Cover: Male Fraud
The lives and wives of local transvestites.

News: Giving Props
We weigh in on a batch of bad initiatives and a good prospect for governor.

Hot-Weather Happenings: A complete guide to this summer's cultural, recreational and phantasmagorical fun.

Dub and Dubber: Dub Congress rises up from the underground.

Night Howl: UCSC wraps up another creative year with two phantasmagorical stage and vaudevillen celebrations.

Hong Kong Elegy: Chinese Box explores a world that will never be the same. Plus, an interview with director Wayne Wang.

Mei Secret Garden: One of the first dining places tourists see as they roll into town is really a local treasure.

Bill of Writes: G. William Domhoff's books serve as clarion calls for '60s activists demanding a more egalitarian society.