Word: gay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Marguerite Gerstell, a lesbian political activist from Winthrop, Mass., has reportedly given up her attempt to unseat incumbent State Senator Michael LoPresti '70 after he received the endorsement of the Greater Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance. But Boston City Councillor Robert Travaglini remains a strong contender in the race...
...progressive he claims to be,"said Monks. "In '78 and '82 he supported Ed Kingover Mike Dukakis [for governor]. In the past twoyears he started to become pro-gay and lesbianrights when he realized that he needed the supportof those groups...
GROUND ZERO by Andrew Holleran (Morrow; $16.95). A tragicomic tour, in the form of essays, through Manhattan's once bustling gay night spots, now somber, subdued and charged with the emotional fallout of AIDS...
...with white, middle-class homosexuals, not only because of their numbers and high casualty rate but also because they are better organized and more articulate than other afflicted groups. It is somewhat patronizing to note that from Sappho to Capote, homosexuals have enriched Western literature. Today AIDS has put gay writers in the vortex of journalism...
...knows the limits of stoicism. He qualifies the old saying "Life is a tragedy to those who feel, a comedy to those who think" with "Too schematic . . . most of us think and feel." Ground Zero is the proof. It is a tragicomic tour through Manhattan's homosexual nighttown: the gay bathhouses, pornographic theaters and bars that the author cruised a decade ago. He finds the atmosphere radioactive with fear; sperm reminds him of plutonium. In this subdued climate, Holleran finds new enjoyment with his surviving gay companions. He meets many over freshly dug graves and notes the difference...