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Connecticut Gay Pride Week 98!
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UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY is the theme for the 17th annual CT PRIDE celebration. CT PRIDE is
expanding this year and will be held in two locations in Connecticut! To help celebrate Gay Pride Month the
New Haven Gay & Lesbian Community Center (NHGLCC) is proud to host"FouR FRIDAYS IN JUNE". In addition,
CT PRIDE officials have invited political candidates from several of the state's major campaigns. There will
also be musical guests, coming out stories from openly gay local citizens, a vigil and time for meditation.
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OPEN HOUSE & RIBBON CUTTING
7:00 PM - Come to NHGLCC' s new location for their official Ribbon Cutting ceremony featuring the
Undertones! - NHGLCC - 50 Fitch St., New Haven.
MOVIE NIGHT & POT LUCK
6:30 PM - "In & Out" the hit comedy about coming out starring Kevin Kline- NHGLCC, 50 Fitch St.,
New Haven.
"BOWLING FOR GOD"
7-10 PM - Metropolitain Community Church of New Haven's first annual Pride Bowl at AMF Hamden
Lanes .. Call (203)389-6750 for more information.
PRE-FESTIVAL PRIDE RALLY
8-9:30 PM - The CT PRIDE Committee, has moved a portion of the Hartford-based events down to the
New Haven Green. The rally features the Divas of Disco, local coming out stories, political dignitaries,
and an AIDS/Breast Cancer Vigil - New Haven Green Bandstand.
GAY PRIDE PARADE & FESTIVAL
9:00 AM - Legislative Breakfast at Reader's Feast
10:30 AM - Parade Line-up in Bushnell Park, Hartford
11:30 AM Parade Begins!
1-4 PM - Festival at the Pavillion in Bushnell Park
4-8 PM - Tea Dance at Velvet
8 PM - 2 AM - PRIDE Dance at a place to be announced
POST PARADE PARTIES!
6:00 PM - Post parties will be held at three New Haven nightclubs: Gotham Citi, Partners and
168 Cafe.
METRO POLIT AIN COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES - 9:30 AM service will feature" Another Octave."
The 4:00 PM service will feature the MCC/NH choir. Both services will focus on celebrating the
g/1/b/t people that God created us to be. For more info call (203) 389-6750.
GAY DAY AT LAKE COMPOUNCE
11 AM-10 PM - Please purchase your tickets in advance in New Haven at Gotham Citi, 168 York Cafe
or Partners, or in Hartford at Reader's Feast. Tickets are $15 - Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT.

All events are free unless otherwise noted . For more information call: NHGLCC at (203) 777-7780, 50 Fitch Street, New
Haven or PRIDELINE at (860) 524-8114.
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New York City Gay Pride '98!
THE 1998 GAY & LESBIAN PRIDE WEEK EVENTS IN NYC will run from Sunday, June 21st through Sunday,
June 28th. The theme for this year's New York City's 1998 Gay & Lesbian Pride celebration is "Unity Through
Diversity". This theme was also selected by the International Association of Lesbian and Gay Pride Coordinators
as the international theme for Pride 1998. The logo (as seen on page 1) this year was designed by Carol Mihelik,
a graphic designer in New York City and Connecticut.

June 21st
2PM-6PM

RALLY: (10,000-15,000 attendees) - Location: Bryant Park (42nd Street and 6th Avenue) - Emcee: Varla
Jean Merman. Featured Artists and Speakers Featured to date are: Cyndi Lauper, cast members of the
Broadway musical hit Rent, cast members from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, recording artist and Star
Search winner Billy Porter, Nash ville-based singer Jazzmyn, Rock R&B band Melissa Reaves and the Willys
and Comedian Peggy Shaw. The Rally kicks off New York City's Pride Week celebations at Bryant Park just
one block from Times Square. Bryant Park is a very visible and accessible location to the entire Metropolitan/Tri-State area. Bring a picnic blanket and your favorite people for four hours of uninterrupted music,
talk and comedy in this beautiful setting-the best our community has to offer. FREE

June 24 th
8-lOPM

Out, Loud & Proud - Location: The Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center - Perspectives on Pride,
a history of New York City Gay and Lesbian Pride events. The program traces the history of Pride from
the "Day of Remembrance Marches" of the mid-sixties to the present day Pride Week events. FREE

June 28th
Noon-End

PRIDE MARCH (700,000 attendees) - The 29th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride March steps off from 52nd
Street and Fifth Avenue and proceeds south on Fifth Avenue to Washington Square and continues west
to dispersal at Christopher and Greenwich Streets. The Reviewing stand is located at Fifth Avenue and
25th Street, where groups pause and put on their best for the Judges (everybody wants to win a March
Award) .. Moment of Silence: 2 PM.

June 28th
PRIDEFEST '98 (350,000 attendees) - Location: Greenwich Village. - PrideFest '98's Market Place brings
11 AM-11 PM people together to enjoy fabulous ethnic fare from all over the world. The Market Place also features
hundreds of vendors and community groups selling their wares, distributing free information, registering
voters and more. But this is not all! From 3 PM to 9 PM, Stagefest features dozens of performances by
comedians, singers, drag queens/kings, dancers, bands, and performance artists. FREE.
June 28th
DANCE 12 (the annual Dance on the Pier) (7,000 attendees) - Location: Pier 54 (13th St. and the Hudson
4 PM-11 PM River). - DJs: Kris Spirit, the HX for Her "Best DJ" nominee for 1997 will open, and Mark Thomas, the
legendary Saint DJ will close. Dance 12 the world's largest annual outdoor dance is the traditional finale
to Pride Week in New York City. The gate opens at 4:30 PM and the party goes on until the spectacular
Fireworks at 10:30 PM. And in the middle of it all there is a fabulous live performance by a surprise musical
guest. Tickets: $25 May 1st thru June 20th, $35 June 21st thru June 28th.
For more information contact: Jimmy Riordan, Media Director - Tel: 212-807-7433 - FAX: 212-807-7436 - e-mail:
HOPMEDIA1@aol.com Heritage of Pride -154 Christopher Street, Suite 1-D - NYC, NY 10014.

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Hooray! Yippee! All Righi!
State Strengthens Gay Rights Law
On the last day of the Connecticut legislative session, state
legislators passed a bill that revises several policies and
procedures of the Commission on Human Rights and
Opportunities. Included in the bill was a section that allows
discrimination complaints based on sexual orientation to be
treated equally with other complaints including the right to
take a case to state court for damages and attorneys' fees. "We
have been working for six years for this legislation," said
Carolyn Gabel, Co-chair of the Connecticut Coalition for.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Civil Rights. "We
finally have the opportunity for strong remedies in
discrimination cases affecting our community." The Coalition's
legislative liaison, John Dwyer worked closely with Leslie
BrettfromthePermanentCommissionontheStatusofWomen,
,
lobbyist Betty Gallo and Joe Grabarz from CCLU.
In addition, the Coalition is celebrating the victory of the
defeat of efforts by the Connecticut Department of Social
Services to require a $1.00 co-pay per prescription from
Medicaid recipients that would have put a financial burden on
HIV/ AIDS patients. Thefinal legislative issue on the Coalition's
agenda was the blocking of any effort to restrict same gender
marriage. Connecticut remains one of the states that has not
passed legislation similar to the federal "Defense Of Marriage
Act" (DOMA) which denies basic civil rights .of marriage to
same gender couples. For further information on. how to
become involved in the CTCLGBTCR contact Carolyn Gabel
at (860) 521-4710 or e-mail to CGfeminist@aol.com.

NY - Giuliani Proposes Rights Bill
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has proposed legislation
that would require the city's government to treat
unmarried couples the same as those who are
married, allowing them to contit\µe as tenants in
apartments leased to their partners and insuring
their rights to be buried together in a city-owned
cemetery. The mayor forwarded the legislative
proposal to the City Council, wh,ere the measure
will be sponsored by Peter Vallone, the council
speaker. With Vallone's support, the proposal is
virtually certain to pass. Giuliani's proposaL which
fulfills a campaign promise he made to gay rights
advocates last year, would give New York City one
of the nation's broadest set of policies regarding
domestic partnerships.
The mayor's 'proposal would also obligate the city
to give registered domestic partners the same
benefits as spouses under the city's future collective
bargaining agreements and would allow the mayor
to provide "Good Samaritan" awards to the
domestic partners of uniformed city employees
who are killed in the line of duty. The mayor has
already quietly begun to change the rules and
regulations of city agencies to insure equal treatment
for registered domestic partners. $d, like spouses,
registered partners will also be able to represent
their companions in challenging tax bills.

Hello, Is Anybody Ho,ne?
Remember when TCC was just an idea and. how enthusiastically you
supported that idea? Remember when TCCwas injts planning s@ges and
how enthusiastically you supported those plans? Remember when TCC
was having financial difficulties and how enthusiastically you supported
TCC with your dollars! "Well," you say as you walk away. "I've done my
job. I've given both my emotional and financial support."
"Time?" you say. "You want some ofmy tim.e? You actuallywantmeto DO
something? Hey, what do you call patting you on the back and writing that
check? I've done my share.Where do you get off asking.me to participate
not only in the everyday operations of TCC but to attend TCC sponsored
events as well. No ... no ... no! I've done my part. Yousay thatTCCisfalling
in on itself because so much needs to be done and th~e'sno one to do it?
Yeah ... sure. You'rejust trying to make me feel guilty .... aren'tyou?"
"HEY! TCC where did you go? HEY! Come back. HEY!lt'slonely outh~e.
Please! Give me another chance!HELLO? .....HELLO? .....Is anybody there?"

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WTCCNews
Check This Out!
We are pleased to announce that the Triangle Community Center is sponsoring a
joint workshop on grant writing with the New Haven Gay & Lesbian Community
Center. Theworkshopwilltakepla.c eonSat,July18th,fromlOAM-3PM.Theability
to write grants is fast becoming an integrual part of all non-profit organizations.
Anyone interested in a position with a non-profit group is urged to attend this
workshop to learn this valuable and sought after skill.
The workshop will be conducted by Martha Keener, of West Hartford, CT who has
so generously volunteered her time. She is self-employed as a facilitator, training
designer, proposal developer, project manager and writer. Ms. Keener has successfully secured grants from the US Office of Education, the Council of Chief State School
Officers and the Grayce Long Foundation.
Anyone interested in helping the center acquire grants for additional programs and
funds to hire a potential office person, please contact Denyse Burke at367-3911. The
deadline for registration is June 30th. Seating is limited.

Lesbian Lit Group
For their July discussion, the Lesbian Literature Group has chosen a novel by Dorothy
Allison entitled the" Cave Dweller." The group has also tentatively planned a trip to New
York in July to attend the newly opened opera version of the classic lesbian romance novel
"Patience & Sarah" at the Lincoln Center. The Lit Group meets the first Tuesday of each
month atTCC starting at 7:30 PM. Copies of" Cave Dweller" are available at local libraries
and Bloodroot (203) 576-9168. For more info call Christine at 847-8476.

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TCC Friendraiser
The June TCC Friendraiser will be held on
Sunday, June 28 th at the home of David
Martin and Brian DeLaurentis from 12-4
PM. The address is 505 Cognewaugh
Rd. in Cos Cob. Donations of any amount
will be appreciated. BYOB.

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Gay Financial Network on
the Web
Walter Schubert and GFN Team Officially
launch the first and only web site dedicated to
the financial security of the gay and lesbian
community. Community, Capital, Commitment was the mantra for the much anticipated
launch of the Gay Financial Network
(www.GFN.com) at the 5th Annual Gay and
Lesbian Business and Consumer Expo at the
Jacob Javitz Center in New York City.
One of the most prominent interactive features
of the network is GFN investments (tm), the
online brokerage resource for gay and lesbian
investors provided by FarSight Financial Services, a member of the D.E. Shaw family of
companies. The competitively priced, userfriendly features of this service include: Secure, online investing - an ATM debit-card access to more than 5,000 mutual funds - 24hour access to accounts- real-time stock quotes,
historical charts, and fundamental research online bill-payments and checking.
GFN' s "Virtual Community" Features - Chats:
Regularly scheduled online chats for GFN
members with experts in financial matters important to today's gay and lesbian community
and Member Message Boards: To promote dialogue among members, GFN will provide message boards in which advice, news and relevant information can be shared by gays and
lesbians nationwide, providing the personal
touch and support of a friendly neighborhood.
Through links to other important Web sites
and original content, GFN members will keep
up with topics ranging from federal and state
initiatives to corporate policies toward the gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.

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Directions: Merritt Parkway - North & South Exit 31 (North St.). Follow sign that says "Business
District". Make your 4,1, left onto Dingletown and
follow to the end. Tum left onto Stanwich Road.
The 1" right is Cognewaugh.
Thruway - North & South - Take exit 5. Tum left at the end of ramp onto E. Putnam
Ave. You will pass a small waterfall on your right. Cross river bridge and take your 1''
right (River Rd. Ext.). Follow it to the end then tum right onto Valley Rd. You will pass
Cat Rock Rd. on your right. Continue until you come to a fork. Go directly forward at
fork onto Cognewaugh Rd. Lost? Call 629-9462 for help.

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Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review

Orange Activist to Help AIDS Ride

The current issue features an article about gay
characters in prime-time television, a review of an
anthology of gay Buddhist writings, an essay that
asks, "How Gay Was Walt Whitman?" and a
series on "The New Sex Wars," (the debate over
whether homosexual promiscuity irresponsibly
perpetuates the AIDS epidemic). It is the mix that
Richard Schneider Jr., the editor in chief, said he
wanted five years ago when he started. The
Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review is a quarterly
compilation of essays, book reviews and poetry.
Since it started, the review has featured an impressive lineup of prominent gay writers and thinkers,
including Barney Frank, Tony Kushner, Sarah
Schulman, Edmund White and Andrew Sullivan.
The circulation has grown from about 1,000 to
7,500, most of which is from newsstand sales. The
Review grew out of Harvard's gay and lesbian
newsletter, which Schneider, 43, edited in the late
1980s. The magazine, a nonprofit organization
supported by advertising and subscriptions, operates out of Schneider's home in Boston and does
not pay writers.

Marie Palmieri of Orange launched a project last year to help tli.ose with AIDS because
she was angry the town rejected a group of cyclists who wanted to stay there during
a fund-raising ride for the cause. Palmieri isn't angry anymore, but she's just as
motivated to raise rrioney for the Boston to New York AIDS ride, which benefits health
and community organizations that treat people with AIDS. So, she's opened Team
Orange fund raising to residents of Vj est Haven, Woodbridge, Bethany and Milford.

Gay Magazines- Less Sex,
More Families
If you want to know where the gay and lesbian
civil rights movement is headed, take a look at its
newest publications." Alternative Family" magazine is the first national parenting magazine for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered parents and
their children. "Arrow" is a magazine for monogamous gay men. Both magazines represent a
palpable shift in the interests of gay men and
women that would have been unthinkable until
recently.
"Alternative Family's" first issue includes a story
by a lesbian mother who became a surrogate for a
gay couple; a series of personal accounts about
becoming parents; a profile of an 11-year-old gay
rights activist with lesbian moms; regular columns on psychological and legal parenting issues; a Kid's Room with activities; and a Family
Resource Guide listing recommended books, videos and family organizations.
Arrow magazine will debut this montl1.. In its first
few issues, it plans to carry stories about relationships between gay and straight men, the pitfalls of
being 'out' at work and regular features such as
Hot Monogamy, a relationship advice column,
and Boy Toys, on techno-gadgets. It will also
feature tl1.e first gay marriage regish·y for people
in all states, although same-sex marriage is not
legally recognized anywhere in the country.
"Arrow's" web site is www .arrowmag.com. Inquiries about" Alternative Family" can be sent to
P.O. Box 7179, Van Nuys, CA, 91409; phone (818)
909-0314; or e-mail at altfammag@@aol.com.

June 1998

In 1997, Palmieri and those who donated to Team Orange raised $800. The overall
event which drew 3,000 riders - including many from the New Haven area - raised $7.6
million. This year the 275-mile ride is from Sept. 17 to 19. The money from the ride
benefits the Fenway Community Health Center in Boston, New York Gay & Lesbian
Services Center and other groups.
Orange is thought to be the only town in the country ever to reject hosting an overnight
campground for cyclists from the AIDS ride. In a grassroots effort this year, residents
in Orange collected hundreds of signatures on a petitions asking ride organizers to
consider stopping in Orange. The petition was not successful because the ride is not
scheduled to travel through Orange, Palmieri said. To donate money to the fund, send
a check made out to: Boston to NY AIDS Ride, P.O. Box 1174, Orange, CT, 06477-7174.
The words "Team Orange" should app~ar in the memo line of the check.

Westport Bookstore Host's Author
The Lambda award winning author, Blanche McCrary Boyd, will be reading from her
latest novel, "Terminal Velocity" on Thursday, June 18th at 7:30 PM at the Barnes &
Noble Bookstore in Westport. Boyd, who started out as an unsuccessful music critic
for the Village Voice, soon came to write on a wide variety of non-musical subjects for
the newspaper. In 1982 her first book, "The Redneck Way of Knowledge", was
published followed in 1986 by what was to become the first book of a trilogy entitled,
"The Revolution of Little Girls". Her most recent work, "Terminal Velocity", is the
second.

