gay peoples CHRONICLE

Vol. 2 No. 3

Cleveland, Ohio

Conference

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CONFERENCE CELEBRATES PRIDE

By SEBASTIAN MELMOTH

The Fifth Annual All-Ohio Lesbian/Gay/Feminist Conference scheduled for April 2628 promises to be an exciting and productive weekend, justifying its Celebration of Pride theme. This year's Conference continues many past traditions while expanding last year's increased participation by women and adding some significant new features, all signalling broader community support.

Festive Opening Night The opening keynoter will be Judy Grahn, San Francisco poet and historian. Her speech will be preceded by the usual reception. Arranged this year by HUGS (Hope,

Understanding, Giving, and Support) and the Lesbian/Gay Community Services Center (operated by the GEAR Foundation) the reception begins at 7p.m. in Baker Lounge, next to the auditorium.

Afterward, at 9 p.m. the Eleanor Roosevelt Gay Political Club will host a party whose title, A Celebration of Pride, echoes the Conference theme.

A Busy Saturday

Saturday offers a full day of activities. These begin at 9 a.m. with registration, coffee and doughnuts at Thwing Center and continue until early Sunday morning.

At 9:30 participants may engage in a period of organPage 12, col. 1

FEDS PUSH TEST

By ROB DAROFF

Washington--The U.S. Government added more fire this month to the debate over its handling of the AIDS crisis after issuing a broad recommendation that members of high-risk groups should be "encouraged" to take the HTLV-3 AIDS antibody test. In its March 14 report, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services made its strongest statement yet that testing is a crucial part of AIDS prevention.

The statement said, "Community health education programs should be aimed

The

Correction

at

October 1985 issue of the Chronicle reported that the suit filed by six local gay men and women against the Ritz bar had been settled out of court. We received this information and printed it in good faith.

We have since learned that although attorneys for both parties drew up an agreement, the Ritz owners have not signed it. The suit, then, remains unsettled.

members of high-risk groups to...encourage voluntary testing and counseling." The statement adds, "Counseling and voluntary testing for HTLV-3/LAV should be routinely offered to all persons at increased risk when they present to health-care settings."

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A meeting here of nearly 600 gay and lesbian health professionals at the Seventh National Lesbian and Gay Health Conference attacked the Health Department recommendations, saying that legal protections for those being tested are inadequate. Page 11, col. 1

April 1986

Romanovsky & Phillips will entertain at the Conference, page 14.

GAY AND LESBIAN INSTITUTE FORMS

By DORA FORBES

Organizing the workshops for the Fifth Annual AllOhio Lesbian, Gay and Feminist Conference is the first public action of a new Cleveland organization, the Gay and Lesbian Institute (GALI).

Founded in 1985, the Institute was incorporated as a non-profit educational organization this year. It is a collective organization of lesbian and gay profession-

als committed to continuing personal and professional development within the community.

Philosophy

In a statement describing the Institute's philosophy, its members say, "We...share a need to develop and nurture our people--as they stand alone, as they couple, as they gather in families and groups, and as they form themselves into organizations. We commit ourselves to educating, training, and

consulting in order to foster a sense of community among us and among our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. We believe it is this sense of community which provides hope for new life and a foundation for working in the larger

world.

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Major Goals Institute defines its major goals as developing and maintaining a positive and healthy way of living Page 5, col. 1