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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

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Come out and Play! Join the North Coast Freedom Band, Ohio's first and only lesbian and gay marching, jazz and orchestral ensemble. Call Christopher at 631-7543 or Lisa at 731-2867 for more information, or send a tax deductible donation for "The Center/North Coast

October, 1989

The Gay Paperback. Thirty-eight pages of over 2,100 paperbacks listed alphabetically in order first by publisher, then by author and title. This is a representative sample of pulp fiction paperbacks from the well known and filmed Freedom Band," to 1418 W. 29th, Amory, published by Greenleaf, to the classic Song of the Loon by Richard

Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Donations or loans of musical instruments are also needed for those who do not have their own. If you are interested in flag corps, pom-poms, baton twirling (for our marching dates), or woodwind and brass horns, we rehearse Saturdays from 5-7 p.m. at the Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center. We are especially in need of drummers who can read rhythm. Stop by and check us out.

Two-thirds of papers accept gay ad. During the week of June 1, 32 Maine newspapers carried ads from Our Paper, a gay and lesbian newspaper, offering subscription information and a free sample.

Fifteen papers, including the Bangor Daily News and the Lewiston Sun, refused the prepaid ads and returned them to Our Paper without explanation. One publisher, however, explained his paper's rejection of the ad. Ferguson Calder, publisher of the Calais Advertiser, said, "We have to be careful about content. We're a small paper, and we have to base these things on our morals."

Despite the refusals from the newspapers, Our Paper received more than 300 requests for subscription information.

Advertisements will continue to run in several newspapers through the fall.

Join thousands of lesbians and gay men in Maine. Subscribe to Our Paper. For free sample and subscription, mailed in a plain envelope, write to: Our Paper, Dept. L, Box 10744, Portland, Maine 04104.

New church hours. The Family of God Community Church has changed their office hours. They can now be reached Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:009:00 p.m. at 251-2918.

The Family of God Community Church is a church for all people with a special ministry within the lesbian and gay community. They hold services on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. with a coffee hour following. Call the church for location, or write P.O. Box 35173, Cleveland, 44135.

Sex Lives of the Gay and Blind. What turns blind gay people on? What kind of sex do they enjoy? What do they fantasize about? What turns on their sighted sex partners?

The Guide to the Gay Northeast-the regional gay magazine with the largest distribution throughout New England, the Middle Atlantic, and Eastern Canada will inaugurate a new series on gay sex and the disabled with a feature on the gay blind:

If you are blind, or have had sex with someone who is, share your experiences and help celebrate the diversity of gay

sex.

Contact Bill Andriette, The Guide to the Gay Northeast, P.O. Box 593 Boston, MA 02199, or call 617-266-8557

obscure publisher, often unnamed, of only a handful of books. Many of these books, now scarce, are also desirable for their vivid cover illustrations. Sample illustrations from the major publishers are in the catalog.

The catalog is a useful reference work and checklist. Copies are limited. Price is $2.00

NGLTF names new public information director. Gay rights activist and 10year communications professional Robert Bray has been named public information director at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF). Bray succeeds Urvashi Vaid, recently appointed as NGLTF executive director.

Bray was communications director at the Human Rights Campaign Fund (HCRF) where he helped increase public awareness of that organization's political programs and activities.

Prior to joining HRCF, Bray was a public relations executive at the IBM Corporation. He has a long history of volunteer work with the homeless and arts groups, and was fundraiser and publicist for the Tucson AIDS Project. Bray graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Pyramid looking for writers. The current issue of the new Pyramid Periodical, the provocative quarterly for gay people of color, is on the stands. The publication is growing, maturing and exploring the issues on the hearts and minds of gay people everywhere.

In addition to poetry and commentary by Essex Hemphill, who has frequently been characterized as the premier con temporary black gay poet, and Daniel Garrett, the founder of Other Countries, the black gay poetry collective, the Sum mer 1989 issue features "News from the Third World," by John Hubert, publish er of “Paz y Liberacion," and an insightful article by Kamini Chaudhary, bisexual South Asian woman. Review copies are available upon request.

The Pyramid Periodical should be available at local gay bookstores. It is also available by mail for $3.95 plus $.50 postage and handling.

