FEBRUARY 7, 1997 GAY PEOPLE's ChroniCLE 13

COMMUNITY GROUPS

'Love Makes a Family' photo exhibit comes to Cleveland

by Linda Malicki

Cleveland The Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland is pleased to announce that the national photo exhibit "Love Makes A Family: Living in Lesbian and Gay Families" will be coming to Cleveland in June.

The exhibit is designed to be used by people interested in celebrating family diversity and bringing

visibility to gay and

June. The primary goal in bringing the exhibit here is to challenge homophobia in Cleveland and surrounding areas.

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lesbian people. This photo-text exhibit of twenty families from diverse racial and economic backgrounds has been touring the country for nearly two years, and has been featured at universities, churches and synagogues, libraries and museums. It is endorsed by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Gay and Lesbian Parents' Coalition, International, Children of Gays and Lesbians Everywhere, and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

The exhibit will be sponsored by the Center and American Express Financial Services, and will be in Cleveland for the entire month of

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The exhibit will be displayed in venues around Cleveland open to the general public and will be staffed by volunteers from our community. The impact that this exhibit has had in other cities is remarkable and shows its immense value as an educational outreach tool. The Center is looking for co-sponsors for this event from community groups, organizations and businesses. Also, the Center is asking for volunteers from various community groups to help staff this exhibit. These people would be on hand during exhibit hours to answer questions and help safeguard the display.

Interested organizations can call the Center for more information, or attend the next planning meeting which will be held at the Center Tuesday, February 25 at 7:00 pm.

Linda Malicki is executive director of the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center.

The Styles/MacKenzie family photo from “Love Makes A Family."

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