From: "Todd Ruston" Subject: Advocate 681 Preview Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 17:02:53 -0800 The Advocate * May 16, 1995 * Issue 681 (On Sale May 2) * BAWER ON CULTURE * KRAMER ON ARTHUR LAURENTS * IAN ON SEX * * * C O V E R S T O R Y * * * NOWHERE MAN THE REAL PATIENT ZERO? Figuring out whether Briton David Carr died of AIDS complications in 1959 could be the key to fighting the epidemic in the United States today. PLUS A SPECIAL REPORT: THE FUTURE OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC MIAMI: FUTURE SHOCK ------------------- Experts say the city's AIDS profile looks much like the future of AIDS in the nation as a whole-and it's not a pretty sight. WASHINGTON: MORE FUTURE SHOCK ----------------------------- AIDS services suffer as Congress turns the capital district into a laboratory for a conservative urban agenda. HEALTH: WORKING THE SYSTEM -------------------------- Cheating on drug trials isn't a moral issue for some participants-it's a matter of survival. MEDICINE: MISS DIAGNOSIS ------------------------ Treatment for AIDS has left Charlene Riling sicker than before. The good news: It turns out she never had HIV to begin with. SOCIETY: GIFT HORSES -------------------- Should gay men be barred from giving blood? The Red Cross defends its policy, citing the need to screen donors, but critics say screening should focus on behavior, not orientation. * * * CONGRESS: THE SECOND HUNDRED DAYS --------------------------------- Congressional Republicans are fat and happy after their first hundred days in power. What's next? POLITICS: ACHTENBERG'S ADIEU ---------------------------- Roberta Achtenberg's exit raises new questions about the Clinton administration's commitment to gay rights. SCANDAL: A MESS IN THE MIDWEST ------------------------------ A disclosure about a leading gay rights activist's past splits a university in Kansas. PEOPLE: THE WAY HE IS --------------------- Arthur Laurents, the famed author of plays and screenplays, tells Larry Kramer about his starry life. DEPARTMENTS ----------- Letters Agenda Viewpoint: Richard Elovich Your Business: Per Larson Reviews Breaking Silence: Janis Ian The Buzz Last Word: Bruce Bawer ----------------------------------------------------------------- This issue goes on sale May 2, 1995 at your local newsstand or bookstore. Try The Advocate for three issues--free! ---------------------------------------- Send your subscription order via e-mail to "orders@advocate.com". Include your full postal mailing address in the message. You will get the next 3 issues of The Advocate and a trial subscription. If you like The Advocate, you'll receive the balance of a full year (26 issues) for only $39.97. That's a $62.00 savings off the newsstand price. If you decide The Advocate is not for you, simply return your invoice marked "cancel" and you will owe nothing. The three issues are yours to keep. Or you may call (800) 827-0561, Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 10:00pm Central Time. Outside the U.S., add $30 per year. The Advocate is mailed in an opaque plastic wrapper. Copyright 1995 Liberation Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. This file may be duplicated and distributed for non- commercial purposes if it is duplicated in its entirety and this notice is included in the file.