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Title: The Washington Blade, May 9, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles about the origin of sexual orientation; civil rights bills in New Hampshire and Oregon; a hate crimes bill in Arizona; elections for Maryland City Council and the Alexandria School Board; a public forum for Arlington School and County Boards surrounding the question of a sexual orientation discrimination policy; the 20th anniversary of the Capital Metropolitan Rainbow Alliance; an appeal in a Maryland child visitation case; an organization called PETS-DC that cared for pets of people with HIV/AIDS; the Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Day; Ellen’s coming out episode; Whitman-Walker Clinic's renovations; sodomy laws in Australia; a Vatican paper offering acceptance in church with abstinence; a Mexican protest about access to AIDS medication; a DC man who was held hostage in his apartment during a robbery; Kevin Jennings, Director of Gay, Lesbian, Straight Teachers Network, and his inclusion in Newsweek’s ‘Century Club;' a St. Louis theatre company that was unable to find venue for their play; a federal raid of a San Francisco medicinal marijuana club; a study that found ‘abstinence only’ education in California violated guidelines; the proposed ‘HIV Prevention Act;' funding requests from AIDS advocacy groups and pharmaceutical research organizations; a study on Gay stereotypes; an Air Force plane crash and the pilot's sexual orientation; a group's plan to meet the Dalai Lama to clarify statements on homosexuality; the Buddhist group called the Variegated Jewels' outreach to the gay community; the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum rally; Gay and Lesbian Day at Walt Disney World; the African American Gay and Lesbian Empowerment Summit; Mt Holyoke College students occupation of an administration building to demand a ‘safe space;' the first openly Lesbian's election to public office in Illinois; a Florida judge who dismissed a bias complaint; a public service announcements for safe-sex that won an Emmy Award; Chris Smith, the first openly gay British cabinet member; Michael Singerman, a DC activist; and other local, national, and international news; as well as obituaries for Christopher Kuehn, Luis Barrera, Ann Sather, and Kennedy Shaw; letters from readers about the Ellen episode, Chrysler pulling advertisements, condom access in bars, and the obituaries for Bill Steeber and Nelson Kielt; reports on events held by the Chesapeake Bay Bears, DC Asian Lesbian/Bi Sisters, Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, and The Triangle Artists Group; segments on health, religion, and sports; advertisements for local business, services, events, HIV drugs, trials, and support services; entertainment reviews; employment opportunities; real estate listings; and personals and classifieds., Volume 28, Number 19

Title: The Washington Blade, May 2, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles about Ellen DeGeneres’ coming out episode and advertising companies' response; a Human Rights Campaign ad that aired during the episode; Levi Strauss and Co.'s decision to stop distribution to the ‘Leather Rack’ and other ‘incompatible’ stores; Alabama's attempt to block funding for pro-Gay student groups; gay candidates in Virginia school board election and Maryland city election; the risk to D.C. Mayor’s Gay liaisons' salaries; an official government phone that was used to attack a video store; the resignation of the Christian Coalition’s leader; the Sisterspaces’s African American Women Writers’ Conference panel on Lesbian, Bisexual and feminist writers; gay candidates in elections in Arlington and California; Ward 6 elections; a textbook covering gay issues in Virginia; Bet Mishpachah Synagogue's community rebuilding; the AIDS Project Los Angeles' lawsuit against a fundraiser; a Wisconsin senator's request that a public broadcaster not air an episode of ‘In the Life’ set in his district; University of North Carolina students' canceled art exhibition following imposed restrictions; the National Youth Advocacy Coalition’s First Annual Summit; the review of a Puerto Rican regulation requiring identification of name and sexual partners of people with HIV; the ordination of a gay Episcopal priest in Georgetown; a farewell to a senior pastor by Lutheran Lesbian and Gay Ministries; the D.C. Front Runners 12th Annual Spring Fling, and other local, national, and international news; as well as opinion pieces on the risks of registering domestic partners and gains in gay civil rights in small towns; obituaries for Mack Myer and Donnie O’Neal / LaDonna Mills; letters on marriage laws, Anabaptist picketers, D.C. Council and Alexandria School Board elections, a fundraising swim at Tilghman Island, political bumper stickers, activism, and the People with AIDS Committee of Maryland AIDSWalk; reports on events held by the Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance, Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees of Bell Atlantic Inc., LLEGO HIV/AIDS Training Workshop, and Youth Coffee House; segments on health, religion, and sports; advertisements for local business, services, events, and HIV drugs, trials, and support services; entertainment reviews; employment opportunities; real estate listings, and personals and classifieds., Volume 28, Number 18

