Page 26 HIGH GEAR DECEMBER 1980

ODDS'N ENDS

By Bill Suhay

The Arcade Art Gallery, Rm..146 in the Old Arcade, is offering a discount on gay Christmas cards in the Rockshots and TNT lines to all GEAR members. Any GEAR member presenting a current membership card will receive a 10% discount at the time of sale. The Arcade Art Gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The GEAR New Year's Eve Party will be held at the GEAR Community Center, 2641 West 14th Street, from 10 p.m. to? The cost is $5 per person. A buffet and noisemakers will be provided. See Thom David or call the Hotline, 621-3380, for reserva-

tions.

Radio Free Lambda, a project of the CWRU Gay Student Union, is on the air again with a half-hour program of gay news and information every Thursday at 10:30 p.m. on WRUW, FM-91.1. Ideas or suggestions for future shows may be sent to WRUW. 11220 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland, OH. 44106.

Circuit Rider

By Carl Howard

We hear there are big changes coming at TRAXX'S. Maybe Totle won't be beaten at the door once an exclusively gay crowd takes over... Randy from Dean's will be missed... Good luck in San Francisco, Randy. Maybe the hair will stay one color now. California sunshine, ya' know.. If you missed Jimmy Cougar at Crazy Tuesday, you really missed a treat. We hear Totie even had to spend the night baby-sitting him. He's even developed a new technique at the Bookstore, too. Larry P. has cultivated a great deal of expertise in Persian Carpets...Halle's in Westgate is trying to lure him there as a consultant...of course, Larry won't even . consider it unless he can employ .his assistants, Jimmy C. and Totie. Bobbie of Dean's certainly enjoyed Traxx Halloween Party especially After-Hours.. eh, Bobbie? Remember dear, Cleo never looked so good...

We hear George of the Vaults is in love again and going to the alter. San Francisco is a long waya off though, George, thank goodness for Ma Bell? The Vaults has remodeled and looks greater still... Congratulations to Mary and all on a job well done. Speaking of which... the Twenties Party they had was a Roaring success. Clyde Anne was a smash in her red flapper dress and beads for days..

In Cincinnati, a group of gay teachers are forming a gay and lesbian teacher, association to provide support for one another. Also forming is a transexual rap group called the "Quadrangle Connection." For more information about either of these groups, call the Gay Community Switchboard at (513) 241-0001. The Yel

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The women of LIGHT invite one and all to a showing of the movie Faces of History. This movie is the visual detailing of the creative energies which became the Judy Chicago Dinner Party. It will be shown at CSU on Jan. 18. The donation is $5 with all proceeds going toward the sponsorship of a plate in the Dinner Party showing in Akron in Spring '81. Call the Hotline, 621-3380, for details.

LIGHT invites all women to a "Women's Party" on Dec. 6 beginning at 9:30 p.m. The donation is $2.50 at the door ($2 with GEAR membership). All proceeds go to the sponsorship of a plate in the Judy Chicago Show.

G. has apparently become quite the expert on STD. The Free Clinic really appreciated your discussion...what's your next goal--typewriters?...

Rusty, how many women did you meet under the Big Mushroom and what did happen to the Mushroom?...you didn't, not ALL OF IT!....Jim H. has been frequenting Grand Central East recently...how many was it that night Jim?...

Ginny and Dick G. of CantonWelcome Aboard the good ship "GEAR"! We love ya' and need support like yours so much...What happened to Pat L.'s keys at the 23 Skidoo. We hear he was on the bus or was it the rapid? ... Benny, of the 2402 Club wasn't Youngstown exciting enough? Back so soon?....Earle K., alias Archie, we hear you give better transit service on Lorain than RTA, any truth to that?...

By the way, what were the Trustees doing while Mel M. "FISHED for her keys at Satan's Den?.... Maybe Mark or Dianne F. can tell!.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II toured the ancient ruins of Ponpeii and visited a house with erotic frescoes that did not appear to faze her in the least. As reporters craned their necks to watch for the royal reaction, the Queen passed a nude painting of Priapus, god of fertility (who is depicted with an enormous erection) without even a glance. Her husband was more appreciative. Stopping in front of the painting, Prince Philip said, "That's magnificent." Gaylife

Gay playwright Robert Patrick, author of T-Shirts, The Haunted Host, Kennedy's Children and many other plays, was recently presented with an award at the International Theater Arts Conference in Muncie, Indiana. Patrick has traveled widely supporting secondary school theater and is a contributing editor of Dramatics Magazine. He accepted the award plaque, the first ever given to an openly gay man, at Ball State University before 2,500 teachers and students. He said, "I accept this award not for anything yet done, but as a commission to do more." A collection of Patrick's plays, Mercy Drop and Other Plays, has just been published by Calamus Books in New York City. GPU News

The Cuyahoga County Political Action Club is forming. All persons are warmly invited to the next organizational planning meeting on Monday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. Call the Hotline, 621-3380. for details and directions:

Bill S. must you satisfy your curiosity about bondage that way? Dan K.'s handcuffs are all⚫ well and good but really the 620 will never get over it....

