Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 00:00:00 -0800 From: Todd Ruston Subject: Advocate Issue 697 Preview The Advocate * December 26, 1995 * Issue 697 (On Sale December 12) * VILANCH ON CHRISTMAS * JAMES EARL HARDY ON RACE * PAGLIA ON RELIGION * AIDS: THE DISEASE'S DIE-HARD SURVIVORS * * * C O V E R S T O R Y * * * IN SEARCH OF THE GAY GENE A new study fuels a growing consensus that when it comes to sexual orientation, biology is destiny. But will the sudden discovery of a gay gene ultimately lead to liberation--or to genocide? SOCIETY: TERROR FROM THE RIGHT ------------------------------ A series of arrests in a troubling Oklahoma case sheds fresh light on the national militia movement's antigay agenda and incendiary methods. LAW: A CONTROVERSIAL CLUB FOR COPS ---------------------------------- A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy's formation of an affinity group for heterosexual white male officers opens old wounds in a tense city. POLITICS: THEIR MONEY'S NO GOOD HERE ------------------------------------ The battle over AIDS education in public schools heats up when Texas turns down a big federal grant in order to retain an abstinence-only curriculum. AIDS: STAYIN' ALIVE ------------------- Researchers are just beginning to uncover the secrets that turn some people into long-term HIV survivors. THE MOVEMENT: THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------ Local leaders at lesbian and gay community centers say their new national organization creates a voice in Washington for the grass roots--at last. CRIME: MURDER BY NUMBERS ------------------------ He knows who did it, and so do they. But in trying to get local gays to testify in a brutal murder case, a police investigator runs up against a wall of resistance. CINEMA: JIM CARREY'S GAY FOIL ----------------------------- Multitalented British actor Simon Callow takes time out from writing biographies and directing theater to play a heel in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. DEPARTMENTS ----------- Letters Agenda Advocate Poll Viewpoint: James Earl Hardy Your Business: Christian Arthur Bain Notes From a Blond: Bruce Vilanch Reviews The Buzz Last Word: Camille Paglia ON THE COVER: Red X-ray band of proteins prepared for analysis of genetic components. Photographed by Dan McCoy/Rainbow. ----------------------------------------------------------------- This issue goes on sale December 12, 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.