Title: The Washington Blade, May 16, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles Maine passing a civil rights bill; states banning Gay marriage; serial killers in D.C. and Virginia; teen views on coming out; National Lesbian Political Association Committee honors, including to activist Sheila Alexander-Reid; investigations into the murder of two campers (Lollie Winans, Julianne Williams) and commemorative ‘Take Back the Trails’ Memorial Day weekend event; Lammas Women’s Books and More; the D.C. Rape Crisis Center; AIDS research into triple-drug combinations and the lymphatic system; discharges under ‘Don’t Ask, Don't Tell’; Aide to homophobic former U.S. Rep. comes out; the National Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization meeting in D.C.; Lesbianism and motherhood; vacationing in Palm Springs. Local, national, and international news, including: opposition to Cypriot repeal of Sodomy laws; debate over Philippine ban on Gay people in the military; Romanian Orthodox Church criticizes repeal of Sodomy law; U.S. Episcopal Church extends benefits to employees’ unmarried domestic partners; anti-Gay and pro-Gay bills in state legislatures and AIDS-related bills; Chicago man jailed for refusing to pay taxes in protest for treatment of Gay people; Californian city council recognizes Coors Brewing Company as Gay friendly; Chrysler Corporation telephone poll over withdraw of advertising during ‘Ellen’; first openly Gay Republican elected in Texas to city council; actor stopped by police for giving ride to transgender woman previously arrested for prostitution; smoke free nights in Seattle Gay bars. Obituaries for William ‘Tom’ Ritchie, George Oldham Jr., and James Richardson. Letters on the newspaper’s coverage of Bisexuality, the Cherry Jubilee II fundraiser, and the Arlington School Board elections. Reports on events held by the Alexandria Gay and Lesbian Community Association, D.C. Lesbian Avengers, Gay/Lesbian Fellowship of National City Christian Church, and the Coalition to End Prejudice in Our Schools. Advertisements for local business, services, and events. HIV drugs, trials, and support services. Entertainment reviews. Employment opportunities. Real estate. Personals and classifieds. Calendar of events for the Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Weekend., Volume 28, Number 20

Title: The Washington Blade, March 20, 1998
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on a Clinton adviser denying claims of 'outing' staffers; a delay in the nomination of Fred Hochberg; the fourth annual Millennium March on Washington; activists calling on Black leaders and organizations to do more to combat AIDS; martial artist Lauren Wheeler's preparation for the Gay Games competition; a support group for older African American men; the Passages Conference for Lesbians; a police officer's anti-gay remarks and threats towards a gay man; the Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization's protest of a St. Patrick's Day parade; the Clinton Administration's AIDS prevention programs; and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a piece on the Millennium March; a highlight of Annie's Paramount Steak House; book, theatre, music, and performance reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 29, Number 12

Title: The Washington Blade, March 5, 1999
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the National Conference on African-Americans and AIDS' plans to become more inclusive of the gay community; a local pastor's meeting to discuss homosexuality; the controversy surrounding a Boston College professor's female-only class; DC Councilmember Jim Graham's decision to step down as a fundraiser for the Whitman-Walker Clinic, Maryland civil rights bills related to sexual orientation and transgender issues; the questioning of a suspect in the Georgetown Starbucks murders case, the Lesbian Herstory Archives in Park Slope, and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a column about a business idea that offers a gift for every lesbian; performance, music, book, and theater reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personal, and encounters ads, and advertisements for various services., Volume 30, Number 10

Title: The Washington Blade, March 12, 1999
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on recent murders involving gay victims, legislative response to these murders and hate crimes, George Washington University Health Plan's end to domestic partner benefits for employees, an Arlington County Circuit Court's ruling against domestic partner benefits in Virginia, openly gay Republican politicians, women building homes in Nicaragua following Hurricane Mitch, Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun's death, a federal hate crime bill, and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a piece on the death penalty; a section on comic books' appeal to gay readers and GLAAD's Media Award nominees; movie, theater, music, and book reviews; a piece on Craig Byrnes, International Mr. Bear; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; a list of gay community resources; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 30, Number 11

