Eng Writing & Psy:Ex. Call Ralph at 821-2810. Please leave msg. on machine. Enjoy a great, successful day. If youre young, goodlooking and hung skip V» of everything above and call. (49)

Tall, tanned, trim, f i t slender and definitely eager Greek bottom wants safe, experienc­ed, hung, tops with playful fingers for jight extended foreplay and serious lovemaking. SF only. 821 -6550. Leave message please. Nopopjjers. (48)

HAIRY MENHairy men wanted for photo sessions. Hairy backs, chest necks, beards, moustaches, butts and buttholes. Prints will be given. Full nudity not required • groujis and couples en­couraged. Sent. Box 47 -0 (47)

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Presbyterians fo r Lesbian/Gay Con­cerns SF supportive community o f gay & non-gay Presbyterians worship together. 5 p.m. 2nd Sun o f month. 7th Ave Presbyterian Church. 1329 7th Ave at Irving SF Info Dick 338-73%, 268-9534, or Susan 282-3842.

Christian Women's Support Group meets 4ih Sat o f each month. Inclusive language eucharist, potluck, fellowship.Info Kris Wagner 534-5546. Bonita Palmer 647-8390.

M etropolitan Com munity Church(MCC o f San Francisco) Sunday wor­ship services: 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. For additional information about choir, bible study, A ID S M inistry Team, women’s programs, men’s programs, and other activities please telephone the church and request the newsletter. Reverend Jim M itulski, Pastor, 150 Eureka Street SF, CA 94114 863-4434.

Women's Gatherings at MCC SF time for spirituality & sharing. 7:30 - 9 p.m. every 4th Mon o f month. Childcare provided w/advance res info MCC Women's Programming Coordinator Anne Bourden 863-4434.

Men Together at MCC/SF a social/self- improvement/discussion group mtg Fri eves. Focus on sharing & caring for social & spiritual growth. Group also sponsors special events. Info: M artin Lounsberry 863-4434.

Golden Gate M CC Sun worship ser­vices, 12:30 & 7 p.m. 48 Belcher St. SF Info 626-6300.

New Life MCC Sun worship services: 1823 9th St. at Hearst, Berkeley. 5 p.m. SIGN W A Info 843-9355.

Diablo Valley M CC Sun worship ser­vice 10 a.m. 2253 Concord Blvd. Con­cord. Wed worship. 7 p.m. followed by lay ministry courses at 8:15 p.m. Info: 827-2960

M CC o f the Redwoods in M arin, 6 p.m. Sun worship service 8 Olive St. o ff Throckmorton at the Community Church in M ill Valley. Info: 388-2315.

M CC Santa Rosa meets 11 a.m. at 3632 Airway Dr. Santa Rosa. A ll lifestyles welcome! Pastor J Torres. In ­fo 526-HOPE.

Russian River M CC Sun worship ser­vice. Noon. 14520 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guemeville. Info: Rev Linda Laster (707)869-0552.

Holy Trin ity Community Church o fthe Eastbay, a Christian church with special ministry to the gay & lesbian community. Emphasis on healing ministry, gifts o f the Holy Spirit. Suplport o f gay/lesbian causes. 10 a.m. First United Methodist Church Chapel, 24 N . 5th St. downtovm San Jose. Info F. Randall H ill. (408)292-3071.

Dolores Street B ap tis t C hurch(Southern Baptist) worship service at 11 a.m. Everyone welcome to a con- greagation where gay/lesbian and non­gay people worship openly together. Acceptance gay support group meets Tues, every two weeks. 208 Dolores St. at 15lhSF Info 861-1434.

Prince o f Peace Community Church o f San Carlos meets 5 p.m. at Community United Church o f Christ, 1336 Arroyo St., San Carlos. Emphasis on love, car­ing & concern for gay/lesbians & non ­gay people. Bob Wheatley, pastor, Bar­bara Martzall, assistant pastor, info (408) 298-3548.

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Ernesto Ravetto and Leslie McCauley in The Missing Messiah. See M onday, Theatre

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Robert Morgan’s “ O n The Beach, S.F.” (detail). See Tuesday, Art.

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1980B edtime fo r Bonzo star

Ronald Reagan is elected President.

C r u is in g , d i r e c to r W illiam Friedkin’s film o f murder and homosexuality, premieres surrounded by protest in New York C ity. The Village Voice calls the film “ the most oppressive, ugly, bigoted look at homosexuality ever presented on the screen.”

Dynasty from Aaron Spelling Pro­ductions premieres on ABC, featuring gay character Steven Carrington (played by Al Corley from 1980-1982 and Jack Coleman from 1983-1988) in the central cast. The show would go on to the number one spot in the Nielson ratings in 1985 and become a cult

classic in the gay community.

Richard Gere stars in American Gigolo, the hit film directed by Paul Schrader about the sexual exploits o f a high-priced male prostitute. In the film Gere’s character falls in love with a po litic ian ’s wife but refuses to do “ fag tricks” .

Protest also surrounds the release o f W indows, the film starring Elizabeth Ashley as a psychotic lesbian who ter­rorizes her best friend, a straight woman, in the hopes o f seducing her.

Bette Midler releases her book A View from a Broad, a chronicle o f her performances overseas.

In the October issue o f “ H u lk” com­ics, the Hulk goes on a rampage after his alter ego. Dr. Bruce Banner, is threatened with a homosexual rape in a YM C A shower.

Theater Rhinoceros opens in San Francisco.

Armistead Maupin releases More Tales o f the C ity , the second in a series o f books about straights and gays living together in San Francisco.

Richard Gere tells Rolling Stone Magazine, “ Yes, I ’m gay,” and hastens to add, “ When I ’m on that stage (m the Broadway h itflen r).” Gere said that i f the script required it, “ 1 would suck o ff my onstage lover.”

Television station W NET in New York airs the critically acclaimed les­bian film A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts by Jan Oxenberg.

In n o v a t iv e m o d e rn dance choreographer A lv in Ailey stages a suc­cessful comeback after being hospitaliz­ed for psychiatric problems brought on by work-related stress.

1981Director John Waters releases

Polyester starring Divine. Divine tells the Sentinel that Waters created her persona as “ beauty gone berzerk” .

In te raction between repressed homosexuality, paranoid schizophrenia and crimes o f murderous aggression are expressed in the films The F irst Deadly Sin and Dressed to K ill.

La Cage A u x Folles I I is released. Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault reprise their roles as the happily settled gay couple who, in their second outing, get involved with gangsters, spies, and the police.

Openly gay composer Samuel Barber dies.

Daytime soap operas become a na­tional ctw c ss Genera! Hospita l’s star- crossed lovers Luke (Anthony Geary) and Laura (Genie Francis) make the cover o f Time Magazine. Elizabeth Taylor makes a guest appearance at the couple’s TV wedding.

1982Kate Jackson, Michael Ontkean and

Harry Hamlin star \n M aking Love, a forceful and responsible look at coping with homosexuality, coming out, and intimacy. A rthur H iller directed the story o f a successful doctor (Ontkean) who admits his homosexuality to himself and to his wife (Jackson) when he has an affair with a male writer (Hamlin).

“ M *A *S *H ” star Mike Farrell makes a 20-minute video presentation for the Human Rights Campaign Fund, a gay rights political action committee.

Rita Mae Brown tells the Sentinel that i f she ever writes another non­fiction book it will be titled “ How to Seduce a Woman” .

T ina Turner performs at the opening ceremonies o f the Gay Games at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco.

Cher co-stars as a lesbian with Meryl Streep in the title role oiS ilkw ood, the Mike Nichols-directed story o f Karen Silkwood, who died in a car crash after publicly revealing the dangers o f plutonium exposure in the Oklahoma factory at which she was employed.

M idnight Express star Brad Davis reports that Columbia Pictures was “ not about to have its hero associated with homosexuality,” adding that he was told a p y scene would be cut unless it was “ clear that (the character) was saying ‘no ’ . ”

San Francisco artist Dan Gibson dies o f AIDS. His extensive collection of gay art is auctioned by his brother, with proceeds going to AIDS research.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s last film Querelle is released. Billed as “ a sur­real world o f passion and sexuality,” the film chronicles a murderous homosexual sailor on leave in a seedy seaport.