New Haven's Vale Appoints Same-Sex Couple
In a move echoing the recent appointment of the two new masters of Lowell House at
Harvard, Yale University has appointed a new residentialcollege dean who will be the
first to bring a live-in same-sex parhl.er. Peter Novak, who is expected to receive his
Master of Fine Arts degree this spring, will serve as dean of Trumbull College, one of
Yale's 12 undergraduate colleges.
According to Yale spokesperson Tom Conroy, Novak will serve" as the chief academic
and personal advisor to the students." Novak will be responsible for nearly 400 Yale
undergraduates in his new position. Novak's parmer, Curtis Lee, will live with him.
Conroy said Novak's appointment was not made in response to the Lowell House
appointments at Harvard, and added that Yale had not felt any pressure as a result of
the Harvard appointments.

New Haven's Vale Alters Gender Studies
Yale University is getting a sex change. The Ivy League school has announced it will
rename its Women's Studies program "Women's and Gender Studies" and reorganize
the undergraduate major into three areas of concentration: Women's Studies; Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies; and Gender Studies. The change involves
terminology more tli.an anything else, since Yale has offered a major in women's
studies for more than a decade and taught courses in all three areas of concentration.
The changes mean that come next fall, students will earn a degree in "women's and
gender studies" instead of just "women's studies." But the move has caused grumbling from conservatives on and off campus and reopened a debate that flared less
than a year ago, when alumnus Larry Kramer, the playwright and AIDS activist,
accused Yale of homophobia for rejecting his $5 million offer to endow a professorship
in gay studies. Yale said that the changes were unrelated to tli.e furor over Kramer's
offer and that they are aimed at drawing more students into tli.e field. In past years,
only six or seven students per year have majored in women's studies. Kramer, who
founded the confrontational AIDS activist group ACT UP, said "the changes are a
positive step but not enough."

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National News

The Homosexual Exception - NOT!

Salaries of AIDS Charities' Directors

Author Alan Wolfe has recently written a book that attempts
to discover the cultural attitudes of Americans outside of his
cocoon of Cambridge Massachusetts (see April N&V's) .. He
went to the suburbs of San Diego, Tulsa and Atlanta and
discovered that the people there were open-minded about
everything- except gays and lesbians. Even then, middle class
blacks were not as homophobic as their white neighbors.
Wolfe found such a high degree of homophobia in the commtmities he traveled to because he chose as representative of
America, three of the most homophobic areas in the country.

Some officials at charitable AIDS organizations are doing well by doing
good. At least nine groups pay their top officers more than $100,000 and
that has upset both AIDS activists and at least one member of the House,
who spoke out. "I was shocked to discover how many AIDS organizations
pay their executives excessive salaries at the expense of those living with
HIV," said Rep. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a physician who has treated
patients with the virus that causes AIDS.

Oklahoma is the most homophobic state in the United States
- according to the Human Rights Campaign. Cobb County,
Georgia is notorious for forfeiting participation in the Atlanta
Olympics because of a measure passed by the county board
condemning gays and l.e sbians. And although San Diego
might send a lesbian to Congress in '98 the level of homophobia is strongly correlated with age (the younger, the less
bigoted) and San Diego is a largely retirement community.
His results would have been different had he gone to Maryland, or Iowa, or Wyoming.
Which leads to the recent Nebraska Republican primary for
governor. Voters went to the polls in May to elect the Republican candidate which, in a Republican state like Nebraska, is
likely to win in the general election in November. The opponents in the three-way race were almost schematic - the front
runner, Christensen, was a ultra-conservative congressman
who made it a campaign promise not to hire any gays and
lesbians in his administration. His competitor, Mike Johanns,
a businessman with no political experience but with $2 million of his own money to pour into the race. Trailing was a
local mayor, Mark Gresoow, a moderate with little money but
who did travel to all 43 counties of Nebraska twice during tl1e
primary race. Johnnes, the mayor of Lincoln, scored an upset
which left not only his home town cheering but also lifted the
spirits of gay Republicans everywhere. Christensen the" family-values" candidate actually came in third behind the businessman. Clearly, one of tl1e things that Nebraska Republicans repudiated was Christensen' s unabashed bigotry. If the
voters had the attitude that gay is bad (as Wolfe suggested
they had), there would have been many more votes for
Christensen. -Seggerman

Millennium March Set
Organizers for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
community's fourth March on Washington announced the
event will be held on April 30, 2000. The March aims to
articulate the concerns of the gay community and fqcus on the
nation's attention on our quest for equality in all aspects of
life. "We expect one million gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
trans gendered sisters and brothers and our enlightened allies
to stand on the Mall and call upon our nation to live out the
promise of equality under the law," said the Rev. Troy D.
Perry, long-time gay activist and founder of the Universal
Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. Organizers have taken steps to begin incorporation of a non-profit
entity to handle planning, production and financial arrangements. For further information regarding accommodations,
travel agents and groups please call the March on Washington, (818) 891-1748.
June 1998

Salaries and other financial information about AIDS organizations nationwide have been posted on the World Wide Web by a San Francisco-based
advocacy group, the Accountability Project. Directors of the nine AIDS
organizations, which receive $53 million a year from federal, state and local
governments, are in charge of operations, budgets and staff. At the top of
the list: is Jerome Radwin, chief executive officer of the New York-based
American Foundation for AIDS Research, a national group known as
AmFAR. He was paid $191,729 in 1996. The Gay Men's Health Crisis, also
based in New York City, had two employees who earned more than the
$130,000 in 1995. On the West Coast, Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare
Foundation had at least six ej11ployees with salaries exceeding $100,000 in
1996 - five physicians paid $127,375 to $172,366, and the foundation
president, Michael Weinstein, paid $126,548.

Information on Gay Travel
Gay travel is a booming market worth an estimated $17 billion a year.
Below are some of the companies who arrange large and small group
travels for gays and lesbians:

Above & Beyond Tours: 1 (800) 397-2681, Web site:
www.abovebeyondtours.com; clientele, mostly gay men. Types of
trips: group travel to events popular with the gay community, such as
Carnival in Rio and Mardi Gras in Sydney.
Atlantis Events: 1 (800) 6-ATLANTIS, Web site:
www.atlantisevents.com; clientele, mostly gay men. Types of trips:
cruises and resort stays.
Family Abroad: 1 (800) 999-5500, Web site: familyabroad.com;
clientele: gay men and lesbians. Types of trips: customized trips all
over the world (a recent trip took over an entire sleeper car from St.
Petersburg to Moscow).
Olivia Cruises & Resorts: 1 (800) 631-6277, Website:
www.oliviatravel.com; price range, $795-$1,595; clientele: almost all
lesbian. Types of trips: cruises and resort stays.
RSVP Travel Productions: 1 (800) 328-RSVP, Website: www.rsvp.net;
clientele: mostly gay men. Types of trips: cruises and resort stays.

GOP Assures Christians Activists
In a closed meeting with Christian activists who had threatened to bolt the
Republican Party, house leaders have promised to avidly pursue a conservative social agenda. Conservative leaders said the three-hour session with
Speaker Gingrich and his Lieutenants ended in a mutual commitment to
push legislation restricting abortions, encouraging school prayer, and
blocking expanded rights for homosexuals. House leaders also promised
another attempt to eliminate federal funding for the arts.
Liberal groups expressed alarm at the renewed alliance of congressional
leaders and Christian activists. Groups represented at the meeting included Focus on the Family, the Christian Coalition, Concerned Women
for America, the Family Research Council, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the Home School Legal Defense Association. Moderate Republicans also voiced misgivings. "To have us jump every time a Christian
leader speaks means that we'll become a very small party pretty quickly,"
Rep. Chris Shays (R. Conn.) told CNN.

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A Plug for Pittsburgh

22 Pastors Want to Quit

This year Pittsburgh, PA will play host to Creating Change (a
gathering of activists from all over the country), a weekend long
conference by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. In 1990 the
conference, with its celebration of diversity, was held in Minneapolis. That year a progressive by the name of Paul Wellstone had
unexpectedly upset the incumbent Senator and no one was more
jubilant that the local !hgt community. Activist Ann de Groot taught
us all how to properly say" uff-dah!" The keynote address was given
by the late lamented John Preston, who spoke movingly of his
mother who stuck up for him when he got in trouble at school for
pushing the envelope. The next year the conference was in Alexandria, where the reception was much more somber. A sizeable
contingent from Connecticut went down (from the Hartford area),
mostly to pick up an award for helping to get Conn.' s gay rights bill
passed.

Saying they are tired of fighting a liberal church bureaucracy and
rising gay rights movement, 22 conservative Northern California
pastors are threatening to leave the United Methodist Church and
take their flocks with them. Although the evangelical/liberal rift is
decades in the making, it came to a head last month when a church
court failed to discipline a Nebraska pastor, the Rev. Jimmy Creech,
for performing a marriage service for two lesbians.

The following year the conference was in Los Angeles. One of the
workshops was conducted by a straight male named Chip Berlet,
who had been following the Radical Right for decades -- his research
was fascinating and very useful. Newly elected Rhode Island state
senator Will Fitzpatrick was there (as was his lover David Anderson). In 1993, it was back to the East Coast-- Jesse Helms' s hometown
of Durham, North Carolina. The gay community surprised the
locals with their warmth and vitality. Mab Secrest gave a speech in
which she explained all about the dichotomy of Southern hospitality
vs. Southern racism. The entertainment was provided by a loud
dyke named Lea Delaria, who had the audience in stitches.
The next year the conference was held in Dallas, in a state that had
seen seven murders of gay men in that year alone. Proposition 197
had just passed; the measure which denied education and medical
services to illegal aliens, and their children. The Latina lesbians who
were the main speakers, were understandably grieving. My most
memorable experience that year came not at the conference but at the
Catholic church across the street. The Saturday mass was in Spanish
but I could pick out from the sermon to nuestro hermanos y hermanas
(brothers and sisters) en Californie. The following year the conference
was held in Detroit, where the cold weather contrasted with the
warmth of the welcome, not just by the local activists but by the
mayor himself who sent a tape welcoming us to his fair city.
If it was an election year the conference must have been in Alexandria, so 1996 saw us back in that DC suburb. Barney Frank was one
of the speakers, who simply echoed Melinda Paras, who spoke
movingly of the fight against rolling back affirmative action. At the
closing brunch I sat at a table with some activists from Arizona, who
were well, smug. "It's something in the water" they assured me,
explaining how not one but two Arizona Republicans (Congressman Jim Kolbe and the mayor of Tempe) had come out as gay in the
months preceding the conference. Finally, last year's conference was
held in sunny San Diego. What was most amazing was how a
community so well organized and so large could be so powerless,
and so invisible. There was one dynamic lesbian on the City Council
(Christine Kehoe, running for the US House) and an out lesbian
judge but the community as a whole was basically ignored by the .
remainder of the population. We heard both sides of the Sex Panic
debate from Tony Valenzuela, who spoke with pride(?!) of engaging
in sexual behaviors that resulted in his sereoconversion, and Roland
Sintos, who called it genocide and said it had to stop, by whatever
means necessary. And this year the NGLTF will hold its conference
in Pittsburgh, November 13th to 15th - a five hour drive or a quick
hop by plane. More information about the conference can be obtained through the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force web site at
www.ngltf.org.
-Marianne Seggerman

June 1998

Even before the Creech verdict, regional leaders of the Methodist
church publicly announced they would continue to allow same-sex
ceremonies in Bay Area churches. In response, 22 conservative
clergy and 25 lay leaders signed a statement asking that they be
allowed to separate from the California-Nevada Annual Conference, which stretches from Fresno to the Oregon border and includes 375 Methodist churches with 93,000 members. National
church spokesmen said the threatened Northern California defections are "unprecedented," although smaller protests are breaking
out in New England and Georgia, where two large churches have
begun withholding money from the 8.5 million-member denomination.

Transgender
The Transition of Debra
[Minneapolis, MN] - Debra Davis illuminates the growing diversity within the transcommunity. Davis, 51, a 28-year veteran high
school librarian, was born and raised a male, as David Nielsen.
Now a grandparent, She has legally changed her name and is
living as a woman. She also has no interest in sexual reassignment
surgery (SRS).
Like a growing number of transpeople, she is identified as
trans gender, not transexual. People are classified transexual when
they seek SRS. Transgender also differs from crossdresser, which
refers to people who occasionally dress in clothing typically worn
by people of the 'opposite' sex. To further confound the matter,
many trans-people no longer accept any trans-identity, preferring
to contest societal labels that they feel are oppressive.
Ms. Davis had been working as a man and spending her life away
from school as a woman. "One of the hardest things for me is being
in this in-between stage," she said." After a while, you get tired of
hiding in shame, and I just won't live in shame any more. I like who
I am, I'm proud of who I am." Robert McCauley, Principal of
Southwest High, said reaction at the school has been fairly subdued
and calls from parents have been supportive. "We support Debra
100 percent," he said. "People have responded very well to the
strength and courage that she's showing."

Announcements from Church Bulletins
1. Don't let worry kill you. Let the church help.
2. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church ..
3. Mrs. Johnson will be entering the hospital soon for testes.

4. Scouts are collecting bottles and cans for redemption.
Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
5. The church's new tithing campaign slogan ... ; reads .....
"I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours!"

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June 13. We cannot guarantee that material
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IN - Resignation of Gay Priest at Notre Dame

ME- Gay Prom

"I felt I had come home," said the Rev. David Garrick, 53, recalling
the day he became a theater professor at Notre Dame in 1992. "And
I planned to spend the rest of my life here." But Garrick has
resigned, saying that the university has failed to embrace part of the
broader Catholic family, those who are gay and lesbian.

Like other high school sweethearts, Vanessa Morgan and Jenn York
just wanted to have fun when they started going to dances together
at Tels tar High in Bethel. Instead, the two girls got harassed. In June,
Morgan and York will go to a prom where they won't worry about
fitting in. The Summer Nights Prom at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in
Portland is for youths who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered
or unsure about their sexual orientation. The alcohol-free, semiformal event is spqnsored by Outright, a Portland organization that
provides support for people 22 and younger.

In a letter to the student newspaper, he announced that while he
faithfully kept the vow of celibacy, he is gay. The disclosure followed a protest at Notre Dame over the university's refusal to give
space on campus to an organization for gay and lesbian students.
Not long after his disclosure, Garrick was no longer asked to say
Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus. The treatment
of Garrick, which has become a prominent issue since his resignation, has provoked widespread criticism from Notre Dame students, especially from gay students, who considered him a hero.
The official reason given for Garrick's removal from the Mass
schedule was the poor quality of his homilies. That amused many
Catholics here, who observed that plenty of priests would be out of
jobs if that were the criterion. Garrick, a professor of drama, was
considered by many to be eloquent. Garrick said he had steered
away from issues of sexuality in his homilies. In hearing confession,
he said, he never veered from church teaching, noting that he
emphasized the spiritual emptiness of promiscuity, homosexual or
heterosexual.

NB - Creech to Lose Position as Pastor
The Rev. Jimmy Creech, the Methodist minister who set off a
firestorm last year by performing a union cer~mony for two women,
learned that he has lost his job. Creech said he was stunned when
Nebraska Bishop Joel Martinez told him he would not be reappointed as pastor of First United Methodist Church. The decision
comes after a jury of Nebraska pastors ruled in March that Creech did
not disobey the United Methodist Church when he performed the
ceremony. Each church has a committee that makes recommendations on appointments; but the ultimate decision belongs to the
bishop. Creech said the staff parish relations committee at First
United Methodist never recommended to Martinez that Creech not
be reappointed. "Quite the contrary," he said, "there's been a strong
output of support from the church."

MA - Youths Uplifted

NY - What Gay School?

The 140 publicly funded Gay /Straight Alliances in Massachusetts
high schools have given new life to gay students who are lonely,
terrified of being found out, and even suicidal, advocates said. On
May 16th , a handful of student leaders, some of them victims of gaybashing who had considered suicide, pumped the already soaring
spirits of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, parents, and
teachers at the fourth am1Ual Gay & Straight Youth Pride Day in
Boston. Organizers had expected about 2,000 to turn out, but Boston
Police estimated the crowd at 7,500. Massachusetts is the only state
with a commission for gay youth and a Gay and Lesbian Student
Rights law, signed by Governor William F. Weld in 1993.

A school for gay and lesbian teenagers, which would have been the
first on Long Island and one of the few in the world, was getting
ready to open in Bay Shore. But at the last minute, the program was
canceled by top officials of the sponsoring government agency, the
Board of Cooperative Educational Services for Eastern Suffolk County,
who said they only learned about the planned school when a
newspaper reporter asked about it. Dr. Bruce G. Brodsky, the president of the board, said staff members had gone ahead with the plans
without getting prior approval from the board, which serves youngsters with special needs, including those who are pregnant or
handicapped. He said the staff members will be reprimanded.

ME - Human Rights Ordinance Passes

The decision leaves unresolved whatto do about homosexual youngsters who say they feel forced out of regular schools on Long Island .
Advocates say such youths need a safe haven to complete their
education, while critics oppose schools for gay students as unnecessary special treatment. Future board approval of the Bay Shore
school appears doubtful, at least not as originally planned. While
acknowledging that gay students may need help, Dr. Brodsky
opposes putting them in a program by themselves.

With a Town Council vote of 6 to 1, Bar Harbor became the first town
in Maine to once again protect people of all sexual orientations
against discrimination in housing, credit and employment since the
protection was stripped out of Maine's Human Rights Act by public
referendum in February. Bar Harbor's newest ordinance is modeled
after similar measures that Portland and Long Island passed in
1992. It is the town's first and only human rights ordinance, according to Town Manager Dana Reed, who said other protected categories such as race, gender, and religion are covered by Maine's
Human Rights Act. Following the Feb. 10 repeal of Maine's 1-yearold law banning discrimination in housing, employment, credit and
public accommodation, several towns took up the idea of enacting
locally protective measures. Once it becomes effective in 30 days,
Bar Harbor's ordinance will enable people who believe they have
been discriminated against because of sexual orientation the opportunity to file a civil lawsuit against the alleged discriminator in
court. Whether it will last remains to be seen. In 1993, when the
Lewiston Town Council passed a similar ordinance, residents petitioned to put it to a town vote. At the polls nine months later, voters
repealed it by a vote of 2 to 1.

