May, 1990

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Lesbians of color-Sistahparty! is an opportunity for lesbians of color from east and west, single & coupled, older and younger, to meet, eat, and party with and for themselves. There's no connection with a group or a cause; just a couple of sisters creating some politically incorrect, smoking permitted, lesbian of color only space.

Call Sistahparty! at 631-2057 or 6317114.

New hours for HIV support center. The Living Room, a support center for people who are HIV positive, has new drop-in hours: 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. A variety of programs, including massage, art therapy, and video nights are offered. For a complete calendar, call the Living Room at 522-1998.

National

Radio program gets funding. This Way Out, the internationally-distributed lesbian and gay radio program, currently on the air on over 50 community radio stations in six countries, has been awarded a major grant by the Paul Rapoport Foundation of New York, which guarantees weekly satellite distribution and underwrites basic operating expenses of the program through December 31, 1990.

The world's only widely-distributed weekly radio show produced for, about and by lesbians and gay men began its third year of broadcasts in April. Locally it can be heard on WCSB, 89.3 FM, on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m.

The grant ensures the continued survival of This Way Out for the rest of the year by underwriting all vital operating expenses; the continues weekly program production by an all-volunteer staff, as it has since its April 1988 beginnings as insideOUT.

Boston's Scondras seeks Harvard board-Openly gay Boston City Councillor David Scondras has announced his candidacy for the Board of Overseers of Harvard University. Scondras is one of the slate of petition candidates backed by Harvard Alumni Against Apartheid. He hopes to promote equitable hiring and investment policies, including

divestment of Harvard's South African stock holdings, and to engage students and faculty in finding solutions to problems facing urban government.

dedicated to fighting AIDS. Callers can even request that a contribution be made to a specific organization.

Serious wrestlers only-Iron City Wrestling Club (ICWC) is a newlyformed club for active rough-house wrestlers living in or visiting the Pittsburgh area.

ICWC provides serious, active wrestlers the opportunity to meet other men of similar mind for spirited competition on the mats. ICWC meets twice a month on Saturday afternoons for four or five hours of hard-fought wrestling. There are no membership fees. Age and size are unimportant; some wrestling experience is helpful, but not necessary. Club matches are no strict rules, noholds-barred, rough-house pro-style fights to submission falls.

Unlike other so-called "wrestling clubs" around the country, ICWC is not a dating service, a video production company, or an orgy club. ICWC is open to any and all tough, serious wrestlers, regardless of their sexual orientation, who are looking for hard-fought competition. No spectators allowed this is a non-sexual, active wrestling club.

Contact Hank or Kevin at 412-4417013, or write the ICWC at P.O. Box 6561, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-0561.

Women's Motorcycle Festival '90– Women motorcyclists, put this one on your calendar: Thursday, August 23 through Sunday, August 26. It is the one gathering designed solely for women bykers. The last festival brought 170 bykers together for four days of riding, riding events, workshops, music, comedy and recreating around a 15 acre lake.

This year promises to be even better. The Dice Run (a 70-mile competitive team event) contains rolling trivia along a scenic course and is designed to create fun frustration for competitors. The Four Ring Riding Circus (field events) will return with its traditional individual and team events. In addition, the Circus will include a new and highly competitive category, using the "Festival Scooter," for those wishing to participate in the pentathlon..

Group rides, always a favorite part of the festival, will include a parade run this year. This should prove to be a memorable event. The last parade run organized in 1986 involved 96 women bykers. Now that the festival has grown in size, the parade run will be even bigger and better!

form in concert on Saturday night. Leah Alix Dobkin is coming back to perZicari will also entertain.

Participation in the festival will put riders in the beautiful Allegheny Mountains of Western New York. The site for the gathering is a private camp that has a

other buildings for workshops. When not involved in riding activities, women can swim, boat, canoe, hike, play tennis, softball or volleyball.

Scondras is a nationally noted speaker large dining hall, recreation center and on the subject of civil liberties, and sponsored the Boston Human Rights Ordinance of 1984. He is known for his efforts in support of affordable housing, lesbian and gay rights, and for his successful home rule petition for an assault rifle ban.

All Harvard graduates can expect to receive their ballots in early May. Results will be announced in the first week of June. Alumni missing a ballot may call 617-495-1534 to get one.

Home hunting assistance-A new toll free number now provides free and confidential information for gay men and lesbians who are relocating from one city to another. Many gay men and lesbians feel more comfortable working with a realtor who understands their needs. Callers will be referred to a realtor familiar with the local gay community in any particular metropolitan area. Call 800-673-9093; the line will operate every day from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Eastern time.

While promoting gay businesses, callers will also be helping to fight AIDS because ten percent of the commissions generated through the use of this line will be donated to a national organization

The festival fee includes camping, all activities, meals, entertainment plus a rally pin and tee-shirt. Early registration allows for payment in two installments. For information write: W.M.R.; 7 Lent Ave; LeRoy, NY 14482 or by calling 716768-6054.

Homosexual law journal-The students of Tulane Law School are proud to announce the creation of a new national

journal entitled Law & Sexuality: A Review of Lesbian and Gay Legal Issues. This is the first law journal in the country to focus exclusively on homosexuality and the law. It is especially exciting to have such a journal started in Louisiana, which has the harshest sodomy statute in the country and no sexual orientation nondiscrimination statutes at the local

level.