Bette M idler appears in San Fran­cisco to autograph her new book Baby Divine. The event is kicked o ff with a

The Corporation for Public Broad­casting grants $130,000 to finance a documentary o f the gay rights move­ment titled Bgfore Stonewall.

Television station KQED in San Francisco broadcasts “ Pride, Prejudice and Gay Politics” , a look at p y po litica l machinery narrated by Spencer Michels.

New Video o f New York City releases Taxi Zum Klo, the controversial Ger­man feature detailing the life o f a gay school teacher in Berlin.

Dustin Hoffman stars in Tootsie, the Sydney Pollack-directed comedy o f an unemployed actor who becomes a soap opera star by transforming himself into a woman.

Comic actor John Belushi dies o f a drug overdose at the age o f 33. Cathy Evelyn Smith is later extradited from Canada and charged with having ad­ministered Belushi with the fatal “ speedball” o f cocaine and heroine on the night o f his death.

Hollywood film star-tumed-Princess Grace Kelly is killed after the car carry­ing Kelly and her daughter Princess Stephanie drives o ff a c liff in Monaco.

Julie Andrews stan in husband Blake Edwards’ film , V icto r/V ic to ria , billed as the story o f “ a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman.”

1983Torch Son^ Trilogy wins Tony

Awards for B « t Play and Best Actor for outspoken p y playwright Harvey Fierstdn.

performance by the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps.

The Illustrated Stage Company in San Francisco performs The Dan White Incident, with Theadore Pappas as Harvey M ilk .

Producer/director Robert Altman teksses Streamers, based on a play by David Rabe. The film examines the at­titudes o f class systems, racism, and sexuality o f four young men in a military banacks.

Patty Duke Astin stars infi> ' Design, the film version o f a Canadian play about a lesbian couple who decide to have a child.

Catherine Deneuve and Susan Saran­don have a steamy love scene in The Hunger, directed by Tony Scott and co- starring David Bowie.

Singer Karen Carpenter dies at the age o f 33 from internal injuries caused by her nine-year struggle with eating disorder anorexia nervosa. Carpenter had told Dionne Warwick two weeks before her death that she has “ a lo t o f living to do .”

Playwright Tennessee W illiams, author o f Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Sweet B ird o f Youth, dies at the age o f 72.

Under the direction o f Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta returns as Tony Monaro in Stayin’ A live , a sequel to the 1970s h it disco movie Saturday Night Fever.

A fte r I I seasons on CBS, “ M *A *S *H ” folds its tents in the highest-rated television broadcast o f the eighties, titled “ Goodbye, Farewell and Amen.”

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o f the dynamic San Francisco Super­visor who led the p y rights movement before his assassination by Dan White, is released. The film would go on to win the Oscar for Best Documentary o f 1984.

Breakfast at T iffany ’s author Truman Capote dies at the age o f 59. His ashes are kept in separate urns in both California and New York because, according to longtime friend Joanna Carson, Capote was “ always b i­coastal.”

“ Brothers” debuts on the Showtime cable channel. The landmark series follows the comic adventures o f tf.'ee brothers, one o f whom is p y .

Openly p y actor Tom Hiilce films Amadeus, directed by Milos Forman. The lavish screen version o f the Broad­way hit about musical prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Pic­ture o f 1986.

In an appearance on “ The Tonight Show” Charles Nelson Riley tells Johnny Carson that in his early years as an actor he lost a role in a Jello com­mercial because he wasn’t able to “ cap­ture the essence o f fru it.” Riley said, “ They had to be kidding.”

Rock Hudson appears in the first o f ten guest appearances on “ Dynasty” .

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circuses o f the decade. Rock Hudson publicly admits his homosexuality shortly before his death from AIDS. Hudson’s death b rin p AID S to the forefront o f the American public’s at­tention, prompting newspaper reports

W illiam Hurt wins the Academy Award for best actor fo r his portrayal o f a p y prisoner in Latin America in Kiss o f the Spiderwoman. The award was the first Oscar given for the por­trayal o f a homosexual character.

“ Elizabeth Taylor Day” is declared in San Francisco. Taylor meets with Mayor Dianne Feinstein and an­nounces a planned A IDS benefit at Davies Symphony Hall.

La Cage A u x Folles H I is released.

San Francisco cabaret star Sharon McKnight co-stars in Nunsense, a musical comedy about a band o f sisters who stage a benefit to raise money for a new VCR.

Sylvester discusses his relationship with longtime lover Rick Cramner dur­ing an interview on “ The Late Show with Joan Rivers.” Svlvester comments that Cramner’s parents may be watch­ing, prompting Rivers to remark, “ Surprise! You should have looked in

detailing her battle with breast cancer and subsequent return to - show business.

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that “ fo r the first time, everyone in America knows someone who has died o f A ID S .”

Aidan Quinn and Gena Rowlands star in “ An Early Frost” , a TV-movie exploring parents and their adult children coping with issues o f homosex­uality and AID S.

R osem ary C u rb and N ancy Manahan release Lesbian N uns: Breaking Silence, the landmark book about homosexuality within a religious order.

While hosting “ Saturday Night L ive,” Madonna appe^s in a skit titled “ P in k lis t in g , ” w h ich compares homophobia in show business to blacklisting in the McCarthy era.

Carol Channing, Leslie Uggams and Andrea M cArdle tour the country in Je rry ’s Girls, with music by Jerry Her­man.

Michael Jackson publicly denies that he is gay. In the same statement, the grammy-winning former member o f “ The Jackson Five” denies having ever had plastic surgery.

1986

Mary Wilson o f The Suprêmes releases Dreamgirl: M y L ife as a Supreme, the story o f the group’s rise from the slums o f Detroit to worldwide popularity. The book erhidzes Diana

your closet a long time ago.”L ily Tomlin tours the country in her

one woman show The Search f o r In ­telligent L ife in the Universe, written by Jane Wagner.

Ross for her obsession with fame and her manipulation o f the group through her affair with Motown executive Berry Gordy.

Mariette Hartley and Lynn Redgrave star in “ My Two Loves” , a TV-movie about the lesbian relationship between a recent widow and a career minded ex­ecutive.

“ Dress Gray” , a TV-movie about a m ilitary academy cover-up o f the slay­ing o f a gay cadet airs, starring Alec Baldwin and Hal Holbrook.

M ikhail Baryshnikov participates in an advertising campaign for Shanti Project, a San Francisco-based AIDS care provider.

Ruthless People is released starring Bette Midler and Dannv DeVito. The film marks both M id ler’s screen come­back and her successful relationship with the Disney film group.

Finnochio’s drag<abaret club in San Francisco celebrates its fiftieth birth­day. _________________

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ed by a series o f anti-gay remarks by former “ Saturday Night L ive” star Ed­die Murphy in his box office hit Eddie M urphy Raw.

Randy Shills’ best-seller And the Band Played On is released. The book chronicles the early history of AIDS and examines A ID S politics in the gay community.

Parade” , about the plight o f sufferers with AIDS.

Madonna appears with pal Sandra Bernhardt at a benefit dance-a-lhon for

Flamboyant pianist Liberace dies o f A ID S . Liberace denied his homosex­uality, asking Robin Leach not to reveal his condition in an interview shortly before his death.

1988M atthew Broderick stars with

Harvey Fierstein and Anne Bancroft in the film version o f Torch Song Triogy.

Rick Cramner dies o f A ID S . Months later Sylvester also succumbs to the disease. In one o f his last public ap­pearances, Sylvester marched in a con­tingent o f people with A ID S at the 1988 Gay Freedom Day Parade in San Fran­cisco.

After protest from gay rights groups, producers o f the NBC series “ Midnight Caller” change the script o f an AIDS episode in which a women seeks vengeance against the bisexual man who knowingly gave her the disease. In the original script the guest character, played by Kay Lenz, shoots the bisex­ual man at close range.

Gail Strickland co-stars as a lesbian nurse in the short-lived hospital drama “ Heartbeats” on ABC. Reruns o f the series are later shown on the Lifetime cable channel.

