Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:41:56 -0800 From: Todd Ruston Subject: Advocate Issue 698/699 Preview The Advocate * January 23, 1996 * Issue 698/699 (On Sale December 26) SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE: THE YEAR IN REVIEW Sonny Bono Jill Sobule Bob Hoskins Nora Dunn Greg Louganis Cherry Jones Robert Gallo Norma McCorvey Marsha Scott PLUS AMERICA'S TEN WORST CONGRESSMEN and more! * * * C O V E R S T O R Y * * * PERSON OF THE YEAR: MELISSA ETHERIDGE Rock's first lesbian stadium act reveals the simple secret to her success as she looks back over a year of professional and personal triumphs. WASHINGTON: BAD TO THE BONE --------------------------- At the end of a year when Congress got downright nasty over gay issues, who is the worst of the worst? POLITICS: MARKED MAN -------------------- Opponents of Sen. Jesse Helms are training their sights on the high-handed homophobe's reelection campaign. INTERVIEW: PRO BONO? -------------------- The congressman ends 1995 being interviewed by his lesbian daughter. PROFILE: CHRISTIAN SOLDIER -------------------------- The Roe v. Wade plaintiff discusses her shocking about-face on abortion. CRIME: SEX AND VIOLENCE ----------------------- A hustler's indictment for a bloody murder elicits pleas for mercy from the victim's gay brother. MEDIA: FREAK SHOWS ------------------ Implicated in the shooting of a gay man, TV talk shows are squirming under even more intense scrutiny. CONTROVERSY: HATE MAIL ---------------------- Fund-raisers exploit hot-button gay issues in direct-mail campaigns. AIDS: VINTAGE GALLO ------------------- The virologist has laid the groundwork for what he says are encouraging new directions in AIDS research. BOOKS: HIGH DIVER ----------------- Greg Louganis reflects on reactions to the revelations in his hot autobiography of his being gay and having AIDS. THEATER: BROADWAY BABY ---------------------- Cherry Jones makes history in 1995 as the first out lesbian Tony winner. CINEMA: A REEL LIFE ------------------- Bob Hoskins ends the year with a gay role as J. Edgar Hoover in Nixon. MUSIC: KISS AND TELL -------------------- After her hit song "I Kissed a Girl," Jill Sobule spent 1995 in the closet. Now she comes out. TELEVISION: SPECIAL DELIVERY ---------------------------- Nora Dunn takes the title as TV's first in-vitro-inseminated lesbian mom. DEPARTMENTS ----------- From the Editor in Chief: Jeff Yarbrough The Year in Interviews The 1995 Yearbook Advocate Poll Viewpoint: Marsha Scott Breaking Silence: Janis Ian The Year in Reviews Last Word: Bruce Bawer ON THE COVER: Melissa Etheridge by Blake Little/Sygma for The Advocate ----------------------------------------------------------------- This issue goes on sale December 26, 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.