GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE APRIL 4, 1997

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FORECLOSURES ■I.R.S ACTIONS

■ GARNISHMENTS

■ LAWSUITS

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 13

Cancel debts while keeping most property

Control business operations & personal affairs while restructuring

Save your home by consolidating debts into a monthly payment plan

Joan Allyn Kodish Co., LPA

1015 Euclid Avenue⚫ Cleveland, Ohio 44115

(216)566-0580

Martha H. Murphy, Ph.D.

Counseling Psychologist

Lesbian and Gay Issues

Personal Growth and Expression

Hypnosis and Imagery

Sexual Abuse

Depression and Anxiety Individual and Couples

sance Accepted

(216)734-7841

8748 Brecksville Rd. Suite 222 Brecksville, Ohio 44141

21843 Norton Rd. Bedford Hts., Ohio 44146

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Housing and employment rights to be celebrated

by Bill Henderson

and Rich Oldrieve Cleveland-Stonewall Cleveland is excited to invite you to a Memorial Day weekend barbecue and rally for housing and employment rights, from 2:00 to 6:00 pm on Sunday, May 25 at Pilgrim Church on West 14th at Starkweather.

Stonewall Cleveland will be honoring North Olmsted Mayor Ed Boyle, Cleveland Mayor Michael White, and Cleveland city councilmen

Bill

to educate the community about political issues, we plan this cookout to publicize who our friends are in North Olmsted and in Cleveland's November municipal elections. We hope to encourage similar support in other cities in Northeast Ohio. Even if you don't live in either city, you will still have a good time and find out how to help us gain more supportive politicians where you live! In addition to local social and entertainment groups will help us rally the energy needed to work in these cities.

STONEWALL

CLEVELAND

Patmon and Tim Melena for helping to enact lesbian-gay antidiscrimination legislation. With legislation soon to be pending in Lakewood, Westlake, and other cities, we will celebrate cities that provide you the security to live free from discrimination.

This Memorial weekend barbecue rally is a change of pace from Stonewall Cleveland's annual fundraising dinner and is guaranteed to be fun, rain or shine. A lesbian/gay political organization of Northeastern Ohio Pilgrim Church's parking lot should come alive with party music and private caterers selling a variety of food ranging from hot dogs to barbecue ribs to vegetarian. In case of cold or rain, Pilgrim's fellowship hall will offer refuge.

Many times our community is so inundated with bad news from our enemies that we forget to celebrate our successes and honor our friends. Last summer, Mayor Edward Boyle shepherded through the North Olmsted city council a fair housing ordinance that gives gays, lesbians and bisexuals equal rights to purchase homes and rent apart-

ments.

Just this past December and January, Cleveland city councilmen Bill Patmon and Tim Melena created groundbreaking legislation that made Cleveland the first city in the country to make discrimination against lesbians, bisexuals and gays a criminal offense punishable by fines and jail.

As part of Stonewall Cleveland's mission

The bottom line of this cookout or any other political event is to raise money. In addition to garnering a few bucks for Stonewall Cleveland's educational mission, we are hoping to help our politician friends raise some campaign funds. Because Stonewall's tax status prevents us from directly contributing to campaigns, we invite our honorees to set up booths so that the community can show support by contributing to their campaigns. Please remember-if we aren't willing to help our friends, our enemies are more than willing to replace them with someone else more to their liking!

PITFALL OR PRANK

BLISS OR BLASPHEMY

LESSONS

HARDSHIP OR HILARITY

OF LOVE

The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater Presents PUCCINI'S Sister Angelica • RAVEL'S The Spanish Hour

Two one-act operas in sharp contrast. One, a dramatic tragedy of a young noblewoman who enters a convent after bearing a child out of wedlock, the other a comic romp complete with illicit meetings, mistaken

identities and a husband who is duped by his wife! Both engaging stories, directed by Gary Race, offer beautiful musical scores performed by the CIM Orchestra under the direction of Carl Topilow.

April 9 and 12 at 8:00 p.m. April 11 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets: $10 Adults; $5 Students and Seniors $4 for groups of 10 or more for the Friday Matinee CALL 216-791-5000, ext. 411

The Cleveland Institute of Music 11021 East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44106

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TORONTO

PRIDE TOUR

Saturday, June 28 through Monday, June 30

Includes:

Round trip motorcoach transportation, two nights

downtown Toronto accommodations near all Pride Day activities, Casino Niagara, refreshments and activities en route.

Cost: $165.00 per person/based on double occupancy.

To Register Call:

Cleveland Area (216) 818PRIDE (7743)

Akron Area (330)914-TOUR (8687)

N.E.O. Pride Tours

Lakefront Inco 14 °C Min 1 240UNG

$16500

The Cleveland Task Force on

GRAY PRIDE Gay & Lesbian Aging

presents a free series of workshops for

Lesbians and Gay Men over 60 Bisexual and Transgender people over 60 and their partners, friends and supporters of any age

Wellness Issues Resources Recreation & Fun⚫ Socializing

Next Free Event: April 16, 1997Wednesday At The American Red Cross, 3747 Euclid Avenue 5:00-5:45 pm Socializing and Food 5:45-6:30 Sharing our Stories 6:30-7:30 Guest Speaker

Please call 216-621-7201 x 213, so we know how much food to order. You do not have to leave your name.

Grants administered by Fairhill Center for Aging Funded by the Western Reserve Ares Agency on Aging under Title Ill F of the Older Americans Act and a grant from North East Ohio Visions Presented in cooperation with the Benjamin Ross Institute, and the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center.