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Ins 1 D E Joe Lillich takes a look a t the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. page 5 Atlanta Photo Coverage begins on page 6 San Fransisco Pride March—the city by the bay celebrates. page 9 Betrayal—Gene Koland's commentary on the ban. pages 10,11 Atlanta's Domestic Partnership benefits vetoed—Maynard Jackson acts. Page 16 Summer Reading Special One Boy at War — the AIDS underground. pages 23 No Time to Wait—A new guide in the treat ment and care of HIV disease. Page 24 Lest I Leave Here Tomorrow —-A new guide to the living will. Page 25 Risk and Recovery, Working the System— Two new books on HIV. Page 26, 27 “In Search of the Elusive Homosexual,” part fourteen in the history of the scientific re search into the origins of gay ness by Dr. Donald w. Smith. Page 28 What has gone wrong with gay literature? —Commentary by Joe Lillich. Page 30 Stonewall—Jay Marshall reviews the new Duberman history. Page 32 The Culture of Desire—Gene Koland review E D I T 0 R I A L S Faithless Politicians 1993 may well be remembered as the year Atlanta’s gay/lesbian commu nity—and maybe the nation's—lost its political innocence. We find that our trust in certain politicians has been misplaced. It’s hard to know which is more disturbing: the knowledge that politicians are likely to break their promises, or the shame of being taken in. Atlanta’s lame-duck mayor, Maynard Jackson, is a liar. Yes, it’s an ugly word for an ugly thing. Maynard lied when he said he supported domestic partnership legislation. He lied again when he claimed his objections were budgetary, or else he lied when he said he was actually involved in the year-and-a-half of “study” that preceded the recent City Council vote. During all those months any serious fiscal objections Maynard had could have been addressed if he had really been involved in the process as he clamed he was, and if he really supported the legislation. , Another objection Maynard raised had to do with the authority under Georgia law of a municipal government to pass legislation such as this. Maynard needn’t be the judge of that; we still have courts. The objection was considered and disposed of during the lengthy “study.” Besides, it’s Colorado, not Georgia, that denies its local governments home rule on gay issues. Maynard’s behavior, unlike his mouth, cannot lie. What he really wanted was to study the ordinance to death, or water it down. Failing those two, he was willing to veto the legislation, by remote control from a foreign country, with not so much as an explanation. When he returned and discovered how enraged gays and lesbians were at his betrayal, he accused those who supported domestic partnership of “pan dering” to the gay community. Since then, Maynard has done a bit of pander ing himself, reversing himself and signing a slightly different domestic part nership law. Well, enough about the lame-duck mayor. We deal with his perfidy elsewhere in this issue; otherwise, he is of no consequence. But there have been other disappointments. One has been Bill Clinton, the most gay-friendly president to date—and (continued) Page 36 A Special Agent—Mark Taylor looks at the Editorials in The News represent the official position of the Atlanta Gay Center, Inc. Other opinions expressed in The News are those of the writers. biography of an FBI agent. Page 39 Plus loads of Associated Press reports! Community Resources 19 Community Calendar 20-21 AIDS Services 22 Values, Purpose and Mission of the Atlanta Gay Center, Inc. The Atlanta Gay Center, Inc. values the right to love, intimacy and friendship as fundamental to personal happiness. The purpose of the Center is to create a public environment conducive to enhancing self-esteem through participation m and the work of the organization. The mission of the Atlanta Gay Center is to provide gays and lesbians and other sexual minorities with direct services, programs and activities which enhance mental health, physical health, social support and equal protection under law; and to foster public awareness of the presence and contributions of gays, lesbians and other sexual minorities. The Voumea amp Noh-Pkofit Voice of m Ga y&Lesbian Commurpr Page 3