An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on concern over amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act and updates on this and other gay- and AIDS-related bills in Congress, criticism of gays as 'fair-weather friends' from D.C. Mayor Barry, the arrest of three Aryan Nations members in a plot to bomb an event at a gay bar in Seattle (WA), political information ahead of local elections, approval for AIDS service funds in Congress despite a slew of homophobic amendments offered by Sen. Helms, efforts by gay veterans to end the Defense Department's ban on gays in the military, updates on gay- and AIDS-related bills before Congress, health information about CMV retinitis common in AIDS patients, criticism of prejudice against butches in the Blade's lesbian personal ads, book and arts reviews including a look at a biography of lesbian journalist and author of the 'Paris Letters' and 'Profiles' Janet 'Genet' Flanner, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 21, Number 20