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GLC Voice headlines and brief history


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GLC Voice Newspaper headlines
(In chronological order.  Edited first July 2012, then Ap 2013 thru Issue 233. 126 pages so far Ap 28, 2013.)

ISSUE #1 (or Volume 1 #7) November, 1979

1979 March on Washington draws 175,000
Robin Tyler comes to Minneapolis to promote Gay Rights
Positively Gay changes name to GLC Voice
Sharon Payne letter
Pat Kaluza letter
Patrick Hero Schwartz letter
Neil Paulson letter
Photos of 1979 March on Washington
Police Federation charged with collusion
Gay 90’s sells for $1,000,000
David Houle trial
David Burke charges DFL cover-up
Gay Counselors form national group
Dignity Twin Cities celebrates 5th anniversary
Pope irks local gays
Immigration officials harass lesbians
Academic Union plans conference
Tyler, Trull and Homi: a cultural, liberating  menage a trois
Review of Ladies in Waiting
Gay/Lesbian Film Festival
Provincetown: notes on struggle
Review of Nighthawks
C.L. Williams II publishes poems

(Editor’s note:  Issues 2 through 109 headlines got stored on a different disk.  As of April 2-13, I am trying to find them again and hope to have the complete set of headlines in order soon.  Tim Campbell, Houston 713 739-7576.  timcampbellxyx@yahoo


Issue #110 February 4, 1985

Gay band struts with winter carnival
Rights Commission grants $18,000 to revoked sports
& health club member
Indecent exposure in bookstore
Services offer you a valentine
John Weiser letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Dan Severson letter
Brian Jones letter
Joe Williams letter
David Duke letter
Rick Osborne letter
Jerome C. Samuelson letter
Stan Berg letter
Review of Fury on Earth: a biography of
Wilhelm Reich
New York judge writes 18 pages defending equality
for gays
Brian Coyle letter
James M. Kennedy letter
Computer bulletin board expands capacity for calls

Briefs
Referendum lost in Houston
Protesters picket apartheid police
V.A. court hops on gay father
Manchester City council goes pro-gay
Argentina gets gay paper
Anti-body for HTLV-III virus found
Gay judge reappointed in NYC after being ousted by democrats
Woman wins tenure offer at Harvard
Four indicted for fraud via aids research
Black gays get $8,000 grants
Vancouver elections challenged
V A gays bill boarding
Republican gays coming into limelight
Houston voters reject gay rights
A.A.A. OKs gays in Wisconsin
Agnos reintroduces gay rights bill in California
National gay rights bill reintroduced in congress
AIDS can attack brain cells research says



Issue #111 February 17, 1985

CDC downplays drugs, hypes sex
Vice cops spilling blood over summons
CDC continued
Park board insults angry gays
CDC continued
Analyzed: AIDS and the right to die
Winans trial testing metal of `equality for gays’ concept as applied in New York courts
Poor math buffs can’t use words!!!
Bernie’s Beanery drops slogan
Boy Scout suing
Review of Let Me Die before I Wake
Unnerved by wolf-whistling kids in morocco
Police volunteers sought
Two gay activists join GRNL board
Review of Consenting Adult
Ford Campbell letter
Jean Louie DiBersi letter
Scott Ritchie letter
Robert Halfhill letter

Briefs
Megatone records keeps profits promised for aids
Pink lists in Hanover, Germany
Abortion clinic staff acquitted by Canadian jury
Gay postal workers in Canada save rights protection
Gay local signs its first contract
Reagan cutbacks to effect AIDS research
Insurance policy for AIDS
Philadelphia Catholics accuse gays of  “creating scandal”
Gay will ruled valid in Pennsylvania



Issue #112 March 18, 1985

Fraser curbs sex sleuths
Secret meeting, bloody victim push Fraser
Vic Basile letter
Howard K. Bell letter
Doug Mamer letter
Robert Byrd letter
Jeff Strand letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Disapproval its own reward!
Pleasure and danger getting rave reviews in gay press
MCGLR community meeting assesses role of organization
Blondes pushes perfection to a fault
Outreach team takes work to Fargo-Moorhead
Australians preparing for AIDS
Esquire 1984

Briefs
12% of gay men with AIDS in S.F. used I.V. drugs
District court rules CIA dismissal `improper’
California legislature offered two AIDS test’ bills
Study links oppression to promiscuity
W. Hollywood OK’s domestic partners
S.F. Council ‘frees’ adult bookstores, Feinstein promises veto
Sex spies nixed in S.F.
Hair dresser sues over “gay” label
Campbell “running” for restitution
Johnson suggests BCA investigate
European gays convene
Gov. of Washington expected to issue gay rights directive
Conference of gay and lesbian Jews announced
Check-ups for colon cancer advised
S.F. police review folding cases
Anarchists getting organized
GRAM meeting March 11
Congress assesses AIDS crisis


Issue # 113 March 18, 1985

Vice practices reviewed
Temporary restraining order sought to take heat off gays and off first amendment stores
Brian Coyle letter
Beryl A. Nord letter
Tim Campbell letter
Robert D’Avanzo letter
R.U. Farteen letter
Harvey Hertz letter
James E. Wilkinson letter
Review of The World Can Break Your Heart
GRNL plans reception for rights bill sponsors
GMHC says AIDS blood test dangerous
Various female utopias described, critiqued
Spouse-rape bill vetoed in S.D.
Charges dropped against 12 apartheid protesters in Boston
Conference here to spotlight coming out and families
The immaculate misconception
Strange Loyalties presents somber portraits
Credit where credit due

Briefs
Lesbian judge appointed in NYC
Military judge convicted of solicitation
Black gay `organizer’ convicted of grand larceny
Lesbian & gay activists arrested in anti-apartheid protests
Two Supreme Court justices ready to deal with gay rights
Atlanta cops close bathhouses
Congress arm criticizes administration’s response to AIDS
Gay conservatives’ group plans for future
High school cancels tolerance day
Gerry Studds heads coast guard subcommittee once again
Crack-downs on gays in Poland
HRCF officers urge boycott
Washington governor backs gay rights
Disneyland must pay $25,000
Gay cop cleared for kissing
NGTF and Lambda secure labeling assurances
Bill Olwell elected to HRCF board


Issue # 114 April 1, 1985

Near mutiny shakes up chorus
Academy awards drip of politics
Minnesota AIDS project statement on the
HTLV-III/LAV antibody test
Opaque ordinance decision appealed
NGTF creates two new posts 
Federal victim policy statement includes gays
Deliver us from dildoes
Robert Halfhill letter
Jim Millard
Indianapolis to host national meeting of bathhouses
Review of The World Can Break Your Heart
The spiritual commitment of a chorus is the seed of its musical excellence

Briefs
Vancouver AIDS study ranks risk of sex acts
Chicago N O W president joins Senator Paul
Simon’s staff
Boston gets rights commission
Matlovich initiates right wing campaign
Supreme Court strikes down Oklahoma anti-gay law
S.F. cop convicted of assaulting gays
Miami treating gay bookstore like porn store
Lesbians convicted of shooting two men on double date


Issue # 115 April 15, 1985

Ned Rorem and Gay Men’s Chorus April 28 at Ordway
Brian Lee Blackard letter
John Tidemann letter
Clark Bufkin letter
Jerry Lawrence letter
Times of Harvey Milk, academy award winner at Uptown Cinema April 17-20
Trial of Foster Winans concludes
NYC gay center refuses meeting space to NAMBLA
Book review: Patriarchal precedents
Ned Rorem 61, composer, still sees self as queer
S & M murder stuns New York gay community
King David dull story

Briefs
Gay newspapers can’t be sold in South Africa
Granma criticizes Cuban film
Rabbi `bans’ Jews from voting for Cuomo
Men arrested, beaten by Chicago vice also fired
Australia using hot posters to combat AIDS
Governor of New Mexico signs executive order for gays
Singing nun and roommate dead in double suicide
Koch increases AIDS services in NYC
U.S. conference of mayors gives $19,000 to MN AIDS project
Crew refuses to tape men with AIDS
War on AIDS at height in S.F.


Issue # 116 May 6, 1985

National Vigil against AIDS scheduled for May 27
National lobby director whistle stops in St. Paul
Berean league forum attracts 100, takes no decisive action
Allan Spear needs to give a little
Mary Emma Hixson letter
Tim Campbell letter
Review of A Hot-Eyed Moderate
Word `lesbian’ not found in new press
Pride Committee moves ‘85 block party, parade finale

Briefs
Lesbians out in high school causing furor
S.F. Archdiocese pays $2,250 damages to chorus
Uniform law unconstitutional
1985 S.F. gay pride budget tops $200,000
Export beer ‘snicker at gays’ ad canned
D.C. school board opposes National Assn. stand on gay teachers
Small Florida town hit with AIDS, mosquitoes, squalor suspected
Morality politicos opposing Cranston
Richmond study shows gays alienated from law; 30% report assault
Fifth Avenue to get lavender stripe for gay pride
UC-SF honors Bobbi Campbell
How to free lance for the gay press
Lesbians invisible in Toronto IWD march
Ritual Homosexuality documented among New Guinea Natives
Rorem, Krim, Apuzzo honored


Issue #117 May 20, 1985

Fraser refuses to debate Campbell
Women cautioned about incidents near 34th & Bryant-Dupont
Local courts hand down two friendly decisions and one unfriendly decision
Report and comment on recent `public sex’ decisions
Jack Baker Esq. letter
Sharon Stone letter
Robert Halfhill letter
A real hope?  FDA approves limited use
AIDS project on the move
DFL endorses Fraser, elects Cole to chair meetings
Remembering our past may preserve our future
Anti-Nuclear lust
New immune system test inexpensive, private

Briefs
Forum to publish Lesbian Nuns, furor arises
Lesbian sues FBI
New Mexico governor signs executive order
Suramin helps African AIDS
Democrats on Wisconsin Committee nix funds 13-1
Anita Bryant fired again
Kissing called risky at Atlanta conference on AIDS
No gay rights bill for California this session
NJ AIDS coordinator dies
Controversy results in removal of children from gay foster home
Appellate court upholds NYC executive order
Big siblings OK in CA
Texas tech group recognized
Moms and teens sue police


Issue # 118 June 3, 1985

AIDS candlelight memorial starts new tradition
Publishers of porn for lesbians show wares at A Brother’s touch
Barbara Kirsch letter
Tim Campbell letter
Tim Campbell letter
M.F.K. letter
Three plays of liberation at Wingspan
Review of No Magic Bullet
AIDS carriers & Quarantine discussed
AIDS test asked for organ donors
Hetero cops not prosecuting for sex in parking lot
A guide to safer sex
30 percent D.C. gays exposed to HTLV-III virus
A whiskey chat with Jim Holmes
VD clinic hours expanded at 315 club
$2,000 to plug in a microphone
Boston rules sure to exclude gay foster parents
Memorial Day is dead!  Long live “memorial day”!

Briefs
Arrests made in murder of NYC model
Matlovich withdraws sex-ban initiative in District of Columbia
T.V. program about lesbian nuns cancelled
Federal employees in DC and Baltimore organizing
Age of consent lowering in Luxembourg
Quote of the week
New Zealand gay rights law passes first hearing
S.F. gay A.A. center loses city funding, closes doors
Democrats axe caucuses
California AAA gives gay couples a break
Don’t look now, Endean’s back!



Issue # 119 June 17, 1985 Pride issue
All  my copies have disappeared.  Check with Mpls Public Library, MN Historical Society or Library of Congress.  Tim Campbell)

Issue # 120 July 1, 1985

Debate assumes no AIDS vaccine
Let’s respond to AIDS with organizing, caution
   not with hysteria in sex, and unity not division regarding the HTLV-III tests
Addict suffers from Freudian slips – by Linda Gries
Gay pride says “we” not “me”
Charles Williams letter
Floyd Conaway letter
Debate centers on correct response to AIDS
Jerry Lawrence dies of coronary

Briefs
IRUWA/National coalition of black gays launches membership drive ‘85
Gay rights contributors 93% male
Hollywood seeking HTLV-III negative blood test before hiring
Gay high school draws “Christian” protest
Brief filed for bereaved Jim Crabtree
Paris gays plagued by arrests
Sailor with AIDS denied benefits
Raytheon sued over AIDS discrimination
Gay judge draws standing ovation in NYC
Gay bank in loan trouble
Australia respects bath closures
Wisconsin allocates $200,000 to AIDS info
Castro area hospital rejects gay employment clause
AIDS money back for Chicago
U Chicago states it won’t discriminate
Jury clears bookstore lawyer



Issue # 121 July 15, 1985

Milwaukee wins July softball tournament
Knutson murder denied release
Treadway and Antongiovanni address Minneapolis Rights Commission
Gay pride parades attract large crowds this year
The next time you get fucked by a man to die for, be sure you mean it! Guest editorial by Brian Jones
John Weiser letter
Frank S. Rhame letter
Donald M. Fraser letter
Erudition and raunch on TV Fridays at 7:00 and 8:00 p.m.
New work on AIDS and psychiatry
Review of The Swashbuckler
Review of Misfortune’s Friend 
New rules for rights complaints
“Theme of Liberation” a resounding success
Bishops test United Methodist ban of gay ministers
Traetow dead one year now

Briefs
San Francisco man bites cop, HTLV-III test sought in court
Hollywood backs off HTLV-III testing
Lesbians arrested at birthday party
Church charged with sex slavery
California governor nixes AIDS money
Castro area plans heroes welcome for TWA hostages
Navratilova comes out
Advocate publisher David Goodstein dies at 53
Gays attacked laying death camp wreath in France
Boston gay bars resisting Coors
Chicago Unitarians “call” gay pastor



Issue # 122 August 5, 1985

Gay activist running symbolically for mayor
HTLV-III test available at Red Door and St. Paul
Public Health Department
Minneapolis does not need decoy cops!
AIDS project statement on HTLV-III test
Locals find situation in Nicaragua improved under
Sandinistas
Robert Halfhill letter
Ken Nicolai letter
Anonymous letter
MN AIDS Project letter
Brian J. Coyle letter
Clifford M. Greene letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Gay defendants guilty in Wall Street Journal ‘insider trading’ case
Paul Castro dies of AIDS
Lambda director Tim Sweeney visits here
Captain Condom, and the Minnesota AIDS Project urging safe sex
Urban Guerrillas sue Highland Park
Hyperlexic tells all
Mad Max lacks violence
Take back the night, ye fairies!
Crime victim help here now

Briefs
Pacifica hotel now billed as “world’s largest gay resort”
AIDS research referendum sought in San Francisco
AIDS hits Southeast Asia
Ex-cop found guilty of extorting gay bars near Philadelphia
Lesbian group disrupts women’s conference
U.S. gay groups participate poorly in international conference
Pedophile town in Philippines headed for change
Chicago raises $4,000 for AIDS
Rectal Gonorrhea down 85% in San Francisco
Wisconsin’s 47 AIDS cases summarized
Pentagon stalls HTLV list collection
Reagan administration doubles request for AIDS money
San Juan murders over 100


Issue # 123 August 19, 1985

HTLV-III tests suggest low exposure in Twin Cities
Minnesota gay men exposed to HTLV-III at rate of only five to ten percent
Everett W. Jose letter
Eric Shambach letter
Robert D’Avanzo letter
Jean Nickolas Tretter letter
Review of Beyond Power
Gay defendants get jail and fines in Wall Street Journal case
New work discusses ‘disorderly conduct’ among women
NGRA settles employment case
LeSeur cop fired for sex at municipal pool and airport… gun threats ignored
BWMT convention sparkles; leaders plan for growth and militancy
Death Valley Rose walking 130 miles across desert for AIDS project
Bookstore law suit certified as ‘class action’ by Judge Porter
Jim Heiss, 35, dies of AIDS
Tony Gerken dies at 23

Briefs
State Farm California extends benefits to gay couples
Priests’ group endorses gay rights
INS may deny American citizenship to gay Cubans
New York House passes partial gay rights bill
Beauticians awarded $100,000 in Florida
Provincetown: arrests at beaches are felonies
Milan gets gay councilmember
Gay lawyer seeks Tip O’Neil’s seat in Congress
Helms talking porn again
San Franciscan awarded $125,000 after police brutality
Fire Island Benefit raises $200,000 for AIDS
Film on AIDS patient funded at Stanford
LA Council passes AIDS ordinance
Abbott developing new HTLV-III test
NYC plan for AIDS patients stirs trouble
Self-selected tests show 33% positive in San Francisco
13 year old Indiana boy with Aids barred from school
CDC expands AIDS definition
AIDS virus found in tears, precautions suggested
AIDS riddle partially solved
80% gay San Franciscans using safe sex
Aspirin may help prevent AIDS


Issue # 124 September 3, 1985

Vote September 17: Minneapolis primaries
FBI probing police beating of 71 year old Hmong man
City Council primaries pit hope against homophobes
Gays roust cops 11 to 9 at Parade Stadium
Rob Saken letter
Patrick J. McNally letter
Nels Sandberg letter
Bob Radzak captures “Mr. Saloon” title for 1985
Review of Kiss of The Spider Woman
Bathhouse association launches national `safe sex’ campaign
Village People pack ‘em in for shows at Gay 90’s Annex
Fraser and Bouza loose appeal on bookstore suit
Mugging at East River Flats
Audition notice: Men’s Chorus
Review of Sexism and God-Talk
Plans for Gay Games II
In defense of imperfect love
Target City, in debt on Gay Pride Festival, talks of discontinuing
J. Gordon dies with AIDS
“Feminists” give conflicting testimony at Chicago hearing

Briefs
Aids in the news elsewhere
L.A. raising $1.6 million for AIDS
Massachusetts allots $1.8 million for AIDS
Man who exposed Megatone fraud dies of AIDS
Alameda County funds $15,000 billboard campaign for safe sex
San Francisco sees numerous AIDS related suicides
New AIDS tested at Praxis
Joan Rivers’ comments heighten controversy over AIDS and kissing
California legislative committee passes bill to restore vetoed AIDS money
Military blood donors to be tested and identified when HTLV-III positive
L.A. Pride events net big profits San Francisco breaks even
Lesbian passes mayor’s seat to gay man in West Hollywood
Brian Jones resigns as news editor of Bay Area Reporter
Coors dropping suit against boycott organizers
“Death Valley Rose” completes walk successfully
Federal jury awards female couple $3,000
Indianapolis anti-porn ordinance ruled  “over-broad”
Attack victim sues San Francisco
France passes gay rights bill


Issue # 125 September 16, 1985

Mayoral candidate pushes city to do more to prevent spread of AIDS in Minneapolis
Fraser skips GRAM program
The new plague, in perspective
A new panel to hear complaints on police
Loring realtor donates space for community meetings
Gay Men’s Politics letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Anonymous (Skid Row) letter
Courtney B. Spitz letter
Emma Hixson letter
Anonymous Family Member letter
Bob Heinz letter

New York Native assails CDC misconceptions regarding AIDS
GLC Voice to open office on LaSalle Ave
Minneapolis team places third in Gay World Series in Milwaukee
Review of Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans & Perverts
Dignity Convention in New York City attracts over 800 gay Catholics
Respect for the sovereignty of others: an issue both gay and international

Briefs
Italian residents want mayor to ban gays
Anti-porn referendum coming in Cambridge, Illinois
Cincinnati cop seizes “Madonna issue” of Penthouse
New Jersey Commissioner allows girl to sign up for high school football
New York charges five hospitals with mistreatment of PWAs
5th Circuit upholds Texas sodomy law
Chicago man admits killing transvestite who fooled him
Oklahoma anti-gay bills signed by Governor
Cop able to refuse polygraph about gayness
Film/video shoot studio opens in Whittier
P.W.A. sponsored in L.A. “Superman” competition
New York issues memo on AIDS to state’s hospitals
Philadelphia waiters organize AIDS benefit
Detroit TV station bans man with AIDS
Insurance companies talk of screening with HTLV-III tests before insuring
Mouth fungus possibly sign of AIDS
HTLV-III may only infect the immune weak
Death Valley Rose raises $10,000 for AIDS


Issue # 126 October 7, 1985

AIDS experts convene in Minneapolis
Politicians cut $100,000 asked for the Minnesota AIDS Project
Analysis of primary votes charts gay clout
Gay PAC contributes to 23 politicians in NYC
Condoms: 99.5% safe?  0.5% unsafe???
Studies at Jewish Center for Immunology link ``poppers’’ and risk of catching AIDS
Kick-Off Brunch attracts fifty to Gay 90’s to plan for AIDS benefit
315 Club starts monthly open houses
Latimer names gay liaison
War, porn and AIDS!
AFL-CIO nixes resolutions on gay issues
Rick Bowler dies at 35 of leukemia
Curran to address Parents of Gays
Gender identify conferences here
Anonymous letter
Dennis Kearney letter
Bette letter
A Reader letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Karen Edwards letter

Briefs
Colorado registering HTLV-III positives
Over 2,000 Gays and Lesbians celebrate AA’s 50th birthday
Resistance deters rape, study shows
Seattle politician campaigns for quarantine
Reorganized Saints ordaining women
GayLife Chicago staff splits up
Prisoners demonstrate for health care for PWA in Brussels
Travel your way to sucess
Washington doctor challenges CDC risk figures for drug users
Elysian Field reissuing Boys for Sale
NAMBLA Conference Nov. 8-10 in NYC
Impersonators raise $1,400 for Jerry’s Kids



Issue # 127 October 21, 1985

Dan White decision appealed to Guthrie audiences
Over 200 attend first Midwest Regional Men’s Conference October 11-13
Minnesota AIDS Project gets lost dollars then more dollars from State and County
Safe sex is not natural… but necessary!
Smoking Mad” about freedom of thought
HRCF raises $130,000 at Jerry Herman Salute in Washington, D.C.
Rev. A.J.R. Brossard letter
Ira Glasser letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Little Gay Cafe gets big and beefy new menu
Tim Sweeney resigns from Lambda
NAMBLA Conference November 8-10 NYC
NGRA launches AIDS Civil Rights Project
Conference for senior workers November 1
Gay Pride Coordinators convene in Florida
First entries received for Gay Games II
Quarterly seeks articles, pays
Gay Community Services locks the doors
A Jewish congregation confronts AIDS

Briefs
High ranking German “out”
Israeli scientist claims `treatment’ for AIDS
Big Apple plans to out-benefit San Francisco for AIDS
Seattle bars, baths meet to work against AIDS
Nevada sodomy law attacked
Houston police trail sexually active person with AIDS
House authorizes Surgeon General to close bathhouses
AIDS cases in San Francisco plateauing for the moment
New Jersey politico seeks HTLV-III tests for wedding license applicants
CDC gives large AIDS grants to Denver, Dallas, Seattle, NYC

Issue # 128 November 4, 1985

Dan White commits suicide
French doctors improve T-cell count with Cyclosporine
San Francisco dermatologist claims improvement in T-cell count with DNCB treatment
A pimp by any other name…
Morality, AIDS and the Bathhouses
ARC patient urges safe sex
Tim Campbell letter
Olaf Odegaard letter
Joan Gallik letter
Caitlin C. Ryan letter
Bill Walker letter
Review of The Evergreen Chronicles
Clark appointed to Democrat position
Review of The Male Couple
Gay and Straight couples equal
Insurance company announces blood tests for AIDS in 5 states
Liz Taylor canonized for “fag hag” roles
Mississippi cops arrest impersonators during benefit
GEMA raises $1,343 for AIDS
Nikki Craft in Des Moines
AIDS panic in schools near Washington D.C.

