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..A report following an eightyear project by a commission of the American Lutheran Church concludes that the family is no
the bet teacher about sex.: "We can no longer assume that the family is necessarily equipped to
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share information sexuality and facilitate development of sexually healthful juman beings...it said. (The Lutheran)...
...DON'TFORGET...WVIZChannel 25 (Cleveland) will air the new gay film, "Word Is Out during prime-time hours; 9:00 pm, Tuesday, October 10. Following the program, there will be an opportunity for local gay input....
So sorry to hear of Rob Davis's recent bicycle accident near Columbus. GET WELL SOON, BOB.....We love ya!...
...Many have asked...why the annual gay picnic in Erie, Pa. did not happen this year. Definate information seems to be unknown except that the seminary grounds were unavailable...
HIGH GEAR is planning to print a calendar of events. If you know of an event that is coming let us know (dates, times, location, sponsors). This will be as inclusive as possible...please help...
...The warm sun still beckons tourists. Palm trees still sway with the gentle ocean breezes. And families still work, play, and pray together. But gay men still holds hands in Coconut Grove. They still lie in the sun together on Virginia Beach. And the homosexual bar and nightclub business is booming.
The city? MIAMI.
"Miami is back to normal now, but it will never be the same, said Dade Commissioner Ruth Shack. She (Bryant) has opened the door on the subject of homosexuality. She has gotten people talking about it in public, at parties, and in their homes. People can no longer pretend it does not exist. The subject is out in the open now, and we are aware we may even have a family member or friend who is gay. We've all learned a lot about each other, and that is good." (The Plain Dealer,Special by Joe Baker)...
...In the past there have been reported incidents
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harrassment from police and "straights" in bars, rest-stops, etc. and the surrounding areas of cruise spots, please let HIGH GEAR know of such occurrences...
...DAYTON The Dayton Gay Center will sponsor a Halloween Masquerade Ball Saturday, October 28, from 10 pm 'til??? The Three's Company Bar in Dayton is a "straight" bar. Tooooo bad!!
...Thanks to Akron and Eaton, Ohio for letting us know about the gay greeting cards...
...In response to the boycott of its beer, the Adolph Coor's Company has added the words "sexual preference" to its Equal Employment Opportunity Policy. However, due to working conditions, financial support of right-wing groups, etc., many are still boycotting Coors. (Lesbian News)...
...State Sen. James Donovan, Albany, NY., has argued that capital punishment is required by Christianity. "Where would, Christianity be if Jesus got 8 to 15 years, with time off for good behavior?" At a news ference Governor Carey rebutted, "If Senator Donovan can get a resurrection into the death penalty, I might be willing to give it a second look."
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...The future judges and attorneys who will deal with gay rights today's law students and most particuarly women law students seem to have a more tolerant attitude about the rights of gays to teach school children than do current judges and school principals. On the other hand, a substantial minority of them accept common stereotypes about gays. These were among the finds of a national study conducted by Joshua Dressler, Associate Professor of Law in St. Paul, Minn...
...In response to recent FCC rulings that lesbians and gay males cannot be considered a specific minority group entitled under communications law to specific access to radio and television time, the NGTF leadership has responded in part: "Those who have worried that petitions from joggers or' music lovers could come in the wake of our inclusion have failed to understand one simple fact," the letter said. "We are lesbians and gay men just as some of us are also Catholics, or farmers, or MexicanAmericans or women or blacks. Being gay is part of our identity, not just something we do." (NGTF)/...
...The Governor of Washington, Dixie Ray Lee, has indicated that she would veto a proposed amendment to the state's anti-discrimination law which would also protect gays.
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She commented that, "the whole question with respect to sexual behavior is not an appropriate for government." (AGREED, Madame Governor. Now convince the cops, politicians and their fundamentalist bretheran. "Til then pass gay rights laws; we need their protection)...
...Lost Cause-Pecora's in Elyria has gone STRAIGHT!!!!...
...Strictly Speaking...bisexual bisexual is what most people means hermaphrodite. Ammean by bisexual... CINCINNATI, OHIO -NEW TERRORIST GROUP -Sandie Garsey would like to form a new group of Lesbian Lover Extremists or Lovists to Terrorize the community with absurdity, bizarreness, and zealous perversity. In other words, fight fire with fire. Anyone interested in being a lovist must be capable of committing indecent acts and be of otherwise suitable respectability. Contact Sandie: An original obscene phone call or erotic dyke chain letter will qualify. This is your opportunity to be a member of an extreme radykel senseless group. --courtesy of Dinah, June, 1978
BY CARL HOWARD
There seems to be some confusion in the north-central part of the state concerning the ministers of Metropolitan Community Church and Cascade Community Church in Akron. To set the record straight, C. Shawn Farrell is minister of Cascade Community and Karen J. Wheeler and Angie S. Umbertino are co-ministers at Metropolitan Community. For further information, please see the separate advertisements located elsewhere in HIGH GEAR. French priest and theologian Marc Oraison, who has preached that gay love is a form of Christian love, saying "If a priest preaches such a thing, then everything is ruined." (Gaylife)...
David Palmer, Director of The Human Rights Foundation's National Runaway Switchboard is currently planning a national gay switchboard using a free to the caller "1-800" number.
