May 24, 2002

GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

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Fairview Massotherapy, Mark Porrello, L.M.T.

20997 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park.

Quiet Summit...Massage by Michael, Michael Sowinski

777 W. Market St. #C-3, Akron

Brian Keating 3052 West Blvd, Cleveland

resourcedirectory

216-228-8886

ELECTROLYSIS

Maureen O'Beraigh, C.T., Electrolysis, Lakwd

FINANCIAL SERVICES

AmEx Financial, Toby D. Oster, Cleveland. 216-447-8870 ext 267 AmEx Financial, Tim Jenkins, Cleveland ... 216-447-8870 ext 277 CBF Services LLC

www.CBF-Services.com 216-961-1761

MASSOTHERAPY

Bodywork by Benjamin, Benjamin T. Vise, L.M.T. 2311 Fencegate St. N.E.,Canton

Realty One, Joe Haban II 3085 West Market St., Akron

330-374-8350

www.akronhome.com

Cleveland johnlauro.realtor.com 216-991-8400 Voicemail 216-999-2056

Southwest Unitarian Universalist Church

440-816-1686

P.O. Box 360002, Strongsville 44136 www.swuu.org

330-493-9395

Realty One, John Lauro Office

St. John's Episcopal Church Sun 11:30 am

2600 Church, Cleve (Ohio City)

781-5546

Trinity Cathedral (Episcopal) Euclid at E. 22nd, Cleveland

440-356-9392

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL GROUPS

http://community.cleveland.com/cc/trinity

771-3630

Trinity Lutheran Ch, 16400 Detroit Av Lake'd

226-8087

330-475-0775

CLEVELAND AREA CODE 216

•Sun 10:30 am www.corecomm.net/~trinitylutheran/

252-5828

216-671-0663

(440 WHERE NOTED)

Robert I. Gross, CPA

216-382-7373

Archwood United Church of Christ ▼

351-1060

2121 S. Green Rd, South Euclid rigcpa@en.com

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Primerica Financial Barbara White

216-267-3816

Worship Sun 9 & 11 am 2800 Archwood Ave., Cleveland •Grace Celebration, share joy, singing, Thur 6 pm

Trinity United Ch of Christ 3525 West 25th St, Clev 351-7667 •Open, Affirming Sunday service 10:30 am •Bible study Wed noon Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland ▼

16101 Snow Rd.,Suite 101, Brook Park

216-999-8504

AIDS Action Council 1875 Conn. Ave NW #700, Washington D.C. 20009

2728 Lancashire, Cleveland Hts.

932-1898

B'nai Emeth (Jewish).

556-1764

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) 150 W. 26 St # 503, New York, N.Y. 10001

216-631-1441

Gay-Lesbian Parents Coalition

Box 50360, Washington, D.C. 20091 Human Rights Campaign

216-226-7106 216-371-8489

Log Cabin Republicans

Akron 330-253-9330

1633 Q Street, N.W. #210 Washington, D.C. 20009

National Center for Lesbian Rights

870 Market, # 570 S.F. Cal. 94102

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

2320 17th St N.W. Washington, DC 20009 www.ngltf.org National Organization for Women

Washington, D.C.

www.now.org

330-673-2808

Stonewall Democrats www.stonewalldemocrats.org P.O. Box 9330, Washington, D.C. 20005 Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Assists with military ban

216-381-1300

PASTRIES

Chocodreams and Memories

FLOWERS & PLANTS

Vase to Vase, 10431 Clifton Blvd, Cleve

West Park Gardens & Gifts, 3206 Warren Rd, Cleve. 216-251-3111

FURNITURE & HOME DECOR ANY

City Dweller

12005 Detroit Ave., Lakewood Norka Futon, Cleveland Heights Lakewood 216-226-2660

GIFTS, CARDS, & T-SHIRTS

Big Fun 1827 Coventry Rd, Cleve Hts.

