461-2582

Akron Pride Center ▼ 71 N. Adams St

LadyHawk Social Club (Women) 2600 Valley

233-5879

Reflections

629 South Main St., Dayton

223-1595

Right Corner 105 E. Third at Jefferson, Dayton. Stage Door (Men) 44 North Jefferson, Dayton Up on Main (Women)▼ 1919 North Main, Dayton Chances 1912-14 Edwards Av, Springfield

228-1285

Cincinnati Gay & Lesbian Center ▼

4119 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnat

223-7418

P.O. Box 141061, Cin'ti 45250

513-591-0200 24-hour hotline, 513-591-0222 www.gibtcentercincinnati.com

..... 278-3650

324-0383 322-4208

Cincinnati Women's Resource Center 4039 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati 45223 Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center 6600 Detroit Ave., Cleveland

216-651-5428 www.lgcsc.org 888-429-8761

Box 6177, Cleveland 44101

Dayton Lesbian-Gay Center

Hotline

937-274-1776

The Alley 441 E. Market St., Warren

330-394-9483

P.O. Box 1203, Dayton 45401; http://direct.at/DLGC Harvey Milk Center ▼

304-345-9938

Crazy Duck (Mixed)▼ 121 Pine Ave. SE, Warren

330-394-3825

Queen of Hearts▼ 134 Pine Ave. SE, Warren

330-395-1100

408 Tennessee, Charleston, W.V. 25302 P.O.Box 5333. Charleston, WV 25361

Club Blue Note 2810 Market St., Youngstown Mixx 21 West Hylda, Youngstown..

330-782-3694

Mentor Center (Hugs East) ▼

440-974-8909

330-782-6991

Paigens Nightclub▼ 2619 Market St, Youngstown 330-782-8576

8521 East Ave, Mentor, Ohio 44060 Sox 253 Mentor Ohio 44061

http://hugseast.tnpod.com

Club 2000

122 North Sixth St., Steubenville

740-284-1291

Pride Center of Greater Youngstown

330-747-7433

The Village

133 W. 18th St.. Erie, Pa.

814-452-0125

The Zone 1711 State St., Erie, Pa.

First Unitarian Church, 1105 Elm St. at Illinois, Youngstown YoungstownPride@hotmail.com

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November 8, 2002

resourcedirectory

BARS & CLUBS

DAYTON, SPRINGFIELD,

YELLOW SPRINGS AREA CODE 937 Continued from the previous page Jessie's Celebrity ▼ 850 N. Main St., Dayton

Why Not III (Men) 5 North Murray, Springfield

Winds Cafe (Mixed) ▼ 215 Xenia Ave., Yellow Springs .. 767-1144

YOUNGSTOWN, WARREN, ERIE, STEUBENVILLE

CLOTHING

M. Lang Executive Attire 1275 Euclid Ave. Cleve.. 216-771-4197

COMMUNITY CENTERS

Akron Area Pride Collective, P.O. Box 22254, Akron 44302 www.akronpridecenter.org

330-253-2220

513-541-4198

Arktos, Bear club Box 14838, Cleve. 44114 http://home.neo.lrun.com/arktos/

Asians and Friends, Box 29031, Parma 44129.... www.geocities.com/westhollywood/castro/6101 Awakenings Gay, lesbian and bisexual support group (free)..

Log Cabin Republicans Icrcleveland@hotmail.com ... 226-2055

330-434-4860

226-6080 ext. 3

614 Superior #608, Cleveland

440-526-0468,800-486-0904

932-2800

800-205-8534

Bellefaire JCB, adoption www.bellefairejcb.org 22001 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Hts

.......

Bi and Beyond www.ohiogsfc.homestead.com 939-9988 ohioactivist@hotmail.com nicelystudy@core.com Black & White Men Together Box 5144, Cleve 44101 ... 397-2968 BlackOut Unlimited P.O. Box 6362, Cleve 44101 ......... 937-2268 Office: 2800 Euclid #400, Cleve. www.blackoutunlimited.org Black Unity Celebration

937-2268 Brothers Circle African-American same-gender-loving men's support group 937-2269

556-1570 Box 771102, Lakewood 44107 556-5731

NARAL, Nat'l Abortion & Repro. Rights Action League

522-0169

NEON, North East Ohio Naturists Box 770911, Lakwd 441072218963

www.neonnaturists.org

information@neonnaturists.org

The Network P. O. Box 91643, Cleveland 44101-3643 440-962-3662 NOCI, Northern Ohio Coalition, Inc.