Briefs
“Straight Slate” campaign in Houston
NYC judge calls for quarantine
Wisconsin insurance companies pushing for HTLV results
NYC hospital gets $150,000 for experimental drugs clinic
Report identifies shortfalls in NYC for AIDS patients
Referendum at Georgetown U on funding gay group
India training transvestites
Houston mayor the gay choice
New Jersey bookstore closed
New hepatitis vaccine may be better
Bostonians attack governor at AIDS benefit



Issue # 129 November 18, 1985

National document credits gays, hairdressers, restaurant workers
Health and Human Services AIDS guidelines
Commentary: Risk definitions need one meaning for all ``high risk’’ groups
Getting tougher about AIDS
William J. Davis letter
Eric L. Shambach letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Follow up study on hepatitis
Duluth gays united in Lutheran ceremony
Man sues Rock Hudson estate for $10 million
National funeral directors adapt new policies
Review of An Early Frost
AIDS claims Howard Backer
Simon selected as New York director
AIDS issue producing new wave of gay activism in Twin Cities

Briefs
Senate approves $221 M for AIDS
French experimental AIDS treatment continues despite death
Benefits awarded to gay man caring for dying lover
Pennsylvania legislature considers AIDS transmission penalties
Panel espouses genetic cause of gayness
New York authorizes closing of bathhouses, bookstores, bars
San Antonio penalizes people with AIDS
Judge rules parade may bar gays
Canada seizes gay books
Sociologists to study leading bigot
Tennessee police charge 19 year old girl with rape


Issue # 130

Gay festivities planned for holidays
Rights Commission pondering AIDS crisis
Review of Torchlight to Valhalia
Review of Desert of the Heart
Review of Spring Forward, Fall Back
MCLU challenges Minnesota sodomy law
Sex and science
Who decides what’s good for us?
Roger Jacobey dies of AIDS
Mark Yarbrough dies at 27
Review of The Destroying Angel
Defense contractor sued over AIDS discrimination
Rights Commission
Skin flick producer releases “safe sex” video
Coors Boycott holding strong in Twin Cities
The New York Mineshaft remembered
I feel ergo I am!  (review?)
Reed caresses audience sensibilities
Former lesbian mayor indicted
Survey shows sex practices changing

Briefs
San Francisco targets baths again
New York City closes Mine Shaft
AIDS in Soviet Union
Joy of Gay Sex banned in Canada
Fabian Bridges dies in Houston
New cabaret on East Hennepin
FBI kept file on Rock Hudson
CIPHR to address gay insurance needs
Transfusions help AIDS patients
AFL-CIO adopts AIDS resolution
“AIDS policy and Law” newsletter launched
Bigots in U.S. and New Zealand cooperating



Issue # 131  December ?, 1985

Gay jewelers strike out on own…
Details announced for Super Sunday AIDS Fundraiser
European statistics rank IV drug use, gay sex equally in AIDS transmission
Brian J. Coyle letter
David Lindahl letter
Scott M. Engstrom letter
Ted Hubbard letter
Nikki Craft letter
Review of God’s Country
Atheists counter Biblicists
Games II contest
Lesbian and gay officials release press statement
Review of White Nights
Partial funds available for cable T.V. productions
Review of Fantasize

Briefs
N.J. bill requires registration of bookstore patrons
New York moves against hotels
NYC gays protest city council hearings
Denver company offers “AIDS free” card
Parents fail to overturn gay son’s will
Houston gay teacher loses job because of picture
Dallas gay activist ousted from city commission
AMA debates marriage licenses and AIDS discrimination
Gay and lesbian voting patterns will be studied
Bishops’ committee favors shared communion cup



Issue # 132 January 6, 1986

Investigations probe fates of three men; two now dead
(Chenoweth, Dratz shootings story?)
Celebrity bartenders lined up for January 12 fundraiser
British expert links AIDS and germ warfare
Let us protect ourselves! The battle for safe sex in the baths
Gay Men’s Health Crisis Inc letter
David Irwin letter
Joan letter
Bill Glover letter
Ricky Bohannon letter
Larry Larson letter
Walt Apple letter
Local transsexuals on Channel 5 interview
Tom Stoddard heads Lambda office
NGTF Fund for Human Dignity seeks executive director
Memorial for Bob Anderson January 13
Review of Jealousy
AIDS benefit prayer service attracts broad interfaith support
Parents of gays founder dies
AIDS in the workplace teleconference Mar. 26
Quatrefoil Library has a home
California study shows condoms halt virus
Review of The Color Purple

Briefs
Indiana considers closing all gay businesses
Judge rules against overturning Nevada sodomy law
S.F. adopts bill to protect people with AIDS
Wisconsin law protects HTLV-III positives
L.A. bans high risk sex
Accuracy of HTLV-III tests challenged again
CDC releases guidelines for dentists
AIDS patient charged with murder for spitting
Lesbians part of AIDS insemination study
Lesbian sues Central Intelligence Agency
Denver segregates gay prisoners
Condoms show to block AIDS virus in tests conducted at University of California
Yellow Pages runs Wisconsin gay ads
Gays allowed in Michigan Phone book
Pennsylvania OKs insurance company’s query
Detroit newspaper OK’s classified ads for gays
Internships available at HRCF
Conference planned for Midwest Jews



Issue # 133 January 20, 1986

Young gays give $25,000 to fight AIDS
Christopher Isherwood dies at 81
Conference explores AIDS and ethics
Update on Thompson-Kowalski case
Cruising continues in gay bars despite string of murders
Jury rules “first degree murder”
Gary M. Rankila letter
Walt Apple letter
Isherwood dies
New work includes essays analyzing Freud
Forum on contact tracing for AIDS scheduled for January 29
U of M Hospitals seek status for experimental drug use with AIDS patients
Sea gull hotel in Miami makes pitch for the gay crowd
Saliva risk low researchers say
Gallup Poll says AIDS has hurt gay image

Briefs
Florida gay man wins AIDS discrimination suit
New York closes St. Mark’s Baths
New York makes sex ban final
Boston rejects quarantine plan
States urged to keep records on HTLV-III positives, partners
Police in Kansas and Rhode Island taking no chances with AIDS
Survey shows poor health service for lesbians
Gay veterans soliciting on 250 bases
S.F. parade committee may drop “lesbian” from title
Human Rights physicians develop working definition for “ARC”
Insurers predict huge AIDS claims in two years
Polish communists OK gay organization
Texas rules on AIDS quarantine
Canada rules sex toys illegal
Jon Hassel at WAC Jan. 23
I.N.S. OKs gay Cuban
Task force to study gay and lesbian teenage suicide
Blind Playboy readers sue for Braille edition
Britain loses case against “homosexual spy ring”
S.D. jury awards damages to women


 Issue # 134 February 3, 1986

Wave of murders may total nine. 
State moving toward AIDS contact tracing
Morris L. Floyd letter
Randi M. letter
Review of Sheer Madness
The Seven Deadly Sins go gay
Bottle babies: problems facing the children of alcoholics
Mariposa Foundation pushing new lubricant with spermicide in conjunction with condoms
Memorial service for Richard Torrance February 8 at Metropolitan Community Church
Cross dressers on T.C. Live
MCGLR/PAC reorganizes, sets strategy for coming year
Wisconsin TV director Tom Frey dies of AIDS
Thousands cross border for banned anti-AIDS drugs

Briefs
S.F. “fag bashers” convicted of murder
New York gay man seeks spousal rights
Military AIDS test lists made public
Moral Majority becomes Liberty Foundation
Washington Governor issues order protecting gays
Dutch accept gay diplomats’ spouses
Chicago union contract protects gays
Texas backs down on AIDS quarantine
Moscow has one gay bar
China testing tourists for AIDS
S.F. calls for ban on poppers use



Issue # 135 February 17, 1986

“No proposals from AIDS Project” says state official now pushing contact tracing
CDC and Seattle release names of AIDS patients
Hanan J. Rosenstein M.D., John K. Weiser, M.D., Rob Saken, M.D. – letter
Brian J. Coyle letter
Rick Osborne letter
Minnesota Alliance against Aids letter
Donald M. Baumgartner letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Let’s spend $585,000 on risk reduction ads this year, then cooperate with contact tracing later
Give feminism a break, D’Souza
Gay bar owner running for office in Chicago
Hennepin County adopts positive AIDS policies
Mayors’ conference deals with several aspects of AIDS
Anonymous letter
Phil Wallace letter
Oral sex probably safe, Canadian studies say
The AIDS virus: Equine similarities?
Coors beer banned in Boston as anti-gay
Panic in the west, or what’s behind the sensation over AIDS
How to make AIDS a top priority
Red Door Clinic expands hours for all tests
GayLife Chicago stops publishing

Briefs
Four Michigan gay men are murder victims
Philadelphia gay bookstore faces British court battle
Missouri drops AIDS test for hair dressers
Choral directors change gay exclusion policy
Real estate agents consider AIDS disclosure policy
Scientists discover molecules that bind AIDS virus
Alaska court upholds firing
British elect first lesbian mayor
White House policy calls for firing gays on staff
Virginia may reverse ban on gays in bars
NGRA files brief in U.S. Supreme Court sodomy case



Issue # 136 March 3, 1986

Bill Runyon’s day for AIDS awareness
Frank Rhame (U of M Hospitals) letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Contact tracing almost law
Presentation before the State Task Force on AIDS
Richard Grass’ body identified
History of NAMBLA recounted in new publication
New AIDS experiments at University
Review of Ran
Thompson/Kowalski case to Supreme Court?
AIDS Clinic established in St. Paul
Anonymous tests at Room 111 in St. Paul
Suspect sought in gay murders in six states
Review of Welcome Home Bobby
Minnesota AIDS Project position paper on contact tracing
Personal experience with contact tracing

Briefs
Pioneer gay activist takes on Georgetown University
Alaska court upholds custody rights of lesbian
Government seeks screening of immigrants for AIDS
Florida surgeon did not transmit AIDS virus to patients
NGRA challenges insurance discrimination
Reagan seeks $50 M AIDS funding cut
“Gay panic” defense helps Virginia killer
New York City bans gay books
Maine jury refuses to indict gay defendant
Homosexuals Anonymous promotes “ungay” program


Issue # 137 March 17, 1986

Elected gays converge on hill to lobby
Bill Runyon dies following tribute; service Tuesday
State AIDS Task Force waxes assertive with Health Department
David Thorstad letter
Eleanor Wright letter
Mark Kasel letter
Robert Halfhill letter
John Seman letter
Brian J. Coyle letter
Betty O’Brien letter
Review of Buddies
HTLV test may be OK’d as screen
Statement of lesbian and gay elected officials
Review of The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980
Telephone sex: crude and lewd, but safe!
Steven Luke dies March 8

Briefs
California ad campaign fights AIDS ignorance
Philadelphia school district launches AIDS education campaign
Denver drops “impersonator” charge against gay
Washington gay rights measures attacked by bigots
Chicago court orders blood test for gay father
CDC’s Dowdle to direct federal AIDS program
CDC censors AIDS education programs
Lesbian wins 10 year battle with U.S. Army
NSA agrees to reinstate Two employees
Gay man brings AIDS suit against Blue Cross
Record producer pleads guilty to AIDS funds embezzlement


Issue # 138 April 7, 1986

Nun asked to resign
AFRAIDS explodes in Minneapolis area
National conference opposes mass HTLV-III testing
$10,000 ad campaign for April (below) harmful not helpful
MURDER: is what one AIDS patient calls it
Michael E. Moen M.P.H. letter
Marilyn Lantry letter
Eric L. Shambach letter
Timothy L. Piepkorn letter
Jack Holman letter
Stoney Bowden, Leo Treadway letter
A Seventh Ward Closet Queen letter
Two new groups form around AIDS issues
Oberholtzer Foundation slide show April 10
Review of The Handmaid’s Tale 
April 6 Star-Tribune editorial rebutted
Review of Trouble in Paradise
MAAA position on WCCO affair
MAP position on WCCO affair
Campbell’s position on WCCO affair
Review of Our Three Selves

Briefs
N.Y. City Council passes gay rights measure
New regulations harass Florida gay bars
Houston gays receive bogus warnings
Lesbian politician convicted of charges
L.A. health law forces bathhouse to close
British launch safe-sex campaign
Landlord backs down in attempt to evict gay actor
Lesbian bounced by military for saying the word
Detroit gay-bashers get off easy
Justice Dept. drops anti-gay policy
National insurance commission includes gays


Issue # 139 April 21, 1986

Infected pork may cause AIDS
William F. Buckley’s editorial calling for “tattoos for AIDS”
Jean Jilson letter
Stoney Bowden letter
Richard Johnson letter
Tim Campbell letter
Allan H. Spear letter
Tim Campbell letter
Living and Loving Conference offers a time of exploration and mutual affirmation
Chained AIDS vigil keepers approach sixth month
Wis. Assembly defeats attempt to weaken gay protections
East Coast West Coast Man offers reasonable, relaxed shopping
Review of My Two Loves
Statement of National Health Conference opposing mass testing for HTLV-III antibodies
MN Physicians for Human Rights opposes mandatory testing
Affirmation message to United Methodists on AIDS situation
Y’all Come Back Saloon approaches one decade of continuous service to community
Morris Floyd becomes spokesperson for United Methodist group
Pride Institute holds open house
4,000 mile Cycle for Life journey starts May 26
Review of Women & Analysis

Briefs
Flint loses, bigots win in Illinois
U.S. Supreme Court hears Georgia sodomy case
Lesbian barred from re-entering Army
Canada comes out against anti-gay bias
Gay computer programmers sue Defense Department
Army unit investigated for homosexuality
Colorado House passes AIDS quarantine bill
Kinsey Report will be updated
Progress towards AIDS vaccine



Issue # 140 May 5, 1985

Bad statistics spoil AIDS plans
C. Hansen letter
Anonymous letter
Anonymous letter
Stoney Bowden letter
One man’s walk through the National Lesbian/Gay Health Conference
Review of Xposed
Minnesota needs massive ad campaign to slow down AIDS
Morris Floyd seconds ad campaign idea
Genetically altered Swine Flu vaccine on market despite AIDS connection
Review of The (M)other Tongue: Essays on Feminist Psychoanalytic Interpretation
Bookstore plans help for British counterpart
Gays brief Surgeon General for AIDS report
Tim Campbell letter
Eric L. Engstrom letter
Jim St. George letter
Anti-gay violence and harassment widespread in 1985
U.S. germ-warfare experiments summarized
Plymouth House started with gift from the Atons

Briefs
California stops calling AIDS a job-related illness
Police in Washington, D.C. suburb arrest gay male escort
Gays cause trouble for Jerry Falwell
NYC Council committee weakens gay rights bill
U.S. may bar entry to people with AIDS
Insurance company withdraws discriminatory guidelines
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Kowalski case
Denmark study pegs higher AIDS rate for HTLV-III positives
French gay author Jean Genet dies April 15


Issue # 141 May 19, 1986

Why can’t Sharon come home?  By Julie Miller
Contact tracing arrives
Frank S. Rhame M.D. letter
Memorial Day Vigils planned around world May 26
Brian Coyle letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Kelly Mattison letter
Anonymous letter
Miller's beer sponsoring volley ball tournament
Let's hear it for doomsday!!!
Raider of the vinyl closet, come out!!!
Review of Two Handfuls
Review of A Room with a View
Early games show well matched teams in Goodtime League

Briefs
Reagan answers questions about "them"
Gay monarch will be commemorated
Gay sailor sentenced to hard labor
Lesbian regains teaching post
AIDS discrimination suit filed against insurance co.
Idaho House passes anti-gay bill
Resistant gonorrhea strain found
Genetically altered vaccine for swine wins U.S. approval
Survey on AIDS in the workplace
HHS agrees to investigate AIDS complaints



Issue # 142 June 2, 1986

Cloud 9 Americans Capture Milwaukee Classic
Cup/Minneapolis teams take 3 of top 5 spots
Happy Independence Day!  You're quarantined!
Why can't Sharon come home? Part II
Prejudice, not democracy, deals in `dangerous persons'
Pigs in Bell Glade test positive for antibodies to HTLV-III
A Catholic Priest letter
Sam S. Sivanich letter
Rick Osborne letter
Nicholas E. Bader letter
Kevin Asp letter
John White M.D. letter
Alliance against AIDS plans to protest June 10
Candles encompass Loring Park Lake for vigil
James Gaard dies
Softball League to host Gay Pride Block Party
Insurers cannot deny coverage
Review of Inevitable Love
Review of Hidden Pleasures
Minnesota AIDS project activities reported
Government strategies wasteful and needlessly oppressive
If pornography is lies about women, then are lies about women pornography?

Briefs
NGLTF board consolidates organization in Washington
Fargo mayor declares Gay-Lesbian Week
AIDS survival study seeks participants
Georgia bans gay bathhouses
Insurance company demands blood test for gay man
Lambda asks Missouri Supreme Court to overturn “sexual misconduct” law
Task force calls for expanded federal AIDS effort
Preemptory exclusion of blacks barred by Supreme Court
Protesters change “secret deal” made with Ribavirin manufacturer
Colorado Quarantine Bill passes Senate


Issue # 143 June 16, 1986

Protest zaps MN Health Department
A new deal or no deal
An interview with Arthur Bressan, faggot, film maker and towering artist
Review of Parting Glances
Rick Osborne, Tim Piepkorn, Gary Rankila letter
Tim Campbell letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Tim Campbell letter
Walt Apple letter
Softball progresses as usual
New study from San Francisco gives yellow-green light to oral sex
Responding to AIDS: Christian repentance needed
MN Physicians oppose contact tracing emphasis
Brian Coyle letter
Brian Coyle letter
Hewetson and Irwin speak at American Atheists
Gay Games II features "Procession of the Arts"
Y.E.S. starts council for gays and lesbians
American Foundation for AIDS research awards
$1.1 million in first group of grants

Briefs
Indiana bookstore files suit against AIDS ordinance
Priest forced to bless corpse of Italian gay man
Elizabeth Taylor seeks AIDS funding from Senate
250,000 AIDS cases predicted by 1991
Police order removal of gay videos from Maryland store
Colorado quarantine bill dies for want of a compromise
At alternate sites nationwide, 17 percent test positive
30 to 60 years for pedophile clown in Michigan
Change in N.Y. gay rights law vetoed
Campbell withdraws from senate race; seeks house seat



Issue # 144 July 7, 1986
Supreme Court divides over sodomy laws
AIDS: Mother Nature's final solution?
Brian Coyle letter
Walt Apple letter
Mark Swaney letter
Gay pride is like the Christmas spirit
Plaintiff winning in suit against Falwell
Folks urged to phone the White House throughout July
DFL Convention passes pro gay and lesbian planks
Morris Floyd letter
Paul Lohmann letter
D.J.M. letter
Two saliva studies reassuring
Homophobia plagues fathers
Gays and lesbians look at religion
Billy Bono, musician dies of AIDS
Billy Bono letter
Meese Commission: porn catalogue a best seller

Briefs
State bill dies after introduction of anti-gay amendments
Housing authority of Philadelphia revises clause to protect gays
Judge throws out order to test blood
Falwell toll-free line back
East German gay conference
I.G.L.T.F. recommends nondisclosure for PWAs
Dallas bar requires dresses for women
Sailor refuses to take antibody test
Florida bailiff refuses to fingerprint PWA who gets two years quarantine



Issue # 145 July 21, 1986

Concerts reviewed by three different viewers
Meese Commission legislating morality not non-violence
Ann Bancroft appearance causes controversy
In New York Times article, Harvard health school dean urges advertising campaigns to stop AIDS spread
Walt Apple letter
Tim Piepkorn letter
Eileen O. letter
Robert Halfhill letter
August Berkshire letter
Mark Andrew letter
Michael Herbert Shadick letter
L.C. Kitter & W.F. Small letter
Messick appointed to GALA choruses board
Becoming our own heroes
Gary Heideman dies of AIDS
Picture and article by murder suspect (Chenoweth & Dratz murderer?)
Madison will install gay sculpture
NYC Gay Men's Health Crisis produces erotic safe sex video educator
Review of Not Wanted on the Voyage
Gays arrested under Ohio city's obscenity law
Review of The Year of Living Androgynously
Referendum on obscenity defeated

Briefs
Adrienne Rich receives $25,000 award
AFSCME again supports gays
AIDS suit against U.S. dismissed
D.C. criticized for delays in AIDS funding
Legislator moves to restrict sale of poppers
Paris AIDS conference: Disease spreading faster in heterosexuals
Lesbian lieutenant fought discharge from Air
National Guard
Newsweek poll: public opposes sodomy ruling
Spiritual healing may combat AIDS



Issue # 146 August 4, 1986

Phoebe Constan interviews ACLU's Nan Hunter
1985 CENSUS ranking cities according to gay self-identified populations
Review of Desert Hearts
Colonel Sidney Spinster letter
Larry Larson letter
Sue Slangen letter
Sid Galton letter
Review of June Mail
California Governor vetoes nearly half of AIDS budget
New Jersey gays oppose test reporting
Cloud 9 Americans win top softball standing
100 attend meeting on sodomy laws
New sodomy law challenge in Minnesota
Rally protests acquittal of basketball players

Briefs
Seattle anti-gay measure dealt with fatal blow
Chicago rejects law on gay rights
Britain drops charges against gay's the word
Founding member of NAMBLA murdered
Sailor court-martialed for not taking antibody test
Burglary and arson at the 19 Bar
New Zealand decriminalizes gay sex, lowers age of consent
Texas bank forces AIDS foundation to transfer its funds
Norwegian bigot imprisoned by church


Issue # 147 August 18th 1986

No signatures on County ads
Bob R. Antley letter
Emma Hixson & Morris Floyd letter
CFLAG letter
Stephen S. Caiazza M.D. letter
Frank S. Rhame, M.D. letter
Nicholas E. Bader letter
Mark Swaney letter
Blooms celebrating 8th year at Gay 90's
AIDS Project unveils ads also
Leapin' ludicrous clos-bein's and their magical clothes
Christopher C. Born letter
Mike Osterholm fails again
California faces AIDS quarantine

Briefs
NOW President calls for boycott of states with sodomy laws
Sonya Sherman dies of AIDS
U.S. Senate interferes with D.C. bill re.  insurance companies
New AIDS virus claimed
Karen Thompson speaks in Boston
Dachau concentration camp survivors reject gay memorial
Gay-Busting investigator fired for lesbianism
Yellow Pages refuses TWN ad
Motherly advice
“Tour for Life” in Michigan



Issue # 148 September 2, 1986

Not enough AIDS prevention
Karen Thompson loses appeal
Lesbian panel excluded from Mpls Public Schools
International Pedophile network formed
Stanley Bowden letter
Sylvia Carlson letter
Boo! Moen letter
Robert D'Avanzo letter
Jeremy S. Morrison letter
Richard Sacher, Bill Dailey, Kenneth Kahn, Mark Rice letter
Dan Lawrence letter
MN PAC endorses Latimer, ten others
Gays beat cops 24-21
California poll favors AIDS quarantine
Review of Immodest Acts
Normal Heart called Kramer's indictment
Organizing conference for March on DC to be held in NYC

Briefs
St. Louis “lewd conduct” law ruled unconstitutional
Kiss my lawsuit
Men of all colors gathering in New York
N.J. proposes clean needle exchange
S.F. park named after gay activist
Onassis had male lover, says new bio
Deukmejian vetoes bill about AIDS discrimination
Bestiality advocate at Yale disciplined
Boston councilman takes to bushes
AIDS hospice opens in Houston's Montrose area


Issue # 149 September 15, 1986
Research proposal at "U" may help sero-positives
Miami Herald article: C.D.C. sabotaging AIDS research
Take Back the Night: against assault, for sexual freedom
M.D. letter
Anonymous letter
Sylvia Carlson letter
Stoney Bowden letter
Flesh and sacredness tumble in Jarman films
Party for DFLer with AIDS
Testimony sought for congressional hearing
C.D.C. slowing down AIDS research?
Privacy rights indeed!
Judge rules anti-gay insurance discrimination illegal
Nevada Supreme Court hears sodomy case
L.A. judge kills order closing bathhouses as useless
Transplanted organs from wreck victim contaminated with HIV
Honolulu editor resigns because of AIDS
Parasite linked to occurrence of AIDS in gays
Poll shows good news for gays, bad news for PWAs
Missouri upholds sodomy law, citing Hardwick


Issue # 150 October 6, 1986

HIV data on police blotter (Five gay stranglings this year)
Living with latex...and loving it!
Down with Playboy! Long live Rambo!
Sara Tokheim letter
Julie Allen letter
Mildred M. letter
Mark Wallem letter
AIDS leadership endorses research proposal
Karen Thompson continues the pressure
Falwell pays Sloan $8982
Review of The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals
Bijou Video Sales presents a new catalog
Review of Re-Making Love: The Feminization of Sex
Researcher Tom Mauer dies
Gotham, Rita Moreno and Celeste entertaining on 1987 RSVP cruise
Review of Red Balcony
Cycle for life benefit completes course
Robert Halfhill letter
Affirmation sets focus

(No Briefs in this issue)



Issue # 151 October 20, 1986

County DFL friends all up for re-election
MCGLR/PAC withholds Perpich endorsement
John Glines letter
Craig Ketchum letter
Howard McQuitter, Jr. letter
Carl Brown letter
Julie Allen letter
Anonymous letter
Gary and John Olson letter
Review of Trading Secrets: Seduction and Scandal at the Wall Street Journal
Native persists in pork scare
Insurance Company must pay $16,000 to employee
Review of The Secrets Of Mabel Eastlake
Review of Abnormally Happy: A Gay Dictionary

