The AIDS Crisis: A Striking Gay News Magazine (West Hollywood, 1988)

Bob Craig (Publisher)

[SILENCE = DEATH: VOTE!]. Frontiers [Gay news magazine] Vol. 7 Number 14

West Hollywood, CA: Media Concepts, November 2-16, 1988. Item #4493

THE COVER OF THIS NOW-FORGOTTEN GAY AND LESBIAN MAGAZINE DEPICTS THE FAMOUS "SILENCE = DEATH: VOTE!" POSTER BEING PROUDLY DISPLAYED BY AN AIDS ACTIVIST AT A PUBLIC RALLY DURING THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION.

This is an original Frontiers newsprint magazine, with 84 pages, some of which feature large and suggestive gay phone-sex ads (NOT explicit) and also in the Classifieds section. Highlights include: News (including Community Angry as [Governor George] Deukmejian Supports [Propositions] 102, 96; Los Angeles City Council Votes to Support Proposition 96; Lesbians Boil Over NOW Conference); People - Virginia Uribe: Helping Gay High School Students; Viewpoint - Speaking for the Lesbian and Gay Agenda by Lenora B. Fulani; Why I'm Voting for Michael Dukakis by David Scondras, Boston City Councillor; [George] Bush vs. [Michael] Dukakis: AIDS by Bruce B. Decker; Community Voter Guide laid in; The Notorious Case of Police Inspector John MacLennon: Murder or Suicide? Part I by Arthur Lazere ("Being a gay cop in Hong Kong can be deadly"); Exploring Gay Cuba by Rex Wockner; Interview - Natalie Bates: "Friend of the Family." Small corner chip to rear cover.

ADDED: Rare 6-page Community Voter Guide for the Special Elections of Fall 1988. Critical issues include more funding for fighting AIDS, anti-discrimination, education, libraries, clean water and beaches, and more police to protect gays and lesbians.

Price: $450.00