Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 15:53:17 -0800 From: Todd Ruston Subject: Advocate Issue 703 Preview The Advocate * March 19, 1996 * Issue 703 (On Sale March 5) * BOXING WITH HIV * CLINTON'S NEW COMPROMISE * SURVEYING HOLLYWOOD * * * C O V E R S T O R Y * * * INSIDE THE CELLULOID CLOSET By Lily Tomlin Lily Tomlin interviews Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman--who worked for ten years to make Vito Russo's legendary book The Celluloid Closet into a stunning film. * * * NEWS & FEATURES * * * SPORTS: TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT -------------------------- Heavyweight boxer Tommy Morrison was a contender--but all it took to bring him down for good was a microscopic virus. TECHNOLOGY: INDECENT EXPOSURE ----------------------------- Congress checks out the on-line world and decides that what it needs is a good dose of censorship. Still, you needn't expect a subpoena in your E-mail anytime soon. CONTROVERSY: PARADING AROUND ---------------------------- With no hope of help from the courts, gays and lesbians excluded from New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade say they'll go all out to make a big ruckus at the wearing of the green this year. AIDS: THE WAITING GAME ---------------------- The latest breakthroughs in AIDS therapy may signal the beginning of a new era--with some unexpected consequences. POLITICS: READY...AIM...FIRE ---------------------------- Clinton faces the ire of AIDS activists for signing a bill that would discharge soldiers with HIV. MEDICINE: SUPPLY AND DEMANDS ---------------------------- Dumped blood dramatizes the worldwide controversy over who should be allowed to donate it. PEOPLE: OUT ON THE INSIDE ------------------------- Rising-star lesbian politician Carole Migden proves it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game. * * * ARTS & MEDIA * * * CINEMA: The Advocate Survey: Hollywood -------------------------------------- What's your favorite cinematic same-sex love scene? What film most scared you about lesbians when you first saw it? What are your feelings about straight actors playing gay? Get out your pens and pencils. [Or take the survey on-line starting March 5 at http://www.advocate.com.] DEPARTMENTS ----------- Letters Agenda Advocate Poll Viewpoint: Ian McKellen Breaking Silence: Janis Ian Reviews Last Word: Bruce Bawer On the cover: Jeffrey Friedman, Lily Tomlin, and Rob Epstein photographed by Greg Gorman for The Advocate --------------------------------------------------------------------- This issue goes on sale March 5, 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.