Briefs
Ex-wife drops demand to test gay father's blood--AIDS issue
Vaccine virus for AIDS working for animals
Minnesota based insurance company loses
Sharp increase in AIDS worldwide
New Jersey insurer sued
S.F. Sheriff seeks gay & lesbian deputies
Gay bank manager wins round in “religious discrimination” suit
Karen Thompson” least likely” to be an activist
King speaks at HRCF dinner
Sons of police official arrested for gay bashing, not prosecuted
Appeals Court requires oversight of CIA
Insurance industry giant forced to withdraw anti-gay guidelines
Hospital fires surgical technician for testing positive
Surgeon general condemns porn
NGRA fighting tuberculosis case
Nurse gets AIDS virus from jab
Band leader from S.F. falls to AIDS
Larry Cherneski dies of AIDS
NAMBLA announces new Russell Research and
Lending Library
Transsexual can't see child



Issue # 152 November 3, 1986

Seven gay murders in one year
Wesley Church gives full recognition to gays
Don't sleep with strangers...or enemies!!!
Gary W. Goldsmith letter
Brian Coyle letter
CPCSM Board of Directors letter
Coretta Scott King proclaims "solidarity with gays"
Spear-Campbell feud 1986: controversy over advertising
Spear letter supporting Soucheray, opposing faith in advertising
New Spear letter supports some AIDS advertising
Campbell asks Spear to put principles before personalities
Iowa City raised $500 for benefit at pride supper
Bruce Brockway's name proposed for clinic
Leadership conference postponed
Review of Journey into Sexuality: An Exploratory Voyage
Review of Another Country
Former Minneapolitan dies of AIDS
Bill Carpenter dies at 56

Briefs
Nurse fights firing after roommate dies of AIDS
Vancouver director calls for AIDS quarantine
Vancouver council approves controversial display
Christians list friends and enemies
British t.v. to run profiles of gays
ACLU endorses gay marriage, benefits
Anita Bryant & Statue of Liberty!?!
Houston chosen for early '87 AIDS vaccine testing
Frontal nudity soon to disappear in Playgirl magazine



Issue # 153 November 17, 1986

Violence against gays continues
Campbell and Coyle take on Bouza tonight
Candidates supporting gay rights win big on national level
Californians say "No" to LaRouche 71–29%
`Measuring the Gay and Lesbian population'
Review of Life Magazine
Review of The Long Trail
New treatment center for gays opened near Portland
AIDS linked to hepatitis vaccine
Town House celebrates 17 years "in the pink"
Christmas and Hanukkah plays to benefit seniors
Community United Against Violence letter
Winnie letter
Board of Directors of CPCSM letter
Gregory Rupprecht letter
Jimmy Tiggas letter
Some PBS stations will censor the “invisible effects”

Briefs
Suit alleges woman got AIDS from fiancé
Prostitutes meet in European Parliment Building
White House advisor links marijuana and gayness
Houston gets a daily gay paper
Suit filed against HealthAmerica
Florida state rep. arrested
Eyler gets death for murder of male prostitute
Jerry Smith dies with AIDS
National Lawyers Guild adopts gay rights resolutions
New ABA president prosecuted gays in “Boys of Boise” trials
NAMBLA cleared
Gay and lesbian elected and appointed officials to meet November 20-23
Democratic clubs to debate multi-partisan proposal
State DFL Gay and Lesbian Caucus meeting
National AIDS Network hires Director of Minority Affairs
Suspect sought in Michigan murder



Issue # 154 December 1, 1986

Star-Tribune personals: a barrel of laughs from virginal minds
Gay group sues Green Bay Press and Gannett Publishing
Martin Kostrzab letter
Lowell Barger letter
Todd Stevens letter
Mrs. Alex Adamson letter
Leonard Graff letter
Sara Tokheim letter
Lola Perry letter
V.L. letter
Review of The Nature of Desire
New Catholic position encourages gay bashing
Gay man wins religious freedom
Two arrested in gay murders
Lubraseptic's antibacterial formula shown in laboratory tests to kill AIDS virus
Wingspan/MCC conference draws over 100
Kentucky sodomy law found to violate state's constitution
Dignity protects sanction of McNeill
Review of Lesbian Lovers
Forced "compliance" topic of AIDS debate
Review of Faces of the Enemy: Reflections of the Hostile Imagination
Review of Donna Herlinda and Her Son
Craig Vandeen's case illustrated
Signs of AIDS higher among black recruits

Briefs
Contact lens cleaning liquids kill AIDS virus
NGRA sues insurers in 11 states
Weicker calls for congressional inquiry; sabotage of AIDS research charged
Basher pleads guilty to assault on priest
Safe Sex shows position results
ACLU endorses gay marriage
Ku Klux Klan goes to computers to find gays
New AIDS-type viruses discovered
NGRA survey: states, Feds differ on AIDS discrimination



Issue # 155 December 15, 1986

Pacific Bell settles with gays for $3 million
PWA Shuttleworth wins $190,000 settlement
More involvement needed in discussions of `non-compliance'
Agency sought to plan AIDS prevention ad campaign
Earl Bricker letter
Jean-Nickolas Tretter letter
Preacher cures `gay boy' after 27 years
Brad Theissen letter
Review of Horizon of the Heart
Perpich stealthily issues executive order re: AIDS and gays
State Department bans hiring HIV positives
Porn stars raise $10,000 for AIDS groups
Houston Daily lasted three days
Gay rights win in Davis
No gay cops for Atlanta
Review of Home for the Holidays
Bite did not spread AIDS virus
NGLTF reduces debt to $37,200
Rudolph the Red Nosed Rainqueer
New anthology collects stories of gay male winners
MAP volunteer wins award
Pink Youthquake at Oslo
Just the Facts Miss Thing “Professionalism” is killing the gay press
Eau Claire police ask for help
New anthology collects thoughts of Catholic and ex-Catholic lesbians

Briefs
Third virus found; snags blood test
West Germany denies compensation to gay Holocaust survivors
Indiana U. issuing AIDS ID cards
Britain starts ad campaign against AIDS
New Orleans council rejects gay rights bill
Chicago bank branch refuses gay dollars
Serial gay murderer apprehended in Atlanta
Salvation Army boycott urged
Betty Batey faces child stealing charges again
AIDS related dementia called “worst threat yet”



Issue # 156 January 5, 1987

Minnesota: police power for AIDS?
Mandatory testing and quarantine?  Ludicrous!!!
Judith Daniels letter
Greg Storbakken letter
The Atons letter
Jerry Fladmark letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Sign Here letter
Review of Crimes of the Heart
Test tube studies suggest AIDS activated
Start the New Year with something weird from Witkin
Actors Theatre announces one act festival plays
Two dozen groups in San Francisco finally urge condoms
U of M becomes AIDS unit with federal funds
Alliance officer's letter blasts Minnesota
Department of Health plans
Nevada Court refuses sodomy challenge
NGRA files brief to stop forced testing

Briefs
Insurers association passes resolution about orientation
Student wins one step against Lincoln Christian
Stock finagling threatens AIDS research
Montreal elects gay council member
Ontario passes gay rights bill on December 2
Simon Nkoli still in jail
Gays censor gay news in Transvaal
Prison guard with AIDS fired



Issue # 157 January 19, 1987

VD rates down 70%
Jeff Buzzetti, high profile realtor, dies at 31
New employees at GLC Voice
Suspect seen in murder
Gay leaders blast “non-compliance” plans of MDH
White supremacist attacks PWAS 33,000 AIDS cases worldwide
Not “gay”... “Gay American”!!
New work tells of Gay Games II in photos
Tim Campbell letter
Sylvia Carlson letter
Review of The Morning After
Bette Midler hosts benefit in Los Angeles
Feminist work says problem is broader than pornography
Two lesbians give each other AIDS
Review of Platoon
Affirmation, MFSA to cosponsor Kansas City event

Briefs
Same-sex marriages endorsed by California Episcopal diocese
“Queer Watch” is latest right wing use of PC
Seniors sweat out love's beginnings too
Entrepreneurs target AIDS patients
Australia accepts aliens in genuine gay relationships
And you think you've got it bad
Six year old master pervert in LaCrosse
S.F. study says AIDS care costs lower than projected
New Canadian anti-discrimination law prompts military questionnaire



Issue # 158 February 2, 1987

February is Gay and Lesbian Press Month
The gay and lesbian media: It works/Don L. Volk
Resolved that MCGLR should be reactivated as an umbrella group to help ad HOC Committees
Stowney Bowden letter
Wizard Marks letter
MAAA elects new officers, passes four resolutions
Mark Turkel legal fund established
Review of Safe Sex: The Ultimate Erotic Guide
Sweeden mails out 200,000 flyers to youths
Review of Outrageous Fortune
14 states forbid excluding AIDS coverage says NGRA
“I'll just die if I don’t get that money!”  Oral Roberts
Review of Travels with Diana Hunter
Community meeting February 14 about repealing sodomy laws

Briefs
AZT supplies may run short
S.F. gays tell Pope to stay home
Pomell's gay porn unearthed
Who's making money off AIDS?
Penicillin-resistant gonorrhea doubles
Fast AIDS antibody test on the way
Body Politic to fold
NGLTF says AIDS funding still inadequate
Insurance applicant sues physician who threatened violence
ACLU and Oregon prison officials reach agreement


Issue # 159 February16, 1987

New “public sex” laws pushed by Spear and friends as “sodomy repeal”
MPR refuses sponsorship commemorating gays, boycott urged at NBA dinner
National Gay Rights Advocate letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Walt Apple letter
Tim Campbell letter
Richard Shields letter
Wizard Marks letter
Don Sanders letter
Review of Sotto...Sotto
Judy Fischer, Plymouth House founder, dies of cancer
MCLU Challenges Minnesota sodomy law
Pride advertising in MS
MAP sets $1 million goal for '87
Grant Communications chosen for campaign
CUAV seeks billboard sponsors
Review of The Sacrifice
Review of Porn Row
Super Sunday II February 22

Briefs
Genetically engineered Hepatitis B vaccine now available
Feds begin anonymous blood testing for AIDS
Networks gave AIDS only 60 minutes last year
AIDS grossly underreported among heterosexuals
Harry Britt moves to block straight Olympics
Effort to meet Pope continues
Gay rights bill may get Congressional hearing
Preacher distributes condoms
Torries ban “frightfully dreadful homosexual propaganda”



Issue # 160 March 2, 1987

Is AIDS really syphilis???
KSTP ad wrong about condoms
Stuart Holland letter
"A Friend of the Family" letter
St. George sues MPR dragons
Gay Games III invitation from Vancouver
On carriers, condoms KSTP ad, and Strib article
Amerika called `compelling and important'
Review of The Emerging Voice
Review of The AIDS Show
Review of Silent Pioneers

Briefs
Syringe sale limits lifted in France
California ruling conflicts with U.S. Justice Department
MD magazine polls doctors on AIDS
Tampa Bay joins `Gay $$$' drive
While Chicago ordered to ‘cease and desist’
Council of churches denounces ‘Christian Identity’
John Damien, Canadian rights case focus, dies of cancer




Issue # 161 March 16, 1987

Gay groups opposing Spear's new sex law
Supreme Court bans hysterical firings
Public sex is rude, but not in a class with assault, rape and murder
Tom letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Reine Newhardt letter
G. Cleveland letter
Mark Swanson letter
Marlon Davidson and Don Knudson letter
Dignity National reaffirms previous positions in spite of Papal bull
AIDS Action Council selects new director
Sunday Express reports charges that AIDS virus "man" made
Superiorite held in Eau Claire homicide
Volk gets 25 years for Traetow death; Hamilton gets only 6 years
Hooker panic in Boston
MTN awards April 25
'87 softball season news
Love or death choices
Review of Long Time Passing
Review of Beyond Therapy
Morris Floyd criticizes Methodists' AIDS program

Briefs
50 gays and lesbians killed in Columbia
Italian sports commission panicky re: AIDS
PWA convicted of murdering girl he falsely accused of giving him AIDS
Miami archbishop opposes condom sales
Huey Lewis $225,000 for AIDS
Seattle's chain murder `task force' cut back in size
AIDS research not progressing
Mass AIDS temporarily abandoned
David Horowitz, creator of fork-tounged Dazzle, dies



Issue # 162 April 6, 1987

Quarantine and contact tracing laws sought by MDH...but Senate hearing
promises changes in law
Don Gillis dies of AIDS
First draft of AIDS control bill as presented by gay leaders after April 3 meeting
Authors promise to incorporate revisions before April 9
Michael Williams, aka “Cleo” dies at 31
Jim DeVillier death reported in California
Jose Aguilar death reported
Timmy Rogain dies at 27
Rebecca Sonnick letter
Family of Michael Williams (Cleo) letter
French offer promise of AIDS treatment and vaccine
1000 couples to be blessed at October march in Washington D.C.
Democrats poll presidential candidates on current gay issues
Review of Marlene
Ellen Ratner joins ARC management team
Colorado legislature reverses restrictive measure
Review of A Virus Respects No Morals
Mandatory testing in India
Texas company refuses insurance
Vice squad entrapment starting again in Minneapolis bookstores /
“Fight back!” says Bowden
Pending AIDS legislation in California
Personal ad used to harass in Chicago
NYC Council considers AIDS measures related to testing
Kiss may cost judge $2,675,000

Briefs
Quarantine pushed by Calif. health officers
Supreme Court hears “Gay Olympics” case
AIDS protest on Wall Street
Medical confidentiality being threatened in California
Melvin Boozer dies of AIDS
American GI arrested in Bonn for spreading AIDS
AIDS slowing down among gays, says the Lancet
Mandatory tests in Bavaria
French gay newspaper restricted
Saint Aelred gay



Issue # 163 April 20, 1987

Health Department proposal treats AIDS positives worse than lepers
MDH proposal will cost lives, dollars, freedom
Public sex law/sodomy repealer stopped in committee
Per Jacobson letter
Quality care for Quality Coaches at South
Minneapolis garage
Review of Waiting for the Moon
Prudential abuses blood test
Stamp Out AIDS gives $18,000 in 1986
How to spend a relaxing weekend in New York on a budget
Eric L. Shambach letter
Women's guesthouse service started
Asians getting organized
Review of A Dark Science
ACLU publishes paper on AIDS
Methodist convention boycotted
Gay 90's incident produces peculiar police report
Women of Nations begins legal advocacy program

Briefs
Gay Father wins visitation rights
Pioneer Lutheran minister dies of AIDS
Study about gay priests
Prisoner with AIDS indicted for bite
New York Appeals Court rules pro AIDS
Coors excludes same sex couples race
M.D. with AIDS battles suspension
Scientists ready to test AIDS vaccines
Alternative Families efforts launched
Alternative Families legislation in Madison, WI

Issue # 164 May 4, 1987

Forced testing, contact tracing, end to medical confidentiality, record keeping
coming to Minnesota
Paul E. Lohman letter
Lies push AIDS hysteria bill to floor of legislature
Frank S. Rhame, M.D. letter
Tiggas buys 900 Hennepin for “Paradise Lounge”
Bruhs Mero and Gean Harwood make a pitch for SAGE
Celebrities gather in marathon recording of AIDS public service announcements
Colorado gays urged to boycott HIV testing
Contract tracing to be started in Ohio
Review of Working Girls
Small pamphlet says lot about AIDS
Review of Beauty School Saved My Life
Denver group buys public radio spots
Hunter and the Headliners pack 'em in at Gay `90s
Softball season opens
Help needed in murder
Orth replaces Stark at MCLU
Cunningham named deputy to Hixson at Mpls CRD
AA roundup in Milwaukee July 31-Aug 2
Review of Summer for Joey

Briefs
NGLTF makes payment for AZT priority
Ohio civil rights laws offer protection to PWAs
Success claimed with Reticulose in Mexico
Court upholds privacy law in bite case
Maryland Sodomy repeal effort fails
Dignity issues challenge to bishops in national ad
Delta still under fire
Indiana quarantine bill passes both houses
Koop plans shake-up of Federal health officers



Issue # 165 May 16, 1987

Jerker may cost Pacifica its license
Countdown for March on Washington
Berkley scientist says HTLV-III is not the cause of AIDS
Disability benefits and the AIDS patient: some basic facts
Ribavirin used with Thymopentin in Los Angeles
Hugging friend is illegal in Australia
Taylor receives Legion d'Honneur
Sheldon Post letter
Tom Agar letter
The Silly Sissies letter
Vic Basile letter
AIDS-free zone: a false promise
Don't touch that crotch or pat that fanny
Nuclear AIDS
Rizzoli Bookstore offers upscale cruising for books and book readers at Riverplace
$12,500 donated for Christopher Street West to
March on Washington
Buddy Program honored by United Way
Caution urged in home equity loans
HRCF increases lobbying staff
Analysis of Death of an American Girl

Briefs
British spy chief had secret gay encounter
Aetna charged with using HIV test illegally
Catholic vandal convicted in Veterans' Day case
AIDS bill of rights to go to NYC council
Possible AIDS definition revision
$1,500 awarded to man arrested for kiss
Delaware right winger goes bonkers over AIDS
Germans protest mandatory AIDS testing
Civil liberties take back seat in New Jersey
Johns Hopkins dean critical of U.S. commitment to fight AIDS



Issue # 166 June 1, 1987

Thousands commemorate AIDS casualties in
U.S.A. Consort unveils straight part of ads
Minnesota advertising strategy: an embarrassment
AIDS demonstration at White House today
Leaders for March on D.C. chosen
Review of A Lesser Life
Alternative families valued at Gabbert’s
NGRA publishes survey of Fortune 1000 employers and AIDS
John Zuelow letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Larry Larson's top ten...no top twenty movies of our time

Briefs
NYC Council bars Coors
D.C. priest succumbs to AIDS
Aetna cannot require HIV test
Kid poll favors gay teachers
Chicago publisher bashed
Military includes sodomy on misconduct list
San Franciscans oppose papal visit
San Francisco judges elect lesbian mother chief
Organ transplants result in AIDS
PWA marriage outlawed in Utah
Joan Rivers canceled
Wisconsin regents oppose ROTC policies
Former Wisconsin Quarterback tackles gay rights
Peace Corps testing applicants
L.A. developer sued by designer applicant


Issue # 167 June 15, 1987

"Why do you call it `Gay Pride'?"
Peace, love, equality and pride
Review of Prick Up Your Ears
University's AZT/immune globulin project turned down
Aliveness Project starts group for AIDS caregivers
U.S. involvement in germ warfare surveyed in Scientific America
National Task Force actively campaigning against
Dukakis in presidential race
Summer line-up for video mailbox
Brian Coyle letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Local group formed to push March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
October 11, 1987
Paul Popham of NYC's Gay Men's Health Crisis dies of AIDS
Review of Lilly Tomlin
Review of The Lion Warriors
Four high profile women honored by Women's Resource Center
804 bowl in national, New Orleans
Kiss-In at New York Beach

Briefs
AIDS progresses faster in older men
14 year old confined without hearing
Blueprint for AIDS strategies hoped from conference of leaders
Executive order in Massachusetts
Dallas council bumps gay appointee
Only 19% HIV positives likely to catch AIDS
Barney Frank comes out to Boston Globe
Batch of AIDS bills in Illinois
AIDS protests in Houston


Issue # 168 July 6, 1987

Thousands march for gay pride 1987
You are going to die
No VD at 315 Health Club testing in over a year
HRCF sixteenth largest independent PAC
Robert Patrick feeling out theater space in Twin Cities
Robert Halfhill letter
Hidden books breed library in St. Paul linen closet
Review of Reign of the Phallus: Sexual politics in Ancient Athens
God, state, society are dead
Pat Dillree dies

Briefs
AIDS could wipe out some Native American tribes
Quarantine of 14 year old stopped
Barney Frank seeks to amend Immigration Act
Russian block scientists claim AIDS virus engineered
New study finds Ampligen extremely promising treatment for people with AIDS or ARC
Doctors want option to turn away AIDS patients
Gays under attack in Mexicali
NGRA sues Feds to release AIDS drugs


Issue # 169 July 20, 1987

Dayton-Hudson CEO Carl Erickson dies of AIDS
MAP housing program now well launched
Drs. Rhame, Simpson and Strickland field gay questions on AIDS
NGTF opposes Bork's appointment
Lonnie McNamara letter
Matthew Stark letter
Dick Hewetson letter
"Made in America" and "dedicated to quality"
Researcher pushes sex education for gay teens
AIDS support group for children at Aliveness
Review of I Will Survive
GED classes, study hall, at Center
Jobs for teens at center
Researchers still pushing AZT therapy
Review of The Forbidden Zone
19 Bar celebrates 30 years
New series follows international gay and lesbian organizations

Briefs
Lesbian physicians to meet in Minneapolis
First company starts advertising condoms in gay press
Nominee in New York retracted after gay protest
Openings at 19 clinics for AIDS trials
NGRA sues American Service Life
Cuomo supports HIV test ban for insurance
ACLU sues U, of Arkansas
Pacific Bell ordered to give funeral benefits
Nicaragua spending $1 million to prevent AIDS
Dr. Ruth promotes condoms as safe sex foreplay


Issue # 170 August 3, 1987

Erickson death certificate amended to show AIDS
Society's right to know
Fresh Fruit Radio applauds GLC Voice
When an AIDS death seems like a disgrace
Campbell responds to Star-Tribune
Moderate reader chides Star-Tribune for double standard
Farm activist, DFL activist Dick Hanson dies of AIDS at 37
Jim Chalgren letter
Cleve Jones letter
Clark Bufkin letter
Latin American lesbians to conference in Mexico
Killer cells fight AIDS virus
Review of Intercourse
Is AIDS a form of Chronic Viral Fatigue Syndrome?

