date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 14:44:25 -0800 From: truston@advocate.com (Todd Ruston) Subject: Advocate Issue 718 Preview The Advocate * October 15, 1996 * Issue 718 (On Sale October 1) * THE QUILT GOES TO DC * DOMA GOES TO THE SENATE * "DON'T ASK" GOES AWOL * * * C O V E R S T O R Y * * * ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Advocate Interview She has diamonds, three Oscars, and a thriving perfume business. She also has a cause for which she is a tireless crusader-AIDS-and this month in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to lead the National AIDS Candlelight March. Elizabeth Taylor, activist, explains to The Advocate why her passion is compassion. * * * NEWS & FEATURES * * * CAMPAIGN '96: DOWN FOR THE COUNT -------------------------------- With the Rev. Mel White fasting outside the Capitol, gay advocates fight a losing battle over marriage and job rights. ELECTIONS: NOT ASKING, NOT TELLING ---------------------------------- Even Bob Dole isn't talking about Clinton's Achilles' heel: gay soldiers. POLITICS: ALONG COLOR LINES --------------------------- A fight over domestic-partner benefits leads to a racial rift in Philadelphia. SOCIETY: ATTACKING BACK ----------------------- A group of gay men in New York City band together to track down the man who preyed on their trust. AIDS: VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS ----------------------------- With the AIDS quilt on display in the nation's capital again, sponsors are hoping politicians will hear their message. * * * ARTS & MEDIA * * * BOOKS: LADIES' MAN ------------------ In his new novel Our Lady of Babylon, gay-fiction pioneer John Rechy turns his gaze toward women. PHOTOGRAPHY: MIRROR, MIRROR --------------------------- Calling herself "the oldest living drag photographer," Nan Goldin gears up for her retrospective "I'll Be Your Mirror." * * * DEPARTMENTS * * * LETTERS: Mitchell Anderson is a patron saint; Jean-Michel Basquiat was a bathhouse patron. AGENDA: The news is good: Bob Dornan, California's infamously antigay representative, is declared politically vulnerable. ADVOCATE POLL: Are gay men and lesbians more racist than heterosexuals? VIEWPOINT: Winston Wilde reflects on evolution, gay marriage, the AIDS epidemic, and "the dear love of comrades." BREAKING SILENCE: Janis Ian dresses Mr. Lesbian for success--with one hand firmly on her tool belt. REVIEWS: Leroy Aarons on Torie Osborn...Suzanne Westenhoefer on Ellen DeGeneres...Tales of the City on Showtime? LAST WORD: Gabriel Rotello says circuit-party fund-raisers for AIDS are sending the wrong message about substance abuse to young gay men. On the cover: Elizabeth Taylor photographed by Firooz Zahedi/The Botaish Group --------------------------------------------------------------------- This issue goes on sale October 1, 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.