1406 West 29th, Cleveland 44113

North Coast Men's Chorus

781-6624

www.noci-online.org

556-0590

www.ncmchorus.org

P.O. Box 552, Lakewood 44107 Northm Ohio Physicians for Human Rights 281-7418 Ohio AIDS Coalition Naimah Muhammad, 621-0766 x234 Ohio Bears Club rookchuck@yahoo.com 440-564-7474 http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/ohiobears

831-9921

Oven Productions, Box 18175 Clev Hts 44118 P-FLAG, Parents, Family, Friends of Lesbians, Gays...... 556-1701 11644 Harborview Dr, Cleve. 44102 www.pflagcleveland.org mail@pflagcleveland.org

Prime Timers, mature gay, bi men & admirers www.ptcleveland.org

ptcleveland@yahoo.com

291-4648

Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians www.plagal.org Box 44313, Cleve 44144 ceciliabrown419@aol.com .. 634-2866 Rainbow Wranglers, country-western line dance club Box 609066, Cleve. 44101.

bcc@blackoutunlimited.org

Butch-FtM-Femme Network

440-553-3021

Box 274, Wickliffe 44092 wellness@core.com Cleveland Activist Network ohioactivist@hotmail.com 939-9988 Cleveland Bears, Box 192, Willoughby 44096 clevebears@aol.com

Cleveland Couples Together http://cctogether.tripod.com/index.html Cleveland City Country Dancers (men & women) P.O. Box 5592, Cleveland, 44101

David, 221-0523

961-5817

814-459-1711

TOLEDO, SANDUSKY, MANSFIELD,

http://angelfire.com/oh5/youngstownpride

Stonewall Center ▼

614-299-7764

LORAIN, LIMA

Blu Jeans (Mixed)▼ 3606 W Sylvania, Tol. Bretz Bar (Mixed)▼ 2012 Adams, Toledo Caesar's (Mixed)▼ 725 Jefferson, Toledo Hooterville Station (Men)▼ 119 N Erie, Tol. R House (Mixed) 5534 Secor Rd, Toledo Rip Cord (Leathr-Levi)▼ 115 N. Erie, Tol.

419-474-0690

419-243-1900

1160 North High St. at 4th Ave, Columbus stonewall@stonewall-columbus.org www.stonewall-columbus.org

Cleveland Lesbian-Gay-Bi-Trans Pride Committee Box 91031, Clev. 44101 www.clevelandpride.org Cleveland Poz Guys social and support group Clevpozguys@aol.com

371-0214

529-0574

419-241-5140

Women's Center of Greater Cleveland 6209 Storer Ave., Cleveland

P.O. Box 10814, Cols 43201 216-651-1450

419-241-9050

Design Industries Foundation for AIDS (DIFFA) 23533 Mercantile #103, Beachwd 44122 Domestic violence support group for same-sex survivors YWCA, 881-6878 Cleve. L-G Center, 651-5428

Rangers, Inc., uniform club Box 6504 Cleve., 44101-6504 589-8588 Specialized Alternatives for Families, Youth Adoption, foster care 25211 Miles Rd, Bedford Hts Stonewall Democrats Box 91453, Cleve. 44101 www.clevelandstonewalldemocrats.org

595-1230

647-7437

321-0648-

Straight Spouse Network..

Windsong, Cleveland's Feminist Chorus

440-354-6683 739-1928

windsong@acninc.net

419-474-2929

Women's Outreach for Women ▼ 1950-H N. 4th St., Columbus

614-291-3639

419-243-3412

Rustler Saloon (Men) 4023 Monroe bk, Tol

419-472-8278

Hollywood Nights▼ 470 Newman St, Mansfield ....

419-522-7633

Somewhere in Time 804 W North St., Lima Tim's Place 2223 Broadway, Lorain X-centricities 306 W. Water St., Sandusky

419-227-7288

440-246-9002

419-624-8118

womensoutreach@aol.com

COMMUNITY GROUPS

also see Student and Youth Groups, Transgender, National Organizations

OHIO STATEWIDE

Egg Moon Farm, women's land collective Family Connection, Gay and lesbian parents FamilyConnectionOhio@yahoo.com

Feminists for Life Ohio, Box 110791, Cle 44111 GLSEN, Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network P.O. Box 601, Wickliffe, Ohio 44092 GLSENcleve@aol.com

www.glsencleveland.org

371-2434

Women Together

391-4357

556-5692

COLUMBUS AREA CODE 614

ACLU of Central Ohio, 2nd Tuesday,

556-0284 251-7967 440-775-0272

Columbus Metropolitan Library

228-8951

Adoption, adoptive parent support,

Wed 7 pm, Presby. Church, 760 E. Broad

470-0846

Asians and Friends, Box 16381, Cols. 43216.