Briefs
Federal Reserve Bank includes gays in non-discrimination policy
Louisiana award estate to gay lover
Times adopts use of word "gay"
Psychiatrist to meet in Montreal in 1988
Federal bill would allot $400 million for voluntary HIV testing
Feds won't prosecute Jerker case
Contact tracing abuse in California
Tom Waddell, Gay Games founder, dies of AIDS



Issue # 171 August 17, 1987

200 lesbian and gay doctors meet here
Gay medical politics get fair attention
Review of The Gospel According to Woman: Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West
Sit-in marks the 20th anniversary of rights bill
Robert C. Kenneth letter
Jimmy Tiggas letter
No to secrets - Cathy Hay
Frank Rhame letter
Peter J. Dorsen, M.D. letter
John J. Potterat letter
Review of Law of Desire
Review of The Sissy Boy Syndrome
Lesbian Physicians meet at Springhill Center
Cloud 9 plans to stay
New amnesty law trapping many through health requirements
Interferon nixed for AIDS
AIDS rumors haunt Reynolds
$400 million for AIDS testing
Another World to have AIDS plot
Simon Nkoli out on bail 
AIDS epidemic in Mexican slum
Houston's AIDS hospital to close
Lubraseptic recalled
Gay hunger strikers in Turkey



Issue # 172 September 8, 1987

Gay strip marked at both ends now
Private sector offering anonymous HIV testing
Larry Havluck letter
Truby Brown letter
Hanan J. Rosenstein M.D. letter
John Weiser, M.D. letter
Rick Wallbridge letter
The Advocate celebrates twenty years in print with nationwide sweepstakes
Bed and breakfasts in San Francisco
Politicos eye "progressive measures" against commercial sites where AIDS could be spread
Mass wedding threatened by shortage of dollars
High fidelity
Turkish gays rebel
No merger of Voice
Review of Magdalena
Review of The Bacchaie

Briefs
Madonna fights AIDS with comic book
Minnesota `parental notification law' unconstitutional
Plasma therapy tried on AIDS patients
Doctor who refused to identify HIV positive is charged
Defense Department ordered to stop delaying gay security clearances
48% of kids say gay teachers are OK
Baylor study uses antibodies to fight AIDS
$1 million suit filed by doctor with AIDS
Manitoba passes gay rights bill
AIDS spreading to rural gays while straights thought safer


Issue # 173 September 21, 1987

Lambda Defense summarizes Bork's sins
$20,308 raised at Rumors, but only $ 13,250 disbursed to charities
Bork's memorandum against gay rights to Yale Law School faculty republished entirely
Saul F. Bernstein letter
Camilla Decarnin letter
Gay adolescent service opens home in Los Angeles
People don't choose to catch AIDS
Theory about genes and AIDS contested
Review of Sex Work: Writings of Women in the Sex Industry
San Francisco post office returns safe sex flyers sent to Central and South America

Briefs
Lesbian wins Army reinstatement
President and son disagree on AIDS
New test detects HIV virus
AIDS testing linked with suicides
Dignity challenges Vatican policies
Violence statistics bill introduced in the U.S. House
Porn star Casey Donovan dies
Civil rights activist Rustin dies
New AIDS definition likely to produce rise in cases
Albany AIDS lists stir controversy
Liberace's ex ready to tell his side of the story
New monograph describes impact of AIDS on gays
Youth using TV at MTN
New AIDS definition likely to produce rise in cases



Issue # 174 October 5, 1987

Big names celebrate March on D.C.
Minnesota Supreme Court bows to public prejudice in sodomy law ruling
Gay elected officials to meet here Nov 20-22
NGLTF lambasts President's Commission on AIDS
Sasha Alyson letter
Tom Rajtar letter
Expanded "After Work Lounge" at gay 90's, face lift at Cloud 9
Review of The NALGAP Annotated
Bibliography: Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Lesbians/Gay Men
Soviet Union adopts AIDS testing
Review of The Search for Omm Sety
Physicians For Human Rights releases AIDS related statement
Group for surviving lovers of PWA's begins Oct 29
Review of The Closet Hanging
Over 200 booked for March
Looking for Mr. Goodbar: Making other plans
Review of In the Name of Decency: Public Policy in an Era of AIDS
Condoms are safe if used properly, Foundation says

Briefs
Gays blast Iowa health director for homophobic comments
Reagan Administration opposes AIDS discrimination ban
Gay couple wins place in reunion book
California Episcopalians endorse gay marriage
NGRA forces Northwest Airlines policy change
Salk vaccine targets sero–positives
Weiss wins Emmy for Before Stonewall
Vatican official calls AIDS "natural sanction" against gays
PWA dinner on Capitol Hill seeks PWAs and friends
OUT! of business

Issue # 175 October 19, 1987

800,000 march on D.C.
Little hope for gays in the Minnesota sodomy ruling
Congressman Gerry Studds attacks Reagan administration AIDS response
Controlling AIDS is like controlling the population. Individuals  must do it for themselves
600 arrested seeking access to Supreme Court
George Moore letter
Richard Shields letter
Columbia continues in struggle
Review of Memory Board
Review of Maurice
Review of Fatal Attraction
MAP gets $338,000 for “AIDS prevention”
Gays clash with pence at Octobear 10 forum
Zuelow and Thoelke: gay professionals, gay clientele

Briefs
Jerry Studds blast federal AIDS mailing holdup
Feds kick off AIDS education program
St. Louis undercover cops entrap gays
Primary elections bring mixed results
Lesbian unionist reinstated in Michigan
Castro suffering from loose rectum
British Columbia quarantine bill sparks opposition
Republicans plan AIDS scare campaign for '88
S.F. gay divorcee wins palimony suit




Issue # 176 November 2, 1987

Pride President looses licenses
Vote yes on the referendum
GLF/PAC endorsements for Nov. 3
Inside the D.C. jail
The Helms Amendment verbatim
Boshwitz defends his vote on Helms amendment
Hyde calls for student activism in the face of AIDS backlash
Allan Spear letter
Stephen Westfall letter
Greg L. Baskin letter
James E. Pederson
P.C. Davis letter
Food for passion
A lesson in human sexuality
Review of Dusty's Queen of Hearts Diner
Jack Campbell elected president of National Democrats
Robert Wilson dies at 37
Star Tribune coverage of Crane Winton robbery bashes the victim

Briefs
Anti-gay Arizona governor calls for help
Court says phone companies may ban phone-sex lines
Milwaukee DJs suspended for anti-gay remarks
Federal AIDS ads to broadcast
Harvey Milk honored with national memorial
Koop urges doctors to advise safe sex
Illinois governor signs quarantine law
Mass. Senate committee OKs gay rights bill
Philadelphia police chief prohibits AIDS lists
Congress bans gay safe sex info
No federal funds for extra-marital sex
Fruiters bananas over condoms
Review of And the Band Played On



Issue # 177 November 16, 1987

400 protest Berean League conference
Credits cut for Berean League conference
76 women arrested in Peru
The MCLU critique of Minnesota Health Law
Lawsuit charges collusion between feds, AZT maker
Christmas poet letter
Gerry Faery letter
Ronald Stearns letter
Town House "Grand Reopening" November 21
Gay dancers now contracted for Gay 90's
Statistics bill passes out of House Committee
A chat with Chanticleer leader

Briefs
Oregon executive order protects gay state workers
ACT UP U.N. protests targets Reagan
Teen may have died of AIDS in 1969
Dog Day Afternoon transsexual dies of AIDS
Brazil mayor enforces butch look at ballet school
New potential drug for AIDS reported
Clue found to why AIDS virus becomes active
Michigan homophobe resigns under pressure
Vatican faces dilemma over transsexual priest
New AIDS condom being developed


(Typist’s note.  Go to CONTENTS.88  Lost issues my be there.)
Issue #178 December 7, 1987

Gay member of British Parliment Chris Smith speaks here
Local doctor freaks out
PWAs sought for study by sociologists
Freedom PAC sets goals
BWMT/Twin Cities
Elizabeth Andres letter
Ann DeGroot letter
Tim Braan letter
Darrell Ledger letter
Review of And the Band Played On
Review of Side By Side
Three PWA's and how they live
MP Chris Smith (A thumbnail sketch)
Tim Piepkorn enters twelfth year as gay lawyer

Briefs
GMHC study concludes explicit films work best
Quilt set for national tour
HIV positives become HIV negatives
Hodgkin's disease may be AIDS symptom
Scondras attacked from left
Earle finishes AIDS Run in New York
Canadian government nixes free condoms
Houston cops harass gays at election time
Randy Shilts' book to become TV mini-series
Gay man wins custody of deceased lover's son
March on Washington organizers report surplus funds
American GI jailed in Germany for spreading AIDS
Hudson's partner continues AIDS lawsuit
Congress sees foreign AIDS ads


Issue #179 December 21, 1987

$1.46 million budget at NGLTF
Anonymous letter
Jim Tragester letter
Thomas R. Keske
Morris L. Floyd letter
Tips on staying sober through the holidays
Review of The Mozart Brothers
Tips on staying sober through the holidays
Review of Minnesota Freedom Band's sixth holiday concert
Bands raise $17,400 in Washington DC
Brass Pony serves basics with flair
Presidential candidates briefed on AIDS
A very gay holiday
How I lost my sister

Briefs
Princess Di joins AIDS efforts
California teacher with AIDS wins reinstatement
976-GEEK spoofs phone sex services
Sabo sends out 500,000 AIDS blurbs
Art Agnos elected mayor of San Francisco
Researchers find possible AIDS virus trigger
Kodak ready to market in-office tests for AIDS and STD
Congress may investigate ATEUs
Pro-gay N.C. mayor wins reelection
Gay man takes seat in Washington legislature
Court rules against "dial-a-porn" services
Board positions at Press Assn
Washington Post changes obituary policy
Gays most frequent target of violence
Editor of gay paper appointed to Wisconsin AIDS council



Issue #180 January 4, 1988

Hypnotist John Ivan Palmer at Gay 90's tonight, tomorrow
Wisconsin Light brings out second issue
Our Story: 5,000 years of gay and lesbian history.
Part 1 of  a 24 part series By John Lauritsen
Hate crimes hearings
Gay ads in Washington Post
National Visibility Campaign to survey gay/lesbian vote
Gay history series to run through 1988
King Day January 15
New staff at Nellie Deli
Brazilian film confuses all genders

Briefs
Bijou Video in Chicago raided by feds and cops
Researchers question "low risk" activities
Study links anal cancer to anal sex
AMA issues ethics statement on AIDS
AIDS bias bill introduced in NYC
Adult video makers file suit against Meese
Dignity protesters arrested at St. Patrick’s
Carrisyn reported effective as AIDS treatment
Court upholds rights of gay students at Georgetown
Presidential group slams gay and lesbian adoption



Issue #181 January 18, 1988
49,742 and counting
Gay History Part 2.  Introduction to the Ancient Period
Freedom PAC plans for 1988
Review of Mermaids Singing
Men-On-Men titillated reviewer
Will 15 million Americans die of AIDS?

Briefs
Florida man fired for HIV positive status
California Episcopalians develop new marriage rites
Gay studies centers started at Yale and CUNY
NY hospitals to increase beds
AL-721 set for distribution in U.K.
Solid AIDS data to be sought in 20 cities
WHO's definition of gay as sick attacked at conference
Castro clinic closed down
U.S. Olympics drops suit against Gay Olympics/Games
Helms Amendment modified; 1988 AIDS budget set
One man blocks Massachusetts gay rights bill
Spear and Greenfield defending non-compliant legislation Jan 20

Issue #182 February 1, 1988

Minneapolis discusses new laws supposedly for AIDS
Gay History Part 3: Akhenaton: A Pharaoh and the First Recorded Gay
Star-Tribune AIDS poll asks curious questions
Bishops' AIDS report reveals arrogance
Karen Clark letter
Bruce Sikkema letter
Anonymous letter
Philip Willkie letter
Elizabeth Andres letter
Larry Larson letter
Alan Lorence letter
M. W. A. Bill Kay letter
200 lawyers attend AIDS conference
Campbell wins appeal against MPD Officer Dean Severson
Greenfield, Spear and Clark resist protest non-compliant legislation
Social Security Administration denying most ARC cases
Price of AZT and Pentamidine challenged
Review of Too Outrageous
AIDS Prayer Service raises $1523
Dan Bradley dies of AIDS
Review of Patti Rocks
A toast to "Sin City"

Briefs
Smalley session Feb 12 at Universalist Church
National Conference on Homophobia May 1988 in D.C.
Women's films at WAC Feb 10 and 12
Patti Rocks premiere Feb 4, at Uptown
YooHoo!  YooHoo!  Fairies gathering July 21-26
Gay ACA meeting Thursdays
Three Freedom PAC caucus training sessions
Caucus training for Lavender Stripe Feb 3
Lavender Images films Feb 4 and 11
Republican Alderman comes out in Madison
Court rules against cross-dressing prom pair
Boycott of sodomy law states starting
Minnesota ERA Coalition formed Protests April 29-May 7



Issue #183 February 15, 1988

Army's ban on gays unconstitutional
Gay Councilman Brian Coyle says "Bathhouse must go!"
(Gay History Part 4. should be in this issue but typist may have omitted it)
NGLTF summarizes positions
Cleve Jones letter
Mike Smith letter
Star-Tribune letter
Leaping lesbians swing thru Parliment
David Finke letter
Allan H. Spear letter
Bill Brattland letter
Diamond letter
Donald M. Baumgartner letter
Coyle should retract false witness
Humphrey- Harkin amendment passes
Three fundraisers contribute $5,925 to AIDS groups
Matsen, Turner die of AIDS two weeks apart
Sheldon Anderson dies
Tim Campbell sues Barbara Carlson for breach of promise
VA sets up new HIV outpatient clinic
Bathhouse controversy
AIDS Ministry conference in Houston attracts 100
Dignity protesters arrested in NYC
Mariel Cubans mostly gay says prisoner/writer
Review of The Shrapnel Academy

Briefs
Assistant U.S. Attorney tells restaurants to screen HIV
McDonald's owner gives $1 million to AIDS
Injunction issued against harassers in Massachusetts
Massachusetts cops charged with brutality in arresting gay protesters
New clinic in San Francisco for HIV positives
12,000 demonstrate in London against "Clause 28"
Gay men sue Trans World Vacations
19 arrested at AZT demonstration
Study says testing less important than education in safe sex drive
San Francisco study finds fewer testing positive
Bar raids leading to violence in Los Angeles
Dentist notification re: AIDS stopped in CA
Metropolitan Life gives $1 million for AIDS education on T.V.


Issue #184 March 7, 1988

Jesse Jackson seeks gay vote Minnesota
Gay History  Part 5. Sappho or "The Tenth Muse"
Sister's Task Force thinking about AIDS prevention finally
Walt Apple letter
Elizabeth Andres letter
Keith Froelich letter
Jackson Staff letter
Steve Fryer letter
Brian J. Neil MD, Claire Pomeroy MD letter
Ann Marie DeGroot letter
Mark Kurosky signs on with the GLC Voice
Robertson and Kemp supporters snowball gays
Lenny Gitteck bombs at NBA dinner
Early Gay Pride in Iowa April 30
Murder/suspect
Gay bar owner seeks seat on Fargo Commission
Minnesota misses National Condom Week
Bathhouse ordinance inevitable product of City
Council anti-gay politics
Clean up Nature now
Weather Girls fun raises $300.00 at Cloud 9
Review of Jubilation
New group forms in Guadalajara

Briefs
Secret AIDS tracking policy stopped
Seventh-day Adventists sue own support group
Money available for AZT
L.A. building big parade for June 26
National social workers launch AIDS campaign
Company limits AIDS insurance to $15,000
MasterCard snubs AIDS charities
Archbishop Roach opposes condoms
Gays left out of federal hate crimes legislation
Philadelphia court restricts gay man's visitation rights
1988 bodybuilding competition June 25 in San Francisco
Missouri begins contact tracing
Cartoonists collaborate for AIDS benefit book
AIDS fundraiser at New French Cafe



Issue #185 March 21, 1988

Gay History Part 6.  Socrates and the young seducer, Alcibiades
Pro-gay money fund offers Visa card
New foundation for transsexuals
Review of The Dead
Review of Going Out of Our Minds: The Metaphysics of Liberation
Night of a Thousand Gowns
Marek Wyloga letter
David Reid letter
Richard Simon letter
Kenneth Tousignant letter
Ann C. McFarren resigns from AIDS Council
Ceramic portraits at the Paper Patisserie
International Youth Conference July 30, West Berlin
New gay and lesbian journal starts from San Francisco
Boston University gay alumni
Review of Hairspray
Syracuse gays bashed into the closet
NYC AIDS educator resigns over AIDS/syphilis "malpractice"
Chileans need international support

Briefs
Material sought for history of Stonewall Riots
NYC dentists can no longer discriminate
Germans agree to AIDS "isolation camps"
MAP needs volunteer drivers
Eroticizing condoms poster stirs controversy
Disneyland sued again over gay discrimination
S.F.'s Trocadero Transfer closes down
L.A. drops bathhouse battle
Seattle's new bath policy
First-of-its-kind AIDS activist resource
Involuntary AIDS testing in Twin Cities
Black participants needed for study
PA names gay state AIDS chief



Issue #186 April 4, 1988

Eau Claire gets new gay bar called Downtown Express
Health officials change story on STD statistics
Movement bookstore celebrates five years
Key speakers announced for leadership conference
Judge orders new testing for Sharon Kowalski
PA printer refuses gay job because of content
Roundup garage sale drop off announced
"National Coming Out Day" planned for October
Missing:  Douglas John Bruhn
Running away from home
PWA photos sought for `Wall of Love'
Mountain States Conference May 13
City Council knocks doors off movie booths

Briefs
President Reagan vetoes Civil Rights Restoration Act
New policy to bar bias against federal employees with AIDS
National coming out day:  October 11, 1988
NGRA testifies before presidential AIDS commission
Maryland sodomy repealer stopped
Occidental Alumni seeks others
Illinois law curbs marriages
Elizabeth Taylor, French group to receive tribute in Greece
Denmark to get gay partners law

Issue #187 April 18, 1988

Judge Alberto Miera asks for new trial with fast
Story of rural gay lovers wins Pulitzer: BrokeBack Mountain
Scandinavian decadence: just say yes!
MacKinnon's book more eloquent than lucid
Lambda Foundation letter
Bob Carlson letter
Eric L. Shambach letter
Dr. Vernon Mark letter
Atheist chided for complacency
Lawyer: AIDS fear influenced sentence
Review of Quiet Fire

Briefs
Latina lesbian Prof. banned by Rutgers
Georgetown U settles with gays
Siberians send rubles for Leonard Peltier
Crack and AIDS said to have a correlative association
Liberal Republican challenged by bigot democrat in Connecticut
Sting opposes Clause 28 at awards ceremony
PWA takes crusade along campaign trail
Patent issued for `female condom'
Farris gives $1.1 million to AmFAR




Issue #188 April 18, 1988

Canadian House member Svend Robinson comes out
HIV testing debunked as best way to stop AIDS
A closer look at the syphilis connection
976-SEX cartoon in the Star Tribune lacked sophistication
Men's Chorus would inspire Ozzy Osborne.  Bravo!
Lesbians and gays settling in Gallilee
Suit seeks visitation rights
Works sought for AIDS art show in Ohio
Atheist Keynoter acknowledges non-Christian status
N.W. sport festival in the Olympics July 4
HRCF ranked as 24th PAC in U.S.
Videotaped greeting system offered
Republicans hack at gays in hate crimes bill
AL-721 freed for marketing in the U.S.A.
Locals produce AIDS song
PWHIV letter
Byron H. Armstrong letter
Review of In Search of Eve
Regarding "spiritual programs" in A.A. and going to bars
Consensus on HIV testing reached by 74 AIDS groups
Aliveness Project buying building for center

Briefs
D.C. protester given harsh sentence
Nail Salon wins against PWA
Coors not selling well to gays
San Diego goes after cubicles
Repeal of code of silence urged by gay leader
Bathhouse owners supporting Dukakis
AZT dangerous for HIV positives
Gays ask for inclusion in King march Aug 27
French vaccine takes; US does not
MCI charged with employment bias
Florida governor calls for quarantine for PWAs



Issue #189 May 16, 1988

600 demonstrate for gay rights in Dubuque
Women journalists unite to win AIDS story Pulitzer
Review of The Quilt
Review of In the Country of the Last Things
Mandate goes "new sex"
Travel arrangements for AIDS conference, Stockholm, June
The art of taking a sexual history explained by AAPHR
Anti-gay persecution in Rumania
Red Door expanding STD education
Kevin Sitter, Beverly Barrett letter
John D. Ekstrom letter
Robert Halfhill letter
ABC piece on PFLAG disturbed prominent parent

Briefs
Are gays collaborating in our own demise?
California PWA's protected on job
AIDS conference for entertainment industry May 21
Monthly protests at St. Patrick's in Manhattan
San Francisco goes after Olympics Committee
AIDS bill passes with Helms amendment
AIDS medication suit dismissed
HIV test permitted for insurance in New York
Arizona Republicans refuse gay caucuses
Top designers help raise at Night of 1,000 Gowns


Issue #190 June 6, 1988

Larry Kramer blasts federal AIDS horror show
Block Party June 18 launches gay pride flurry
HRCF director says thousands needlessly infected
NGRA expands legal staff
HBLV called probable co-factor in AIDS
Abby Rubenfeld wins hearts of local business lesbians
Harvey Fierstein supports ACT UP
Elaine Noble says Dukakis is a winner deserving support
In memoriam...You are not gone
Dallas intersection rivaling other famous crossroads
PPL to buy building at Chicago Franklin
"Scarlet sign"
10,000 march
Bert Henningson dies

Briefs
Republican platform committee hears gays
Cardinal heaps guilt on PWAs
Superintendent comes out as PWA
Free book on AIDS now available
Contract tracing reaches Mary's wife
House passes hate crimes bill despite “dirty 30”
Iowa passes new AIDS law
S. Carolina woman quarantined without hearings
Baltimore council passes gay rights bill



Issue #191 June 20, 1988

Scientists isolate new AIDS causing agent
Prime Minister of Thailand called gay dissolves
Parliment in response
Survey suggests gays and lesbians recover equally but differently
Jean M. Nelson letter
John D. Eckstrom letter
Erick L. Engstrom letter
10 Quilting sites around town June 25
Jerry Studds' floor statement in Congress on Hate Crimes Bill
Lenora Fulani says "people instead of profits is the cure for AIDS"
Contributions sought from lesbian daughters of Holocaust survivors
New gay bookstore on Castro Street
Lez-be-erotica comes to Minneapolis
Survey results suggest equality and differences among gays and lesbians
Judge asks if it's a crime to beat up homosexuals
Review of Dreams of Love and Fateful Encounters
Gay happenings worldwide
Survey shows lesbians need AIDS info
No band until 31st and Portland for Pride Parade
Karen Clark addresses United Nations Forum in NYC

Briefs
Illinois retains pre-marital testing
Couples founder dies of heart attack
Teacher with AIDS reinstated and collects damages
AZT may reduce sexual infectiousness
Californians reject La Rouche's Proposition 69 again
Kentucky realtor receives award for AIDS work
London Lesbians Zap BBC
Study at HCMC on AIDS and sexual assault
Baltimore passes gay rights bill
Apple Computer adopts non-discrimination policy
HIV virus now said to lie hidden up to four years
AIDS fear costs visitation rights
Long Island researcher treating AIDS patients
Pharmacist sues over AIDS discrimination
Australian police launch anti-gay offensive



Issue #192 July 5, 1988

1 million celebrate gay pride '88 in USA
AIDS Memorial Quilt comes to Minnesota July 15-17
Leonard Matlovich, Sergeant who challenged army dies of AIDS
1,000 whistles given away at Pride festival
Gay 90's hosts thousands for Pride Festival Block Party
Bea Roman appointed head of Health Foundation
Sodomy statute a hindrance
Russ Nelson letter
Drew Siegal letter
Julie Eide letter
John Hubert letter
8,000 march for gay pride in Minneapolis
Three Jackson delegates elected at DFL convention
Karen Clark makes fourth Committee victories on bills about immigration,
AIDS counseling and AIDS research
Activists targeting Republican concave in New Orleans
Review of White Mischief

Briefs
Ohio AIDS activist campaigns for Congress
Mikulski and Chafee sign on for gay rights
What's with these Vegas queens???
MCLU seeks director
Gay Democrats present signatures
Dayton paper refuses classified ad for gay rights group
S/M group continues organizing nationally
Lambda sues New York telephone company
Fulani supports gay rights law in N.J.
Lover, not mother, gets ashes
Funds for AZT running out
Massachusetts’s police infiltrate gay meetings
Boycott of Actifed, Empirin sought by AZT activists


Issue #193 July 18, 1988

Names of AIDS victims broadcast at Metrodome
Tom Freiberg, mainstay of local gay theater, succumbs to AIDS
Myth merged with magic in Minneapolis Gay Pride March
Review of Safe Sex
Chicago Dignity split over Mass compromise
Waxman urges support of AIDS Action Council
Red Door stands by condoms
Condom brands vary in effectiveness against HIV
Gay History.  Part 14.  Leonardo de Vinci and Michelangelo: Latent to Blatant!
Polly Mann, U.S. Senate candidate, interviewed for GLC Voice
Review of The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering The Religion of the Earth
Review of Liberace

Briefs
Michigan sodomy law challenged
U.S. District Judge Threatens "Ms" with jail
Doctors, nurses sue to keep Dannemeyer initiative off ballot
Tubercular teacher wins battle over job
30,000 tested for HIV in one month in Havana
Ex-nun fined $1.5 million for alienating affection
Exit polls tally gay vote
William Cox, Editor of Honolulu Star-Bulletin, succumbs to AIDS



Issue #194 August 1, 1988

AIDS is not yet an election issue. Damn it!
When radicals marry faeries, watch out!
Authoritative nonsense often preached about AIDS
Significant gays not backing Democrats
Walt Apple letter
Gay History Part 15.  Christina of Sweeden: The only woman buried in Vatican City.
Freedom PAC offices re-slated
Gay Democrats endorse Dukakis
Fulani campaign pushes gay issues in Atlanta
Oppression widespread in Malaysia
Review of Wings of Desire
Gay democrats change name

Briefs
Dentist wins $15,000 in suit with landlord over PWAs
Soviets discuss dropping anti-gay law
U.S. Senate gets involved in Georgetown 11 dispute
Wisconsin lesbians sue state for health insurance
Chicago gay father wins visitation rights
NGRA survey results announced
Lover allowed to keep lease after PWA dies


Issue #195 August 15, 1988

Gay and lesbian action Democratic Convention fizzles
Fairy gathering brings new magic to northern woods
W.H.O. and Harvard release study of worldwide responses to AIDS
She thought life would be much worse
Volunteers needed for ongoing AIDS vaccine study
Review of Powaqqatsi
Gabor letter
Frannie Davis letter
Norm Briden letter
Sharon Kowalski birthday rally draws 75
Gay ham-radio operators wanted
Continuous expansion marks last ten years at Gay '90s
Gay History Part 16.  An introduction to the Contemporary Period 1600-1960
U.S. Senate appropriates record funds for AIDS as well as "no promo homo"
Police, fire fighters door-knocking for Karen Clark

Briefs
Kiss-in at Democrat's convention sparks clubbing
Lawsuits attack Dannemeyer referendum
Minneapolis Foundation funds lesbian center for Duluth
San Diego bathhouse owners file suit
Lesbian to head L.A. Community Service Center
NOGLSTP release brochure on computer privacy
Jean O'Leary appointed by Dukakis
AIDS predictions challenged by Native


Issue #196 September 6, 1988

No gay or lesbian delegates at Republican Convention
Beth M. Good letter
Leo Treadway letter
Ron DaSilva, Locker Room manager, dies of AIDS
Byron Williams dies at 37
Review of The Last Temptation of Christ
AIDS activist mobilization planned for October
Finally an adult bookstore for the gay client: The Broadway II
Seven substantive changes in Minnesota Human Rights Act
Gay Republican launches campaign in Hollywood
Gay History Part 17.  Continuation of the Introduction to Gays in the Modern World
Couples workshop for PWHIVs
New network to provide gay video programs to bar network

