date: Tue, 20 Aug 96 17:24:03 -0800 From: truston@advocate.com (Todd Ruston) Subject: Advocate Issue 716 Preview The Advocate * September 17, 1996 * Issue 716 (On Sale September 3) * SPECIAL FALL PREVIEW ISSUE * What's hot (and gay) in entertainment * * * C O V E R S T O R Y * * * INSIDE MITCHELL ANDERSON Appearing in five new episodes of the hit TV drama Party of Five, actor Mitchell Anderson opens up about his private life and proves that there's life after coming out. TELEVISION ---------- Valerie Bertinelli keeps pushing the bounds of made-for-TV movies, this time with a role as a lesbian mom. ART --- Chip Kidd, the publishing world's hottest graphic designer, hits the stands with his book Batman Collected. BOOKS ----- Author James Earl Hardy is known for not mincing words. His second novel is no exception. THEATER ------- When playwright Christopher Durang's new comedy, Sex and Longing, opens on Broadway, you can bet gay themes will be out in the open. MUSIC ----- As Great Britain's Pet Shop Boys gear up for the release of their latest album, Bilingual, Neil Tennant talks frankly about his own sexuality-after years of skirting the issue. FILM ---- Already a star in the art world, filmmaker Cheryl Dunye comes on strong with her sexy movie debut, The Watermelon Woman. It's won cheers from lesbians and gay men-and jeers from the Republican Congress. * * * NEWS & FEATURES * * * CAMPAIGN '96: LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER 2 -------------------------------------- Touted as a vice presidential candidate who would help promote an image of the Republican Party as caring and inclusive, Jack Kemp seemed to personify the media message of the GOP convention. But where gay and lesbian issues are concerned, it turns out that Kemp belongs to the other GOP-the one that wrote opposition to gay rights into its platform. * * * DEPARTMENTS * * * LETTERS: Readers are jealous of Chastity: They want Cher as their mother too. AGENDA: Bill Clinton addresses a job bill protecting gay men and lesbians... quarterback Troy Aikman addresses those gay rumors. ADVOCATE POLL: Where are the Republicans and Democrats really headed on gay and lesbian issues? VIEWPOINT: Patricia Ireland looks at the presidential race-and turns elsewhere for answers. BREAKING SILENCE: Janis Ian thinks fall TV looks good, compared to the days of Gunsmoke's Miss Kitty. REVIEWS: Achtenberg on Chasnoff... Busch on Grammer... Melissa and Julie on kids. LAST WORD: Bruce Bawer tells a tale of two gay youths. On the cover: Mitchell Anderson photographed by David Jensen for The Advocate --------------------------------------------------------------------- This issue goes on sale September 3, 1996 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 envelope. --= Check out The Advocate's Web site at http://www.advocate.com !=-- Copyright 1996 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.