14 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE OCTOBER 13, 1995

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The Lesbian/Gay Community Service Center (The Center) is sponsoring a clothing collection to benefit Project Goshen, a non-profit neighborhood development project which works in Cleveland's inner city with recovering drug and alcohol abusers to rehabilitate

neighborhood housing.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Drop off clothing anytime The Center is open. Clothing box is located in the courtyard behind The Center. Donation letters are available on the side of the box.

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A benefit for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

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featuring the music of 02, R340 girls, stopping but the girl, melissa ferrick and many more!

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Workshop shows ways of staying healthy with HIV

The Ohio AIDS Coalition is very pleased to present Staying Healthy With HIV, a unique workshop that provides practical information about what people with HIV/AIDS can do now to stay healthy. The workshop will be presented on October 21 at 1:30 pm in the main auditorium of the Columbus Main Library, 96 S. Grant Ave. The program is presented free of charge to participants through program funds of the Ohio AIDS Coalition.

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cations, nutrition and supplements, and other health-promoting behaviors. The program presents options, rather than a strict regimen. The medications include anti-virals, immune

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modulators, treatment for symptoms, and other supportive therapies. To make the information as

practical and relevant as possible, the workshop will discuss how the medication work, research results, anecdotal reports, dosage, side-effects and availability. The topics are discussed with the aid of slides, including charts and photographs. A healthy dose of humor helps to keep things in perspective.

QALITION

HIV/AIDS is on the threshold of being a manageable disease. Great strides have been made in fighting HIV, supporting the immune system, treatment and prophylaxis for opportunistic infections, and nutrition and supplementation. The importance of lifestyle factors is apparent. An effective, comprehensive treatment approach is finally emerging.

The mission of Staying Healthy with HIV is to educate people with HIV/AIDS about health-promoting treatments and behaviors that can improve their health and quality of life. Many options are available, but limited access to information can make treatment choices difficult.

To empower people with HIV/AIDS to take charge of their health care and establish a personalized health program, the workshop provides information about complementary and alternative treatment options that are available now, often at very low cost and with demonstrated effectiveness, as shown by scientific research and anecdotal reports.

Staying Healthy with HIV will present a comprehensive treatment approach that includes complementary and alternative medi-

David Baker and Richard Copeland have been developing and presenting Staying Healthy with HIV for over five years. David is a masters-prepared RN, specializing in health promotion for people with HIV/AIDS. Richard was director of the Healing Alternatives Foundation, an HIV/AIDS buyer's club in San Francisco. Staying Healthy with HIV is a project of the Center for Natural and Traditional Medicines, in Washington, D.C.

Baker and Copeland regularly present this workshop at clinics, hospitals, health departments, AIDS service organizations and conferences internationally. In the spring of 1993 they presented the workshop in Columbus as a part of their nineteenth city tour of the U.S. and Canada. They were very well received, and we are excited to have them back.

For further information. and to pre-register for Staying Healthy with HIV, contact the Ohio AIDS Coalition, 48 W. Whittier St., Columbus, 43206; 614-444-1683.

Avoid getting busted for sex in the Metroparks

Sgt. John Manzett of the Cleveland Metroparks met with representatives of the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center last week to discuss strategies on curtailing public sex and indecent exposure at the parks.

Manzett said there has been an increase in the frequency of male-male public sex in the parks as well as indecent exposure in the bathrooms. The park rangers will continue to ticket and arrest, Manzett said, but he was asking for help from the Center in curtailing this activity.

The Center continues to train law enforcement. Recently completed are Cleveland Police cadets and Lakewood Police cadets; Metropark Ranger cadet trainings are in planning stages.

The Center recommends: ■No sexual activity in public places. ■Taking great care when meeting people in areas like the parks. Alcohol and drug use affects judgement, the ability to assess the danger of a situation, and the ability to respond when danger arises.

LESBIAN GAY

According to Ed Boyte, Community formerly of the Center's Service

Maryann Finegan Project,

the rangers are not discour-

aging gays and lesbians

from using the parks, nor

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from meeting others at the parks and making arrangements to later meet elsewhere.

Boyte also told the rangers that many of those who "cruise" the parks do not selfidentify as gay, and any illegal activities that may occur are not a reflection on gays in general.

People who experience verbal, physical, or sexual assault are encouraged to report it to the Center's hotline, 216-861-5454. Also, reports of harassment by law enforcement are recorded and followed up by the Center.

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■"Safer" places to meet and have sex with others include local bathhouses; see listings under "Spas" in the directory inside the back cover of this paper. ■Learning more about safer sex and always practicing it. Men In Touch and Women In Touch are discussion groups run by the AIDS Taskforce of Cleveland, held at the Lesbian Gay Community Center, 1418 W. 29th St. Safer sex, ways to meet people, and relationships are discussed at these meetings. For more information, call Bridget or Shawn at the Taskforce, 216-621-0766.

Condoms and dental dams are available at area bars, the Center and the Taskforce.

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and Have a Date For Tomorrow!

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