Briefs
Circle K stores only insuring goodie-goodies
Lambda defends Los Angeles bathhouse
FDA promises to expand availability of TTT
Dukakis signs bill that bans gays from adopting
FDA chief to meet with protesters Oct 11
Gay reporter now Fulani's VP candidate
Circle K waffling on insurance plan regarding AIDS



Issue #197 September 19, 1988

Score cards for Bush and Dukakis on gay and lesbian issues
Oregon gays plan $450,000 initiative defeat drive
Low key drive for charter amendment in St. Paul
Gays demonstrate in Arcadia, Florida
Suicide letter from People's Republic
Only radical new "religions" will save planet Earth
San Francisco style interview with recording artist Jon Sugar
Review of Gay & Lesbian Poetry in Our Time
Gay History Part 18. James I of England: Autopsy found "melancholy" in his blood!
Lela Schuster letter
Consumer sues firm for giving wrong HIV results over telephone
Gay couple settles with Trans World over vacation sweepstakes
Review of The God of Ecstasy: Sex Roles and the Madness of Dionysos
Review of The Temple

Briefs
NGRA analyzes California Proposition 102
Gay politicians to meet in San Diego Nov 17-19
54 sought for AIDS vaccine trials
Milwaukee judge fines Army $500 per day over lesbian sergeant
Years of Pneumocystis treatment efforts on wrong track
AmFAR publishes new guide with help from IBM and Aetna
Colorado collecting large list of sexual deviates



Issue #198 October 3, 1988

Statistics suggest AIDS is drug-related rather than venereal
Gay presentations notable at sex addiction conference
Local events for Coming Out Day
Freedom PAC meets with Steve Endean
Activists defensive on Runyon decision
Carnahan selected to head Gay Men’s Chorus
Activists lobbying for AIDS Bill of Rights Oct 6-7 in D.C.
Lawyers Guild analyses Miera case, finds racial and sexual bias
Annihilation or integrity: Which will you choose?
Martin Kostrzab dies of AIDS
Gay History Part 19.  Anna of Russia and the deadly Ice Palace
Review of The Crystal Curtain
Review of Longing

Briefs
Common herb has inhibiting effect on retro-viruses
Cancelled Visa Cards added to Quilt
Dannemeyer picked to represent Bush on AIDS
Candlelight march and FDA takeover to follow AIDS Quilt display
Major protest planned at FDA October 11
Gallo looking at HHV-6 and AIDS
Report cards go to Congress October 7-10


Issue #199 October 17, 1988

C Everett Koop and Canadians give green light to oral sex
Canadians revise guidelines in favor of oral sex
Gay ordinance fails in Chicago
Freedom PAC sponsors debate between Humphrey and Mann
John Lauritsen letter
Terry Boughner letter
Tom Keske letter
William C. Hunt letter
Randy Nelson letter
Molly Hart letter
Gay and Lesbian Democrats of America letter
Gay History Part 20.  Frederick the Great of Prussia: The romantic par excellence
House passes bill sans Dannemeyer amendment
National condom campaign has Koop approval
Gay atheists need court order to participate in
Dallas parade
Review of A Handful of Dust
Review of Dead Ringers
Decapitation in Saudi Arabia

Issue #200 November 7, 1988

Vote Dukakis!  Vote Mann! Vote!
Congressional report cards
Catholic Archbishop, other religions leaders endorse gay rights move in Saint Paul
Star Tribune botched reporting on Wayland
Flowers' orbit (obit?)
Pam Tighe letter
Creston Rice letter
Joanne Lee letter
Rich Gerharty (sp?)letter
Brian J. Coyle letter
Paul Lohman succumbs to AIDS
Perry Ferguson dies of AIDS
Gay History Part 21.  Herman Melville's artistic and real-life fantasy mate
New AIDS fund drive collecting pennies in Twin Cities
Review of A World Apart

Briefs
AIDS activists zap Illinois Governor
Hepatitis-B may activate HIV virus
Soviets claim woman was first AIDS victim and prostitute
Smithsonian to acquire panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt
AZT funding extended six months
Priest visiting Minneapolis dies in fall at adult bookstore
Ma Bell refuses heading "Gay and lesbian organizations"
Whitney Mill gala raises $10,000 for MAP
HIV present in semen but not in sperm cell
AmFAR gives $50,000 to defeat Prop. 102 in CA


Issue #201 November 21, 1988
"It's not over yet"
Frank and Studds win big...while gays lose best Republican friend LowellWeicker
Review of Journeys: Artworks by Roberto Gonzales
AIDS educators
Review of Reflections in Loring Pond
Perry Watkins case heard by full panel
Pets good for PWAs, vet says
Robert Patrick letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Gay History Part 22. Emily Dickinson: "But we didn't do it though"
Patna, India group opens arms to world
Review of The Amazon and the Page
$800,000 for chronic alcoholics
Pride Committee party November 21

Briefs
Spin distributes condoms and picks up
Syphilis/typhoid theory from Catapano
Jesse Helms uses hate crimes bill for his own gay bashing
Gay judge unopposed in New York elections
Jury gives PWA $1.6 million in blood transfusion of HIV case
HIV plasma used to help advanced PWAs
Lambda sends 1,000 letters to Reagan on AIDS
Syphilis case load climbing in US, mostly among Blacks and Hispanics
Waxman and Krim criticize new FDA rules


Issue #202 December 5, 1988

PWAs express anger over emphasis on dying
Caitlin Ryan named `Social Worker of the Year'
Omni magazine picks up claim that Gallo stole
HIV discovery from French
Typhoid vaccine dismissed for AIDS treatment in Chicago
United Way earmarks $350,000 for AIDS in 1989
Publication surveys PWAs on AIDS treatments
Jean O'Leary letter
Gay History Part 23. Lord Douglas' passion for Oscar Wilde
Christmas Ghost softens the Grinch
AIDS, incest and sauce in ST. (straight) Cloud

Briefs
HealthAmerica pays $250,000 damages for
Red–lining San Francisco
HIV positive lover on trial in South Carolina
Vice cops get off after drowning gay man
High school production with AIDS theme won't go in
Film Torch Song Trilogy opens December 5th at Lincoln Center
San Francisco bishop boots gay men from Catholic churches
New York court won't allow HIV testing without consent
Voter turn out 4% higher in gay precincts of San Francisco


Issue #203 December 19, 1988

Allan Spear, Elaine Noble receive national awards
Checkbook activism comes of age
Gays and lesbians give $400,000 nationally
Chicago mayor launches condom campaign
CDC contacts gay press for info
Americans visit Cuban AIDS quarantine site
Insurance companies pushing for HIV test consent form
NGLTF calls for response to Midnight Caller
AIDS group sends advice to Bush administration
Man who posed as cop to trap and rape a 12 year old gets 15 years
Gay History Part 24.  Eleanor Roosevelt gets last word in history series
Josef E. Bender III letter
Jim Chalgren letter
Review of Shadows of Love

Briefs
Gay cop sues LAPD for $5 million
Ganciclovir cleared for trials
PWHIV sues dental clinic in San Francisco
Gay Boy Scouts battle continues
Wisconsin lesbian couple seeks family recognition
League seeks info on skinheads
Manhattan Democrats disaffiliate
Anti-gay move by Congress declared unconstitutional
FDA approves five minute HIV test



Issue #204 January 3, 1989

Torch Song Trilogy opens Jan 20 in Minneapolis
Evaluation says Sharon Kowalski may be able to indicate visitation desires
New Alliance Party state convention January 8
Judge rules unconstitutional anti-gay amendment in Congress
Just say NO to fur coats
More restroom space for women in Virginia
Lutheran Social Services addresses needs of families of PWAs
NGRA launches new anti-violence project
Peter McLaughlin letter
Carolyn Tombers letter
Eric L. Shambach letter
Names Project distributes funds from AIDS quilt tour
Lambda wins first step in suit for heterosexual
Max Robinson dies of AIDS
Sylvester “Queen of Disco” dies of AIDS

Briefs
Judge cuts sentence in half for "queer killers"
FBI ordered to release files on surveillance of gays
Milk memorial sits neglected, unpaid
Two lesbians murdered in Anquilla
10 arrested in San Francisco at protest of Midnight Caller
New Yorkers rejecting AZT experiments
Svend Robinson re-elected in Canada

Issue #205 January 16, 1989

Minnesota midshipman sues U.S. Navy
Joseph Fairchild Beam, black gay activist, dies
AIDS statistics in Minnesota
Review of Pelle the Conqueror: animal rights themes
Walt Apple letter
Robert Halfhill letter
Review of Prosperine Papers
Review of Out of All Time

Briefs
Mushroom extracts helping with Immune disorders
Navy carries homophobia into accusation about
Soviet spying
San Francisco gets first gay President of Board of City Supervisors
100 oppose AIDS house in Minneapolis suburb
Norwegian lesbian activist receives government stipend
D.C. Council passes three sad laws
$500,000 raised by Art Against AIDS



Issue #206 February 6, 1989

HIVIG approved for human trials
Praises for AZT in JAMA; boos for AZT in Lancet
HIV positives have due process rights too
Domestic abuse forum attended by 25
Review of The Amazon Trail
AZT is no magic bullet!
Review of Torch Song Trilogy

Briefs
AIDS activists zap inauguration
Gay rights bill introduced again in Congress
Police files on Stonewall released by court order
Dallas parade ordered to pay Gay Atheists
27 Soviet children infected with HIV with one syringe
Joe Eaton, PWA, dies on San Francisco sidewalk
Hepatitis B mutant causing trouble



Issue #207 February 20, 1989

More gay visitors deported
Minnesota legislators continue criminalizing AIDS
Counseling pioneer Jim Frost dies of AIDS
Milwaukee bathhouse closed
Gay group forms at Normandale
Michael Neilsen letter
Jerry Lee Martin letter
Les LaBuda letter
Review of Male Fantasies/Gay Realities
Belgian embassy clerk/driver charged with murder in Florida
300 attend AIDS prayer service
Review of The Hidden Image
1989 AIDS Walk chairs announced

Briefs
Gay ex-marine who saved President Ford dies at 47
MS associated with HTLV-I
Women lobbying at Minnesota Capitol February 27
Upcoming AA roundups
Bush nominates homophobe to post of Solicitor General
Lesbian wins step in security clearance battle
American Bar Association backs gay rights 251 to 121
Kennedy chairs hearing on AIDS response
HUD refusing housing grant for AIDS patients



Issue #208 March 6, 1989

Immigration denies any anti-gay bias
St. Paul Electrical shorts AIDS in insurance plan
Medical Association should be made to pay for
HIV testing folly in Illinois
Sontag's view of "homosexuals" called "Camp"
Canada releases all AIDS drugs
Tim Cole letter
John C. Hill letter
Review of Love Alone
Artist Tom Young dies of AIDS
Display designer John Bourne dies of heart attack

Briefs
ACT UP targets NYC City Hall for March 28
Phone-a-letter to Congress $4.50
Federal Court rules against HIV tests for
Nebraska organization
Randy Johnson, San Francisco gay personality, succumbs to AIDS
Chicago AIDS foundation raises half a million at art auction and dinner
Letter campaign against Dallas judge
Poppers off the shelves now
Two new bigwigs at MAP


Issue #209 March 20, 1989

Robert Mapplethorpe: Photography at the limit
Barron's asks if FDA is on wrong track for AIDS drugs
On Salmon Rushdie and satanic sensibilities
Miller's accused of betraying gay rights award
1989 Pledge Walk for AIDS
Schneider Drugs in Prospect Park: The corner drugstore revisited
Rape charges against HIV positive man dropped
Review of Gay Men and Women Who Enriched the World
Bob Webster letter
Sullivan confirmed as HHS secretary
Review of Sodom and Gomorrah
Jim Lewis, hairdresser dies at 34

Briefs
Hate Crimes Statistics Act introduced inCongress
PWARC fasting to pressure California governor
Gay judge appointed in Massachusetts
Boy sues Scoutmaster
Documentary about Evelyn Hooker coming
PFLAG offers pamphlet on cause of gayness
Directory of activist groups underway
Study urges early TB treatment if AIDS virus present



Issue #210 April 3, 1989

Larry Kramer speaks here April 16
New agent found in AIDS
Poppers: the end of an era
Rodney K. Raab letter
Bob Halfhill letter
Barney Frank interview

Briefs
Immigration reform bill reintroduced
ACT UP to storm S. Carolina legislature
Dallas Gay Center hit by burglary and arson
AIDS dropping off in San Francisco
ACT UP closes FDA Seattle
Life imprisonment proposed in Wisconsin for spreading HIV
Dallas judge will face investigation
Mentor introduces Magnum condom
Women's concerns dominate gay military project
Class action suit filed after bar raid in Chicago
Helms hampers AZT subsidy
Cal Anderson from Seattle joins board



Issue #211 April 17, 1989

Dutch Person with AIDS wins waiver
Thomas J. Schiltgen letter
Martin Olav Sabo letter
R.C. Shulstad letter
Robert Flowers letter
Tim Campbell letter
Larry Kessier, Diane Ahrens named to US AIDS Commission
No Minnesota Congressmen push AZT funding extension
Wallace Swan running for library board
GLCAC elects new board
190 arrested at New York City Hall March 28
Helms et al delay national sex survey
Yankee eccentric to Fort Ladeda
Review of A Simple Suburban Murder
News from Seattle Sports Festival and Gay Games III
Review of The Skeptical Feminist: Discovering the Virgin, Mother and Crone
Surviving lovers' group at MAP
Erik Hart dies of AIDS

Briefs
Four-to-a-house law struck down in New York via state constitution
Baltimore AIDS clinic sues activist
NGRA appeals Los Angeles employment discrimination suit
Report police abuse to GLCAC Health research with honorarium
Lesbian support group in St. Paul
Woman author and INS target to speak April 28
Lesbian refugee seeks citizenship
$30,000 for sexual ethics dialogue
Clinical trials expanded for Peptide-T



Issue #212 May 1, 1989

Gay 90's gets new neon
Spirit of Lakes becomes U.C.C.'s first gay congregation
Protest of fag-basher comic May 14
Ollie North meets same judge as Leonard Matlovich
Eddie Felien letter
Tim Campbell letter
May 21 Walk is a way to do more than just care
Review of Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart
Review of Equal Affections

Briefs
Phone sex in Supreme Court
TWA denies gay couple frequent flier trip, gets sued
CNN to deal with medical disputes in AIDS May 6
AIDS five times as prevalent in Caribbean, Latin America as in U.S.
Gay wedding in China
Jack Campbell runs for Mayor of Miami
New AIDS database available
Bomb explodes outside gay disco in Guadalajara


Issue #213 May 15, 1989

6,000 march for gay pride in Madison
Perry Watkins reinstated by Appeals Court
Hate mongering not appropriate at Northrop
Compound Q (GLQ223) stirs interest
Dutch immigrant Marinus Bos responds to Schiltgen and Martin Sabo
Military witch-hunt victims testify before DACOWITS
Kellogg shareholders stunned by gay speech
HRCF Joins Amicus brief in Supreme Court abortion case
Mineral and vegetable oil based lubricants destroying condoms
Steven Todd Kunz dies of AIDS
Christine Jorgensen dies at 62
Late night meetings again at Lambda
Gay couple to attend prom
Author of Lust reads at WAC June 22

Briefs
Minneapolis Civil Rights Dept lets church discriminate in renting
Milwaukee bishop throws Dignity from the inn
Homosexual defined as “queer”
Stonewall Survivors sought in St. Paul
D.C. employees pledge $500,000 to AIDS clinic
Skinhead arrested in gay murder in Houston
Massachusetts taxpayers may get check off for AIDS funding
San Francisco tourist bureau to advertise Freedom Day parade in 1990
Proceedings against Dallas judge will be public
AIDS drugs trials hotline: 1-800-TRIALS-A


Issue #214 June 5, 1989

ACT UP zaps Kinison
Orlando deputy fights for job while KKK protests
Sister Commissioner charges County staff with jeopardizing AIDS effort in Minnesota
Verhoef guarded in response to immigration policy change
Stuart McDonald letter
Patrice Perregali letter
Turkish editors risking arrest for gay rights
New gays philateling
Arizona deputy sheriff wins fight for gay rights
Writer George Whitmore dies of AIDS
Denmark legalizes gay marriage
AIDS actions in Thailand
Benefit concert for Laurie Dow
Enrollment closing for AZT study at U of M

Briefs
Punitive damages awarded in AIDS discrimination case
Anti-porn law struck down as over-broad
Gay pride march planned in Israel 20,000 march in Texas
Seattle rights department rules in favor of medical
Insurance benefits for partners
Chinese herbs may help battle AIDS, microbiologist reports
Persantine may enhance or safen AZT usage
Lambda sues TWA for discriminating against lesbian and gay couples



Issue #215 June 19, 1989

Gay Pride march, Sunday June 25, Loring Park, Noon
San Francisco gets domestic partners law
Two more nabbed at U.S. border
Republican memo gay baiting Tom Foley leads to dismissal
ACT UP seizes stage at International Conference on AIDS
Herpes and AIDS linked at Montreal conference
1989 National Lobby Days
Review of The Demon Lover
Salk reports progress towards HIV vaccine
Barry Gingell, MD dies of AIDS
Let me die alive!
Calls needed on Helms amendments
Wanted by FBI: John Kelly Gentry
1989 National Lobby Days
Finding God in Leather: The International Mr. Leather Competition
Review of Remembering Stonewall: An Anthology takes shape
Senate bumps up AIDS funding, House holds line

Briefs
New type of drug studies starting in San Francisco
Bulgaria to test every adult in Sofia
Angry Mormons gather in Reno
Negotiations regarding Coors boycott
Contact tracing on Twin Cities Live June 22, Thursday
Dannemeyer loses libel suit against B.A.R.
May Day organizers refuse to announce gay parade contingent


Issue # 216 July 3, 1989

Over 1 million remember Stonewall
State, County face off on Red Door July 6
Editor of Chicago gay mag dies of AIDS
Forced contact tracing for HIV is nonsense
Harvey Hertz letter
Blacks, whites fighting over AIDS in Chicago
Mass wedding planned in Copenhagen
Stonewall Climbers recruiting adventuresome gays and lesbians
Three years after Georgia vs. Hardwick, activists refocus on sodomy laws
Supreme Court protects sex talk
Pennsylvania moving to protect confidentiality of HIV tests
Kummer receives Catholic award
The "war effort" and gay pride

Briefs
"Fag killer" executed
Gay marriages legalized in Denmark
Swedish Amnesty group joins pro-gay caucus
AIDS programs promised, nixed in D.C.
ACT UP zaps Forbes
Moral Majority disbanded
Mass. debates gay rights bill
Gays avoiding anal sex or using condoms
14% of gay men back sliding to unsafe sex



Issue #217 July 17, 1989

Lesbian expects citizenship soon
ACT UP Minnesota heads to Mora with convoy of protest
Pacific Bell assessed $3.2 million
NYC Village crowd totals overly aggressive car while commemorating Stonewall
Kowalski committee says job is done
MAP gets $30,000 for St. Cloud Project
Summary of AIDS work by Minneapolis Health Department released
Sandra Coleman runs against Tony Scallon
Victor Halsey running against Brian Coyle
ACT UP New York lists twelve points in drug research agenda
Animator John Brister dies of AIDS
Written, oral testimony on civilian review invited
Raymond LeBrun letter
Gerrie Kincaid letter
Risa Morgan letter

Briefs
Chicago Mayor and County Sheriff join Pride Parade
Iowa town passes gay rights law
US Postal cancellation marks Stonewall
Home of lesbian pioneers destroyed by fire
HIV not producing antibodies early on in most cases, U of P study says
Gai Pied French gay rag seized by US Customs in Philadelphia
San Francisco ACT UP pickets Concord church


Issue #218 August 7, 1989

250 AIDS activists zap rural Minnesota town
State now demands names and addresses for all HIV tests
Senate Committee votes to extend funds for AIDS drugs
Catholics refuse gay for divinity program
AIDS employment victory appealed
1500 gather for MCC conference
Knud Josephsen wins entry despite AIDS
The complacency around AIDS must be shattered
Richard A. Simon letter
Charles C. Williamson letter
Rick Haddorff letter
Jo Meyertons letter
Hans Paul Verhoef letter
Craig Ketchum dies of AIDS
NGRA appoints Ann Bradley
Joe Steffan wins round one
Simon Nkoli makes it to IGLA conference in Vienna
Mora vs. Tienanmen Square
Examiner's gay series belongs in every gay home
Review of The Bar Stories

Briefs
New strain of HIV eludes tests
Gallo's lab investigated for corruption
Official AIDS figures may be false due to rich folks
AAA loses in Seattle complaint
Bigots in Santa Rosa
Helms passes obscenity bill like Dworkin's
Illinois passes obscenity/assault bill
TWA changes frequent flyer policy
Two new insurance for AIDS lawsuits


Issue #219 August 21, 1989

Domestic partners debate dominates Seventh Ward race
Outweek prints "Peek a Boo" list
Spence arrested in New York
CUAV releases local survey results
Campbell proposes moving complaints against police to City Attorney's office
Harvey Zuchman letter
Disability Rights Bill heads for Senate victory
Gay lobbyists excited about events in Congress
Boudykke art show at Quatrefoil
Review of The Dog Collar Murders
Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette!
Southern Theater offerings in August

Briefs
Last full AIDS Quilt display Oct 6-8 in D.C.
Ben Shalom looses appeal
HIV man in Florida wins a round
Appellate Court upholds California AIDS decision
Grinnell married student policy change
Domestic partners recognized in New York
34 M.C.s urge parallel drug trials
Lambda wins round one with D.C. Big Brothers
Lambda finally listed in federal source


Issue #220  September 5, 1989

Barbara Carlson courts gays and bigots
Bob Keene succumbs to AIDS
County Board and Task Force back Red Door policy
Gay sailor scapegoated for USS Iowa explosion
“Give us names, names, names!!!” say some
Review of AIDS Testing and Privacy
“Back, ye brazen hussies!”
Pat Scott letter
Noelle Schaupp letter
Awesome mystery in each life


Briefs
Austria decriminalizes male prostitution
Gay couple accepted by U of Toronto
NYC AIDS activists protest housing shortage
NGRA joins Cruzan briefs
National Coming Out Day October 11, 1989
Worry stimulates immune system
Sailor recants on accusations against Hartwig
Gay and lesbian Mormons meet in Reno Oct 6-8
ACLU joins suit with Parris Island lesbians
Crowds cheer Barney Frank
Barber shaves banned in Moscow
AIDS Quilt at Waterloo November 4-5


Issue #221 September 18, 1989

Simon Nkoli tours world speaking out against AIDS
2/3 of HIV-Positives may not get AIDS
ACTUP meets with Ashton, Health Department
Late Congressman's will to be challenged by “lover”
Run for Pride raises $2892 for Philanthrofund
Lesbian traveler Yong Sook Bonsma deported
FDA advisory panel OKs parallel track drug trials
Jim Scheibel garnering progressive endorsements
Eric L. Shambach letter
Carmen Pollock letter
In Memory of Ray Tackelson
Bradley Fischer dies of AIDS

Briefs
Veto kills Muscatine gay rights ordinance
Dallas police reject lesbian applicant
Drag war in Indianapolis
Society to study daily newspaper practices
HIV testing in China
MAP starts pushing HIV test, maybe
Insurance for kids. $25 per year
French piloting faster AIDS drugs trials
Condoms at U of Minnesota
GMHC hires Washington lobbyist


Issue #222 October 2, 1989

Eartha Kitt to sing at Costume Ball
Secrets got him drunk
Signal lights on "Thirteenth Stepping"
National organization likely as a result of 2nd Annual Gay Powwow
50 band members meet here
Shanti Minnesota getting organized
Irving Berlin Master of camp and timely
Vito Russo benefit for Karen Clark Oct 12
Carlson prompts new gay group to form
NGRA sues HUD
ACT UP to leaflet commuters on Mall Oct 6
Nathan Kolodner dies at 38
Douglas Wilson letter
Gary E. Orians letter
Robert Patrick letter

Briefs
AIDS update conference in San Francisco
Strip searches of ACT UP protesters in Portland
Singapore closes gay discos to stop AIDS
ACT UP hits Wall Street
Plainclothes cop shoots gay man in park
Compound Q early findings released
Dannemeyer continues bigotry
HRCF to honor Warwick, Hoyer


