Washington Blade, Inc

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An independent newspaper serving the gay community. This edition features articles on how the Stonewall Riots changed gay life in D.C., concern as research showed many men were slacking on safer sex practices compared to earlier in the AIDS epidemic, the cancellation of a photography exhibit by gay artist Robert Mapplethorpe that had been booked for the Corcoran Gallery over concerns by donors about sexual content and homoerotic overtones, the discharge of three more female sailors in the latest round of the Naval Investigative Service's campaign against lesbianism in the Navy and Marines, testimony from local gay activists in favor of reforms to D.C.'s hate crimes bill, concern over the detention of HIV-positive travelers by immigration officials in Boston and Minneapolis, the graduation of the first class of counselors trained to provide AIDS education and services to D.C.'s black community, conflict over an unofficial and for-profit Pride celebration being planned for P Street Beach, a Kinsey Institute study showing that sexual identity was a poor predictor of a history of risky sex, a difference of opinion among medical professionals about factors affecting the progression of HIV to AIDS, advice for HIV-positive pet owners, AIDS drug study updates, book and arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups.Volume 20, Number 24Original version: print newspaper; DC Public Library, Special Collections, Periodicals, Washington Blade

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