Ann Jillian, gay icon o f the late 1970s and early 80s, stars in the Emmy- winning “ The Ann Jillian Story,”

Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe dies o f AIDS. The National Endow­ment for the Arts repeals funding for a ■■etrospective o f the artist’s work, label- ng his photos “ pornographic.” The NEA also repeals an endowment for a New York City exhibit about sexuality in the age o f A ID S titled “ Witness: Against Our Vanishing,” but later reverses the decision to withhold the previously-approved $10,000 grant.

“ Dynasty” is cancelled by ABC after plunging to the bottom o f the Nielson ratings.

NBC airs a sequel to its 1988 “ M id­night Caller” A ID S episode that ex­amines the emotions felt by women dy­ing o f the disease. The episode is written with the input o f gay-rights and AIDS- interest groups.

Singer k.d.lang tells NBC News cor­respondent Connie Chung, “ I t ’s just a piece o f paper,” when asked i f lang in­tends to marry her “ friend” in Canada.

NBC airs “ Roe vs. Wade,” a made for TV-movie about the 1970s land­mark abortion case.

Lou Reed releases his album “ New Y o rk " , with the single “ Halloween

the AIDS Project o f Los Angeles. Madonna and Bernhardt perform the Sonny &Cher hit “ I G ot You Babe” at a New York fundraiser to save the Brazilian rainforest.

The gossipy/I/ir/>’ W arhol D iaries is released, with stories about M ick and Bianca Jagger, Liza M inelli, Halston, Farrah Fawcett and a host o f others.

Actor Rob Lowe is charged with cor­rupting a m inor, after videotape o f Lowe and another man having sex with two teenage girls is made public, luw e is sentenced to 20 hours o f community service.

“ Brothers” is syndicated nationally. Bette Midler has her first hit single in

more than a decade when “ Wind Beneath My Wings” from the movie Beaches hits the top spot on Billboard charts.

Zsa Zsa Gabor is convicted for slap­ping a Los Angeles police officer in a much-publicized tria l during which she makes homophobic remarks, saying “ 1 can’t go to prison, they’re all lesbians there.”

The gav community mourns the loss o f leading ladies Bette Davis, Gilda Radner, Divine and Lucille Ball.

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I First wrote a story about the impact of AIDS in SanFrancisco in 1986. The headline read: City Losing Some of Its Best and Brightest. Nothing much has changed since then, except the Figures. On August 25, 1986, 1,330 people in San Francisco had died of AIDS, nationwide, 13,330. As of August 31, 1989, 4,706 have died in San

Francisco, nationwide 61,655.

list is endless, the exact numbers may never be known. But what is known is that the epidemic has resulted in a “ ter­rible loss o f talent.”

“ A IDS has taken its to ll in every sec­tor o f our society, not just the A rts ," says Dennis Powers, associate Artistic Director o f the American Conservatory Theatre, “ but we here at ACT have been hard hit, we’ve lost some wonder­ful people, actors, designers, we’ve lost some really great talent. I ’ve cried a lot. I think we all have.”

Powers has been with ACT since 1%7. The epidemic, he said, has forced many people to change their views on life. “ Life is precious,” he says, “ you don’t want to risk i t . ”

“ When an artist dies,” says Jeannie Weiffenbach, director o f exhibition at

arts agency has held fundraisers, and everyone is pulling together to take care o f their own.

While the epidemic has pulled the communities together, others see it as “ choking o ff” the community.

The AIDS epidemic has made people afraid to come together spontaneously, says Harvey Feifter, managing director o f the Magic Theater. “ I saw the change happening in New Y ork ,” he said. “ AIDS made people afraid o f each other. People o f very different backgrounds were able to come together and interact creatively, now people have learned to stifle that im ­pulse.

“ In the early ’80s we produced some wild outrageous theatre, it led to a tremendous explosion o f creative

director o f Public Relations at the San Francisco Opera. “ We are focusing great attention on the message we’re trying to send out.” The San Francisco Opera has lost five people to AIDS.

"Opera is a global art, and we’re dealing with a global disease. Thé losses have been felt internationally.”

While the losses are recorded in private or in public, countless other A ID S deaths go unrecorded. But as of December 1, Simon Watson has begun a census o f AIDS in the Arts.

"A ID S has drastically changed life in the 20th century, and it has profoundly affected the course o f the arts: the loss o f creative density, the sense o f holes in the artistic atmosphere is palpable. The history o f the Arts has been and unfor­tunately w ill continue to be irrevocably

In 1986, people worried about the long term effects o f A ID S in San Fran­cisco, and they talked about a depletion o f the work force. “ Because o f A ID S ,” said a female Vice President o f Bank o f America, “ we may not have a pool o f highly qualified people to fall back on down the line.” Danny Castro at the Shanti Project said, “ Everyone says they can tell the City is changing, but they don’t know how. 1 think I know what’s going on, they’ re beginning to feel the collective loss o f those dying.”

Three years later, no one can deny the tremendous impact o f A ID S on our society. As a result, political groups such as ACT-UP have sprung up in order to combat a government that has been slow in reacting to the epidemic. No community has been left untouched by the epidemic, but one community hard hit has been the Arts. The effects w ill be long lasting and the changes felt by all.

The epidemic has robbed us of countless lives: some o f the greatest per­formers, writers, conductors, designers, filmmakers, dancers, and artists have been lost to the disease. Their loss can never be recouped nor fu lly recognized, and their deaths have resulted in a more socially conscious art world, a world that senses its own mortality, and wat­ches its very creatures fight fo r their lives.

No one knows for sure how many people have died o f AIDS. Names like those o f artist Robert Mapplethorpe, actor Rock Hudson, dancer A lvin A iley, Liberace and make-up artist Way Brandy are now associated with A ID S . In San Francisco we’ve lost ac- tor/director Chuck Solomon, dancer Ed Mock, John McCarron, director of the San Francisco Arts Commission, the founder o f Theatre Rhinoceros, conductor Andrew Meltzer, and most recently playwright Alan Bowne. The

the San Francisco A rt Institute, “ your city, your nation experience a loss of culture.

“ What you’re seeing now is a resurgence o f social activism. Artists returning to content. A ID S is one o f the subjects being dealt w ith .”

Weiffenbach believes that AIDS has spurred on the likes of'Jessie Helms. “ The so<alled Helms initiative was not about direct censorship, it was about censoring imagery relating to homosex­ual sexuality.”

As a result, the Arts community has become more unified, she says, and has been instrumental in supporting its own. Almost every major theater and

energy. AIDS has sealed a lot o f that explosive energy.

“ Because o f the epidemic we’re miss­ing one-half o f a generation that has either died, or had its creative impulses choked o ff.”

The message artists want reflected in their work is also changing.

Allison Arieff, an administrative assistant at Capp Street Project, says the art community is becoming more political. A lot o f art being produced to ­day, she says, is reminiscent o f Post- W W II art. Artists are responding with more “ violent art,” she says.

“ The AIDS epidemic has had stag­gering effects on us,” said John Fink,

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altered by A ID S .” So reads part o f a flyer Watson is sending out to various arts community agencies around the country. He wants the project not only to document the deaths o f these people, but to stand as a testament to their lives.

I t ’ s difficult to access the impact o f A ID S on the Arts world, no one can tru ly assess the worth o f another human being, and while many artists lament this fact, some, like Nalen Blake o f New Langton Arts, echo the sentiment o f many who have watched their friends and colleagues die from AIDS.

“ We’ve mourned our dead for a very long time now,” he says. “ People are more angry now. We know how to stop this illness, and we’re not going to take any foot dragging, we’re going to get o ff our ass and do something.”

G irl with Arms Akimbo, a San Francisco-based group o f “ cultural ac­tivists which uses direct, anonymous ac­tion to respond to social issues, did just that last Wednesday night when artist Mark Kostabi was scheduled to appear at Hanson Gallery, 153 Maiden Lane. Kostabi was quoted in the June issue o f Vanity F a ir as saying: “ These museum curators, that are for the most part homosexual, have controlled the art world in the eighties. Now they’re all dying o f AIDS, and although I think i t ’s sad, I know it ’s for the better. Because homosexual men are not ac­tively participating in the perpetuation o f human life .” Hanson Gallery would not return IheSenlinet's calls.

Perhaps for Kostabi the deaths are for the better, but for people like Dennis Powers, the epidemic is about the end o f an era.