The national gay switchboard is scheduled to go into operation on October 1, 1978. It will operate around the clock staffed by 75 volunteers trained to give non judgmental information on sexuality and to make referrals to local organizations.
...The Kent Gay Liberation Front will hold its Annual Halloween Dance on Monday, October 30 from 8-12 pm. in the Kent State University Center ballroom. Costumes are optional; live band. For fruther information, call (216) 672-2068...
The Mariposa Film Group created the documentary WORD IS OUT: STORIES OF SOME OF OUR LIVES, a film that presents conversation with 26 gay men and women on what it means to be a homosexual in America. Acquired by WNET/THIRTEEN, New York, the film will be telecast nationally over the Public Broadcasting Service on Tuesday, October 10 at 9 p.m. (*PLEASE CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS(. The members of the Mariposa Film Group are (left to right): Veronica Selver, Lucy Massie Phenix, Nancy Adair, Andrew Brown, Robert Epstei and Peter Adair.
...The Episcopal Bishop of New York, The Right Rev. Paul Moore, Jr., has written an open letter to Integrity, the gay Episcopal group, to express his "Shock and distress at the backlash against gay rights." He went on to add: "I personally believe that human rights are inseparable and that tanding for gay rights is also standing for the rights of every human being to equality of opportunity in all areas of life. I also pledge my support for the cause of gay rights, and feel honored to be a part of this struggle."(Integrity. Newsletter)...
...MCC-AKRON...as of Oct. 1, Sunday Worship Services will be held at 2:00 pm. instead of 7:00 pm. Also on Oct. 8, there will be a Chicken Dinner given in celebration of the Tenth AnIniversary of the UFMCC. On Oct. 20 a Hayride & Bonfire; Oct. 27, 28, 29, The Great Lakes District Conference will be held in Adrian, Michigan on the grounds of Adrian College. Oct. 31 a Costume Halloween Party at the Stagecoach.
...The new head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul I, has in the past taken a firm stand against homosexuality. He criticized the
...FADING? "I have a defir ate feeling that homosexuals as a class are domed to die out because they don't reproduce their own kind." Vermont State Sen. Melvin Mandingo quoted in the Sunsay Rutland Herald. It's amazing we've lasted all these thousands of years!...
...Another first...The United Way of the Bay Area has agreed to fund a gay-oiented service group by allotting $30,000 for this year's crusade to the Pacific Center of Berkely. The grand ends a longstanding feud between the gay community and the giant fundraising organization...
...Gay Bob dolls have apparently become a great success. So much so, in fact, that local distributors have had to place backorders only...It's hoped stock will be available some me before Christmas and availa le in Cleveland at Traxx's & Exedra's Gift Shops...
...The Hayloft in downtown Akron is sponsoring an Auction, Wednesday, October 11 at 10 p. for the benefit of Cascade Community Church...
...Cascade Community Church I will move its Sunday Worship Service hours to 2:00 pm as of October 1...
...Educational work on gay issues should take precedence over legislative work in the next; few years. That was the me sage of State Sen Allan Spear at a conference on "Blacklash: What to Do About It" held recently in Minneapolis. Spear, one of three openly gay legislators elected in the U.S., is a veteran of three state gay rights bills in the past five years and played an important role in the St.Paul referendum..."We did not lose in St.Paul because we did not do anything wrong," he said. "We lost in St.Paui because the people of this country are not, at this point, willing to affirm gay rights at the polls. It's time now to focus on a painstaking, longtermed education effort," he said...(GCN)
...Another way of helping us increase our circulation and improving convenience to you our readers is to ask your local newstand, bookstore or shop if they carry HIGH GEAR. If enough people dmand; supply will be forthcoming!! and that's the law of economics...
...In response to the absurd statement that if: "God had meant to have homosexuals he would have created Adam and Bruce" Dear Anita: "God" did create Adam and Bruce. An you, and me, and Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice and countless millions of others. Inplicit in this arrangement was the idea that we all try to get along with one another. (J.R. Jost)... ....The Personal Right Organization of Toledo will present its annual Halloween Ball on Friday, October 20 from 8 pm to 1 am. at the Joseph W. Diehn American Legion Post; 5580 Centennial Road, in Sylvania, Ohio. A costume contest will be featured, with trophies given for those judged most interesting;. Also, refreshments, entertainment, prizes, and beer will be offered. For further information call (419) 2439351...
...Talk has it that After Midnight has been sold a new bar, or disco, or...?...
Bruce Goranson, a California fundraiser working with Troy Perry, reports that the Vote No On Issue 6 Committee (Briggs Initiative) has raise approximately $300,000.00...
please excuse our typos Vince and Mary are the owners of Excedra; not Vance and Mary as printed lat month. Also, it was Entertainment Dynamic, Inc. which put together Exedra's light and sound systems...
...Fashionable Studio 54 (NYC) is so 'in' that many are kept out, according to Renee Miller (Plain Dealer). But don't despair, she quotes Marc, the maitre d' as saying, "Our first preference is to try and attract as large a gay clientele as possible. They seem to be the most high-energy people." Michael Overington, co-owner, said, We don't want any wallflowers. We're selling them (customers) a place to party. All we're selling them is ambience," (Plain Dealer),