June 1998

NY - Holy Union Ceremony
Rabbi Lippman and the Rev. Allen V. Harris of the Park Avenue
Christian Church will make history on Sunday, June 21st at 7 PM
when they co-officiate at a group Holy Union Same-Sex Wedding
Ceremony in the Church-Temple Sanctuary. Both the Rabbi and the
Minister have officiated and co-officiated at such ceremonies before,
but this will be the first "group" ceremony for either of them.
Jewish-Christian, Jewish-Jewish, and Christian-Christian gay and
lesbian couples will exchange vows and rings and will be blessed by
both officiants. A reception will follow in the Social Hall.
Pre-registration for couples is necessary. For information, call Rabbi
Lippman at (212) 580-2458 or the Rev, Harris at (212) 288-3246 ext 30.
Well-wishers are invited to attend!

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PA- Pridefest A $2 Million Success
A ripple of an idea that launched the firstPrideFest five years ago has
turned into a $2 million wave, the chief organizer of the annual gay
and lesbian festival said. According to daily counts conducted
during the event, which lasted five days, total attendance was
between 35,000 and 40,000, said Malcolm Lazin, founder of PrideFest.
The visitors spent an average of $50 each, he said. That works out to
$2 million spent on food, entertainment, souvenirs and lodging. The
festival, which began in 1993, this year featured an array of events
ranging from workshops to a body-building competition. Former
talk-show host Phil Donahue won PrideFest's national role model
award for bringing gay issues into mainstream debate.

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The weather was sunny and highs were in the mid-70s through May
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TN - Germantown High Bans Indigo Girls
Only days before the Indigo Girls, a Grammy-winning duo, were to
perform at Germantown High School, its principal decided to cancel
the free concert, saying the act is too profane. Principal Ernest
Chism, who had never heard of the Indigo Girls or their music, said
it had nothing to do with the duo's homosexuality and everything
to do with vulgarity . He learned that the singer/ guitarists Amy Ray
and Emily Saliers had used profanity in one of their songs during a
high school concert in Logansville, Ga .
Germantown's cancellation is the second among high schools for
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Bi Rap Group - Peter 838-2806; Robin 855-8646
35+ Womens Pot Luck - Judy 227-7162
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Gay Men's Rap Group - Dave 838-1881; John 389-7391
Gmosaic (People of Color) - Nasheed 854-7726
Lesbian Literature Reading Group - Christine, 847-8476
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P-FLAG Spouses & Ex Spouses Group - Joan 544-8724
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Tues., June 2 - Gay Day at Guilford High School, a community
outreach discussion featuring GHS graduate and NHGLCC copresident John Allen. Guilford Public Library, Community Room,
7:00 PM. For more info call 203-777-7780.
Fri., June 5 - Open House & Ribbon Cutting for the new location of the
New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 50 Fitch St., New
Haven, 7:00 PM. For more info see page 1.
Fri. - Sat., June 5 - 13 - The Eleventh Annual Connecticut Gay and
Lesbian Film Festival at Cinestudio, on the campus of Trinity
College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford. Opening and closing nights
are $10, students and seniors, $8.Tickets for regular shows are $8,
students and seniors, $6. Three day passes for regular shows are
$20; a Festival Pass for all 12 shows is $60. All evening shows begin
at7:30pm. On both Saturdays and on Sunday there are also matinees
starting at 2:30pm. Tickets available in North Haven at The Sober
Camel, and in Hartford at The Reader's feast, the Metro Store, and
at the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. For more info
call the festival info Line (860) 586-1136.
Sat., June 6 - Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund celebrates
its 25th anniversary with a Gala Dinner Party, Hartford's Union
Train Station Great Hall, 6:00-10:00 PM. $50 per person;" creative"
formal attire. For more info call Anne Stanback at CWEALF, 860247-6090, or e-mail CWEALFAS@aol.com.

Sat., June 13 - Sons and Lovers, a gay male a capella group, performs
at University of Hartford Konover Hall, 8 PM, to benefit Children
From the Shadows. Tickets available at The Readers Feast and at the
Metro Store, by e-mail at rpassariello@snet.net, or by telephone at
860-649-7386. $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
Sat., June 13 - "Bowling for God", MCC/New Haven's first annual
Pride Bowl, AMF Hamden Lanes, 7 - 10 PM. For more info call 203389-6750.
Sat., June 13 - Women After Hours presents its Black and White
Anniversary Dance (or come as you are) (women only), Holiday
Inn, East Hartford, 8:30 PM-1:00 AM, $10.00 cover. Call 860-5289611 for directions.
Fri., June 19 - CT PRIDE Rally at New Haven Green, 8-10 PM. For more
info see page 1.
Sat., June 20 - CT PRIDE 1998 PRIDEFEST, Bushnell Park, Hartford.
For more information see page 1.
Sun., June 21 - Two MCC/New Haven Services: 9:30 AM, featuring
Another Octave, and 4 PM, featuring the MCC/NH choir music.
Call 203-389-6750 for more information.
Fri., June 26 - Gay Day at Lake Compounce in Bristol; sponsored by
the New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center. 11 AM - 10
PM. For more info see page 1.

Sun., June 7 - Pride Stride a SK pledge walk to benefit the Hartford Gay
and Lesbian Health Collective, and the Project 100/ Gay Lesbian
Bisexual Transgender Community Center. MDC Reservoir in West
Hartford. Call 860-278-4163 for more information.

Fri., June 26 - Potluck and Movie Night at the New Haven Gay and
Lesbian Community Center, 50 Fitch Street, New Haven. Feature:
"All About Eve." Potluck at 6:30 PM, film at 7:15 PM. For more info
e-mail FGDMYO@aol.com.

Fri., June 12 - Potluck and Movie Night at the New Haven Gay and
Lesbian Community Center, 50 Fitch Street, New Haven. Feature:
"In and Out." Potluck at 6:30 PM, film at 7:15 PM. For more info email FGDMYO@aol.com.

Sat., June 27 - Hike and Summer Barbecue (Eastern CT). Join the
Chiltern Mountain Club for a moderate 5+ /- mile hike in Eastern
CT followed by a swim and potluck BBQ at Amston Lake. For
details and directions call Jonathan Clark at 860-727-1013, or e-mail
JCinHtfd@aol.com.

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UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY is the theme for the 17th annual CT PRIDE celebration. CT PRIDE is
expanding this year and will be held in two locations in Connecticut! To help celebrate Gay Pride Month the
New Haven Gay & Lesbian Community Center (NHGLCC) is proud to host"FouR FRIDAYS IN JUNE". In addition,
CT PRIDE officials have invited political candidates from several of the state's major campaigns. There will
also be musical guests, coming out stories from openly gay local citizens, a vigil and time for meditation.
June 5th

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June 26 th

OPEN HOUSE & RIBBON CUTTING
7:00 PM - Come to NHGLCC' s new location for their official Ribbon Cutting ceremony featuring the
Undertones! - NHGLCC - 50 Fitch St., New Haven.
MOVIE NIGHT & POT LUCK
6:30 PM - "In & Out" the hit comedy about coming out starring Kevin Kline- NHGLCC, 50 Fitch St.,
New Haven.
"BOWLING FOR GOD"
7-10 PM - Metropolitain Community Church of New Haven's first annual Pride Bowl at AMF Hamden
Lanes .. Call (203)389-6750 for more information.
PRE-FESTIVAL PRIDE RALLY
8-9:30 PM - The CT PRIDE Committee, has moved a portion of the Hartford-based events down to the
New Haven Green. The rally features the Divas of Disco, local coming out stories, political dignitaries,
and an AIDS/Breast Cancer Vigil - New Haven Green Bandstand.
GAY PRIDE PARADE & FESTIVAL
9:00 AM - Legislative Breakfast at Reader's Feast
10:30 AM - Parade Line-up in Bushnell Park, Hartford
11:30 AM Parade Begins!
1-4 PM - Festival at the Pavillion in Bushnell Park
4-8 PM - Tea Dance at Velvet
8 PM - 2 AM - PRIDE Dance at a place to be announced
POST PARADE PARTIES!
6:00 PM - Post parties will be held at three New Haven nightclubs: Gotham Citi, Partners and
168 Cafe.
METRO POLIT AIN COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES - 9:30 AM service will feature" Another Octave."
The 4:00 PM service will feature the MCC/NH choir. Both services will focus on celebrating the
g/1/b/t people that God created us to be. For more info call (203) 389-6750.
GAY DAY AT LAKE COMPOUNCE
11 AM-10 PM - Please purchase your tickets in advance in New Haven at Gotham Citi, 168 York Cafe
or Partners, or in Hartford at Reader's Feast. Tickets are $15 - Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT.

All events are free unless otherwise noted . For more information call: NHGLCC at (203) 777-7780, 50 Fitch Street, New
Haven or PRIDELINE at (860) 524-8114.
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New York City Gay Pride '98!
THE 1998 GAY & LESBIAN PRIDE WEEK EVENTS IN NYC will run from Sunday, June 21st through Sunday,
June 28th. The theme for this year's New York City's 1998 Gay & Lesbian Pride celebration is "Unity Through
Diversity". This theme was also selected by the International Association of Lesbian and Gay Pride Coordinators
as the international theme for Pride 1998. The logo (as seen on page 1) this year was designed by Carol Mihelik,
a graphic designer in New York City and Connecticut.

June 21st
2PM-6PM

RALLY: (10,000-15,000 attendees) - Location: Bryant Park (42nd Street and 6th Avenue) - Emcee: Varla
Jean Merman. Featured Artists and Speakers Featured to date are: Cyndi Lauper, cast members of the
Broadway musical hit Rent, cast members from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, recording artist and Star
Search winner Billy Porter, Nash ville-based singer Jazzmyn, Rock R&B band Melissa Reaves and the Willys
and Comedian Peggy Shaw. The Rally kicks off New York City's Pride Week celebations at Bryant Park just
one block from Times Square. Bryant Park is a very visible and accessible location to the entire Metropolitan/Tri-State area. Bring a picnic blanket and your favorite people for four hours of uninterrupted music,
talk and comedy in this beautiful setting-the best our community has to offer. FREE

June 24 th
8-lOPM

Out, Loud & Proud - Location: The Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center - Perspectives on Pride,
a history of New York City Gay and Lesbian Pride events. The program traces the history of Pride from
the "Day of Remembrance Marches" of the mid-sixties to the present day Pride Week events. FREE

June 28th
Noon-End

PRIDE MARCH (700,000 attendees) - The 29th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride March steps off from 52nd
Street and Fifth Avenue and proceeds south on Fifth Avenue to Washington Square and continues west
to dispersal at Christopher and Greenwich Streets. The Reviewing stand is located at Fifth Avenue and
25th Street, where groups pause and put on their best for the Judges (everybody wants to win a March
Award) .. Moment of Silence: 2 PM.

June 28th
PRIDEFEST '98 (350,000 attendees) - Location: Greenwich Village. - PrideFest '98's Market Place brings
11 AM-11 PM people together to enjoy fabulous ethnic fare from all over the world. The Market Place also features
hundreds of vendors and community groups selling their wares, distributing free information, registering
voters and more. But this is not all! From 3 PM to 9 PM, Stagefest features dozens of performances by
comedians, singers, drag queens/kings, dancers, bands, and performance artists. FREE.
June 28th
DANCE 12 (the annual Dance on the Pier) (7,000 attendees) - Location: Pier 54 (13th St. and the Hudson
4 PM-11 PM River). - DJs: Kris Spirit, the HX for Her "Best DJ" nominee for 1997 will open, and Mark Thomas, the
legendary Saint DJ will close. Dance 12 the world's largest annual outdoor dance is the traditional finale
to Pride Week in New York City. The gate opens at 4:30 PM and the party goes on until the spectacular
Fireworks at 10:30 PM. And in the middle of it all there is a fabulous live performance by a surprise musical
guest. Tickets: $25 May 1st thru June 20th, $35 June 21st thru June 28th.
For more information contact: Jimmy Riordan, Media Director - Tel: 212-807-7433 - FAX: 212-807-7436 - e-mail:
HOPMEDIA1@aol.com Heritage of Pride -154 Christopher Street, Suite 1-D - NYC, NY 10014.

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Hooray! Yippee! All Righi!
State Strengthens Gay Rights Law
On the last day of the Connecticut legislative session, state
legislators passed a bill that revises several policies and
procedures of the Commission on Human Rights and
Opportunities. Included in the bill was a section that allows
discrimination complaints based on sexual orientation to be
treated equally with other complaints including the right to
take a case to state court for damages and attorneys' fees. "We
have been working for six years for this legislation," said
Carolyn Gabel, Co-chair of the Connecticut Coalition for.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Civil Rights. "We
finally have the opportunity for strong remedies in
discrimination cases affecting our community." The Coalition's
legislative liaison, John Dwyer worked closely with Leslie
BrettfromthePermanentCommissionontheStatusofWomen,
,
lobbyist Betty Gallo and Joe Grabarz from CCLU.
In addition, the Coalition is celebrating the victory of the
defeat of efforts by the Connecticut Department of Social
Services to require a $1.00 co-pay per prescription from
Medicaid recipients that would have put a financial burden on
HIV/ AIDS patients. Thefinal legislative issue on the Coalition's
agenda was the blocking of any effort to restrict same gender
marriage. Connecticut remains one of the states that has not
passed legislation similar to the federal "Defense Of Marriage
Act" (DOMA) which denies basic civil rights .of marriage to
same gender couples. For further information on. how to
become involved in the CTCLGBTCR contact Carolyn Gabel
at (860) 521-4710 or e-mail to CGfeminist@aol.com.

NY - Giuliani Proposes Rights Bill
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has proposed legislation
that would require the city's government to treat
unmarried couples the same as those who are
married, allowing them to contit\µe as tenants in
apartments leased to their partners and insuring
their rights to be buried together in a city-owned
cemetery. The mayor forwarded the legislative
proposal to the City Council, wh,ere the measure
will be sponsored by Peter Vallone, the council
speaker. With Vallone's support, the proposal is
virtually certain to pass. Giuliani's proposaL which
fulfills a campaign promise he made to gay rights
advocates last year, would give New York City one
of the nation's broadest set of policies regarding
domestic partnerships.
The mayor's 'proposal would also obligate the city
to give registered domestic partners the same
benefits as spouses under the city's future collective
bargaining agreements and would allow the mayor
to provide "Good Samaritan" awards to the
domestic partners of uniformed city employees
who are killed in the line of duty. The mayor has
already quietly begun to change the rules and
regulations of city agencies to insure equal treatment
for registered domestic partners. $d, like spouses,
registered partners will also be able to represent
their companions in challenging tax bills.

Hello, Is Anybody Ho,ne?
Remember when TCC was just an idea and. how enthusiastically you
supported that idea? Remember when TCCwas injts planning s@ges and
how enthusiastically you supported those plans? Remember when TCC
was having financial difficulties and how enthusiastically you supported
TCC with your dollars! "Well," you say as you walk away. "I've done my
job. I've given both my emotional and financial support."
"Time?" you say. "You want some ofmy tim.e? You actuallywantmeto DO
something? Hey, what do you call patting you on the back and writing that
check? I've done my share.Where do you get off asking.me to participate
not only in the everyday operations of TCC but to attend TCC sponsored
events as well. No ... no ... no! I've done my part. Yousay thatTCCisfalling
in on itself because so much needs to be done and th~e'sno one to do it?
Yeah ... sure. You'rejust trying to make me feel guilty .... aren'tyou?"
"HEY! TCC where did you go? HEY! Come back. HEY!lt'slonely outh~e.
Please! Give me another chance!HELLO? .....HELLO? .....Is anybody there?"

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WTCCNews
Check This Out!
We are pleased to announce that the Triangle Community Center is sponsoring a
joint workshop on grant writing with the New Haven Gay & Lesbian Community
Center. Theworkshopwilltakepla.c eonSat,July18th,fromlOAM-3PM.Theability
to write grants is fast becoming an integrual part of all non-profit organizations.
Anyone interested in a position with a non-profit group is urged to attend this
workshop to learn this valuable and sought after skill.
The workshop will be conducted by Martha Keener, of West Hartford, CT who has
so generously volunteered her time. She is self-employed as a facilitator, training
designer, proposal developer, project manager and writer. Ms. Keener has successfully secured grants from the US Office of Education, the Council of Chief State School
Officers and the Grayce Long Foundation.
Anyone interested in helping the center acquire grants for additional programs and
funds to hire a potential office person, please contact Denyse Burke at367-3911. The
deadline for registration is June 30th. Seating is limited.

Lesbian Lit Group
For their July discussion, the Lesbian Literature Group has chosen a novel by Dorothy
Allison entitled the" Cave Dweller." The group has also tentatively planned a trip to New
York in July to attend the newly opened opera version of the classic lesbian romance novel
"Patience & Sarah" at the Lincoln Center. The Lit Group meets the first Tuesday of each
month atTCC starting at 7:30 PM. Copies of" Cave Dweller" are available at local libraries
and Bloodroot (203) 576-9168. For more info call Christine at 847-8476.

