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ENNOUNCEMENTS

Women Make Movies, the largest non-profit feminist media organization in the U.S., is proud to announce the release of new lesbian videos and films:

Lifetime Commitment: A Portrait of Karen Thompson, and You Can Fight City Hall are two moving documentaries on the continuing struggle for lesbian and gay civil rights in the U.S.

Lifetime Commitment focuses on Karen Thompson's transformation from a non-political, closeted lesbian to an outspoken activist when her lover, Sharon Kowalski, is declared legally incompetent. You Can Fight City Hall documents the struggle to add the words "sexual orientation" to existing job protection legislation in Columbus. Recently broadcast on television in New York City, both tapes expose the failure of the legal system to address the needs and rights of lesbian and gay citizens.

Damned if You Don't, by Sue Friedric, and Separate Skin, by Deirdre Fishel, are two new lesbian dramas. Friedric's controversial film, which has shown in festivals around the world, is an evocative portrait of a nun fighting a losing battle with her sexuality. Separate Skin, featured in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Gay Film Festivals, is the first filin by a talented young director.

All of these films are described in greater detail in News From Women Make Movies, our new newsletter.

Thanks in advance for your support of the work of lesbian filmmakers.

The WellLesbian-Gay ness/Dealing with Chronic Illness Group meets Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Women's Building Project. Please call Fern at 371-2806 for more information.

Lesbian Mothers is having a planning meeting Jan. 14, at 2 p.m. at the Center, 1418 W. 29th. Call Peggy at 221-8472.

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Lynne O'Orsay thought she had prepared herself for the worst when she came out to her parents as a lesbian. But she never expected the business memo which said to her: Family connection termin-ated. No further contact desired.

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O'Orsay, disowned more than two years ago by her entire family, is now seeking submissions for anthology of stories, Severed Ties: Lesbians Losing Friends, Losing Family. "Lesbians have a unique perspective on the loss of relationships," says O'Orsay. "The severance may be permanent or temporary, or a woman may fear such a loss will occur if she tells the truth about her life."

Many women, according to O'Orsay, suffer serious financial reprisal, emotional and even physical trauma when they are cut off.

"When we share our stories, we learn that survival and healing from these traumas is possible," says O'Orsay, who has facilitated workshop discussions for disowned lesbians. "Women realize they are not alone. They learn that they have choices. We are always free to choose our own, healthier families."

Jo-Ellen Yale, Ph.D., a lesbian psychotherapist practicing in New England since 1976, has counseled women who have lost or are afraid that they may lose important relationships. She is enthusiastic about O'Orsay's book. "This type of anthology would make a singular, unique contribution to the women's community," says Yale. "Its benefits would prove invaluable to lesbians struggling with severed ties by providing therapeutic and supportive assurance that they are not alone."

Many anthologies are already being made available by women's presses on topics ranging from coming out to incest. Severed Ties: Lesbians Losing Friends, Losing Families can add much to this growing wealth of women's literature, while bringing understanding and healing to many individuals.

Lesbians wishing to share their stories or seeking more information should write to PO Box 332, Portsmouth, N.H., 03801

The Campus Project of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) released a 15 page resource guide on films and videos available for use by lesbian and gay student groups and student activities staff. The Film Resource Guide was published in the NGLTF Campus Project's newsletter, Organizing For Equality.

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The Film Resource contains general guidelines for selecting, ordering and showing films and videos, and contains a partial list of gay-lesbian movies and documentaries.

Keven Berrill, NGLTF Campus & Anti-Violence Project Director noted, "We are committed at the Campus Project to providing useful resource tools for gay and lesbian student groups who are engaged in the crucial task of confronting homophobia and AIDS-phobia on campuses." Berrill noted an earlier edition of the Campus Continued on Page 15.

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