Issue #223 October 16, 1989

Carlson-Alexander connection exposed
So what's the big deal about cruising Loring Park?
Anonymous letter
Jonathan Campbell letter
Joanna Russ letter
John Bisciglia dies at 52
Bette Davis: Spunk and special effects
Jackie Cherryhomes winning gay support in Ward 5
James Madson letter
Modern world's first gays marry with full legal status in Denmark
Federal Appeals Court orders Medicaid reimbursement for AZT
Natalie Goldberg to lead writing atelier for PWAs
Burton Clark dies of AIDS
Terry Williams letter
Review of Lesbian Love Stories
Illinois rejuggles AIDS laws

Briefs
Gay bashers sued for $20 million
NGRA publishes guide for foreign visitors
Hospital loses to HIV patient
Sexy AIDS ads disturb Wisconsin
Pre-gay figure skater dies at school
Congress ruled unconstitutional in interfering with D.C. gay rights law
HIV positive American gets Australian visa for bridge tournament
Man who bit deputy must take blood test
Student leader at U of Minnesota backs off  resistance to ROTC ban on gays
Deukmejian vetoes protection against discrimination for HIV positives
Attack on gay/lesbian schools prevented in Congress
New magazine pumps “daddy” theme
Carlson murders two gays indirectly



Issue #224 November 6, 1989

Massachusetts enacts gay and lesbian rights law
MAP/MDH conduct $103,000 survey of effectiveness of AIDS education campaign
F.A.G.S. trash R.O.T.C. at U. of M.
Stop stoning gays! Stop stoning Prostitutes
Why spend $100,000 to assess non-existent AIDS campaign?
Pentagon officials blast report
Review of Common Threads: Unangry documentary on AIDS
“Gay-smart” woman becomes US Surgeon General: Mathilde Krimm, MD
Tim Campbell letter
Allen Smalling letter
Anonymous letter
Gerry E. Studds letter
Richard Osborne letter
Maupin compared to Dickens
AIDS services, gay businesses farewell in San Francisco quake
ACT UP/LA targets Prudential

Briefs
GLAAD confronts NBC Nightly News
Illinois activists pushing for domestic partner rights
Congress passes new measure for DC gay rights
ACTUP/Chicago trashes Burroughs-Wellcome booth
Drug convert preaching homophobia
Lesbian representative to chair child care task force in MN
$63,000 settlement with Raytheon
Wisconsin man settles employment suit for $15,000
Right wing politics tied to gay bashing


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Issue #226 December 4, 1989

Gay and lesbian officials gather in Madison
New York Native publisher thinks answer to
AIDS may be mycoplasma incognitus
All eyes on Coyle and the new City Council, please!
Where were the DFL gays in the fight against Barbara Carlson?
Sol Gordon speaks at Youth and AIDS Conference
ACT UP Minnesota joins World AIDS Day
Mark Wallem hired by State Senator Allan Spear
Tim Campbell letter
Terry Boughner letter
Robert Peterson letter
Tim Campbell letter
Stevie Bryant letter
Sue Hyde letter
Walter Cavalieri letter
Review of Sleeping Beauties

Briefs
Congress examines security clearance issue
Spanish gays protesting military homophobia
Texas PWA sues employer and insurer
Jean O’Leary on Democrats’ National Committee
Time Magazine supports and slights gays
William Allen speaks at anti-gay symposium
Lawyer arrested at Yale for postering
Rotterdam joins International Gay and Lesbian Organization


Issue #227 December 18, 1989

HIV positive woman charged with attempting to spit great bodily harm on officer
How to prevent relapse into unsafe sex
Gay books that make festive holiday gifts described
Leo Treadway receives $5000 McKnight Award
Loitering plea plagues man 20 years later
Sheepish report doesn't flinch at sexual conduct
Ballet of the Dolls Christmas fare called both sweet and saucy
ACT UP stops mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral
Allan Spear letter
Cliff Steele letter
Frank letter
Igor Fajnor letter
Robert Halfhill letter
DC Skinheads convicted

Briefs
AZT causing cancer in mice
Vote in Madison to ban ROTC spurs debate
AIDS "Time-Bomb" in Thailand
HRCF to start `Registry of Families'
AIDS Benefit concert cut short by tear gas
Former DC policeman who was openly gay diesof AIDS
O'Leary in trouble at NGRA
Gay rights battle in Chicago high school
Sought: Jackie Starr, Jewel Box Review


Issue #228 January 2, 1990

Brian Coyle becomes City Council VP
Gay activism now emerging in Czechoslovakia
Lutherans Concerned affirms support for Lesbian and Gay Ministry
Parents FLAG campaigns for Hate Crimes Act
St. Joan's starts assisted living for PWAs
European Parliment calls for end to transsexual discrimination
Review of Sister Gin
Wallace (Wally) letter
Tad Park letter
Carol LeFavor letter
Roy Allan Racca letter
AIDS Activists say Chicago AIDS campaign useless
Stop smoking to fight Jesse Helms
Review of Eighty-Sixed

Briefs
55,000 letters to Ann Landers
Fundamentalists "forbid" Gay Games III
Barr responds to GLADD on “faggy” comment
Two new sponsors for hate crimes bill in Senate
Chronic fatigue organizations seek coalition with AIDS efforts
Chicago high school protects gays and lesbians
Georgia PWA sentenced to 10 years
First openly gay Episcopal priest to be ordained
Planning for 1990 Pledgewalk for AIDS begins
Moment of conception law used by liberals



Issue #229 January 15, 1990

Sr. Ashton sleeps through national AIDS commission session here
Reports from Romania: Gays tortured under Ceausescu
NIH more interested in Mycoplasma incognitus now
NGLTF scores senators and representatives
Mapplethorpe `rtist of the Year in Chicago
Molly Yard letter
Turning 40-- It could be worse!
Sixth AIDS benefit Interfaith Prayer Service
Review of The Everlasting Secret Family
U of Tennessee paper inserts condoms
Testimony of Minneapolis City Council Member
Brian Coyle to the task force of the National
Commission on AIDS January 4, 1990 in St. Paul, Minnesota
Gay group claims victory in Dallas case

Briefs
Marine Corps admits error in prosecution of lesbian
PWA shot by "friend" in LA hospital
Support Group for male assault victims
Needle program in San Francisco busted by cops
AIDS activist stop Rose Parade
Lesbian sues for visitation rights in prison
ACT UP/London Closes Westminster Bridge
Florida PWA sues employer for $15 million
Feds must face courts over AIDS education


Issue #230 February 5, 1990

Gessen comments on her citizenship approval
Loleatta Holloway at Gay 90s Valentines Day
Schoolteachers nabbed in Michigan entrapment operation
People Power: The missing element in earlier years of the drive for gay and lesbian rights
Dean Amundson letter
Nancy Jones runs for County Commissioner
Homophobic ads in New York City
Softballers coming out again
Gay American Legion Post
In Memoriam: Nathaniel Pier, 1952-1989
Pride Committee starts with $5,454

Briefs
Gay basher gets 10-30 years
First gay group in USSR
Ann Landers on gay marriages
GLADD challenges Andy Rooney remarks
Gay man sues women's space in Boston
Day of remembrance for black gay men and lesbians Feb 25
Survey of black men
Lambda challenges vice arrests
Canada to award $120,000 to blood recipients infected with HIV
ACT UP action planned for Chicago April 20-23


Issue #231 February 19, 1990

Governor, two mayors host benefit for Aliveness at Gay '90s
Rodriguez accepts five years probation on HIV-related spitting charges
Rodriguez sentence includes stay of imposition, other interesting legal aspects
Project strives to prevent AIDS among teens
ILGA planning gay conference in USSR
Gay and lesbian couples have chance to get listed in 1990 US census tracts
Review of Gods of the Earth and Heaven
New group (G.U.L.P.) specializes in nonmenclutter
Review of One Voice
Yuri Spitzer letter
Darrell Ledger letter
Ava Gardner...an artistic endeavor
Review of Matlovich: The Good Soldier
Best  books for 1990 listed
Mount Sinai gets new funds for case workers
Miss Gay Great Lakes USA Pageant

Briefs
Senate passes "hate crimes" bill
U of W regents refuse to expel ROTC
Gay bank now in receivership
Gay soap to air soon
Right wingers fail to get support
Restroom arrestees' names published in Harvard Crimson
TV show leads to arrest of murder suspect in Las Vegas
Iran starts executing gas and lesbians
Lesbian survey ranks partnership rights as the #1 issue
Appeals Court OKs extra scrutiny of gays, lesbians
Larry Bagneris makes run off in New Orleans
Aliveness baskets totaled $90,000
 AIDS Quilt to get its own building in San Francisco
Kaposi's sarcoma cause disputed
AmFAR awards $1.1 million to community based research
Activists propose new laws in Kansas City
US Senator Jerry Studds challenges Federal AIDS policies
Social assistance versus the virus
Episcopalians select AIDS minister



Issue #232 March 5, 1990

Coyle launches drive for domestic partners
Strong US dollar makes shopper's paradise in Mexico
U of M students join boycott of Burroughs-Wellcome
Boshwitz sponsors bill to ban gay volunteers
TWA grants refund in case involving death of a lover
Both gay scene and AIDS scene bleak in Romania
David Bergin dies of AIDS
Palm Beach passes gay rights bill
Small business loans

Briefs
Supreme Court refuses to hear cases against military
Directive 1332.14 on homosexuality, verbatim
Chicago Transit caves in on AIDS ads
Episcopalian minister advocates non-monogamy
Meningitis drug approved by FDA
Kentucky gay basher gets 50 years
Gay harassment escalates in Argentina


Issue #233 March 19, 1990

Calliope and Carnahan to add special touch to TCMC spring concerts
Seattle city employees get domestic partner benefits
$40,000 raised at Gay '90s for Aliveness
Current "domestic partners" proposal for
Minneapolis would only benefit one a thousand
Star Tribune needs to change political formula reporting
Minnesota Daily should revise AIDS guidelines
Allan Spear letter
Richard (Rick) A. Simon letter
Christopher Dodge letter
Howard K. Bell letter
Review of Timon of Athens
Review of Mother, Mother
Review of Pretty Woman
Scott Jarvis obituary
Levi William Swanson dies
Robert L. McDonald dies
New bookstore on Lake Street near Isles
Review of Shaggy Haired Horses of Winter
Review of Greek

Briefs
Iowa Supreme Court rules in favor of gay father
N.J. police chief ends plainclothes harassment
Washington University supports Holobaugh against ROTC
Czechoslovakian activists seek help
Men are the weaker sex
Lesbian billboard in Chicago
Mike Gelpi running for Congress in Columbus
Oxidation and Reticulose not useful
Kennedy and Hatch propose disaster relief for AIDS



Issue #234 April 2, 1990

Has the AIDS epidemic peaked?
ACT UP Annie reads BS Dipstick
National PAC urges phone calls to D.C.
New York appeals court denies lesbian visitation
Two Queers and a Het offers fine new music option
Strike Force letter
Robert Frame letter
Lee Heikens letter
Review of The Handmaid's Tale
Review of Unfinished Women
Review of Spectacular Women
Review of A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present
GLADD tells story behind Andy Rooney flap
GMHC updates two useful pamphlets
Librarians announce 1990 book awards

Briefs
Richard Chamberlain comes out in Nous Deux
Iceland gets gay paper
Gallo says Japanese have cure for KS
New York applies partners rights for apartments
Lesbian wins visitation rights for lover
Kansas City AIDS project abandons gay rights drive
HRCF seeks young leaders
Western Union loses gay account
Australian immigration toughens






Issue #235 April 16, 1990

ACT UP, pro-choicers yell "Can that nun!"
Anatomy of a disaster
Perpich appoints Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Minnesotans
Richard Osborne letter
David Lyons letter
NGLTF head interrupts Bush's AIDS speech
Methodists seek AIDS volunteers
Review of Cunegonda
Chippewa rights advocated
Gay survey gives straight press low grades
U of M group challenges ROTC policies
Review of The Green Fuse: Journeys on the Amazon
Federal judge in California rules for phone lines

Briefs
ILGA leader Jean Claude Letist dies
Estonia OKs gay conference
Pittsburgh City Council approves gay rights
NAMBLA editor charged
NGRA announces $50,000 Hormel challenge
Pharmacist with HIV wins back pay
Tulane students launching law review
ROTC demands repayment from two more gays
AIDS conference faces major boycotts



Issue #236 May 7, 1990

1,000 angry AIDS activists storm Chicago
Perry Smith dies after long battle with AIDS
Let's hear it for outing!!!
Larry Kramer calls for "riot" in San Francisco June 20-24
Entertainers' Alliance opposes outing the stars
Alpha-Interferon stopping, curing AIDS in Africa
ACT UP to demand more drug trials at May 21 demos
Michaelangelo Signorile punches out heckler on Geraldo show
Don Knutson St. Paul native founder of NGRA dies of AIDS
Constituent grows want broader domestics partners law
Review of Talk
Review of Sexual Personae
Red Helbig letter
Larry Kramer, other GMHC founders cited by US President
Wisconsin man sues for partner's coverage
Burroughs-Wellcome seeks secrecy law

Briefs
Bush invites gays, lesbians to White House signing
MN Senator offers apology for crude analogy
76th vote gained for national gay rights bill
Anti-gay foster care policy reversed in Massachusetts
HRCF gives $5,000 to Helms challenger
Chicago voters oust bigot
10 day visas now available for conferences in US
Minister studies tearoom, bookstore sex
AIDS activist call Marlboro boycott

ISSUE 236 MAY 7 1990

1,000 angry AIDS activists storm Chicago
Perry Smith dies after long battle with AIDS
Let's hear it for OUTING
Larry Kramer calls for riot in San Fran
Entertainers' alliance opposes outing stars
Alpha-Interferon curing AIDS in Africa
Signorile punches out heckler on Geraldo
Forbidden Broadway reviewed
Don Knutson dies
Constituent groups want broader domestic partners law
Bill T Jones dance & AIDS themes
Nefertiti to Dickenson sheds light on erotic expressions
Larry Kramer, other GMHC founders cited by US President
WI man sues for partner's coverage
Burroughs-Wellcome seeks secrecy law

BRIEFS
Bush invites gays/lesbians to White House
MN senator offers apology for crudeness
76th vote for gay rights in Congress
Anti-gay foster care policy reversed in Mass.
HRCF gives $5,000 to Helms's opponent
Chicago voters oust bigot Pullen
10 day visas now available for conferences
Minister studies tearooms, bookstores
AIDS activists call Marlboro boycott



ISSUE #237 MAY 21, 1990

Susan (?) Denevan, a lesbian feminist elected president of U of MN Student Association
Mike Gelpi wins congressional primary  in Ohio as open gay
Major groups listed which are boycotting Sixth Intl AIDS  Conference
Why riot in San Francisco? Kramer
Tim McFeeley shares thoughts at White House signing
ACT AWFUL/Chicago outs hetero (parody)
Greg Kolovakos obit
Scott Lesher obit
Swiss police caught with gay sex list
Couples survey finds long-lasting relationships
Settlement reached in redlining case
LorraineTeel takes over at MAP
Vanities reviewed
One act plays reviewed
Happy Mother's Day: Commentary by Larry Larson
Mapplethorpe photographs lead to indictments
Imperfection redefines art forms
Coming Out Under Fire reviewed
A reporter's take on outing.  Commentary by Rex Wockner
Shambach letter on sex survey
Portland ACT UP outs US Sen. Mark Hatfield

BRIEFS
Gay man in DC settles with Big Brothers
Vermont passes hate crimes law
Gay activist seeks office in Missouri
Black candidate in DC slams gay rights
GMHC places ads for wide drug trials
Aaron Diamond receives Lambda award
France bans poppers
Greta Garbo reputed to be lesbian and transvestite
Monument to gays in Bologna



ISSUE #238 JUNE 4, 1990

Ray Myers files discrimination suit against U of MN
3,000 storm National Institute of Health
Saga of TCMC and the "g" word
It's time to out Howdy Doody
MAP partially boycotts AIDS conference
Is Jesse Helms pushing tobacco on 3rd world kids?
Slow moving crisis in housing
WHO & MAP join boycott
Anthology of AIDS plays reviewed
Fallen Angels reviewed
Leading groups call for new AIDS research priorities
She-male snakes discovered in Canada
Letters from Maurice Weinblatt

Briefs
Iceland gets first gay bar
House passes faulty Disabilities Act
$2.9 billion voted for AIDS in Senate
Sentinel fires woman for outing
Fundamentalists fight Gay Games
New York court rejects mandatory testing
Lesbian sues Dallas police force
Army drops tuition refund return demands
$5,000 art commission open
Condoms in hotel rooms in Uganda




Issue 239 June 18, 1990 Pride Issue

Jerry Smith, Lambda co-fouder, dies of AIDS
Foundations give $593,291 to AIDS groups
Yes, outing is really in!!!
Boycotting, broadcasting conference not compatible
Seven members of Congress outed with little smoking evidence (Commentary by Mike Petrelis)
Wrathall letter
Patricia Pink letter
INS plans for activists this week in SF
Executions in Iran
Interview with Tim Miller
Top Girls reviewed
500 HIV positive gather in Madrid
Tim Miller and Marlon Riggs at WAC
Hatch favored by gay and lesbian DFLers

Briefs
Ohio State closes dorm
150 at first Soviet gay conference
Empire State Bldg to glow lavender
ACT UP Chicago heckles Bush
Capitol rally
Black Democrat runs against Helms
Connecticut hate crimes bill
National Conference on ROTC in MPLS    


Issue #240 July 2, 1990

ACTUP wins in Frisco (6th Intl AIDS Conference)
Conference opens doors to ACTUP at closing
Louis Sullivan's words at conference
Gerry Studds letter
Rob Hall and Homestead letter
Camille Paglia letter
Coffin Project launched by three celebrities
Hypothermia successful with one patient
Tim Miller shows reviewed
Anniversary Waltz reviewed
Kitchen Duty and After Eleven reviewed
Take Me to the Underground reviewed
Grin of victory
Gay Pride Minneapolis photo brief

Briefs
Gerry Sikorski joins gay rights sponsors in Congress
GLAAD attacks Bird on a Wire
Chicago billboards Art against AIDS
FBI sued over homophobia
Dignity testifying in Minneapolis rights hearings
Queen hires aide to trail Prince Edward
Chilean police raid discos, test for HIV
Gay affinity credit card offered
Gay group forms in Peru
Bigamy in Winnipeg
Madison OKs rights measure
Boycott Chiquita bananas
Fast-acting AIDS kills two monkeys


















Issue #241 July 16, 1990

Minnesotans act up in San Francisco
(Sixth Intl AIDS Conference protests)
AMA arranges special workshop on mycoplasma incognitus for Montagnier & Lo
Clinic 42 open house
Deadly Minuet previewed
Miss Ever's Boys reviewed
Republican gays surveyed

Briefs
Kentucky judge nixes sodomy law
New magazine called "viciously homophobic"
Genetic origins of sexuality?
AIDS bias bill Oked
Pride parade in Idaho
AmFAR gives $145,000 for safe sex
Rabbis accept gays and lesbians
International Mr. Leather
Jodie Foster comes out
Adopting a highway denied to PFLAG
Community based AIDS care in Russia
Soviet safe sex film
Ontario paper must carry gay ad
Gay bashers released without bail
Thoelke moves south and east
Lesbian elected judge in California
Male prostitution in Ft Wayne
Bush' nephew campaigning against Gerry Studds



Issue #242 August 6, 1990

Cops storm AIDS leaflettiers / 17 ACT UP arrests
ACT UP wins minor concessions from Mayor Don Fraser
Domestic partners proposal fraught with problems
Judge Souter's record on gay rights not as clean as abortion record
Mark Bomchill letter
John Wrathall letter
John Hubert letter
Tom Critchett obit
Nick Pippin obit
Bob Bruneau obit
Interview with Vladimir and Sergey, Leningrad
Sandra Bernhard's new film reviewed
Penumbra and Unicorn producing exhilarating art
A condom for her
Gay men's chorus concert bowled 'em over
US bans discrimination against HIV-positives

Briefs
ACT UP / Phoenix stages first action
Catholic parents want ID badges
Gay bar raid in Lima, Ohio
New gay pen pal service
HRCF gives to Harvey Gantt
Lech Walesa vows to eliminate homos
HIV testing of rapists becomes law
260 gay and lesbian marriages per month in Denmark



ISSUE #243 AUGUST 20, 1990

Dump Helms fever rages
I hate straights verbatim
NOW should support outing
Lesbian Lutheran ministers suspended
ILGA conference shatters attendance record
GLCAC letter on domestic partners
Urvashi Vaid (NGLTF) letter onSouter
Gay bashing rage letter Joe Shulka
Asian lesbians hit beach
Sean Strub likely win in New York
Polish activists say Walesa would "eliminate" gays and lesbians
Police and gays riot in Montreal; 120 injured
HIV-negatives seek similar partners
Gays in Argentina giving police hard time
Dallas Park board won't inscribe gay or AIDS
Losing It dissects machismo
More trouble for gay leader in Turkey

BRIEFS
ACT UP arrests in Australia
50 million AIDS cases predicted for Russia by 2006
House censors Judy Chicago art
Congress passes AIDS homeless bill
AmFAR and Madonna award $976,861 to CBCTs
Anti-gay bill vetoed in Boston
House committee moves to delete gay immigration ban
Navy retreats on demotion of witness
Western Union reverses employment policy



ISSUE # 244   SEPTEMBER 5, 1990

Wake UP, Millers!  Helms is going to put you out of business
Federal judge blocks law on phone services
Lesbian widow sues AT&T for benefits
Wisconsin case over classifieds continues
ACT UP/KC zaps city hall
Stoner McTavish mysteries reviewed
Travels with Larson: Ft Lahdeedah...N.O.L.A.
Admiral Donnell says get rid of lesbians
Susan Vass: fun, tasteful and provocative
Tom Mellis letter
Anonymous "Straight" letter
Gary Novotny and Stella Whitney join MDH

Briefs
Patrick Swayze protuberance in People magazine
Blue-green algae trials
Illinois bans gay novel
New Jersey bans courtroom homophobia
New York man dies hours after hypothermia for AIDS
Aspirin may be important in AIDS treatment
$16 million to find one HIV positive in USSR
Spain asked to destroy old gay files
Gays expelled from British service



ISSUE #245 SEPTEMBER 17, 1990

Adm. J. Donnell's memo on homosexuals in Navy
Federal officers lead raid on men's festival
E.R.I.S.A. my foot! Editorial on domestic partners law
Court ordered murder in Argentina! Editorial by Rex Wockner
Hell for Argentine gay leaders
Letter from GLCAC Task Force on Domestic Partners
HRCF joins Miller/Marlboro boycott
Helms files complaint against ACT UP over boycott
Lutherans Concerned announce aggressive agenda
Immediate Family reviewed
Baby reviewed
Up with Queer Nation! By Larry Larson
Minnesota Daily refuses gay newspaper ad
ACT UP in Puerto Rico
LPN required to present HIV results
PWAs flocking to Medicare; experts say quality will suffer

Briefs
Gay PAC gives Lou Demars $2,500
Laguna Beach ordains medical, dental benefits for partners
DC extends benefits for sick care to partners
Gay author's estate sues Knight's Press
Argentine gay group outlawed
Los Angeles gays raise $25,000 for Harvey Gantt
Kiss-ins planned for October 11
HUGS formed in Tasmania




Issue #246 October 1, 1990

Rex Wockner interviews two lesbians from Estonia
ACT UP meets Bush in Minneapolis
ACLU, NGLTF plan national conferences in Mpls (ROTC and Creating Change)
Wisconsin man sues National Guard
ACT UP/NYC workspace torched, burgled
Ryan White rally planned
One woman's war (Larson's Aunt Marcy)
“No consumer cohesion  =  No clout” (Outweek editorial)
Poison by Prescription reviewed
Gays say "No" to Souter
Shelby Imdahl's letter
Hospitality Exchange letter
Michigan group fights gay teacher
ACT UP says Miller reps not honoring promises
Edward Stearns obituary
One of Them Male Things reviewed
L'Orfeo crafted masterfully
David Leavitt coming to WAC and A Brothers Touch
Blood-heating treatment scrutinized by NIH
Austria bans gay newspapers

Briefs
Conference on sodomy laws
U of Texas prohibits gay discrimination
New York mayor appoints lesbian judges
Kowalski denied trip to Disability Pride Day
Referendum fails in Florida
Wide AIDS testing in Peru
Green Bay Press Gazette allowed to discriminate
ACT UP Milwaukee surveys dentists on sly
Conference for treatment activists planned




Issue #247 October 15, 1990

60 join ACT UP AIDS funding demo
Gay '90s Costume ball with Jennifer Holiday
Gallo now questioned
Paul Wellstone endorsed for US Senate
Should we be suing for gay marriages?
Gay/lesbian caucus endorses Wellstone, others
Gay Men’s Chorus offers energizing afternoon, inspiration from Les Miserables
Serious Money reviewed
Skin of Our Teeth reviewed
Lydia Fenton letter: outing & NOW
NIH letter: drug trials
Matthew Butts letter
MDH allocates $1.5 million for 1991
Black survey needs subjects
National ACT UP action disrupts Kansas City conference
Kinsey Institute's New Report on Sex plays it safe

