Date: Mon, 07 Oct 96 10:43:25 -0800
From: truston@advocate.com (Todd Ruston)
Subject: Advocate Issue 719 Preview

             The Advocate * October 29, 1996 * Issue 719
                        (On Sale October 15)

                   * *  * ELECTION SPECIAL * * *

     HOW GAY ISSUES ARE PLAYING OUT IN STATE AND NATIONAL RACES

      * TONY KUSHNER AND URVASHI VAID: COMPROMISING POSITIONS
                          
              * CHAD ALLEN: COMING OUT OF TABLOID HELL
                          
                * * *  C O V E R   S T O R Y  * * *

                        THE GAY REPUBLICANS
                         CRASHING THE PARTY

Growing in number and visibility, gay and lesbian Republicans
present a paradox to their counterparts in the Democratic Party, who
ask, "Why insist on pushing for acceptance in a club that doesn't
want you as a member?" But for gays in the GOP, the answer is
simple-and disarmingly familiar to anyone who has ever come out:
"It's part of who I am."

CONGRESS: THE WORD UNSPOKEN
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Gay issues hover in the background for many of the most critical and
hotly contested races in the Senate and the House.

STATE RACES: RUNNING FOR COVER
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Openly gay candidates are being confronted with a bolder, brassier 
homophobia in this year's election campaigns.

POLITICS: WHO'S ON THIRD?
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Greens, Libertarians, the Reform Party-all three are fishing for gay
and lesbian voters, but most aren't biting.

                      * * * ARTS & MEDIA * * *

ART: DRAWING FROM LIFE
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In two major new exhibits, portraitist Don Bachardy shares images of
his life with the late Christopher Isherwood.

TELEVISION: TUNING OUT
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What happens when a TV teen idol is outed? Dr. Quinn, Medicine 
Woman's Chad Allen may have the answers.

                      * * * DEPARTMENTS * * *

LETTERS: AIDS rides can cost a bundle...Should gay political groups 
compete for your support?

AGENDA: When antigay Republicans want to win an election, they call 
on political consultant Arthur Finkelstein, who happens to be gay.

ADVOCATE POLL: Are gay Republicans helping or hurting the battle for 
our civil rights?

VIEWPOINT: Tony Kushner steels himself for a reluctant trip to the 
voting booth.

NOTES FROM A BLOND: Bruce Vilanch looks at the Emmys and the chances 
of Ellen ever getting one.

REVIEWS: Keith Boykin on Spike Lee...Scott Heim on gay farm
boys...John Waters on The Simpsons.

LAST WORD: For Urvashi Vaid, this year's party politics bear an eerie 
resemblance to scary movies from the past.

On the cover: Log Cabin Republicans officers Robert Kabel, Rich Tafel, 
and Carl Schmid photographed by Vincent Ricardel for The Advocate
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