265-8308

WEST VIRGINIA AREA CODE 304 The Broadway▼ 210 Broad St., Charleston Grand Palace▼ 617 Brooks, Charleston

ACLU of Ohio Gay Rights Project

1223 W. 6th St., Cleveland

216-781-6276

Girth & Mirth (gay chubby men & admirers) Box 771204, Lakewood 44107.

556-5137

see www.afcmh.org for calendar afcmh@yahoo.com Berwick (Columbus Metro. Halloween Ball).

447-5111

343-2162

342-9532

Gay Officers Action League, Box 10814, Columbus 43201 goaloh@ameritech.net

614-253-3144

733 7th Ave. rear, Huntington

The Tap Room▼ 1022 Quarrier St., Charleston Trax 504 W. Washington St., Charleston Calamity Cafe 1555 3rd Ave, Huntington Driftwood Lounge 1121 7th Ave., Huntington Polo

342-9563

GLOWS, Gay & Lesbian Older Wiser Seniors 440-331-6302 Gray Pride, Gay and Lesbian Aging DougBraun@aol.com

BRAVO, Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization P.O. Box 82068, Columbus 43202

268-9622

345-8931

Ohio Gender & Sexuality Freedom Coalition. 216-939-9988 Queer, trans,poly, kink

www.egroups.com/group/OhioGSFC

525-4171

696-9858

Ohio Human Rights Bar Association 1487 W. 5th Av. #247, Columbus 43212

614-265-7530

Hard Hatted Women 4209 Lorain Ave., Cleve Heights Families for Equality, Clev. Hts. partner benefits 556-0571 P.O. Box 181367, Cleve. Hts. 44118

791-8039 ext. 328 961-4449

Buckeye Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf Box 307108, Cols 43230 (For voice call Ohio Relay 800-750-0750).

TTY 478-1631

CONGA, Central Ohio Nude Guy Assn.

www.congaline.org

522-3146

The Stonewall 820 7th Ave., Huntington

529-1069

Ohio National Organization for Women msdodge@akrobiz.com.

330-336-2578

Human Rights Campaign

Vice Versa▼ 335 High St., Morgantown

292-2010

Genders 322 5th St, Parkersburg

485-2929

CLEVELAND AREA CODE 216 (440 WHERE NOTED)

www.heightsfamilies.org

Box 606057, Cleveland 44106 www.hrc.org Insight, personal and professional networking

800-790-2538

Box 1852, Cols 43216 conga@columbus.rr.com

447-7190

Central Ohio Gay Garden Club

445-6310

Centurions Tradewinds, 117 E. Chestnut, Cols

461-4110

556-0576

Columbus Couples Together, social group

895-9369

True Colors Zoo'z

102 12th St., Vienna (Parkersburg)

295-8783

Incest Survivors, men, women koxk24@po.cwru.edu ... 321-9577 Lakewood Euchre Club

226-5609

ACT UP

861-4946;888-334-4849

Columbus Gay Men's Chorus Box 18131, Cols 43218.... 228-2462 Columbus Polyamory Group.

261-8114

1429 Market St., Wheeling

232-1267

Adoption Network, 291 East 222nd St., Cleve.. 261-1511 Aging Taskforce, Gay-Lesbian aging professional and community group, Doug Braun. 791-8039 ext. 328

League for Lesbian and Gay Prisoners

Box 620045, Cleveland 44102

631-4743

Columbus Stompers, Box 163131, Cols 43216 www.cstompers.com

784-9210

members@cstompers.com

Log Cabin Club, gay, lesbian and bisexual Republicans P.O. Box 94100, Cleveland 44101

696-7343

Columbus Ursine Brotherhood (CUB) Box 16822, Cols 43216...

447-5115

www.columbusbears.org

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The Ambassadors

11/6

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1 for JUSTICE

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DR. KRUKOWSKI? HAVE YOU SIGNED THE PETITION CALLING FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO DIVEST FROM ISRAEL?

for.

©2002 BY ALISON BECHDEL

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402

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LATER THAT SAME DAY, DOWNTOWN...

WHAT'D I

MISS?

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NOT

CUR HAME

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us. AGAINST THE WORLD?

NO THANKS

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PERHAPS THIS ALSO EXPLAINS WHY YOU PREFER DOGS TO PEOPLE.

WWW.DykesToWatchOutFor.net

Use Yout WORDS

HELLO,

ANUBIS!

BEAUTIFUL! HEEL!

DR. K! HERE!

UH...

NO.

SIGN OUR TO DIVEST.

PETITION NOT

RALLY

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