216-371-4386

Diverse Universe ▼ 12011 Detroit, Lake'd. 216-221-4297 (GAYS) Nightsweats & T-Cells 277 Martinel Dr., Kent 44240..... 800-859-

8685

Premiere Screening, Screen printing Kent

HAIR, SKIN, & TANNING SALONS

Aesthetics Skin Care Center

14100 Cedar Road Suite 320, University Heights

Four Seasons West 11006 Clifton Blvd, Cleve ...... 216-281-1220 Sun Palace Tanning 3832 W. 140th St., Cleve... 216-671-0277

HEALTH CARE

919 18th Street NW #800, Washington D.C. 20006.... 202-628-4160 Lambda Legal Defense, Midwest office www.lambdalegal.org 11 E Adams # 1008, Chicago 60603

Sweet Arts, Custom cakes, pastries 17008 Lorain Ave. Cleveland

c/o West Shore UU Ch, 20401 Hilliard, Rocky River 44116 •Services Fri. 8 pm and Sat. 10:30 am, Torah study Sat 9:15 am Brecksville United Church of Christ.. 440-526-4364 Worship Sun 10 am 23 Public Square, Brecksville Chevrei Tikva (Jewish) Box 18120,Cleve. Hts. 44118 ... 932-5551 Shabbat, 1st, 3rd Fri 8 pm, Unitarian Soc'ty, 2728 Lancashire, Cle Hts •Locations vary for Torah study, 3rd Sat; Kesher class, 3rd Sun Christian Bible Study Group

202-986-1300

212-807-1700

• 11 am Sun, worship; 3rd Tue 7 pm, Gay-Lesbian U.U. United Church of Christ Coalition for Lesbian-Gay Concerns

861-7388

202-583-8029

⚫4th Sun. 7 pm, Pilgrim UCC, 2592 West 14th St., Cleve. (Tremont) Urban Hope Unitarian Universalist Cong.

631-4981

www.hrc.org

3204 Lorain Ave., Cleveland (Box 94184, Cleve. 44101) •1st Sun 5pm, Meditiation; ⚫3rd Sun 5 pm, New American Sprituality West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church ▼ 20401 Hilliard, Rocky River

440-333-2255

312-663-4413

YMCA, 3200 Franklin Ave., Cleveland

341-3729

Zion United Church of Christ Sun 10:30 am,

www.lcr.org

202-347-5306

Church of the Redeemer (Methodist), Sun 11 am, 2420 S. Taylor, Clev. Hts.

2716 W. 14th, Clev. (Tremont)

861-2371

932-2065

415-392-6257

Cleveland Meeting, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 10906 Magnolia

• Gay-lesbian book discuss'n, 2nd Mon, Borders Westlake, 961-5751 COLUMBUS AREA CODE 614

791-2220

202-332-6483

•Worship Sun 11 am; potluck at noon on last Sunday of month Community Church of Chesterland 11984 Caves Rd.

440-729-

202-628-8669

7898

All Believers Community Ch. revsiggyben@aol.com.... 475-0883 •Worship Sun 10 am, Stonewall Center, 1160 North High St. Calvary Lutheran Ch., 1761 Bairsford, Cols 864-1301

• Sun 10:30 am: http://www.calvaryoh.com/

Cove United Methodist Church

521-7424

202-625-1382

Sun 10:45 am, 12501 Lake Ave., Lakewood East Shore Unitarian Universalist Church ▼ 10848 Chillicothe Rd., Kirtland

Catholic Gay Men's Support Group

64 W. Lane Ave., Cols. 43201

440-256-3400

Dignity (Catholic) P.O. Box 82001, Cols 43202

291-4674

451-6528

202-328-3247

Euclid Ave. Congregational Church, UCC 9606 Euclid, Cleveland

dignitygc@aol.com

www.dignitygc.org

• 2nd & 4th Sun. 6 pm, First Cong. Ch., 444 East Broad St., Cols.

