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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE SEPTEMBER 26, 1997

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Where will you be during Cleveland's AIDS Walk?

by Brian Gill

Cleveland-What are you doing for AIDS Walk '97? Have you gathered pledges? Have you pledged? Are you volunteering? Are you showing support?

If you are not HIV-positive, this is a good time to show you care. No one can carry a torch for this cause all the time. You are not expected to. Yet, wouldn't this be the right time? Joining others in a common goal, feeling a sense of support and community. Meeting others whose lives have been

touched by the AIDS epidemic.

Especially with the breakthroughs we have had in treatment, it is important that we stay vigilant. There is no cure. People's lives are still being devastated by this virus. Children are still left without parents. Adults are forced into disability. Careers are left unfinished, lives are left unlived. Do not underestimate the incredible good you do when you join others in this common effort.

If you are HIV-positive, this is a great time to show your support. Participating in the AIDS Walk is a great way to shake off

feelings of shame. You are HIV-positive, and there is no need to hide. You can make your own unique contribution. You are not a victim. Walk for your friends. Walk for your loved ones. Walk for yourself. And as the saying goes, "You need not walk alone."

Of course, if you do walk, it would be a privilege to have you join our team. The Living Room has been faithfully accomplishing its mission for almost nine years. It brings joy to see so many gathered in this fight against AIDS. Sometimes it gets lonely. Volunteers sit by the phone ready for that

one caller who is reaching out for help. Sometimes that person is an HIV-positive person, often it is a caregiver seeking support. It is refreshing to be among so many loving people at one time. So we look forward to this event. Please be there. Walk with us. And let us walk with you. ♡

The 1997 John T. Carey Memorial AIDS Walk takes place Sunday, September 28 at Edgewater Park. Step-off is at 1:00 p.m. Brian Gill is with the Living Room, a program of the Cleveland Lesbian Gay Center for people living with HIV and AIDS.

Hats off to the Nickel for Princess Diana tribute

by Dan Hlad

Cleveland-Thanks to 5¢ Decision owner Patti Harris, her staff, and the people who recently attended the bar's tribute to Princess Diana. In one of her many bighearted moves, Harris was able

to keep her club open to anyone who wanted to watch the coverage of the funeral of Diana on September 5. In memory of the princess' charitable work to people living with HIV and AIDS, attendees donated over $175 for the Living Room dropin center. We applaud all who attended and remembered Prin-

best selling, famous gay-themed novel The Front Runner. She'll be in town Saturday, October 25 at the Carnegie West branch of the Cleveland Public Library, 1900 Fulton Rd, in Ohio City. In addition to being one of the most

The Center

cess Diana by providing for those in our community living with HIV. Thanks, Patti!

Meet Patricia Nell Warren, author of the

well-known lesbian authors, she is also an outspoken activist and intelligent writer. Call 216-623-6927 for more information on this event.

We're busy recruiting people for some fun fall activities. First, if you're queer and 20 year of age or younger, we need you to help put together our youth newsletter. We need writers, editors, and distributors. It's a fun way to get involved. Call Jen Kruger at 216-522-1999 for more info.

We're also looking for some football playing dykes. We'll be participating in Cleveland Pride Inc.'s Annual Meeting Lesbian Flag Football Game at Edgewater Park on Sunday, October 12. Jen is busy putting together the winning team. If you are interested, please call Jen. It should be a hoot! By the way, men are welcome too—we'll be the

cheerleaders. Call us.

The Center Women's Group and Out of the Dark spirituality group are back. Look under "community centers" in the resource directory in the back of this paper for times and days.

Hope to see you all at the Cleveland AIDS Walk. Happy Autumn!

Announce Your Happy Occasions!

Tell everyone about your union ceremony, arrival of a child, or other milestone of life, in the Chronicle! Announcements should be 200-300 words, and can include a photo-black and white or color is okay. Photos will be returned if a self-addressed stamped envelope is included. Mail, fax, and E-mail addresses are on the Community Forum page; include your address and phone so we may contact you.

Dykes ToWatch Out For by Alison Bechdel

R&R

1997 BY ALISON BECHDEL

DON'T FIGHT, YOU GUYS. I'M STRESSED OUT ENOUGH. DID ANYONE BRING ANY ALKA-SELTZER?

271

OUR

PRINCIPLED

PALS HAVE PACKED UP ALL THEIR

CARES AND WOES AND BROUGHT

THEM TO

THE BEACH.

