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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

Bits & Pieces

Local

Emotions Anonymous

meets every Friday at 8:00 pm at 23002 Lakeshore Blvd (the East Shore United Methodist Church) in Euclid. If you are having problems with your emotions, perhaps Emotions Anonymous can help. For information call 7313422 in the Cleveland area or 929-6893 in the Akron area.

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Hard Hatted Career Fair. Hard Hatted Women, a support organization for women in or seeking jobs in the trades, is sponsoring a Career Fair on Saturday, March 13 from 10 am until 3 pm at Cleveland State University's Mather Mansion, 2605 Euclid Ave. Women interested in learning about job opportunities in blue collar trades and apprenticeship and training programs should attend. Child care is available.

Any employer interested in reserving a table to discuss job opportunities with qualified women should call 961-4449.

Hard Hatted Women, founded in 1979, is a non-profit organization offering support and advocacy to a growing segment of the workforce, skilled tradeswomen. Members are union, non-union and self-employed as technical and blue-collar workers, trainees, apprentices and all others who support economic independence for women.

Gay minister at Methodist reconciliation service. The Methodist Federation for Social Action will hold a worship service that affirms the diversity of God's human creation and proclaims a vision of a reconciling community at Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, 1919 E. 107th St, Cleveland, on Sunday, March 7 at 7:30 pm.

An openly gay United Methodist ordained clergyman, the Rev. William L. Bartholomew, will be the speaker. He will speak of the meeting place of faith and honesty in the life of a Christian homosexual. Bartholomew was recently placed on leave of absence when his sexual orientation came to the attention of his bishop. This inclusive service is open to everyone.

MOORE and ASSOCIATES

a psychological practice

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A report will be given of plans to begin a Cleveland based chapter of "Affirmation, a gathering of lesbians and gay United Methodists and their friends.

Oldest continuing organization? The Personal Rights Organization (PRO) of Ohio is getting ready to organize its 25th anniversary celebration and would like to verify the accuracy of one of its claims to fame. PRO was originally organized in Toledo, in September 1968 as the Mattachine Society, taking the same name as pre-existing organizations in other cities.

Members of PRO want to verify if theirs is the oldest continuously operating lesbianbisexual-gay organization in Ohio, the Midwest, or perhaps the country. If anyone knows of an organization which is still in existence, operating continuously, which traces its roots prior to September 1968, please contact Gary Klein, Business Librarian, University of Toledo, P.O.Box 12650, Toledo OH 43606.

All Ohio lesbian and gay veterans: The Columbus GLBVA is pleased to announce the expansion of its region and change of name to Ohio Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans of America. the Ohio GLBVA welcomes all Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans to join in our growth process.

The Ohio GLBVA has developed brochures detailing information on "How to upgrade your discharge," "How to get your Military Records," and "How to Correct your Military Records." The Ohio GLBVA meet to develop friendships and share information about experiences in the military on the fist Saturday of every month at the Grapevine Cafe, 73 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio at 4:00 p.m.

For information, or to receive one of the Ohio GLBVA brochures mentioned above, write to Ohio GLBVA, P.O. Box 10709, Columbus, Ohio 43201 or call Mike Ditmer, Stonewall Union, 614-299-7764.

Arab Americans Organize in Central Ohio. A new group is forming for Gay and Lesbian Arabs and Americans of Arab descent in Ohio. GLAAD-O is the first such

MOORE and ASSOCIATES has lesbian and gay therapists providing individual, group, family and couples therapy. Groups include the following:

CONTINUALLY COMING OUT For information, call Peggy Keating, M.A., L.S.W.

DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS For information, call Steve Whitehouse, M.Ed.

NORTH COAST MEN'S CHORUS

ROCK -NROLL REMEMBERED

Popular music of the Rock-n-Roll era...with a few surprises!

LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

(At the corner of Bunts and Franklin) THE "L" ROOM

SATURDAY MARCH 13, 8:00 PM

Tickets are $8.00 in advance and $10.00 at the door. For tickets call (216) 473-8919.

Tickets are also available at:

High Tide Rock Bottom, Gifts Of Athena, Truffles Pastry Shop, and the Lesbian/Gay Community Services Center.

A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

INTERPRETED FOR DEAF PERSONS

organization in the state. GLAAD-O seeks to provide a safe and welcoming environment for Arab Americans and newcomers from Arab countries seeking the fellowship and hospitality of Arab culture.

GLAAD-O aims to eliminate feelings of isolation and the effects of homophobia through a safe network of friends. Gay and lesbian Arab Americans face the double edged sword of homophobia and racism. GLAAD-O's goals include addressing both challenges.

Write GLAAD-O at P.O. Box 10001, Columbus, Ohio, 43201 or call at 614-2672800. All contacts are confidential.

