'Pride, Diversity, Unity' to be celebrated in Dayton

by Leon Bey

Dayton "Pride, Diversity, Unity" is the theme for Pride 2000 Dayton, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender celebration of Dayton and the Miami Valley.

Dayton city commissioner Mary Wiseman and Joe Lacey, candidate for state represen tative 42nd District are honorary co-chairs of the event, which will be Saturday, June 17, at Thomato's, 110 North Main Street in Day-

ton.

The celebration starts at 5 p.m. with an expo of non-profit organizations and businesses. Complimentary appetizers will be offered, and a cash bar will be open. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m., followed by a program with Wiseman and Lacey, and entertainment featuring David Gurland, an out gay pop vocalist from New York City and a lesbian comedienne.

The evening will be capped with dancing till midnight.

The celebration will be held at the second floor banquet facility of Thomato's with free parking in the Fifth Third garage below Thomato's. Enter off one-way Jefferson Street North between 2nd and 1st Streets. You must have a ticket to enter Thomato's.

Tickets are $31 each through June 13 by mail order, and at ticket outlets. Checks can be made payable to Pride 2000 and sent to P.O. Box 1203, Dayton, Ohio 45401-1203. No refunds will be given.

Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) for return of tickets. Mail orders without a SASE will be held for pickup at 5 p.m. at the expo in Thomato's.

Ticket outlets include Q! Gift Shop, Earth Song Herbal, Stage Door Musical Bar and Books and Company, all in Dayton, and Epic Book Shop in Yellow Springs.

New drop-in group co-hosts Ashtabula Pride picnic

Ashtabula-Who are we? We're the Ashtabula GLBT Drop-in Support Group.

We meet on Sundays to offer support in any way we can. Our dream is to grow into a community center for the area. We really see a need.

We want to offer support to the youth in the area as well as adults, and also to family and friends.

We are very new at this whole thing and are still trying to get on our feet.

We have a monthly newsletter, and we are in working contact with the only other LGBT group in the area that we know of, which is the Kent State-Ashtabula Student Union.

We are cosponsoring a Family Pride Picnic on June 11 with the Kent State Ashtabula student group, and we will also be marching in the parade in Cleveland this year.

The picnic will be at 12 noon in Lakeshore Park, Ohio 531 at Ohio 11, in Ashtabula.

There is also a 12-step meeting going on out here now. If any one is interested in information on any of these groups they can call 440-466-3800 or e-mail us at

denni@alltel.net

Our mission is to help others and to end homophobia at all levels. But like most things, the fight has just begun in our rural area. We look forward to gathering support.

The drop-in support group meets Sundays from 3-5 pm. On most Sundays the meetings are at 715 West 30 in Ashtabula, at the Wellness and Total Learning Center.

We are having a very busy month in June, and will not be meeting at the regular place because of the picnic, Fathers' Day, and the parade. We will get back to normal in July.

Memberships are available for a small donation, and will be mailed to your home in a plain unmarked envelope.

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Youngstown Pride Center seeks a permanent location

by Denny Sampson

Youngstown-The Warren-Youngstown LGBT community now has its own community center.

Established in December, the Pride Center already has a board of directors and a temporary location.

Women's social group has many varied events

Youngstown—Have you been looking for a place to meet lesbians in the Youngstown-Warren area? Try Out and About, a new social group for lesbians.

Out and About was started by a few friends who saw a need for social activities for lesbians that did not center around a bar. So far the group has sponsored a picnic, a movie night, a bowling night, a book discussion, and a dance.

Call Louisa Crouthers at 330-746-6816 for more information.

"We are using the first floor of the home of board member Rod Coonce and his partner, Jack Peterson," said Louisa Crouthers, spokeswoman for the center. "It is on Madison Avenue in the northern part of Youngstown."

According to treasurer Diana Shaheen, the center has been having a coffee social on the fourth Saturday of each month from 7 to 10 pm since December.

The board is searching for a more permanent location.

"Now we are trying to gear our activities towards getting our own space, so we are trying to create events with more of a structure and a purpose," said Crouthers.

The Pride Center has two main goals: unity and education.

"We want to bring together the whole community-gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered, questioning, and supportive straights," Crouthers said. "We also want to educate the [Youngstown and Warren] community about the GLBT community. We need to dispel a number of myths and assumptions about us."

For more information about the Pride Center, call Louisa Crouthers at 330-746-6816. ♡

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For further information on Pride, 2000 Dayton tickets, dinner tables of ten, nonprofit and business expo space rental and ads in the Pride Resource Guide, contact Dale Holland, 937-298-1914.

Pride 2000 Dayton is organized and spon-

sored by the Dayton Lesbian and Gay Center, a non-profit 501(c)(3) community service organization. The center's hotline is 937274-1776.

Leon Bey is chair of Pride Dayton 2000.

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