The major purpose of the journal is to keep the community informed of legal developments in the area of lesbian and gay rights, as well as to encourage more creativity in analyzing these issues. Law

& Sexuality will include theoretical and practical articles by academics and practitioners, as well as a large "recent developments" section written by students. The first issue will be published in June of 1991.

Tulane Law School has committed $6,000 toward getting the journal off the ground, half the necessary amount. The students are committed to raising the additional funding through a nationwide appeal to members of the lesbian and gay community. Law & Sexuality's value extends beyond the academic legal community, for it will delineate both the practical and theoretical avenues needed to challenge discriminatory legislation. Accordingly, the students welcome all subscriptions and contributions. Individual subscriptions are $20. Those who contribute $50 or more will receive a complimentary subscription to the first issue.

For more information, contact either Nicki McCraw or Joyce Cain at 504-8655970. If you would like to contribute, please make your check payable to "Tulane Law School/Law & Sexuality" and send it to Catherine Hancock; Law & Sexuality; Tulane Law School; 6801 Freret Street; New Orleans, LA 70118.

Atlanta's Men and Masculinity Conference-John Stoltenberg, James Broughton, Judy Grahn, and Essex Hemphill are but a few of the names familiar to lesbians and gay men who will participate in the 15th Annual Conference on Men and Masculinity in Atlanta May 31 June 3, 1990.

The theme of the conference is Ending Men's Violence: Pathways to a Gender-Just World. The conference is being produced by Men Stopping Violence-an Atlanta organization dedicated to ending violence against women by confronting the social norms. that encourage it.

Through a series of workshops, discussions and entertainments, the conference will address the issues of racism, sexism and homophobia and the personal and institutional behaviors that support them. A sub-theme of the conference will be the personal concerns sexuality, livelihood, relationships, selfesteem and identity-of those men working to end oppressive behaviors. In addition to Stoltenberg, keynote speakers for the event are Bell Hooks a well-known black writer and teacher; and Kathleen Carlin-Executive Director of Men Stopping Violence, Inc. and Chair of the National Woman Abuse Prevention Project. A broad range of artistic, entertainment and cultural events are also planned.

Registration fees received before May 1 range from $40 to $165 on a sliding scale based on income and number of dependents. Low cost on-site dormitory housing and meal plans are available on a first come, first serve basis.

For more information or registration forms write to M & M Conference; Men Stopping Violence; 1020 DeKalb Avenue, #25; Atlanta, GA 30307. Or call 404-688-1376.

Colorado Conference for Catholic Lesbians-The 5th National Conference for Catholic Lesbians (CCL) is being held over Memorial Day Weekend

at the Aspen Lodge in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. The conference will begin Friday evening, May 25 and will end at noon on Monday, May 28. The theme of this year's conference is "Power and Empowerment.”

CCL, founded in 1983, is a national organization of women who recognize the importance of the Catholic heritage in shaping their lives, and who seek to develop and nurture a spiritual life which enhances and affirms their lesbian identity.

Set in the heart of the Rockies, Conference '90 will feature workshops, liturgies and entertainment. The keynote speaker will be Mary E. Hunt, noted theologian and Co-Director of Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual. Recreational facilities are also available: tennis courts, swimming pool, squash and racquetball courts, hot tub and hiking trails. There will also be diversity in the workshop offerings: feminist theology, homophobia, ecology, relationships, spirituality and social justice, among others. There will be special sessions focusing on aging, lesbian mothers, sexual and substance abuse, lesbian nuns, women in management and opportunities to meet and network with women from your religion.

Conference participants can take advantage of discounts on airfare as well as special Aspen Lodge rates for those who wish to stay on for vacation. The conference registration is $235, which includes accommodations, meals, use of the recreational facilities, and the weekend's events and workshops.

For information, please contact Erna O'Shea, Conference Coordinator, CCL; P.O. Box 436, Planetarium Station; New York, NY 10024 or call 212-562-8922.

Gay travel convention in Key WestOver 100 lesbian and gay travel agents, guest house owners, and tour operators from around the world will gather in Key West, Florida for the annual convention of the International Gay Travel Association (IGTA), May 16-20. Two workshops entitled "Packaging to Attract Group & Individual Business" and "Winning the Direct Mail War" are planned as well as tours, banquets and a trade show. Costs are $250 per person, double, for the convention or $320 per person, double, if one would like to include the one day fam trip on Thursday, May 16th. Eastern Airlines is providing discounted air fare. Agents will return to their offices with greater knowledge of the gay and lesbian travel opportunities available so that they can make knowledgeable recommendations to their clients.

IGTA, a non-profit professional service organization with over 400 members, works for the business enhancement of its members by informing both travel agents and consumers about properties, businesses and destinations that welcome gay and lesbian clientele. Membership in IGTA is open to all travel industry businesses and professionals who wish to be supportive of the gay travel industry throughout the world. Information about IGTA membership and future fam trips may be obtained by calling the 24 hour message center in Denver at 303-467-7117 or by writing IGTA at P.O. Box 18247, Denver, CO 80218. ▼

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