Page 8 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE September, 1990

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Bowling season is here. The North Coast Bowling Association will be celebrating their tenth anniversary season with the beginning of their two leagues this fall. Leagues are scheduled for Sundays at 1:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. and are located at Ambassador Superior Lanes, 1500 Superior Avenue, 621-1306.

For more information, call Jim at 2528933, Bruce at 371-0681, Chuck at 9416503, or Bill at 228-2296.

Akron bowling season. Akron area's Summit Bowling Association will begin its fifth season of league play on Friday, September 7 at 9:30 p.m. This year's league bowling will be at Northgate Lanes in the State Road Shopping Center in Cuyahoga Falls.

Bowling is an enjoyable alternative to the bar scene and gives you an opportunity to meet many good people. The most important aspect of this league is that you don't have to be a "pro" to become involved. Bowling averages range from under 100 to over 160.

Become a part of a new alternative! For additional information call Mike at 535-7433 (in the Akron area), or Dave at 724-4530.

Mentor socials HUGS East will hold programs on the following Wednesday nights at "The Mentor Center" for gays, lesbians and bisexuals in Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula Counties:

September 5: Open Rap and Dance Lessons with David Volk. Learn the Waltz, Disco Hustle, Jitterbug, and other dances on request. Cost is $5 per person per night.

Sept. 12: Open Rap Sept. 19: Pot Luck

Sept. 26: Women's Issues

Oct. 3: Dance Lessons, Open Rap The Mentor Center is located at the East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 8181 South Center Road, Mentor. All programs begin at 7:00 p.m. and run until 9:00 p.m. For directions, times, and further information contact Dale at 974-8628, Lorna at 257-3627, or write HUGS East, P.O. Box 15, Painesville, OH 44077.

Ohio Lesbian Festival Lesbians are invited to central Ohio for a day of live music, workshops, crafts and the opportunity to meet more than 1,000 lesbians. The Lesbian Business Association of Columbus is sponsoring this second annual, outdoor, secluded event on Saturday, Spetember 8, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. The location is Frontier Ranch in Kirkersville, a private site of 150 acres of woods and meadows, located east of Columbus on Route 40, east of Highway 310.

Topping off the listing of talent are nationally-known performers Teresa Trull and Monica Grant, and Ohiobased Karen Stevenson. The stage will be active all day and night, while workshops and a crafts area will also be part of the festival.

A ticket $12 in advance, $15 at the gate covers all activities. Food, including a vegetarian service, is available at

additional cost, or you may bring your own snacks or picnic lunch. No pets are permitted.

Combat censorship The "Creative Coalition to Combat Censorship" is now being formed in Cleveland in an effort to defend our rights as a society to uncensored freedom of expression.

Recently, various organizations have empowered themselves with alarming ease to act as censors in the name of "community standards." Two recent cases which have received extensive media coverage are the obscenity charges against Robert Mapplethorpe's photographic exhibit in Cincinnatti, where a museum director was arrested; and the banning of 2 Live Crew's album "As Nasty as They Wanna Be." The National Endowment for the Arts has now attached restrictions to other projects which might be labeled "obscene". In the face of such threats, artists and entertainers are beginning to quell their own creativity.

If, as is promised in the first amendment, Congress can make no law suppressing freedom of expression, then why is free expression being suppressed? From art and opera to comedy and adult entertainment, censorship has reared its ugly head. When do the book burnings begin?

Whom would you have determine "community standards" in your community? Join the first organizational meeting, to be held in September at Cleveland State University. For more information, contact Joseph Guy at the Cleveland chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union at 781-6277.

News for pet owners A new business in Cleveland is now operating with ten convenient locations. "Pet Watchers", an alternative to kennels, offers pet care without cages. It's stressful for pets to be left in cages or kennels. With this service, each pet will be cared for in a stress-free environment. Pet Watchers is a network of foster homes to care for your pets, meeting the special needs of older dogs, cats and kittens, and even exotic pets.

For more information, please call 2518588, or write to Pet Watchers, 3778 Rocky River Drive, Suite 142, Cleveland, OH 44111.

National

Cincinnati art: ally-On Monday, September 24, at 9:30 a.m., a rally will be held on the steps of the Hamilton County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Streets), in support of the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC). That is the time and day scheduled for the beginning of the trial against the CAC and its executive director, Dennis Barrie, as a result of their indictment on pandering obscenity during the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition.

The gathering is sponsored by Cincinnati Gay and Lesbian March Activists and ACT UP Cincinnati, who invite all concerned citizens and organizations to attend this nonviolent demonstration. Throughout the U.S., artists who exercise their freedom to create controversial art risk losing their funding because of National Endowment for the Arts

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restrictions. In Cincinnati, artists risk criminal prosecution.

