June 1976

MCC/Cleveland Counseling, 6-9 p.m., 2999 W. 25th St. West Side, for appt. call (216) 6963649.

SPECIAL

THURSDAY EVENTS

June 24, Dignity/Cleveland, social and spiritual organization for gay Catholics, Mass 7:30 p.m., meeting 8 p.m. Hallinan Center, Case-Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland.

July 8, Zodiac Party at the Retreat in Mansfield.

EVERY FRIDAY

Women's Rap, sponsored by the Kent Gay Liberation Front. 8:30 p.m. Room 312, Student Union, Kent State Univ.

Men's Rap sponsored by KGLF, 8 p.m. Room 308, Student Union, Kent State Univ.

Coming Out Rap, Free Clinic, 12201 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Cleveland Gay Rap 8 to 10 p.m., Free Clinic, women and men welcome.

Dinner Specials, Putty Cat Lounge, Cleveland.

Open Rap, MCC/Akron, 544 E. Buctel, 6:30 p.m.

Scaggnolia the Great and the World Famous Scagettes, live show at Baskerville's Music and Company in the Flats, Cleveland, new show each week. Shows at 10:30 and 12:30. $2.00 cover.

SPECIAL

FRIDAY EVENTS

June 19, Jockey Short Contest at the Water Main in Piqua, O. Prizes awarded.

July 2, Bayou Landing Bicentennial Celebration "Salute to America." Something different every night for the weekend, Cleveland.

July 9, new issue of High Gear, the only gay newspaper published in Ohio and by and for Ohioans.

EVERY SATURDAY

1/2 Price Drinks at the Club Zanzibar in Cleveland, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Go-go Boys, Stage Coach Inn, Akron.

Scaggnolia the Great and the World Famous Scagettes, live show at the Baskerville's Music and Company in the Flats. New show each week.Shows at 10:30 and 12:30. $2.00 cover. SPECIAL

SATURDAY EVENTS

June 19, Contest and Buffet at Crazy Rachel's Lorain. Contest for best looking couple following "prom" theme. $12.50 admission includes bus trip to Cedar Point on Sunday, June 20.

July 10, Gaynells' birthday party. Gay-la Strip Show at Putty Cat Lounge, Cleveland.

HIGH GEAR

GNA ON MOVE

PHILADELPHIA On May 8 the second meeting of the Gay Newspaper Association was held in Philadelphia. The Association is comprised of the Gay Community News (Boston), the Philadelphia Gayzette, the Body Politic (Toronto), The Blade (Washington, D.C.) The Empty Closet (Rochester) The Barb, (Atlanta) The Pittsburgh Gay News, the Philadelphia Gay News, OEGN and High Gear.

GNA was organized to prevent growing feelings of competition among gay newspapers, to share problems and their solutions, to share resources, and to form a liaison between the gay and straight presses.

An advertising coop was also established to net national advertising for all member newspapers as a cohesive block. The rates for such ads would be determined by the number of gays in a particular metropolitan area. A New York representative will be hired to deal with Madison Avenue and to work on the commission to secure ads. Papers will be allowed to drop a certain ad if they find it objectionable.

It was decided to incorporate GNA in Washington, D.C. where the next conference will be held on September 18 and 19. (Thanks to Tommi Avicolli, Scribe).

COMMUNIST IGNORANT TO GAYS

HARTFORDIn an exclusive interview with Jarvis Tyner, the American Communist Vice Presidential candidate, Boston's Gay Community News discovered that not only was Tyner unfamiliar with the Abzug gay rights bill in the House of Representatives; but he was also unaware that the Bolshevik government in Russia after the revolution in 1917 overthrew all czarist anti-gay laws.

Eric Gordon, GCN news reporter, asked Tyner if the Communist Party would support

a gay rights bill. His response: "The Party does not believe it is right to politicize people's sexuality, so I don't think we would support such a bill."

Gordon then queried Tyner about the oppression of gays in the Soviet Union and Cuba since Stalinism Said Tyner: "Yes, well, that's the historical experience there."

Gordon: Is their policy the same as the Communist Party's here? Tyner: "Well, each country has its own historical ex-

perience. We have another in this country."

Asked why gay people should vote for the Communist Party in 1976, Tyner replied, "Our position on every issue would stand to benefit gay people along with everyone else. We just don't believe in making an issue of people's private sexual lives."

(Thanks to Gay Community News, 22 Bromfield St., Boston, MA, 02108 for allowing us to reprint portions of this article)

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