MO! YOU'RE GETTING SAND IN MY KEYBOARD!

WHAT ARE YOU SO STRESSED ABOUT? AT THE RATE YOU'RE GETTING LAID, YOU SHOULD BE COMATOSE WITH RELAXATIONS

FLAP

WHY'D

You BOTHER COMING IF ALL YOU'RE GOING

TO DO IS

I'M WORRIED SICK ABOUT MADWIMMIN. IF THAT BOUNDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC STORE MOVES ONTO OUR BLOCK, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE. AND WHAT'LLI DO THEN?

WORK?

OPERA-

Vienas

WE CAN BOTH GET JOBS SERVING CAPPUCCINO AT BOUNDERS. I JUST FOUND OUT THERE ARE TWO HUNDRED APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION I WANT AT THE UNIVERSITY.

MO BRIBED

SYDNEY!

WELL, You

DID.

Y'KNOW, YOU TWO ARE REALLY GETTING INSUFFERABLE.

ME WITH SEXUAL FAVORS.

AND IF THE SHELTER LOSES ANY MORE OF OUR FUNDING TO TAX BREAKS, I'LL BE SUNGING BISCOTT, RIGHT ALONGSIDE YOU.

I'M JUST SO ANXIOUS. I'M THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OLD AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE A NET WORTH HOW'M I GONNA RETIRE?

SYDNEY'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. SHE'LL

YEAH. HAVE A LITTLE RESPECT FOR THE GRIEVING.

www.visi.com/~oprairie/

SPARROW, JUNE ISN'T DEAD. YOU DUMPED HER.

NOT IF I DON'T GET THIS BOOK PUBLISHED, COULD HAVE TENYOU KEEP IT URE. DOWN OVER THERE?

I HAVE A PIM MEMORY OF COMING TO THE BEACH BEING A TUN THING.

OH, SO I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY PEELINGS ABOUT IT?

MAYBE THERE'S SOME OLD TUMS IN THE BOTTOM OF THIS BAG.

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green

The

Gay Man's Guide

to

ALL YOUR RELATIONSHIPS

(Part 2)

AUNTIES are who dote on you, get you to eat something on occasion, and have pasts crammed with stories that make your wildest adventures pale by comparison.

IT WAS LABOR DAY AT THE OLD TOWN AFT FAIR, 1976. YOUR AUNTY HERE INEBRIATE& HERSELF AND WOUND UP ENJOYING A LOV eLY Trio OF EBONY MEN ON A SAILBOAT ONE KEPT IN BELMONT HARBON..

THREE?

[NOT COUNTING THE HARSORIAAST-

er..c'mon SON, EXT

EX HUSBANDS are family. And like everyone else who falls under that designation, they are loved and not live-with-able.

ON JOY.

THE PRODIGAL FIRST BOY FRIEND Fe TURNETA

ETHAN,

You KNOW I NEVER REALLY STOPPED LOVING Caring about You. LET'S GIVE IT ANOTHER

SHOT...

LEO,

CALL ME WHEN

YOU GET a PHONE...

CUZINS are close friends living in remote locations. Cuzins are who you call and who you visit.

NICE TO SEE YOLA BABY..

THANKS FOR HAVING ME Terty...

by Eric Orner

NEIGHBORS are the lesbians with whom you share cups of coffee, tales of pet parenting, and the occasional cross cultural exchange.

You BOYS NEED TO get

A WHOLE LOT more INFORMED ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH issues...

Yes,COME TO THINK OF IT, I

GUESS SO...

AVA

CHARLOTTE,

I'VE ENDURED A QUEER AMERICAN BOYHOOD THE STRESSES OF COMING OUT, THE PREMATURE LEATH OF MANY FRIENDS, DON'T YOU THINK I'VE EARNed XHE RIGHT NOT To be CALLED BOY?

Thanks WHAT TIME DID You SAY THAT BREAST CANCE RALLY WAS

KISSING CUZINS are close friends living in remote locations. Kissing Cuzins are who you call, visit, and occasionally end up in bed with.

FOR SOMEONE WHO BROUGHT A HALF DOZEN SUITCASES, Y'ALL DON'T WEAR a LOT OF CLOTHES.

TELL ME THE QUEEN DIDN'T BRING THOSE 5

VALTION

CASES

ericsorner@aol.com