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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

DECEMBER 9, 1994

Some controversial, some comfortable: Books for holiday gifts

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can Patriot, by José Zuniga (Pocket Books, $22 hardcover). Zuniga, you may recall, was the U.S. Sixth Army's soldier of the year, until he came out at the 1993 gay and lesbian march on Washington. More compelling by virtue of her longer life and greater experience is Margarethe Cammermeyer's Serving in Silence (Viking, $22.95 hardcover). Cammermeyer, chief nurse of the Washington State Guard, was formally discharged from the military in June 1992 after twentysix years of service when, during a routine interview for a top-secret military clearance, she responded to a question about homosexuality by saying "I am a lesbian." Read the book before you see the Barbra Streisandproduced TV movie starring Glenn Close and Judy Davis.

Rounding out our year-end book spree are a number of titles which don't fit into any particular category, but are fun gift possibilities. I'm Looking for Mr. Right (But I'll Settle for Mr. Right Away), by Gregory Flood (Brob House Books, $12 paper) was first published

in 1986. It has now been re-issued in a revised "gay '90s" edition. He writes about relationships, the gay community, and the ability to create personal and family relationships. It is a very wise and funny book, and is highly recommended.

The British publisher Cassell brings us two collections of tear-out-and-send postcards. Pride and Protest ($11.95) is a collection of 32 postcards celebrating twenty-five years of lesbian and gay visibility and activism. Get the Rubber Habit ($11.95) features the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, with a foreward by Saint Derek of Dungeness (aka the late filmmaker Derek Jarman). The sisters are depicted in a series of safe-sex escapades.

Ellen Orleans' Who Cares If It's a Choice (Laugh Lines Press, $7.50 paper) is a hilarious collections of "snappy answers to 101 nosy, intrusive and highly personal questions about lesbians and gay men." It would be a great stocking stuffer.

The winner of the most off-the-wall book of the season is artist Brian Randall's The B Book (Warner Books, $22.95 hardcover). A

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children's book for adults, and not gay but with a gay sensibility, The B Book parodies the business community in its blind pursuit of the American dreamgreed. Miss Bee, the book's protagonist, is a child of the '80s who searches for happiness in her own backyard. The lavish and very high-camp illustrations are brilliant take-offs on American

advertising devices. Put this book on your coffee table as a great conversation starter.

These are just a few of the many titles published in the last few months.

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