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TCC Friendraiser
The June TCC Friendraiser will be held on
Sunday, June 28 th at the home of David
Martin and Brian DeLaurentis from 12-4
PM. The address is 505 Cognewaugh
Rd. in Cos Cob. Donations of any amount
will be appreciated. BYOB.

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Gay Financial Network on
the Web
Walter Schubert and GFN Team Officially
launch the first and only web site dedicated to
the financial security of the gay and lesbian
community. Community, Capital, Commitment was the mantra for the much anticipated
launch of the Gay Financial Network
(www.GFN.com) at the 5th Annual Gay and
Lesbian Business and Consumer Expo at the
Jacob Javitz Center in New York City.
One of the most prominent interactive features
of the network is GFN investments (tm), the
online brokerage resource for gay and lesbian
investors provided by FarSight Financial Services, a member of the D.E. Shaw family of
companies. The competitively priced, userfriendly features of this service include: Secure, online investing - an ATM debit-card access to more than 5,000 mutual funds - 24hour access to accounts- real-time stock quotes,
historical charts, and fundamental research online bill-payments and checking.
GFN' s "Virtual Community" Features - Chats:
Regularly scheduled online chats for GFN
members with experts in financial matters important to today's gay and lesbian community
and Member Message Boards: To promote dialogue among members, GFN will provide message boards in which advice, news and relevant information can be shared by gays and
lesbians nationwide, providing the personal
touch and support of a friendly neighborhood.
Through links to other important Web sites
and original content, GFN members will keep
up with topics ranging from federal and state
initiatives to corporate policies toward the gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.

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Directions: Merritt Parkway - North & South Exit 31 (North St.). Follow sign that says "Business
District". Make your 4,1, left onto Dingletown and
follow to the end. Tum left onto Stanwich Road.
The 1" right is Cognewaugh.
Thruway - North & South - Take exit 5. Tum left at the end of ramp onto E. Putnam
Ave. You will pass a small waterfall on your right. Cross river bridge and take your 1''
right (River Rd. Ext.). Follow it to the end then tum right onto Valley Rd. You will pass
Cat Rock Rd. on your right. Continue until you come to a fork. Go directly forward at
fork onto Cognewaugh Rd. Lost? Call 629-9462 for help.

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Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review

Orange Activist to Help AIDS Ride

The current issue features an article about gay
characters in prime-time television, a review of an
anthology of gay Buddhist writings, an essay that
asks, "How Gay Was Walt Whitman?" and a
series on "The New Sex Wars," (the debate over
whether homosexual promiscuity irresponsibly
perpetuates the AIDS epidemic). It is the mix that
Richard Schneider Jr., the editor in chief, said he
wanted five years ago when he started. The
Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review is a quarterly
compilation of essays, book reviews and poetry.
Since it started, the review has featured an impressive lineup of prominent gay writers and thinkers,
including Barney Frank, Tony Kushner, Sarah
Schulman, Edmund White and Andrew Sullivan.
The circulation has grown from about 1,000 to
7,500, most of which is from newsstand sales. The
Review grew out of Harvard's gay and lesbian
newsletter, which Schneider, 43, edited in the late
1980s. The magazine, a nonprofit organization
supported by advertising and subscriptions, operates out of Schneider's home in Boston and does
not pay writers.

Marie Palmieri of Orange launched a project last year to help tli.ose with AIDS because
she was angry the town rejected a group of cyclists who wanted to stay there during
a fund-raising ride for the cause. Palmieri isn't angry anymore, but she's just as
motivated to raise rrioney for the Boston to New York AIDS ride, which benefits health
and community organizations that treat people with AIDS. So, she's opened Team
Orange fund raising to residents of Vj est Haven, Woodbridge, Bethany and Milford.

Gay Magazines- Less Sex,
More Families
If you want to know where the gay and lesbian
civil rights movement is headed, take a look at its
newest publications." Alternative Family" magazine is the first national parenting magazine for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered parents and
their children. "Arrow" is a magazine for monogamous gay men. Both magazines represent a
palpable shift in the interests of gay men and
women that would have been unthinkable until
recently.
"Alternative Family's" first issue includes a story
by a lesbian mother who became a surrogate for a
gay couple; a series of personal accounts about
becoming parents; a profile of an 11-year-old gay
rights activist with lesbian moms; regular columns on psychological and legal parenting issues; a Kid's Room with activities; and a Family
Resource Guide listing recommended books, videos and family organizations.
Arrow magazine will debut this montl1.. In its first
few issues, it plans to carry stories about relationships between gay and straight men, the pitfalls of
being 'out' at work and regular features such as
Hot Monogamy, a relationship advice column,
and Boy Toys, on techno-gadgets. It will also
feature tl1.e first gay marriage regish·y for people
in all states, although same-sex marriage is not
legally recognized anywhere in the country.
"Arrow's" web site is www .arrowmag.com. Inquiries about" Alternative Family" can be sent to
P.O. Box 7179, Van Nuys, CA, 91409; phone (818)
909-0314; or e-mail at altfammag@@aol.com.

June 1998

In 1997, Palmieri and those who donated to Team Orange raised $800. The overall
event which drew 3,000 riders - including many from the New Haven area - raised $7.6
million. This year the 275-mile ride is from Sept. 17 to 19. The money from the ride
benefits the Fenway Community Health Center in Boston, New York Gay & Lesbian
Services Center and other groups.
Orange is thought to be the only town in the country ever to reject hosting an overnight
campground for cyclists from the AIDS ride. In a grassroots effort this year, residents
in Orange collected hundreds of signatures on a petitions asking ride organizers to
consider stopping in Orange. The petition was not successful because the ride is not
scheduled to travel through Orange, Palmieri said. To donate money to the fund, send
a check made out to: Boston to NY AIDS Ride, P.O. Box 1174, Orange, CT, 06477-7174.
The words "Team Orange" should app~ar in the memo line of the check.

Westport Bookstore Host's Author
The Lambda award winning author, Blanche McCrary Boyd, will be reading from her
latest novel, "Terminal Velocity" on Thursday, June 18th at 7:30 PM at the Barnes &
Noble Bookstore in Westport. Boyd, who started out as an unsuccessful music critic
for the Village Voice, soon came to write on a wide variety of non-musical subjects for
the newspaper. In 1982 her first book, "The Redneck Way of Knowledge", was
published followed in 1986 by what was to become the first book of a trilogy entitled,
"The Revolution of Little Girls". Her most recent work, "Terminal Velocity", is the
second.

New Haven's Vale Appoints Same-Sex Couple
In a move echoing the recent appointment of the two new masters of Lowell House at
Harvard, Yale University has appointed a new residentialcollege dean who will be the
first to bring a live-in same-sex parhl.er. Peter Novak, who is expected to receive his
Master of Fine Arts degree this spring, will serve as dean of Trumbull College, one of
Yale's 12 undergraduate colleges.
According to Yale spokesperson Tom Conroy, Novak will serve" as the chief academic
and personal advisor to the students." Novak will be responsible for nearly 400 Yale
undergraduates in his new position. Novak's parmer, Curtis Lee, will live with him.
Conroy said Novak's appointment was not made in response to the Lowell House
appointments at Harvard, and added that Yale had not felt any pressure as a result of
the Harvard appointments.

New Haven's Vale Alters Gender Studies
Yale University is getting a sex change. The Ivy League school has announced it will
rename its Women's Studies program "Women's and Gender Studies" and reorganize
the undergraduate major into three areas of concentration: Women's Studies; Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies; and Gender Studies. The change involves
terminology more tli.an anything else, since Yale has offered a major in women's
studies for more than a decade and taught courses in all three areas of concentration.
The changes mean that come next fall, students will earn a degree in "women's and
gender studies" instead of just "women's studies." But the move has caused grumbling from conservatives on and off campus and reopened a debate that flared less
than a year ago, when alumnus Larry Kramer, the playwright and AIDS activist,
accused Yale of homophobia for rejecting his $5 million offer to endow a professorship
in gay studies. Yale said that the changes were unrelated to tli.e furor over Kramer's
offer and that they are aimed at drawing more students into tli.e field. In past years,
only six or seven students per year have majored in women's studies. Kramer, who
founded the confrontational AIDS activist group ACT UP, said "the changes are a
positive step but not enough."

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National News

The Homosexual Exception - NOT!

Salaries of AIDS Charities' Directors

Author Alan Wolfe has recently written a book that attempts
to discover the cultural attitudes of Americans outside of his
cocoon of Cambridge Massachusetts (see April N&V's) .. He
went to the suburbs of San Diego, Tulsa and Atlanta and
discovered that the people there were open-minded about
everything- except gays and lesbians. Even then, middle class
blacks were not as homophobic as their white neighbors.
Wolfe found such a high degree of homophobia in the commtmities he traveled to because he chose as representative of
America, three of the most homophobic areas in the country.

Some officials at charitable AIDS organizations are doing well by doing
good. At least nine groups pay their top officers more than $100,000 and
that has upset both AIDS activists and at least one member of the House,
who spoke out. "I was shocked to discover how many AIDS organizations
pay their executives excessive salaries at the expense of those living with
HIV," said Rep. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a physician who has treated
patients with the virus that causes AIDS.

Oklahoma is the most homophobic state in the United States
- according to the Human Rights Campaign. Cobb County,
Georgia is notorious for forfeiting participation in the Atlanta
Olympics because of a measure passed by the county board
condemning gays and l.e sbians. And although San Diego
might send a lesbian to Congress in '98 the level of homophobia is strongly correlated with age (the younger, the less
bigoted) and San Diego is a largely retirement community.
His results would have been different had he gone to Maryland, or Iowa, or Wyoming.
Which leads to the recent Nebraska Republican primary for
governor. Voters went to the polls in May to elect the Republican candidate which, in a Republican state like Nebraska, is
likely to win in the general election in November. The opponents in the three-way race were almost schematic - the front
runner, Christensen, was a ultra-conservative congressman
who made it a campaign promise not to hire any gays and
lesbians in his administration. His competitor, Mike Johanns,
a businessman with no political experience but with $2 million of his own money to pour into the race. Trailing was a
local mayor, Mark Gresoow, a moderate with little money but
who did travel to all 43 counties of Nebraska twice during tl1e
primary race. Johnnes, the mayor of Lincoln, scored an upset
which left not only his home town cheering but also lifted the
spirits of gay Republicans everywhere. Christensen the" family-values" candidate actually came in third behind the businessman. Clearly, one of tl1e things that Nebraska Republicans repudiated was Christensen' s unabashed bigotry. If the
voters had the attitude that gay is bad (as Wolfe suggested
they had), there would have been many more votes for
Christensen. -Seggerman

Millennium March Set
Organizers for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
community's fourth March on Washington announced the
event will be held on April 30, 2000. The March aims to
articulate the concerns of the gay community and fqcus on the
nation's attention on our quest for equality in all aspects of
life. "We expect one million gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
trans gendered sisters and brothers and our enlightened allies
to stand on the Mall and call upon our nation to live out the
promise of equality under the law," said the Rev. Troy D.
Perry, long-time gay activist and founder of the Universal
Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. Organizers have taken steps to begin incorporation of a non-profit
entity to handle planning, production and financial arrangements. For further information regarding accommodations,
travel agents and groups please call the March on Washington, (818) 891-1748.
June 1998

Salaries and other financial information about AIDS organizations nationwide have been posted on the World Wide Web by a San Francisco-based
advocacy group, the Accountability Project. Directors of the nine AIDS
organizations, which receive $53 million a year from federal, state and local
governments, are in charge of operations, budgets and staff. At the top of
the list: is Jerome Radwin, chief executive officer of the New York-based
American Foundation for AIDS Research, a national group known as
AmFAR. He was paid $191,729 in 1996. The Gay Men's Health Crisis, also
based in New York City, had two employees who earned more than the
$130,000 in 1995. On the West Coast, Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare
Foundation had at least six ej11ployees with salaries exceeding $100,000 in
1996 - five physicians paid $127,375 to $172,366, and the foundation
president, Michael Weinstein, paid $126,548.

Information on Gay Travel
Gay travel is a booming market worth an estimated $17 billion a year.
Below are some of the companies who arrange large and small group
travels for gays and lesbians:

Above & Beyond Tours: 1 (800) 397-2681, Web site:
www.abovebeyondtours.com; clientele, mostly gay men. Types of
trips: group travel to events popular with the gay community, such as
Carnival in Rio and Mardi Gras in Sydney.
Atlantis Events: 1 (800) 6-ATLANTIS, Web site:
www.atlantisevents.com; clientele, mostly gay men. Types of trips:
cruises and resort stays.
Family Abroad: 1 (800) 999-5500, Web site: familyabroad.com;
clientele: gay men and lesbians. Types of trips: customized trips all
over the world (a recent trip took over an entire sleeper car from St.
Petersburg to Moscow).
Olivia Cruises & Resorts: 1 (800) 631-6277, Website:
www.oliviatravel.com; price range, $795-$1,595; clientele: almost all
lesbian. Types of trips: cruises and resort stays.
RSVP Travel Productions: 1 (800) 328-RSVP, Website: www.rsvp.net;
clientele: mostly gay men. Types of trips: cruises and resort stays.

GOP Assures Christians Activists
In a closed meeting with Christian activists who had threatened to bolt the
Republican Party, house leaders have promised to avidly pursue a conservative social agenda. Conservative leaders said the three-hour session with
Speaker Gingrich and his Lieutenants ended in a mutual commitment to
push legislation restricting abortions, encouraging school prayer, and
blocking expanded rights for homosexuals. House leaders also promised
another attempt to eliminate federal funding for the arts.
Liberal groups expressed alarm at the renewed alliance of congressional
leaders and Christian activists. Groups represented at the meeting included Focus on the Family, the Christian Coalition, Concerned Women
for America, the Family Research Council, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the Home School Legal Defense Association. Moderate Republicans also voiced misgivings. "To have us jump every time a Christian
leader speaks means that we'll become a very small party pretty quickly,"
Rep. Chris Shays (R. Conn.) told CNN.

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This year Pittsburgh, PA will play host to Creating Change (a
gathering of activists from all over the country), a weekend long
conference by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. In 1990 the
conference, with its celebration of diversity, was held in Minneapolis. That year a progressive by the name of Paul Wellstone had
unexpectedly upset the incumbent Senator and no one was more
jubilant that the local !hgt community. Activist Ann de Groot taught
us all how to properly say" uff-dah!" The keynote address was given
by the late lamented John Preston, who spoke movingly of his
mother who stuck up for him when he got in trouble at school for
pushing the envelope. The next year the conference was in Alexandria, where the reception was much more somber. A sizeable
contingent from Connecticut went down (from the Hartford area),
mostly to pick up an award for helping to get Conn.' s gay rights bill
passed.

Saying they are tired of fighting a liberal church bureaucracy and
rising gay rights movement, 22 conservative Northern California
pastors are threatening to leave the United Methodist Church and
take their flocks with them. Although the evangelical/liberal rift is
decades in the making, it came to a head last month when a church
court failed to discipline a Nebraska pastor, the Rev. Jimmy Creech,
for performing a marriage service for two lesbians.

The following year the conference was in Los Angeles. One of the
workshops was conducted by a straight male named Chip Berlet,
who had been following the Radical Right for decades -- his research
was fascinating and very useful. Newly elected Rhode Island state
senator Will Fitzpatrick was there (as was his lover David Anderson). In 1993, it was back to the East Coast-- Jesse Helms' s hometown
of Durham, North Carolina. The gay community surprised the
locals with their warmth and vitality. Mab Secrest gave a speech in
which she explained all about the dichotomy of Southern hospitality
vs. Southern racism. The entertainment was provided by a loud
dyke named Lea Delaria, who had the audience in stitches.
The next year the conference was held in Dallas, in a state that had
seen seven murders of gay men in that year alone. Proposition 197
had just passed; the measure which denied education and medical
services to illegal aliens, and their children. The Latina lesbians who
were the main speakers, were understandably grieving. My most
memorable experience that year came not at the conference but at the
Catholic church across the street. The Saturday mass was in Spanish
but I could pick out from the sermon to nuestro hermanos y hermanas
(brothers and sisters) en Californie. The following year the conference
was held in Detroit, where the cold weather contrasted with the
warmth of the welcome, not just by the local activists but by the
mayor himself who sent a tape welcoming us to his fair city.
If it was an election year the conference must have been in Alexandria, so 1996 saw us back in that DC suburb. Barney Frank was one
of the speakers, who simply echoed Melinda Paras, who spoke
movingly of the fight against rolling back affirmative action. At the
closing brunch I sat at a table with some activists from Arizona, who
were well, smug. "It's something in the water" they assured me,
explaining how not one but two Arizona Republicans (Congressman Jim Kolbe and the mayor of Tempe) had come out as gay in the
months preceding the conference. Finally, last year's conference was
held in sunny San Diego. What was most amazing was how a
community so well organized and so large could be so powerless,
and so invisible. There was one dynamic lesbian on the City Council
(Christine Kehoe, running for the US House) and an out lesbian
judge but the community as a whole was basically ignored by the .
remainder of the population. We heard both sides of the Sex Panic
debate from Tony Valenzuela, who spoke with pride(?!) of engaging
in sexual behaviors that resulted in his sereoconversion, and Roland
Sintos, who called it genocide and said it had to stop, by whatever
means necessary. And this year the NGLTF will hold its conference
in Pittsburgh, November 13th to 15th - a five hour drive or a quick
hop by plane. More information about the conference can be obtained through the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force web site at
www.ngltf.org.
-Marianne Seggerman

June 1998

Even before the Creech verdict, regional leaders of the Methodist
church publicly announced they would continue to allow same-sex
ceremonies in Bay Area churches. In response, 22 conservative
clergy and 25 lay leaders signed a statement asking that they be
allowed to separate from the California-Nevada Annual Conference, which stretches from Fresno to the Oregon border and includes 375 Methodist churches with 93,000 members. National
church spokesmen said the threatened Northern California defections are "unprecedented," although smaller protests are breaking
out in New England and Georgia, where two large churches have
begun withholding money from the 8.5 million-member denomination.