The Pyramid Periodical also currently is accepting poetry, short stories, nonfiction, and graphics for publication in its next issue which is scheduled for release in November 1989. Submissions, which technically should have been received before September 15, 1989, should be directed to: Editors, Pyramid Periodical, P.O. Box 1111, Canal Street Station, New York, New York 10013.

Mormons meet in Reno. Affirmation, Gay and Lesbian Mormons will hold their 12th Annual General Conference at the Holiday Inn-Convention Center in Reno Nevada on October 6-8.

Marsha J. Langford will give the

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keynote address. Ms Langford, former president of Integrity International and an ordained minister in the Church of Antioch, has recently been on national television speaking about the damage caused by change ministries (those which claim to change homosexuals to heterosexuals).

Seminars include: AIDS and the Community, Gay Parents-Straight Kids, Spirituality and Self-esteem, Lesbian and Gay Couples: What Makes Their Relationships Work, Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays, Pictorial History of Gay Latter-day Saints, and Women in Gay Religious Groups.

For further information, call 415-6414554 or 415-641-0791.

One hundred and fifty to two hundred representatives from chapters throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe will attend this year's conference.

Guide to AIDS literature. Are you feeling overwhelmed by the hundreds of AIDS-related books in print? A new bibliography can help you decide which ones are worth your time.

A Bibliography of AIDS-related Books was prepared as a public service by Alyson Publications. Eleven reviewers, booksellers, AIDS activists, and educators were asked to grade and briefly comment on the books they knew from a list of 200 supplied by Alyson. In the resulting bibliography, each evaluator's comments and grade are listed for each title. Thus, the listings not only indicate which titles were universally liked (Paul Monette's Borrowed Time received all As) but also which are controversial (Louise Hay's You Can Heal Your Life got every grade from B to F).

Other widely-praised titles included AIDS: A Self-Care Manual, by the AIDS project of L.A., AIDS: The Women, edited by Ines Ried and Patricia Rup pelt; and Valley of the Shadow, by Christopher Davis.

At the other end of the spectrum, the William Masters' book Crisis: Heterosexual Behavior in the Age of AIDS received all Ds and Fs, as did David Black's The Plague Years. Healing Ourselves through AIDS, by Naboru Muramoto, received an F from Richard Labonte, the only bookseller familiar with it; "Hug-a-teddy twaddle," wrote Labonte.

Single copies of A Bibliography of AIDS-Related Books are available free by sending a 6" x 9" (or larger) self-addressed envelope with two first-class

stamps to Alyson Publications, 40 Plympton St, Boston, MA 02118, and requesting it by title.

'Experience' workshop set. On October 13-15, the Washington Ramada Renaissance, in Washington, D.C., will be the site for The Experience, a workshop about love, truth, and being powerful in life. At the workshop, participants learn how to approach life as an exciting adventure, producing the results they want while enjoying the process. Lectures, exercises, and group discussions are designed to facilitate selfawareness and move participants into a more powerful and empowering experience of life. Specific topics include your self-image and self-esteem, relationships, standards and judgements, communicating yourself to others, "coming out" telling the truth about you, and expanding consciousness.

The Experience/Washington, D.C. is produced by graduates of The Experience who volunteer their time and energy to make The Experience available to others. The workshop is not-forprofit, and tuition is applied toward the expenses of staging and maintaining the workshop. More information about the workshop may be obtained by calling 202-389-0403 or writing The Experience, P.O. Box 5529, Washington, D.C. 20016.

Report on Congress. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) has published its "Federal Legislative Report," a 10-page document summarizing congressional activity during the first seven months of 1989 on issues concerning the national lesbian and gay agenda. It includes House and Senate legislative summaries, information on obtaining congressional committee reports, and a congressional calender for the balance

of 1989,

According to the NGLTF report, battles are expected in the coming months over anti-gay amendments to the Hate Crime Statistics Act, the Senate AIDS appropriations bill, the District of Columbia appropriations bill, and fund ing for the National Endowment for the Arts. The report also noted possible action to remove discrimination protections for persons living with HIV infection and AIDS from the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Copies of the report may be ordered Legislative Report, 1517 U Street N.W., by sending $1.00 to NGLTF Federal Washington, DC. 20009.

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