791-5200

First Baptist Church of Granville

First Unitarian Church

Cleveland

440-230-0625

21600 Shaker, Shaker Hts... 751-2320 ⚫Sun. 10:30 am service "Welcoming Congregation" Committee Free Inquirers of N.E. Ohio (Humanist)

330-869-2025

216-476-2253

• 2nd Wed 7 pm. Indepen'ce Lib. 6361 Selig Bl, www.freeinquirers.org

115 W. Broadway, Granville 43023 First Church of Religious Science 3281 N High St., Columbus 43214. First Unitarian Universalist Church

740-587-0336

261-0887

Rev. Renee Goodman, Committment vows

440-247-2772

Chiropractic Health Services, Dr. David Budny

PETS

Hope Lutheran Church, R.I.C.

371-5252

93 W. Weisheimer, Columbus 43214. ⚫U.U. Humanists, 3rd Wed 7:30pm, 890-0653

267-4946

16900 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood.

216-228-6622

2222 N. Taylor Rd. at Northvale, Cleveland Heights

Comfort Dental Group 15901 Hilliard, Lakewood

216-226-3800

Pet-tique 720 Literary Rd., Cleveland

Community Family Medicine

Dr. Robert Kuhnhenn, Dr. Colette Willins

Tip of the Tail Grooming Salon 22920 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park

440-899-4400

lou@2mops.com

330-786-0961 216-651-4685 216-941-4150

marreno@juno.com

330-922-3837

HOTLINES

AIDS-HIV-STD Hotline, Ohio TDD:

ohioaidshotline@catf.net Spanish AIDS Hotline

29325 Health Campus Dr #1, Westlake..

Community TB Coalition 14035 Euclid, E. Clev... 216-778-5330, x3 New Hope Alternative Therapy Research▼ 1285 Washington Ave, Cleve.

781-3839, toll free 888-283-3839

Women's Health Advantage........ 888-942-6446 (888-WHA-OHIO) Free mammogram, Pap test; Ash'bula, Mahon'g, Trumbull, Columbiana

HOME REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS

The Final Coat Professional painters Home Environments, Box 720, Lakewood Marquez Renovations Cleveland

Free estimates

Two Men & a Mop

Housecleaning

RADIO & TELEVISION

"AIDS Update" Sun 7:30 pm, Thu 11:30 am cable ch.21, Cols "Alternating Currents" Sat. 3 pm, WAIF 88.3 FM Cinti..... 513-961-

8900

"Gay Talk Radio" Sun. 2 pm, WXUT 88.3 FM Toledo Live call-in

419-530-4172 "GayWaves" Fri 7 pm, WRUW 91.1 FM Cleveland... 216-368-2208 "Hold That Door" Thursday, 10:00 p.m. -midnight, WUJC 88.7 FM, Cleveland

"In the Company of Womyn" Sun. 9 pm,WXUT 88.3 FM, Toledo "Lesbian-Gay-Bi Report" Mon & Sat 11:30 pm, Cable Ch. 21, Cols.

• Also Tues and Thurs, 9:30 pm, Athens public access channel "This Way Out" Thursday, 5:30 pm, WCSB 89.3 FM, Clev "This Way Out" Monday, 7:30 pm, WOBC 91.5 FM, Oberlin

House of Prayer, Joyce A. Speegle, pastor •Sun 10 am, Notre Dame Coll., Rm 117, 4545 College Rd, S. Euclid Integrity NE Ohio (Episcopal) Male, 939-0405 Female, 691-9372 ⚫3rd Sat 5 pm, potluck & prgmm, Christ Ch., 3445 Warmsville, Shkr Hts Interweave (UU, Lesbian-Gay Concerns)

..... 440-333-2255 20401 Hilliard, Rocky Rvr www.geocities.com/interweaveneohio Liberation United Church of Christ▼ 13714 Madison Ave., Lakewood 44107 •Worship and church school, Sun 10:30 am

Noble Rd. Presbyterian Church Sun 10 am, 2780 Noble, Cleve. Hts..

