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Lesbians have more fun
Not only do lesbians have longer sexual en
counters than straight women, they experience
more multiple orgasms, reports The 1995 Advo
cate Survey on Sexuality and Relationships: The
Women. The study appears in The Advocate's
annual double issue on sex and sexuality, which hit
Arouse
was awarded this year to the poet Chrystos.
The Lesbian Writers Fund was begun by a
founding gift from philanthropist and activist Joan
Drury. That endowment has now been depleted,
and the fund is seeking new contributions to main
tain the current program and expand the numbers
and kinds of awards.
In addition to the writer’s grants, Astraea an
nounced that 29 community organizations and 11
film and video projects had been awarded grants
during the second round of its 1995 grant cycle.
Organizations receiving funding include the Na
tional Asian Women’s Health Organization in San
Francisco, Old Lesbians Organizing for Change in
Houston, Urban Bush Women in New York City,
and the Progressive Student Leadership Exchange
in Minneapolis.
Your
Senses
Advertisers grab for
lesbian and gay dollars
The study reports that 39 percent of women
who identify themselves as lesbians stated that
their most recent sexual encounter lasted more
than an hour, as opposed to 15 percent of straight
women. Multiple orgasms during that last sexual
encounter were reported by 32 percent of the
lesbians and 19 percent of the straight women.
Eight thousand women, from all 50 states and
the District of Columbia, participated in the sur
vey. Ages ranged from 15 to 75 years; the average
age was 34. Nearly two-thirds of those responding
have a college degree; more than one-quarter have
a graduate degree.
Dr. Janet Lever, an associate professor of soci
ology at California State University in Los Ange
les constructed the survey, which follows last
year’s Advocate survey on gay men’s sex lives.
Lever has researched and written about human
sexuality and gender issues for more than two
decades.
Advertising in gay and lesbian publications is a
growth industry, according to a nationwide survey
of 128 gay- and lesbian-oriented magazines and
newspapers. Advertisers spent $61.6 million this
year to advertise in these publications. Mulryan/
Nash, a New York-based advertising agency that
specializes in reaching queer consumers, conducted
the survey, called “Advertising Spending in the
Gay Press,” for the second consecutive year.
According to Dave Mulryan, a partner at
Mulryan/Nash, gay and lesbian publications are the
fastest growing print market in the United States.
While the queer press posted a 16.2 percent increase
over last year in ad spending, Hispanic Business
reports a 6 percent increase for the Latino/a press,
and Target Market News reports a 3 percent in
crease for the African American press. Increases for
the mainstream print market were reported at 6.77
percent for newspapers and 13.3 percent for maga
zines.
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Arsonist destroys
queer magazine
The Phoenix Fire Department has ruled that a
July 26 fire that destroyed the offices of Echo
Magazine was arson. According to authorities,
there is no clear evidence, as of yet, to indicate the
arson was a hate crime. Four other businesses were
located in the same building as Echo Magazine.
The building burned to the ground.
Echo, the most widely distributed gay and
lesbian publication in the Southwest, was insured.
The staff has set up a temporary office and intends
to continue to publish. Jeff Ofstedahl, Echo's gen
eral manager, said, “We’ve lost almost everything.
But we are going to see this as an opportunity to
rebuild and grow even bigger.’’
A $10,000 reward for information leading to
the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for
the arson has been offered through the Maricopa
County Attorney’s office.
PDX poet plucks prize
Portland poet Pamela Crow is one of five les
bian writers awarded grants last month by the
Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation.
Adrian Oktenberg of Northampton, Mass., also
won a prize in poetry. Winners in fiction are Reid
Gomez of El Cerrito, Calif., Larissa Lai of Lan
gley, Wash., and Elissa Raffa of Minneapolis,
Minn. This is the fifth year that the Astraea Foun
dation has awarded grants of $11,000 each to
emerging lesbian writers.
The Sappho Award of Distinction, a $5,000
grant presented annually to an established writer,
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Various studies have shown that lesbians and
gay men read their local queer media and inten
tionally buy from companies who advertise in gay
and lesbian publications, according to Mulryan.
Flu shots not always good
According to a report published in the August
issue of the medical journal Blood, flu shots may
stimulate the growth of the AIDS virus. Research
ers at the University of California at Los Angeles
AIDS Institute found that even mild stimulation of
the immune system could cause the growth of HIV
cells to temporarily increase.
The research team cautions that while the vac
cine increases the growth of HIV cells, actually
catching the flu causes even greater cell growth.
They suggest that most persons with HIV should
still get flu shots. Their findings, they say, should
be used by doctors in deciding which of their HIV
patients should get flu shots.
Compiled by Kristine Chatwood
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Globalist Dr. Richard Leakey
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