“ I miss the old days,” says Powers. “ God, 1 loved some o f those people so much.”

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R O C KThe 80s Are Over!Can W e Get on W ith O ur L ives N ow?

by Maryhope Tobin

W hal can you say about a decade that starts with the singer of Joy Division hanging himself (and Filming the whole event) and ends with S a n ^ Bernhardt’s giilfriend run­ning around onr televisions in her underwear? Ian Curtis is long gone but New Order lingers

1 on, and Madonna has been beaten mercilessly into our collective consciousness until we can’t imagine life without her, however pleasant that life might be. Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Tracy Chapman, Eurythmies, Bruce Springsteen, Boy George, Tone Loc and Sisters of Mercy: aU a part of those fun-filled years to be forever known as the REAGAN ERA. Is it over yet?

The doldrums o f the mid-70s were As Duran Duran’s “ Reffex” reached 1 eradicated with the explosion o f punk. No. 1 in the summer o f 1984 and

as the Ramones, Sex Pistols and the Clash screamed their way into the hearts o f m illions, and up until about 1984, things stayed pretty interesting. REM and U2 were young, innovative college-radio heroes, the Clash hit it big with London Calling, sold out in a big way with Combat R ock , and then Joe kicked Mick out. (Now M ick ’s having a blast with Big Audio Dynamite and Joe’s wearing the same t-shirt he wore in 1978.) Bands like the Violent Fem­mes and the Fleshtones kept the raw energy o f punk alive, and even pop music was fun: Thomas Dolby. Culture C lub. Human League and Duran Duran kept us hopping in dayglo tights and mini-skirts. But then M TV got completely out o f control and things got weird.

Whitney Houston debuted in 1985, the mid-80s threatened to be a repeat o f the Barry Manilow-Carpenters era all over again. M TV made it almost impossible to imagine audio without the video; suddenly visuals were everything, the image had to fit, and the music came se­cond. Better to get heavy rotation with a trendy image and no music than to have an original sound that no one would hear because you had no image. Joe Jackson was one artist who got fed up with the whole business and actually boycotted M TV until his last album. Blaze o f G lo ry . Artists like Madonna, Duran Duran, and others who relied more on visuals than on actual music have M TV to thank for their incredible success.

T h e Doris Dec a d eby Doris Fish

T he eighties started for me in 1979 when I met Miss X. With Tippi we formed the Sluts A Go-Go, did a show and went to Australia for our South PaciFic nightclub tour (really one nightclub and one dive). And it’s been downhill from there! Just kidding, but we were so young that it all seemed so much more

exciting then, or is it that we just remember the highlights?We were thrilled when the hideous drag career in that show, donning the

seventies were over. It seems I spent the best part o f the seventies looking for things from previous decades. For the first time in ten years, one could actual­ly go into a shoe store and buy something that wasn’t a great big clunky thing.

Nineteen eighty was our first foray into legitimate theatre, though just on the very edge. We wrote a play with music called "Blonde Sin” , which was a gritty fantasy about showgirls making it on the Bob Hope USO Tour o f Afghanistan. Our first review said “ Not bad enough” . As I think about it. I ’m surprised and delighted at how great the little showwas.What is really astound­ing is that we did 16 costume changes each, in the ladies’ toilet o f the Hotel Utah! Sister Boom Boom started her

guise o f a Russian “ defective showgirl” , a role later rewritten for the enormous talents o f the late Jane Dor- nacker. T immy Spence was our resident musical genius with the social graces o f a four-year-old, but he did grow up quickly.

Except for last week, the rest o f the decade is one long blur. And last week is quickly getting hazy. 1981 and 1982 are almost completely missing from my memory banks. I vaguely remember running a massage parlor fo r a few years and doing lots o f shopping in New York. Lime green fishnets and neon orange stockings were bought in bulk for the troupe, as were rolls o f fake fur

Dinosaurs made it big in the 80s. also thanks in part to M TV. A fter “ farewell tours” in the early part o f the decade, the Who and the Rolling Slones sud­denly pul aside their squabbles and loured again. Suddenly bands thai have been around for over 25 years are in heavy ro ia iio ii. Bui ihen again, nostalgia has always been big business in the world o f video. The anniversary o f Woodstock was a major event on VH-1, with neat little blurbs every hour, “ Woodstock minutes” to relive all the groovy memories o f naked hip­pies in the mud. “ My Generation” is a daily half-hour show consisting o f mostly Motown tunes accompanied by a montage o f completely unrelated footage from the sixties and early seven­ties. Bombing in Vietnam side by side with those zany fashions; weren’t those the days? Dead babies and bell bot­toms; yeah, it was a blast.

There were some “ mainstream” art­ists who made genuine contributions without the help o f M TV , though. Paul Simon’s Graceland was not only a beautiful album, it made people aware that non-English speaking people made good music, too. Prince went Im m D ir- tv M ind ia l9 9 9 io Purple Rain to Bat­man without batting a purple eyelash; he was amazing then, he’s amazing now. U2, on the other hand, went from “ I W ill Follow” to “ you w ill follow us” . Now the band R olling Stone once called the Band o f the 80s is doing Motown covers. But Elvis Costello managed to have a commercial success w'wbSpike without losing anything; i t ’s one o f the best albums o f the decade and there are no Motown covers on it.

A big fuss was made about come­backs; Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin never really went anywhere, but the masses were finally ready to listen to strong women. “ Women in RiK'k” was probably the most overused

in every day-glo color they had.I remember a party. Ginger Quest

threw a Vegas party each year and this one was called "Vegas In Space” . I covered the whole house in hot pink fur and silver mylar. We painted our faces blue or green. There were blacklights everywhere and people falling o ff the piano, pissing in the punch and getting more than their minds blown. We never really cleaned up after, leaving the fur on the ceilings and walls for years, often finding a scrap o f tinsel that had been someone’s jockstrap or a broken hat.

But at that party had been Phillip R. Ford. I pointed to the decor and said. “ Phil, let’s make a movie!” Phil had a couple o f student films under his belt by that time and knew that what I was ask­ing was next to impossible. I had no idea so I kept insisting. It was very frustrating to be this fabulous movie star with nothing but the publicity photos to show for it.

Three years later we were still film ­ing, and today we’ re just finishing up the final touches. I now know you can’t make a movie on a prostitute’s salary. “ Vegas In Space” , the movie, will finally hit the big screen in 1990.

Remember when 1984 was the future? I came across a photo o f me with a Mohawk ’do in neon red. I was already loo old to do it, but it was for Randy West o f West Graphics, the

phrase o f 1988. Women have always been in rock, but now they’ re actually getting some attention. Now if we can just get equal work for equal pay. . .

We’ve gone from B<ib Marley to Ziggy Marley and that in itself could speak for the whole decade. Bob Marley was a brilliant musician, thought by many to be a prophet. He devoted his life to music and spreading his philosophy o f peace and justice. He got virtually no airplay in this country yet he may possibly be more popular now in the U.S. than he was before he died. His son Ziggy. on the other hand, w.as a big hit here, getting Top 40 airplay and heavy rotation on M TV. True, he’s very young and has to live as Bob Marley’s kid. But though his message may be the same as his father’s, his music

diK’sn’ t threaten anyone. To me. that's what the 80s have boiled down to: non­threatening, politically correct pop that makes good video, something people can listen to and feel like they’ re doing some good (“ and it's good for you!” ). But i t ’s not “ Burning and Looting” , and maybe that’s whal we need right now. T(H) many people arc going w ithout, people who don’t care about whal their cholesterol level is or whether their exercise program is low-imp.aci or high-impact; they just want shelter, food. diYcni health care. And for those people who think that's just loo much to ask. listen to Bob M arlcy’si?»r;i/« or i f that's loo much. "T ram p the D in Down” from-^/wAr. and hope i t ’s not loo late.

greeting card company. They needed a punk. After doing a bag lady, a M arilyn and several sad housewives, it was no big deal. West gave me a whole new career - comedy modeling. I t ’s one o f the few branches o f modeling where aging helps. 100 cards later we’ re still finding new looks.

