date: Wed, 27 Nov 96 18:35:24 -0800
From: truston@advocate.com (Todd Ruston)
Subject: Advocate Issue 723 Preview

            The Advocate * December 24, 1996 * Issue 723
                        (On Sale December 10)

               * MIRACLE DRUGS AND THE FUTURE OF AIDS
     
                     * TYING THE KNOT IN HAWAII
              
                * * *  C O V E R   S T O R Y  * * *

                       INSIDE THE NFL CLOSET

              Why pro football players can't come out

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman denies rumors that he's gay.
But what if a football superstar were to come out? Sportscasters
Dick Schaap and Bob Costas join the huddle to search for answers.

SPECIAL REPORT: HOPE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS
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A generation of people with HIV and AIDS are making plans for the 
future, thanks to advances in treatment. But with the revised outlook 
come some surprising complications.

SCIENCE: WEALTHY AND WISE
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Investors in the latest AIDS drug to be approved for clinical trials
have a  "therapy first, profits later" philosophy.

MEDICINE: A NEW LEAF
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Gay activists are playing a critical role in winning public
acceptance for medical marijuana.


                    * * * NEWS & FEATURES * * *

SOCIETY: TROPICAL WINDFALL
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Hawaiians are looking nervously at how gay marriage could affect the 
state economy: boon or bust?

ACTIVISM: CHRYSLER DODGES
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The auto giant waffles on workplace protection, while gay workers 
strengthen ties to the labor movement.

CRIME: THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES
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Experts say the verdict in the Jenny Jones murder trial proves
jurors aren't buying the latest version of the "homosexual panic"
defense.


                      * * * ARTS & MEDIA * * *

CINEMA: REMEMBER WYNN
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Wynn Thomas, production designer on Mars Attacks! talks about 
Hollywood's treatment of blacks and gays.


                      * * * DEPARTMENTS * * *

LETTERS: Sharon Bottoms gets gay support; Chandler Bing doesn't.

AGENDA: Dornan stares at defeat...A harassed gay youth looks at $1 
million.

ADVOCATE POLL: Are new drugs leading to complacency about AIDS?

VIEWPOINT: Leslea Newman has a few words for the first father: It's 
about Chelsea.

NOTES FROM A BLOND: Bruce Vilanch looks for gay diversity and finds 
it on public-access TV.

REVIEWS: George Michael unplugs on MTV...Mitchell Anderson undresses 
on stage...Mel Gibson understands.

LAST WORD: Urvashi Vaid wonders if gays' hopes for the future might 
be tainted by hype.

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