Low response to Chronicle survey

Several months ago, the Chronicle sent questionaires to all elected officals in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. This included state, local and federal officals. More than 60 letters were sent by registered mail and less than seven where returned. All the officials who responded were positive, except for one.

The Chronicle hopes you use the information below when you vote this month and in the future. Addresses of the officials who didn't respond can be found in your phone book. When these officials seek your help in securing an elected office, remember what they did for your comunity when we asked.

The Questionnaire:

Gay People's Chronicle, the monthly newspaper serving the gay and lesbian community of Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, is conducting a survey of political officeholder holders and candidates on issues of concern to our readers. Please fill out the following questionnaire. If you wish to elaborate upon your answers or to illustrate your position on issues raised, you may also append relevant materials to your questionnaire. However, please do NOT use such materials as a SUBSTITUTE for responses to the questionnaire itself.

1. Do you support the passage of state/local civil rights laws for lesbians and gay men?

2. Specifically, do you support inclusion of "sexual orientation" in nondiscrimination laws in the following

areas:

-employment -housing -foster care

3. Should police review boards which handle complaints about police misconduct include issues of and lesbian/gay

homophobia

harassment in their proceedings?

4. Should such review boards include a gay/lesbian member to ensure responsiveness to such issues?

5. Do you support passage of the Hobson Bill and/or other proposals for increased public funding for AIDS services and education programs?

6. Do you favor continued legal protection of a woman's right to abortion?

7. Should the non-judgemental treatment of gay/lesbian issues be included in school sex education courses?

8. Should domestic partners (lovers) of gay/lesbian employees be given rights and benefits on a par with heterosexual spouses?

9. Do you have lesbian/gay voters within your electoral constituency?

10. Do you currently employ a liason to the lesbian and gay community?

2b-Y, 2c-N, 3-Y, 4-NR, 5-

Responded:-

Dale Miller*

1-Y, 2a-Y,

Ward 20

Mary O. Boyle*

Y, 6-Y, 7-Y, 8-NR, 9-Y, 10-N

Cleveland

1-NR, 2a-NR, 2b-NR, 2c-NR, 3-NR, 4-

NR, 5-NR, 6-NR, 7-NR, 8-NR, 9-NR, 10-NR

Commissioner

Cuyahoga County

James Petro*

Jane Campbell*

1-Y, 2a-Y, 2b-Y, 2c-Y, 3-Y, 4-Y, 5-Y, 6-Y, 7-Y, 8-Y, 9-Y, 10-N Representative, 15

Ohio

Judy Sheerer*

Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, N Representative, 18

Ohio

*Additional Comments:

Petro: #9 "?"

Sheerer: #10 "I don't employ any add'l personnel. I have an aide & sec. in Cols.

Miller: #4 "unsure", #5 "strongly", #6 "Yes, but this right must be exercised with great sensitivity and responsibility", #8 "unsure", #9 "Anyone who answers 'No' is grossly misinformed!", #10 I only have 1 halftime staff person".

Campbell: #10 "I do not employ a liaison to any community don't have funding for staff".

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Boyle: #1&2 "My record as. a successful candidate for the Ohio Legislature indicates my support for civil rights coverage for all, without regard for sexual preference. However, the office I now hold and for which I am seeking re-election does not pass laws. County government carries out some state and federal programs. Enforcement of state and federal civil rights laws is not part of the job.", #3 "It would be yes, if these matters are in charge of the review board as adopted by the council and administered by the mayor of the city with the review board.", #4 " That should not be necessary.", #5 I'm not familiar with Senator Hobson's legislation, but I support increased state funding for AIDS services and AIDS education. A number of the county's direct services are being significantly affected by AIDS. The AIDS public policy questions regarding our jail inmates, our infants in custody, our statutory responsibility to provide health care to all regardless of ability to pay, our role in providing shelter to the homeless all these and more services need to be re-evaluated in light of the tragedy of AIDS. The counties in Ohio need help and encouragement, and financial resources, from state government and soon!", #6 "I support the law of the land.", #7 "All issues regarding sex and sexual preference should be included in school education courses.", #8 "I'm not sure, but I'd be happy to learn more about what the needs are to be addressed here.", #9 "Yes", #10 No. Nor, as far as I know, do we employ liasons to any constituencies or specific communities." No Response: George Voinovich Mayor Cleveland Robert C. Downey Mayor Cleveland Heights Anthony Sinagra Mayor Lakewood

George Forbes

Council President Cleveland

John E. Barnes Ward 1 Cleveland

Earle Turner

Ward 2 Cleveland

1-N, 2a-N, 2b-N, 2c-N, 3-Y, 4-N, 5-Y, Tyrone Bolden

6-Y, 7-NR, 8-N, 9-NR, 10-N

Representative, 6

Ohio

Michael Polensek Ward 11 Cleveland Edward W. Rybka Ward 12 Cleveland Gus Frangos Ward 13