P.O. Box 141373, Cols. 43214

216-523-1390 440-777-9624

•Worship Sun 8:30 & 11 a.m., Rev. Don King

Friends for Lesbian-Gay Concerns, Quaker gathering, 4th Sunday

488-2096

382-6694

GLBT Clergy Group, 3rd Thurs Logeaca@aol.com.... 252-7288 Granville MCC http://my.core.com/~risenregan/... 740-924-5083 •Sat 6 pm. First Baptist Church, 115 W. Broadway, Granville Humanist Community of Central Ohio

470-0811

Integrity (Episcopal) Box 10814, Cols. 43201

443-1073

521-5556

• 4th Tues 7:30 pm, Stonewall Center, 1160 N. High St. Lamb of God Anglican Church, Box 164472, Cols. 43216 Logeaca@aol.com

252-7288

Lutherans Concerned

371-5252

614-224-2288

......

2222 NorthTaylor Rd., Cleveland Heights 44112 ⚫4th Fri., Hope Lutheran Church, N.Taylor & Northvale, Cleveland Hts. More Light Presbyterians 2780 Noble, Cleve. Hts. 2nd Sat 5:30 pm, potluck and program Rev. Bill Newberry Unitarian Universalist minister Committment vows ....

•Holy Eucharist, Sun 12:15 pm, Broad St. Meth. Ch. 501 E. Broad Lutherans Concerned of Central Ohio

447-7018

932-1458

767-1653

Box 10709, Columbus 43201 LCCentralOhio@lcna.org • 1st Sun 1 pm, St. Mark Church, 95 W 5th Ave, (Victorian Village) Cols. New Creation MCC, Box 163173, Cols 43216.......... 224-0314 •Services Sun 10:30 am, Wed 7:30 pm; St. Paul's, 787 E. Broad Newman Center 64 W. Lane Ave., Cols 43201 •Lesbian support group, Mon Catholic gay mens group, Wed 7:30 p

291-4674

382-0660

Community AIDS Network.

Battered Women's Hotline, Cleve, 24 hours... 216-391-4357

800-332-AIDS (332-2437) 800-DEAF-TTY (332-3889)

REAL ESTATE

800-344-7432

Mark Snyder, Robert Shoup

Akron AIDS Hotline, 24 hour

330-375-2437 (375-AIDS)

Olmsted Unitarian Universalist Congregation 5050 Porter, N. Olmsted

Pagan Community Council of Ohio P.O. Box 02089, Columbus 43202

261-1022

Rev. Paul Patterson

Committment vows

440-777-6622 344-1374

Redeemer Lutheran Church 1555 S.James Rd, Cols.... 237-1263 info@RedeemerLuth.com_

http://www.RedeemerLuth.com

Battered Women's Hotline

Medina, Summit Counties 24 hrs toll-free

4001 Detroit Ave., Cleveland

888-395-4357

Real Estate Mortgage Corp.

419-352-5242

South, 716-484-8434

Century 21 Beyond 2000, 6370 York Road, Parma

Progressive Urban Real Estate

Jim Muhic, Jill Angelovic, Keith Brown, Michele Anderson, Danny Schafer, Ted Theophylactos, Jim Anderson

20325 Center Ridge Rd. # 220, Rocky River

440-356-5363

440-842-7200

Pilgrim Congregational Church, UCC ▼ Sun 10:30 am, Thu 6 pm, 2592 W 14, Cle.

Religious Science Church, Sun 10:30 am,

861-7388

Pearls of Wisdom, 3224 N High

261-0887

216-619-9696

Religious and Spiritual Leaders Group

651-5428

⚫4th Thurs 9 am, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave. Simpson United Methodist Church

8519 Clark Ave., Cleveland

281-9776

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Bowling Green Gay-Lesbian Info Line

Mon-Wed-Fri 7-10 p.m.

Chautauqua County, N.Y. Infoline

North, 716-679-3560

Cincinnati Gay & Lesbian Switchboard

Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Hotline

24-hour automated info line Toll free

Columbus Gay-Lesbian Info Line

Dayton Gay-Lesbian Hotline 7 to 11 pm Erie, Pa., Info Line

............ 513-591-0222

Evenings 216-651-5428

216-651-6452

814-453-5656,814-456-9833

Free Clinic of Cleveland 12201 Euclid Gay-Lesbian Youth Hotline Sun-Thu 7-10pm, Fri-Sat 7-midnight.

