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            The Advocate * February 4, 1997 * Issue 726
                        (On Sale January 21)

                * AMANDA BEARSE'S CHILD CUSTODY WOES
     
                 * LESBIAN BAITING IN THE MILITARY
              
                * * *  C O V E R   S T O R Y  * * *

            WHAT HAWAII'S MARRIAGE DECISION REALLY MEANS

A revolution is brewing in Hawaii, where gay marriage will likely be
legal by the end of the year. And despite a mainland backlash that
seems already entrenched, it's a cause that may ultimately be
unstoppable.

                    * * * NEWS & FEATURES * * *

MOM VERSUS MOM
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Television star Amanda Bearse brings notoriety to a desperate legal
battle between lesbian mothers.

WOMEN UNDER FIRE
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The military is on trial for sexual harassment but not for lesbian
baiting. Yet the two go hand in hand.

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
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While majority leader Trent Lott drives a conservative agenda in the
Senate, gay hopes are pinned on his unlikely political pal, Jim
Jeffords.

AIDS POLICY REVIEWED
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The first national strategy statement on AIDS puts Clinton's friends
and advisers in a bind.

THE CLUB-KID MURDER
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In New York nightlife he was the king of the club kids. But loyalty
alone doesn't explain why a band of gay youths protected an alleged
murderer.

                      * * * ARTS & MEDIA * * *

SUNDANCING IN THE DARK
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Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival is hotter than ever. And gay
films are part of its cachet. But will these movies make it to a
theater near you?

FEBRUARY FASHION
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Gay designers Richard Bengtsson and Edward Pavlick hit the stores 
with their first line of women's clothing. 

ROSEANNE'S LESBIAN MOTHER
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When Estelle Parsons signed on as Roseanne's TV mom, little did she
know she'd end up playing a lesbian.


                      * * * DEPARTMENTS * * *

LETTERS: Dennis Rodman, gay role model...Why there aren't role models 
in the NFL.

AGENDA: A retired Ford executive opens the corporate
closet...Television's Andy Rooney is not out to make gay friends.

ADVOCATE POLL: When gay families break up, who gets the kids?

VIEWPOINT: Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer on breaking the wall of
silence for military women-lesbian or not.

NOTES FROM A BLOND: Bruce Vilanch compares and contrasts racism and
homophobia.

REVIEWS: New York MoMA's Fassbinder filmfest...Japan's gay
animation...Great Britain's gay hero, Alan Turing.

LAST WORD: Lillian Faderman on the ethics of gay marriage-and 
divorce.

On the cover: Photography by Olivier Ferrand for The Advocate
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