LANDMARK RULING

The Paltimore GAYPAPER reports that the Lousisiana State Supreme Court recently awarded most of a resident's estate to his lover. Samuel Wilds Bacot died in 1984 and left his entire estate to his lover, Danny Washington. A civil district court had ruled that most of the over $400,000 estate should go to Elmo Orgeron, Bascot's adopted son. The state Circuit Court of Appeal reversed that ruling in favor of Washington.

The case is considered a possible landmark ruling in favor of the principle that "two men can live together and hold themselves to be like man and wife, and be legally recognized as such".

961-1632

OCTOBER 11,1987

National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

Akron/Clev area GWM, 59, 6'1", 200 lbs, hairy, macho seeks similar type over 40 for relationship. Sports, boats, music. Tom D, P.O. Box 1784, Stow, Oh 44224, (216) 688-3757.

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GEAR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT

AFTER A LENGTHY SEARCH AND PAINSTAKING INTERVIEWS THE GEAR FOUNDATION, A CLEVELAND BASED SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION, HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID KARAS AS ITS NEW SOCIAL SERVICE DIRECTOR.

THE GEAR FOUNDATION OPERATES THE LESBIAN/GAY COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER OF GREATER CLEVELAND AND HAS OPERATED THE CLEVELAND GAY HOTLINE FOR OVER 14 YEARS. THE GEAR FOUNDATION IS MORE WIDELY KNOWN AS THE GROUP WHICH OPERATES THE TOLL FREE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AIDS HOTLINE FOR THE STATE OF OHIO. THE DEVIRSITY AND SCOPE OF THE SERVICES OFFERED BY GEAR WILL CLEARLY MAKE THE NEW POSITION A CHALLENGE FOR MR KARAS.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FOUNDATION TOLD US THAT THEY FOUND MR KARAS UNIQUELY SUITED FOR THIS POSITION BECAUSE OF HIS BACKGROUND IN SOCIAL SERVICE TO MINORITY GROUPS. HOLDING A BA IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES, MR KARAS SPENT TEN YEARS AS A FRANCISCAN BROTHER ADMINISTERING TO THE NEEDS OF NATIVE AMERICANS ON CHEYENNE AND CROW RESERVATIONS. UPON HIS RETURN TO CLEVELAND IN 1980, HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC GROUP PURCHASING UNDER THE CLEVELAND CATHOLIC DIOCESE.

THE NEW DIRECTOR HOPES TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THE DEDICATION TO SERVICE THAT HE FINDS AT THE GEAR FOUNDATION AND TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE AS WELL AS SHARE WITH OTHERS.

GOOD LUCK TO GEAR AND THEIR NEW DIRECTOR! ARTICLE BY ---jw

Reprinted courtesy of the Gay and Lesbian Information Center Lorain County

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As I stand and gaze,

our eyes locked.

Simultaneous smiles

reach across our faces.

I feel my eyes start to glow. A minute skip in my veins.

Movement

Hello!?!

A voice quality sooths the butterflies.

Adrenilin flows through my body.

I realize I'm alive again. What a sensation

a man can create, when he touches my mind.

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