Title: The Washington Blade, September 26, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the success of a gay-themed movie (In and Out), Lesbian appointment to President Clinton's staff, Maine referendum prohibiting discrimination, lesbians charged with murdering their roommate, Catholic support group, Congress prevention of DC expenditures on domestic partners law, AIDSWalk successful fundraising, gay film fest banned in Korea, anti-gay song release, increase in Congressional funding for AIDS programs, President Clinton's plan to attend Human Rights Campaign event, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force adds bisexual and transgendered people to mission, California legislature passes bill banning discrimination. This edition also includes obituaries, reviews and announcements of television shows, gay travel magazine, music, books, film, dance. religious services and other events, and classified ads and personals., Volume 28, Number 39

Title: The Washington Blade, April 2, 1999
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the significance and effects of Equality at Home, the murder of a gay homeless man in Richmond, the merger between gay.com and gay.net, lesbian victims of domestic violence and their struggle to find help, the suspicious death of a gay man in Southwest DC, the addition of sexual orientation to a Maryland hate crimes bill, criticism of the Bank of Scotland's plan to open a 'direct bank' in the US, the suspension of a Methodist pastor for performing same-sex unions, jury selection for the Matthew Shepard murder case, a documentary called Cathedral of Hope airing on television, Frank Kameny's appearance on a talk show called American issues, and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a piece on accountability and diversity in advocacy groups; book, art, and music reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personals, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 30, Number 14

Title: The Washington Blade, August 8, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on a National Institute of Health-commissioned panel on lesbian health priorities, community reaction to DC's 'rescue plan,' the Democratic State Committee's selection for a new DC council member, the Fairfax Lesbian and Gay Citizens' Association's status as a corporation, DC Care's new director, the Metropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia's recent property purchase, and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a directory of professionals; a 'Readers' Forum' featuring letters from readers; a 'Writer in Residence' column; a travel section; movie, theatre, and book reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 28, Number 32

Title: The Washington Blade, March 27, 1998
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the D.C. Care Consortium's debt; volunteerism within the gay community; the pardoning of a jailed lesbian in Romania; civil rights and same-sex marriage bills in Maryland; the D.C. Lesbian Avenger's trip to Pennsylvania to show support for targets of anti-gay protests; a lesbian author's criticism of youth pride events; an HIV-related out-of-court settlement with George Washington University Hospital; the murder of two gay men which took place in Mexico; activist and journalist Juan Mendez and his recent community awards; BiNet's effort to form an alliance among gay and lesbian groups; the ban on discrimination against gay civilian employees in the Air Force; discrimination in the Boy Scouts, 'fat redistribution' phenomenon among HIV patients; and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; two pieces on parenthood and the relationship between parents and children; book, performance, and theatre reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 29, Number 13

Title: The Washington Blade, September 5, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on a survey showing parental support of gay children, suicide rates among gay male teens, Princess Diana's AIDS work, a national tour of the POZ Life Expo, Capital Pride as a fundraiser for community organizations, a murder which took place in a DC retirement home, prisoners who were killed during riots at two Jamaican prisons, the opening of a private school for gay and lesbian youth, the Christian Coalition's targeting of U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez's seat in Congress, same-sex marriage in California, U.S. consular officials' denial of a woman's domestic partner's relationship with their child; the prevalence of bulimia among gay men, and other local, national, and international news; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a tribute to Princess Diana; a column about the meaning behind one's personal belongings; a travel section about Amsterdam; book and theatre reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 28, Number 36

Title: The Washington Blade, March 26, 1999
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on Mayor Anthony Williams' promise to reconsider the Tyra Hunter wrongful death case and the city's AIDS spending, the kickoff of Equality Begins at Home, an anti-discrimination bill in Maryland, Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL)'s Project Safe Home, a public forum hosted by the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance, the Matthew Shepard murder case, a poster campaign launched by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the restoration of the Gay and Lesbian American Caucus of the Democratic National Committee, a study that showed AIDS drug assistance programs are in need of help, a study on the medical value of marijuana, the closing of Food For Thought, and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a piece on cancer and lesbian health issues; theater and book reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personals, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 30, Number 13

