date: Tue, 09 Jul 96 16:55:28 -0800
From: truston@advocate.com (Todd Ruston)
Subject: Advocate Issue 713/714 Preview


           The Advocate * August 20, 1996 * Issue 713/714
                         (On Sale July 23)

                      * SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE *
                   
                        HOLLYWOOD INSIDE OUT
                       
                * * *  C O V E R   S T O R Y  * * *

                                CHER
                       The Advocate interview
                          by Chastity Bono

Mother and child: Superstar Cher tells her lesbian daughter,
Chastity Bono, the truth about, well, everything.


GAY TV
------
Since the '60s, gay characters have hit the tube in increasing
numbers. Chart the progress with our time line.

SILENT MOVIES
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Major film studios are still censoring gay content whenever they
perceive profits at risk.

OUT WITH CLOUT
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Gay men and lesbians in the entertainment industry are exercising
their political muscle.

PICKS FOR FLICKS
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The Advocate's 1996 Hollywood survey results pinpoint the best--and
worst--in movies.

FISHING AROUND
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One of the tabloids' favorite subjects, Chastity Bono, takes them
on--at last.

ACTIVISM INC.
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With backing from power players in the film industry, Hollywood
Supports is making waves.

LUST FOR LIVES
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A biographer chronicling a gay star's career is often the first to
peer into the closet door.

ROPED IN
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Actor Farley Granger reflects on the constraints of the Hollywood
closet in the '40s-and today.

MOVING ON
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Ten years after her lesbian classic, Desert Hearts, director Donna
Deitch is one of TV's heavy hitters.

TOWN CRIER
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Gossip columnist Bruce Bibby and his alter ego, Ted Casablanca, make
Hollywood their beat.

WARRIOR PRINCESS
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Producer Liz Friedman confirms those lesbian rumors about TV's
butchest superheroine, Xena.

SHOW-ALL BIZ
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The gay adult video market mirrors Hollywood--spicy, inconsistent,
and highly profitable.

BEST-KEPT SECRET
----------------
For all the red ribbons, Hollywood can be a rough place to work if
you're openly HIV-positive.


                            DEPARTMENTS
                            -----------

FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF: Jeff Yarbrough on Chastity Bono's
journalistic beat.

ADVOCATE POLL: Why aren't more gay films being made?

VIEWPOINT: Amanda Bearse relates to Quasimodo.

BREAKING SILENCE: Janis Ian tours closeted stars' homes.

REVIEWS: Bruce Vilanch on the highs and lows of Hollywood.

LAST WORD: Gabriel Rotello on Hollywood's last taboo.

On the cover: Cher photgraphed by David Scheinmann
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