Volume 2, Number 1 -- January 10-23, 1985
Cover image			Gay Side cartoon, by Tom Rezza
Ad: La Cage Strip Search (page 2)	Masthead & Table of Contents; Cover artist: Greg Brown's first cover for In Step (page 3)	News Briefs: Wisconsin AIDS toll now 17; new AIDS funding; new AIDS drug to be tested (ARC/ AIDS Related Complex) (page 4)	News cont: Town of Paris, Wis. (Kenosha County) passes ordinance outlawing obscene material and certain sexual acts (page 5)
Group Notes: John Cowles re-elected President of GAMMA; documentary "Pink Triangles" to be shown at UWM; UW- Stevens Point Gay Peoples Union going strong (page 6)	OUT! newspaper reception; The United, Madison, forms Rural Outreach Project; PFOG/ Parents and Friends of Gays forms in Fond du Lac + Ad: Peter's on 4th restaurant (page 7)	Column "No Small Potatoes", by Miriam Ben-Shalom: New Year Wishes (page 8)	Photo + Ad: Kathy, half-owner of Hot Legs (page 9)
Photos: Pamela Stanley ("Coming out of hiding") performs at Club 219 (page 12)	Photos: Club 219 Christmas show (page 13)	Steppin Out: All Partied Out... Pamela Stanley performs at Club 219; In Step goes electronic, signing up with GNIC network (300 or 1200 baud rate, 103B or 212A protocol modems) (page 14)	Steppin Out cont: New Years Eve difficult traveling with a blizzard, many bars saw spotty crowds; Jim and Greg bought The Pendulum (page 15)
1985 Gay World Series to be held in Milwaukee; The Valley Beat: news from Green Bay and Appleton: Argonauts hold Toys for Tots benefit, Barbie Mason, ex-Miss 1101, holds christmas show at 1101 West, Appleton (page 16)	Photos: Cest La Vie bartenders; + Ad: The New Bar, Madison (page 17)
Juicy Bits, by W.W. Wells: a fable, Of Mice and Elephants (page 20)	Photos: Your Place Christmas Party (page 21)	Photos: Christmas Show presented by Miss M at the Music Box: Laurie, The Boy, Candi Stratton, Miss M, Melinda, Tiki, Mandy, & Derek (page 22)	Photo: Paul Gumsey, Jane, Mary & Henry celebrate at Jane & Mary's visit + Ad: Essinger's (page 23)

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