Transgender
The Transition of Debra
[Minneapolis, MN] - Debra Davis illuminates the growing diversity within the transcommunity. Davis, 51, a 28-year veteran high
school librarian, was born and raised a male, as David Nielsen.
Now a grandparent, She has legally changed her name and is
living as a woman. She also has no interest in sexual reassignment
surgery (SRS).
Like a growing number of transpeople, she is identified as
trans gender, not transexual. People are classified transexual when
they seek SRS. Transgender also differs from crossdresser, which
refers to people who occasionally dress in clothing typically worn
by people of the 'opposite' sex. To further confound the matter,
many trans-people no longer accept any trans-identity, preferring
to contest societal labels that they feel are oppressive.
Ms. Davis had been working as a man and spending her life away
from school as a woman. "One of the hardest things for me is being
in this in-between stage," she said." After a while, you get tired of
hiding in shame, and I just won't live in shame any more. I like who
I am, I'm proud of who I am." Robert McCauley, Principal of
Southwest High, said reaction at the school has been fairly subdued
and calls from parents have been supportive. "We support Debra
100 percent," he said. "People have responded very well to the
strength and courage that she's showing."

Announcements from Church Bulletins
1. Don't let worry kill you. Let the church help.
2. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church ..
3. Mrs. Johnson will be entering the hospital soon for testes.

4. Scouts are collecting bottles and cans for redemption.
Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
5. The church's new tithing campaign slogan ... ; reads .....
"I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours!"

Deadline for the July Newsletter will be Saturday.
June 13. We cannot guarantee that material
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State by State News

IN - Resignation of Gay Priest at Notre Dame

ME- Gay Prom

"I felt I had come home," said the Rev. David Garrick, 53, recalling
the day he became a theater professor at Notre Dame in 1992. "And
I planned to spend the rest of my life here." But Garrick has
resigned, saying that the university has failed to embrace part of the
broader Catholic family, those who are gay and lesbian.

Like other high school sweethearts, Vanessa Morgan and Jenn York
just wanted to have fun when they started going to dances together
at Tels tar High in Bethel. Instead, the two girls got harassed. In June,
Morgan and York will go to a prom where they won't worry about
fitting in. The Summer Nights Prom at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in
Portland is for youths who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered
or unsure about their sexual orientation. The alcohol-free, semiformal event is spqnsored by Outright, a Portland organization that
provides support for people 22 and younger.

In a letter to the student newspaper, he announced that while he
faithfully kept the vow of celibacy, he is gay. The disclosure followed a protest at Notre Dame over the university's refusal to give
space on campus to an organization for gay and lesbian students.
Not long after his disclosure, Garrick was no longer asked to say
Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus. The treatment
of Garrick, which has become a prominent issue since his resignation, has provoked widespread criticism from Notre Dame students, especially from gay students, who considered him a hero.
The official reason given for Garrick's removal from the Mass
schedule was the poor quality of his homilies. That amused many
Catholics here, who observed that plenty of priests would be out of
jobs if that were the criterion. Garrick, a professor of drama, was
considered by many to be eloquent. Garrick said he had steered
away from issues of sexuality in his homilies. In hearing confession,
he said, he never veered from church teaching, noting that he
emphasized the spiritual emptiness of promiscuity, homosexual or
heterosexual.

NB - Creech to Lose Position as Pastor
The Rev. Jimmy Creech, the Methodist minister who set off a
firestorm last year by performing a union cer~mony for two women,
learned that he has lost his job. Creech said he was stunned when
Nebraska Bishop Joel Martinez told him he would not be reappointed as pastor of First United Methodist Church. The decision
comes after a jury of Nebraska pastors ruled in March that Creech did
not disobey the United Methodist Church when he performed the
ceremony. Each church has a committee that makes recommendations on appointments; but the ultimate decision belongs to the
bishop. Creech said the staff parish relations committee at First
United Methodist never recommended to Martinez that Creech not
be reappointed. "Quite the contrary," he said, "there's been a strong
output of support from the church."

MA - Youths Uplifted

NY - What Gay School?

The 140 publicly funded Gay /Straight Alliances in Massachusetts
high schools have given new life to gay students who are lonely,
terrified of being found out, and even suicidal, advocates said. On
May 16th , a handful of student leaders, some of them victims of gaybashing who had considered suicide, pumped the already soaring
spirits of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, parents, and
teachers at the fourth am1Ual Gay & Straight Youth Pride Day in
Boston. Organizers had expected about 2,000 to turn out, but Boston
Police estimated the crowd at 7,500. Massachusetts is the only state
with a commission for gay youth and a Gay and Lesbian Student
Rights law, signed by Governor William F. Weld in 1993.

A school for gay and lesbian teenagers, which would have been the
first on Long Island and one of the few in the world, was getting
ready to open in Bay Shore. But at the last minute, the program was
canceled by top officials of the sponsoring government agency, the
Board of Cooperative Educational Services for Eastern Suffolk County,
who said they only learned about the planned school when a
newspaper reporter asked about it. Dr. Bruce G. Brodsky, the president of the board, said staff members had gone ahead with the plans
without getting prior approval from the board, which serves youngsters with special needs, including those who are pregnant or
handicapped. He said the staff members will be reprimanded.

ME - Human Rights Ordinance Passes

The decision leaves unresolved whatto do about homosexual youngsters who say they feel forced out of regular schools on Long Island .
Advocates say such youths need a safe haven to complete their
education, while critics oppose schools for gay students as unnecessary special treatment. Future board approval of the Bay Shore
school appears doubtful, at least not as originally planned. While
acknowledging that gay students may need help, Dr. Brodsky
opposes putting them in a program by themselves.

With a Town Council vote of 6 to 1, Bar Harbor became the first town
in Maine to once again protect people of all sexual orientations
against discrimination in housing, credit and employment since the
protection was stripped out of Maine's Human Rights Act by public
referendum in February. Bar Harbor's newest ordinance is modeled
after similar measures that Portland and Long Island passed in
1992. It is the town's first and only human rights ordinance, according to Town Manager Dana Reed, who said other protected categories such as race, gender, and religion are covered by Maine's
Human Rights Act. Following the Feb. 10 repeal of Maine's 1-yearold law banning discrimination in housing, employment, credit and
public accommodation, several towns took up the idea of enacting
locally protective measures. Once it becomes effective in 30 days,
Bar Harbor's ordinance will enable people who believe they have
been discriminated against because of sexual orientation the opportunity to file a civil lawsuit against the alleged discriminator in
court. Whether it will last remains to be seen. In 1993, when the
Lewiston Town Council passed a similar ordinance, residents petitioned to put it to a town vote. At the polls nine months later, voters
repealed it by a vote of 2 to 1.

June 1998

NY - Holy Union Ceremony
Rabbi Lippman and the Rev. Allen V. Harris of the Park Avenue
Christian Church will make history on Sunday, June 21st at 7 PM
when they co-officiate at a group Holy Union Same-Sex Wedding
Ceremony in the Church-Temple Sanctuary. Both the Rabbi and the
Minister have officiated and co-officiated at such ceremonies before,
but this will be the first "group" ceremony for either of them.
Jewish-Christian, Jewish-Jewish, and Christian-Christian gay and
lesbian couples will exchange vows and rings and will be blessed by
both officiants. A reception will follow in the Social Hall.
Pre-registration for couples is necessary. For information, call Rabbi
Lippman at (212) 580-2458 or the Rev, Harris at (212) 288-3246 ext 30.
Well-wishers are invited to attend!

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PA- Pridefest A $2 Million Success
A ripple of an idea that launched the firstPrideFest five years ago has
turned into a $2 million wave, the chief organizer of the annual gay
and lesbian festival said. According to daily counts conducted
during the event, which lasted five days, total attendance was
between 35,000 and 40,000, said Malcolm Lazin, founder of PrideFest.
The visitors spent an average of $50 each, he said. That works out to
$2 million spent on food, entertainment, souvenirs and lodging. The
festival, which began in 1993, this year featured an array of events
ranging from workshops to a body-building competition. Former
talk-show host Phil Donahue won PrideFest's national role model
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Only days before the Indigo Girls, a Grammy-winning duo, were to
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Groups Meeting at or Sponsored by TCC
A.A. - Don 762-9964
Bi Rap Group - Peter 838-2806; Robin 855-8646
35+ Womens Pot Luck - Judy 227-7162
Free Association of Fairfield County - John 268-8858 x304
Gay Men's Rap Group - Dave 838-1881; John 389-7391
Gmosaic (People of Color) - Nasheed 854-7726
Lesbian Literature Reading Group - Christine, 847-8476
Out & About (20's & 30's) - Heather 924-2930; Ashley 576-1073
or Dan 838-2367
Outspoken (Youth)- Barb 259-8171; Dan 227-1755;
Doug 838-2367
P-FLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians & Gays)
Joan 544-8724; Lester 322-5380; Belinda 855-1203
P-FLAG Spouses & Ex Spouses Group - Joan 544-8724
Triangle Bowling League (Circle Lanes, Fairfield) - Lisa 333-3113;
Roseann 931-8789
Women's Rap Group - Chandra 226-8652; Linda 866-4598;
Michele 438-4465
All meetings are held at the Center and in the evening unless
otherwise noted. A $3 donation per person is appreciated with
your participation in activities to help support the Center.

Other Area Groups and Organizations

Western Connecticut Gay Men's Group

(203) 330-9595
(203) 264-5605
(888) 831-3100
(203) 256-8414
(203) 791-9553
(203) 261-4019
(203) 866-7051
(203) 778-7016
(860) 688-1881
(203) 366-3734
(203) 724 5542
(203) 262-1555
(203) 389-6750
(203) 661-2448
(914) 948-4922
(203) 931-8789
(203) 255-6229
(203) 323-6278
(203) 773-9947

We're glad to list your non-profit gay/lesbian/bi/tg group free of
charge. Call (203) 964-1133. Please keep us informed of changes.

WHERE ARE WE? The Triangle Community
Center Inc. is located at 25 Van Zant Street in
Norwalk. From 1-95, take Exit 16 and go south
(from Stamford, turn right; from New Haven, turn
left). Continue south under the railroad bridge and
turn right on Van Zant St. (Route 136). 25 Van Zant
is a large condominium office building on the right.
TCC is in Suite 7-C on the ground floor,
Tel. (203) 853-0600.
June 1998

Prope,ty of the Center

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Telephone Directories

Bare & Gay (B&G) gay nudists
Bisexually Curious Support Group Bpt
Chiltern Mountain Club
Connecticut Kids and Families
Connecticut Freedom to Marry Coalition
40-Up Club.(Social Grp.-call Dale before 10pm)
Gay Fathers Group
Gay Mens Association of Danbury
GEMS (Mature GLBT)
Guideline (gay/lesbian phone info)
Hartford Community Center
Married Men's Bisexual Suppt Grp Htfd
Metropolitan Community Church
Transgendered Resource - Kaylen
The Loft, White Plains NY,
Triangle Bowling League
Triangle Kids

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TRIANGLE COMMUNITY CENTER, INC.
P.O.BOX 4062, East Norwalk, CT 06855
Tel/Fax: (203) 853-0600
e-mail TCCenter@aol.com
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DON BUXTON ...............................
DENYSE BURKE ...........................
JOHN WALLACE ...........................
DA VE CARROLL ...........................
HEATHER WEIMANN ..................

President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Corresponding Secretary
Acting Recording Sec'y

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DON BUXTON ........................................... (203) 762-9964
DENYSE BURKE ....................................... (203) 367-3911
DAVID CARROLL ..................................... (203) 838-1881
JOHN DEL VECCHIO ................................ (203) 334-3822
MICHELE STONE ...................................... (203) 964-1133
JOHN WALLACE ....................................... (203) 261-7381
HEATHER WEIMANN .............................. (203) 924-2930
STANDING COMMITTEES
AIDS Liaison
Tom M
Board Development
Vacant
Communications ,
John D
-Public Relations
Mike C
Finance
John W
Fundraising/Sp Events
Michael P
Membership
Denyse B
-Member Database
Marianne S
Operations
Cindy M
(and to schedule events at the Center)
Program
Dave C
-Resource Room
Walter D
-Center Forums
Marianne S
Volunteer
Vacant

374-6934
334-3822
375-3567
261-7349
866-6993
367-391 I
222-8294
595-9799

838-1881
374-6934
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Connecticut Calendar
Tues., June 2 - Gay Day at Guilford High School, a community
outreach discussion featuring GHS graduate and NHGLCC copresident John Allen. Guilford Public Library, Community Room,
7:00 PM. For more info call 203-777-7780.
Fri., June 5 - Open House & Ribbon Cutting for the new location of the
New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 50 Fitch St., New
Haven, 7:00 PM. For more info see page 1.
Fri. - Sat., June 5 - 13 - The Eleventh Annual Connecticut Gay and
Lesbian Film Festival at Cinestudio, on the campus of Trinity
College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford. Opening and closing nights
are $10, students and seniors, $8.Tickets for regular shows are $8,
students and seniors, $6. Three day passes for regular shows are
$20; a Festival Pass for all 12 shows is $60. All evening shows begin
at7:30pm. On both Saturdays and on Sunday there are also matinees
starting at 2:30pm. Tickets available in North Haven at The Sober
Camel, and in Hartford at The Reader's feast, the Metro Store, and
at the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. For more info
call the festival info Line (860) 586-1136.
Sat., June 6 - Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund celebrates
its 25th anniversary with a Gala Dinner Party, Hartford's Union
Train Station Great Hall, 6:00-10:00 PM. $50 per person;" creative"
formal attire. For more info call Anne Stanback at CWEALF, 860247-6090, or e-mail CWEALFAS@aol.com.

Sat., June 13 - Sons and Lovers, a gay male a capella group, performs
at University of Hartford Konover Hall, 8 PM, to benefit Children
From the Shadows. Tickets available at The Readers Feast and at the
Metro Store, by e-mail at rpassariello@snet.net, or by telephone at
860-649-7386. $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
Sat., June 13 - "Bowling for God", MCC/New Haven's first annual
Pride Bowl, AMF Hamden Lanes, 7 - 10 PM. For more info call 203389-6750.
Sat., June 13 - Women After Hours presents its Black and White
Anniversary Dance (or come as you are) (women only), Holiday
Inn, East Hartford, 8:30 PM-1:00 AM, $10.00 cover. Call 860-5289611 for directions.
Fri., June 19 - CT PRIDE Rally at New Haven Green, 8-10 PM. For more
info see page 1.
Sat., June 20 - CT PRIDE 1998 PRIDEFEST, Bushnell Park, Hartford.
For more information see page 1.
Sun., June 21 - Two MCC/New Haven Services: 9:30 AM, featuring
Another Octave, and 4 PM, featuring the MCC/NH choir music.
Call 203-389-6750 for more information.
Fri., June 26 - Gay Day at Lake Compounce in Bristol; sponsored by
the New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center. 11 AM - 10
PM. For more info see page 1.

Sun., June 7 - Pride Stride a SK pledge walk to benefit the Hartford Gay
and Lesbian Health Collective, and the Project 100/ Gay Lesbian
Bisexual Transgender Community Center. MDC Reservoir in West
Hartford. Call 860-278-4163 for more information.

Fri., June 26 - Potluck and Movie Night at the New Haven Gay and
Lesbian Community Center, 50 Fitch Street, New Haven. Feature:
"All About Eve." Potluck at 6:30 PM, film at 7:15 PM. For more info
e-mail FGDMYO@aol.com.

Fri., June 12 - Potluck and Movie Night at the New Haven Gay and
Lesbian Community Center, 50 Fitch Street, New Haven. Feature:
"In and Out." Potluck at 6:30 PM, film at 7:15 PM. For more info email FGDMYO@aol.com.

Sat., June 27 - Hike and Summer Barbecue (Eastern CT). Join the
Chiltern Mountain Club for a moderate 5+ /- mile hike in Eastern
CT followed by a swim and potluck BBQ at Amston Lake. For
details and directions call Jonathan Clark at 860-727-1013, or e-mail
JCinHtfd@aol.com.