The mid-eighties were plump with ar­tistic triumphs. I was a model and an actress, and actually working. There was “ Naked Brunch” with Marc Huestis, and an incredible ensemble o f now nearly famous players including Ann Block, Silvana Nova, A rturo Galster, and of course Miss X and T ip- pi. The “ Brunch” series begat the Hap­py Hour shows at the 181 Club. We were the superstars o f the Tenderloin! And our notoriety was duly noted in the Sunday papers.

The final chapter o f the Happy Hour story was “ Niteclub O f The Living Dead” . A t last I looked like one o f those fantastic sixties Drag Queens with a Desiree special hairdo tipping the red plush ceiling. Everything else was just right, too. Joan Crawford (Miss X ), Tallulah Bankhead (Miss Nova), Billie Holiday (the late Tommy Pace) and other notable decadents all singing, dancing, cussing and fighting for all eternity. And I was Big Bad Brenda, Queen o f Limbo, den mother to the outcasts o f Heaven and H ell! W ith a role like that i t ’s no surprise that “ Niteclub” was my favorite.

As Big Brenda was for me so was Rhoda Penmark for T ippi. In 1982 we had already cast our version, but it was not until late 1987 that things seemed just right for the "B ad Seed” . Critics were surprised to find so fine a produc­tion from a group known for “ Drag shows in the T L ” . TheC/tro/i/f/e said it was not “ as bad as it sounds.” In fact, “ the three stars are te rrific ,” enthused M ick LaSalle. We’ve managed to hold on to this credibility with our ten year reunion show last January, and more recently in Leland Moss’ magnificent production o f Genet’s “ The Balcony” , in which Misha Berson described me as “ gorgeous” and "flawless” .

How can I fit ten years o f my life into these few paragraphs? 1 can’t talk about the ones who have died or the ones who should be dead, you know all Tliat yourself. I ’ve left out so much, but to go from “ not bad enough” to “ flawless” is encouraging. In the ’80s I got glam, I got fame and I got good. In the ’90s I get rich. ^

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MOVIESHow Ga y Was M y Dec a d e?

bv Steve Warren

T he success of La Cage aux Folles in America in 1979—U was the highest-grossing foreign-language film of that time—brought the movies into the ’80s with a willingness to try gay and lesbian themes again. After a burst of interest at the end of the previous decade, they had pretty much ignored us (with a few significant exceptions, such as Dog Day Afternoon)

through most of the 1970s.H illing the screen in 1980 were the

hom ophob ic C ru is in g and the lesbophobic Windows, plus the first and better o f two sequels to La Cage; but by 1982 we had the more thoughtful, i f im perfect,/’e rw /ia / Best and M aking Love. The former had Olympic hopeful Mariel Hemingway “ outgrow" her lesbian phase after a hot affair with Patrice Donnelly; the latter was hopelessly bourgeois and sanitized in giving Middle America what some­one thought it could handle in the story o f Michael Ontkean leaving Kate Jackson for Harry Hamlin and both former spouses winding up happily remarried to professional men.

Nineteen eighty-two also brought us Partners, a throwback comedy from Francis Veber, author o f La Cage aux F o lle s , w ith John H urt as a stereotypical gay cop paired with and lusting after Ryan O ’Neal, who was masquerading as an equally stereo­

typical gay in a murder investigation.W ith no box office breakouts among

the above films, Hollywood rapidly lost interest in us as primary subject matter, although foreign films {e.g.,Querelle, Caravaggio. Another Country. Col­onel Red!) d idn ’t. American film ­makers, however, became increasingly aware that we weren’t going to go away, and they began making more use o f us in minor roles as part o f the fabric o f life. By 1988, probably the peak year for the phenomenon, roughly one film in four contained some lesbian o r gay c h a ra c te r , re fe re n c e o r p lo t element—though not always a positive one.

Because Academy Awards bestow a kind o f validity (not always warranted) on the movies and performers they touch, we must consider as key events o f the 1980s the Oscars to Robert Ep­stein and Richard Schmeichen for Best Documentary o f 1984, The Times o f

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Harvey M i lk , and to W illiam Hurt for Best Actor o f 1985 as a gay character in Hector Babenco’s Kiss o f the Spider W om an.

A mini-wave developed in m id­decade, with not only Spider Woman but Stephen Frears’ M y Beautiful Laundrette, Donna Deitch’s Desert Hearts and Bill Sherwood’s Parting Glances getting more than a handful o f bookings. None o f these low-budget films lost money, but none made enough to get attention in an era o f blockbusters. Frears followed Laun­drette with the Joe Orton biography Prick Up Your Ears before returning to his own preference in Dangerous Lia isons ; Deitch finally surfaced again on television in 1989 with The Women o f Brewster Place, featuring a p rom i­nent lesbian relationship. The immense­ly talented Sherwood has not been heard from, although one o f his stars, Steve Buscemi, has been turning up regularly in supporting roles IfJew Y o rk S to ries , M ys te ry T ra in . Bloodhounds o f Broadway).

Torch Song Trilogy tried to be the¿£7 Cage aux Folles o f the 1980s by giving America another drag queen to love; but many critics, gay as well as straight, felt Harvey Fierstein’s pre-AIDS story was inappropriate in 1988.

That most prolific gay filmmaker, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, died in 1982. Two other prominent European directors. Franco Zeffirelli and Patrice Cherneau, came out when reporters at film festivals happened to ask them if they were gay. Chereau’s L 'H om m e Blesse ^as one o f the best gay films o f the ’80s, but he’s been concentrating on theater work since making it.

Buoyed by the success o f A Room with a V iew, James Ivory threw caution to the winds in 1987 and made Maurice, from the gay novel that wasn’t published until after author E .M . Forster’s death. It was beautiful but duW—very Masterpiece Theatre — but Ivory added a brief political message to Forster’s chaste gay romance.

Lcsbian/gay film festivals that began in San Francisco and New York in the 1970s expanded rapidly in the ’80s as the concept spread to dozens o f other cities.

Festivals have given American (Marc Hucstis, Barbara Hammer), Canadian (John Greyson, Anne Oaire Poirier),

West German (Monika Treut. ,\lexan- dra von Grote) and British (Paul Oremland, Richard Kwietniowski) in­dependent filmmakers a place to show their films and videos. Gus Van Sant parlayed festival showings o f hisA/o/c Noche into a contract to make Drugstore C owboy, a nongay but hard­ly mainstream movie.

Van Sant’s (experience is indicative o f the most significant trend o f the end of the decade, the move toward the mainstream o f gay-identified and gay- sensitive directors. John Waters, who had in 1981 progressed!?) from mid­night cult films to the widely-seen Polyester, shocked everyone when his \%%Hairspray got a PG rating. Sud­denly it was OK for Divine to wear a dress, as long as he d idn’t say the F

successful film ever and one o f Pedro’s few with no gay characters or themes, though his gay sensibility shone through. So did Paul Bartel’s, although his sex farce Scenes fro m the Class Struggle in Beverly H ills included only one bisexual character (Ray Sharkey) and one male-male liaison (Sharkey and Robert Beltran).

Mexico’s Jaime Huberlo Hermosillo segued from his breakthrough gay romantic comedy Dona Herlinda and Her Son to the barely-released Clan- destino Destino. which had a bisexual plot but favored hetero sex scenes over gay ones. Bruce Weber showed less o f what appeared to be a gay sensibility in Let's Get Lost than in his debut feature. Broken Noses. Multinational Argen­tine M artin Donovan will follow his

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word. We’ll see what happens to Waters’ C/T BaAr in 1990.

T e re n ce D a v ie s , w hose autobiographical Trilogy had been ac­claimed, followed it in 1989 with the equally personal Distant Voices, S till Lives, this time omitting the gay aspects o f his life.

Former Andy Warhol colleague Paul Morrissey released two pictures in 1988, the campy but somewhat homophobic Beethoven's Nephew and the campy but fillcd-w ith-lcsbophobic-dialogue Spike o f Bensonhurst. Both featured pretty but untaicnted leading men, and txith failed to find an audience, offend­ing the people most likely to appreciate them.

Pedro Almodovar did tremendous business with Women on the Verge o f a Nervous Breakdown, Spain’s most

homoerotic Apartment Zero in 1990 with the nongay dose Enemy.

