Ĉ-4 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE Pride Guide 2008

20th Annual G.I.F.T.

Cruise

GLET.

Celebrating Cleveland

Presented by:

TIME WARNER CABLE

THE POWER OF YOUTM

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Saturday June 14th

www.GayPeoplesChronicle.com

2008 20 Years Ohio

00 S.S. G.I.F.T

Goodtime III-North Coast Harbor, East 9th Street Pier

Boarding time 7:00 p.m. (Rain or Shine) Cruise leaves at 7:30 p.m. sharp! Returns at 10:00 p.m.

Tickets are $20 and are available at various Cleveland / Akron area establishments

FLEX

Seagram's Escapes

and at the dock prior to the cruise.

Proudly Sponsored by:

Miller

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STORM

THE BOWLER'S COMPANY

Sheraton Cleveland Airport

HOTEL

Visit www.clevelandgift.org or call 216-749-2152

for additional information

A social justice resource

Beacon Fellowship has videos and an annual GLBT faith community guide

by Perry Slone

Columbus-Beacon Fellowship is an interfaith ministry that promotes diversity and works for social justice in Ohio and Kentucky through education and advocacy. Beacon offers a wide range of social justice resources and educational materials, as well as offering video presentations about social justice, publishing e-mail newsletters, plus organizing community events such as discussion forums and resource fairs.

Beacon also partners with churches and community groups to hold social justice programs, events, and discussions. It has an affiliate ministry located in Dayton and last year began an expansion of its interfaith ministry into Kentucky.

The Beacon Fellowship also publishes the annual "GLBT Faith Communities Resource Guide," which features information about churches, religious groups, and interfaith groups throughout Ohio that are inclusive and affirming of GLBT people. Copies of the 2008 Guide are still available. Contact Beacon to order them. Information about the 2009 edition. will be available soon.

Beacon's video presentations focus on issues ranging from GLBT to racism and discrimination. Each presentation features a speaker or presenter, video screening, discussion questions, plus materials related to the presentation. Contact Beacon for more info about video presentations. If you would like a free catalogue of the social justice resources and video presentations currently available from Beacon, please contact them.

Learn more about this growing ministry by visiting their website at www.geocities.com/beaconohio/beaconohio.

The main branch of the Beacon Fellowship can also be reached at 740506-4330 or beaconohio@yahoo.com, or by mail at PO Box 10814, Columbus, Ohio 43201. The Dayton affiliate is located at 2382 Kennedy Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45420, and the Kentucky branch can be reached at beacon.kentucky@yahoo.com.

Beacon Fellowship and its affiliates are proud to support GLBT communites in both Ohio and in Kentucky.

Perry Slone is the executive director of the Beacon Fellowship.

RED WHITE ON BLUE STAR JULY 2-6 4TH JULY WEEKEND

Baskit Underwear Boys @ The Pool | Porn @ The Pool w/ Chi Chi LaRue | Cabaret: Amy & Freddy, Kelly & Rick Men of Manwatch | Guest DJs Lydia Prim, DJ Roland Belmares & Susan Morabito

Crowned the largest LGBT resort in the Midwest, the Dunes offers a wide variety of accommodations -plus a main bar complex featuring the country's top DJ's, a cabaret with live entertainment, game room/bar, multi-level outdoor patio bar and outdoor pool and pool bar. The Dunes is a rare and special place where friends of all walks can find themselves, lose themselves and most importantly be themselves.

It doesn't matter who you are,

everybody's welcome.

There is something special about Summer in Saugatuck, MI that makes it

one of the most popular destinations for GLBT tourist, something difficult to define but easy to recognize.

Best of all, it's everywhere you look. It's in the diverse and plentiful shops, restaurants & accommodations. It's in the arts and the people. It's in the world-renowned beaches. It's in the Dunes Resort.

www.dunesresort.com

THE DU

DUNES