Title: The Washington Blade, September 19, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on sexual harassment in the Army, a dog participant in the AIDSWalk, a conflict between PFLAG members and leadership, gay rights advocacy in local politics, lesbians accused of murdering their roommate, DC Council's support for AIDS programs, the mayor's gay liason's job status, the 15th anniversary of Faith Temple, the assault of a gay high school student; a conference of gay organizations in Maryland, a judge using discriminatory language in a child custody case, an Israeli airline recognizing domestic partnership rights, a New Zealand gay marriage case, Ellen DeGeneres' mother becoming an activist, funding for gay youth programs in Massachusetts and social services in New York, anti-gay remarks from a California radio host, AIDS activists lobbying for needle exchange, Washington Blade's launching of a New York paper, and an AIDS educator who won Miss America. This edition also includes obituaries, reviews and announcements of film, books, concerts, theater, exhibits and other local events, and classified ads., Volume 28, Number 38

Title: The Washington Blade, April 25, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles about Ellen DeGeneres’ coming out episode and advertisers’ response; President Clinton’s ‘moral support’ for the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA); challenges for gay people supporting elderly parents; the fining of Philadelphia-D.C. AIDS Ride organizers for violating charitable solicitation law; the community support for Margaret Mann through her illness; fundraising by Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer; a suspect who was arrested in the Bladensburg murder of Anthony ‘Gabriel’ Barnes; Youth Pride Day; working conditions at the Chrysler Corporation; D.C. Gay bars and clubs' plan to form Gay and Lesbian Business Guild and file ‘harassment’ suit against the District; Ward 6 candidates' unsatisfactory answers over HIV issues; D.C. council elections and candidates' ratings by the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance; the Montgomery Board of Education's plans to allow a show on same-sex marriage to air on a public education channel; a song by Australian band Cohort that was criticized by LGBTQIA+ activists; the Thai ban on Gay students at a teaching college; a ruling that upheld making sadomasochistic sex illegal in the UK; a conservative who was elected as co-chair of the AIDS Coalition; a proposal to limit sex-toy stores that was rejected in a Massachusetts town; a Californian student’s project that measured condom reliability; a protest planned for ‘Summit on Service;' Whitman-Walker Clinic volunteers; the 3rd anniversary of Gente Latina de Ambiente (GELAAM); University of Maryland's appointed panel on Gay issues; a student who sued a school for inadequate protection against discrimination; and the first Gay Pride Celebration in South Carolina, as well as opinion pieces on the effects of bigotry and attitudes towards gay marriage; obituaries for Vincent Becht Jr. and Phillip E. Wright; letters on extending health benefits to same-sex partners of Arlington employees, Del. Dana Dembrow and Maryland’s Anti-Discrimination Act, a Presbyterian Church’s vote on sexual abstinence, and the Lesbian Avengers protest outside Mary Our Queen Cathedral; reports on events held by Integrity/Washington, the National Lesbian Political Action Committee, Mt. Rainier Gay/Lesbian/Bi, and Capital Area Log Cabin Republicans; segments on health, religion, and sports; advertisements for local business, services, events, and HIV drugs, trials, and support services; entertainment reviews; employment opportunities; real estate listings; personals and classified ads; a telephone directory for gay community resources; and advertisements for businesses holding watch parties for Ellen DeGeneres' coming out episode., Volume 28, Number 17

Title: The Washington Blade, September 12, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on Human Rights Campaign Lobbyist Winnie Stachelberg; AIDS groups negotiations with Congress on funding; DC AIDS Ride fundraiser for Food and Friends and Whitman-Walker Clinic; LGBTQIA+ activists in local politics including Sabrina Sojourner, Jim Hunter, Todd Mosley; sex education made optional in Virginia; DC Black, Lesbian and Gay Pride Day fundraising; a Hagerstown Robbery; a Baltimore Shooting; POZ Life Expo health resources fair that was protested by ACT UP; the death of Mother Teresa; John Lewis' speech to the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum; advocacy for Employment Non-Discrimination Act; and child custody issues in gay divorces. This edition also includes obituaries, reviews and announcements of television shows, restaurants, books, film, theater and other local events, and classified ads., Volume 37

