PRIDE GUIDE 1995

GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

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THE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE ETHAN GREEN...

It's late afternoon and another Pride celebration draws to a close...

So?..Didja HAVE FUN?

חתון ששן

YEAH.. I GUESS... THE DANCING WAS FUN... ANd THE PARA&E WAS NICE...I WISH THE GUYS ON THE MANHOLE FLOAT WOULAN'T BLOW EACH OTHER IN FRONT OF THE TV CAMERAS... BUT... Y'KNOW. OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS OK, KINDA LIKE LAST YEAR. PUULE BILLEEN INRY

YEAH.THESE THINGS Seem To be COMING UP EACH YEAR A LITTLE FASTER... SHE'S ALWAYS A MESSAT Pride. HEY...WHY'S THAT KAD CRYING?

YEP.. (SIG).. So,Todd WAS PRETTY TWASTE,,

Hey, UH, 'r You ok'

ON TERRIFIC-NOW W Pick up Trage

LESBIAN STREET YEA, OK,. BUT, URCHING. ARE YOU LOST?

BY Enic ORner.

I'M FANE. JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.

SAID I'M OKAY. OKAY? So,LIKE,LATER.

SHIFF

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY

PLACE TO Go

DO YOU?

BOXER 92

WHAT Kid?

SIGN

(SHUFFLE

UN UH. I LEFT. THEY Kicked OUT.

WHY DON'T YOU COME HOME WATH ME TONIGHT... IT'S OK, Tomorrow WE CAN CALL This GUY I KNOW, TONY, He's A

SOCIAL WORKer... HE'LL KNOW WHAT WE SHOUL& Do..

BUUUUCK! YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE A Kid WHAT ARE YOU DOING HOME...JEEZ... SHE'S NOT A STRAY CAT FOR CHRISSAKES," MEAN, CALL A HALFWAY HOUse, CALL THE CATY, CALL SOMEbody! MAAANN EETH... DON'T YOU READ THE FRIGGIN' PAPER? THERE IS NO HALFWAY HOUSE, & NO GROUP HOME FOR GAY TEENS IN THE ENTIRE CITY! ...wow.. Like, HELLO?...

I'M BUCK

wwwww Binaia0 0000 00000 I'M MOON

I'M

FLABBERGASTed

... PRov&...

OF BUCKY

HOW BIZARRE

Dykes To Watch Out For

ANOMIC CAFE

OUR

HEROINE HAS BEEN SWIGGING A

PUNGENT BLEND OF MOCHA JAVA AND WELTSCHMERZ, TOPPED WITH

A DUSTING OF ANOMIE.

GIMME ANOTHER SHOT.

UH... HOW 'BOUT

SOME DECAF THIS TIME?

DID I ASK

FOR

OKAY, OKAY. IT'S YOUR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

18

DECAF?

AVAL 2300

MO! THE BOOKSTORE'S JAMMED, AND, THE REP FROM FURRIER, SPROUT & GENOUX IS WAITING TO SEE YOU! YOUR COFFEE BREAK WAS OVER 40 MINUTES AGO!

I CAN'T

FACE IT ANY MORE,

LOIS!

FACE WHAT?

ALL DURING THE REAGAN YEARS, I CONSOLED MYSELF WITH THE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS CONSERVATISM'S LAST GASP...THAT SLOWLY BUT SURELY WE WERE PROGRESSING TOWARD A MORE COMPASSIONATE, EGALITARIAN SOCIETY. BUT I WAS NAIVE.

1995 BY ALISON BECHDEL

NAIVE, DO YOU HEAR

ME?!

213

I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW. I'VE NEVER BEEN SOLUCID. DID YOU KNOW THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL IS REALLY AN ELABORATE REPUBLICAN RUSE TO DIVERT OUR ATTENTION WHILE THEY LEGISLATE US BACK TO THE FEUDAL SYSTEM?!

THEN WHILE WE'RE DISTRACTED TRY. ING TO SURVIVE, THE LUNATIC FRINGE BECOMES THE LUNATIC MAINSTREAM! NAZI SKINHEADS, CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTAUSTS AND GUN FREAKS WILL DRAG US ALL WITH THEM INTO A BRAVE NEW SEVENTH CIRCLE OF WELL!

MAYBE SO. BUT I'M GONNA Go GET YOU A POT OF SLEEPY TIME.

SLEEPYTIME?! WHO CAN SLEEP IN A WORLD FULL OF TEC-9-TOTING TALK RADIO LISTENERS WHO'D BLOW YOUR HEAD OFF AS SOON AS SPIT AT YOU?

I'M GOING ON AN ESPRESSO FAST. IF TRUTH EXISTS, IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS DEMI-

TASSE!

REPUBLICANS

CONGRESS

WELL OKAY. BUT JEZANNA JUST CALLED FROM 'THE AIRPORT. SHE'S BACK

FROM HER MOM'S AND SHE'S ON HER WAY TO

THE STORE.

JEZANNA?

E FIEL

NO MORE

SINGLE

RIDE FOR POOR

YOUR BOSS? THE ONE WHO LEFT YOU IN CHARGE WHILE SHE WAS AWAY? I BET THIS GOUR-

AVAL

MET COFFEE IS PRETTY PRICEY FOR SOMEONE ON UNEMPLOYMENT.

AT CAR CHILD

FAMIL

MEDIT FOR

A DOUBLE ESPRESSO TO Go. UM... DECAF.

AND

A CUP OF

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The 'New' Fifties Musical.

JUNE 16

thru JULY 8

NITE CLUB

Confidential

If you enjoyed "Forever Plaid"... you'll love

"NITE CLUB CONFIDENTIAL"

PROFESSIONAL SUMMER THEATRE AT BLOSSOM

1995 SUMMER SEASON continues with

I'm Not Rappaport

Tony Award-winning Best Play July 14-29

A Flea in Her Ear

The Classic French Farce August 4-20

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Xnx

Chevrei Tikva

Cleveland's Synagogue with an outreach to the Lesbian and Gay Community

Join us for our Interfaith PRIDE SERVICE

Friday, June 16, 1995 8 PM

Unitarian Society, 2728 Lancashire Road, Cleveland Heights

P.O. BOX 18120 ⚫ Cleveland, Ohio 44118 (216) 932-5551 Member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Organizations.