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MARCH 19, 1993

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and passes to special events. The first fifty people to register for the auction will recieve a free zippered nylon portfolio by GQ. There is no charge for admission or to register to bid. Free refreshments will be available.

Antique auction benefits HIT--On Sunday, April 18, from 1-5 p.m. a benefit for Health Issues Taskforce is being hosted by Church Antiques at 12628 larchmere Blvd. Antiques For AIDS will feature Door Prizes, refreshments and live entertainment with a donation of $10.00 at the door. A Silent Auction with antiques, goods, and services from Cleveland dealers will highlight the afternoon. HIT will provide an information booth and DIFFA will have their unique AIDS-related jewelry for sale. Reservations, which are suggested, may be charged on VISA-Mastercard by calling Church Antiques at 231-8855. For more information, call 371-3712.

The admission charge, proceeds from the silent auction, and 15 percent of all sales at Church Antiques on the day of the event, will directly benefit the work of Health Issues Taskforce.

Melt it down! Work it out! Cleveland area fitness buffs will be "sweating with the best" on Saturday, April 3, when they participate in the Fifth Annual Workout for Hope, a national aerobic and exercise marathon benefiting AIDS research at City of Hope National Medical Center.

Heading the workout from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the North Royalton High School gymnasium, 14713 Ridge Road, will be chairperson Nancy Rolsen. Co-chairing the event is Cheryl Pasek. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. Event information and signup forms can be obtained by calling 216328-0135 or 800-544-3541, Ext. 6205. Workout for Hope is being held in 90 cities across the nation. For more information call 328-0135.

Girth & Mirth & Cleveland--A new club is forming in Cleveland. Girth & Mirth is a club for the big man and his admirer. The main purpose of the organization is to offer a safe meeting place where both big men and their admirers can socialize without being chastized.

One of the last discriminations to be brought to light is that of being gay. Add to that the flagrant discrimination against being fat and a double header discrimination is in the open. The second purpose of Girth & Mirth is to educate not only our members that fat is not bad and that to like fat men is not bad, but to educate the gay community that we are intelligent, fun, and caring men to speak with and get to know. We are a viable group in our community, be it gay or not.

The Cleveland club is being sponsored by Girth & Mirth--Detroit until the group is strong enough to be on its own.

If you wish details on G & M, contact Ken Richter, 24728 Donald Ave., Redford, Mich. 48239, 313-531-3907 voice, 313531-0733 fax.

IG LA

National

Gay travelers' home exchange-Club EX Network, the International Home Exchange and Hospitality Club, recently established a toll free number for information in the U.S. The organization, launched last year and based in London, is the first home exchange and hospitality networking service for gays and lesbians worldwide.

The home exchange service helps vacationers travel for much lower costs, since the cost of housing is reduced to zero. It also encourages cultural exchange between gays and lesbians of different countries.

With over 120 members worldwide, the club was founded as an alternative to straight home-exchange organizations, since many gay and lesbian travellers prefer to arrange home exchanges without feeling the need to explain their sexual orientation.

Membership for one year costs approximately the same as one night in a downtown hotel. Member's confidentiality is assured. Call 800-787-0010 or write Doug Rattray, Club Ex Network, PO Box 101, London SW12 OPR, UK, (Tel/Fax 44-81-6756195).

Veterans get Midwest representative--Miriam Ben-Shalom, President, Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans of America (GLBVA) announced recently the appointment of Christopher Boadt as the Midwest Regional Representative of the GLBVA.

Boadt is a U.S. Army Veteran who served for three years as a Counterintelligence Special Agent in Frankfurt, Germany. Upon disclosure of his homosexuality he was arrested by military officials in December of 1990. The following two months Boadt was interrogated numerous times as the U.S. Army attempted to charge him with violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. In February 1991 Boadt received an Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Army. Boadt currently serves as a logistics coordinator for a state professional association in Columbus, Ohio.

The GLBVA, a social and advocacy group, was founded in 1990 and currently has 28 chapters around the country. The Ohio GLBVA has nearly 100 people on its mailing list and meets the first Saturday of every month at the Grapevine Cafe, 73 East Gay Street, Columbus, OH at 4:00p.m. and is open to all interested parties.

Pen Pal Club Embraces People With AIDS, People At Risk

A unique correspondence club, formed in 1991 to serve the needs of the person with HIV disease, is now calling out to the gay and lesbian community in a new membership drive. This outreach, says the entity's spokesperson, is carefully designed for the benefit of all.