Briefs
Randy Shilts
Gay Jeans day in Wyoming
Activists call for early approval
Track Coach of Personal Best fired
DC Gay Community Center to close
Lima Ohio bar arrests dismissed
Naval cadet refuses to pay for school
Gay Republican seeks seat for gay Boston area
Solidarity curbs abortions in Poland
New York Police add gay to bias unit
Gay Games 1994 go to New York
California governor vetoes rape bill



Issue # 248   November 5, 1990

Congress lifts immigration bans
Highlights of ACLU & NGLTF conferences in Mpls
ACT UP supports acquitted on parade charges
Aliveness "open arms" volunteers walk out
Doctor's clinic risks funds over abortion referrals
Night of the Iguana reviewed
Health Department cuts HIV estimates in half
John Kelly at Ruby's Nov 15-17
NEA exonerates San Francisco Film Festival
Gay PAC gives $400,000 toward November victories
MN Daily bans pro-gay ad, accepts anti-gay ads
Rally Nov 10 for domestic partners bill
Agitprop works for gay lib themes
John Lauritsen letter
Richard Anderson letter
City Council letter on tax increase for schools
Thanks from UGC
Disaffected Leavitt fan
Gay Men's Chorus tenth anniversary menu
Duckalogue
Read my scripts!
Rocky Horror video released
Minneapolis Police Department advertises for gay trainees

Briefs
Gay groups chafe at Phillip Morris use of Bill of Rights
PFLAG qualifies for payroll mark-off
Army dentist gets nine months for drag show
Hiawatha mural RfP (?)
Ex-justice Powell waffles on sodomy decision
PWA seeks $1 million from dentist
Helms loses NEA censorship fight
GLAAD starts local chapters
300 mg AZT as good as 1500 mg
PFLAG shows 'em in Missouri
ACT UP NYC newcomer indicted for arson at workspace
Cop throws Queer Nation out of Boston bar
Retrovirus indicted in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Orlando church refuses gay chorus and AIDS benefit




Issue #249 November 19, 1990

Soviet gays emerge: Roman Kalinin and TEMA
Local survey results published: queer awareness at 14
765 register for NGLTF conference in Minneapolis
U of M student group approves domestic partners, forms ROTC advisory panel
Students gather to strategize against ROTC at ACLU conference
“Dodging the AIDS bullet” By Steve Perry, City Pages (with permission)
Maccani letter re Lauritsen
GMHC reacts to new immigration law
Burger King joins right wing
Review of Sex: The Most Fun You Can Have without Laughing
Holly Hughes opens new work in Minneapolis
Christmas! Bloody Christmas!  By Larry Larson
Clean Sheets reviewed
ACT UP chapters target five AIDS killers
Supreme Court leaves Perry Watkins in Army
Insurance, home care available now for PWAs
Gay Chorus concerts Dec 7-8 at World
James Dean biography previewed

Briefs
Lesbian asks New York Appellate Court to review visitation case
Kemron no miracle drug says community trial in US
























Issue #250 December 3, 1990

Vito Russo dies
M L King had sex with Abernathy, new book draft hints
Friends of GLCAC organize
Is oral sex safe or not?
Pro-gay candidate wins in Massachusetts
6,000 Berliners protest anti-gay laws
Anti-gay crackdown reported in Panama
Holly Hughes reviewed
New book for drug takers
Gay men's volleyball league forms
ACT UP letter
The People Spoke satire
Aliveness board letter
Aliveness volunteer letter
Amazons and Military Maids reviewed
African Women's Center letter
Scott Anderson dies of AIDS
Terry M Olson dies of AIDS
Chicago activists seek gay rights ordinance

Briefs
AIDS vaccine cleared for human tests
Soccer player's gender questioned
John Jay Colleges says boot ROTC
Kresge gives $739,000 matching grant
Holly Near upset
Witch hunt at US base
GM chair apologizes




Issue #251 December 17, 1990

Angry women storm CDC, pirate demands into computer system
ACT UP demonstrators cleared, police unable to justify Aquatennial arrests
Texas sodomy law ruled unconstitutional
Patrons lock cops inside London pub
UPI fires lesbian for freelancing in gay press
New chemical dependency program for gays in Denton TX
Star Tribune's editorial on Dignity lacks coherence
“Putting ourselves first” By Andrea Palash
Carbon Copy: WLOL/ Antay Bilgutay
Thanks from MN Leather Encounter/ Gary Dobitz
Delta discrimination/ Gary Matthews
Rage letter: Timothy Rose
Appeals court upholds gay renter’s rights
Forging a Queer Nation By Larry Larson
San Francisco plays reviewed
Catholics mixing theology and AIDS care
John Shaffer obit
Sweden denies asylum to gay refugee
ACT UP renewal
The Invitation reviewed
Spirited signing consummates TCGMC concerts

Briefs
Porn opponent dies in fire
Cops suspected in death of French activist
California Episcopalian marrying queers
Dignity awarded $23,500 in fight with Archdiocese
KC council subpoenaed
St Cloud bookstore fined $70,000 in AIDS case
Now there's "xenophobia"

Issue #252 January 7, 1991

Rabbi Stephen H Pinsky comes out...with push
“Popper gas” (ethyl chloride) a killer
Jeff Rule dies of ethyl chloride poisoning
Why is God called “God”...among other names?
Gay publisher Lukeshev murdered in Moscow
Open Arms completes incorporation
Lamendola receives PHS award
Talk to lawyers, not cops, please!
Rabbi comes out under pressure (cont)
EthYl Gaz kills five or more
Invisible Child enchants
A Christmas Prayer by Larry Larson
England knights gay actor Ian McKellan
Arena of Masculinity reviewed
Jenni Olson letter on Leather Knights
Dennis Chase letter on Millers beer
Jerry Redmond letter on 19 Bar
WLOL letter to Antay Bilgutay
Dianne Schlotman, lesbian mother's letter
Ann Viitala letter on resigning

Briefs
Gay Hospitality Intl membership drive
Limelight in NYC raises funds Mondays
Dyke cartoonists form alliance
Chicago passes hate-crimes law 43-0
New highway adoption case in N Carolina
Joe Steffan wins reversal on appeals level
HIV positive pharmacist wins job rights
African Natl Congress embraces gay rights
Essence turns down queer ad
Massachusetts gets hate crimes bill
AIDS satellite gets $.5 million



Issue #253 January 21, 1991

Queers everywhere: 3 demonstrations
Agencies fight over EthYl Gaz responsibility
Women's AIDS conference details particular problems
Treatment for children with HIV
American Indians open local office
"Secular" treatment center for alcoholism
Printer refuses erotic lesbian poetry
Wecjman assigned to five committees
What's the Anthony and Cleopatra nonsense?
David Perlman letter on Pinsky incident
Sophie Slingeland letter on Pinsky
Gene Kasma letter on Pinsky
Temple Israel secret about board members
Drew Siegel letter about March on DC
Lee Heikens letter of thanks
Medea reviewed
Il Campiello reviewed
$25,000 each to three activists
EthYl Gaz volunteer needed

Briefs
Mandatory HIV tests for hookers
Straight man indicted for spreading AIDS secretly
Aspirin benefit for HIV positives
Homoerotic art fundraiser in LA
Montagnier adds credence to role of mycoplasma in AIDS
Mother Jones honors hairdresser-educator



Issue #254 February 4, 1991

Arne Carlson signs pro-gay orders
Minneapolis gets weak partners plan
Queer Nation kiss-in Feb 9
Lesbian Gail Shibley appointed to Oregon House
Burroughs-Wellcome plans AZT forum on the sly.  Payola?
Leather Encounter
God is dead! Long live God the Family!
Bear Pond reviewed
Family Voices reviewed
Psycho-babble not helpful on gay issues
Cynthia Scott's gut (Letter from Campbell)
Campbell's letter to Pinsky
Scott apologizes, refuses letter
It's great out (Letter Moses, Hertz)
Charles Schuminski's Potato Peelings
Dancing with the Devil by Nancy Lynn Define
Twin Cities compared: Letter, Ken Lawrence
Letter to Philip Morris from Carl Goodman
Losers everywhere by Larry Larson
Phone counseling merger
18 British celebs come out

Briefs
Perry Watkins settles with Army for $135,000
Lesbian reservist comes out, gets discharged
Amtrak charged with discrimination
Outing winning converts
Methodist minister demands assignment
HIV + workers duty to inform
Psychoanalysts getting well (APA)
Massachusetts gets health proxy law



Issue #255 February 18, 1991

Joan Drury of Minneapolis gives $300,000 to lesbian writers
AZT workshop delayed; moderator concerned
about deception and payola
Dallas Gay Alliance offers world a gay MasterCard
Age of consent equalized in Germany
Pub Piccolo decision arrives from Tel Aviv
Ray Ritchie letter attacking ACT UP
AIDS Council letter criticizing Bush
GMHC letter on AIDS and budget freezes
Charles Schuminski peels more than potatoes
HRCF and NGLTF called undemocratic and un-national
Piss and Vinegar offers Uncle Tommy awards
National Lesbian Conference foundering for lack of funds
GLAAD goes after listings in TV Guide
Kansas City candidate has gay credentials
Gerry Studds challenged again
U of M Senate supports ROTC deadline 151-12
Photographer Jim Hubbard at benefit
Quatrefoil celebrates fifth anniversary
DFL G and L Caucus meets, endorses Miller Beer boycott
Doug Victor succumbs to AIDS
Audar Schafer letter about Scriptures

Briefs
Sears and Allstate oppose gay characters on tv
NY lesbian swears on feminist bible
No investigation of protests in San Francisco
Boys Scouts join Miller boycott
Florida resists mandatory HIV testing
Physician sued for revealing HIV status
Gay filmmakers clean sweep in Sundance
MCC minister arrested in church parking lot




Issue #256 March 4, 1991

Jodie Foster's silence roars
Official prejudice in Minneapolis By Mike Bloom
Men are not the enemy! By Nancy Lynn Define
PAAC notes editorial calling testing of physicians for HIV a "witch hunt"
AmFAR, others ask quick study of ddI and ddC
Steve Fish obituary
David Lindeman letter re Burroughs-Wellcome forum
Greg Baskin's letter re faith v proof
St. Cloud mayor quoted: gay rights eminent
Helen Vicqua in Professionally Speaking
Silence of the Lambs reviewed by Larson
Potato Peelings held over
Don't You Know Me?  Reviewed by John Townsend
Students lobby regents on ROTC issue
Evelyn Hooker story being filmed
Dallas Drake, Galen O'Brien launch photo-book project
NYC gay chorus releases major album
Massachusetts gets gay commissioner of rights
Mike Duffy appointed rights commissioner in Mass.
Northwest Sports Festival

Briefs
Outing winning converts
Straight soldier gets four years, discharge for spreading HIV
G-CSF and GM-CSF bring new hope in AIDS and cancer
NAC inhibiting HIV progress
Cheaper Pentamidine club offer
Two couples register as domestic partners in Minneapolis
Petition filed to oust John Heileman, Mayor of West Hollywood
ACT UP SF adds R J Reynolds to boycott list
Karen Clark proposes childcare reform
Executioner says Holocaust figures too high



Issue #257 March 18, 1991

Don't call me “a homosexual,” thank you!  I don't get that much ass!  Style sheet rules needed
Lesbian and gay group forms at StarTribune
ERISA insurance dodge challenged in Texas court
SAGE targets AARP and Modern Maturity
Helms goes after ACT UP because of Miller boycott
ACLU joins lesbian custody case
Pinsky resigns as senior rabbi
Ann Bancroft article results in News Council complaint
ACT UP letter about AMA and Helms
St Cloud asks support (letter)
GMHC supports voluntary HIV partner notification (letter)
Sophie Slingeland letter about Pinsky and gay fathers
Carbon copy SAGE AARP ERISA
Carbon copy St Paul and EthYl Gaz
Diamanda Galas at Walker benefit
Health Dept surveys Hispanic knowledge of AIDS
CA activists tackle ethyl gas
Lesbian kiss makes TV history
New York court weighs nonconsensual HIV testing
McLaughlin to County board
A...My Name Is Alice raises consciousness nicely
Violence reporting increases
Lyndale Congregational joins open and affirming

Briefs
Ohio gay rights activist charged with rape
ROTC kicks out U of M's 1986 Cadet of  the Year
AIDS exploited in Dilaudid scam in Cincinnati
Murder convictions upheld
Arkansas sodomy repeal killed in committee
Charges filed for false advertising of AIDS cure
Lesbians picket GMHC
Colorado doctor refuses to comply with HIV reporting laws



Issue #258 April 1, 1991 Humor Issue

Brian Coyle establishes domestic partner
Six faeries caught in Loring Park raid
47 couples register in Minneapolis
Equal Time editor speaks from her gut
39 Congress Members say "End ban on gays"
Thompson/Kowalski guardianship case reopened
Three contracts needed by couples not always set up
SAGE letter re AARP
HRCF letter about gun lobby
Frank Rhame's letter about ACT UP
Plans for gigantic Stonewall 25 in NYC in 1994
Don't Get Me Started reviewed
New group disseminating alternative treatment info
Lesbian and gay youth conference in Zurich
National Lesbian Conference plans jell
Special Olympics appeal for entertainers
Phil Willkie contemplates bid for Congress
Judge calls Steffan a "homo"
Indiana insurance company sued

Briefs
India gets gay paper, plans national meeting
New Mexico Senate defeats gay rights bill
Artists sue NEA director Fronhmayer
Toxoplasmosis studies in six cities
Workplace HIV infection at 0.05% in Europe
ACT UP, CISPES plan joint tax protest Ap 15 in Chicago
Notre Dame censors ads
New international news report available



Issue #259 April 15, 1991

“Cyrano” (Gerard Depardieu) outed
27 HIV positive meatpackers in rural Minnesota settle dispute
11% entirely healthy ten or more years after HIV seroconversion
GLCAC joins Miller/Marlboro boycott
St Paul group endorses candidates
Solomon attacks ROTC campaign
AIDS Action Council goes national
Tim McFeeley letter ca HRCF
Jeff Retner letter on bisexuals
Drew Siegel letter about a national march
AMA and Saloon ads letter
Words control us letter
Ohio court applies law to couples
David Feinberg in Minneapolis April 27
Diamonda Galas review
Documentary celebrates PWA artists
MACF awards grants for AIDS
Activists discuss March on DC
Committees consider gay rights
TCGMC tenth anniversary concerts reviewed

Briefs
Illinois prison relents on book banning
Lambda attacks "Judge Homo"
Letters urged to Amnesty International
Another cadet takes on ROTC
Civilian Police Review in Minneapolis
Medical center adopts partners policy
ILGA conference in Guadalajara

















Issue #260 May 6, 1991

Chicago tea party: lessons in coalition building
Daffodils in Loring Park
Prayers at AGC MCC
Coyle letter on HIV status
Loren Oulman letter re blood banks and SS #s
Halfhill letter on Todd Balow
PFLAG targets teens
John Flannigan, Front Runners founder, dies
HRCF survey: Americans support gay rights
Monthly AIDS cable series
Guidelines for safer sex
Flesh Unicorn reviewed
Robert Patrick letter on Cyrano and Campbell

Briefs
Transvestite justified in stabbing attacker
Bill extends time to file discrimination charges
Legislator called `lesbian' after vote against gay rights
Planning for March on Washington
Students protest ROTC anti-gay policies




Issue #261 May 20, 1991

Paris gays outraged over new law proposals
ACT UP demo May 20 in St Cloud
$150,000 expansion at Gay 90's for womenspace
SAGE and GLAAD win with Modern Maturity
ACT UP/DC calls on all to lobby May 24-June 23
Pentagon responds to Congress members on anti-gay policies
AIDS Action asks for full funding of CARE bill
Prostate cancer: an ignored disease
Editorial: Good show and good luck, Brian!
Gene Zurek dies of AIDS
Creeps reviewed
Bisexuals to come out at gay pride
GLCAC hire legal advocate
James Middleton letter on Cyrano and Merv Griffin
Shambach letter on ACT UP news
Don Slater's letter on guilty homosexuals
Depardieu letter by Robinson
Dignity letter on translations
Women's Music Festival #17
Gay and lesbian human rights abuses
Tangents 1970 editorial against word "gay"
Steffan appeals request for removal of  “Judge Homo”
PAAC offers cable program HIV Update
Fag jokes in Iowa
Gay candidates concede to straight man in DC
Poppers nearly kill again
Judge accuses Thompson of outing Kowalski
Lesbian denied visitation rights in New York State
Protests of Basic Instinct continue
Lesbian conference puts process over substance
Pollsters and gay politics
1993 chosen for next march on DC



Issue #262 June 3, 1991

French reclaim credit for HIV discovery
Paris gay scene seems mellow after 25 years of absence
Will Stromer memorial
AIDS pays its respects in Normandy
Gay 90s reviewed
Home to Priam reviewed
Star Trek letters campaign
Editorial: Chernobyl study and AIDS
Fundamentalists attack Frameline
Boston Globe and Ellen Goodman respond
Rick Hughes letter on Campbell
U Police respond to Jacobson
NGLTF supports Thompson, Kowalski
Support Todd Balow letter from Raymond Pertinen
Marlene Marschall appointed Health Commissioner
New director at Affirmation Place is Linda Rose
Phil Zwickler obit

Briefs
Correction re. Andrew Miller and Outweek
100 votes for gay rights in congress
Gay Court gets name change
Price gouging and Pentamidine
Syphilis up for black men
Lavender strip down avenue
TV offerings on gay rights
Gay/lesbian studies at Metro State
Boston ready for Softballers




Issue #263 June 17, 1991

Ken Darling would curb cruising
Marlboro/Miller boycott winds down
ACT UP protest at reformatory supports PWHIV Todd Balow
Scandal in France when Socialist politics called AIDS
Special Olympics coming to Minneapolis
Reclaiming goals of gay liberation (editorial)
Robert Patrick speaks: “What gay pride?”
Hang on Frankie, we're coming!  Aren't we?
Massachusetts GOP reaches out to community
Cartoons by David Brady
Cartoon: cops abating noise and traffic
Band and three choruses at Lake Harriet
Donahue type story dramatized at Jungle
NGLTF: "Cooperating Organization" memberships
$6.25 calls for Kowalski
Cut it out Carson!  By Ann DeGroot
Men's chorus and Dolls collaborate

Briefs
NGLTF invited to FBI press conference
Brooklyn Center chooses its gods
West Palm Beach passes gay rights
Fargo lesbian loses visitation rights
Which condom best for AIDS?
Bisexuals taking over parade
Surrogate motherhood outlawed in France
Aaron Scott at Gay 90s



Issue #264 July 1, 1991

AIDS sores panic Midwest: Philip Benson MD and Richard Duff, MD
Orders for Dr. Benson verbatim
Shambach letter on AIDS agenda
MAP statement on Benson case
Air Force holds up discharge for Greg Greeley
Gerry Studds' statement on AIDS in Congress
French blood banks infect 1,500 needlessly
Massachusetts’s gays go for full marriage rights
James Purdy honored at Lammys
Ordway succeeding with off beat plots
National researchers urge condom use while local agencies drag their heels
Next march on Washington planning in Chicago
GLAAD wants gay columnist at NY Post
Prime Mistress?  Edith Cresson remark
MAP annual report
CPCSM honors Paul Fleege

Briefs
PFLAG to collect stories
Liz Abzug comes out running
Lancaster approves gay rights, St Cloud no
Lavender touch at military parade
Prime ministers says 25% gay
Lesbian golfers highlighted
Resource lists for couples
Longer wait at Red Door






Issue #265 July 15, 1991

Congressman Steve Gunderson (R-WI) outed
$49,000 rip-off at Rumors, Townhouse by Steve Rocheford
Anti-violence rally at 24th and Harriet draws 100-150 (James Goad)
ACT UP responds to Benson case
Steven Poole pro-life letter
Campbell letter: Discipline Osterholm
Jeff Miller at Gay 90's July 21
Roger Smith dies in San Francisco
Sensitive document in Steffan case
Move-in July 15; ACT UP helping
Part-pay plan and HC Med Center
ACT Up position on doctors with AIDS
Queer Republicans to meet in Chicago
Payless Shoes settles with HIV+  man
Honey Moon reviewed
R Patrick: Instants of gay Americana
AIDS conference offered little help
GMHC summarizes insurance problems
West End opens at Gay 90's

Briefs
Jim Moran and John Oliver join rights bill sponsors in Congress
Study links Pentamidine to survival length
Gay man dies unidentified in NYC hospital
Capt. Greg Greeley's discharge finalized by Air Force
Clean needle activists acquitted




Issue #266 August 5, 1991

Pete Williams Secretary of Defense outed
Gunderson outing rocks Wisconsin
Editorial: Something rotten on Capitol Hill
New group forms in St Cloud
ACT UP and UP and Out of Poverty claim site for homeless youth
Kentucky sodomy law challenged by ACLU and religious groups
Chorus joins Aquatennial parades
Hate crimes law challenged by MCLU
Letter re Tongues Untied by Scott Dibble
Tennessee Williams one acts reviewed
Muddy Waters...poets, punk, perverts
Robert Patrick: Back to basics
Gunderson outed previously without success in 1980
Bashing victim captured assault on video
Ray Onstine obituary
Teen tried as adult in sexual assault

Briefs
ACLU fights entrapment case
French Academy of Pharmacy in Dutch
Two domestic partners bills defeated in Boston
French AIDS vaccine approach stirs controversy
Gay Lutheran pastor resigns
Socialist Review examines activism and science
GMHC criticizes new CDC guidelines
Tampa passes gay rights ordinance



Issue #268 September 3, 1991

Brian Coyle dies of HIV and AZT poisoning
Shay King bashing disturbs community
Editorial: Why do gay men cruise so much?
Carlson's statement on violence silent vis a vis gays
Allan Spear joins Fam/Child board
Wellstone letter on bashing
Todd Hubbard's letter bashing Wellstone
Sarcastic letter fun/love Jack Maloney
Baptist letter of support, Jerry Larsen
A better princess letter, Tim Campbell
Thanks from Coyle family letter
Boy's Life reviewed
Out disburses $100,000
Coming out on campus: a dilemma
Tatu by Kore for those itching for ink
Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos reviewed
Next march on DC April 25, 1993
Men resist HIV longer than women
Free condoms at Balboa High
Robert Patrick: Arsty-fartsy discounts
Dannemeyer's “conspiracy”
Square One reviewed

Briefs
NYC candidate reveals HIV status
New York AIDS walk nets $573,500
HIV+ soldiers quarantined at Ft Hood
CDC proposes redefining AIDS in 1992
LA center gets $25,000 for youth program
PWA gets 25 years for biting
Polio vaccine for AIDS?






