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A SCENE FROM THE HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL "YOUR ARMS TOO SHORT TO BOX WITH GOD AT DETROIT'S MUSIC HALL CENTER!

DEPARTMENTS

6 PRIDE POWER POLITICS PART TWO: PRESENT AND PROPOSED GAY/LESBIAN RIGHTS PROTECTION AND WHAT YOU CAN DO.

11 LESBIAN SUMMER READING BY CINDY RIZZO FROM THE GAY COMMUNITY NEWS/BOSTON, MA

13 ENTERTAINMENT: SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS. REVIEW BY T.G.B.

14 NEWS

21 FEEDBACK COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY

22 BAR FLASH

24 POETRY

27 CALENDAR

28 CLASSIFIEDS 30 DIRECTORY

32 MUSIC: CURRENT CLUB HITS BY LARRY SANDERS

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