While there was no gay content in Derek Jarman’s 1989 W ar Requiem, the music (Benjamin Britten) and poetry (Wilfred Owen) were by gay men and war as a cause o f mass death was intended as a metaphor for A ID S.

A ID S films and videos became a genre o f their own in the latter ha lf o f the decade. The late Arthur Bressan, Jr. started the ball rolling with Buddies, before the disease claimed him and one o f his stars, Geoff Edholm. Rob Epstein worked on The A ID S Show and Com­mon Threads: Stories fro m the Q u ilt , while John Erman reached the largest audience via NBC w ith /ln Early Frost. M icki DickofTs concise dramaA/o/Aez, M other is touring the country in benefit showings for local AIDS organizations.

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Anyone can be an eccentric. but William Beckford had a special advantage. His father, the richesi man in England, died when William was only ten. leaving the boy with considerable wealth and little discipline. At the age of nineteen. Beck- ford fell in love with an eleven-year-old boy; the arrangement lasted five years, but ultimatelv ended in scandal

Becltford’s reputation was further enhanced with the publication of his novel VaOtek. which combined fantasy. soaaJ satire, gothic horror, and a good dose of homoeroticism.

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very single one of the pre-eminent classical music organizations in San Francisco has undergone a major upheaval in the last decade, but the most important development in this area of the arts remains the opening of Davies Symphony Hall in September, 1980.

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By moving out o f the Opera House and into its own home, the San Fran­cisco Symphony immediately became a year-round organization. This change gave both the organization and the players greater financial security, for not only did the Symphony itself make more money, but it could pay its in ­strumentalists better. This made the S.F. Symphony more attractive to the class o f musicians who play in the Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago Symphonies. Not that we have yet reached the pitch precision o f the Cleveland or the lush sound o f the Philadelphia or the sonorous horns o f the Chicago, but the new situation has allowed us to build a better orchestra. Concert goers have already begun to reap the benefits o f this inevitably slow process.

O f course, the Symphony built the hall too big, and thereby incurred acoustical problems that may never be righted. Throughout the 80s the organization tinkered in small ways with the H a ll’s insides—but without much result. It is promised that the summer o f 1990 w ill see the first o f a series o f major renovations designed specifically to throw more sound back at the musicians on the stage and at the audience on the main floor. Rather than

chiding the Symphony for dilatoriness in facing the acoustical situation sooner, I applaud them for taking the fu ll measure o f the problems before at­tempting any solution.

T lie major stumbling block to direct action was the change o f Music Direc­tors in mid-decade. It must be remembered that Edo de Waart did not plan Davies Hail. Its designs were ap­proved in the interim period between Seiji Ozawa’s resignation and de W aart’s hiring. In fact, de Waart was the first spokesman to articulate the d if­ficulties. He might have been able to spearhead a re-design o f the hall, but his popularity had begun to decline, and his weakness had begun to become self-evident. So the Symphony politely but firm ly told him it was time to find another job.

Herbert Blomstedt, the new director, is almost a m irror image o f the old one. Blomstedt was 57 when he was hired as the S.F.S.’s conductor, while de Waart was still only 43 when he left. De W aart, with his collegial attitude towards the musicians, had begun the rejuvenation o f the orchestra, after the debacle o f Ozawa’s absentee director­ship. But de Waart, fearful o f his own memory, conducted with his head in the score rather than the score in his head.

and this problem hindered him from demanding even more from the or­chestra. Blomstedt’s meticulous nature, his capacious memory and rigorous demands were exactly what the musicans needed to hone their skills still further.

Neither de Waart nor Blomstedt is a particularly imaginative conductor. De Waart and his advisors were, however, more interesting program builders. Under Blomstedt the orchestra is play­ing belter and better, but that does not mean the audience is always gelling more music for their money.

W ith the opening o f Davies Hall, both the Opera and the Symphony needed individual orchestras. These two com ple te ly separated ensembles, together with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, which shares only a small portion o f its personnel with the Opera Orchestra, have created a sufficient surplus o f skilled musicians in town to have provided for a vastly expanded chamber music and chamber orchestra scene. To highlight simply one o f these organizations, let us recall the magnifi­cent strides that the Bay Area Women’s Philharmonic has made since its debut in 1980.

Parallel to this concentration on smaller and tighter musical organiza-

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lions has been the rise o f the early music movement. In the United States the U.C. Berkeley campus was one o f the first hotbeds o f historically informed performance practice. Gradually the movement freed itself from the Univer­sity and, with the establishment o f the Philharmonia Baroque in 1980, secure­ly gained a place in the world o f the per­forming arts. Nicholas McCJegan’s ar­rival as the Philharmonia’s Music Director in mid-decade further propell­ed this small orchestra into interna­tional prominence.

The third major development in the field o f chamber music and recitals has been the growing greatness o f Ruth Fell’s San Francisco Performances. Cal Performances, which parallels S.F. Performances in the East Bay, has also developed over the last decade into a major presenter, specializing in dance companies and early-music ensembles.

While the chamber music world has been expanding by leaps and bounds in the 80s, the bigger organizations have not stood still. Both the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Ballet have seen tumultuous changes in the past decade. Kurt Herbert Adler, who had been the essence as well as the head o f the Opera since 1953, retired at the end o f 1981. Adler’s last years were .some o f his richesi. most imaginative. His successor, Terence McEwen, reign­ed for only six years, and during that lime the Opera lost its focus and its pre­eminence on the West Coast. McEwen’s major problems were the laisse-faire nature of his leadership (this aspect paralleled Reagan’s movie­watching regime in the White House), his conservative nature generally, in ­cluding his alliance with his old friends from the fifties and sixties, and his general ignorance o f the role o f the con­ductor in the creation o f musical excite­ment. But it must also be said that McEwen barely had the chance to learn from his own mistakes.

Lofit Mansouri, McEwen’s suc­cessor, has only just begun to make his presence felt on the San Francisco

music scene. For the pa.sl couple o f years, he has been implementing seasons planned by McEwen. Therefore it is still early to judge his artistic leader­ship. There are many good signs, but a few ill-omens as well. For example, the morale boost he immediately generated in the day to day workings o f the Opera House has recently been endangered by the sweeping changes he wants to make in the size o f the chorus. The chorus is far from perfect, but it is an en­thusiastically dramatic ensemble that at its best (as in Boito’s Mefislofele last season) can produce a clear, shimmer­ing sound. To my way o f thinking it is the Opera Orchestra that needs the housecleaning much more than the chorus.

The San Francisco Ballet has likewise undergone enormous upheavals in this decade. In 1984 Lew Christensen, its director since 1951, died, soon after he had turned his back on his personally chosen successor, Michael Smuin. Smuin had been running the company for several years, but he had also been running into major financial and artistic problems. Pre-eminent among the la t­ter was Smuin’s willingness to shift the audience’s attention from the precision o f the dancing to the gimmicks o f stage magic. Smuin’s successor was the Icelandic-born New York City Ballet star, Helgi Tomasson, who in his ar­tistic profile was much more like Christensen.

Since I am the San Francisco Ballet’s program annotator, 1 cannot claim complete objectivity about the com­pany. Many in the community still mourn the loss o f Smuin’s theatrical gift, but personally 1 prefer Tomasson’s em­phasis on the classical discipline o f dancing and his enlargement o f the repertory to include not only more Balanchine, but the work of some o f the most gifted young choreographers o f our lime.

The 80s have therefore been a pivotal decade in many ways for the maturing process o f classical music in San Fran­cisco.

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I could be Lupann’s, a flight of steps up from 18thI Street a little east of Castro.

^ * I ’ve eaten my way through virtually every Castrorestaurant but inexplicably had never gotten to Lupann’s. I ’d wondered to myself many times, however: “ How in the world does a restaurant come up with a name like Lupann’s?’’

The answer, according to co-owner spelling it right. Beside sausage, thereC urtis Pierce, was simple: the restaurant’s last owner, who recently passed away, had a lover named Lupe and a sister named Ann, so presto - there it is! On such things are restaurants built.

Good restaurants are also built on great chefs, and in Rick Bennett, Lupann's definitely found a winner. Rick was previously at such first class places as Mulhem ’s and Square One, working directly under master chef Joyce Goldstein at the latter establish­ment. Rick turns out a blend o f “ things your mom used to make” like pot roast, according to Curtis, and contem­porary California cuisine.

