date: Tue, 16 Apr 96 16:59:05 -0800
From: truston@advocate.com (Todd Ruston)
Subject: Advocate Issue 707 Preview

              The Advocate * May 14, 1996 * Issue 707
                         (On Sale April 30)

                   * CLINTON'S GAY MARRIAGE WOES
                          
                          * THE FDA'S HERO
                   
                       * APPLE'S GAY TROUBLES
                       
                * * *  C O V E R   S T O R Y  * * *

                         OUT IN PRIME TIME
            Murder One: John Fleck   Frasier: Dan Butler
     Party of Five: Mitchell Anderson   Ellen: Patrick Bristow

These actors are like intimate family members to television-viewing
America. Week after week they're in people's living rooms and
bedrooms, making them laugh and cry. But what happens when these men
decide to tell their viewing "families" that they're gay?

                    * * * NEWS & FEATURES * * *

CAMPAIGN '96: SILENT RUNNING
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President Clinton says he's opposed to same-sex marriage--but he's
trying not to say it too loudly.

BUSINESS: APPLE'S TURNOVER
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Hard times befall Apple Computer Inc., threatening its gay-friendly 
corporate policies.

                 * * * AIDS: A SPECIAL REPORT * * *

HEALTH: THE DOOM GENERATION
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Managed care can be risky business for people with AIDS and other
chronic diseases.

CONTROVERSY: THE LAST RESORT
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Illicit trading in AIDS drugs is the latest desperate move for the 
disenfranchised AIDS patient.

PROFILE: THE WARRIOR CHIEF
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FDA commissioner David Kessler does battle with Democrats and
Republicans alike.

                      * * * ARTS & MEDIA * * *

PEOPLE: MORE DEAD MARILYN
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Actress Lindsay Crouse plays Marilyn Monroe's lesbian love interest 
in a hot new film biography.

DEPARTMENTS
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Letters
Agenda
Viewpoint: Gary R. Cohan, MD
Advocate Poll
Breaking Silence: Janis Ian
Reviews
Last Word: Bruce Bawer

On the cover: John Fleck photographed by Roman Salicki; Dan Butler
photographed by Chris Haston; Mitchell Anderson photographed by
Vivian Zink; Patrick Bristow photographed by Michele A.H. Smith for
The Advocate
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