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e EDGE May 13, 1987

Jaymes & Amanda AGLA Benefit May 7

West Hollywood's own singing sensation "Jaymes and Amanda" will be performing a special benefit for the Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Entertainment Industry (AGLA) at the Spike on Thursday, May 7th.

"Last year, when Jaymes and Amanda' sang at the Spike to benefit the No on LaRouche campaign, we had such a great response that we knew we had to bring them back," said the bar's manager Vince Gioielli. "AGLA is such an important cause, we feel now is a good time to have a benefit for them." The performance will start at 11 pm, and a $2 donation at the door is requested. The Spike is located at 7746 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood.

Kearns Tells 'Truth'

Michael Kearns will present his celebrated autobiographical one-person show, The Truth Is Bad Enough, for one performance only, to benefit Silverlake's Alcoholics. Together Center. A play with music, The Truth Is Bad Enough chronicles Kearns' rise and fall as the '70s fictitious happy hustler and contains new material as we enter the last half of the perilous '80s.

Darian Martus is featured at the piano with lighting design by Ray Thompson.

Kearns was recently awarded a Key to the City of Des Moines, Iowa, for his cultural contributions there. He has toured throughout the United States, appearing in Truth and James Carroll Pickett's Dream Man, this past year. This local annual performance will be held at the Gallery Theatre, Barnsdall Park,

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Book-Signing May 2

On Saturday, May 2nd, at 5 pm, Eric Rofes, author and Executive Director of the Gay and Lesbian Services Center, will sign copies. of his book Gay Life: Leisure, Love, and Living for the Contemporary Gay Male (Doubleday, $12.95), which is the number one best-selling gay non-fiction book in West Hollywood. Mr. Rofes is a well-known keynote speaker for gay political events in Southern California.

At 7 P.M. author Boze Hadleigh will autograph his best-selling Conversations with My Elders: Encounters with Sal Mineo, Visconti, Beaton, Cukor, Fassbinder, and Rock Hudson, with an Introduction by Quentin Crisp (St. Martins, $14.95). This controversial work is now being reviewed in major newspapers and magazines around the country. The Unicorn Bookstore is located at 8940 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood (nearest cross street Robertson Boulevard). Champagne and Perrier will be served.

'Greet The Pope' Plans May 9 Meet

The initial meeting of a group planning protests during Pope John Paul II's visit to Los Angeles this September was held April 5th. At that meeting participants voted to organize activities to oppose some of the Pope's views and his efforts to make those views public policy. Specifically cited were the Pope's condemnation of gays and lesbians; his opposition to equality for women, as well as free access to abortion, birth control, artificial insemination, sex education and AIDS prevention information and the Vatican's meddling in Latin America opposing people's struggle for self-determination. Various ways of highlighting these dangerous views were discussed at the meeting, including prayers for the Pope, candlelight vigils at the Catholic Cathedral, street theater, demonstrations during the Pope's parade and condom giveaways to Catholic school children. The committee is open to all who wish to protest the Pope, and currently includes, among others, gay and lesbian Christians and militant atheists, as well as activists from the reproductive rights, Central American solidarity and AIDS prevention movements. The next meeting of Committee to Greet the Pope is set for Saturday, May 9, 3 pm, at 1246 S. La Cienega (at Pico), Room 211. The May 9th meeting will continue plans for a proper welcome for Pope John Paul II.

Party In Griffith Park May 31

Great Outdoors, L.A. Chapter, will host its second annual Spring Fling Party on Sunday, May 31 in Griffith Park using the Visitors Center Auditorium located at 4730 Crystal Springs Drive as its headdquarters. Last year's party was the largest attended event with 185 members and guests joining in the festivities.

Great Outdoors is one of the largest nonprofit gay and lesbian outdoor recreation