TCC Calendar

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Connecticut Gay Pride Week 98!
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UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY is the theme for the 17th annual CT PRIDE celebration. CT PRIDE is
expanding this year and will be held in two locations in Connecticut! To help celebrate Gay Pride Month the
New Haven Gay & Lesbian Community Center (NHGLCC) is proud to host"FouR FRIDAYS IN JUNE". In addition,
CT PRIDE officials have invited political candidates from several of the state's major campaigns. There will
also be musical guests, coming out stories from openly gay local citizens, a vigil and time for meditation.
June 5th

June 12th

June 13 th

June 19th

June 20 th

June 20 th

June 21 st

June 26 th

OPEN HOUSE & RIBBON CUTTING
7:00 PM - Come to NHGLCC' s new location for their official Ribbon Cutting ceremony featuring the
Undertones! - NHGLCC - 50 Fitch St., New Haven.
MOVIE NIGHT & POT LUCK
6:30 PM - "In & Out" the hit comedy about coming out starring Kevin Kline- NHGLCC, 50 Fitch St.,
New Haven.
"BOWLING FOR GOD"
7-10 PM - Metropolitain Community Church of New Haven's first annual Pride Bowl at AMF Hamden
Lanes .. Call (203)389-6750 for more information.
PRE-FESTIVAL PRIDE RALLY
8-9:30 PM - The CT PRIDE Committee, has moved a portion of the Hartford-based events down to the
New Haven Green. The rally features the Divas of Disco, local coming out stories, political dignitaries,
and an AIDS/Breast Cancer Vigil - New Haven Green Bandstand.
GAY PRIDE PARADE & FESTIVAL
9:00 AM - Legislative Breakfast at Reader's Feast
10:30 AM - Parade Line-up in Bushnell Park, Hartford
11:30 AM Parade Begins!
1-4 PM - Festival at the Pavillion in Bushnell Park
4-8 PM - Tea Dance at Velvet
8 PM - 2 AM - PRIDE Dance at a place to be announced
POST PARADE PARTIES!
6:00 PM - Post parties will be held at three New Haven nightclubs: Gotham Citi, Partners and
168 Cafe.
METRO POLIT AIN COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES - 9:30 AM service will feature" Another Octave."
The 4:00 PM service will feature the MCC/NH choir. Both services will focus on celebrating the
g/1/b/t people that God created us to be. For more info call (203) 389-6750.
GAY DAY AT LAKE COMPOUNCE
11 AM-10 PM - Please purchase your tickets in advance in New Haven at Gotham Citi, 168 York Cafe
or Partners, or in Hartford at Reader's Feast. Tickets are $15 - Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT.

All events are free unless otherwise noted . For more information call: NHGLCC at (203) 777-7780, 50 Fitch Street, New
Haven or PRIDELINE at (860) 524-8114.
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New York City Gay Pride '98!
THE 1998 GAY & LESBIAN PRIDE WEEK EVENTS IN NYC will run from Sunday, June 21st through Sunday,
June 28th. The theme for this year's New York City's 1998 Gay & Lesbian Pride celebration is "Unity Through
Diversity". This theme was also selected by the International Association of Lesbian and Gay Pride Coordinators
as the international theme for Pride 1998. The logo (as seen on page 1) this year was designed by Carol Mihelik,
a graphic designer in New York City and Connecticut.

June 21st
2PM-6PM

RALLY: (10,000-15,000 attendees) - Location: Bryant Park (42nd Street and 6th Avenue) - Emcee: Varla
Jean Merman. Featured Artists and Speakers Featured to date are: Cyndi Lauper, cast members of the
Broadway musical hit Rent, cast members from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, recording artist and Star
Search winner Billy Porter, Nash ville-based singer Jazzmyn, Rock R&B band Melissa Reaves and the Willys
and Comedian Peggy Shaw. The Rally kicks off New York City's Pride Week celebations at Bryant Park just
one block from Times Square. Bryant Park is a very visible and accessible location to the entire Metropolitan/Tri-State area. Bring a picnic blanket and your favorite people for four hours of uninterrupted music,
talk and comedy in this beautiful setting-the best our community has to offer. FREE

June 24 th
8-lOPM

Out, Loud & Proud - Location: The Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center - Perspectives on Pride,
a history of New York City Gay and Lesbian Pride events. The program traces the history of Pride from
the "Day of Remembrance Marches" of the mid-sixties to the present day Pride Week events. FREE

June 28th
Noon-End

PRIDE MARCH (700,000 attendees) - The 29th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride March steps off from 52nd
Street and Fifth Avenue and proceeds south on Fifth Avenue to Washington Square and continues west
to dispersal at Christopher and Greenwich Streets. The Reviewing stand is located at Fifth Avenue and
25th Street, where groups pause and put on their best for the Judges (everybody wants to win a March
Award) .. Moment of Silence: 2 PM.

June 28th
PRIDEFEST '98 (350,000 attendees) - Location: Greenwich Village. - PrideFest '98's Market Place brings
11 AM-11 PM people together to enjoy fabulous ethnic fare from all over the world. The Market Place also features
hundreds of vendors and community groups selling their wares, distributing free information, registering
voters and more. But this is not all! From 3 PM to 9 PM, Stagefest features dozens of performances by
comedians, singers, drag queens/kings, dancers, bands, and performance artists. FREE.
June 28th
DANCE 12 (the annual Dance on the Pier) (7,000 attendees) - Location: Pier 54 (13th St. and the Hudson
4 PM-11 PM River). - DJs: Kris Spirit, the HX for Her "Best DJ" nominee for 1997 will open, and Mark Thomas, the
legendary Saint DJ will close. Dance 12 the world's largest annual outdoor dance is the traditional finale
to Pride Week in New York City. The gate opens at 4:30 PM and the party goes on until the spectacular
Fireworks at 10:30 PM. And in the middle of it all there is a fabulous live performance by a surprise musical
guest. Tickets: $25 May 1st thru June 20th, $35 June 21st thru June 28th.
For more information contact: Jimmy Riordan, Media Director - Tel: 212-807-7433 - FAX: 212-807-7436 - e-mail:
HOPMEDIA1@aol.com Heritage of Pride -154 Christopher Street, Suite 1-D - NYC, NY 10014.

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Hooray! Yippee! All Righi!
State Strengthens Gay Rights Law
On the last day of the Connecticut legislative session, state
legislators passed a bill that revises several policies and
procedures of the Commission on Human Rights and
Opportunities. Included in the bill was a section that allows
discrimination complaints based on sexual orientation to be
treated equally with other complaints including the right to
take a case to state court for damages and attorneys' fees. "We
have been working for six years for this legislation," said
Carolyn Gabel, Co-chair of the Connecticut Coalition for.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Civil Rights. "We
finally have the opportunity for strong remedies in
discrimination cases affecting our community." The Coalition's
legislative liaison, John Dwyer worked closely with Leslie
BrettfromthePermanentCommissionontheStatusofWomen,
,
lobbyist Betty Gallo and Joe Grabarz from CCLU.
In addition, the Coalition is celebrating the victory of the
defeat of efforts by the Connecticut Department of Social
Services to require a $1.00 co-pay per prescription from
Medicaid recipients that would have put a financial burden on
HIV/ AIDS patients. Thefinal legislative issue on the Coalition's
agenda was the blocking of any effort to restrict same gender
marriage. Connecticut remains one of the states that has not
passed legislation similar to the federal "Defense Of Marriage
Act" (DOMA) which denies basic civil rights .of marriage to
same gender couples. For further information on. how to
become involved in the CTCLGBTCR contact Carolyn Gabel
at (860) 521-4710 or e-mail to CGfeminist@aol.com.

NY - Giuliani Proposes Rights Bill
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has proposed legislation
that would require the city's government to treat
unmarried couples the same as those who are
married, allowing them to contit\µe as tenants in
apartments leased to their partners and insuring
their rights to be buried together in a city-owned
cemetery. The mayor forwarded the legislative
proposal to the City Council, wh,ere the measure
will be sponsored by Peter Vallone, the council
speaker. With Vallone's support, the proposal is
virtually certain to pass. Giuliani's proposaL which
fulfills a campaign promise he made to gay rights
advocates last year, would give New York City one
of the nation's broadest set of policies regarding
domestic partnerships.
The mayor's 'proposal would also obligate the city
to give registered domestic partners the same
benefits as spouses under the city's future collective
bargaining agreements and would allow the mayor
to provide "Good Samaritan" awards to the
domestic partners of uniformed city employees
who are killed in the line of duty. The mayor has
already quietly begun to change the rules and
regulations of city agencies to insure equal treatment
for registered domestic partners. $d, like spouses,
registered partners will also be able to represent
their companions in challenging tax bills.

Hello, Is Anybody Ho,ne?
Remember when TCC was just an idea and. how enthusiastically you
supported that idea? Remember when TCCwas injts planning s@ges and
how enthusiastically you supported those plans? Remember when TCC
was having financial difficulties and how enthusiastically you supported
TCC with your dollars! "Well," you say as you walk away. "I've done my
job. I've given both my emotional and financial support."
"Time?" you say. "You want some ofmy tim.e? You actuallywantmeto DO
something? Hey, what do you call patting you on the back and writing that
check? I've done my share.Where do you get off asking.me to participate
not only in the everyday operations of TCC but to attend TCC sponsored
events as well. No ... no ... no! I've done my part. Yousay thatTCCisfalling
in on itself because so much needs to be done and th~e'sno one to do it?
Yeah ... sure. You'rejust trying to make me feel guilty .... aren'tyou?"
"HEY! TCC where did you go? HEY! Come back. HEY!lt'slonely outh~e.
Please! Give me another chance!HELLO? .....HELLO? .....Is anybody there?"

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WTCCNews
Check This Out!
We are pleased to announce that the Triangle Community Center is sponsoring a
joint workshop on grant writing with the New Haven Gay & Lesbian Community
Center. Theworkshopwilltakepla.c eonSat,July18th,fromlOAM-3PM.Theability
to write grants is fast becoming an integrual part of all non-profit organizations.
Anyone interested in a position with a non-profit group is urged to attend this
workshop to learn this valuable and sought after skill.
The workshop will be conducted by Martha Keener, of West Hartford, CT who has
so generously volunteered her time. She is self-employed as a facilitator, training
designer, proposal developer, project manager and writer. Ms. Keener has successfully secured grants from the US Office of Education, the Council of Chief State School
Officers and the Grayce Long Foundation.
Anyone interested in helping the center acquire grants for additional programs and
funds to hire a potential office person, please contact Denyse Burke at367-3911. The
deadline for registration is June 30th. Seating is limited.

Lesbian Lit Group
For their July discussion, the Lesbian Literature Group has chosen a novel by Dorothy
Allison entitled the" Cave Dweller." The group has also tentatively planned a trip to New
York in July to attend the newly opened opera version of the classic lesbian romance novel
"Patience & Sarah" at the Lincoln Center. The Lit Group meets the first Tuesday of each
month atTCC starting at 7:30 PM. Copies of" Cave Dweller" are available at local libraries
and Bloodroot (203) 576-9168. For more info call Christine at 847-8476.

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TCC Friendraiser
The June TCC Friendraiser will be held on
Sunday, June 28 th at the home of David
Martin and Brian DeLaurentis from 12-4
PM. The address is 505 Cognewaugh
Rd. in Cos Cob. Donations of any amount
will be appreciated. BYOB.

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Gay Financial Network on
the Web
Walter Schubert and GFN Team Officially
launch the first and only web site dedicated to
the financial security of the gay and lesbian
community. Community, Capital, Commitment was the mantra for the much anticipated
launch of the Gay Financial Network
(www.GFN.com) at the 5th Annual Gay and
Lesbian Business and Consumer Expo at the
Jacob Javitz Center in New York City.
One of the most prominent interactive features
of the network is GFN investments (tm), the
online brokerage resource for gay and lesbian
investors provided by FarSight Financial Services, a member of the D.E. Shaw family of
companies. The competitively priced, userfriendly features of this service include: Secure, online investing - an ATM debit-card access to more than 5,000 mutual funds - 24hour access to accounts- real-time stock quotes,
historical charts, and fundamental research online bill-payments and checking.
GFN' s "Virtual Community" Features - Chats:
Regularly scheduled online chats for GFN
members with experts in financial matters important to today's gay and lesbian community
and Member Message Boards: To promote dialogue among members, GFN will provide message boards in which advice, news and relevant information can be shared by gays and
lesbians nationwide, providing the personal
touch and support of a friendly neighborhood.
Through links to other important Web sites
and original content, GFN members will keep
up with topics ranging from federal and state
initiatives to corporate policies toward the gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.

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Directions: Merritt Parkway - North & South Exit 31 (North St.). Follow sign that says "Business
District". Make your 4,1, left onto Dingletown and
follow to the end. Tum left onto Stanwich Road.
The 1" right is Cognewaugh.
Thruway - North & South - Take exit 5. Tum left at the end of ramp onto E. Putnam
Ave. You will pass a small waterfall on your right. Cross river bridge and take your 1''
right (River Rd. Ext.). Follow it to the end then tum right onto Valley Rd. You will pass
Cat Rock Rd. on your right. Continue until you come to a fork. Go directly forward at
fork onto Cognewaugh Rd. Lost? Call 629-9462 for help.

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Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review

Orange Activist to Help AIDS Ride

The current issue features an article about gay
characters in prime-time television, a review of an
anthology of gay Buddhist writings, an essay that
asks, "How Gay Was Walt Whitman?" and a
series on "The New Sex Wars," (the debate over
whether homosexual promiscuity irresponsibly
perpetuates the AIDS epidemic). It is the mix that
Richard Schneider Jr., the editor in chief, said he
wanted five years ago when he started. The
Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review is a quarterly
compilation of essays, book reviews and poetry.
Since it started, the review has featured an impressive lineup of prominent gay writers and thinkers,
including Barney Frank, Tony Kushner, Sarah
Schulman, Edmund White and Andrew Sullivan.
The circulation has grown from about 1,000 to
7,500, most of which is from newsstand sales. The
Review grew out of Harvard's gay and lesbian
newsletter, which Schneider, 43, edited in the late
1980s. The magazine, a nonprofit organization
supported by advertising and subscriptions, operates out of Schneider's home in Boston and does
not pay writers.

Marie Palmieri of Orange launched a project last year to help tli.ose with AIDS because
she was angry the town rejected a group of cyclists who wanted to stay there during
a fund-raising ride for the cause. Palmieri isn't angry anymore, but she's just as
motivated to raise rrioney for the Boston to New York AIDS ride, which benefits health
and community organizations that treat people with AIDS. So, she's opened Team
Orange fund raising to residents of Vj est Haven, Woodbridge, Bethany and Milford.

Gay Magazines- Less Sex,
More Families
If you want to know where the gay and lesbian
civil rights movement is headed, take a look at its
newest publications." Alternative Family" magazine is the first national parenting magazine for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered parents and
their children. "Arrow" is a magazine for monogamous gay men. Both magazines represent a
palpable shift in the interests of gay men and
women that would have been unthinkable until
recently.
"Alternative Family's" first issue includes a story
by a lesbian mother who became a surrogate for a
gay couple; a series of personal accounts about
becoming parents; a profile of an 11-year-old gay
rights activist with lesbian moms; regular columns on psychological and legal parenting issues; a Kid's Room with activities; and a Family
Resource Guide listing recommended books, videos and family organizations.
Arrow magazine will debut this montl1.. In its first
few issues, it plans to carry stories about relationships between gay and straight men, the pitfalls of
being 'out' at work and regular features such as
Hot Monogamy, a relationship advice column,
and Boy Toys, on techno-gadgets. It will also
feature tl1.e first gay marriage regish·y for people
in all states, although same-sex marriage is not
legally recognized anywhere in the country.
"Arrow's" web site is www .arrowmag.com. Inquiries about" Alternative Family" can be sent to
P.O. Box 7179, Van Nuys, CA, 91409; phone (818)
909-0314; or e-mail at altfammag@@aol.com.

June 1998

In 1997, Palmieri and those who donated to Team Orange raised $800. The overall
event which drew 3,000 riders - including many from the New Haven area - raised $7.6
million. This year the 275-mile ride is from Sept. 17 to 19. The money from the ride
benefits the Fenway Community Health Center in Boston, New York Gay & Lesbian
Services Center and other groups.
Orange is thought to be the only town in the country ever to reject hosting an overnight
campground for cyclists from the AIDS ride. In a grassroots effort this year, residents
in Orange collected hundreds of signatures on a petitions asking ride organizers to
consider stopping in Orange. The petition was not successful because the ride is not
scheduled to travel through Orange, Palmieri said. To donate money to the fund, send
a check made out to: Boston to NY AIDS Ride, P.O. Box 1174, Orange, CT, 06477-7174.
The words "Team Orange" should app~ar in the memo line of the check.

Westport Bookstore Host's Author
The Lambda award winning author, Blanche McCrary Boyd, will be reading from her
latest novel, "Terminal Velocity" on Thursday, June 18th at 7:30 PM at the Barnes &
Noble Bookstore in Westport. Boyd, who started out as an unsuccessful music critic
for the Village Voice, soon came to write on a wide variety of non-musical subjects for
the newspaper. In 1982 her first book, "The Redneck Way of Knowledge", was
published followed in 1986 by what was to become the first book of a trilogy entitled,
"The Revolution of Little Girls". Her most recent work, "Terminal Velocity", is the
second.

New Haven's Vale Appoints Same-Sex Couple
In a move echoing the recent appointment of the two new masters of Lowell House at
Harvard, Yale University has appointed a new residentialcollege dean who will be the
first to bring a live-in same-sex parhl.er. Peter Novak, who is expected to receive his
Master of Fine Arts degree this spring, will serve as dean of Trumbull College, one of
Yale's 12 undergraduate colleges.
According to Yale spokesperson Tom Conroy, Novak will serve" as the chief academic
and personal advisor to the students." Novak will be responsible for nearly 400 Yale
undergraduates in his new position. Novak's parmer, Curtis Lee, will live with him.
Conroy said Novak's appointment was not made in response to the Lowell House
appointments at Harvard, and added that Yale had not felt any pressure as a result of
the Harvard appointments.