Issue #269 September 16, 1991

Campbell runs for Minneapolis City Council
Jim Barbeau, 34, dies of stroke
100 gather at Chicano planned rally
Joe Disabato dies suddenly
Al Oertwig letter
Jonathan Katz letter on outing
Mississippi River extremes
San Jose gay basher given light sentence
HIV-AIDS connection challenged in assault case
South Bay rights attorney sentenced
The trial of Willie Baker and HIV
Robert Patrick: Supreme envy
Tommy Tune bashes Schwarzenegger types
The Way We Live Now reviewed
Sydney's gay parade bigger than Aquatennial
Major challenges HIV testing in Air Force

Briefs
Barbara Bush calls Congress "a pain"
Hustlers get 20 years for murder
Houston Post fires gay columnist
Falwell's new homophobic campaign
Gays protest PBS
Protesters vacation with Bushes
Gay bill in CA senate
Army officer shoots self, alleged lover





Issue #270 October 7, 1991

Gays lose Sixth Ward seat; frontrunner promises lesbian/gay center in ward
A stereotype is born: Officer Tony Miranda
Sketch of suspect in Joel Larson shooting
Women and AIDS: What you don't know can hurt you
GALA leadership confab slated in Minneapolis
Carbon Copy: Sykora letter to Fraser and Laux
Funding Consortium's open letter
Steve Rocheford to Carol Johnson
Lavender ribbons to protest anti-gay violence
100,00 postcards vs. 40,000 postcard on immigration ban for AIDS
Evergreen Chronicles picks new staff
Perry Tilleraas obit
Jim Thomas obit
Mitch Bain obit
Tom Murphy obit
Todd Butterfield obit
Photo story: Oct 1 ACT UP action in DC
No Exit reviewed
Actors for Change plan first show
Queers left out of Desert Storm docudrama
Guarded reaction to LeVay's nucleus

Briefs
Simon LeVay and Mike Signorile at confab
Pentagon holding out on Studds
No gay ads for Trojan condoms
Ferraro speaks at HRCF dinner in DC
Rome gets gay center
Universal health care demos Oct 1
Combo test for HIV-1 and  HIV-2 licensed by FDA
Pete Wilson vetoes gay rights bill in CA



Issue #271 October 21, 1991

Opinion: Uncle Sam makes a stern chaperon (Analysis of the Anita Hill Clarence Thomas controversy)
Opinion: Demanding universal health care
Letter Spear and Clark support DFL
Kristina Wolff letter about "dyke"
Max Hubbard letter opposing mandatory testing
Dennis Miller letter opposing mandatory testing
Army seeks discharge of top nurse Cammermayer
Navy's charges against Clayton Hartwig discredited
Georgia case ponders lesbian contracts
Community Research Initiative may fold
Wings of Hummingbird reviewed
Rick Simon letter about restaurants
Lojo Russo's letter about Annie's

Briefs
Georgia Attorney Gen sued by lesbian
AIDS extortion in Pittsburgh
30% of PWAs are over 40
UPI radio reporter signs off due to AIDS
Studds releases latest Pentagon report
Denver hearing officer rules for lesbian
Helms wins vote on art

Issue #272 November 4, 1991

AIDS 10 Years: A wrap-up
Male witch hunting (Translated from French)
Health Department wants six new laws for AIDS
Private Idaho no gay Disneyland
Dignity characterizes Whore
John Preston visits one of his hometowns
Gay Men's Chorus announces 11th season
Robert Patrick: Dear Pinocchio
Robert Sykora letter to Police Chief
Nick Minenko exhibit
Danny Kaye, L. Olivier outed in bio
Adventists win lawsuit over name
Obscenity law scrapped by Congress
Tom Campbell bill stirs AIDS controversy
Cracker Barrel cans queers
Brown asked if he practices safe sex
Oberlin lesbian, gay, bi alumni meet


Issue #273 November 18, 1991

Boy George coming to Gay 90's
Gay basher pleads guilty, gets light sentence
Opinion: Dykes canceling out fags
DFL Feminist Caucus elects 2 men 1 woman
Natl League Umpire Dave Pallone talks at St. Olaf's
Letter from Russian "Alexander"
Letter: Bi who won't vacillate
Letter: In defense of bisexuals
Van Sant on kiss in Private Idaho
79% support access to experimental drugs
Sentinel staffers fired over mayoral byline
Grapes of Wrath reviewed
Peter Staley joins AmFAR board

Briefs
Quote on invisibility
Senate reverses on Helms amendment
Robert Brown resigns from AmFAR under fire
Oral hearings for Joe Steffan
Dartmouth gives ROTC an ultimatum
Activists demand AIDS czar
CDC testing waters with HIV tests upon admission to hospitals
Producer Joseph Papp dies
Pee-Wee Herman sentenced to do commercial
Obscenity law scrapped in trade-off

Issue #274 December 2, 1991

Sherry Harris wins in Seattle
Today's feminism… tomorrow's oppression?
Calif. gays and lesbians explode over AB 101
Amnesty Intl includes gays and lesbians
Philanthrofund gives $8,000 to 29 groups
Lesbian persecution documentation sought
Columnist Barreiro on Magic Johnson's fans
Pro-gay ads in Tacoma cause controversy
Gay Peace Corps forming
Actors for Change, Skye Smith reviewed
Improved computer catalogue at public library
Omicron reviewed
Masquerade promises Liz, $2,000,000 mask
U doctors may have to take AIDS test
21% failure for condoms?

Briefs
AmFAR awards $4.2 million, funds new virusresearch
Editors of Essence, New Republic come out
Monkey virus found in Houston patient
Wilson vetoes gay rights and sensitivity training
Virginia law against gay bars overturned
Anti-gay Tampa monsignor arrested in bookstore
Gay chorus only allowed during sexuality week
Minnesota Vikings give HIV tests


Issue #275 December 16, 1991
“Judge Homo” backs Navy in Joe Steffan case
Opinion: Abusive mothers breed abusive boys by JR Molloy
Bob Johnson letter on women and violence
PFLAG letter seeking volunteers
SHOUT letter about group formation
Intl Gay Travel Assn letter about HIV ban
I Can't See the Sky reviewed
The Desired Effect reviewed
Unicorn duo worth holiday time
Fladmark becomes coordinator at Aliveness
Gay Sex goes to press at last
Jodie Foster honored
MAFC awards $37,000
$1,000 raised at Gem Cafe
$4,000 now in Conciliation Court
Robert Patrick: Recent travels (travails?)
Resolution supports gays in military

Briefs
AIDS definition could double
AIDS and hepatitis C relativity
Gay porn director arrested
Milwaukee school board controversy
Modern Maturity and Malcolm Boyd
Domestic partners registration in Ann Arbor
Frances Faye dies
Anti-sense technology may work on HIV

Issue #276 January 6, 1992

Mob terrorizes queer hangout in Winona
Tim Campbell's letter to Winona
Help! Letter from Winona teachers
Petrelis files complaint against Buchanan's henchmen
Grace House appoints director
Eddie Bolden elected VP at AFSCME

Briefs
NOW president shares husband, lover
Ft Worth Rotary rejects gay
Murder charges dismissed against gay jaywalker
New Orleans passes gay rights bill
Drag impersonates Queen at German palace
Bashers freed when cop fails to show for trial


Issue #277 January 20, 1992

Earl Craig murdered by pick-up
Winona youths now fighting eviction
Sex and the Holy Writ, Introduction
1991 films reviewed by Allen Smalling
AIDS Action Council announces priorities
George Stambolian dies of AIDS
ACT UP TV ads rejected in New Hampshire
Teens face high AIDS risk
Rose Garden to commemorate NYC PWAs
Winona looks at harassment
Earl Craig's legacy
Presbyterian resigns under pressure
Gemini reviewed by John Townsend

Briefs
Mass. gay youth suicide bill dies
Schering gives $100,000 to AmFAR
HRCF hires Cooper to work presidential elections; Petrelis already on site in N.H.
MN Supreme Court asked to rule on Kowalski
Bank of America sued by stripper
CDC delays expanding AIDS definition
Product may slow AIDS weight loss, Squibb claims
Report questions link between AIDS, experiments with malaria vaccination



Issue #278 February 3, 1992

Rape and robbery at Relax-a-Lounge
Psychiatrist Ralph Laskey shoots Ron McCoy in AIDS mercy killing
Earl Craig defended
Winona Daily runs series on gays and lesbians
Midwest poll: few changing sexual behavior
ACT UP organizes loudest and largest protest against Bush in New Hampshire pre-primaries
Letter from Winona teachers
Letter: Former basher writes Winona Post
Letter John Simcox: Extremes of feminism criticized
Letter: First Bank's neglect
Letter: Child custody plaintiffs. Diane Schlotman
The Birthday Party reviewed
Fag Hag reviewed
Don't Get Bashed (Campaign Australia)
AIDS benefit raises $1,600
Baltimore County rejects gay rights

Briefs
Trial starts for Aileen Wuornos, serial killer and lesbian
Lambda sues Sheriff's Academy in San Diego
Peter Pender leaves $2.26 million to AmFAR
Cops' "gay decoy" program under fire in NYC
US pushing condoms abroad but not at home
AIDS under-reported among upper class
Cop charged with exploiting gays
Petition calls for separate police in LA, W.Hollywood


Issue #279 February 17, 1992

Witnesses debunk claims of scare letter regarding Larson and Chenoweth murders
A name omitted for safety reasons
Sex and the Holy Writ.  Part I. King David
Gay survey in New Hampshire shows voters undecided
No charges, no changes in Winona
Charge of gay-bias drug case under investigation in NYC
Lesbian legally adopts partner's child
Letter about caucuses from T Max Hubbard
Carbon: Robert Meslinsky to Group M
Carbon: Campbell to the Advocate on (Earl?) Craig
NOW letter on Kowalski
Victims of police brutality remembered week of March 3
'Tis Pity She's a Whore reviewed
Furious debate over name of next march on D.C.
Don't Get Bashed

Briefs
Albee arrested for public nudity
Muslim pilgrims from Nigeria screened for AIDS
Reconstructionist Jews' board calls for gay equality
PWA-scientist concludes aspirin slows virus
PWA with meningitis kills in car wreck
Homeless PWA dies a block away from AIDS office
Clinton puts gay on top committee
Gay activist appointed judge in Florida
Texas sodomy law ruled unconstitutional
Truman Capote show at Ordway March 3-8
Volunteers needed for AIDS Quilt ceremony



Issue #280 March 2, 1992

Gay victims rejected this assassin / Joel Larson, John Chenoweth murdered by
                Jay T Johnson)
ACT UP storms Sioux Falls
ACT UP distributes condoms at Sioux Falls High
Wrestler accuses four teammates of rape
AIDS activists push in window a Bush Headquarters in New Hampshire
Jay Johnson's story needs to be proven
1895 gay bashing scene recreated by Proust
Larry Kramer's letter for homeless PWAs
Coming Out Day and family values
Distortion deftly mirrored in new play at Illusion
Rootstalker makes provocative debut
Sex, scat and Holy Writ: Chapter 2
AIDS Consortium grants $35,722
Wellstone supports all NGLTF positions
Imperial Court crowned at Gay 90s

Briefs
Lesbian co-parent wins victory in Albuquerque
Pop against homophobia
Schwarzenegger nude in Spy magazine
Buchanan ads feature nude black gay men
HUD ends hold-up on AIDS housing money
Cracker Barrel backs down
Lambda joins suit to keep LA bathhouses open
Holobaugh to head ACLU's military project


Issue #281 March 16, 1992

This is our last issue! Thanks to all who helped!
Jodie Belknap joins Reformation
High school girl with HIV distributes condoms with ACT UP in South Carolina. Mom helps!
Con. Jerry Studds demands list of unfunded AIDS proposals
Tom Newell, 53, stabbed 27 times, dies
Brian Coyle bust in progress
Letter from professor studying childless adults
Letter: Anarchists defend their image
Letter: re religious ceremony at the Quilt
Letter to MN Public Utilities Com. on call tracing
Editorial: Rename the Human Rights Campaign Fund
Response from HRCF
Wisconsin lesbian, others funded

Briefs
Gay deputy sheriff Tom Woodard forces jury trial over firing
HRCF joins boycott of United Way over Boy Scouts



Issues #267 August 19, 1991

Hate shootings?  Two wounded, two killed. No arrests: Roland Thomas, Joel Larson, John
Chenoweth and Cord Draszt
“Soviet Stonewall'” July 23 in Moscow, Leningrad
Afro-American casting at Guthrie in Death of a Salesman
Mike Lynch obit
Chicano also wounded in Loring Park
Lazy scholarship mars The Vinyl Closet
J Eric Peters letter analyzing Jeffrey Dahmer
Helms and Dahmer related by Eric Shambach
Photo Jeff Luedke with yellow ribbons for gay bashing
Tatu by Kore for those itching for ink
Soviet Stonewall continued
Robert Patrick: Straight talk on AIDS
Marked for Life by Larry Larson
Cabaret called burlesque, tragic and pungent
Hate shootings: Can homophobic PDs solve them?
Emma Hixson cartoon with invisible gay cop
Har Mar Mall entrapment

Briefs
Cop and teacher convicted of sodomy in car
Group helps HIV infected physicians
Carolina queers adopt a highway
Link found between HIV, nervous system
Scouts to form program that allows gays, girls and atheists


Issue #268 September 3, 1991

Brian Coyle dies of HIV and AZT poisoning
Shay King bashing disturbs community
Editorial: Why do gay men cruise so much?
Carlson's statement on violence silent vis a vis gays
Allan Spear joins Fam/Child board
Wellstone letter on bashing
Todd Hubbard's letter bashing Wellstone
Sarcastic letter fun/love Jack Maloney
Baptist letter of support, Jerry Larsen
A better princess letter, Tim Campbell
Thanks from Coyle family letter
Boy's Life reviewed
Out disburses $100,000
Coming out on campus: a dilemma
Tatu by Kore for those itching for ink
Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos reviewed
Next march on DC April 25, 1993
Men resist HIV longer than women
Free condoms at Balboa High
Robert Patrick: Arsty-fartsy discounts
Dannemeyer's “conspiracy”
Square One reviewed

Briefs
NYC candidate reveals HIV status
New York AIDS walk nets $573,500
HIV+ soldiers quarantined at Ft Hood
CDC proposes redefining AIDS in 1992
LA center gets $25,000 for youth program
PWA gets 25 years for biting
Polio vaccine for AIDS?






Issue #269 September 16, 1991

Campbell runs for Minneapolis City Council
Jim Barbeau, 34, dies of stroke
100 gather at Chicano planned rally
Joe Disabato dies suddenly
Al Oertwig letter
Jonathan Katz letter on outing
Mississippi River extremes
San Jose gay basher given light sentence
HIV-AIDS connection challenged in assault case
South Bay rights attorney sentenced
The trial of Willie Baker and HIV
Robert Patrick: Supreme envy
Tommy Tune bashes Schwarzenegger types
The Way We Live Now reviewed
Sydney's gay parade bigger than Aquatennial
Major challenges HIV testing in Air Force

Briefs
Barbara Bush calls Congress "a pain"
Hustlers get 20 years for murder
Houston Post fires gay columnist
Falwell's new homophobic campaign
Gays protest PBS
Protesters vacation with Bushes
Gay bill in CA senate
Army officer shoots self, alleged lover





Issue #270 October 7, 1991

Gays lose Sixth Ward seat; frontrunner promises lesbian/gay center in ward
A stereotype is born: Officer Tony Miranda
Sketch of suspect in Joel Larson shooting
Women and AIDS: What you don't know can hurt you
GALA leadership confab slated in Minneapolis
Carbon Copy: Sykora letter to Fraser and Laux
Funding Consortium's open letter
Steve Rocheford to Carol Johnson
Lavender ribbons to protest anti-gay violence
100,00 postcards vs. 40,000 postcard on immigration ban for AIDS
Evergreen Chronicles picks new staff
Perry Tilleraas obit
Jim Thomas obit
Mitch Bain obit
Tom Murphy obit
Todd Butterfield obit
Photo story: Oct 1 ACT UP action in DC
No Exit reviewed
Actors for Change plan first show
Queers left out of Desert Storm docudrama
Guarded reaction to LeVay's nucleus

Briefs
Simon LeVay and Mike Signorile at confab
Pentagon holding out on Studds
No gay ads for Trojan condoms
Ferraro speaks at HRCF dinner in DC
Rome gets gay center
Universal health care demos Oct 1
Combo test for HIV-1 and  HIV-2 licensed by FDA
Pete Wilson vetoes gay rights bill in CA



Issue #271 October 21, 1991

Opinion: Uncle Sam makes a stern chaperon (Analysis of the Anita Hill Clarence Thomas controversy)
Opinion: Demanding universal health care
Letter Spear and Clark support DFL
Kristina Wolff letter about "dyke"
Max Hubbard letter opposing mandatory testing
Dennis Miller letter opposing mandatory testing
Army seeks discharge of top nurse Cammermayer
Navy's charges against Clayton Hartwig discredited
Georgia case ponders lesbian contracts
Community Research Initiative may fold
Wings of Hummingbird reviewed
Rick Simon letter about restaurants
Lojo Russo's letter about Annie's

Briefs
Georgia Attorney Gen sued by lesbian
AIDS extortion in Pittsburgh
30% of PWAs are over 40
UPI radio reporter signs off due to AIDS
Studds releases latest Pentagon report
Denver hearing officer rules for lesbian
Helms wins vote on art

Issue #272 November 4, 1991

AIDS 10 Years: A wrap-up
Male witch hunting (Translated from French)
Health Department wants six new laws for AIDS
Private Idaho no gay Disneyland
Dignity characterizes Whore
John Preston visits one of his hometowns
Gay Men's Chorus announces 11th season
Robert Patrick: Dear Pinocchio
Robert Sykora letter to Police Chief
Nick Minenko exhibit
Danny Kaye, L. Olivier outed in bio
Adventists win lawsuit over name
Obscenity law scrapped by Congress
Tom Campbell bill stirs AIDS controversy
Cracker Barrel cans queers
Brown asked if he practices safe sex
Oberlin lesbian, gay, bi alumni meet


Issue #273 November 18, 1991

Boy George coming to Gay 90's
Gay basher pleads guilty, gets light sentence
Opinion: Dykes canceling out fags
DFL Feminist Caucus elects 2 men 1 woman
Natl League Umpire Dave Pallone talks at St. Olaf's
Letter from Russian "Alexander"
Letter: Bi who won't vacillate
Letter: In defense of bisexuals
Van Sant on kiss in Private Idaho
79% support access to experimental drugs
Sentinel staffers fired over mayoral byline
Grapes of Wrath reviewed
Peter Staley joins AmFAR board

Briefs
Quote on invisibility
Senate reverses on Helms amendment
Robert Brown resigns from AmFAR under fire
Oral hearings for Joe Steffan
Dartmouth gives ROTC an ultimatum
Activists demand AIDS czar
CDC testing waters with HIV tests upon admission to hospitals
Producer Joseph Papp dies
Pee-Wee Herman sentenced to do commercial
Obscenity law scrapped in trade-off

Issue #274 December 2, 1991

Sherry Harris wins in Seattle
Today's feminism… tomorrow's oppression?
Calif. gays and lesbians explode over AB 101
Amnesty Intl includes gays and lesbians
Philanthrofund gives $8,000 to 29 groups
Lesbian persecution documentation sought
Columnist Barreiro on Magic Johnson's fans
Pro-gay ads in Tacoma cause controversy
Gay Peace Corps forming
Actors for Change, Skye Smith reviewed
Improved computer catalogue at public library
Omicron reviewed
Masquerade promises Liz, $2,000,000 mask
U doctors may have to take AIDS test
21% failure for condoms?

Briefs
AmFAR awards $4.2 million, funds new virusresearch
Editors of Essence, New Republic come out
Monkey virus found in Houston patient
Wilson vetoes gay rights and sensitivity training
Virginia law against gay bars overturned
Anti-gay Tampa monsignor arrested in bookstore
Gay chorus only allowed during sexuality week
Minnesota Vikings give HIV tests


Issue #275 December 16, 1991
“Judge Homo” backs Navy in Joe Steffan case
Opinion: Abusive mothers breed abusive boys by JR Molloy
Bob Johnson letter on women and violence
PFLAG letter seeking volunteers
SHOUT letter about group formation
Intl Gay Travel Assn letter about HIV ban
I Can't See the Sky reviewed
The Desired Effect reviewed
Unicorn duo worth holiday time
Fladmark becomes coordinator at Aliveness
Gay Sex goes to press at last
Jodie Foster honored
MAFC awards $37,000
$1,000 raised at Gem Cafe
$4,000 now in Conciliation Court
Robert Patrick: Recent travels (travails?)
Resolution supports gays in military

Briefs
AIDS definition could double
AIDS and hepatitis C relativity
Gay porn director arrested
Milwaukee school board controversy
Modern Maturity and Malcolm Boyd
Domestic partners registration in Ann Arbor
Frances Faye dies
Anti-sense technology may work on HIV

Issue #276 January 6, 1992

Mob terrorizes queer hangout in Winona
Tim Campbell's letter to Winona
Help! Letter from Winona teachers
Petrelis files complaint against Buchanan's henchmen
Grace House appoints director
Eddie Bolden elected VP at AFSCME

Briefs
NOW president shares husband, lover
Ft Worth Rotary rejects gay
Murder charges dismissed against gay jaywalker
New Orleans passes gay rights bill
Drag impersonates Queen at German palace
Bashers freed when cop fails to show for trial


Issue #277 January 20, 1992

Earl Craig murdered by pick-up
Winona youths now fighting eviction
Sex and the Holy Writ, Introduction
1991 films reviewed by Allen Smalling
AIDS Action Council announces priorities
George Stambolian dies of AIDS
ACT UP TV ads rejected in New Hampshire
Teens face high AIDS risk
Rose Garden to commemorate NYC PWAs
Winona looks at harassment
Earl Craig's legacy
Presbyterian resigns under pressure
Gemini reviewed by John Townsend

Briefs
Mass. gay youth suicide bill dies
Schering gives $100,000 to AmFAR
HRCF hires Cooper to work presidential elections; Petrelis already on site in N.H.
MN Supreme Court asked to rule on Kowalski
Bank of America sued by stripper
CDC delays expanding AIDS definition
Product may slow AIDS weight loss, Squibb claims
Report questions link between AIDS, experiments with malaria vaccination



Issue #278 February 3, 1992

Rape and robbery at Relax-a-Lounge
Psychiatrist Ralph Laskey shoots Ron McCoy in AIDS mercy killing
Earl Craig defended
Winona Daily runs series on gays and lesbians
Midwest poll: few changing sexual behavior
ACT UP organizes loudest and largest protest against Bush in New Hampshire pre-primaries
Letter from Winona teachers
Letter: Former basher writes Winona Post
Letter John Simcox: Extremes of feminism criticized
Letter: First Bank's neglect
Letter: Child custody plaintiffs. Diane Schlotman
The Birthday Party reviewed
Fag Hag reviewed
Don't Get Bashed (Campaign Australia)
AIDS benefit raises $1,600
Baltimore County rejects gay rights

Briefs
Trial starts for Aileen Wuornos, serial killer and lesbian
Lambda sues Sheriff's Academy in San Diego
Peter Pender leaves $2.26 million to AmFAR
Cops' "gay decoy" program under fire in NYC
US pushing condoms abroad but not at home
AIDS under-reported among upper class
Cop charged with exploiting gays
Petition calls for separate police in LA, W.Hollywood


Issue #279 February 17, 1992

Witnesses debunk claims of scare letter regarding Larson and Chenoweth murders
A name omitted for safety reasons
Sex and the Holy Writ.  Part I. King David
Gay survey in New Hampshire shows voters undecided
No charges, no changes in Winona
Charge of gay-bias drug case under investigation in NYC
Lesbian legally adopts partner's child
Letter about caucuses from T Max Hubbard
Carbon: Robert Meslinsky to Group M
Carbon: Campbell to the Advocate on (Earl?) Craig
NOW letter on Kowalski
Victims of police brutality remembered week of March 3
'Tis Pity She's a Whore reviewed
Furious debate over name of next march on D.C.
Don't Get Bashed

Briefs
Albee arrested for public nudity
Muslim pilgrims from Nigeria screened for AIDS
Reconstructionist Jews' board calls for gay equality
PWA-scientist concludes aspirin slows virus
PWA with meningitis kills in car wreck
Homeless PWA dies a block away from AIDS office
Clinton puts gay on top committee
Gay activist appointed judge in Florida
Texas sodomy law ruled unconstitutional
Truman Capote show at Ordway March 3-8
Volunteers needed for AIDS Quilt ceremony



Issue #280 March 2, 1992

Gay victims rejected this assassin / Joel Larson, John Chenoweth murdered by
                Jay T Johnson)
ACT UP storms Sioux Falls
ACT UP distributes condoms at Sioux Falls High
Wrestler accuses four teammates of rape
AIDS activists push in window a Bush Headquarters in New Hampshire
Jay Johnson's story needs to be proven
1895 gay bashing scene recreated by Proust
Larry Kramer's letter for homeless PWAs
Coming Out Day and family values
Distortion deftly mirrored in new play at Illusion
Rootstalker makes provocative debut
Sex, scat and Holy Writ: Chapter 2
AIDS Consortium grants $35,722
Wellstone supports all NGLTF positions
Imperial Court crowned at Gay 90s

Briefs
Lesbian co-parent wins victory in Albuquerque
Pop against homophobia
Schwarzenegger nude in Spy magazine
Buchanan ads feature nude black gay men
HUD ends hold-up on AIDS housing money
Cracker Barrel backs down
Lambda joins suit to keep LA bathhouses open
Holobaugh to head ACLU's military project


Issue #281 March 16, 1992

This is our last issue! Thanks to all who helped!
Jodie Belknap joins Reformation
High school girl with HIV distributes condoms with ACT UP in South Carolina.  Mom helps!
Con. Jerry Studds demands list of unfunded AIDS proposals
Tom Newell, 53, stabbed 27 times, dies
Brian Coyle bust in progress
Letter from professor studying childless adults
Letter: Anarchists defend their image
Letter: re religious ceremony at the Quilt
Letter to MN Public Utilities Com. on call tracing
Editorial: Rename the Human Rights Campaign Fund
Response from HRCF
Wisconsin lesbian, others funded

Briefs
Gay deputy sheriff Tom Woodard forces jury trial over firing
HRCF joins boycott of United Way over Boy Scouts


THE END OF THE GLC VOICE
A brief history of how the GLC Voice started is found below in this blog.

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