in is cent ▁of ▁New ▁Journal ism ▁combined ▁with ▁a ▁do se ▁of ▁Bo yd ▁Mc Donald , ▁the ▁chron ic ler ▁of ▁same - sex ▁enc oun ters ▁whose ▁columns ▁in ▁the ▁Boston ▁press ▁had ▁been ▁influ ential ▁on ▁Dam ski ▁and ▁early ▁Chicago ▁publish ers ▁Dam ski ▁worked ▁with . ▁ ▁Besides ▁reprodu cing ▁the ▁play - by - play ▁deb ates ▁among ▁gay ▁men ▁about ▁what ▁to ▁call ▁themselves , ▁and ▁where ▁and ▁how ▁they ▁met ▁in ▁back rooms , ▁bath ▁houses , ▁bars , ▁and ▁park ▁bush es , ▁as ▁well ▁giving ▁voice ▁to ▁the ▁fear s ▁of ▁thr ills ▁of ▁living ▁in ▁a ▁violence - pr one ▁neighborhood , ▁Dam ski ▁wrote ▁about ▁how ▁the ▁main stream ▁press ▁covered ▁gay ▁and ▁les bian ▁issues , ▁taking ▁to ▁task ▁the ▁Sun - Times , J on - Hen ri ▁Dam ski , ▁" S le aze ▁Buck ets ," ▁Gay ▁Chicago ▁Magazine , ▁October ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁( J on - Hen ri ▁Dam ski ▁Archive ) ▁and ▁Time ▁magazine ▁for ▁their ▁reporting . ▁Dam ski ▁also ▁wrote ▁back ▁and ▁forth ▁in ▁running ▁batt les ▁with ▁nation ally ▁synd ic ated ▁column ists ▁Mike ▁Roy ko ▁and ▁Bob ▁Gre ene . ▁And ▁he ▁wrote ▁about ▁the ▁arrest ▁and ▁conv iction ▁of ▁John ▁Wayne ▁G acy , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁several ▁serial ▁kill ers ▁who ▁would ▁pre y ▁on ▁the ▁Chicago ' s ▁gay ▁community . ▁ ▁Gay Life ▁( 1 9 8 2