New Haven's Vale Alters Gender Studies
Yale University is getting a sex change. The Ivy League school has announced it will
rename its Women's Studies program "Women's and Gender Studies" and reorganize
the undergraduate major into three areas of concentration: Women's Studies; Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies; and Gender Studies. The change involves
terminology more tli.an anything else, since Yale has offered a major in women's
studies for more than a decade and taught courses in all three areas of concentration.
The changes mean that come next fall, students will earn a degree in "women's and
gender studies" instead of just "women's studies." But the move has caused grumbling from conservatives on and off campus and reopened a debate that flared less
than a year ago, when alumnus Larry Kramer, the playwright and AIDS activist,
accused Yale of homophobia for rejecting his $5 million offer to endow a professorship
in gay studies. Yale said that the changes were unrelated to tli.e furor over Kramer's
offer and that they are aimed at drawing more students into tli.e field. In past years,
only six or seven students per year have majored in women's studies. Kramer, who
founded the confrontational AIDS activist group ACT UP, said "the changes are a
positive step but not enough."

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National News

The Homosexual Exception - NOT!

Salaries of AIDS Charities' Directors

Author Alan Wolfe has recently written a book that attempts
to discover the cultural attitudes of Americans outside of his
cocoon of Cambridge Massachusetts (see April N&V's) .. He
went to the suburbs of San Diego, Tulsa and Atlanta and
discovered that the people there were open-minded about
everything- except gays and lesbians. Even then, middle class
blacks were not as homophobic as their white neighbors.
Wolfe found such a high degree of homophobia in the commtmities he traveled to because he chose as representative of
America, three of the most homophobic areas in the country.

Some officials at charitable AIDS organizations are doing well by doing
good. At least nine groups pay their top officers more than $100,000 and
that has upset both AIDS activists and at least one member of the House,
who spoke out. "I was shocked to discover how many AIDS organizations
pay their executives excessive salaries at the expense of those living with
HIV," said Rep. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a physician who has treated
patients with the virus that causes AIDS.

Oklahoma is the most homophobic state in the United States
- according to the Human Rights Campaign. Cobb County,
Georgia is notorious for forfeiting participation in the Atlanta
Olympics because of a measure passed by the county board
condemning gays and l.e sbians. And although San Diego
might send a lesbian to Congress in '98 the level of homophobia is strongly correlated with age (the younger, the less
bigoted) and San Diego is a largely retirement community.
His results would have been different had he gone to Maryland, or Iowa, or Wyoming.
Which leads to the recent Nebraska Republican primary for
governor. Voters went to the polls in May to elect the Republican candidate which, in a Republican state like Nebraska, is
likely to win in the general election in November. The opponents in the three-way race were almost schematic - the front
runner, Christensen, was a ultra-conservative congressman
who made it a campaign promise not to hire any gays and
lesbians in his administration. His competitor, Mike Johanns,
a businessman with no political experience but with $2 million of his own money to pour into the race. Trailing was a
local mayor, Mark Gresoow, a moderate with little money but
who did travel to all 43 counties of Nebraska twice during tl1e
primary race. Johnnes, the mayor of Lincoln, scored an upset
which left not only his home town cheering but also lifted the
spirits of gay Republicans everywhere. Christensen the" family-values" candidate actually came in third behind the businessman. Clearly, one of tl1e things that Nebraska Republicans repudiated was Christensen' s unabashed bigotry. If the
voters had the attitude that gay is bad (as Wolfe suggested
they had), there would have been many more votes for
Christensen. -Seggerman

Millennium March Set
Organizers for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
community's fourth March on Washington announced the
event will be held on April 30, 2000. The March aims to
articulate the concerns of the gay community and fqcus on the
nation's attention on our quest for equality in all aspects of
life. "We expect one million gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
trans gendered sisters and brothers and our enlightened allies
to stand on the Mall and call upon our nation to live out the
promise of equality under the law," said the Rev. Troy D.
Perry, long-time gay activist and founder of the Universal
Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. Organizers have taken steps to begin incorporation of a non-profit
entity to handle planning, production and financial arrangements. For further information regarding accommodations,
travel agents and groups please call the March on Washington, (818) 891-1748.
June 1998

Salaries and other financial information about AIDS organizations nationwide have been posted on the World Wide Web by a San Francisco-based
advocacy group, the Accountability Project. Directors of the nine AIDS
organizations, which receive $53 million a year from federal, state and local
governments, are in charge of operations, budgets and staff. At the top of
the list: is Jerome Radwin, chief executive officer of the New York-based
American Foundation for AIDS Research, a national group known as
AmFAR. He was paid $191,729 in 1996. The Gay Men's Health Crisis, also
based in New York City, had two employees who earned more than the
$130,000 in 1995. On the West Coast, Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare
Foundation had at least six ej11ployees with salaries exceeding $100,000 in
1996 - five physicians paid $127,375 to $172,366, and the foundation
president, Michael Weinstein, paid $126,548.

Information on Gay Travel
Gay travel is a booming market worth an estimated $17 billion a year.
Below are some of the companies who arrange large and small group
travels for gays and lesbians:

Above & Beyond Tours: 1 (800) 397-2681, Web site:
www.abovebeyondtours.com; clientele, mostly gay men. Types of
trips: group travel to events popular with the gay community, such as
Carnival in Rio and Mardi Gras in Sydney.
Atlantis Events: 1 (800) 6-ATLANTIS, Web site:
www.atlantisevents.com; clientele, mostly gay men. Types of trips:
cruises and resort stays.
Family Abroad: 1 (800) 999-5500, Web site: familyabroad.com;
clientele: gay men and lesbians. Types of trips: customized trips all
over the world (a recent trip took over an entire sleeper car from St.
Petersburg to Moscow).
Olivia Cruises & Resorts: 1 (800) 631-6277, Website:
www.oliviatravel.com; price range, $795-$1,595; clientele: almost all
lesbian. Types of trips: cruises and resort stays.
RSVP Travel Productions: 1 (800) 328-RSVP, Website: www.rsvp.net;
clientele: mostly gay men. Types of trips: cruises and resort stays.

GOP Assures Christians Activists
In a closed meeting with Christian activists who had threatened to bolt the
Republican Party, house leaders have promised to avidly pursue a conservative social agenda. Conservative leaders said the three-hour session with
Speaker Gingrich and his Lieutenants ended in a mutual commitment to
push legislation restricting abortions, encouraging school prayer, and
blocking expanded rights for homosexuals. House leaders also promised
another attempt to eliminate federal funding for the arts.
Liberal groups expressed alarm at the renewed alliance of congressional
leaders and Christian activists. Groups represented at the meeting included Focus on the Family, the Christian Coalition, Concerned Women
for America, the Family Research Council, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the Home School Legal Defense Association. Moderate Republicans also voiced misgivings. "To have us jump every time a Christian
leader speaks means that we'll become a very small party pretty quickly,"
Rep. Chris Shays (R. Conn.) told CNN.

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A Plug for Pittsburgh

22 Pastors Want to Quit

This year Pittsburgh, PA will play host to Creating Change (a
gathering of activists from all over the country), a weekend long
conference by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. In 1990 the
conference, with its celebration of diversity, was held in Minneapolis. That year a progressive by the name of Paul Wellstone had
unexpectedly upset the incumbent Senator and no one was more
jubilant that the local !hgt community. Activist Ann de Groot taught
us all how to properly say" uff-dah!" The keynote address was given
by the late lamented John Preston, who spoke movingly of his
mother who stuck up for him when he got in trouble at school for
pushing the envelope. The next year the conference was in Alexandria, where the reception was much more somber. A sizeable
contingent from Connecticut went down (from the Hartford area),
mostly to pick up an award for helping to get Conn.' s gay rights bill
passed.

Saying they are tired of fighting a liberal church bureaucracy and
rising gay rights movement, 22 conservative Northern California
pastors are threatening to leave the United Methodist Church and
take their flocks with them. Although the evangelical/liberal rift is
decades in the making, it came to a head last month when a church
court failed to discipline a Nebraska pastor, the Rev. Jimmy Creech,
for performing a marriage service for two lesbians.

The following year the conference was in Los Angeles. One of the
workshops was conducted by a straight male named Chip Berlet,
who had been following the Radical Right for decades -- his research
was fascinating and very useful. Newly elected Rhode Island state
senator Will Fitzpatrick was there (as was his lover David Anderson). In 1993, it was back to the East Coast-- Jesse Helms' s hometown
of Durham, North Carolina. The gay community surprised the
locals with their warmth and vitality. Mab Secrest gave a speech in
which she explained all about the dichotomy of Southern hospitality
vs. Southern racism. The entertainment was provided by a loud
dyke named Lea Delaria, who had the audience in stitches.
The next year the conference was held in Dallas, in a state that had
seen seven murders of gay men in that year alone. Proposition 197
had just passed; the measure which denied education and medical
services to illegal aliens, and their children. The Latina lesbians who
were the main speakers, were understandably grieving. My most
memorable experience that year came not at the conference but at the
Catholic church across the street. The Saturday mass was in Spanish
but I could pick out from the sermon to nuestro hermanos y hermanas
(brothers and sisters) en Californie. The following year the conference
was held in Detroit, where the cold weather contrasted with the
warmth of the welcome, not just by the local activists but by the
mayor himself who sent a tape welcoming us to his fair city.
If it was an election year the conference must have been in Alexandria, so 1996 saw us back in that DC suburb. Barney Frank was one
of the speakers, who simply echoed Melinda Paras, who spoke
movingly of the fight against rolling back affirmative action. At the
closing brunch I sat at a table with some activists from Arizona, who
were well, smug. "It's something in the water" they assured me,
explaining how not one but two Arizona Republicans (Congressman Jim Kolbe and the mayor of Tempe) had come out as gay in the
months preceding the conference. Finally, last year's conference was
held in sunny San Diego. What was most amazing was how a
community so well organized and so large could be so powerless,
and so invisible. There was one dynamic lesbian on the City Council
(Christine Kehoe, running for the US House) and an out lesbian
judge but the community as a whole was basically ignored by the .
remainder of the population. We heard both sides of the Sex Panic
debate from Tony Valenzuela, who spoke with pride(?!) of engaging
in sexual behaviors that resulted in his sereoconversion, and Roland
Sintos, who called it genocide and said it had to stop, by whatever
means necessary. And this year the NGLTF will hold its conference
in Pittsburgh, November 13th to 15th - a five hour drive or a quick
hop by plane. More information about the conference can be obtained through the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force web site at
www.ngltf.org.
-Marianne Seggerman

June 1998

Even before the Creech verdict, regional leaders of the Methodist
church publicly announced they would continue to allow same-sex
ceremonies in Bay Area churches. In response, 22 conservative
clergy and 25 lay leaders signed a statement asking that they be
allowed to separate from the California-Nevada Annual Conference, which stretches from Fresno to the Oregon border and includes 375 Methodist churches with 93,000 members. National
church spokesmen said the threatened Northern California defections are "unprecedented," although smaller protests are breaking
out in New England and Georgia, where two large churches have
begun withholding money from the 8.5 million-member denomination.

Transgender
The Transition of Debra
[Minneapolis, MN] - Debra Davis illuminates the growing diversity within the transcommunity. Davis, 51, a 28-year veteran high
school librarian, was born and raised a male, as David Nielsen.
Now a grandparent, She has legally changed her name and is
living as a woman. She also has no interest in sexual reassignment
surgery (SRS).
Like a growing number of transpeople, she is identified as
trans gender, not transexual. People are classified transexual when
they seek SRS. Transgender also differs from crossdresser, which
refers to people who occasionally dress in clothing typically worn
by people of the 'opposite' sex. To further confound the matter,
many trans-people no longer accept any trans-identity, preferring
to contest societal labels that they feel are oppressive.
Ms. Davis had been working as a man and spending her life away
from school as a woman. "One of the hardest things for me is being
in this in-between stage," she said." After a while, you get tired of
hiding in shame, and I just won't live in shame any more. I like who
I am, I'm proud of who I am." Robert McCauley, Principal of
Southwest High, said reaction at the school has been fairly subdued
and calls from parents have been supportive. "We support Debra
100 percent," he said. "People have responded very well to the
strength and courage that she's showing."

Announcements from Church Bulletins
1. Don't let worry kill you. Let the church help.
2. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church ..
3. Mrs. Johnson will be entering the hospital soon for testes.

4. Scouts are collecting bottles and cans for redemption.
Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
5. The church's new tithing campaign slogan ... ; reads .....
"I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours!"

Deadline for the July Newsletter will be Saturday.
June 13. We cannot guarantee that material
received after that date will be included in July
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IN - Resignation of Gay Priest at Notre Dame

ME- Gay Prom

"I felt I had come home," said the Rev. David Garrick, 53, recalling
the day he became a theater professor at Notre Dame in 1992. "And
I planned to spend the rest of my life here." But Garrick has
resigned, saying that the university has failed to embrace part of the
broader Catholic family, those who are gay and lesbian.

Like other high school sweethearts, Vanessa Morgan and Jenn York
just wanted to have fun when they started going to dances together
at Tels tar High in Bethel. Instead, the two girls got harassed. In June,
Morgan and York will go to a prom where they won't worry about
fitting in. The Summer Nights Prom at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in
Portland is for youths who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered
or unsure about their sexual orientation. The alcohol-free, semiformal event is spqnsored by Outright, a Portland organization that
provides support for people 22 and younger.

In a letter to the student newspaper, he announced that while he
faithfully kept the vow of celibacy, he is gay. The disclosure followed a protest at Notre Dame over the university's refusal to give
space on campus to an organization for gay and lesbian students.
Not long after his disclosure, Garrick was no longer asked to say
Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on campus. The treatment
of Garrick, which has become a prominent issue since his resignation, has provoked widespread criticism from Notre Dame students, especially from gay students, who considered him a hero.
The official reason given for Garrick's removal from the Mass
schedule was the poor quality of his homilies. That amused many
Catholics here, who observed that plenty of priests would be out of
jobs if that were the criterion. Garrick, a professor of drama, was
considered by many to be eloquent. Garrick said he had steered
away from issues of sexuality in his homilies. In hearing confession,
he said, he never veered from church teaching, noting that he
emphasized the spiritual emptiness of promiscuity, homosexual or
heterosexual.

NB - Creech to Lose Position as Pastor
The Rev. Jimmy Creech, the Methodist minister who set off a
firestorm last year by performing a union cer~mony for two women,
learned that he has lost his job. Creech said he was stunned when
Nebraska Bishop Joel Martinez told him he would not be reappointed as pastor of First United Methodist Church. The decision
comes after a jury of Nebraska pastors ruled in March that Creech did
not disobey the United Methodist Church when he performed the
ceremony. Each church has a committee that makes recommendations on appointments; but the ultimate decision belongs to the
bishop. Creech said the staff parish relations committee at First
United Methodist never recommended to Martinez that Creech not
be reappointed. "Quite the contrary," he said, "there's been a strong
output of support from the church."

MA - Youths Uplifted

NY - What Gay School?

The 140 publicly funded Gay /Straight Alliances in Massachusetts
high schools have given new life to gay students who are lonely,
terrified of being found out, and even suicidal, advocates said. On
May 16th , a handful of student leaders, some of them victims of gaybashing who had considered suicide, pumped the already soaring
spirits of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, parents, and
teachers at the fourth am1Ual Gay & Straight Youth Pride Day in
Boston. Organizers had expected about 2,000 to turn out, but Boston
Police estimated the crowd at 7,500. Massachusetts is the only state
with a commission for gay youth and a Gay and Lesbian Student
Rights law, signed by Governor William F. Weld in 1993.

A school for gay and lesbian teenagers, which would have been the
first on Long Island and one of the few in the world, was getting
ready to open in Bay Shore. But at the last minute, the program was
canceled by top officials of the sponsoring government agency, the
Board of Cooperative Educational Services for Eastern Suffolk County,
who said they only learned about the planned school when a
newspaper reporter asked about it. Dr. Bruce G. Brodsky, the president of the board, said staff members had gone ahead with the plans
without getting prior approval from the board, which serves youngsters with special needs, including those who are pregnant or
handicapped. He said the staff members will be reprimanded.

ME - Human Rights Ordinance Passes

The decision leaves unresolved whatto do about homosexual youngsters who say they feel forced out of regular schools on Long Island .
Advocates say such youths need a safe haven to complete their
education, while critics oppose schools for gay students as unnecessary special treatment. Future board approval of the Bay Shore
school appears doubtful, at least not as originally planned. While
acknowledging that gay students may need help, Dr. Brodsky
opposes putting them in a program by themselves.

With a Town Council vote of 6 to 1, Bar Harbor became the first town
in Maine to once again protect people of all sexual orientations
against discrimination in housing, credit and employment since the
protection was stripped out of Maine's Human Rights Act by public
referendum in February. Bar Harbor's newest ordinance is modeled
after similar measures that Portland and Long Island passed in
1992. It is the town's first and only human rights ordinance, according to Town Manager Dana Reed, who said other protected categories such as race, gender, and religion are covered by Maine's
Human Rights Act. Following the Feb. 10 repeal of Maine's 1-yearold law banning discrimination in housing, employment, credit and
public accommodation, several towns took up the idea of enacting
locally protective measures. Once it becomes effective in 30 days,
Bar Harbor's ordinance will enable people who believe they have
been discriminated against because of sexual orientation the opportunity to file a civil lawsuit against the alleged discriminator in
court. Whether it will last remains to be seen. In 1993, when the
Lewiston Town Council passed a similar ordinance, residents petitioned to put it to a town vote. At the polls nine months later, voters
repealed it by a vote of 2 to 1.