888-429-8761 614-299-7764 937-274-1776

216-721-1115

800-347-8336

800-429-6334

304-292-4292

Mon-Fri 6-10 pm, Sat noon-5

888-843-4564

Ohio State Univ. Gay-Lesbian Alliance

614-292-9212

Project Inform, AIDS treatments

347 Dolores #301, S.F., Ca. 94110

800-822-7422

Rape Crisis Center, Cleveland

216-619-6192

GLAAD, Report media anti-gay defamation Morgantown, W.V. Gay-Les. Switchboard

National Gay-Lesbian Hotline

Curbside

BLIND DATE PT.1 2001 ROBERT KIRBY

HEY, YOU MUST BE BRENDAN.

YEAH, THAT'S ME (ha ha).. HowYA DOING, J.T.?

REAL GOOD. I'M JUST GETTING MYSELF TOGETHER HERE. BE READY IN JUST A MINUTE.

UM, THANKS FOR LETTING ME COME OVER HERE... I ALWAYS HATE DOING THIS SORT OF THING IN PUBLIC.. EVERYONE CAN TELL YOU'RE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND EVERYTHING.. IT JUST FEELS SO AWKWARD... UH, NOT THAT, I'VE DONE THIS SO MANY TIMES!

by Robert Kirby

SURE, IT'S NO PROBLEM... DOT TOLD ME YOU WERE LIKE THAT.

SO, YOU WANNA GO TO JAVA THE HUT, MAYBE? WHEREVER YOU WANT IS COOL.

NOW

WHERE ARE

THOSE KEYS

LIKE WHAT?

UM, SURE. THAT PLACE IS COOL..

Rape Crisis, Red Cross 2213 Clevel'd Av, Canton 330-452-1111

Rape Helpline, Columbus

Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network

614-267-7020

800-656-4673

Sexual Health Info Line Tue, Wed, Thur 6-10 pm .... 614-262-3556

Teen Crisis Hotline, GLBT & questioning

Trevor Project 24-hour

800-850-8078

Toledo Referral Line, Domrose Fdn 4 pm to 10 pm. 419-472-2364

Townhall II 24-hour helpline

Ravenna, 330-296-2255

Walk-in 8 am-8 pm, 123 S. Water St, Kent

330-678-4357

WomenSpace Helpline, Cleve. M-F 10 am-4 pm. 216-696-3100

Youngstown P-FLAG Helpline (24 hr)

AIDS Helpline

INSURANCE

330-747-2696

330-742-8796

1996

AIDS BIDE!

So. WHAT ELSE DID DOT. TELL YOU ABOUT ME?

THAT YOU'RE 26 YEARS OLD, YOU'RE GOING TO LIBRARY SCHOOL, YOU LOVE ANIMALS AND OLD KUNG FU FLICKS; YOU'RE A NEAT FREAK AND YOU'RE HER OLDEST FRIEND, SINCE THE SEVENTH GRADE.

HMM, NOT BAD. BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO ME THAN THAT!?

WELL I NEVER DOUBTED IT'SHALL

WE?

YEAH, LET'S

Go.

Allstate Insurance, Don Kramer

13324 Madison, Lakewood (Cleveland).

216-221-6263

AH.

Betsy Warner 2479 Lee Blvd., Cleveland Hts.

216-932-6900

JEWELERS

..........

216-221-1434

Broestl & Wallis 14410 Madison, Lakewood Marlen Jewelers 19525 Detroit, Rocky River 440-331-9004

Nicholas Jewelers, 2161 S. Green Rd., Univ. Hts.

Rinaldi Jewelers 2028 East 9th St., Clev

.....

216-381-3075 216-566-0603

MAIL SERVICES

Alice Paul Direct Mail Service

3121 Bridge Ave, Cleveland

216-631-8646

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