"As we provide the warmth of support and friendship to the HIV population,' explained club coordinator Jay Eastman. "we now have an urgent message for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters."

The "Pen Pal Project" has always been open to persons who weren't affected by HIV, but "since the disease is still, despite all efforts, wreaking massive damage to the

INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN AQUATICS

ATTENTION CLEVELAND

IGLA, a group of officiallysanctioned swimming, water

polo, SCUBA, and diving clubs is looking for aquatic enthusiasts to help form a Cleveland Swim Club. IGLA actively promotes aquatics among lesbians, gay men and friends of our community and ensures the highest standards for aquatic competitions and international standards for future gay games. For more information call Dan Reichert at 229-2138

gay and lesbian population, the club is offering its response," Eastman explained.

It gives all its members a chance to meet interesting new people and, in the subsequent sharing of life experiences, what Eastman calls "an unforgettable growth and learning experience about safe practices, courage, and survival." The nonprofit club, he continued, is a "cheap, practical, win/win opportunity" for all who join.

"AIDS is a war," Eastman asserts, "against a common enemy. Only if all of us work together can we give comfort to the casualties, confront the enemy, and protect one another. And we must do it.'

He stated that the club assures total confidentiality to all members, as well as a wholesome atmosphere in which new friendships may flourish. Details about the organization may be obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to PEN PAL, PO Box 635, Chowchilla CA 93610.

Lesbian and gay Catholics meet in New Orleans-Dignity/USA will bring its eleventh biennial convention to the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, from July 28 through August 1. Certain to be the surprise high point of the New Orleans Archdiocese's 200th anniversary year, the Dignity convention will draw gay and lesbian Catholics and their supporters from throughout the United States. Major speakers will include authors Virginia Hoffman and Brian McNaught, and the Reverend Carter Heyward, one of the first women priests ordained in the Episcopal Church. Body Electric's Joe Kramer and Annie Sprinkle will direct an exploration of the human body as "Temple of the Holy Spirit."

Dignity/USA is a national organization for Gay and Lesbian Catholics and their friends with over eighty chapters throughout the United States, and a national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Dignity demands full equality for women and men in the Church and society; and celebrates Gay and Lesbian relationships.

For a complete packet of information and registration forms, write to: Dignity/ USA, 1500 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 11, Washington, DC 20005 or phone 800877-8797.

Lesbian foundation seeks donation--Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation, which supports a number of lesbian-focused cultural, political, educational and health initiatives, is seeking donations. Its programs include the Astraea

Grantmaking Program; the Lynn Campbell Memorial Fund to support community organizing projects; the Margot Karle Scholarship for a City University of New York system; the Lesbian Writers Fund, and Lesbian Visibiltiy in Action, which offers workshops, institutes and forums on fundrainsing, organization-building, multiculturalism and leadership development Info: 213-529-8021 or write Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation, 666 Broadway, Suite 520, New York, NY 10012.

Wayne Hoffman is seeking submissions of personal essays, articles, or short fiction about coming out in the age of AIDS. He will be compiling a book this summer for publication--a collection of pieces about how young gay or bi men deal with hiv safe sex, aids, anxiety, etc. Men aged 25 or younger who are "out" are asked to send in pieces for consideration by June 1, 1993, along with a cover letter and briefbio, to: P.O. Box 26042, Arlington, VA 22215. Hoffman is a 22 year old, HIVnegative, Jewish gay urbanite. Those with backgrunds different from his--men of color, men from small towns, bi men, and HIV positive men--are particularly encouraged to send in contributions. Hoffman is a freelance writer living in DC. His work has appeard in the the Washington Blade and Frontiers magazine. He has also written a personal essay on gay men coming out post-AIDS, which has been accepted for publication by the New York Times.

Director sought-Community United Against Violence is initiating, a nationwide search for a new Executive Director. The acting Executive Director, Michael Thompson, is reaching out to lesbian, gay and bisexual community leaders and activists to find and recruit qualified candidated-expecially people of color--to take over the 14-year-old agency.

CUAV is a non-profit, lesbian-gay-bisexual agency dedicated to ending hatemotivated violence against as well as treating survivors of gay men's domestic violence. The agency has client service programs, is implementing a lesbian domestic violence program, has a large speakers bureau, is establishing a pro bono panel of attorneys for hate crime cases and is in the process of developing a major media campaign. For job description, write to CUAV at 973 Market Street, Suirt 500, San Francisco, CA 94103. The deadline for receipt of resumes is March 30, 1993.

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