It was so nice seeing Laura and Terry in town recently. Columbus is lucky to have you for awhile but we miss you in Cleveland and intend to reclaim you John L. do you really expect soon...Tony S. has been at it the TABLETS to be ready this again with those 2 1/2 hour luntime? Let's hope they aren't in ches, where does he go? Dan M. I stone this time: extra weight lobt Bob'k. or Cills, are probably carry around the Center.... Thom partners in this business...of

course, Bob K. is still taping but now has a new assistant...John...

Rick S. has been staying at home a lot---barefoot and in the kitchen, word has it. Tom M. will probably be putting on a few pounds now. Home cooking, TV and all that jazz...Congratulations to Bobble and Cuyahoga Ltd. on a very successful weekend at The Crown. Bobble is a welcome addition to the show and.quite the singer. You looked great and sounded even better, dear...and all that worry too...can't keep a star under a moonbeam forever....

Eric A. you are such a DEAR! It's always nice to hear from quality and beauty.... Mother was terrorizing the 620 again. Poor Duane does have his hands full trying to keep some semblance of decorum when Mother starts. We all know how that goes. Spain seems to have worsened the condition, maybe there's an answer in that trip somewhere.' But David isn't talking...Hot Greg, the dj at Exedra was certainly in good form recently at 620. Relaxing for awhile Merna. Where was Helen?...

Congratulations and Belated Happy Birthday to Joe B. of the 620 Club. We are glad your "our". and love you and Estelle very much. We wish you many, many more in the future.:.Peter Allan's Concert was excellent; be sure and catch his act sometimes if you missed him at the Front Row....

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Remember the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights? A group of volunteer filmmakers from New York and San Francisco preserved the day on film and is working to make it available to the public. Enough money has been raised to develop the four hours of footage, that was shot and to begin the post-production work, but more is needed to complete the planned thirty-minute documentary. All contributions are taxdeductable. Checks should be made payable to the Film Fund/ October 14th Project. Screen'ings of the trailer can be arranged, and contributors who desire screen credit will receive it. For more information, or to contribute, write or call the

Mott Street, Suite 2D, New York, October 14th Film Project at 309 NY; (212) 226-3007. NGTF

The University of Ohio in Athens has added the words "sexual orientation" to its nondiscrimination policy. The change was advocated by the Ohio University Gay People's Alliance, which is willing to share its strategy with other groups. Contact GPA, 18 N. College Street, Athens, OH 45701. The Advocate

HULK comic book. the hero In the October issue #23 of the

barely escapes becoming the VICtim of rape by two gay men in the YMCA Tom Burrows. of the National Gay Task Force, has filed a complaint with the Comics Code Authority and will be pursuing action with the Marvel Comics affiliate NGTF

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Yves Navarre won the prestiglous Prix Goncourt literary prize in Paris for his latest novel, Le Jardin d'Acclimatation (The Zoo). As well as the prestige, the prize guarantees top place in the bestseller lists. The novel is the story of a homosexual whose father obliges him to undergo a lobotomy (brain operation). The narrative is from a viewpoint of 20 years after the operation and in the words of several members of the family. The Cleveland Plain · Dealer.

Theater owners have been disappointed with box office attendance at the John Travolta film Urban Cowboy. One Callfornia theater manager says, "the problem with Urban Cowboy lles in the title. Kids don't know what "urban" means. I've asked dozens of them for their definition, and they say they think it means gay or homosexual. Who wants to see a movie called 'The Gay Cowboy'?" Parade

The local Metropolitan Community Church was mistakenly invited to a fundamentalist "I Love America" rally in Columbia, South Carolina. These rallies, organized by Jerry Falwell, blame homosexuality, feminism, and abortion for the decline of the United States. MCC's Rev., Nancy Radcliff attended the rally and was introduced to the rest of the ministers. When asked, why they participated in the rally, one MCC member exclaimed, “We love America, too." Gaylife

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