Cincinnati and Hamilton County have a history of harassment against gays and lesbians, as well as artists, exhibitors of art, and other vulnerable groups. Supporters of the CAC have called the trial a blow to artistic freedom, an example of homophobic intimidation, a legal sham, and a disgrace to the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Workshop guides New guides to leading workshops on lesbian and gay issues are now available from the Campaign to End Homophobia

With the recent completion of two new facilitator's guides, the task of antihomophobia education just became one step easier.

"Opening Doors to Understanding and Acceptance" and "A Guide to Leading Introductory Workshops on Homophobia," are designed to assist the first-time facilitator or to supplement an experienced trainer's materials. The manuals contain exciting, creative and effective tools to design learning activities that challenge homophobic attitudes.

Both manuals address the difficult task of facilitating workshops around the issue of oppression of sexual minorities. They offer creative ways of discussing the facts and the myths surrounding homosexuality, the connections between homophobia and other forms of oppression, and the effects of homophobia on heterosexuals.

For more information on the guides or on the Campaign to End Homophobia, contact Cooper Thompson at 617-8688280.

Nominate a book The Gay and Lesbian Task Force of the American Library Association is issuing a call for nominations for its 1991 Lesbian-gay Book Awards. Awards are presented to both fiction and nonfiction books of exceptional merit relating to the gay and lesbian experience. To be eligible, a book must have been published in calendar year 1990. Awards are not limited to American publications; books published outside the United States and in all languages are also eligible.

The awards have been given since 1971, making them the oldest gay and lesbian award in the United States. A committee comprised members of the ALA Gay and Lesbian Task Force

chooses each year's winners from a list of nominations compiled throughout the year. Any individual or group not affiliated with the publisher of the book being nominated may submit nominations to the chair of the Lesbian-gay

Book Award Committee: Adam L.

Schiff, Assistant Science Librarian, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 184, Boulder, CO 80309-0184. Fax transmissions may be sent to the Chair at 303-492-2185. Electronic mail (BITNET) sent to SCHIFFA@CUBLDR.COLORADO.EDU is also acceptable. A short statement describing why a book is being nominated must accompany the nomination. Nominations must be mailed by December 31, 1990. The award winners will be announced in March 1991.

Gayellow Pages-The USA/Canada Edition for 1991, is now available. Copies are on sale at gay, feminist, and alternative bookstores, or may be ordered by mail from Renaissance House, Box 292 Village Station, New York, NY 10014. In USA: $10 includes discreet first class mail.

There is no charge to be listed in Gayellow Pages, but we do ask for a stamped, self-addressed business-size envelope so we can send the appropriate application form.

Gay and Lesbian elected officials meet-Participants in the Sixth Annual International Conference of Lesbian and Gay Elected and Appointed Officials, providing a forum for gay leaders to confer and learn from each other, will gather this year in Boston for a series of workshops, caucuses and speeches. The groundswell of grassroots activism in recent years has propelled many lesbians and gays into government posts, and many more into positions of influence. This year's conference, on November 1618, will bring together the largest number of officials yet, in the state that recently became only the second in the nation to enact a civil rights protection law inclusive of sexual orientation.

This year's participants will be treated to a keynote address by one of the leaders in the gay rights movement in East Germany. Eduard Stapel, a leader of the "gay-union" political party, will speak on the battle for gay and lesbian equality in the emerging new Europe.

HRCF interns-The Human Rights Campaign Fund is looking for interns for its Washington, DC. office. The Campaign Fund lobbies on Capitol Hill, participates in elections for House and Senate, and mobilizes grassroots support nationwide. Interns work in all program areas including field, political, legislative, gay and lesbian issues, and communications.

This is a great opportunity for someone interested in lesbian and gay issues, or just in learning how government and politics work.

Interns must work at least 20 hours per week for three months, and will receive a stipend from the Campaign Fund. Each is under the direction of a staff member.

Contact Anne Theisen at 202-6284160 or at the Human Rights Campaign Fund, 1012 14th Street, N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, DC. 20005. Application should include a letter describing why you want to work at the Campaign Fund and the date you would be available to start; as well as a resume and a writing sample.

Application deadline for internships beginning in early 1991 is October 15, 1990. Decisions will be made by the Campaign Fund by the end of October. Ap-

plications are also being accepted from candidates who want to start later in the year.

Family Registry-Organizations are being sought nationwide to promote the Lesbian and Gay National Family Registry. The registry can be used to raise money for local organizations and to help create a record of our families to

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