Grabbed without permission from April  6, 1992, Monday,
FINAL EDITION USA TODAY

SECTION: LIFE; Pg. 1D
HEADLINE: Musicians team for  gay  rights
BYLINE: Edna Gundersen
KEYWORD: GET OUT: GAY  RIGHTS
BODY:
    Lou Reed, David Byrne, k.d. lang and Debbie Harry sing for  gay  rights on
Get Out, a pop CD available only with a new  gay/ lesbian magazine.
   Sire Records and Out are offering the 17-song CD free to callers who sign up
for an $ 11.95, three-issue subscription to the general-interest  gay 
quarterly, launching in June.
   Sire got thumbs-up from all 25 artists it approached. The 17 slots went to
those who replied quickest, including Morrissey and the Tom Tom Club.
   ''It's time for more of us to use our visibility to transmit positive
messages to  gay  men and lesbians,'' says Book of Love's Ted Ottaviano. ''For
so long,  gay  people have been a community under siege.''
   Though long active in social causes, the music industry was slow to respond
to the AIDS crisis. Get Out, along with a recent spate of benefit records and
concerts, takes another step toward dispelling rock's homophobic reputation.
   Says Sire's Howard Klein, ''added to the mosaic of efforts the industry is
making, this CD can only help.''
   Starting April 15, fans can order Out and the promotional CD by calling
800-876-1199.


For $11.95, You Will Receive:

	Three issues of OUT! Magazine (including the premiere issue)

	A 17-track CD with songs by people like Lou Reed, David Byrne, 
	k.d. lang, Morrissey, and Debbie Harry.

What to do:
	Send Check or money order payable to OUT! Magazine to

		OUT! Magazine
		594 Broadway suite 804
		NY NY 10012

	Or you can call the toll-free number (1-800-876-1199) and 
	tell your address to a machine.  You'll be billed later, of 
	course.

I'm mailing my check today!

--
Chuck LeDuc		gt1342a@prism.gatech.edu
"in fact, some of us consider the male of the species just one big, ugly
brutish aberration of evolution" - Alf Mushpie.