Pride Guide 2002

GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

B-11

Center will create a clone of itself at Pride festival

by Tim Marshall

Cleveland-As part of its ongoing effort to reach out into the community, the staff members of the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center will bring the center to the masses at this year's Cleveland Pride Festival.

"The center has always been a place for people to come to, so we're excited to be bringing our 'mini-center' to Pride," said executive director Linda Malicki. "We offer so much and think this will be a perfect way to show what we do for LGBT and allied people in Cleveland."

Modeled after the center's 6600 Detroit Ave. facility, the center's Pride booth will feature:

The Living Room. Check out this special resource area for people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS. Find out about the center's free HIV testing and our LifeSupport group and social activities for HIV positive

men.

Drop-in Zone. Stop by to meet others, get informed and hang out, a perfect place to eat that festival food or get out of the sun.

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The Resource Café. Choose from a vast selection of resources on programs, upcoming events and LGBT community groups.

Men's Hepatitis Outreach. The Center's Health Education Action Team will be out in full force at Pride, providing men with information about this disease and how they can become immune to it.

Women's Sexual Health area. Pick up a copy of "Body, Mind and Spirit," the center's sexual health resource guide for lesbians and bisexual women.

Speakers Bureau and SSAFE area. Ask them anything! Find out how our speakers are helping to make schools safe for all youth and learn ways you too can empower LGBT young people.

Staff members and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions about our many programs and services and to fill you in on our popular community events, like the July 21 Garden Party and the Seasonal Restaurant Tour.

Like Pride, the center's events help build community and create visibility of LGBT people and issues.

And young people between the ages of 1320 should be sure to check out Youth Zone, a special initiative organized by the center, the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland and BlackOut Unlimited. Youth Zone will have its

Log Cabin returns to Pride after a five-year absence

by Michael Flickinger

West 28th St. and Detroit Ave., at 7 p.m. If you would like more information, please contact John Farina, 216-226-2055, jf329@mac.com, or Michael Flickinger, 216-696-7343, michaelh 10 @aol.com. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month, with the exception of June.

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Cleveland-The Log Cabin Republicans of Greater Cleveland will be returning to Cleveland Pride for the first time in five years. The local club will sponsor a booth and has invited local candidates and officials to join them at the June 15 event.

The Cleveland club has recently been in the process of reorganizing and will be looking to sign up new members.

REPUBLICANS

In addition to Pride, Log Cabin will hold their next meeting on Thursday, July 18, at Union Station, on the northwest corner of

Log Cabin Republicans is the nation's largest gay Republican organization, with state and local chapters nationwide, a fulltime national office in Washington, D.C., and a federal political action committee.

Michael Flickinger is an organizer of the Cleveland Log Cabin Republicans.

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own booth at the festival to provide LGBT and allied youth with a space to network and get involved in Cleveland's queer youth scene.

For more information on center programs and services, call 216-651-5428 or toll-free at 888-429-8761. The center is also online at

http://www.lgcsc.org, which now features news and interactive message boards.

Tim Marshall is the communications director of the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center.

Stonewall Democrats to make endorsements July 8

by Patrick Shepherd

Cleveland-The Cleveland Stonewall Democrats is one of 80 affiliates of the National Stonewall Democrats, a national organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Democrats with 30,000

over members. The group is devoted to advancing equal rights for all people, regardless of sexual

supports many other LGBT activities and conducts various election-related events.

Our endorsement meeting will be Monday, July 8, at the center, 6600 Detroit Ave, at 6 p.m. The membership will vote on candidate endorsements for November election.

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We will also have a picnic in the upper pavilion of Edgewater Park on

STONEWALL August 25. Meet DEMOCRATS

orientation or gender identity. We seek to do so by educating and promoting Democratic candidates who support LGBT issues and our community, mobilizing the community to vote, elect, and provide financial and volunteer support for LGBT and LGBT-positive candidates across Northeast Ohio, and ensuring understanding and support of LGBT issues at all levels of the Democratic Party, especially within Ohio.

In addition to our monthly meetings, held the second Monday of most months at the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, the group

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our members and Democratic elected officials at this second annual picnic. An Election

2002 candidates forum for the LGBT Community will be held Wednesday, October 16, at the center at 6 p.m. Come hear what the candidates have to say about issues important to our community

Visit our web site at www.cleveland stonewalldemocrats.org or e-mailpresident @clevelandstonewalldemocrats.org for more information about the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats and for news and events affecting Northeast Ohio's LGBT Community.

Patrick Shepherd is the president of the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats.

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