Cleveland

Helen Smith Ward 14 Cleveland

James Rokakis Ward 15

Cleveland

Joseph Cannon Ward 16

Cleveland

Raymond Pianka Ward 17

Cleveland

Ward 3

Cleveland

Kenneth Johnson Ward 4

Jay Westbrook Ward 18

Preston Terry III Ward 5 Cleveland

Troy Lee James

1-Y, 2a-Y, 2b-Y, 2c-Y, 3-Y, 4-Y, 5-Y, Cleveland

6-N, 7-Y, 8-Y, 9-Y, 10-N

Representative,

Ohio

Cleveland

Dan Brady Ward 19

Cleveland

Artha Woods Ward 6 Cleveland Fannie Lewis Ward 7 Cleveland

Jeffery Johnson Ward 8 Cleveland

Larry Jones Ward 10

Cleveland Gerald Fuerst Clerk of Courts Cuyahoga County

Thomas J. Neff Engineer Cuyahoga County John Corrigan Prosecutor Cuyahoga County Frank Russo Recorder Cuyahoga County

Gerald McFaul Sheriff

Cuyahoga County Francis Gaul Treasurer Cuyahoga County John Glenn U.S. Senator Ohio

David McGuirk Ward 21 Cleveland Timothy Hagan Commissioner Cuyahoga County

Virgil Brown Commissioner Cuyahoga County Timothy McCormack Auditor Cuyahoga County Thomas Ferguson Auditor of State Ohio

Sherrod Brown Secretary of State Ohio

Mary Ellen Withrow Treasurer of State Ohio

Michael White Senator, 21 Ohio

Grace Drake Senator, 22 Ohio

Charles Butts Senator, 23 Ohio

Gary Suhadolnik Senator, 24 Ohio

Howard Metzenbaum U.S. Senate Ohio

Dennis Eckart U.S. House D-11 Thomas Sawyer U.S. House D-14 Ralph Regula U.S. House R-16

James Traficant U.S. House D-17

Edward Feighan U.S. House D-19

Mary Rose Oakar U.S. House D-20

Louis Stokes U.S. House D-21

Richard Celeste Governor Ohio

Paul Leonard Lt. Governor Ohio

A. Celebrezze Jr. Attorney General Ohio

Lee Fisher Senator, 25

Ohio

Rocco J. Colonna Representative, 7

Ohio Francine Panchal Representative, 8

Ohio Patrick Sweeney Representative, 9

Ohio Ronald Mottl Sr. Representative, 10

Ohio

Barbara Pringle Representative, 11 Ohio

Robert Jaskulski Representative, 13

Ohio Ike Thompson Representative, 14 Ohio

Verna Whalen Representative, 16

Ohio

LeRoy Peterson Representative, 17

Ohio

Ronald Shuster Representative, 19

Ohio

WRAF benefit

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and same-sex dancing was the norm for the rest of the evening.

The most ironic moment of the evening was the presentation of ice sculptures in the shape of the Statue of Liberty. Ice often is sculpted in a shape that goes with the evening's theme to help present the desert course. The connection of the Statue of Liberty and AIDS never was clear and no WRAF board member could explain selection of that shape.

Everything that was needed to put on this gala was donated by several Cleveland corporations, including Eaton Corp., Ohio Bell and Stouffers Inc. Area florists banded together for the first time and made a joint project of decorating.

All money raised from the evening will be distributed by the WRAF board for AIDS services, education and research. The board also plans to hire a executive director in the next few weeks to help run the organization. All other workers are volunteers.▼

Campin' Out cont.

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And now that we're all dressed up, it's a quick drive to Gabriels Night Life, billed Cleveland's "total enterainment complex". What an experience! Three floors to play on and great fun for sober as well as drinking patrons. There's a generous dance floor, a photograph parlor, quiet rooms, a game room -everything but daycare and laundry facilities! Gabriel's offers two types of music fast and faster plus a very amicable D.J. who gladly accepts any and all requests, though he only plays what he chooses. (Yet, he's so darn nice about it.)

There's Truffles for French pastry, D.I.N.K.y (Double Income/No Kids) Rego's for wine, fresh flowers and salad bar, Edgewater Park to run off all that food, and just a stretch to the Gay/Lesbian Community Center for a Tea Dance or monthly Women's Coffee House. So, you can call it GayBy-the-Bay. Some call it heaven. As for me...I just call it home.

Gay fathers support group

Feeling better about yourself as a male parent was the topic drug and alcoholism counselor Roger White focused on at the October Gay Fathers meeting.

"All individuals, whether gay or not, need to express their feelings," said White. "Men especially, when society expects them to keep all emotions locked up inside, find it difficult to share thoughts and feelings." He said divorced or still married gay men, with responsibilities for children, have added pressures. Many agree that homophobic issues and guilt weakens self-esteem.

White suggested quiet time as a good way to enhance one's selfimage.

Gay Fathers meet for a potluck dinner the first Thursday of each month on the West Side. All visitors ore welcome as a guest at the first meeting.

For more information, call Cliff at 228-4550 or Bob at 621-0228.

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