Title: The Washington Blade, August 15, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on gay political candidates for the Manhattan borough presidency in New York, a gay Bangladeshi man seeking asylum in the U.S., Pride Day as a fundraiser for Whitman-Walker Health Clinic, a police search of a local escort service, the launch of the Lesbian Health and Wellness Network, inclusive language in Passages XI Lesbian conference literature, the cross-dressing policy at Lorton prison, an AIDS fundraiser called Cherry Jubilee, a gay father honored by an adoption organization, a local McDonald's mural controversy, sodomy laws in South Africa, a dip in donations to national Gay and AIDS groups, Log Cabin's support of William Weld's nomination to become U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a directory of professionals; a 'Reader's Forum' featuring letters from readers; an opinion pieces on support and allyship within the gay community and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act; a travel section; books, movies, and arts reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 28, Number 33

Title: The Washington Blade, August 29, 1997
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on civil rights leaders' reaction to anti-gay remarks, churches reaching out to 'ex-gays,' an AIDS discrimination case, the tax-exempt status of a North Carolina gay youth support group, the gay community in Mt. Rainer, MD, Gay and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV)'s move to a new office space, a Virginia study of anti-gay hate crimes, an anti-gay slur controversy among Washington football teammates, the arrest of a Navy spokesman for solicitation, the suicide of Gordon McMaster, a student who sued his school district for failure to stop harassment, and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a directory of professionals; a 'Reader's Forum' featuring letters from readers; a column called 'Eastern Standard Time;' a piece on the relationship between lesbian mothers and their sons; theatre, music, and book reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 28, Number 35

Title: The Washington Blade, March 19, 1999
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on a gay civil rights bill in Maryland, the mapping of human rights abuses and a U.S. report that excludes many gay cases, a safe sex program in DC Public Schools, Diane Williams' volunteer efforts with Food and Friends, Jim Graham's contract with Whitman-Walker Clinic, Arlington County Board's decision to appeal a county circuit court's ruling against domestic partner benefits, postcards sent from Richmond police to 53 men charged with sex-related offenses instructing them to get tested for AIDS and other STDs, New Hampshire's plan to repeal a ban on gay adoption, the Equality Begins at Home campaign, the potential senatorial race in Vermont between Ed Flanagan and James Jeffords, the Human Rights Campaign's change to their endorsement policy, harassment in the military, landscape architect Florence Yoch, an underwear business called Tractor Boy, an academic conference called 'Crossing Borders '99: Latino/a and Latin American Lesbian and Gay Testimony, Autobiography, and Self-Figuration,' and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a piece on separatism vs. inclusion; theater and book reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personals, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 30, Number 12

Title: The Washington Blade, April 17, 1998
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on a court ruling related to web filters and First Amendment rights in a Loudoun County public library; the tax-exempt status of a nonprofit organization that provides support for lesbians with cancer; playwright Paula Vogel; the arrest of two men suspected of drugging and robbing gay male victims; an anti-gay marriage bill in Maryland; the second annual Youth Pride Day; Ronald Lewis' appointment as administrator for the Administration for HIV/AIDS; protests against lesbian vacationers on a cruise trip to the Bahamas; a historian's plans to write a biography on civil rights leader Bayard Rustin; a court's ruling on airlines' same-sex marriage and domestic partner benefits; Secretary of Defense William Cohen's response to the Navy's decision to discharge a gay sailor; Eleanor Holmes Norton's plans to push for an Employment Non-Discrimination Act vote; the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum's 'town hall' meetings to discuss the Millennium March; and other local, national, and international news; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; two pieces on the Millennium March; movie, performance, theater, and book reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 29, Number 16

Title: The Washington Blade, April 3, 1998
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on former U.S. Representative Bella Abzug; a citizen advisory panel's endorsement of a new D.C. police chief; a Supreme Court case related to HIV; the Uncommon Legacy Foundation's award winners; the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C.'s use of the convention center for Easter service; the trial against Zimbabwe's former president Canaan Banana; football player Reggie White's anti-gay comments during a speech; performance artist Karen Finley and NEA funding; the National Association of People with AIDS' finance audit; the observation of a Day of Silence at high schools and colleges; and other local, national, and international news; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a piece on the AIDS media; a column about city life vs. country life; book, music, theatre, and art reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; a directory of gay community resources; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 29, Number 14