ARTICLES & FICTION 26 "Self Portrait" Interview by Doug Richards 30 "Gerhard" by Richard Umma-porn-star">Umans 46 "The Bodybuilder as Hustler" by Ron Allen 60 "Daniel Holt" by Robert W. Richards 78 "Mamie Van Doren" Interview by EvelynFreedman VISUALS 9 "The Lifeguard" from Malexpress 20 "The Switch Hitter" by Jeff Kirk
"The Racquet Bailer" by Patatas 33
40 "The Back Packer" from Malexpress Studios
49 "The Quarterback" from Malexpress Studios
73 "Fantasize" from TCS Studios MONTHLY FEATURES
4 Stallion Quickies
14 Roundup (Film, Books, Theatre, Music)
18 Letters to Casey
56 Our Gay Heritage: Gays in Tennis
66 Stallion Contacts
EDITORIALLY SPEAKING
Between now and next November, the word "rainbow" will, hopefully, begin
to mean something more to most homosexuals than just another Judy Garland imitation.
In union there is power, politically speaking, and all across the country, civic-minded
groups with an eye to the coming elections are striving to construct "rainbow
coalitions" made up of diverse minority groups: Blacks, Hispanics, women,
the elderly, the handicapped, and homosexuals. The strength of such alliances
has been proven over and over again, in such places as Boston, Washington, and
Houston. Indeed, there can be a pot of political gold at the end of such rainbows. David Scondras, the first openly gay candidate for the Boston City Council, explained
the phenomenon thus in a recent New York Times interview: "There's an acknowledgment,
an understanding among blacks and women, that an openly gay person has a whole
history of experience in what it's like to be left out, to feel hostility, to
be devalued because you're different... The age of bigotry is eclipsing, and the
age of coalition-building is beginning."
Minorities, however, tend to be fearful of one another, and those who should (because
of their own experience) be the most prejudice-free are often the most vocal in
their opposition to the rights of other minorities. Witness the vehement opposition
registered by the unlikely coalition of Orthodox Jews and Catholics against Gay
Rights in New York City.
We too must form our own coalitions. Out of political expediency can come the
greater understanding that naturally evolves from strangers working together and
getting acquainted with each other. Fearful generalizations can be replaced with
the knowledge of specifics. And so, we remind you that you have an obligation
as a citizen and as a homosexual to register to vote, and then to vote for those
candidates who seem most likely to enrich your way of life. As Virginia Apuzzo,
executive director of the National Gay Task Force, has said, "The veracity
of the rainbow coalition for us is the consistency with which lavender is a part
of it."
Well, haven't they always said politics makes strange bedfellows?
Jerry Douglas
Editor