The decor is subtle pink, restful and with a touch o f elegance. There’s a small bar on your left as you enter, and i f my memory is correct Lupann’s is probably the only restaurant in the area offering a full bar as opposed to just beer and wine. Soft background music may be heard.

The menu itself is in two parts — the right side changes every few weeks and sticks to favorites. The left side has specials and generally changes daily. Calamiri ($4.95) is a wonderful way to start - i t ’s deep fried but not greasy and very fresh tasting. Our table split an order of penne w ith sausage ($9.95) from the specials side for an additional appetizer. Penne is a kind o f narrow, tubed pasta a lot like mostaccioli. i f I ’m

was Swiss chard and lots o f zing in the sauce from red pepper flakes and fen­nel. Clearly penne from heaven, to make a bad pun.

Caesar salad ($4.75) may offend some traditionalists, but 1 found it ex­citing. Besides the traditional egg, an­chovy, and garlic, there are carrots and crumbled blue cheese. Frilto misto ($5.95) was an all vegetarian version o f this trad itiona l hot Ita lian hors d ’oeuvre, with deep fried artichoke hearts, yams, and Japanese baby egg­plant. As with the calamari, the breading was light and nongreasy. An unusual pecan mayonnaise provides a dip for the vegetables, and the baby eggplant is elegant.

Pot roast ($9.95) lives up to its pro­mise - three big slices, thoroughly cook­ed but still ju icy, in a rich brown sauce bringing back memories o f mom, apple pie. Chevrolets and other pieces o f Americana. Grilled rack of lamb ($16.95) from the specials menu is grill­ed over mesquite wood and served with a sauce o f roast garlic, thyme, lemon, cracked pepper and olive oil. Our friend’s request that it be well done turns a few eyebrows, but Lupann’s does it very well and the lamb is still ju icy.

Desserts vary with the day, but all cost $4.25. Flouriess chocolate cake is a chocoholic’s dream. Creme brulee is one o f the best tasted recently - the top

My favorites are tomato beef chow mein ($3.50) with a near sweet and sour consistency, mushroom cbkken chow mein ($3.50), and best o f all South China chow mein ($3.75), with a little bit o f everything. Fried rice ($1.65) is cheap enough for a single diner to order instead o f steamed, and there’s a single sized cup o f egg drop soup available too.South China Cafe, 4IS3 - /8th Street, San Francisco, tel. 861-9323. Open 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. M on., Tues. <f Thurs.; to U p.m . Fri. & Sat.; 3 p.m. - 10p.m. Sun. Closed Wed. Cash only, but very little !

Lupann’s owners Curtis Pierce and Tom Kemmeriy.is just like the marshmallows you roasted as a kid. After dinner, fortified by possibly a brandy or Amaretto, you’ll enjoy sitting back and reminisc­ing about the delightful meal you had at Lupann’s.

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I ’ve just about eaten my way through the menu, but here are just a few o f my favorites, and no, W\t Sentinel typeset­ter got the prices right. You aren’t dreaming.

Zucchini chicken ($3.75) has lots of chicken and sliced zucchini in a dark, rich black bean sauce. I t ’s stir fried, so don’t worry about calories. Beef and Chinese tender green (bok choy) ($3.75) is a dish that many more sophisticated restaurants have passed by but is done well here. The greens are crisp and crunchy, and the beef is nicely flavored.

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by Jack Irene’ McGowan

Pro Football for the next two months is America’sgame. That includes Gay America as well. Most gay bastions up and down Polk and Castro Sts. and along the upper Market St. strip are crowded each weekend with fans eagerly awaiting kick-off.

Professional football players come in all shapes, colors and personalities. Some are heroes, some are assholes . . . Take Jim McMahon, for instance . . . and the Raiders probably will next year.

who sees it as anything else . . is sick. And Ford’s lingering physical descrip­tion o f the young boy borders on pedophilia. Borders on it? Hell! It reeks o f it!

His subsequent grilling o f the adver­tising people all over the country does the gay community a disservice. They should be to ld . . . and I have talked to a few o f them . . that he speaks not for us but for the tiniest group o f weirdos, who incidentally are more prevalent in the straight community than ours.

Further, i f he and his publishers feel so strongly about Ford’s contention that the ad is sexually exploitative, why in the world did they compound the crime by printing a three<olumn close- up shot o f the youngster’s butt? Why? I could give you a pretty good guess.

I f somehow Steve Largent should read Ford’s bullshit, I for one would love to see Largent flatten Ford with a good old-fashioned crack-back block. He deserves it.

This piece isn’t about McMahon, but rather about two s ta rs . . superstars is a more f it t in g descrip tion . . Steve Largent o f the Seattle Seahawks and Ronnie Lott o f the San Francisco 49’ers.

You might wonder why I would be writing about them in a gay sports col­umn. No, all o f you rumormongers, Irene is not going to suggest that they are gay. However, they both have been the subject o f much discussion here in the Sentinel's, office, as well as in Irene’s favorite watering holes over the last week.

First, let me introduce you to Largent, who holds most o f the lifetime pass receiving records in the N FL. in ­cluding total yards, touchdowns and number o f passes caught.

He recently was named "Travelers’ Man o f the Year” for his work with numerous charily and youth groups. One o f those charities involves Spinal Bifida, a crippling disease from which one o f his sons suffers. He is un­doubtedly more than an athlete. More importantly, he is a loving and caring father o f four.

Largent was also the subject o f one o f the most distasteful and farfetched ar­ticles these eyes have ever read. Authored by Dave Ford, the story “ A Boy and his Briefs” saw fit to picture an on-going commercial featuring Largent and his nine-year old son as being deliberately scxually-suggestive.

The commercial, one o f five which picture super-jocks selling Haines underx^ear and socks in a homey, lov­ing environment, is quite frankly a joy to behold.

The one in question presents a scene o f a playful romp between a loving father and an adoring son. More of that should be shown on television. Anyone

Now to Lott . . . and the 49’ers general manager John MeVay and his flunky Rodney Knox . . and their reac­tion to A IDS . . Hell, I guess you w ill have to wait till next week.

T ill next time, keep winning. And remember, i f you can’t play a sport, be one.

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by Jack McGowan

W hile the SentineTs coverage of the upcoming Celebration ’90 in Vancouver has in the most part concerned itself with sporting aspects of the event, the Cultural segment is obviously of equal interest to our readers.

Barbara Tannenbaum submits the following two-part question regarding housing and transportation ar­rangements for non-athletics.“ Who does one contact to secure housing or arrangements i f they are either a non-athlete o r a possible cultural performer or artist?” and also " Is there a schedule o f art, theatre or other cultural events available along the lines o f the recent Gay Games sports calendar published in the SentinelV'

It is our understanding that because o f the great number o f athletes and cultural activities, private housing will be available only for those directly in­volved in competition or performing in the eight-day event. Such arrangements are being arranged solely by Vancouver representatives.

In discussing Ms. Tannenbaum’s question with Team San Francisco and Vancouver representatives, we find that there is, surprisingly, no official organization locally set up to assist potential cultural participants in their registration and travel plans.

However, I am certain that any of our fine gay-owned or oriented travel agencies have various travel and hous­ing packages available.

For instance, Now, Voyager Travel, which has been named the Official Travel Agency for Team San Francisco, w ill be handling all housing and travel requests for Team San Francisco. They also offer travel assistance to in­dividuals at 415-621-1169.

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Tom Vindeed, 1989f90 Commissioner t of the Gay Softball League, invites all OSL playen and nnembers tabs annual

, Xmas meeting at the Pendulum, 4146 18th St.

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VJUULlmfcUy TiHH lliciv 01 icrefreshments, musk and exchanges of gifts. He also suggested that since this year’s sponsorships will be awarded on a first-come, first-awarded basis, all new players and sponsors should plan to attend.

Shawn Kelly, Consulting Executive Director o f ’90, states that the Celebra­tion ’90 staff is in the final stages o f issu­ing a calendar similar to the one published in i)seSentinel listing the ten­tative dates for all the events.