AIDS benefit concert. Compositions by J. S. Bach, Jehan Alain, and Leo Sowerby will be among those performed to raise money to support local AIDS service organizations. An organ concert, featuring Fabian Emilio Toledo, will be held at the West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Rocky River on Sunday, March 21, at 4 pm. Donations of $5 per person will be solicited and subsequently given to the Health Is-

sues Taskforce. Fabian Toledo Toledo is the

church's organist, and is pursuing graduate studies under Todd Wilson at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Toledo has a long resumé of distinguished musical performance. He was the first prize winner of Argentina's First Young Artists National Competition, won a Performance Certificate from Indiana University in 1990, and has an extensive recital list.

West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, a church which has opened its doors to lesbian and gay people, is located at 20401 Hilliard Blvd. in Rocky River. The concert will be held in the church's sanctuary. For information call 333-2255.

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Bridge anyone? For those of you with a desire to play or learn contract bridge the time has come. We are starting a bridge club for gay men and lesbians. Snicker's Restaurant has agreed to provide its upstairs dining room for our pleasure. We will meet the first and third Monday of each month, beginning March 1. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and bridge will begin at 7:30. For those not wishing to join us for dinner, the cost will be $5.00 (to pay for the cost of the room). Beverage service will be available throughout the evening.

We will have beginners, intermediate, and advanced tables. If you are interested in instructing or want more information contact Mike O'Connor or Buck Harris for more information at 961-5806.

Allegheny College alumni: Allegheny College is looking for members of its alumni in the Cleveland area who are interested in the possibility of forming a Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Alumni Caucus.

Nancy Wilson, an Allegheny alumna, prominent gay rights activist, author, and senior pastor of Metropolitan Community Church of Los Angeles, will visit the campus on March 7, 8 and 9. Among other activities she will provide the sermon at Ford Chapel on Sunday and presenta lecture as part of Women's History Month.

Ms. Wilson has suggested that during her visit Allegheny alumni gather on campus to talk and discuss the possibility of forming a Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Caucus. Plans are being made to meet informally Saturday evening, March 6, for a general discussion followed by a luncheon session Sunday, March 7 to consider an ongoing caucus, its purpose and goals.

Interested alumni should contact: Prof. Ernest Schwarz at 814-337-2307 or write: Allegheny College, Committee in Support of Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals, Box 186, Meadville, PA 16635 for further details. All responses will be kept confidential.

The See Jane Build project is a cooperative effort between Hard Hatted Women, a non-profit advocate for women in the skilled building trades, and Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity, an international organization that utilizes volunteers and donations to build housing for the low-income. The goal of the project is to build and finance a house entirely by women.

The project seeks to gain exposure for women in non-traditional jobs while providing a simple decent home for a lowincome family.

5¢ Decision, a West Side women's bar, will host a See Jane Build Benefit the evening of April 3 (Karaoke Night!). Raffle, Instant Bingo, Habitat and Hard Hatted Women merchandise will be available for purchase as well (caps, T-shirts, hard hats, women in construction coloring books and more). Donations Welcome! Call Deb Bryan, 3915481 for more details.

For more information or to donate money to this project please call Habitat at 6967788. To volunteer your skills (or to learn new skills in a supportive atmosphere) please call HHW at 961-4449.

Legal same-sex marriage meeting at Center. The Equal Marriage Rights Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to the legalization of Gay and Lesbian marriage rights and acts as a national clearinghouse for Gay and Lesbian rights information.

Currently, the primary focus of EMRF is to win the lawsuit filed by Craig Dean and Patrick Gill against the District of Columbia for denying the couple's marriage license application because they are gay.

No state in the Union will recognize same-sex marriage. It is possible for samesex couples to have a wedding ceremony, however, such a ceremony does not create or have legal benefits, and protections for all married couples is the goal of EMRF.

Dean and Gill, while visiting Cleveland for Pride last year told us that the soil is fertile for change but local organization is essential to assure national success.

A outline of long-term and short-term goals will be discussed at the Center on Wednesday, March 3 from 6 pm to 8 pm, or call 932-9751 for more information.

National

Black gay short fiction and art sought. Essex Hemphill, cultural activist and editor of the critically acclaimed collection, Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men, invites submissions to be considered for Bedside Companions, his forthcoming anthology of short fiction by black gay men. The new anthology intends to more closely examine home, friendship, family, lovers, "brothers," and the impact life's joys and sorrows have upon these relationships. Bedside Companions seeks to acknowledge and affirm the ways black gay men support, sustain, and love one another through these critical times.

Submissions of up to two pieces of your best unpublished short fiction (including novel excerpts), 10-20 pages, are encouraged. These should be submitted in duplicate, with an SASE if you wish them returned. Also include a one-paragraph biography. No plays, poems, essays or novels will be accepted, nor will works with gratuitous sex, violence, misogyny, or sexism. There are, however, no concerns about explicit, graphic language.

Black artists interested in submitting art work for the book's cover and inside illustrations may send up to six slides, clearly