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Right-wing activists are getting ready to challenge local gay rights laws in Ohio

<"A Family of Pride" salutes marchers' parents

▼ Marchers approach Public Square from Euclid Ave., led by ACT UP and several Dykes on Bikes

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Kim Fox, of Cleveland, won Best Costume

The Cleveland City Country Dancers square dance on the Square.

Four Oregon counties and one city will vote June 29 on local antigay initiatives

Volume 8, Issue 13 June 25, 1993

Downtown Pride fest brings 1,800 to Square

By John Chaich

and Joseph Morris

With a new location at Public Square and a myriad of booths to scan, Pride '93 had more than a pink triangle and a drag queen to offer. Festival organizers declared it a success but the heat of the day began to wear on some people.

"I'm hot and bored," was a comment offered to a reporter. "People aren't getting into it," Rob explained, feeling the community present was not as unified as last year.

Luann didn't seem to mind as much, noting that the grassy square where many people congregated was open and "a lot of fun." Her only complaint was that there wasn't enough dance music. Pride organizers had arranged with Bluefish Productions' Brynna Fish to

"pooped out" from the recent March on Washington.

Dawn Leach had a different view. "The D.C. march really got me going on gay pride," she said. She is already making plans for the 25th anniversary of

Stonewall in New York next year.

During the march, ACT UP Cleveland staged a die-in where 31 people participated. March co-chair Tim Hilyard had been concerned that the disruption would divert attention from the other march demands such as equal rights for gays and lesbians and an end Continued on Page 7

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schedule the stage acts, which included new exec

dozens of speakers and entertainers from many gay, lesbian, bisexual and supportive groups. In explaining the limited dance music, organizers commented that Pride should not be considered another "Dancin' in the Streets;" its purpose is to show off and celebrate the diverse community.

Diverse and outgoing. Trinity Cathedral, host of Cleveland's P-FLAG meetings, set up a hospitality table of coffee and juice at the march's starting point Saturday morning; and church members showed their solidarity withthe gay men, lesbians and bisexuals by marching along the route.

There were 600 who marched from East 22nd St. down Euclid Ave., about the same as last year's march. Participant Andy Cheng was surprised at the quality this year, saying that they did "only two chants-that's it!" He reasoned that people might have been

director

by Kevin Beaney

The board of trustees of Cleveland's Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center has hired Judith Rainbrook as the Center's third executive director, replacing Leigh Robertson, effective July 25. The announcement was made by Board President Dolores Noll at the Cleveland Gay Pride Festival June 19.

Rainbrook has played an active role in the Center since early 1986, when it was known as the GEAR Foundation. Her achievements include being board president from 1988 to 1990, during the time that the organization's first executive director was hired and fired; securContinued on Page 7

Fundamentalist running for Lakewood council

by Mike Radice

"If they ask you if you are a Christian, respond by sticking to community concerns. If they push you on the issue, just leave," said Greg Cunningham, director of the Cuyahoga County chapter of the Christian Coalition. His response was intended to answer a woman's question about how to respond to pressure by voters to reveal her fundamentalist Christian beliefs, while campaigning doorto-door for political office.

Cunningham, a Pentecostal Christian, discussed his current campaign experiences as a candidate for Lake-

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Claire of the Moon, 'the lesbian love story of the Nineties' hits Cleveland Heights

Bridging the

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wood City Council at a recent Christian Coalition Leadership Training seminar held in Columbus. He is currently collecting petition signatures to file as a Republican candidate for the at-large seat in the September 28 primary. The petition deadline is July 15. Two others are also running for the Republican nomination.

The Christian Coalition, head by Rev. Pat Robertson, a former Republican presidential hopeful, is a nationwide Christian political action organization with 360,000 members in 31 states. Continued on Page 4

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