date: Tue, 06 Aug 96 17:11:50 -0800
From: truston@advocate.com (Todd Ruston)
Subject: Advocate Issue 715 Preview


            The Advocate * September 3, 1996 * Issue 715
                        (On Sale August 20)

                          * D.C.'S CLOSET
                          
                     * DOLE'S CONVENTION BLUES
                                         
                        * TONY WARD HUSTLES
                       
                      F A S H I O N   1 9 9 6

                * * *  C O V E R   S T O R Y  * * *

                                LIZA

For nearly as long as she's been alive and singing, Liza Minnelli has
refused to answer personal questions about homosexuality and herself,
her family, her friends, and her loved ones. Now, at last, she does.

CINEMA: TONY WARD
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The model, Madonna paramour, and music-video hunk makes his film
debut as a male prostitute in Hustler White. Quite a stretch, huh?
Not really, says the actor.

PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID LACHAPELLE
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A rising star on fashion's photo scene, the New York-based shooter
talks openly about his troubled past, being gay, and getting teased
as a kid. But who's laughing now?


                    * * * NEWS & FEATURES * * *

CONTROVERSY: NAMING NAMES
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The Advocate calls on two closeted congressmen to defend their votes
in favor of the antigay Defense of Marriage Act. 

POLITICS: UNDER THE BIG TENT
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Gay Republicans are taking heart from Dole's savvy campaign for a 
kinder, gentler, more inclusive GOP.

AIDS: OUT OF REACH
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The high cost of the latest AIDS therapies means they won+t be 
available to many of the people who need them most.


                      * * * DEPARTMENTS * * *

LETTERS
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Marriage is an institution. Who wants to be in an institution?

AGENDA
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Steve Gunderson calls it quits in Congress... Bob Paris and Rod
Jackson just call it quits.

ADVOCATE POLL
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When is it justified to pull public figures out of the closet?

VIEWPOINT
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Sen. John F. Kerry on marriage and how gays and lesbians can make
their voices heard.

NOTES FROM A BLOND
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Bruce Vilanch looks at how gay men at the end of their rope can turn
trauma into a great party.

REVIEWS
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Michael Musto on Basquiat... Chastity Bono on Candace Gingrich...
Martina on love.

LAST WORD
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Camille Paglia refutes those nasty rumors about fashion designers.

On the cover: Liza Minnelli photographed by David Jensen for The
Advocate
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