PRIDE GUIDE 1995 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

Interfaith Pride service

set for Friday, June 16

As the kick-offto Pride Weekend, Chevrei Tikva, Cleveland's synagogue with an outreach to the Jewish gay and lesbian community, will once again sponsor its annual Interfaith Pride Service to be held at the Unitarian Society, at 2728 Lancashire Road, Cleveland Hts. on Friday night, June 16 at 8:00 pm. As always, members of all faiths, gay and straight, are invited to attend the service. Every year our attendance has grown and we believe this year will be no different.

This service gives members of the lesbian and gay community the chance to get together prior to the weekend's activities. At press time, members from Chevrei Tikva, Archwood United Church of Christ, Dignity (Catholic), Emmanuel Christian Fellowship,

Interweave, Liberation United Church of Christ, Lutherans Concerned and Unitarian Society of Cleveland will participate in the service. The evening's speaker will be a representative from the lesbian and gay interfaith community.

Those in attendance will be able to see and hear the inaugural performance of a new gay and lesbian a cappella choir known as Good Company. In addition, for this event, there will be a combined choir comprised of members from Chevrei Tikva and Liberation U.C.C.

Regardless of your religious affiliation, this uplifting and spiritual service is a great way to start Pride Weekend.

Following the service, refreshments will be served.

Lesbian, gay ex-Jehovah's Witnesses to meet

"A Common Bond," a support group for persons who are or were associated with Jehovah's Witnesses, will meet for a potluck on Saturday, June 10 at 11 am. A luncheon, sharing and caring will be hosted by

Bob Downing, Jody

Benton and Fred Smith

at a

member's Cleveland home.

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we learn to accept our orientation. I need to be myself, as I know God loves me, and yet I want to be a part of a group who loves and accepts me as I am."

'Some of us have had religion and fear tactics forced upon US, so the last thing we want to hear about is God."

"Some of us have had religion and fear tactics forced upon us, so the last thing we want to hear about is God," said Downing, a long time member of the group. "Yet we miss the family and friendships we used to have, so we have found a group of friends who accept us as we are."

Benton identified her feelings: "I and others look for a safe space to experience the love and acceptance that we can enjoy when

"Many of us have been rejected,

shamed and intimidated by so-called friends and family," noted Smith. "God can be a close friend when we let go of the fear tactics of people,

and accept the unconditional love of a caring and proud creator. I find inner peace when I realize that I am a special and unique work of a truly loving God."

If you would like more information about A Common Bond or would like to attend the potluck you may call Fred at 216-241-6001, Jody at 216-522-1999, or Bob at 216-621-0228. A newsletter is available upon request.

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African-American Caucus to march together

The African-American Caucus invites all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered African-Americans to walk together in Cleveland's Pride March on June 17. You don't need to be a member of the Caucus to join us, just Black, Queer,

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