June 1998

NY - Holy Union Ceremony
Rabbi Lippman and the Rev. Allen V. Harris of the Park Avenue
Christian Church will make history on Sunday, June 21st at 7 PM
when they co-officiate at a group Holy Union Same-Sex Wedding
Ceremony in the Church-Temple Sanctuary. Both the Rabbi and the
Minister have officiated and co-officiated at such ceremonies before,
but this will be the first "group" ceremony for either of them.
Jewish-Christian, Jewish-Jewish, and Christian-Christian gay and
lesbian couples will exchange vows and rings and will be blessed by
both officiants. A reception will follow in the Social Hall.
Pre-registration for couples is necessary. For information, call Rabbi
Lippman at (212) 580-2458 or the Rev, Harris at (212) 288-3246 ext 30.
Well-wishers are invited to attend!

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PA- Pridefest A $2 Million Success
A ripple of an idea that launched the firstPrideFest five years ago has
turned into a $2 million wave, the chief organizer of the annual gay
and lesbian festival said. According to daily counts conducted
during the event, which lasted five days, total attendance was
between 35,000 and 40,000, said Malcolm Lazin, founder of PrideFest.
The visitors spent an average of $50 each, he said. That works out to
$2 million spent on food, entertainment, souvenirs and lodging. The
festival, which began in 1993, this year featured an array of events
ranging from workshops to a body-building competition. Former
talk-show host Phil Donahue won PrideFest's national role model
award for bringing gay issues into mainstream debate.

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The ninth annual S.C. Gay and Lesbian Pride March and Festival
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TN - Germantown High Bans Indigo Girls
Only days before the Indigo Girls, a Grammy-winning duo, were to
perform at Germantown High School, its principal decided to cancel
the free concert, saying the act is too profane. Principal Ernest
Chism, who had never heard of the Indigo Girls or their music, said
it had nothing to do with the duo's homosexuality and everything
to do with vulgarity . He learned that the singer/ guitarists Amy Ray
and Emily Saliers had used profanity in one of their songs during a
high school concert in Logansville, Ga .
Germantown's cancellation is the second among high schools for
which the duo offered to perform free concerts as a warm-up for
their appearance in next month's Lilith Fair - an all-women summer
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MID-Ei\IRFrELD AIDS PROJECT

Do you seek support and advocacy for HIV/AIDS?
MFAP can assist and provide you with case managemen

3~ Hope Street. Stamford, Cohf),
• Telephone: 203-348-9880 ~ - ·-

Call us today!
Serving the needs of HIV/AIDS community in:

Norwalk
Westport
Weston
Wilton

NICHOLAS LANG, Ph.D., N.C.C.

Mid Fairfield AIDS Project
16 River Street
Norwalk, CT 06850
Phone : (203) 855-9535
Fax: (203) 855-153 1
Internet: http://www.mfap.com
E-Mail: info@mfap.com

Diane Hyatt, MSW, CISW
T Solution-oriented short or longer term
psychotherapy for Adults and Adolescents,
specializing in, but not limited to:

49 Coolidge Avenue

T Depression
Stamford, CT 06906
T Anxiety
(203) 964-1847
T Post-Traumatic Stress
T Counseling for Partners & Family
1653 Capitol Avenue T Specialized Psychotherapy Groups
Bridgeport, CT 06606 T Case Consultation
(203) 332--0136
T Clinical Supervision

Providing Affordable
Individual and Couples Counseling
Specializing in Relationship,
Sexual Orientation, Self-esteem,
Loss, & HIV-related Issues

NORWALK OFFICE

847-1094

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
60 East Avenue, Norwalk
(Across from the Green)

An inclusive, diverse,
affirming community

Solemn Eucharist - Sundays at 10:15
Michelle C. Loris, Psy.D.

with organ, choir, and splendid music

Individual, Couple and Group Therapy

Office: (203) 847-2806
Ct. Lie. MFT

June 1998

(203) 255-2767
By Appointment

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(203) 256-4565
(800) 628-7209
FAX: (203) 256-1759
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VICE PRESIDENT/ INVESTMENTS

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MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND OTHER PRINCIPAL EXCHANGES

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Maria C. Castillo, MSW, LCSW

2150 POST ROAD, FAIRFIELD. CT 06430

Horticultural Botanist
Gardener & House I Pet Sitter

Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy
Recovery from Abuse
Bilingual

Donald J. Comes
(203) 866-2823
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(203) 261-3492
Monroe, CT

(203) 336-2708
Bridgeport, CT

30 Tiemey Street
Norwalk, CT06851

Joan W. Duncan, Ph.D.
VICTORIA
Women and Couples

(203) 227-9585

188 Scribner Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06854
(203) 854-4805

WESTPORT, CT
ADMIITED IN CT AND NY

Jane

Laura L. Gates, MSW, LCSW
Individuals , Couples, and Families

(203) 386- 1725

June 1998

FERRARA

ATTORNEY AT LAW

Psycotherapist

W hite Plains. NY

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Stratford . CT

(203) 386-1 725

w.Attorney-at-Law
Griffith, JD, MBA

Tax Strategy & Preparation • Real Estate
Estate Planning & Wills • Business Consulting
270 Alden Avenue, New Haven, CT06515-2114

Fax 203 / 387-9899

Voice 203 I 389-8614

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MICHAEL D. ROME
SAUGATUCK COUNSELING CENTER

Individual, Couple, Family & Group Therapy

KURT SPERLING, L.C.S. W.
225 MAIN STREET, LLl • WESTPORT, CT 06880 • 203.454.1549

Attorney-at-Law
PIRRO, CHURCH & COOK, LLC
Bankruptcy
Busines Transactionss
Social Security Disability
Divorce
Worker's Compensation

Personal If/Jury/Accident Law
Real Estate Transaclions
Criminal
Taxation: Business & Individual
Estate Planning & Probate

120 EAST AVENUE
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT 06851
Phone: (203) 259-6785 or (203) 853-6677
Fax: (203) 259-7831
E-mail: Romemdesq@aol.com

Re.,_ Frank Beard
Pastor

Office
566 Whalley Avenue, Suite #ID
New Haven, CT 06511
T 203-389-6750, F 203-389-6318
Worship

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34 Harrison Street
New Haven, CT 06515
Sundays 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

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TAYLOR, LMT

THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE •

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440 MAIN STREET• RJllCHIHll. CT 06877 • 203-431-8278

Metropolitan Community Church
of New Ha.-en
Especially serving the Gay and Lesbian Community

CONFUSED? SCARED? NOWHERE TO TURN?

JOANNE M. MARINO, C.C.M.H.C.. N.C.C.
PSYCHOTHERAPIST

21 STRICKLAND RD., COS COB. CONN. 06807 (203) 869-0216

LEADING
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THE BUYERS REAL ESTATE COMPANY

MICHAEL

T. PAVLICIN

EXCLUSIVE BUYER AGENT
BROKER

If you have HIV/AIDS, you don't need to feel like you
are alone. Stamford CARES gives you the support and
attention you require. We are your direct link to the HIV
Care Network. Complete confidentiality assured.
Serving Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan.
Call 977-5096 to speak to a Care Coordinator today.
We're here to help - because we care.

SAUGATUCK COUNSELING CENTER

Individual, Couple, Family & Group Therapy

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JOHANNA RAYMAN
M.S.W, L.C.S.W

772 KINGS HIGHWAY WEST
SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT 06490

FAX1255-3705 HOME/866-6993

203/255-2278

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Groups Meeting at or Sponsored by TCC
A.A. - Don 762-9964
Bi Rap Group - Peter 838-2806; Robin 855-8646
35+ Womens Pot Luck - Judy 227-7162
Free Association of Fairfield County - John 268-8858 x304
Gay Men's Rap Group - Dave 838-1881; John 389-7391
Gmosaic (People of Color) - Nasheed 854-7726
Lesbian Literature Reading Group - Christine, 847-8476
Out & About (20's & 30's) - Heather 924-2930; Ashley 576-1073
or Dan 838-2367
Outspoken (Youth)- Barb 259-8171; Dan 227-1755;
Doug 838-2367
P-FLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians & Gays)
Joan 544-8724; Lester 322-5380; Belinda 855-1203
P-FLAG Spouses & Ex Spouses Group - Joan 544-8724
Triangle Bowling League (Circle Lanes, Fairfield) - Lisa 333-3113;
Roseann 931-8789
Women's Rap Group - Chandra 226-8652; Linda 866-4598;
Michele 438-4465
All meetings are held at the Center and in the evening unless
otherwise noted. A $3 donation per person is appreciated with
your participation in activities to help support the Center.

Other Area Groups and Organizations

Western Connecticut Gay Men's Group

(203) 330-9595
(203) 264-5605
(888) 831-3100
(203) 256-8414
(203) 791-9553
(203) 261-4019
(203) 866-7051
(203) 778-7016
(860) 688-1881
(203) 366-3734
(203) 724 5542
(203) 262-1555
(203) 389-6750
(203) 661-2448
(914) 948-4922
(203) 931-8789
(203) 255-6229
(203) 323-6278
(203) 773-9947

We're glad to list your non-profit gay/lesbian/bi/tg group free of
charge. Call (203) 964-1133. Please keep us informed of changes.

WHERE ARE WE? The Triangle Community
Center Inc. is located at 25 Van Zant Street in
Norwalk. From 1-95, take Exit 16 and go south
(from Stamford, turn right; from New Haven, turn
left). Continue south under the railroad bridge and
turn right on Van Zant St. (Route 136). 25 Van Zant
is a large condominium office building on the right.
TCC is in Suite 7-C on the ground floor,
Tel. (203) 853-0600.
June 1998

Prope,ty of the Center

M 001 111 376

Telephone Directories

Bare & Gay (B&G) gay nudists
Bisexually Curious Support Group Bpt
Chiltern Mountain Club
Connecticut Kids and Families
Connecticut Freedom to Marry Coalition
40-Up Club.(Social Grp.-call Dale before 10pm)
Gay Fathers Group
Gay Mens Association of Danbury
GEMS (Mature GLBT)
Guideline (gay/lesbian phone info)
Hartford Community Center
Married Men's Bisexual Suppt Grp Htfd
Metropolitan Community Church
Transgendered Resource - Kaylen
The Loft, White Plains NY,
Triangle Bowling League
Triangle Kids

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TRIANGLE COMMUNITY CENTER, INC.
P.O.BOX 4062, East Norwalk, CT 06855
Tel/Fax: (203) 853-0600
e-mail TCCenter@aol.com
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DON BUXTON ...............................
DENYSE BURKE ...........................
JOHN WALLACE ...........................
DA VE CARROLL ...........................
HEATHER WEIMANN ..................

President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Corresponding Secretary
Acting Recording Sec'y

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DON BUXTON ........................................... (203) 762-9964
DENYSE BURKE ....................................... (203) 367-3911
DAVID CARROLL ..................................... (203) 838-1881
JOHN DEL VECCHIO ................................ (203) 334-3822
MICHELE STONE ...................................... (203) 964-1133
JOHN WALLACE ....................................... (203) 261-7381
HEATHER WEIMANN .............................. (203) 924-2930
STANDING COMMITTEES
AIDS Liaison
Tom M
Board Development
Vacant
Communications ,
John D
-Public Relations
Mike C
Finance
John W
Fundraising/Sp Events
Michael P
Membership
Denyse B
-Member Database
Marianne S
Operations
Cindy M
(and to schedule events at the Center)
Program
Dave C
-Resource Room
Walter D
-Center Forums
Marianne S
Volunteer
Vacant

374-6934
334-3822
375-3567
261-7349
866-6993
367-391 I
222-8294
595-9799

838-1881
374-6934
222-8294

9\[,'E'WS & 'V1'EWS
Is published monthly by
Triangle Community Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 4062, East Norwalk, CT 06855.
NEWS & VIEWS encourages its readers to submit materials of interest
to our community, including short articles, letters to the editor, etc. We
cannot respond to, or publish, anonymous letters. We reserve the right
to edit or condense as appropriate to meet space requirements. Authors
will be contacted if major revisions are necessary. Please submit to:
NEWS&VIEWS
Michele Stone: Editor & Advertising. Manager. John Delvecchio: Asst Editor
P.O. Box 8185
Phone: 203-334-3822
Stamford, CT 06905
Phone/Fax 964-1133
Mike Collins: Publicity
Phone: 203-375-3567
e-mail: NewsViews2@aol.com

FOR ADVERTISING RATES CONTACT MICHELE STONE:
Ads must be camera-ready. Any ad not camera ready will be
subject to an additional charge. Inserts and special sizes upon
prior agreement All ads are placed on a space available basis.
The publication of the name of any person or organization in articles or ads in
NEWS & VIEWS is not to be construed as any indication of the sexual
orientation of such persons or members of such organizations. The appearance
of advertisements in NEWS & VIEWS does not imply nor constitute endorsement by TCC, Inc. The views expressed in this NEWS & VIEWS are not
necessarily those ofTCC, Inc. Copyright 1998 by Triangle Community Center,
Inc. All rights reserved. This work, or any parts thereof, may not be used or
reproduced in any manner without written permission.

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Connecticut Calendar
Tues., June 2 - Gay Day at Guilford High School, a community
outreach discussion featuring GHS graduate and NHGLCC copresident John Allen. Guilford Public Library, Community Room,
7:00 PM. For more info call 203-777-7780.
Fri., June 5 - Open House & Ribbon Cutting for the new location of the
New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center, 50 Fitch St., New
Haven, 7:00 PM. For more info see page 1.
Fri. - Sat., June 5 - 13 - The Eleventh Annual Connecticut Gay and
Lesbian Film Festival at Cinestudio, on the campus of Trinity
College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford. Opening and closing nights
are $10, students and seniors, $8.Tickets for regular shows are $8,
students and seniors, $6. Three day passes for regular shows are
$20; a Festival Pass for all 12 shows is $60. All evening shows begin
at7:30pm. On both Saturdays and on Sunday there are also matinees
starting at 2:30pm. Tickets available in North Haven at The Sober
Camel, and in Hartford at The Reader's feast, the Metro Store, and
at the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective. For more info
call the festival info Line (860) 586-1136.
Sat., June 6 - Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund celebrates
its 25th anniversary with a Gala Dinner Party, Hartford's Union
Train Station Great Hall, 6:00-10:00 PM. $50 per person;" creative"
formal attire. For more info call Anne Stanback at CWEALF, 860247-6090, or e-mail CWEALFAS@aol.com.

Sat., June 13 - Sons and Lovers, a gay male a capella group, performs
at University of Hartford Konover Hall, 8 PM, to benefit Children
From the Shadows. Tickets available at The Readers Feast and at the
Metro Store, by e-mail at rpassariello@snet.net, or by telephone at
860-649-7386. $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
Sat., June 13 - "Bowling for God", MCC/New Haven's first annual
Pride Bowl, AMF Hamden Lanes, 7 - 10 PM. For more info call 203389-6750.
Sat., June 13 - Women After Hours presents its Black and White
Anniversary Dance (or come as you are) (women only), Holiday
Inn, East Hartford, 8:30 PM-1:00 AM, $10.00 cover. Call 860-5289611 for directions.
Fri., June 19 - CT PRIDE Rally at New Haven Green, 8-10 PM. For more
info see page 1.
Sat., June 20 - CT PRIDE 1998 PRIDEFEST, Bushnell Park, Hartford.
For more information see page 1.
Sun., June 21 - Two MCC/New Haven Services: 9:30 AM, featuring
Another Octave, and 4 PM, featuring the MCC/NH choir music.
Call 203-389-6750 for more information.
Fri., June 26 - Gay Day at Lake Compounce in Bristol; sponsored by
the New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center. 11 AM - 10
PM. For more info see page 1.

Sun., June 7 - Pride Stride a SK pledge walk to benefit the Hartford Gay
and Lesbian Health Collective, and the Project 100/ Gay Lesbian
Bisexual Transgender Community Center. MDC Reservoir in West
Hartford. Call 860-278-4163 for more information.

Fri., June 26 - Potluck and Movie Night at the New Haven Gay and
Lesbian Community Center, 50 Fitch Street, New Haven. Feature:
"All About Eve." Potluck at 6:30 PM, film at 7:15 PM. For more info
e-mail FGDMYO@aol.com.

Fri., June 12 - Potluck and Movie Night at the New Haven Gay and
Lesbian Community Center, 50 Fitch Street, New Haven. Feature:
"In and Out." Potluck at 6:30 PM, film at 7:15 PM. For more info email FGDMYO@aol.com.

Sat., June 27 - Hike and Summer Barbecue (Eastern CT). Join the
Chiltern Mountain Club for a moderate 5+ /- mile hike in Eastern
CT followed by a swim and potluck BBQ at Amston Lake. For
details and directions call Jonathan Clark at 860-727-1013, or e-mail
JCinHtfd@aol.com.

TCC Calendar

June, 1998

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Women's
Rap 7:30

2
Lesbian
Lit 7:30
Fund
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Wed
3
P-FLAG
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Thu
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Men's
Rap
7:30

Sat

Fri
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Bowl 9:30
Circle Lanes
G Mosaic 7:30

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TCC
Board
7:30

Bi Rap 7:30 Men's
Rap
7:30

Out & About
7:00
Bowl 9:30
Circle Lanes

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AA 9-10 am
Women's
OutSpoken 4-6 Rap 7:30

16

17
P-FLAG
Spouses &
Ex-spouses
7:30

19
20
Bowl 9:30
Circle Lanes
G Mosaic 7:30

21
AA 9-10 am
OutSpoken
4-6

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AA 9-10 am
Women's
OutSpoken 4-6 Rap 7:30

22
Women's
Rap 7:30

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Board
7:30

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Out& About
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Bowl 9:30
Circle Lanes

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Rap 7:30
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PLEASE MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO :

P.0. Box 4062
06855 ATTN: MEMBERSHIP
(203) 853-0600

TRIANGLE COMMUNITY CENTER, INc.
EAST NORWALK, CT

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