date: Tue, 05 Mar 96 15:19:21 -0800
From: truston@advocate.com (Todd Ruston)
Subject: Advocate Issue 704 Preview

               The Advocate * April 2, 1996 * Issue 704
                          (On Sale March 20)

                          * STALKING FORBES
                          
                     * INSIDE PAT BUCHANAN'S CAMP
                   
                          * THE (GAY) OSCARS
                       
                 * * *  C O V E R   S T O R Y  * * *

                          BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
                        The Advocate interview
                        
In a landmark first interview with the gay press, the normally 
ultraprivate Boss of the entertainment world opens up on homosexuality, 
closets, love, AIDS, gay marriages, divorce, and his second Oscar nod. 

                       * * * ARTS & MEDIA * * *
                       
                            THE OSCARS '96
                            
ELISABETH SHUE
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The Best Actress nominee talks about the strong sexual attraction she
feels toward other women.

MARC SHAIMAN
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With his second Oscar nomination in three years, the gay composer says
he wants a chance to score a heavy drama.

MIRA SORVINO
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What's coming up next for the Best Supporting Actress nominee? She's
set to play a bisexual Hollywood icon.

TIM ROTH
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Rob Roy's swishy henchman wasn't gay, says the Best Supporting Actor
nominee. But it wouldn't matter if he were.

                     * * * NEWS & FEATURES * * *

CAMPAIGN '96:  GOOD SON OR BAD SEED?
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He's a social moderate who had a gay dad, but gay and lesbian
Republicans still aren't lining up to support Steve Forbes.

EDUCATION: TIRED BOARD
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The Salt Lake City school board tries to eliminate a gay student group
but lands in hot water instead.

POLITICS: IT'S PAT
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Pat Buchanan's success in a batch of primaries injects gay rights
issues into the Republican presidential campaign--but it's the kind of
attention we can live without.

CONTROVERSY: REWRITING THE HOLOCAUST
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Were gays the victims of Nazi persecution or among the perpetrators?
In the ongoing debate, both sides have been guilty of distorting the
truth.

DEPARTMENTS
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Letters
Agenda
Advocate Poll
Viewpoint: Bruce Hayes
Notes From a Blond: Bruce Vilanch
Reviews
Last Word: Lillian Faderman

On the cover: Bruce Springsteen photographed by Herb Ritts/Visages
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