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Gay Mormon convention. Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons will hold its 11th Annual General Conference in Reno, Nevada, Oct. 6-8.

Anti-gay activities of local Mormons prompted the group to hold their annual meeting in Reno. National Coordinator Mel Barber said, "We need to do whatever possible to combat the alarming rise in hate crimes and violence against gays. Our presence in Reno is the first step."

Last year, Mormon-led anti-gay groups successfully blocked the scheduled National Gay Rodeo Finals. When they failed to block annual gay pride festivities, anti-gay demonstrations were organized instead. Said Barber, "It is only a small portion of the Mormon community that is actually anti-gay. Most Mormons know the meaning of persecution in their own lives, and don't support intolerance."

For more information, call Ollie Lee Taylor at 904-222-0684 or (904) 6819499.

BWMT convention.The National Association of Black and White Men Together will hold its 9th annual convention this year in Tallahassee, Florida, with a theme of "Make It Happen."

The convention will be held July 2-8 at the Florida State University Center for Professional Development, 555 W. Pensacola St.

The non-profit organization is an interracial gay organization committed to fostering supportive environments wherein racial or cultural barriers can be overcome and the goal of human equality realized. Up to 200 people are expected to attend and BWMT has about 1,000 members worldwide.

For more information, write: 411 Chapel Drive, Box 226, Tallahassee, FL 32304-3321, or call 904-681-9499. BWMT contacts in Cleveland are: John K. Pugh, 3236 Dellwood, Cleveland Hts., OH 44118, or call 216-371-4597.

"Caper in the Castro" is a gay and lesbian-based adventure/mystery game. Featuring animation, graphics, text and sound, the game is compatible with Apple's HyperCard application.

The game is being distributed without cost by it's author, C.M. Ralph, and can be obtained from Fog City Computer Bulletin Board, modem line: 415-8639697, (you pay your phone charge) and through participating members of GayCom, the Nationwide Gay and Lesbian Communications Network.

Describing it as "CharityWare," Ralph requests that if you play the game and enjoy it, please make a donation to an AIDS-related charity of your choice.

PWA memorial bracelets have ar-

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rived. These bracelets are used as a fundraiser to help the "Living Room." If all 100 bracelets are sold, the "Living Room" will receive $200. Anyone wishing to purchase these bracelets may call 651-5231. If you would like a name stamped on the bracelet, the cost would be $100 and would take about six months. You would receive five bracelets, so if the cost seems high, maybe others would like to help cover the expense. Cost for pre-printed bracelets is $10.

AIDS info on monthly audio tapes. To meet the need for timely, accessible information on all aspects of the growing AIDS crisis, AIDS Audio Update will be releasing monthly audio tapes on issues important to all people living with AIDS and all others concerned about the disease. June's premiere issue is highlights of the Fifth International Conference On AIDS.

Each month a new tape will cover important issues associated with the AIDS crisis. People with AIDS are employed and actively involved in AIDS Audio Update. Thirty percent of pretax profits goes directly to organizations supporting people living with AIDS.

Tapes are available individually for $10. An annual subscription of 12 tapes is available for $99. Tapes may be ordered from AIDS Audio Update, Box 461370, Los Angeles, Calif. 90046, or call 1-800-999-9559, Ext. A. Payment may be made by check, money order, Visa or MasterCard.

NGLTF Conference. The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change conference for grassroots activists and gay and lesbian organizations will feature keynote addresses by three leading gay activists, a demonstration calling for an end to discrimination against gays and lesbians in the military, and a daylong institute on fund-raising.

Creating Change will be held Nov. 912 at the Holiday Inn, Bethesda, Md. Speakers include: Sgt. Perry Watkins, Vito Russo and Suzanne Pharr.

Workshops will be interpreted for the hearing impaired, and the facility for the conference is wheelchair accessible. Registration for the fund-raising institute is $75 to $125; and for the conference, $50 to $125. Hotel rates range from $68 to $78. For more information, write NGLTF Creating Change, 1517 U St. NW, DC 20009.

CMV foscarnet study.The National Institutes of Health are seeking participants who are HIV positive for a study of foscarnet for the treatment of cytomegalovirus 9CMV0 retinitis. People previously treated with ganciclovir 9DHPGO are not eligible. For

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Gay and Lesbian Atheists believe that each individual must discover for himself or herself an ethic for their own life. Formal religions grew up as a result of fear of the unknown and a natural inclination to leave those hard, unanswered questions of life to the experts, the authorities. What we overlook is the fact that the only thing that makes them authorities is their assertion that they are such.

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Gay Christian newspaper.A national newspaper that addresses the issues of being gay and Christian begins its second year of publication this summer. The Second Stone, issued six times a year, is an attractive, upbeat paper that features such prominent writers as Sylvia Pennington and Bruce Roller. In addition to news and information from the gay Christian community, the paper features book and video reviews, travel articles, an event calendar and a growing classified section. The paper's commitment to the social and emotional interests of gay men and Lesbians is evident in its columns geared toward exploration of family issues and committed relationships and in the opportunity the paper presents to meet other gay and Lesbian Christians.

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"Gay Spirit," rediscovering and empowering our gay spiritual identities, a weekly on-going metaphysical-new age growth and healing group for gay men will meet Monday evenings beginning in July at the greater Cleveland Lesbian/Gay Community Center.

This group will be limited to seven or so, serious and eventually committed gay male "seekers" of self-realization using metaphysical or new age tools. The content of this pioneering group will include: aligning to our higher selves and life purpose, expanded self-awareness and greater self-esteem, self-acceptance and personal empowerment through the tools of meditation, channeling, exploring, rediscovering and empowering our individual and collective gay identities as the spiritual healers, teachers, shamans, channels of light and spirit in every culture, as cosmic, creative, multi-dimensional beings; the concept of androgyny and the God/Goddess within ourselves; healing our emotional body; etc.

Facilitated by local gay metaphysical counselor, healer and medium David Johns. For more information, contact David Johns at 351-5761.

The Women's Healing Circle will meet in July at the West Side Women's Center. Please call Fern Levy at 371-2806 for more information.

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