GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

July 4, 2008

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Columbus Pride is too raunchy

To the Editors:

Another gay pride march has come and gone. The raunchiness and gaudiness persist and there seems to be no end to the limits of Stonewall Union's summer burlesque show. As a man with an emotional and physical attraction toward the same gender, the shenanigans of the pride march lacks any consideration for the general public, emulates mostly false values about the gay community, and inspires the use of illicit and illegal activities within the gay community.

First of all, the issue of near nudity and sexually promiscuous role models must be addressed. While that sort of conduct seems permissive and opportunistic to most all gay and lesbian folks, it is no wonder that the mainstream public can accept homosexuality in another person but finds sexu-

ally explicit demonstrations with lesbian cleavage and gay sexual organs visible or sheer. Children are accessible to this gaudiness and raunchiness when Stonewall burlesque show is in full swing-do gay and lesbian participants find flashing their nearly naked body a requirement for Gay Pride? I don't think so, and most common sense oriented persons concur.

The false values expanded upon just do not have any logical basis for the mantra of Gay Pride. What relevance do gay bars have in promoting gay pride? No logical connection really exists between Gay Pride and gay taverns and club promoting their services. Further, the connection between barroom scenarios roots in classic damaging stereotypes that promote bad health within the community, yet the gay community tries to promote the fitness regime in order to have sexual attractiveness. Is there a logical connection between stereotype boozing and

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Gay Pride? I don't think so, and most common sense oriented persons concur.

Finally, if the gay community claims to use outstanding physical health as a paramount image, then the recreational drug addiction which spawns in many saloons and nightclubs disconnects logically from physical and emotional fitness each human being no matter their sexual orientation should maintain. Does illicit drug usage and promotion symbolize Gay Pride? I don't think so, and most common sense oriented persons concur.

The Columbus gay community, especially Stonewall Union, should take a global perspective on the overall logical basis and decorum of the Gay Pride parade and festival. Their promotion lies with gaudiness and sloth, not the optimistic air of any sense of real pride.

John A. Rovenolt Columbus

Center has 'TG 101' workshop at Metro

by Mika Major

The Cleveland LGBT Center will present its second professional workshop on transgender issues this month at MetroHealth Hospital.

"Transgender 101" will cover topics of understanding what "transgender" means, the medical and psychiatric field's responses to working with transgender individuals, policy, history and personal stories from transgender advocates.

The July 18 workshop is $90 per person, with six continuing education units for social workers approved. CEUs for nurses and continuing medical education for physicians will be available (approval pending).

The workshop will cover topics such as culturally competent care for transgender patients in a hospital setting, counseling techniques, standards of care and the Diag-

nostic and Statistical Manual VI; policies that affect the transgender population at the federal, state and local levels, and transgender history.

Participants will have the opportunity to listen to four experts discuss cultural competency, terms and definitions, and some specific issues transgender people have to

Cleveland LGBT Center

face. Henry Ng, M.D.; Omar Fattal, M.D., M.P.H.; Jacob Nash and Kathy Harvey will dispel myths and bring attention to this highly marginalized population. Participants will also have a chance to hear personal stories of how transgender people are treated in the medical community.

Founded in 1975, the Lesbian, Gay,

Bisexual, Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland is a community-based non-profit agency working toward a society free of homophobia and gender oppression by advancing the respect, human rights and dignity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

The Transgender 101 workshop will be at MetroHealth Hospital's Scott Auditorium, 3535 Scranton Road, Cleveland, from 8 am to 3:30 pm on Friday, July 18. To RSVP, please e-mail name, address, phone and number of attendees to hmercer@lgbtcleveland.org Pre-registration is required. For general information and registration contact Heidi Mercer, Counseling Intern, hmercer@lgbtcleveland.org 216-651-5428, ext. 26.

Mika Major is director of programs for the Cleveland LGBT Center.

Scores

B Division

ProRefine

Twisted Bears

Club Cleveland Mustangs ProRefine

keeping score

Softball scores

North Coast Athletic Association

Cleveland-These are the scores and standings of the North Coast Athletic Association's Sunday softball league after the fifth week's games on June 29.

Games are played at Gordon Park, with an entrance off East 72nd Street just south of the exit from the I-90 Shoreway. The league plays every Sunday through the end of August. Games start at 10 am and end at 5:30 pm.

The league is a Cleveland Baseball Federation affiliate. Call 216-255-0103 for more information, or see www.northcoastsoftball.com.

Twisted Bears

Club Cleveland Mustangs

C Division

Clueless Twist Crossover

Twisted Sisters Crossover

Twisted Sisters Clueless Twist

Standings

B Division

Team

D-1 Division Apex

Won

Lost

Percent

Games Back

.909

.750

.636

1.5 3.0

779

432

244×1

9863.

Twisted Revenge

Union Station Raging Bulls

Bounce Bushwackers

Union Station Raging Bulls Bounce Bushwackers

D-2 Division

Union Station Silver Bullets

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70 70

.364

.300

0.5

Union Station Pistol Whips

.182

2.0

Game rained out after 5 innings;

will restart in 6th inning on July 13.

BPAV.com Lefties

Cleveland Kings and Girrls

.818

Union Station Silver Bullets

.667

1.5

.600

2.5

.273

6.0

.083

8.5

ProRefine

Twisted Bears

Club Cleveland Mustangs

C Division

Clueless Twist

Twisted Sisters

Crossover

D-1 Division

Union Station Raging Bulls

Apex

Twisted Revenge

Bounce Bushwackers

Pink Ladies

D-2 Division

Union Station Silver Bullets 10 BPAV.com Lefties

Union Station Pistol Whips

The Center

Cleveland Kings and Girrls

13671

0×530

Cleveland Kings and Girrls

BPAV.com Lefties Cleveland Kings and Girrls

Interleague Play

Twisted Revenge (D-1).

The Center (D-2

.909

.727

2.0

Apex (D-1)

The Center (D-2)

.455

5.0

.300

6.5

Union Station Silver Bullets (D-2) Pink Ladies (D-1)

.000

10.0

Union Station Pistol Whips (D-2)

Pink Ladies (D-1)

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