Due to the delicate intricacies o f stag­ing theatrical and musical events such as protecting copyrights and ensuring royalties, it is a much more difficult task to print definite schedules so far in ad­vance. However, Kelly advises that one is expected to be completed shortly. It will be published in this column as soon as it is available.

Interested parties can get all the in ­formation needed in connection with their individual housing needs or registration questions directly through Vancouver by phone at 604-684-3303 or through the mail by addressing Metropolitan Vancouver Athletic Arts Association, 1170 Butte Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6E 1Z6.

Kelly did suggest that i f the in­dividuals were interested in group ac­tivities like appearing in bands or choral performances, that they contact directly the large organizations in their areas, such as the Gay Men’s or Lesbian Qtoruses, or the San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Marching Bands, who more than likely are negotiating group travel and housing arrangements.

He also commented that i f Bay Area singers were interested in performing in a choral presentation o f 1000 o r more gay singers during Celebration ’90, they might want to contact Carol White o f Denver at 303-331 -2306. ◄

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The Great Expectations Bookstore team won the first E ureka Valley B a s k e t b a l l C h a m ­pionship, a leaipie featuring gay and straight teams, by

soundly defeating an overciassed YMCA team by a 82 to 59 score.

The winners, led by their big forward with nineteen points, impressed with their ball-handling and strength under both baskets while sweeping to an easy victory over the generally outclassed Y M C A team.

The losers, who had sneaked into the finals with a controversial one-point victory over Team San Francisco II, were never in the game. They did, however, boast the lop scorer o f the n i^ t , John Askan, who tossed in 22 points, or more than a th ird o f his team’s total.

According to Collingwood gym manager, Peter Oquendo, Askan should have won the league’s M VP award had there been one awarded. He singlehandedly led his team into the playoffs after they had finished last in regular season play. This reporter’s choice would have been Steve Moore o f Team San Francisco I I , one o f many excellent gay players who more than held their own in this man-to-man com­petition.

While all in all the league could be called both an athletic and social suc­cess, it is hoped that in the future timekeepers and referees can be obtain­ed who at least attempt to be unbiased and, in the case o f the time-keepers, m indful o f the importance o f the clock in a game like basketball.

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Andrew Welch(West Hollywood Sm Devils’ Q jtcm and Quarterback)

Recently uticies generated in Bay Area gay media by spokespersons for the San Francisco Trojans p y men’s footbaD team have been misleading and in many instances false.

The misinformation began in connection with a September 23rd football game in Los Angeles. After

three successive lopsided victories over the West Hollywood Sun Devils, the S.F. Trojans nudged out a 14-12 win.In an attempt to explain the closeness fo„,bai| before. The reason for our im-

quarterback Andrew WHcb,

o f the game Trojan spokespersons created fictitious information. They claimed the referees were biased, that the Sun Devils had enlisted experienced football veterans and that San Fran­cisco had statistically dominated the game.

There have been four games between the two teams. Both games in Los Angeles were officiated by professional­ly paid refs from a straight flag football league. The September 23rd game in­cluded five refs (one woman) and cost the Sun Devils $250. The last game in San Francisco was officiated by a T ro ­jan player and the lover o f a Trojan player. There were no refs provided by San Francisco during the first meeting. A Trojan spokesman claimed there were 20 penalties against San Francisco and 7 against Los Angeles. A review o f the only existing videotape o f the game shows that L .A . was called for 7 infrac­tions and San Francisco 6. While ad­mittedly there were some unrecorded penalties, it should be noted that most o f the penalties against the Trojans were for personal fouls or unsportsmanlike conduct.

There were several new players on our team. Some who had never played

provement was because we all made a commitment to practice at least five times the two weeks preceding the game. One o f the biggest problems we faced was our players’ belief that the Trojans (who only lost a couple o f games in a tough S ^ Francisco straight league) were too good. Our team is much smaller and considerably less ex­perienced. However, a great com- raderie developed during our practices. We promoted sportspersonship and team work. Dumg the game we held the Trojans scoreless until the fourth quarter. Our offense drove to inside the five yard line several times only to be pushed back because o f penalties. Once San Francisco went ahead 14-6 late in the fourth quarter our team rallied and drove the length o f the field and scored with 2 seconds left. We missed the extra points but the several hundred people watching the game gave the team a well deserved standing ovation for their ef­fort. We believe that our team work and sportspersonship was really a victory for each individual player.

The existing video tape tends to refute the statistics manufactured by the Trojans. More importantly i t ’s clear from the final score that San Francisco

didn’t dominate the game.Finally, a San Francisco spokesman

recently told local gay media that we refused to play the Trojans because they hit us too hard, they were too mean to me (the Sun Devil quarterback) and because o f misleading articles in the Bay Area media. I suppose credit is due for getting at least one thing r i ght . . . the articles were misleading. Quite frankly we had a team poll and because o f the dishonesty by the Trojan leaders and the unsportspersonlike conduct by a few o f the San Francisco players (including several punches) we decided to pursue playing teams from San Diego, Seattle and New York.

I t ’s unfortunate a few people on the Trojan team lack integrity because most o f the players are really good people. In fact many o f our players have developed strong friendships with San Francisco players.

Gay athletics are important. We are diverse. Our society needs to see that gay people are great athletes. Because o f our oppression I think we also have a greater need for unity and sportsperson­ship.

The West Hollywood Sun Devils believe that sportspersonship, honesty and trying your hardest is our real god in athletic competition. I f we succeed at that we’ve already won. ◄

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TROJANS’ REBUHALby Jack McGowan

ernard Turner, coach of the San Francisco Trojans, the Bay Area flag foothaD team which aims to repre­sent San Frandsco in the Gay Games at Vancouver, took great exception to the substance of West HoOywood’s Andrew Welch’s comments appearing in today’s Sentinel’s sport pages.

Welch’s article had been submitted by the Sun Devils’ quarterback in response to reports in the Sentinel as to the reason his team cancelled the inter- Califomian series between the two gay football teams.

Bernard had quoted the Sun Devils’ reasons for cutting the competition as being p ^ y due to the fact that the T ro ­jans ‘h it too hard’ and ‘were too in­tense’ in their physical attacks on the West Hollywood quarterback.

Turner says that quarterback Welch’s comments in this issue are misleading and smack o f sour grapes. He maintains that reports o f San Fran­cisco’s unnecessary roughness are ridiculous.

The Trojan coach states that he and his players enjoy football because it is a rough and tumble sport that encourages body contact and hard-hitting.

“ We’re not angels, we’ re football players,” Turner exclaimed. “ So we hit hard,” he said. “ They did too, but we didn’t complain. Tha t’s the way foot­ball is supposed to be played,” he con­tinued.

As to refereeing, he said that the reason San Francisco did not provide professional officials during the most recent game in San Francisco had been fu lly explained to the West Hollywood team and there had not been any objec­tions by anyone.

Jeff Eaton, S.F. T ro ja n ad­ministrator, concurs with Turner as he

, t e d that three officials from a subur­ban non-gay league had been ananged.

However, on the morning o f the game two o f the three, who were brothers, had to back out because o f a death in the fam ily.

According to Jeff and Bernard the th ird man also decided to cancel out, leaving the two teams without any referees. Rather than not having any game at a ll the Trojans, with the fu ll agreement o f the Sun Devils, settled for two experienced players to officiate.

As to the West Hollywood players voting not to play San Francisco again, Bernard feels that it is a decision in­stigated by Welch and his lover, M ark Coleman fo r personal reasons.

To verily his opinion Turner referred this w riter to Jeff Greene, a West Hollywood player who has taken nine Sun Devil players, added a few more and fo rm ^ a new team, the Los Angeles Huskies.

Greene agrees much o f what Welch has said is Welch’s own opinion and Greene contends that there is little substance to it. He says i f there was ever a vote by the Sun Devils as to whether to play the Trojans again he was unaware o f it.

Greene pictures the series between the Trojans and the Sun Devils as featuring hard-hitting but clean action and is looking forward to future meetings.

In fact his new team, the Los Angeles Huskies, and the Turner’s Trojans have scheduled a game in the Bay Area for February 24, 1990. The exact site and playing time w ill be announced in the 5enr//ie/as soon as it is determined.

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