The Advocate April 23, 1975. Interview by author and activist Vito Russo with up-and-coming star and Continental Baths diva Bette Midler. None other than legendary queer photographer Annie Leibovitz snapped the accompanying photo of Midler primping for a performance where she famously earned her nickname “Bathhouse Betty” and befriended her pianist Barry Manilow. Articles on Bella Abzug introduces her Gay Rights amendment to the Civil Rights act, Review of Sextool by Fred Halsted, A photo Sequence by James Armstrong and inludes a 20-page insert.